1930-12-10 The Plainsman

              Natural Gas
Welcome Issue THE PLAINSMAN
T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
Natural Gas
Welcome Issue
VOLUME LIV AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1930 NUMBER 26
OFFICES OF ALABAMA NATURAL GAS CORPORATION OPEN TODAY
BAKERIES TO
GIVE CAKES TO
RACE WINNERS
Length of Course To Be Run
Will Be 2.7 Miles Through
The Streets of Auburn.
TO GIVE 25 CAKES
Fraternity Having First Four
Men To Finish Will Be
Awarded Fourteen Inch Cup
LARGE CAKE TO WINNER
Roll Call To Be Made To See
That All Freshmen Will Par­ticipate
in Affair
* Ingram's Bakery in Opelika and the
Electrik Maid Bakery in Auburn will
furnish the cakes which will be pre­sented
to the first twenty-seven men
to finish in the Freshman Cake Race
which will be run Tuesday, December
16.
A mammoth cake will be presented
to the winner, a smaller one to the
second man to finish, and twenty-three
still smaller ones to the next twenty-three
men to cross the lin.
This All-Freshman affair, which is
being sponsored by the Omega Circle
of the Omicron Delta Kappa Frater­nity,
will be run over a 2.7 mile
course through the streets of Auburn,
starting at Drake Field.
Every "Rat" will be required to
start and the roll will be made ac­cording
to the R. 0. T. C. companies
and batteries. An officer will prob­ably
be in charge- of the roll call, and
he will be assisted by members of the
Interfraternity Council.
A beautiful fourteen inch silver lov­ing
cup will be presented to the frat­ernity
having the first four men to
finish, an award which will be donat­ed
by the Interfraternity Council.
Freshmen are unusually active in pre­paring
for the coming event, and com­petition
should be keen.
Coach Hutsell is looking forward
with eager interest toward this af­fair,
since it will give him an insight
into the track ability of the present
Freshman class. .
GAS COMPANY PRESIDENT,
YOUNGEST OF EXECUTIVES,
IS AN ALUMNUS OF AUBURN
PLENTY OF FUN IS
PROMISED STUDENTS
WHO ATTEND HIKE
Tug-O-War Between Frosh and
Sophomores To Be Feature
Of Hike
J. H. WHITE
CHORAL SOCIETY
PRESENTS FIRST
CONCERT DEC 17
First Concert Of Year Will Be
Given Next Wednesday At
Langdon Hall
J. H. White, President of the South­ern
Natural Gas Corporation, is one
of the youngest executives engaged in
the industry. He is a native of Ala­bama,
attended school at Auburn and
has been connected with only two com­panies
during his business career, with
the exception of a very brief engage­ment
with the Tennessee Coal, Iron
& Railroad Co., in .1917, immediately
upon leaving school.
He was connected with the Depart­ment
of Chemistry of the Semet-Sol-vay
Company, which company is
among the most noted in the world
engaged in the By-Product industry.
During the war he was promoted to
position as Superintendent of the Se-met-
Solvay at Alton Park, Tennessee.
He was transferred to Birmingham
as Superintendent and soon after be­came
Assistant District Manager. It
was not long before he was made Dis­trict
manager and soon afterwards
transferred to Syracuse, N. Y., as
General Manager of the Semet-Sol-vay
Company. Later he was made
Vice-President of the Semet-Solvay
Company, with offices in New York
City, at that time being one of the
youngest men who was so signally
honored by that company. It was
from the latter post that he became
associated with the natural gas in­dustry,
becoming Vice-President, and
lateu President of the Southern Natu­ral
Gas Corporation, which position
he holds today, being the chief exe­cutive
of a company that will soon
have invested in its properties about
$45,000,000, serving natural gas over
the Southeastern territory to a popu­lation
of 1,700,000 people.
FACULTY INVITED
Crown Will Leave Langdon
Hall Friday At 2:30; Dis­tance
Is Not Far
The first concert of the season by
the Auburn choral society will be
presented to music lovers here and in
the surrounding territory at eight
o'clock on the night of Wednesday,
December 17th, in Langdon Hall.
The members who comprise the
personnel of this presentation come
from three musical organizations of
the city, the Auburn Choral Society,
the Auburn String Quartet, and the
Men's Glee Club. The Choral So­ciety
is an organization composed of
residents of Auburn formed for the
purpose of studying music.
The present enrollment boasts of
forty members. As their part of the
program, they will render a series o'f
sacred selections including several
Christmas carols. Mrs, E. L. Rauber
and Mrs. G. R. Trott, sopranos, and
George Moxham, bass, will assist
with incidental solos.
The Auburn String Quartet is a
recently organized group of musi­cians
under the direction of Dr. D. C.
Harkin. The members are Dr. D. C.
Harkin, 1st violin; Dr. B. C. Van-
Wagenen, 2nd violin; Miss Frances
Cauthen, viola; and Mrs. Earl C.
Hazel, cello.
The Glee Club of sixty Auburn
students will close the program with
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Former Auburn Star
Bought By N. Orleans
0
Jini Crawford, captain of Auburn's
1930 baseball team and one of the
leading outfielders in the Southern
Conference during his collegiate ca­reer,
has been bought by the New Or­leans
Pelicans from Terre Haute.
Crawford signed with the Cleveland
Indians after starring in an Auburn
uniform for four seasons. He was
sent to Terre Haute for seasoning and
was going good when he received a
broken ankle which kept him out for
the remainder of the season.
While performing in the pastures
for the Tigers, his batting average
was outstanding. He solved oppos­ing
pitchers for an average of .440
his frosh year; 363 his sophomore
year; 365 his junior year and .324
his senior year. He also gave the
fans many thrills by making seeming­ly
impossible catches.
Junior Class Meeting
To Be Held Thursday
There will be an important meeting
of the Junior Class in Langdon Hall
at eleven o'clock Thursday, Decem­ber-
11th, it was announced yesterday
by J. D. Bush, president of the class.
He stated that important business
would be brought up, and urged that
all members of the class be present
at the meeting.
Educational Studies
Being Published Here
President Bradford Knapp recent­ly
authorized the publication of a se­ries
of educational studies under the
direction of the School of Education,
it was announced yesterday by Dean
Zebulon Judd, director of the bureau
of educational service. Three of the
studies have already been published.
The first of -these studies was a
"Test for Agricultural Information,
Field Corps, Form "A". This study
was conducted by Dr. Paul Irvine,
professor of Education, and director
of the Teachers Training School, with
a class of graduate students in a
course on curriculum studies. The
test has had only limited distribution,
but a number of directors of vocation­al
agriculture in various states have
expressed the view that it will be of
great help to teachers of vocational
agriculture.
The second study was conducted by
Dr. R. L. Johns, associate professor
of Education, in the field of school
administration. This study is an out­growth
of work carried on by grad-
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Plenty of fun and good eats are
promised all who attend the All Col­lege
Hike which starts at Langdon
Hall at 2:30 Saturday.
One of the main features of the
program will be a tug-o-war between
the freshmen and the sophomores in
which the losers will be dragged thru
a small creek. Another interesting
event will be a contest between a rep­resentative
of the Engineers and a
chosen Artilleryman in which both
will be blindfolded on a log across the
creek. A sack race and a bag race
will also be held for the entertain­ment
of those present. Plans are be­ing
discussed to have the band play
for the occasion. When the desire for
frolic has been thoroughly satisfied,
the students will partake of a light
meal before returning to town.
The hike, an annual affair which
creates quite a stir of interest, is be­ing
sponsored by the local organiza­tion
of the Y. M. C. A.. Each year
it is one of the most prominent and
looked forward to events on the cam­pus
and indications are that this year
will be more successful than any prev­ious
one. After leaving Langdon Hall
promptly at 2:30, the hikers will pro­ceed
out Magnolia St. to Dr. Gard­ner's
pasture where the festivities will
be held. Since the distance is only
a mile, a large crowd is expected to
be present on this memorable occa­sion.
Members of the faculty as well
as all students are invited to attend.
IMPORTANT OFFICIALS OF THE COMPANY
HERE TODAY TO BE PRESENT AT LION'S
CLUB BANQUET GIVEN IN THEIR HONOUR
NATURAL GAS CORPORATION
OFFICERS IN AUBURN TODAY
Knapp and Copeland To Give
Welcome Addresses At Ban­quet
Held At Baptist Church
GLEE CLUB ON PROGRAM
Display Of All Types Of Gas
Appliances To Be Held At
Y. W. C. A. Hut Today
WHITE TO MAKE ADDRESS
"Natural Gas To Prove Great
Advantage To Auburn"
States Residents
Stockholders Elect
Board Of Directors
The annual meeting of the stock:
holders of the First National Bank
of Auburn will be held at the bank,
January 6. A report on the business
of the year, 1931, and the election of
a new board of directors will be im­portant
features of the meeting. The
report will be presented by President
Felton Little.
An election committee has been se­lected.
They are H. S. Gentry, chair­man,
W. D. Salmon, and W. D. Gib­son.
Seniors Will Leave
Thursday, Dec. 19
Christmas holidays for Seniors will
begin on Thursday, December 18, it
was decided at a recent meeting of
the Executive Council. The council
approved the request of seniors to
leave early for their holidays, and all
are excused on the above date. For
all students other than seniors, the
Christmas recess begins at 12 o'clock
noon December 20, as stated in the
college calendar. Classes will begin
for all students at the regular time
Monday, January 5.
Upper left: W. Rawson Collier, vice-president and general manager.
Upper right: George H. Park, general superintendent. Lower: Milton G.
Sanders, commercial manager.
Five Students Now
Sighed For Studio
Management Course
Five students have already signified
their' intention of availing themselves
of the opportunity of learning some­thing
about radio announcing and stu­dio
management under the plan which
is being worked out by the Depart­ment
of Speech and the staff of
WAPI.
Although intensive work will not
begin until after the Christmas holi­days,
L. S. Judson and Kirtley Brown
are preparing a bibliography of the
available material in the field. These
source readings will provide a back­ground
for the practical radio expe­rience.
According' to Professor Judson,
"This work is the outcome of a specif-
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Auburn P.-T. A Tp
Hold Special Meeting
The Auburn Parent Teachers As­sociation
will hold a special meeting
Wednesday, December 17, 1930 at the
school building. A special program
will be put on by the children and
every one is cordially invited to at­tend.
Several representatives of the Ala­bama
Natural Gas Corporation ajid
representatives of Appliance Houses
will be in the City today to attend
the formal opening of the Offices and
Showrooms of the Alabama Natural
Gas Corporation.
' The party will include W. R. Col­lier,
Vice-President and General Man­ager,
George H. Park, General Super­intendent;
Clyde W. Ennis; R. E.
Chew, Vice-President; Birmingham
Gas Company; Milton G. Sanders,
Commercial Manager, Alabama Nat­ural
Gas Corporation; Jerry Weeks,
A. & B. Stove Company; J. Alvin
Johnson, Humphrey Water Heater
Company; Joe Altick, General Gas
Light Company; Allen H. Rumbold,
Clow Gas Steam Company; Joe Stone,
State Stove Company, and others.
W. Rawson Collier is the Vice- Pres­ident
and General Manager in charge
of the Alabama Natural Gas Corpo­ration
in Alabama.
He was born and reared in Atlanta,
Georgia and is a graduate of the
Boston Institute of Technology. Mr.
Collier was associated for several
years with the engineering firm of
Collier & Brown. In 1922, he became
associated with the Enginering De­partment
of the Georgia Railway &
Electric Company, engaged in the con­struction
of steam plants and railway
lines.
He remained with this Company for
18 years and left to become Sales
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Manager of the Central Hudson Gas
& Electric Company, operating prop­erties
in Hudson River vicinity be­tween
Tarrytown and Albany, New
York.
During.the war, he was a member
of the Power Conservation Committee
of the War Industries Board, being
A Dollar-a-Year Man in charge of
the activities of this extremely im­portant
Committee in the Southeast'
em territory. Following the war, he
was a member of the Committee in
charge of coal distribution for the
United States Fuel Administration
and as such, rendered "distinguished
service for the Government.
Mr. Collier is a brother of Mrs.
Joel Chandler Harris, distinguished
newspaper writer, whose husband, Mr.
Joel Chandler Harris is the son of
the South's beloved "Uncle Remus."
In placing the operation of its prop­erties
in Alabama under the direction
of Mr. Collier, it is believed they have
selected a man typical of the South,
whose wide experience in utility op­erations
will result in the rendition
of most satisfactory service to the
consumers of natural gas in this ter­ritory.
George H. Park is General Super­intendent
of the Alabama Natural
Gas Corporation. He is a native of
Tennessee and has been ah engineer
and public utility operator for some
time. Park is in charge of all state
plants.
* Commercial Manager Milton G.
Sanders is in charge of the sales. He
is widely informed in public utility
work, and to him it is in a large meas­ure
due the many excellent advantages
that buyers of gas appliances enjoy
on the Alabama Natural Gas Corpora­tion
properties. His native home is in
New York.
The formal opening of the show­rooms
and offices of the Alabama
Natural Gas Corporation will be cele­brated
at a banquet given the offi­cers
of the company by the Lions
Club. The banquet is to be held at
the Baptist Church today at 12:00
o'clock, and according to a statement
made by Ed L. Cotting, local mana­ger
of the company, several of the
highest officers of the organization
are to be present at the "banquet.
J. H. White, president of the
Southern Natural Gas Corporation of
which the Alabama Natural Gas Cor­poration
is a branch, will be present
as the main speaker. W. R. Collier,
vice-president of the Alabama Nat­ural
Gas Corporation, will be pres­ent
and make a response, to the wel­come
addresses. G. H. Park, super­intendent
of the Alabama Natural
Gas Corporation, Clyde Ennis, pub­licity
director, and Milton" J. Sand­ers,
sales manager will also be pres­ent
at the banquet.
Ed. L. Cotting made the state­ment,
that according to all indica­tions
the program which is being
planned for the banquet here today
is the best which the company has
record of. Dr. Knapp and Mayor
Copeland are to make the welcome
addresses being answered by W. R.
Collier. The main address of the
day is to be made by J. H. White.
The Auburn Glee Club will make
its initial appearance for the present
college year at the banquet, and ac­cording
to statements made" by sev­eral
Auburn residents who have
heard the club this year, the program
is expected to be excellent.
A display of all types of gas ap­pliances
will be held at the Y. W. C.
A. Hut today. The hours which the
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Judd Attends Annual
Vocational Gathering
DISCUSSION GROUP
CONTEST WINNER
BE GIVEN BANQUET
Winning Lieutenant And Group
Will Be Given Tickets To'
Annual "Y" Banquet
Dean Zebulon Judd, of the School
of Education, will attend the meeting
of the American Vocational Associa­tion
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Decem­ber
10-13. He will go as the repre­sentative
of the Auburn School of
Education.
The attendance contest, now being
held among the twenty-five Y. M.
C. A. Discussion groups on the Au­burn
campus, will be terminated
within the next two weeks. The win­ning
lieutenant and his group will
receive free tickets to the annual
Friendship Council Banquet which
will be given shortly after the contest
has expired.
The rules for the contest are based
almost entirely upon the regular at­tendance
of the students to each dis­cussion
group. For every new mem­ber
enrolled at -each group meeting,
that group receives points towards
winning the contest.
Enthusiasm among the groups,
which meet in the various fraternity
and boarding houses, is very great
as there are only two more meetings
left. The different group leaders
have made many fruitful attempts to
increase the attendance at their re­spective
group meetings.
THE PL.AAIINNSSMAN WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1930
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS <•
ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING
We have been told that Marie Hughes was completely swept off her feet by
DeWitt Knapp several days ago. These architects do have the power.
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GOOF AGAIN
"Goof" Robinson, that noble character who is appearing before the eye of the
Auburn student, wants to thank the student body for spreading the news about
the South that he had been married to a well-known co-ed. Although "Goof", who
is continually in a trance, really did not know whether or not he was married, he
has at last decided the reports were all falsehoods, and he asks forgiveness of the
girls who did not die of the shock when they heard that he had gone and did it.
Step right up, girls and co-eds, "Goof" is on the block again.
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THE MISUNDERSTOOD
They've taken the "razz" as they've found it,
As docile young things would.
They've tasted the cup, and have downed it,
These girls that are misunderstood.
The columnists still write on, brainless,
Omitting the things that are good,
Still barking at coeds, so stainless,
Those girls that are misunderstood.
HIC-HIC.
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Seventeen coeds and three ladies accused HicHic of writing "An Ode to the
Coed". There's dirty work at the cross roads, Sherlock.
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ADAPTABLE TO AUBURN
And here is the twin sister of the song we published last issue:
"Petticoat Ed has lips of red for Wellesley,
Petticoat Ed has eyes of Sullins Blue;
Petticoat Ed's a curly head for Sweetbriar,
And his suit I guess is pressed for Ogontz, too;
Petticoat Ed's a smile for Randolph-Macon,
And his heart is Vassar's treasure, so 'tis said—
Petticoat Ed is loved by every college girl,
But I'm the one that's loved by Petticoat Ed."
The Sou'wester.
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*
Polecat wants us to correct an error we made. We said that he celebrated
Thanksgiving by buying a ten cent package of cigarettes, but he corrects us, saying
that a cigarette salesman gave them to him. Our error.
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Auburn is to have natural gas—and we thought they already had it.
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The last freshman to finish in the cake race will be given a dog biscuit.
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Knox McMillan, prominent co-ed authority, when asked for advice on the proper
length of dresses says,. "Let your chassis be your guide."
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Who was the freshman who thought that the foot-ball team were big babies
when they used water proof pants on a wet day?
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Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alab*ma Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60
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at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
Business and editorial offices at Auburn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Offices hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily.
STAFF
Gabie Drey Editor-in-Chief
Charles S. Davis __ Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Thomas P. Brown ...
Robert L. Hume
Victor White -
R. K. Sparrow
J. W. Letson — —
Alan Troup
A. C. Cohen
Adrian Taylor
Murff Hawkins . . .—
K. M. McMillan
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Managing Editor
News Editor
News Editor
News Editor
. Composing Editor
.... Composing Editor
Sports Editor
Exchange Editor
Literary Editor
REPORTERS
H. W. Moss, '33; C. E. Mathews, '32; V.
H. Kjellman, '33; Otis Spears, '34; S. A.
Lacy, '33; A. D. Mayo, '33; Horace Shep-ard,
'34; Frank Keller, '34; William Beck,
•34; N. D. Thomas, '33; C. F. Simmons, '32;
A. B. Hanson, '33. ,
BUSINESS STAFF
Virgil Nunn . Asst. Business Mgr.
Ben Mabson Advertising Manager
Roy Wilder Circulation Manager
James Backes — Asso. Advertising Mgr.
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
R. W. Lauder, '34 L. E. Sellers, '34
C. C. Adams, '34
WELCOME, GAS OFFICIALS
A new public utility entered Auburn to­day,
bringing with it increased civic prog­ress,
added comfort, and more conveniences
for the homes of Auburn.
The Plainsman wishes to extend a cor­dial
welcome to the officials and owners
of the Alabama Natural Gas Corporation,
from the citizens of the city and the stu­dent
body. The coming of this enterprise
will add materially to the economic wealth
of Auburn.
The use of natural gas is being intro­duced
all over the United States, and is
considered as the logical method of meet­ing
the world's increased energy demands.
Natural gas is admittedly an ideal fuel
both for domestic and industrial purposes,
and since it is being offered at compara­tively
low rate, it will no doubt be widely
used here.
The arrival of the company is of par­ticular
interest to Auburn in view of the
fact that J. H. White, president of the
Southern Natural Gas Corporation, is an
alumnus of this school. Mr. White is one of
the youngest executives in the industry, and
in many ways he has cast honor upon this
institution.
SOPHOMORE ENGLISH
There have been many argument's in
the past concerning the required subjects
that must be taken in certain courses. One
of the major troubles with many courses
offered here is the presence of a literature
course in English to be taken during the
sophomore year.
It seems to us that the sophomore course
now offered at this institution is entirely
out of place in the curricula of the engi­neering
and business students, and that a
much greater amount of benefit could be
derived from a course in business English,
public speaking, or some course that would
seek to improve the use of the language.
Of course, we realize that it is well to
have a speaking acquaintance with some of
the more important English classics of the
days gone by, but it is equally as well,
and much more practical, to be able to speak
the language clearly and correctly, and to
be able to write an intelligent business let-
• ter.
We fully recognize the far-flung cry of
those critics who deplore the lack of know­ledge
that some of the present-day engi­neers
show in regard to those famous old
classics and masterpieces of English litera­ture,
but we fail to see the logic in sub­stituting
an exposure—that is all the sopho­more
course really amounts to—instead of
a more practical course, business English
for example.
Wherein is the usefullness of memorizing
a volume or so of quotations and passages,
or being able to identify an author by his
style? Would it not be far better to teach
a man something of- business English, a
subject that will constantly annoy him if
he does not master it while in college?
Still, another much-neglected subject that
could be inserted in the place of the per­fectly
useless sophomore English now in ex­istence
is public speaking, a subject that
cannot be mastered "except by some method
of instruction.
We are not in favor of cutting the num­ber
of hours English that an engineering or
business student should talk. On the con­trary,
we believe that the more English
a student takes, the better he will be bene­fitted.
It is true that during a student's senior
and junior years, there are many hours of
electives whiclf- can be used to gain know­ledge
of these subjects, but the subjects
that are required of the student during his
four years in college are supposed to be
the most important, otherwise why should
they be required? It logically follows that
it is more important to have a knowledge of
business English or public speaking than
it is to be able to quote a phrase or two of
some piece of English literature. Is there
any reason, therefore, why there should
not be made a change in the curriculum to
include either' business English or public
speaking?
This editorial is not meant to be taken
as an effort to belittle the greatness of
classical literature; far from it. We fully
recognize the greatness of these master­pieces.
We do believe, however, that the
relative importance of these subjects, as
far as an engineering school is concerned,
is being overlooked, and that it would be a
decided step for the betterment of the en­gineering
courses at Auburn if business
English or public speaking could* be sub­stituted
for the sophomore english that is
now being taught.
My Opinion
By Vasili Leoniduitch
College love. TO be consistent, I should
appear cynical when reference is made to
the subtle passion, either in collegiate form
or that of a Siam widow. However, re­cent
observance of the number of students
suffering from the ruling passion has ap­pealed
to my sympathetic nature. When
one tells me that he is in love with a per­son,
that he has lost all, and of the result­ing
heart aches, I ask these questions: Had
you let your being so melt into hers that
you saw as one? Had you renounced your
individuality? Had you doubled your per­sonality
in giving it? That is love.
If this be the case one must study hard
for a week, listen to no sentimental music,
and read Eugene O'Neal.
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A would be columnist gets the Christ­mas
spirit.
Dear Santa Claus: *•
In view of the fact that I have not writ­ten
many columns recently I am sure that
the co-eds, the department of speech, and
your elfs have given a good report on me.
I should like very much to have a new type­writer,
especially designed for columnists,
with forty-two "l's" on the keys; also a.
Thesaurus dictionary and something to
write about.
Being of a benevolent spirit I hope you
will bring my good friend Haakon Provist
a miniature co-ed and a Greek textbook.
Alexandre has been a bood boy, and I think
he needs a red flag and a ticket to a bull
fight.
V. Leoniduitch.
P. S. If I do not hang up a sock you must
bear in mind that I am an Auburn stu­dent.
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Sixteen shopping days until Christmas . .
. letters from the girl friends again . . . how
many cards should I buy? .. . dance Satur­day
night acclaimed success . . . co-eds pre­dominated
too . . . rah! rah! for the gas
works . . . wonder if the fraternity houses
will need it? . . . Jimmie Green signed for
Junior Prim . . . Culpepper and Provost in
verbial combat . . . chivalrous lad this Cul­pepper
. . . basketball underway j . . . the
seniors continue to boast of the premature
leave . . . only two more weeks of this!
Book Review
GULF STREAM
By MARIE STANLEY
Marie Stanley wrote a book and gave it
a tit^e as alluring as the story is fascinat­ing.
Gulf Stream is classified as fiction,
yet it is so much deeper and more worth
while than ordinary fiction that it really
deserves a classification of its own. The
theme of the story is the life of a little
half-breed negress who is really very beau­tiful
and could easily be mistaken for a
white girl. She longs desperately to be
white, yet that warm "Gulf Stream" of ne­gro
blood will no more be obliterated than
the true Gulf Stream itself.
The author's portrayal of human charac­ter
and characteristics is excellent. Un­abashed,
and with utter frankness, she
states tfie problems of the half-breed as
they actually exist. Intense passidn, love
hatred, bitterness, and a longing above all
things to be the wife, or even the mistress,
of a white man were the emotions of the
mulatto girl, Adele Childers. She hated the
touch of a black-skinned negro man as
much as would the most refined white lady;
yet because of that stream of negro blood
which coursed so warmly through her veins,
Proxy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
The development or
things than they used
to know. I am constantly impressed with
the great variation between individuals.
One student will develop much more self-reliance,
decision and judgment at the age
of twenty than another. It is apparent
from recent statistical comparison that the
average age of students at this institution
has increased in the last twenty or thirty
years. That, without doubt, is due to the
fact that education within the high school
is so much more complete than it was thirty
years ago and education in college is so
much more advanced than it was twenty or
thirty years ago. Nevertheless there al­ways
remains that problem of the differ­ence
between individual students in develop­ing
character, particularly in developing
judgment, mental poise, and responsibili­ty.
Sometimes educators, particularly in
college, try to systematize their work. We
try to create a rule which applies to every­body
and then we wake up to the fact that
there are always exceptions. The teacher
and the student and the course of study
and the .objective are all very important
matter. I saw an editorial the other day
somewhat criticizing the Land-Grant Col­leges
because of the proportion of their
engineering graduates who fail to follow
the profession of an engineer and because
of a certain proportion of their agricultu­ral
graduates who fail to follow the pro­fession
of agriculture,—either farming or
some other line. I anticipate that the same
result would be shown were a survey to
be made of any other engineering or strict­ly
vocational and technical institutions.
This same editorial failed to mention that
practically half of all of the prominent en-giners
of America are graduates of these
Land-Grant Colleges in spite of the fact
that the investment in them for engineer­ing
courses is less than one-third the total
investment for all engineering colleges. A
technical education along any line never
hurt anybody. I know a prominent lawyer
who was educated in college as an engineer.
His engineering education has helped him
to win many cases because he is better
posted on science and mathematics and the
technical knowledge of engineering subjects
than the lawyers with whom he comes in
contact. They may know the law but he
knows the law and enginering too. It takes
some knowledge of the subject on the part
of the lawyer to get the expert information
from the expert witness. I know men who
graduated in Agriculture and then became
excellent doctors. Their Chemistry, Bac­teriology,
Zoology, and other subjects in
agriculture were of infinite benefit to them
and their knowledge of practical things in
agriculture certainly did not do them the
least bit of harm. I know Engineering
graduates who have become excellent busi­ness
men. The task of deciding upon a
vocation irilife is a difficult one, one which
you cannot always decide correctly before
you start your college education. The prob­lems
of adpusting the education to the needs
of an individual in his life's work are, after
all is said and done, the most difficult prob­lems
we are trying to work out in a college
course.
* * * * *
I notice a Skating Rink in town. This
is just another convenient means of getting
rid of your nickels and dimes. It is a con­venient
place to waste both time and money.
While you are learning to skate on a pair
of roller skates be careful that you do not
slip up in your scholaship as well. If you
like roller skating, buy a cheap pair and
skate on the campus. Save the dimes which
you would spend at the Skating Rink and
you can easily buy yourself a pair of skates.
I know that the "A" sweaters were not
conferred upon all the men who participat­ed
in some of the games this fall. Some
who failed to receive the award can still
she was relegated to their company. The
girl's actions under the attendant circum­stances
make an intensely fascinating story.
Miss Stanley writes in a very charming
style, and one does not pass a dull moment
in reading the book. The scene is laid
close to Mobile, Alabama, first in a negro
settlement some miles from the city and la­ter,
on an island inhabited by mulattoes
about thirty miles south of the city. To
those who know and love Mobile Bay the
book will be of. especial interest. It makes
one hear the wind sighing through the
long-leaf pines and waves softly lapping
on the long sandy shores.
—T. E. Curtis.
PROBABLY IT IS ONE OF OURS
A skull two inches thick was discovered
in a western state. The president of the
state university is making a careful check
to see which member of his faculty is miss­ing.—
Texas Ranger.
* * * * *
IT'S THE TRUTH
Few history professors can hit the high-points
of history so as to put them over
like the sports writer who compiled the
following:
"Cain downs Able."
earn that recognition before they leave col­lege.
It has been repeatedly said, and I
want to emphasize it again, that it takes
more than just the first string men to win
football games these days. The fellows.who
have stuck by and worked hard during the
fall deserve a lot of credit. I hope you
will not forget them.
* * * * *
I am anxious about the college education
of these fine fellows on the freshman team.
I would like to say to them, there are two
things which they will need to keep in mind:
Your real objective in these four years is
an education which will fit you for more
than a mere, common job. The main thing*
to think about is: "what are you going to
do when you get to be forty years of age?"
The college trained man has the best part
of his life after he is forty hence the re­quirement
that you must make certain
progress in your educational career, as well
as in your athletic ability, is an important
and fine requirement. The course of study
at this institution it not too severe. We
are glad and proud that it does constitute
a good challenge for the average student.
I believe that the men on the freshman
team are men enough not to want to be
coddled and petted and given their grades,
even if we were disposed to do so, which
we are not. I am proud of the fact that
the athletes of this institution average
above the average of the whole student
body in scholarship. They do this in spite
of the difficulties of their work. We have
a fine prospect for next fall with just one
important IF and that is if this fine fresh­man
squad qualify, themselves in scholar­ship
and otherwise at this institution so
that they can be real contenders for every
position on the squad. Let's get with these
fellows and see if we cannot work it out!
I know they can all pass al their subjects
between now and the end of the semester
if they will all make up their minds that
it can be done. » Let's win this part of the
game as well as those parts which are
played on the field!
"Delilah wins over Samson by close
shave."
"Methuselah kicks off after long delay."
"David throws Goliath for a loss."
"Leonidas blocks pass at Thermopylae."
"Horatius holds the line."
"Caesar conquers Gaul after long battle."
"Anthony holds Cleopatra."
"Marquette runs through Mississippi."
"Phil Sheridan makes long run."
"Sherman marches through Georgia."
"Grant wins for north by line play."
. "Simpson and Dewey subdue Spanish."
"Wilson rolls up 14 points."
"Lenin checks one up for the common
people."
"Tunney wins by long count."—Citadel
Bulldog.
* * * * *
BEET PULP! RAH! RAH!
"There are other more tangible things
which represent the conveniences of beet
pulp. Those individuals known as house
managers (who we understand have band­ed
together for the starvation of the Greek)
have discovered in beet pulp a liberal and
economical source of noodles for the frat
house board. x
"Then there is the Aggie, scarce per­haps,
who upon occasions imbibes too free­ly
of a jungle mixture of organic poisons
in the wilds about the city. It is only the
odor of beet pulp which will guide him
home.
"We take this stand on the principle that
the absence of this common aroma would
make for a lessening of school spirit. Note
how the familiar odor gives the freshmen
the exalted air of genuine Aggie. What
would our campus be without this reminder?
"Perhaps the day will come when the Ag­gie
trainer, dashing on the gridiron in a
timeout period to give the boys their flit,
will carry with him a handful of beet pulp
a!nd let the sturdy heroes have a sniff
around to remind them what they are fight­ing
for."—Rocky Mountain Collegian.
* * * * *
CO-EDS ORGANIZE ORCHESTRA
Duke women with musical inclinations
have at last found an outlet for their ener­gies
in the organization of a girl's orches­tra.
For years boys have furnished the musi­cal
entertainment for the campus, and tal­ent
among the co-eds has languished in
obscurity. Now since the boys are a mile
away, and the nickel bus-fare kills any
chivalric impulses to serenade, the young
ladies felt a dire need of music of their
own.
The girls will be going to serenade the
boys now, we reckon.
Rhapsodical Revelations
By Alexandre Provost
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in
this column are not necessarily the editorial
opinions of this paper. It is a column of personal
comment, and is not to be read as an expression
of our editorial policy.
* * * * *
SO THAT'S WHAT IT IS?
There is not a college in America "that
has the courage to place athletics where
everyone knows they probably belong;" de­clares
Dr. Abraham Flexner, director of
the Institute of Advance Study in Newark,
N. J., in a new book, "Universities—Ameri­can,
English, and German," published by
the Oxford university press.
"The sort of easy rubbish which may be
counted toward an A.B. degre passes the
limits of credibility."^ In comparing Ameri­can
colleges with those of England, he holds
that the English universities- are immeas­urably
superior.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT
When one of Cumberland's students re­cently
met, woed, won and escorted her to
the altar to be united to same, all within
32 hours, he brought to Cumberland her
second prize in uniquie marriages within a
decade. The first record-breaker came a
few years ago when a girl visited her broth­er
and married his room-mate exactly one
hour after she met him. Reason enough
in the latter case; probably the girl's broth­er
needed someone to help him get his ties,
shirts and B. V. D.^s back.
THE attention of the colyumist was at­tracted
by an article which appeared
on, the editorial page of last Satur­day's
Montgomery Advertiser. The article
was written on the advantages of having
one-half as many separate identities in the
world as we now have and still have the
same number of people. The author was'
writing on the supposition that we had all
come in duplicates. We should require dup­licate
outfits of clothing, double portions
of food and tobacco, twin beds, and what
not. One of us could attend the local cine­ma
while the other was borrowing the neces­sary
funds for the perpetuation of our two
identical lives. The duplicates would have
the same mental ratings, the same emo­tional
natures, the same tastes. They would
have the same background, the same in­terests
and desires. They would be govern­ed
in their personal relations entirely by
telepathy. Two lawyers would write one
brief and prepare one speech, half of which
could be delivered by one and half by the
other, if desired.
The numerous advantages of such an
existence are obvious to all of us. Imag­ine
how interesting it would be to be in
two different places at the same time.
Think how sublime it would be if one could
live with the wife in Detroit while writing
colyums in Auburn. What a rare sport"
it would be to talk with oneself over the
telephone!
* * * * *
The seventy-first Congress assembled for
the short session last week with compara­tive
peace reigning inside the Capitol
Building and Communistic rioting on the
steps. As the roll was called inside, police
were employing tear bombs, riot sticks, and
other persuasive paraphenalia in an effort
to disperse a mob which had gathered at
the entrance to the- building. Thus we see
that even as our governmental machinery
began turning, there were persons outside
who seek to revolutionize our system of
government. The adherents of the Com­munistic
system are ready and willing to
resort to violence in their public demonstra- .
tions.
It is in Russia that we find so many ex­ponents
of this type of Socialist Govern­ment;
it is in Russia that the people are
experimenting with this type of govern­ment.
Under their system each person is
supposed to receive the same income. Ev­ery
working man makes a living. No capi­tal
is accumulated by any individual. Any­one
found guilty of accumulating capital
is designated "Exhibit A" at a little Social
target practice.
The Communistic doctrine is based on an
ideal which is hard to conceive of as ever
being attained. Their reasoning is on a
basis of perfection in society where every
individual will work for the common wel­fare.
It is inconceivable that man will not
always endeavor to excel, to surpass, and
to get ahead of his fellow beings. It is but
natural that the individual should want ma­terial
rewards proportional to his achieve­ments.
There will always be competition
among men and the successful competitor
will want to be recognized as such.
In his statement last week Stalin admit­ted
the temporary stability of the American
capitalistic system. He thinks it inevitable
that our system shall fail, but does no think
his even will occur in the immediate fu-
"ture. He realizes its good points but de­clares
that we have not created an ideal
system. It must be „ borne in mind that
comparatively few ideals are ever realized.
x
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
$45,000,000 SPENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSMISSION LINE
GIANT LINE THAT BRINGS GAS
FROM LOUISIANA INTO THREE
STATES IS 1J00 MILES LONG
Manufacturers' Record Hails Entrance of Natural Gas Into Ala­bama,
Mississippi, and Georgia As Most Epochal Develop­ment
in Years.
By Clyde W. Ennis
The construction of a giant trans­mission
line bringing gas from Louis­iana
through the state of Alabama,
Mississippi, and Georgia has involved
the expenditure of about $45,000,-
000.
The line was begun about, seven­teen
months ago and in the neighbor­hood
of 1,700 miles of pipe, filled
with Natural Gas, has been laid in
trenches and is now serving domes­tic
and industrial users in three
States.
The Manufacturers' Record, a dis­tinguished
exponent of Southern de
velopmen.t, has stated that the en­trance
of Natural Gas into the
Southeastern territory is the most
epochal development that has taken
place in the South in recent years.
This statement was inspired partly,
no doubt, by the fact that Natural
Gas rounds out a cycle of advantages
enjoyed by the South, which is not
the case in a great many sections of
the Country.
Industrial leaders believe that
while Natural Gas alone will not
bring to pass an industrial boom, it
is thought that the availability of
what is termed "almost perfect
fuel",, clean, efficient, easily con­trolled,
will be a feature in indus­trial
development. It is believed
that possessing raw materials in
aboundance, an unlimited reservoir
of labor, an ideal climate, railroad
facilities, and other advantages, com­bined
with Natural Gas, the South
will enlist the interest of outside
manufacturers -in this section of the
country.
Aside from its industrial benefit,
Natural Gas for domestic purposes
will lighten the domestic duties of
the housewives of the South and will
effectively relieve them of the in­convenience
possessed by other fuels.
It is expected that 75 percent of Nat­ural
Gas sold in this territory will be
for industrial service and 25 percent
for domestic users.
The supply of Natural Gas in this
City comes from the transmission
lines of the Southern Natural Gas
Corporation and is sold to local dis­tributing
company, who in turn de­livers
it to the users. The lines of
WELCOME
To
Auburn and Lee County
Alabama Natural Gas Corp*
Sanitary Market
Phone 112
CONGRATULATIONS
To All Residents in East
Alabama
Upon having brought into your homes-^GAS^-The
Modern Fuel—That you may enjoy the comforts
and conveniences it affords
Gas, to be completely useful should
be used freely. The gas bill is not a
new additional expense coming to
you but instead, an old expense mod­ernized.
One of the most important uses in
the home and nearly every building
is gas for heating water. A plentiful
hot water supply always ready at the
turn of a faucet insures cleanliness,
health, happiness and labor saving.
A Humphrey Self-Operating Gas
Water Heater as recommended and
sold by your Gas Company, the
Southern Natural Gas Corporation,
is a real investment value guarantee­ing
long years of service and satis­faction
at low cost.
ARRANGE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A
HUMPHREY SELF-OPERATING GAS WATER
HEATER AND ENJOY ONE OF THE MOST IM­PORTANT
NECESSITIES OF GAS SERVICE-HOT
WATER.
HUMPHREY COMPANY
Kalamazoo, 4% Michigan
this company takes rank as being
among the longest in America. At
the present time, something over 45
cities and towns in the three states
are being served with Natural Gas
by local distributing companies.
It is doubtful if any large indus­trial
development in the history of
America can compare with that of
Natural Gas transmission lines. At
this time over two billion dollars
have" been invested in Natural Gas
properties and something over 60,000
miles of line traverses a large pop­ulation
in this country. A few years
ago, gas was looked upon as purely
a lighting fuel and was first used
in Fredonia, New York for this pur­pose.
Engineers and scientists have
been able to develop over 60,000 in­dustrial
uses for Natural Gas, rang­ing
from the ceramic industry to the
heating of open hearth furnaces and
even so far as making comfortable
miniature golf links. As a matter
of fact, there are scarcely any heat
process but what Natural Gas is con­sidered
the ideal fuel, due to its high
heat content, easily controlled flame,
its cleanliness and its freedom from
dirt or any residue which ordinari­ly
results in extra handling and ex­tra
expense.
The line which brings Natural Gas
into this territory ranges in size from
the 22" O. D. steel line from Louisi­ana
to Birmingham to the small ser­vice
lines which transports gas into
the kitchens tof homes. The pipe
which is used in this vast net work
has involved the expenditure of ap­proximately
$13,000,000. This pipe
in effect is an underground reservoir
capable of discharging, under proper
pressure, 150,000,000 cubic feet of
gas per day. In order to provide suf­ficient
pressure, compressor stations
have been built at Pickens, Mississip­pi,
Reform, Alabama, and De Arman-ville,
near Annison, Alabama. These
stations are capable of taking care of
the present pressure demands of the
system but as the consumption grows
it is expected that it will be neces­sary
to provide further compressor
capacity.
In the Birmingham district, one of
the largest users of Natural Gas is
the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Rail­road
Company, one of the principal
subsidiaries of the United States
Steel Corporation. In addition, the
Gulf States Steel Company at Gads-t
den is making use of this ideal fuel
in industrial operations, while a va­riety
of smaller plants requiring heat
have been connected to the system.
The question is often asked as to
the life of Natural Gas fields, the
origin of the supply being brought
into the Southeast. At this time
there are over 1000 producing wells
in Monroe—Richland field—and sub­stantially
every day a new well is
discovered. It may be noted that this
is the only major gas producing ter­ritory
that has never shown any
trace of Petroleum. Geologists be­lieve
that the Richland Monroe supply
will last for a very long time. This
opinion is based upon the wells in
operation two years ago. Since that
time, additional wells have been
brought in and a new source of sup­ply
underneath the Monroe sands,
which was unexpected when found,
added very substantially to the pros­pective
life of this supply. It is not
believed that any apprehension
should exist as to the life of Natural
Gas. The remarkable development
from Louisiana encouraged prospec­tors
in Mississippi and with only
twenty-five wells drilled in Jackson,
theer has been discovered something
over 600,000,000 cubic feet of Nat­ural
Gas per day. This, added to the
already enormous supply across the
River in Louisiana, will be available
to users in the South.
ENGLISH PHYSICIAN
DIAGNOSES FATAL ILLS
OF BRITISH KINGS
London, England—(IP)—Dr. G. W.
James, who has been diagnosing fatal
illnesses of kings of England, has
made the discovery that Charles the
Bold died of an ingrowing toe nail
which infected his foot. Histories
thus far have revealed only that
Charles died in 1477.
Dr. James also found that King
Stephen, John, Henry V and Edward
I died to typhoid. Mary I, he declares,
was a victim of "flu."
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Sports Writer Saves
Time By Using Radio
Edward Van Every, New York
newspaper sports writer and author
'of the book, "Sine of New York," has
struck upon the innovation of using
a radio in order to save time in
writing stories about sports events
in which the public anxiously awaits
a complete and accurate account.
The author first tried his plan
with striking success during the re­cent
world series when he seated him­self
beside his typewriter near which
a Westinghouse WR-5 receiving set
had been placed. Needless to say,
Van Every's story was written ahead
of wire accounts which resulted in
his newspaper being first on the
street with the final score.
By no agency through which socie­ty
operates can' it destroy poverty
outright.'—President Egerton, of the
Manufacturers' Assn.
One must cease to believe before
being able to comprehend either the
reason or beauty of belief.—Hearn.
Dancing Credits Given
At Iowa State College
A class in ballroom dancing is be­ing
offered students at Iowa State
College and according to word from
Ames, the enrollment is so large that
they have had to cut down the num­ber
of periods per week from three to
one.
, One hour of credit is given, the
work being carried on by the women's
physical education department, and
the social director for girls. Over 350
men and women are taking the course.
Welcome
To Auburn
Natural Gas
Congratulations To
AUBURN
Upon Having NATURAL GAS
NOTHING INY0UR HOME CAN COMPARE
WITH THE COMFORT YOU'LL DERIVE
FROM A
RADIANTFIRE
You can't sing "Home, sweet
home," when your teeth are
chattering. You need a
Radiantfire for comfort.
When a sudden cold snap
comes—then leaves as sud­denly,
you can't fire up the
furnace, then let it die at
once. You need aRadiantfire
for convenience. When
your coal or oil bill comes
in, just figure what it costs
to heat the whole house at
the times you need only a
single room—late at night
or early in the morning.
You need a Radiantfire for
economy. See the Radiantfire
models at your dealer's
today. There is a wide
range from which to
choose. All are beautiful,
all are surprisingly moder­ate
in cost, all are easily
installed. A demonstration
is yours for the asking.
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HUMPHREY
Radjantjgre
ALABAMA
NATURAL GAS CORPORATION
EE> L. COTTING, Local Mgr.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1930
GRIFFITH ADVOCATES LECTURES
BY TALKING PICTURES IN CLASSES
David Wark Griffith, Prominent Movie Director, Advocates
. Extensive Utilization of Talkies in Class Demonstrations.
Strongly advocating lectures by
talking pictures in the classroom,
David Wark Griffith, prominent
moving and talking picture director,
enumerated their advantages in an
interview with Spectator. "Talking
pictures," he said, settling into the
depths of a blue over-stuffed chair
in his suite in the Hotel Astor,
"particularly in their application to
lectures and demonstrations, are to­day
quite practical."
Although educational reels have
been circulating throughout the
country for some time, he said, no
direct application of the screen for
college classroom utilization has
been consistently employed to date.
"Chemical experiments, for in
stance," he declared, "would be
more easily comprehended by stu­dents
of the former were thrown on
the oral demonstration of the instruc­tor
in charge. The pictures could
be seen from all parts of the class­room
as well as from the front row."
In lectures that required no dem­onstration,
however, the personality
of the professor speaking in person
Would be of more value, Mr. Griffith
said, than if the talk were merely
coming from an articulate screen.
He was next queried concerning
the value of a college education for
an actor or actress. "To be a good
actor," he said slowly, exhaling a
puff of cigarette smoke, "a man must
know many sides of living in general,
and college affords him the opportu­nity
to absorb a great amount of this
knowledge. In addition, the ability
of expression after absorption is de­rived
from cultural knowledge."
The Little Theatre movement, as
a screen with which was synchronized evidenced in college and even more
The
Greystone Hotel
Montgomery, Alabama
"<jFine as the <Jinest"
L. LOEB, Mgr.
Commercial Rates, $2.50 and
up.
M Amaze a Minute
SdientiiVet* —'iyArnold I O
INVISIBLE GERMAN BOMBERS"
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>-RAINMAKERS
WITH THEIR CHEMICAL BREWS' AJTD
SM.0KINQ CANtfONS HAVE APPEARED
A.3A1H IM THE ARID SOUTHWEST
SCIENTISTS DECLARE THEIR CLAIMS'
FALSE . THAT M.ONEY PAID To THEM
IS LOST. "
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GAS COMPANY OFFICIALS EXPRESS
CONFIDENCE IN AUBURN DIVISION
Believe That Unit Serving Tuskegee, Auburn, Opelika, and We-tumpka
Wilt Attract A Large Number of Industries.
Officials of the Natural Gas Com­pany
are working forward with deep­est
confidence in this division j>f its
properties, serving Tuskegee, Au­burn,
Opelika and Wetumpka, be­coming
one of the best units of its
massive 1800-mile transmission sys­tem.
Officials of the company be-
In order to care for the business
already contracted for an in antici­pation
of rapid expansion of service
in this division, ample care has been
taken to provide line-capacity for
rapid and large growth of business
in this territory, and on this account,
it is expected that the organization
lieve that this division will attract in charge of operating these proper
THE HIGHEST WAVE
THE HIGHEST" WAVE or RECORD WRENCHED I
LIGHTHOUSE BSIX. HOTfG 10O TEET ABOVE
THE WATE'R ON ONE OP THE 3CIUX
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COLLEGE WOMEN NOT LADIES,
SAYS NINA PUTNAM; GIRLS DENY
IT; CALL HER PUBLICITY FIEND
Nina Wilcox Putnam, member of
the Poetical Society of America and
Author's League of America, and
internationally known writer, says
"No."
Miss Sydney* Silverman, editor of
the Mills College Weelky, says "Yes."
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in amateur dramatic organizations, is
a commendable project, Mr. Griffith
declared. "Generally," he said, "the
play that is intellectual (quote me
as calling this word ugly) is picked
out by the amateur group." Aug­menting
this statement, Mr. Griffith
said that the Little Theatre move­ment
was provoking slowly in many
people "a taste for better dramas."
Pressing his cigarette in an ash­tray,
Mr. Griffith continued: "There
is a place for poor pictures in the
theatre. Every good picture slays
by contrast the bad picture."
While it is probably the most ex­tensive
field open to men and women
desirous of entering some phase of
the theatre is plot writing, Mr. Grif­fith
stated, glancing at a pile of man­uscripts
on his desk, although, he
said, the fortunes had gone to pro­ducers
and actors. Every talking and
moving picture director reads, in
mand for new plots and novel liter­ary
material, he concluded with a
smile.—Columbia Spectator.
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The controversy started over Mrs.
Putnam's article in a current issue
of College Humor magazine, titled
"College Is Bad for Girls."
Mrs. Putnam says, in part, "There
is often a smart-alec air that I don't
like about college women. If college
girls could hear what most men say
about them, only the hopelessly
homely ones would register. I don't
think girls who go to college are as
well-dressed, as charming, or as cul­tured
as those who are properly
brought up at home—and the colle
giate girl's hair is seldom quite
right."
Miss Silverman was quick to take
up the challenge in the name of the
college women in general as well as
the Mills girls in particular.
The Mills editor suggests that Mrs
Putnam's statements that college wo­men
do not know how to dress, have
Jio charm, and are not "ladies" is at
least "debatable."
Miss Silverman's editorial goes on
to say, "Mrs. Putnam's purpose in
writing the article in undoubtedly to
arouse comment and create sen
tion by flippant unsubstantiated
statements.
"We feel that she is not only ex
citing herself needlessly, but that
she is proving somewhat—shall we
say late-Victorian?
"That in itself is no crime, but
when late Victorianism-is applied to
the cultural progress of the world it
becomes a matter for pity."
While the editorial asserts most
vehemently that the "pursuit, attrac
tion and capture of the male" is de
cidedly not the sole purpose of a
college girl's existence, as Mrs. Put
nam intimates, Miss Silverman makes
haste to add that Mills girls have
found matrimony a popular course—
statistics indicating that 60 per cent
of Mill graduates have married.
—The Rocky Mountain Collegian
COACH SITS IN STANDS
Milwaukee—(IP)—High in the
stands is where Coach Frank J. Mur­ray
sits to direct his Marquette
University football team on the grid­iron.
He uses a telephone to send
his orders to the team, and declares
that he can thus get a better idea of
what is going on down on the field.
a large number of industries, which
will become users of natural gas with
its economy, heat content and clean­liness.
This opinion has been formed by
reason of the execution of the con­tract
with the Auburn Institute and
a group of industrial plants at Brick­yard,
Alabama. This group of con­sumers
will use in the neighborhood
of 3,000,000 cubic feet daily, which
added to the .expected consumption in
the four Alabama Natural Gas plants,
will amount to an impressive volume.
ties will exercise the greatest alert­ness
in promoting the interests of
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Caldwell, outstanding football star
at Yale University not many years
ago, and for a while a first baseman
for the Cleveland Indians, has opened
up a smoke shop and sandwich stall
in the vicinity of his alma mater
here.
One of his regular customers is
"Smoky Joe" Wood, former Cleve­land
Indian pitcher and outfielder,
who now coaches Yale's baseball
team.
Moore Brothers* Company takes this
opportunity to extend congratulations
to the Alabama Natural Gas Corpora­tion
on the opening of its new offices
and sales rooms in Auburn. We also
congratulate the community on its op­portunity
to enjoy the many advant­ages
of gas—the ideal fuel.
Your gas company is more than
just an agency to supply you with gas
and necessary appliances for using
gas. It is a public institution dedicated
whole-heartedly to advancing the
good of the entire community. In
bringing gas to' Auburn it opens a
tremendous opportunity for industrial
expansion, as well as greater conve­nience
and comfort to every home. x.
A very important part of the ser­vice
which your gas company renders
the community is the selection of the
proper gas appliances which will use
gas most efficiently and economically.
In this connection they have expended
much time and careful consideration
and offer to you only those appliances
which they are sure will be of the
greatest service.
Moore Brothers Company is proud
of the fact that Moore's Puritan Heat­er
is among the appliances offered by
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of heating your home and we feel sure
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SINGTON IS SELECTED AS BEST
TACKLE IN NATION BY BALLOT
Player and College
Wesley E. Fesler, Ohio State .
Frederic W. Sington, Alabama
Bertram Mertzger, Notre Dame
Benjamin H. Ticknor, Harvard
Wade Woodworth, Northwestern
Gleen Edwards, Washington State
Frank L. Baker, Northwestern .
Francis F. Carideo, Notre Dame
Erny Pinckert, Sou. Calif.* .
Marchmont Schwartz, Notre Dame*
Leonard Macalusco, Colgate . .
(*) Has one year more of competition.
SECOND TEAM
Player and College Posi
Garrett Arbelbide, Sou. Calif. E.
George Van Bibber, Purdue T.
John Baker, Sou. Calif. G.
Melvin Hein, Wash. State C.
Barton Koch, Baylor G.
John M. Price, Army • T.
Thomas Conley, Notre Dame , E.
Robert Dodd, Tennessee Q.B.
Henry Bruder, Northwestern H.B.
Albert J. Booth, Jr., Yale H.B.
Joseph Savoldi, Notre Dame F.B.
FIRST TEAM
Position Wgt. Votes
END 180 306 .
TACKLE 215 260
GUARD 154 239
CENTER 193 217
GUARD 191 164
TACKLE 235 176
END 174 170
QUARTERBACK 175 388.
HALFBACK 189 145
HALFBACK 170 116
FULLBACK 194 118
THIRD TEAM
Player and College
Gerald Dalrymple, Tulane
Frank Foley, Fordham
Charles I. Humber, Army
Thomas Siano, Fordham
Gabriel Bromberg, Dartmouth
Milo Lubratovitch, Wisconsin
Harry Ebding, St. Mary's
Marshall Duffield, Sou. Calif.
John H. Suther, Alabama
Frederick F. Stennett, St. Mary's
Elmer Schwartz, Wash. State
HONORABLE MENTION
ENDS—Smith and Maffett, Geor­gia;
Long, Southern Methodist; Wat-kins,
Utah; Gantenhien, Wisconsin;
Hokuf, Nebraska; Harding, Harvard;
King and Carlmark, Army; Barres,
Yale; Halligen, William & Mary; Van
Dyne, Missouri; McKalip, Oregon
State; Maskell, Washington State;
Riblett, Pennsylvania; Bates, West­ern
Maryland; Wilcox, Southern Cal­ifornia
Ellert, Syracuse; Terry, Villa-nova;
Dixon, Boston College; Moss,
Purdue.
TACKLES—Crehan, Dartmouth;
Vincent, Yale; Blanton, U. of Texas;
Rhea and Broadstone, Nebraska;
Spear, Iowa State; Lee, Oklahoma;
Cronkite, Kansas Aggies; Clement,
Alabama; Johnson, Utah; MacKesey,
Brown; Maree, Georgia Tech; Wa­ters,
Florida; Tully, Pittsburgh; Bod-man,
Illinois; Schwegler, Washington
Concannon, New York University;
McCanse, Tulane; Olsen, Pennsylva­nia;
McNally, St. Mary's Hall, South­ern
California; Davis, Clemson; Ahl-skog,
Washington State; Marvil,
Northwestern.
GUARDS—Kabat, Wisconsin; Mad-dox,
Georgia; Beckett, California;
Colbert, Oregon; Tracey, Fordham;
McGrory, Colorado College; Oates,
Oklahoma Aggies; King, Marquette;
Bodenger, Tulane; Selby, Ohio State;
Wisniewski, Fordham; Linehan, Yale;
Steele, Florida; Hunt, Cornell, Corn-well,
Michigan; Forquer, Kentucky;
Kassis, Notre Dame; Dresher, Carne­gie;
Hare, Yale; Hughey, South Caro­lina;
Leathers, Georgia; Munn, Min­nesota;
Stears, Purdue.
CENTERS—Jones, Utah; Andres,
Dartmouth; Atkins, Texas Christian;
Yarr, Notre Dame; Smoot, Kansas;
Roberts, Tulane; Morrison, Michigan;
Loeser, Yale; Tassi, Santa Clara;
Williamson, Southern California; Ely,
Nebraska; Miller, Purdue.
QUARTERBACKS — O'Connell,
Holy Cross; Wood, Harvard; Beyer,
Cornell; Tonkin, Washington State;
,Mohler, Southern California; New­man,
Michigan; Hanley, Northwest­ern;
Morton, Dartmouth; Bennett,
Princeton; Baker, Pittsburgh;
Branch, North Carolina; Hewitt, Co­lumbia;
Downes, Georgia; Graney,
Marquette; Wilson, Baylor; Bowman,
Army; Middlemist, Colorado; Fisher,
Fordham; King, Drake; Leland, Texas
Christian; White, Purdue.
HALFBACKS — Kitzmiller, Ore­gon;
Weller, Haskell; Brill, Notre
Dame; Lainhart and Ellingsen, Wash­ington
State; Shelley, Texas; Kelly,
Kentucky; Hackman, Tennessee; Mur­ray,
Duke; Bethea, Florida; Kirn,
Navy; Sisk, Marquette; Christensen,
Utah; Murphy, Fordham; O'Neill, De­troit;
Zimmerman, Tulane; Hart, Col­gate;
Mills, Oklahoma; Gutowsky,
Oklahoma City; Benefiel, Tulsa; Mo-ran,
Syracuse; Wheeler, Michigan;
Moffatt, Stanford; Eyth, Carnegie;
Battles, West Virginia Wesleyan; S.
Hansen, Temple; Hinkle, Bucknell;
Hufford, Washington; Trigg, Okla­homa
Aggies; Saumer, St. Olaf; Van
Koten, Drake; Donovan, Colby; Risk,
Purdue; Berry, Illinois; Rebholz, Wis­consin;
Foster, Bowdoin; Eustis, New
(Continued on page 8)
Two Veterans on Auburn's Hardwood Quintet BASKETBALL DRAWS INTEREST
AS CAGERS START PRACTICE
The group above is composed of
Jack Stewart on the left and Frock
Pate on the right. Both of these
men were members of last year's
varsity basketball team, and should
be star performers on Coach McAl­lister's
aggregation. Stewart is a
center, while Pate works wells at
either guard or forward.
Hardwood Captain
The basketeer pictured above is
Lefty Jordan, Captain of Auburn's
basketball team. This is Jordan's
second year on the team, being high
point scorer for the Conference until
the final few weeks of last year's
season, Ralph also plays football
and baseball, and is a very competi­tive
athlete. He was signally honor­ed
last year by being elected captain
of a major sport while a Sophomore
Jimmie Hitchcock, Sophomore Star,
Leads Auburn Scorers With 49 Points
GRIDIRON QUINTESSENCE
= By ADRIAN TAYLOR
Southern football has been blessed
this year with outseanding talent
among her athletes. The season just
closed has been featured by outstand­ing
performances, feats of wit, of
speed, spectacular tackling, shifty
running and a wonderful cohesion in
team work.
A review of the season will recall
a few of those wonderful plays. Ed
Salus of Florida, back in punt for­mation
behind his goal line, a bad
pass from center, and it looks as
though he will be thrown for a safety
by a Georgia man, but the fast think­ing
Salus passes the ball to the field
of play and averts disaster.
The Georgia Bulldogs are in the
gigantic Polo stadium, outplaying the
Violets of N. Y. U., but the score is
close. Georgia scores a touchdown
and Catfish Smith is called upon to
kick the goal, a trying position, but
the confident Smith kicks the ball
cleanly between the bars, a winning
point.
The Engineers of Tech are lined
(Continued on page 8)
With the close of the most success­ful
season that an Auburn football
eleven has enjoyed in three years,
athletic attention at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute has changed
from the gridiron to the hardwood,
where Sam McAllister's Plainsmen
dribblers are practicing every even­ing.
McAllister, head coach in three ma­jor
sports at St. Viator College,
Bourbonnais, 111., before coming to
the Cornerstone, is starting his first
season as basket-ball mentor at Au­burn.
During the four years that
he coached at St. Viator, his cage
and baseball teams were either cham­pions
or runnersup for the Illinois
Intercollegiate title, and it is believed
that he will develop a strong five
to wear the Orange and Blue colors
this season with six of last year's
seven letter men back.
The 1929-30 team was one of the
leading scoring machines in the
Southern Conference, averaging over
34 points a game against 36 for
their opponents. But they were
weak on defense and managed to
win only one conference tilt and five
against non-conference foes. Finding
C J I M M I E . HITCHCOCK-AoeuiZiO
For the second consecutive year, a
sophomore on Auburn's football team
has annexed scoring honors. Lindley
Hatfield, whose work also stood out
this season, led the scorers in 1929,
while Jimmie Hitchcock, a brilliant
first-year varsity performer, ranked
twelfth in the Southern Conference
in crossing opponents goal lines and
also led the Plainsmen ball toters
with 49 points.
In the opening game against Bir­mingham-
Southern, Hitchcock failed
to dent the scoring column, but his
punting of a muddy pigskin was out­standing.
His boots traveled for an
average of over 47 yards, one going
for 222 feet.
His initial marker as a varsity
player was against Spring Hill, when
he ran 68 yards to score. He was
held scoreless in the Florida and
Georgia Tech games, but scored his
second touchdown against Georgia
(when he caught a pass from Frock
Pate that netted 23 yards and the
first tally of the afternoon.
Following Georgia, came Wofford
and that meant a feast for the former
Southern Military Academy star. He
played only 25 minutes in the game,
but annexed a point-a-minute by
crossing Wofford's goal on four occa­sions
and was successful for the try
for the extra point after one of his
six-pointers.
He made long runs against Tulane,
Mississippi A. & M., and Vanderbilt,
but was unable to cross the final
white line. However, he again broke
out with the scoring fever in the final
game and tied for scoring honors with
Lindley Hatfield, each running up 12 j
points in giving the Tigers their first
Southern Conference win in over four
years.
Tom Brown, running from the full­back
post, another sophomore, ran
second to Hitchcock in the art of
scoring with 18 points. The former
all-state performer at Cloverdale High
School, Montgomery, who received
honorable mention along with Capt.
Dunham Harkins for All-American,
scored against Spring Hill, Georgia
Tech and Misssisippi A. & M. He fre­quently
reeled off lengthy gains
through the line, but his additional
value to the team was his ability to
star on the defense. His deadly and
fierce tackling stood out in every
game.
Lindley Hatfield, whose 56 yard
runs against Florida and Georgia
(Continued on page 7)
the hoops for over 34 markers a game
is a fairly good record, and if Mc­Allister
is able to mould together a
strong defensive combination, the
1930-31 Tigers are expected to win
the majority of the encounters on
their schedule.
In Capt. Ralph Jordan, Tom Lump­kin
and Frock Pate, McAllister has
three sharpshooters for the forward
berths. Jordan led the conference
in scoring up to the annual tourna­ment
in Atlanta, which Auburn did
not enter. Pate did not cash in with
two-pointers as regularly as the other
two did last season, but his floor work
stood out. All are "A" wearers and
are just starting their second year
as varsity performers. Jordan is the
first junior to lead an Auburn team
since Buck Ellis captained the 1927
basket-ball quintet.
Jack Stewart* is back to take over
the pivot post. His 76 inch frame
should give him the tip-off on most
teams faced by the Bengals, and that
means a lot to a team. He should be
a vastly improved player over last
season and rank with the best cen­ters
in Dixie. He hs a good eye for
the baskets and plays the floor well.
With strong competition coming in
from Robert Arthur, Alan Pilgrim,
Harold Harmon, Vester Taylor and
David Rogers, Stewart's playing pro­bably
will be better. Competition
helps make any kind of a team. A
capable understudy for Stewart can
be recruited from the other candi­dates
for this post, but ousting Stew­art
will be more than a man's size
job if the former Anniston lumniary
comes through, as expected.
The aspirants to the guard posi­tions
will have to work hard to win
regular places. McAllister intends to
spend a good deal of time with the
defensive side, and that means that
the guards will receive more than
their share of the hard work. He
glanced at last season's' record and
realized that if the team had had an
effective defense, more engagements
would have been annexed in the win
column.
Louie James, captain of the 1929-
30 team and the last of his family
to make athletic history here, is the
only regular player missing. He was
stationed at guard, but Howard Law-son
and Lindley Hatfield, veterans,
and Chas. Kaley, an outstanding play­er
his freshman year, who was out
of school most of last year, are back
and will make this department strong
if they come up to expectations.
Other players who will be leading
contenders for varsity posts are: Sam
Mason, George Jenkins, S. C. Pugh,
Aquilla Turk, Harris Blackmon and
Arthur Kirkby, graduates from the
freshman team, and the following re­serves
from last.year: Odis Aldridge,
Martin Curvin, Vernard Vines, Earl
Smith and Jack Cumbee.
The schedule has not been defi­nitely
aranged, but will be released
soon.
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TOOMER'S
PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1930
GAS CORPRATION TO GIVE GOOD
SERVICE TO AUBURN CONSUMERS
"Having brought to Auburn a per­fect
fuel for domestic and industrial
use, the personnel of the Alabama
Natural Gas Corporation expects to
render consumers here perfect ser­vice."
This statement was made here
today by George H. Park, General
Superintendent of Operations, in
charge of the local gas plant.
Mr. Park states: "There has been
constructed in this city a distribution
system which is of the best materials
and has been completed by the finest
workmanship and that a better dis­tribution
system could not have been
provided. We have buried many miles
of cast iron pipe—bought in Birming­ham—
along the streets of this city.
55 % of the wages paid in the con­struction
of this system was paid to
local people. We have maintained
our long established policy of buying
all materials that we could possibly
buy in the territory we intended to
serve. This policy, of course, will be
continued.
"The Company has provided the
most mo*dern and most completely test­ed
gas appliances and is prepared to
install them in homes at a reasonable
price_ and if desired, on a plan of
payment which will permit a house­hold
to take advantage of natural gas
under favorable financial arrange­ments.
"Natural gas is twice as good as any
gas ever made by man. It contains
approximately 1,000 B. T. U., and it
is safe, clean—contains no dirt nor
ashes—and it is economical. It can
Jimmie Green To Play
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Atlanta, Ga.—Jimmie Green and his
orchestra, one of the most popular or­chestras
of the day, has finally, been
engaged to play for the mid-year
dances. This orchestra has enjoyed
a great success as a radio orchestra
over the Columbia network, as well as
making a great name for. itself as a
dance orchestra with its syncopated
rhythm.
It was selected from the orchestras
of the country by popular request
from all the fraternities on the cam
pus. It is a rare opportunity for
Tech to have such an orchestra to
play for their dances. They will be
by far the best orchestra that ever set
foot on the Tech campus, and it is a
sure bet the Mid-year dances will be
the most successful in the history of
Havana To Become
Federal District
compete upon a fair basis with any
other fuel, and when its many merits,
which are not possessed by other fuels,
are taken into consideration, we be­lieve
that natural gas will be select­ed
for all domestic and industrial uses
in this city."
CONGRATULATIONS
Alabama Natural Gas Corp*
On Your Entrance
Into Auburn*
Havana, Cuba—(IP)—One of the
oldest cities in the New World, Hava­na,
will in 1931 lose its identity as a
municipality, and will, like Washing­ton,
D. C, become a federal district,
under the control of the Cuban con­gress.
Feb. 24 has been set as the date
when Congress will take over the af­fairs
of the city.
Cuba, in this manner, more closely
than ever brings its government in
close parallel to that of its protector,
the United States.
HUNGARIAN WOMAN FOUNDS
STRANGE RELIGIOUS SECT
Brokers Are Very
Fond Of Old Shoes
R* T* Moreman & Son
Dealers in Staple and Fancy Groceries
Telephone 60
Budapest—(IP)—A new religious
sect founder by a Hungarian widow
here is based on a creed which can
be freely translated in English best
by the phrase, "Laugh and the World
laughs with you."
Mme. Fuelop,. the founder of the
new religion, declares that "purifica­tion
of the soul is possible by merri­ment
alone."
She claims biblical authority for her
new gospel, declaring that Jesus never
ordered mankind to be mournful.
She gathers her desciples about her
every evening, and together they dance
"in the name of salvation, laughing,
singing, and from time to time kissing
the Bible."
The police are watching the new
sect, but so far have found no grounds
for interfering with their form of
worship.
"Have you any shoes, old ones, you
don't need?" asks Eric Hatch in the
January College Humor in his article
on the stock exchange, "Market Ma-zuma."
"Send them on, will you?
All the really good brokers wear old
shoes on the trading floor, and old
shoes are hard to buy. It makes it
easier for them when they have to
stand on their dogs all day. Most
of the boys keep a pair in their locker
and then change before they go back
to their office after the close. If you
do send any, be sure they're mates,
that's the only thing. The color does
not matter."
SENIORS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING GO
TO ATLANTA ON INSPECTION TRIP
As a part of their regular work in
the course of Civil Engeneering, the
seniors of the class of 1931, invaded
Atlanta on their annual inspection
tour of the industrial- plants of that
city.
Prof. J. A. C. Callan and Prof. A.
C. Barrow were in charge of the party
which remained in the metropolis of
Georgia for three days.
While in Atlanta, the Civils made
a thorough inspection of the Georgia
School of Technology, the Stone Moun­tain
Quarries, the Dixie Culvert and
Pipe Co., the Terracotta Pipe Co., the
Georgia Highway Department offices
the Austin Bridge Co., the Atlanta
Blue Print Co., the Doctor's Building,
the Ford Motor assembling plant,
Sears-Roebuck store and the water
supply plant of the city.
The courtesies extended by the own­ers
and managers of the plants was
gratifying, and Dr. Snow of Georgia
Tech was especially helpful to the
party. The time and money required
for the trip was well expended for
every member had cleared up some
facts which were rather hazy or mis­understood.
ROCHESTER STUDENTS FORM
ORGANIZATION AT ALABAMA
Twenty-five students of Rochester,
N. Y., met in the Union Building on
Tuesday, November 4, to organize an
Rochester-Alabama club.
John Dorsey was elected to head the
organization. Other officers are:
William Santil, vice-president, Rich­ard
Murdock, secretary, and J. B.
Kenny, treasurer.
Members of the organization formu­lated
plans for an Alabama dance in
Rochester during the Christmas vaca­tion.—
Crimson-White.
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ENNIS TELLS OF INTERESTING PROBLEMS
THAT CONFRONTED CORPORATION WHEN
CONSTRUCTION OF LINES WAS STARTED
By Clyde W. Ennis
The introduction of Natural Gas in
the states of Mississippi, Georgia and
Alabama presented many interesting
problems in the construction of local
distributing systems including Au­burn.
By meeting and solving new
problems, the work was brought to
a high point of efficiency by the Nat­ural
Gas Engineering Corporation,
acting as agents for the Alabama
Natural Gas Corporation, Mississippi
Natural Gas Corporation, and for the
Southern Natural Gas Corporation,
owners of the seventeen hundred
mile transmission line.
The construction forces in charge
of the town plant work have made
many enviable records in their phy­sical
efforts as well as records in
creating good will and good feeling
between the temporary forces and
the residents of the cities where they
were engaged. Up to this time,
twenty of these plants, involving a
large sum of money and calling for
the services of a large force of work­men,
have been completed in the
three states through which the trans­mission
lines of the Southern Natural
Gas Corporation traverses.
Of the two score plants built, it is
believed that the record made on the
construction of the distribution sys­tem
at Bogalusa, Louisiana, ranks as.
the fastest and most complete job
done in the territory- The entire
plant was built and gas was turned
into the mains and was being used
by many consumers in nineteen act­ual
working days. The plant consists
of 114,665 feet of principal mains.
Before gas was turned on, there were
470 service lines which required
35,047 feet of pipe. The construc­tion
was authorized on October 8th
and twenty-nine actual days elapsed
from the first move until the system
was accepted by the Bogalusa Gas
Company. During this period the
forces were held up six days by rain
and four Sundays intervened, leaving
190 actual working hours. The or­der
of the work was as follows:
October 8th—purchase of material
authorized.
October 13th—superintendent on
ground.
One the same day, the superin­tendent
organized his construction
force.
Thre days later the first trench
was opened.
The next day two cars of pipe ar­rived.
The next day the forces began lay­ing
pipe.
November 10th Natural Gas was
turned in the first section of the
plant.
Four days later, November 14, the
plant was completed.
r
On the same day the system was
accepted by engineers representing
the Bogalusa Gas Company, Inc.
At the beginning of its municipal
plant construction in the South, em­phasis
was placed upon the relation
which the company wanted to exist
between it and the municipal author­ities
and citizens. In every case, care
was exercised to establish and main­tain
the most cordial understanding
between the company forces and the
city in general. Recognizing the ex­treme
value of the right kind of
public relations, the Natural Gas En­gineering
Corporation employed a
large majority of its working force
in the town where the plant was be­ing
built. Offices and warehouses
were rented and, wherever possible,
materials were bought from local
merchants. In each City, banking
connections were made during the
construction period and municipal
authorities were kept constantly in­formed
of the progress being made
and were consulted upon problems
arising from time to time. As an
example of the extreme care that the
Company maintained to build up the
proper relations, it may be pointed
out that in this territory the streets
of the towns are frequently lined
with beautiful shade trees, and, quite
naturally, the residents value them
very highly. The lines were laid
parallel with the street, between the
curb and the property line, and it
was inevitable that shade trees bor­dering
the streets were in close prox­imity
to the trenches. In order to
safe guard these trees from damage,
the company tunnelled under the
roots, in some cases to quite a depth,
Pilots of the Greek Brotherhoods at Auburn
KBtMMM ' - Ski:
er enemies than the Natural Gas or­ganization,
which introduced this fuel
to the Southeastern territory.
'A perfect fuel, coupled with an
organization schooled to remember
that you can catch more flies with
molasses than you can with vinegar,
and friends among all classes of peo­ple,
is a trinity of advantages which
is expected to contribute immeasur­ably
to the success of the operating
company.
Before long the only women left
with bobbed hair will be old ladies.
JIMMIE HITCHCOCK,
SOPHOMORE, LEADS
SCORERS; 49 POINTS
(Continued from page 5)
Tech thrilled the fans, was third in
scoring with 13 points. Porter Grant.
Ike Parker and Felix Creighton tied
for fourth place with a touchdown
each.
Though carrying the pigskin on
very few occasions, Chattie Davidson,
former Sidney Lanier High School
luminary, ran the team well as gen­eralissimo
and also annexed three
points, sending the ball through the
uprights for the extra point in games
with^ Georgia, Wofford and South
Carolina.
Auburn finished third from the
bottom this season, the first time in
three years that they have not occu­pied
the cellar; but Chet Wynne's
proteges counted more points than
five other members of the S. C. and
a similar number of teams had more
points scored against them. The Ti­gers
scored 101 points and had 135
annexed against them.
Wins were recorded over Spring
Hill, for the second year undefeated
in the S. I. A. A.; Wofford and South
Carolina. -Only three wins, but all
against strong teams. The season
was perfect against South Carolina
elevens, Wofford and South Carolina
being leaders in the Palmetto state.
Children are wise these days at
such tender ages that those parents
who wish to have an old-fashioned
heart-to-heart talk should schedule
it before the sixth birthday.
W\%
isssis
The leading fraternity men on the
Auburn campus are pictured above
as they gathered before the entrance
to the Phi Delta Theta house. As
presidents of the Auburn chapters,
these men guide the destiny of Greek
letter brotherhoods on the campus.
They are, left to right, front row,
Rex Sikes, of Luverne, Pi Kappa Phi;
Carl Schlich of Loxley, Theta Kappa
Nu; W. S. Myrick of Lakeland, Fla.,
Pi Kappa Alpha, president Interfrat
Council; Fred Renneker of Birming­ham,
Kappa Alpha, vice-president
Interfrat Council; J. M. Jones of
Montgomery, Alpha Tau Omega;
Eugene Bothwell of Decatur, Phi
Delta Theta; Jo Anderson of Clarks-ville,
Tenn., Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Second row, Fred Hardy of Newala,
Sigma Nu; Jack L. Capell of Mont­gomery,
Sigma Pi; Cary Hooks of
Dothan, Kappa Sigma; C. P. Gran-ade
of Leroy, Alpha Gamma Rho;
H. F. McCroskey of Falkvilje, Square
and Compass; C. C. McGraw of Mar­vel,
Sigma Phi Epsilon; Max Williams
of Birmingham, Alpha Lambda Tau.
Third row, Holt Leach of Gadsden,
Theta Chi; C. F. Davis of Hartford,
Lambda Chi Alpha; J. C. Clarke of
McShaw, Chi Epsilon Chi; K. C. Gil­bert
of Fairfield, Tau Upsilon Omega;
A. R. Griffith of Marble Valley,
Alpha Psi; T. P. Brown of Mobile,
Phi Kappa Delta. Fourth row, Fred
A. Montgomery of Birmingham, Delta
Sigma Phi; Clinton Adams of Bir­mingham,
Sigma Phi Sigma; R. F.
Ham of Cottonton, Beta Kappa; R. P.
Putnam of Huntsville, Phi Delta Chi;
and R. L. Hume of Birmingham, Phi
Kappa Tau.
and sent a specially prudent foreman
to supervise the penetration of the
trench through these foots to keep
from inflicting any damage. This
precaution by the company was com­mended
upon frequently in the most
flattering manner not only by the
newspapers but citizens generally and
served to create a feeling of good
will towards the company, which is
of great value. It may be also point­ed
out that in this town plant con­struction
that the company entered
houses and homes from the rear,
using alleys wherever possible, and
in no case did the company cut any
permanent paving or hard surface
roads except in the last extremity.
Frequently, these were tunnelled and,
where it was impossible to avoid cut?
ting the paving, the company ar­ranged
with the City forces to re­place
the damaged portion precisely
as it was before, and of course, at
the Company's expense. The- Com­pany
forces were also warned to be
extremely careful of their personal
relations with the public, and with
the exception of minor incidents,
there were no untoward develop­ments
in this connection. The Com­pany
insisted that nothing be done
that would border upon the rights of
the residents in these communities
and that every care be observed not
to incur the displeasure of any citi
zen. The temporary forces carefully
followed this policy of the company.
And, as a result of this policy, when
the temporary forces were withdrawn
from twenty of these southern com­munities,
the feelings of none had
been wounded and it is notable to
observe that upon occasion of their
leaving the forces were complimented
upon their attitude and regret was
expressed by a cross section of citi-zenes
reflecting the sentiment of the
community, that necessity compelled
the temporary forces to leave to car­ry
on similar work elsewhere.
As a result of the attitude of the
constructing organization, from the
ditch digger to the superintendent,
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many lasting friends were made for
the Gas Company; no effort being
made to distinguislf between an as­sociated
company doing the work and
the operating company. At all times
and in every instance, whatever ref­erence
was made to construction or
relating work was invariably referred
to as the "Gas Company". " This-program
of attempting to establish
and maintain cordial relations and
good will between the people on one
hand and the builders on the other
created a legacy for the operating
company which it inherited and was
able in every instance to begin its
operation in small communities equip­ped
with a host of friends and well
wishers. It is to be questioned
whether any large corporation, the
personnel of which was, in most cases
strangers, has been able to identify
itself with twenty communities as
operators and hundreds of communi­ties
as builders, which has made few-
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urn on
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Estate Gas Ranges, Estate Gas
Heatrolas will be among the ma­jor
appliances on display in the
new salesrooms of the Alabama
Natural Gas Corporation. They
represent the ultimate contribu­tion
to modern living by a com­pany
which is recognized as a
leader in the gas appliance field.
Ask to see the 1930 models, and
ask for a demonstration when you*
call to get full details on what
natural gas will mean to your
home. _ .
MAKERS OF
GAS APPLIANCES
SINCE 1889
E EXTEND our
best wishes to
the new office of the
Alabama Natural Gas
Corporation. May it enjoy many years of prosperity
and bring many years of service to the community.
And our sincere congratulations to the people of
Auburn. For, to them has come a new era of com­fort
and convenience.
Natural Gas is at their service—ready to cook their
food and to heat their homes. It is plentiful; it is eco­nomical;
it presents to homes and industries advantages
never before experienced.
Think of preparing your meals on a range which does
the cooking, roasting and baking, scientifically—assur­ing
perfect results every time. With less trouble, with
less attention. And, even in the midst of scorching
weather—in a kitchen which does not become over­heated.
Think of summer warmth in your home during the
coldest months of winter by merely touching a match
to your gas heater. No coal or ashes to carry. No
soot, no smoke. And absolute safety—ALWAYS!
THE ESTATE STOVE CO.
HAMILTON, OHIO
BIRMINGHAM STOVE & RANGE COMPANY
Manufacturers Birmingham
To AUBURN-Alabama
Natural
Gas Corporation
Auburn Citizens are grateful to your splendid
organization for giving to their homes the modern
convenience of natural gas.
The Birmingham Stove & Range Company is
proud of the fact that the Majik Baker has been
placed on t h e approved list of Gas Ranges sold by
the Alabama Natural Gas Corporation, which has
made it a policy to prefer Alabama products and
materials.
BAKER
PAGE EIGHT THE PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1930
HOME HEATING TO BE IMPORTANT
PHASE OF USE OF NATURAL GAS
' One of the most important phases
of the use of gas in Auburn will be
its use for home heating, officials of
the gas company have stated, and the
very latest in appliances for this pur­pose
will be found at the new sales
room.
Among the appliances offered for
this purpose will be Moore's Puritan
Gas Heater, an entirely new and
great improvement in house-heating.
This heater employs the principle of
heat circulation and sends an even
healthful warmth to every portion
of the house. It is so constructed
and balanced that this circulation is
maintained in the most effective and
efficient manner.
The heat provided by Moore's Puri­tan
is absolutely odorless, a large
humidifier provides just the right
amount of moisture and the air is
always clean and free from dust and
dirt.
• Several models of the Puritan are
available which will provide an abun­dance
of cheerful radiant heat when
desired. Every Puritan embodies the
very latest in safety features and
may be installed with thermostatic
control, which insures an even heat
and economical fuel consumption
CHORAL SOCIETY PRESENTS
FIRST CONCERT DEC. 17TH
OFFICES OF ALABAMA
NATURAL GAS CORPOR­ATION
WILL OPEN TODAY
(Continued from page 1)
a number of selections from their
repertoire which is almost completed
for their tour in February. Contracts
are being made for this tour and
dates for the engagements are being
arranged. Irwin K. Roth, business
manager, has charge of these affairs.
J. W. Brigham, head of the music
department, is director of the Choral
Society and the Glee Club, and Earl
C. Hazel, instructor in piano, is ac­companist
for both organizations.
A small admission price of twenty-five
cents will be charged for each
person attending the concert.
without the slightest bit of attention
or worry on the part of the family.
Moore's Puritan is made by the
firm which originated the circulat­ing
heater and is scientifically de­sign
and balanced in every respect
to provide the utmost in heating
comfort. A complete range of sizes
and finishes is available and the gas
company will gladly demonstrate
these appliances.
Welcome Gas Corporation.
Xtnas Gifts
For Ladies
Perfume
Perfumizers
Manicuring Sets
Compacts
Dresser Sets
Bracelets
Watches
Hand Bags
Over-Nite Cases
For Men
Shaving Sets
Bill Folds
Smoking Sets
Watches
Tobacco Pouches
Fountain Pens
Pencils
Cigars
• Cigarettes
Electric Irons - Toasters - Heaters
Waffle Irons - Griddles - Percolators
WHITMAN CANDIES—
—CHRISTMAS CARDS
TIGER DRUG STORE
A. D. Lipscomb, Prop.
JITNEY JUNGLE
congratulates The Alabama
Natural Gas Company on its
great achievement of furnish­ing
the people of Auburn nat­ural
gas and extends to them
a hearty welcome to Auburn.
Install a gas range in your
home, then buy clean fresh
groceries at Jitney-Jungle to
be prepared on it.
JITNEY-JUNGLE
SAVE A NICKEL ON A QUARTER
W. D. COPELAND, Owner AUBURN, ALA.
Fireworks!
We are carrying a complete
line of
Firecrackers, Roman
Candles, Sky Rock*
ets, and Torpedoes*
Opelika Hardware
Company
(Continued from page 1)
display will be open to the public
are 2:30 to 5:00 p. m. and 7:30 to
9:30 p. m. At this display the Home
Economics Department of the col­lege
will have charge of demonstrat­ing
the ease with which gas can be
used for cooking purposes, and also
representatives of the Alabama Nat­ural
Gas Corporation will be present
to answer any questions which might
be asked by Auburn residents in re­gard
to the operation of any of the
gas appliances. E. L. Cotting stated
that the representatives would be
trained men from the appliance
houses, and also expressed the hope
that Auburn residents would take ad­vantage
of this opportunity to get
expert advice. The salesmen and of­ficers
of the company who will be
present at the display are as follows:
Ed. H. Miller, V. C. Graham, John
M. Wills, Mrs. George Holdcroft, and
Ed. L. Cotting.
The Tiger Theatre and Presby­terian
church are Auburn institutions
which are solely heated with natural
gas, and a list of Auburn homes
which have installed cental heating
systems using natural gas include
the following: J. V. Brown, L. N.
Duncn, and Lucile Burton. The of­ficials
of the company invite all res­idents
of Auburn to compare the
advantages of natural gas as used in
these homes with any other heating
systems.
At the display, which is to be held
at the Y. W. C. A. Hut, all food
which is prepared by the Home eco­nomics
demonstration will be given
away, and the manager stated that
a souvenir would be provided for
all the ladies present.
Mr. W. D. Copeland, mayor of the
town of Auburn, made the following
statement in regard to natural gas
coming to Auburn: "Personally I be­lieve
that it is to the advantage of
the town to have the natural gas
company here, and as a town official
I would like to make the statement
that we are more than willing to co­operate
with the company in every
way possible for the betterment of
the city of Auburn."
Miss Lucile Burton stated that she
was using natural gas in her home
for heating purposes, and was ob­taining
very satisfactory results. She
also stated that she believed natural
gas would prove a great help to Au­burn,
in many ways.
Dr. Knapp stated that the coming
of natural gas to Auburn was a very
important event because it will make
available a new fuel which will help
in the industrial development of this
seetion of Alabama. Dr. Knapp also
stated that a new public service was
welcomed to Auburn, and to co­operate
as much as possible natural
gas would be used "in all laboratory
work at Auburn.
Students At Williams
College To Vote On
_ Spring Training Trip
Williamstown, Mass.—(IP)—The
student body of Williams College is
to be given a chance to vote on the
suggestion of the Athletic Council
that the Spring training trip of the
Williams baseball team be eliminated.
Cost of the trip, loss of time from
classes by students, and bad weather
usually encountered, are among rea­sons
given.
SINGTON IS SELECTED AS BEST
TACKLE IN NATION BY BALLOT
GRIDIRON QUINTESSENCE
FIVE STUDENTS NOW
SIGNED FOR STUDIO
MANAGEMENT COURSE
(Continued from page 1)
ic request from students who realize
the, future of the radio broadcasting
industry, and who wish to . prepare
themselves either for specific or for
part-time announcing positions. Any­one
who is qualified by voice, scho­larship,
and radio personality, is eli­gible
for this instruction. Simaly a
desire to be heard over the radio by
"the girl I left behind me" will be
insufficient in qualifying candidates."
In addition to voice and general
knowledge requirements, an announcer
of program artists should be some­thing
of an artist in his own home.
This last requirement will not be
stressed in the work here.
Candidates who qualify for the
work in studio management will first
acquaint themselves with the litera­ture
on the subject, and become "at
home in the atmosphere of the studio.
Next they will be given a general out­line
of radio principles. Following
this practice will be given in the writ­ing
of' announcements, and continui­ty,
together with some experience in
program planning. Finally, if quali­fied,
actual "on the air" experience
will be made available.
A course in Speech is not a pre­requisite
for work in radio, announc­ing.
Interested students, who believe
themselves qualified, may make ap­pointments
with either Professor Jud-son,
or Mr. Kirtley Brown.
Those who have already shown
their interest are W. B. McKinnon,
W. L. Cochran, A. C. Cohen, and C.
C. Workman, Jr., and J. E. Elgin.
(Continued from page 5)
up against the Auburn Tigers, Jap
Hart drives into the left side of the
line, he is tackled hard, the ball
bounds into the air; Porter Grant,
Auburn's speedy end, catches the ball
and is away for a touchdown. A
beautiful play.
And when one considers these won­derful
plays executed by super play­ers,
it is impossible to select a rep­resentative
All-Southern team; But
we certain would like to s«e this
team in action.
Player School Position
Dalrymple, Tulane Rt. End
Maree, Tech Rt. Tackle
Steele, Florida Rt. Guard
Roberts, Tulane Center
Leathers, Georgia Lt. Guard
Sington, Alabama Lt. Tackle
Schwartz, Vandy Lt. End
Dodd, Tennessee Q. B.. (Capt.)
Cain, Alabama H.B.
Hitchcock, Auburn H.B.
Roberts, Georgia F.B.
(Continued from page 5)
Hampshire; L. Hatton, Albright, Scal-zi,
Georgetown.
FULLBACKS — Grossman, Rut­gers;
Roberts, Georgia; Renther and
Russell, Northwestern; Bausch, Kan­sas;
Hood, Pittsburgh; Viviano, Cor­nell;
Rothert, Stanford; Crowley,
Yale; Hopper, Southern Methodist;
Brovilli, St. Mary's ;Lange, Baker;
Price, Utah; Musick, Southern Cali­fornia;
Hudson, Michigan; Sauls,
Florida; Gardner, Villanova; C. Bon­ner,
Temple; Goff, Rhode Island
State.
—Atlanta Journal.
EDUCATIONAL STUDIES
BEING PUBLISHED HERE
QUEER HAPPENINGS!
A tale of being thrown four feet
into the air when a bolt of lightning
struck near his feet while he was at
work was told by Alex Fox, 22, of
Billings, Mont.
(Continued from page 1)
uate students last summer session.
It comprises "Outlines for the Self-
Survey of the Local School System".
In his letter of transmittal to Presi­dent
Knapp, Dean Judd says of the
study, "This bulletin is an attempt
to clarify and explain the techniques
of school surveys, and to adapt them
to meet the Alabama conditions.
The third study was carried out by
Dr. Irvine with a group of graduate
students during the last winter and
summer sessions. The title of this
study is "Exploratory Occupational
Studies". The material is organized
in teaching units, and Dean Judd
states that he believes that study will
be a valuable supplement to the two
state bulletins, "Occupational Stud­ies
for Boys" and "Occupational Stud­ies
for Girls".
COAL
Jellico makes it
hot for you.
CAUTHEN
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order at Cauthens and
Sparrow's Service Sta.
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TOOMER'S HARDWARE
CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager
Tiger Theatre
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10
GEORGE BANCROFT
—In—
"DERELICT"
—With—
Jessie Royce Landis
William Boyd
THURSDAY, Dec. 11
"THE TRUTH ABOUT
YOUTH"
—With—
LORETTA YOUNG
DAVID MANNERS
CONWAY TEARLE
FRIDAY, Dec. 12
"LOTTERY BRIDE"
—With—
JEANETTE MacDONALD
-< JOHN GARRICK
JOE E. BROWN
Robert Chisholm - Joseph Mac-aulay
- Zasu Pitts
SATURDAY, Dec. 13
JACK HOLT
—In—
"THE SQUEALER"
—With—
Dorothy Revier - Matt Moore -
Davey Lee - Zasu Pitts
The Southern Industrial
Engineering Company, Inc.
congratulates Auburn on securing
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