1931-02-21 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LIV AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1931 NUMBER 38
AUBURN KNIGHTS
TO FURNISH MUSIC
AT MILITARY BALL
Popular Student Orchestra Is
Secured for Annual Cadet
Officers Dance
MANY GIRLS EXPECTED
Girls Living More Than Sixty
Miles From Auburn Will Be
Housed Here in Town
DANCE FROM 9 'TILL 1 2 : 30
Scabbard and Blade Banquet
To Be Given Immediately
Preceding the Dance
The Auburn Knights have been en­gaged
to furnish music for the annual
Military Ball to be held in the Ahim-ni
Gymnasium on Friday, February
27. This orchestra is composed en­tirely
of Auburn students and has ac­quired
quite a reputation since the
beginning of school. Its music has
been broadcasted weekly over radio
station WSFA in Montgomery, and
it is well known throughout the state.
Carl Schlich, Colonel of the regi­ment,
will lead the grand march with
Miss Mary Melvin McMullan of Mo­bile.
Miss McMullan is a student at
Woman's College in Montgomery. A
large number of girls from all over
the state are expected to attend this
dance which is one of the outstanding
events on the college social calendar.
Those living more than sixty miles
from Auburn will be housed in town
for the night. All others must re­turn
to their respective homes im­mediately
after the dance which will
last from 9 to 12:30 a. m.
Leadouts will be held for members
of Scabbard and Blade, the Engineer
Battalion, and the Artillery Batta­lions.
Immediately preceding the ball,
Scabbard and Blade will give a ban­quet
to members of the Auburn chap­ter.
Full uniform must be worn by
all men at this ball, because it is go­ing
to be strictly military.
A number of prominent out-of-town
guests have been invited to attend
this affair which yearly causes quite
a stir of interest on the campus.
PROF. GARDNER SPEAKS
TO BIOLOGICAL CLUB
Botany Professor Reviews For­mation
of Alabama Academy
of Science
Friendship, according to Dr. W. A.
Gardner of the Botany Department,
may not be wholly scientific, but it
is one of the basic fundamentals in
the formation of a successful scien­tific
society. Dr. Gardner was re­viewing
the formation and history of
the Alabama Academy of Science be­fore
the Biological Club, Thursday
night, February 19, when he struck
the above keynote. The 'Academy
was formed in 1924 after a season of
agitation in 1923. Since that time,
the Academy has grown and is still
a growing and successful society be­cause
"the members have formed a
warm friendship among themselves
and have an interest in scientific pro­gress
in the solving of the problems
that confront man."
The problem of determining just
how much the bees,communicate with
each other was brought to the atten­tion
of the club by Harriet Gillette
in a talk on "Do the Bees Have
Ears?" Miss Gillette cited some ex­periments
which seemed to prove ihat
"communication is brought about
through the agency of a certain per­fume
that each individual may se­crete.
The perfume of a single bee
is the same as that of every member
of the hive or colony to which that
particular bee belongs; each bee hive
has a different and characteristic
odor. Many interesting other things
about bees were mentioned by Miss
Gillette.
The last talk of the evening was
by Allen M. Pearson. Mr. Pearson's
subject was "Flying Fishes in Rela­tion
to Modern Aeronautics". Ac­cording
to Mr. Pearson progress in
aviation was retarded because inven­tors
studied the flying animals and
birds instead of the flying fishes.
NINETEENTH SUMMER SESSION
TO BE OPENED JUNE EIGHTH
The Nineteenth Summer Session of
Auburn will open June 8, according to
a statement issued this week by Dr.
Bradford Knapp, who stated also that
the school would be operated in 1931
along the same general lines as here­tofore.
It was said that practically all di­visions
of the college will share in the
instruction given, including the Grad­uate
School, Schools of Agriculture,
Engineering, Textile Engineering,
Science and Literature, Chemistry and
Pharmacy, Architecture, Home Eco­nomics,
Veterinary Medicine, and Edu­cation.
A circular making preliminary an­nouncement
of the summer session is
being printed and will be ready for
distribution next week. This circu­lar
will furnish information to stu­dents
who contemplate attending.
Dean Zebulon' Judd, director of the
summer school said that the maximum
number of semester hours students
may earn in one term is eight, while
the maximum for the two terms is
fourteen. Those students in school
at present, and who contemplate at­tending
the summer session are urg­ed
to confer with their respective
deans and heads of departments at
an early date relative to subjects
which they wish to pursue.
An announcement made by Major
John T. Kennedy of the military de
partment to the effect that the R. O.
T,C. students will be released on the
same day that the first session ends,
will change the situation which has
existed previously when men from
camp arrived one week late to take
up their school work.
The summer session has been op
erated by the college for eighteen
years. For the first three years it
was under the direction of Professor
James R. Rutland, head of the Eng­lish
Department. Beginning in 1916
and continuing to the present time,
it has been under the direction of
Zebulon Judd, Dean of the School of
Education. The first nine years, the
summer session ran for three weeks
only. Beginning in 1922 it became
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FRESHMAN CABINET
MEMBERS WILL BE
CHOSEN ON FRIDAY
FACULTY DANCE TO
BE GIVEN TONIGHT
Auburn Knights to Play For
February Dance of Faculty
Club
Members of the Auburn faculty
will gather at the Opelika Country
Club for a gala evening of dancing
tonight, according to Charles W. Ed­wards,
chairman of the faculty dance
club. Beginning at 9 o'clock and
continuing until midnight, this affair
will constitute the February Dance.
The Auburn Knights, under the
direction of Jimmy Robins, will furn­ish
the music. This orchestra has be­come
extremely popular over Station
WSFA, filling a weekly program en­gagement
on Tuesday evenings, 9:45
to 10:15.
An innovation, in the form of four
program dances, will be aranged du­ring
the evening, said Mr. Edwards.
For those who do not care to dancV,
tables of bridge will be porvided.
Professor Roe Gives
Address Over Radio
People should not think of thrift
merely-in terms of money. An indi­vidual
needs a reserve of friends and
health from which to draw in time of
emergency, said Prof. John Winans
Roe in speaking recently over radio
from Auburn.
However, Prof. Roe, did not discount
the wisdom of financial thrift which
he believes all individuals should prac­tice.
But did discourage the idea
of Americans becoming a "nickel-nursing,
parsimonious, over cautious
nation."
If a nation succeeds in scientific
development it cannot afford to be
overzealous in the saving of money.
For instance, millions must be spent
in fruitless efforts to finally perfect
modern types of transportation and
communication such as the airplane
and the radio.
PETRIE SPEAKS TO
ROTARIANS THURS.
History Professor Reviews Life
of Washington at Thursday
Meeting
George Washington was not bril­liant
or quick-minded, but he was a
superman of courage, honesty, and
openmindedness. His mind worked
slowly and he never uttered a signi
ficant phrase as did Jefferson, Cleve
land, or Wilson; Nevertheless, he saw
things as they were and had the fin
est judgment of any American presi­dent.
These facts were presented in a
talk on Washington by Dr. George
Petrie, head professor of history and
dean of the Auburn graduate school,
in speaking before the Rotary club
Thursday at the Thomas Hotel.
Weighing more than 200 pounds
and standing better than six feet tall,
Washington was not a handsome or
engaging personality. His hands
were huge, his eyes were widly set
in cavernous sockets, his nose was
large, and his hair had a tinge of
red, and during the latter part of his
presidential incumbency he had a set
of artificial teeth. He was timid and
shy and was not a great speaker.
While reading his very first inaugu­ral
speech in New York, he display­ed
much embarassement, his hands
trembling so greatly that he could
hardly hold his manuscript.
During the winter at Valley Forge
as commander-in-chief of the Ameri­can
army his courage never wavered.
While his soldiers suffered dire hard­ships
for lack of food and equipment
he was making plans for renewed ac­tivity
and success during the coming
year. And with his tattered troops,
his superhuman courage was evident
as he crossed the Delaware in the dead
of winter. The final surrender of
Cornwallis at Yorktown was the re­sult
of his well-laid strategy that had
been methodically planned and wise-continued
on page 4)
AUBURN TRIMS VANDERBILT IN
42-25 WALKAWAY ON SATURDAY
By Tad McCallum
Auburn's flashy quintet continued
its victorious march by trouncing
Vandy, 42 to 25, in the Alumni Gym
Saturday night. The Tigers put up
one of their best performances of the
season in winning from the Commo­dore
five and stamped themselves as
serious contenders for the Conference
crown.
The Tiger cagesters took matters
into their own hands from the start
and Jack Stewart broke the scoring
ice with a sensational overhead shot
in the first minute of play. Auburn
ran up a total of 8 points before the
Commodores found the basket and
then maintained a fairly comfortable
lead for the remainder of the contest.
The Plainsmen were leading 22 to 13
at the end of the first half.
Auburn was playing much the same
brand of basketball that they exhibit­ed
in the games with Clemson and
Notrh Carolina State early in the
season. The speedy passing attack of
the Tigers seemed to bewilder the
Nashville crew and their play was ex­tremely
ragged at times.
The all round play of Jack Stewart
marked him as an almost certain can­didate
for All-Southern honors when
the selections are made in Atlanta at
the close of the tournament. Stew­art's
aggressive play forced him out
of the game in the last half with four
personal fouls to his credit. He man­aged
to ring up 9 points before being
ejected, however.
Captain "Lefty" Jordan led the
scorers with a total of 12 points al­though
he was closely pressed by the
dead shooting Tommy Lumpkin who
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Nominations Must Be Submit­t
ed t o Eugene Gray Not Lat­er
Than Feb. 25
TWO TO BE CHOSEN
Nominations Must Be Sponsor­ed
By Twenty Members of
Freshman Class
The election of freshman represen­tatives
to the Executive Cabinet of
the Undergraduate Students Asocia-tion
will be held Friday, February 27,
it has been announced by members
of the Cabinet. Two freshmen are
to be chosen.
Nominations, properly signed, must
be submitted to Eugene Gray, presi­dent
of the Cabinet, not later than
Wednesday, February 25, and must
bear the signatures of twenty-five
members of the Freshman Class.
Freshmen from any school are eligi­ble.
The following is the required form
of nominations:
We, the undersigned members of
the Class of do hereby
nominate
for
(Sponsors' Signatures)
I hereby accept the nomination.
(Signature of Nominee)
VARIED RADIO PROGRAM
OVER WAPI NEXT WEEK
N. B. V a n W a g e n e n To Open
Week's Program from Comer
Hall Studio
N. B. VanWagenen, psychologist,
will discuss "How to Make a Prob­lem
Child" over WAPI from Auburn
during the noon program Tuesday,
February 24, 12:00 to 12:30. This
talk is one of many important fea­tures
to go on the air from the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute during the
week of February 23-28.
Program for the week follows:
Monday—Review of Lynn Riggs'
new book "Roadside" by Prof. Henry
W. Adams; Insects and Man, Prof. J.
M. Robinson; Feature for women by
member of extension staff.
Tuesday—"How to Make a Problem
Child", Prof. N. B. Van Wagenen;
Poultry chat, Prof. G. A. Trollope;
Housekeeper's chat, Mrs. Mary Drake
Askew; Mrs. G. Richard Trott, so­prano.
9:45-10:15 p. m.—Dance music by
the Auburn Knights over WSFA
(Montgomery).
Wednesday—Farm problems by
Dick and Dan; "How to Have
Straight Bones and Strong Teeth",
Miss Louise P. Glant'on; John W.
Brigham, tenor, and Earl Hazel, pia-u
Thursday—Ice cream feature,
"Frozen Solid" by Earnest and Frank
—The Boys with the Dairy Tempera­ment;
Housekeeper's chat by Mrs.
Askew; Trimer for Town Farmers;
Vocal music by Dr. and Mrs. Harold
Hoffsomer.
4:30-5:00 p. m.—Program by the
Auburn Department of Music direct­ed
by John W. Brigham.
Friday—Auburn Sports by Elmer
G. Salter, sports editor; "Importance
of Good Kitchen Arrangement", Miss
Dana K. Gatchell; World Business
Summary.
Saturday—"Analyzing the Farm
Business" by Farmer Brown and Pro­fessor
Clones; With the Alabama Far­mers,
P. O. Davis; Rev. Willian Byrd
Lee, Jr.
MARCH 17 IS SET
ASIDE AS ANNUAL
ENGINEERS' DAY
Annual Event Sponsored By
Engineers' Club, Tau Beta
Pi and Eta Kappa Nu
TO MAKE PLANS LATER
Outstanding Engineers From
All Parts of Alabama Ex­pected
to Attend
Rotarians Hear Glee
Club Quartet Thursday
A splendid program of music was
given by the Auburn Glee Club Quar­tet
at the weekly meeting of the
Rotary Club. Under the direction of
John W. Brigham, the quartet re­cently
' broadcasted over Station
WAPI from Auburn. The quartet
is composed of Mims Grubbs, Mont­gomery;
Conrad Stay ton, Birming­ham;
John S. Rogers, Gadsden; and
Jesse M. Jones, Jr., Roanoke.
Engineers' Day will be held March
17, St. Patrick's Day, according to
an announcement made today by J.
A. Willman, president of the Engin­eers'
Club. Engineers' Day is an
annual event, sponsored by the En­gineers'
Club, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta
Kappa Nu, for the purpose of bring­ing
engineering students together so­cially
and promoting the interests of
engineering in general on the cam­pus.
Membership in the Engineers' Club
consists of the combined memberships
of the A. I. E. E., A. S. C. E., A. S.
M. E., Chemical Society, and Textile
Society. The purpose of the organ­ization
is to unite, socially and
through technical programs, the dif­ferent
phases of engineering of Au­burn,
and to promote the interests of
engineering in general on the cam­pus.
Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa
Nu are honorary engineering frater­nities,
the former being composed of
the highest ranking students from
among all of the engineering schools
of the college, while Eta Kappa Nu
recognizes outstanding men in the
School of Electrical Engineering only.
Each year this gala event attracts
outstanding engineers from various
parts of the state to enjoy the fes­tivities
and to take part in the pro­grams.
Several invitations will be
extended prominent engineers in Ala­bama
to speak at the banquet and
to attend the ball.
The program will prabably begin
at 10 o'clock, when classes are to be
excused. Beginning with a free mov­ing
picture show in the morning, the
program for the day will be conclud­ed
with a baseball game between the
Engineers and the Ags. The Engin­eers'
Day banquet, according to the
usual custom, will probably be staged
in Smith Hall at seven o'clock. The
Engineers' Day ball will bring the
gala celebration to a close.
GOVERNOR MILLER TO MAKE
FIRST REVIEW OF R. 0 . T. C.
UNIT ON MONDAY MORNING
To Review Cadets Governor Miller to be Present
for Meeting of the Board of
Trustees
NO 11 O'CLOCK CLASSES
Military Unit Will Probably be
Addressed by Governor at
Conclusion of Review
WHITE SHIRTS BE WORN
GOVERNOR B. M. MILLER
GLOMERATA PHOTOS
TO BE IN BY 25TH
Wednesday Latest Day Beauty
and Feature Section Pictures
May Be Submitted
GRANADE IS NEW
FARMER MANAGER
C. P. Granade, a senior in voca­tional
agriculture and a member of
Alpha Gamma Rhq fraternity, has
been elected busines manager of the
Alabama Farmer for the second se­mester,
acording to an announcement
made by the Governing Board. Gran­ade,
previously a member of the edi­torial
staff of the Farmer, succeeds
Howard Gray, who resigned at the
end of the last semester.
Speaking of the Alabama Farmer,
Gi'anade remarked, "Despite the hard
times through which we are passing
and the difficulties which, therefore,
confront us, the paper is, I can safely
say, in fairly good condition so far
as the financial side is concerned."
It is still not too late to submit
pictures for the Beauty or Favorite
Sections of The Glomerata, accord­ing
to a statement made today by
Hugh Ellis and Rex Sikes officials
of the 1931 annual.
All pictures must be submitted by
Wednesday, and after that date, ab­solutely
no photographs will be ac­cepted.
"Give the little girl a break,"
says the statement. "She means a
lot to you, and to have her picture
appear with other good-looking girls
in the Beauty or Favorite Sections
of the Glomerata would mean lots
to her. If you want to score a few
points with her, this is one sure way.
. . . We feel sure that there are yet
some who want the chance to enter
their girls' pictures in the Glomerata."
"It is not too late. We have held
this section ^pen for a long time in
order to give all a fair chance, but
the printers are pushing us for copy
now, and soon it will be too late."
The Glomerata office is open every
night after seven-thirty, and pictures
may be sent in at any time.
Students Not Taking Military
Training Are Invited to Wit­ness
the Review
A military review will be held
Monday, February 23, at eleven
o'clock, in honor of Governor B. M.
Miller, who will be here at that time
attending the annual meeting of the
Auburn Board of Trustees, according
to an announcement made today by
Dr. Bradford Knapp.
It was stated that the Governor
will address students of the military
unit, as well as others, on Bullard
Field at the conclusion of the review.
The uniform for the occasion will con­sist
of blouses and white shirts. Elev­en
o'clock classes will be excused. Stu­dents
who are not members of the
R. O. T. C. are invited to witness the
review.
Trustees who will attend the meet­ing
are: Governor B. M. Miller; A. F.
Harmon, superintendent of education;
H. D. Merrill, Anniston; Harry Herz-field,
Alexander City; Oliver R. Hood,
Gadsden; Charles Henderson, Troy;
J. A. Rogers, Gainesville; C. W. Ash-craft,
Florence; John J. Flowers, Do-than;
Victor H. Hanson, Birmingham;
W. H. Oates, Mobile; T. D. Samford,
Opelika, and P. S. Haley, Oakman.
HONOR SYSTEM ARGUED
BY EDUCATION GROUP
Misionary Will Preach
At Presbyterian Church
Rev. William G. Neville of Pernan-buco,
Brazil will preach at the Au­burn
Presbyterian Church Sunday,
Feb. 22 at 11:00 A. M. and at 7:00
P. M. Rev. Neville was a class mate
of Mr. S. B. Hay and for the past
five years has devoted his life to re­ligious
service in Brazil where he
founded the first orphanage. During
the war, Rev. Neville was in the Avia­tion
Service. At the two services he
will tell of his many interesting ex­periences
in the South American
country. The lecture Sunday evening
will be an illustrated one.
ECONOMIC REVIEW HAS PROVEN
TO BE VALUABLE PUBLICATION
In three months the "Alabama Eco­nomic
Review", published by the Bu­reau
of Economics Research and the
Department of Agricultural Econo­mics
has established itself as a val­uable
publication. Dr. John W. Scott,
director of the bureau, has received
within the last few days a stack of
letters praising the publication and
congratulating the authors. These
letters came from bankers, newspap­er
editors, merchants, manufacturers
and public officials, all of whom found
it valuable to them.
The Alabama Automotive Trades
Association requested 150 copies for
special distribution. Other writers
recently included Clyde Hendrix, pres­ident
of the Tennessee Valley Bank
at Decatur; H. L. Borden, vice-presi­dent
of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail­road
Company; E. S. Center, Jr., of
the Atlanta and West Point Railroad;
L. E. Sutton of the Anniston Cord­age
Company, Anniston; James W.
Moore of the American Cast Iron Pipe
Company, Decatur; Maurice Lackey
of the Mobile Press; Harry M. Ayers
of the Anniston Star; Roy H. Ott of
the J. C. Penny Company; A. E.
Boadle of the U. S. Department of
Commerce at Mobile; Glenn W. Sut­ton
of the University of Georgia; and
William J. Christian, public account­ant,
Birmingham.
The "Alabama Economic Review"
is published monthly for the purpose
of supplying the readers with authen­tic
information about business, fi­nance,
agriculture and related sub­jects,
Dr. Scott said. The informa­tion
published in it is assembled from
various sources accepted as reliable.
The Use of the Honor System
During Exams Discussed in
Open Forum
An informal, open-forum debate
furnished the occasion for quite a
heated discussion among the mem­bers
of the Education Club at the
regular club meeting last Tuesday
evening. The subject for discussion
was, "Should Auburn Adopt the Hon­or
System in the Conduct of Exami­nations?"
Among the faculty members pres­ent
were Dr. Johns, associate profes­sor
of education, and Instructor W.
C. Kelly from the Department of
Zoology and Entomology. Both evi­denced
great interest in the debate.
As the discussion proceeded, it be­came
increasingly evident that a ma­jority
of the members were in favor
of the honor system. At the close of
the program, A. M. Pearson gave a
brief summary of the points brought
forth for each side. "By far the
greater part of the sentiment," said
Pearson in conclusion, "seems to be
on the side of the honor system, but
the greater part of the concrete evi­dence
brought forth seems to be
against it."
Websterian Society Has
New Type Of Program
The New Websterian Literary So­ciety
gave a new type of program
Tuesday evening. Two main features
of the program were harmonica mu­sic
and original poems by members
of the society. The music was ren­dered
by Otis Spears, whose selec­tions,
it was stated, were so well re­ceived
that several encores were giv­en.
The original peoms were the
works of Sam Williams and C. H.
Kimbrough. Each one read his own
poems, which were, according to the
reception given them, thoroughly en­joyed
by the members present.
"More originality is desired in the
society," said Williams. "With this
in mind," he continued, "we are plan­ning
a series of humorous debates
for future meetings. These promise
to be very amusing and interesting."
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THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1931
Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
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GRADES DO COUNT
Many times during the course of a col­lege
career a student is told that, after all,
the grade that he gets in a subject does
not mean much. He is told that if he learns
something of the subject in question, he has
accomplished his purpose, no matter what
his grade might be.
• The latter is true. Students go to col­lege
to learn—they're supposed to, anyway
—and if they do learn something, the pur­pose
has successfully been attained.
But what if the grades do not show this?
In these days, the average is the almigh­ty,,
and unless a man has a good average
in his studies, he is classed as being rather
dumb.
And when a report goes home to a stu­dent's
parents, they are likely to complain
about any low grades that he has made.
He cannot explain to them that the grades
mean little. He cannot satisfy them when
he tells them that so long as he is learning
something, he is not worrying much over
his grades.
There are too many incentives to make
a student work for a grade instead of work­ing
too thoroughly, or as thoroughly as
possible, learn something of a course. The
honor roll, or distinction list, is a good
example.
And when the time comes for students
to be given jobs, who are the ones who
get the best jobs? Almost always it is
the man who has gone through college and
made a good average in class .work. Very
little consideration is given the student who
has tried hard and has fallen short of mak­ing
an imposing record. It is not unnatural
for such a man to make a much greater
success than a book-worm or grind, but in
college, the classification is made by com­parison
of grades.
A discussion of grades, and whether they
amount to much or whether they do not,
is comparable to an endless chain, and can­not
be full covered. But we disagree with
anyone who tries to claim that grades mean
nothing.
he touched them wholly in his own manner,
not by the usual pathos^ but by humor—
the humor that is akin to charity, "a mix­ture
of love and wit," as Thackeray pro­nounced
it. People can be judged by how
they laugh and what they laugh at. .There
is the hilarious heave, the dry cackle, the
sardonic smile, the goatish leer, and "the
loud laugh that speaks the vacant mind."
There is the twinkle of mirth, the glow of
cheerfulness, the flash of glee. And then,
there is Will Rogers himself, and himself
alone.
If he were less kindly, his shrewdness
would carry a sting; if he were less shrewd,
his kindliness might wax sentimental. But
as he is he can tell a nation of its faults
and rouse no resentment; he can life up it's
heart to beautiful giving, and never grow
solemnesque; he can raise a royal bounty
for the suffering and impoverished and
leave them feeling, not as his beneficiaries,
but as his brothers. Rare Will Rogers!
If they hadn't summoned him back to his
job at Hollywood, he'd be flying still, and
still leaving, wherever he alighted, a good
Samaritan's wallet.—Atlanta Journal.
RARE WILL ROGERS
Humor might be called the younger sis­ter
of charity; Will Rogers has proved him­self
a big brother of both. His good will
and fetching laughter have raised upwards
of two-hundred and twenty-one thousand
dollars for the relief of drought sufferers
and the unemployed in the Southwest. Pi­loted
by the dashing Captain Frank Hawks,
he has made an aerial tour of Arkansas,
Oklahoma, and Texas, playing fifty engage­ments
in eighteen days. Who but Will Rog­ers
would have been equal to such an ad­venture?
Certainly no one else could have
made it such a go.
He himself, forgetting his own incom­parable
part in the result, speaks of it as
"an unparalleled example of liberality" by
people in the shadow of distress. "Why,
says he, "I played right down in the midst
of the worst-hit places, and they turned
out to hear me, and put in their nickels."
Truly, the response was splendid. But
J;hink of the man, the mind and the heart
that did the quickening!
He whose calling it is -to make the world
laugh, made it feel, touching what Lincoln
termed "those mystic chords stretching to
every living heart and hearthstone." And
Letters to the Editor
Editor, The Plainsman,
Dear Sir:
For the benefit of those who do not know,
there is an organization on the campus
known as the American Institute of Elec­trical
Engineers. As its title indicates, it
is an organization for electrical engineer­ing
students. t
Throughout the year, excellent, interest­ing,
and beneficial topics have been dis­cussed.
The attendance has been very small.
There are approximately two hundred and
fifty students enrolled in electrical engi­neering,
and all of these men should be
present at each meeting of their organiza­tion.
The members want their organiza­tion
to thrive and become one of the lead­ing
organizations on the campus. This
can only be done through the cooperation
of every student in our division. The pres­ent
members of the A. I. E. E. urge and
want every student in electrical engineer­ing
to be present at the next meeting of
the society, which will take place on Thurs­day,
February 26, at Room 109, Ramsay
Hall.
Very truly yours,
T. N. Pyke.
BARROOM BALLADS
By HIC-HIC
PRELUDE
Is there a man who would not aspire,
To make Romance a fact;
To lay his coat in the mud and mire,
Like Walter Raleigh act?
Show me a frail that can't confess,
A hope for villian's fight;
To be saved in times of her distress,
By a bold courageous knight.
Romance is found on the silver screen,
Of the village picture show.
In actual life it can never be seen;
That's why we love it so.
* * * *
ROMANCE
A warm June night, with clear moonlight,
A perfect night for love;
A glowing sheen, that is seldom seen,
In the heavens high above.
The stage was set, and the actors met,
On a gleaming coral strand.
They softly talked, and slowly walked,
Across the warm white sand.
As a house was neared, a boat appeared,
At rest on the rising tide.
As a zephyr's waft, he manned the craft,
With the damsel at his side.
The moonbeam glow, on her hair as snow,
Was a scene of beauty rare.
Few frails we see, with a face like she,
A blonde, but oh so fair.
They sailed on, 'til the shore was gone,
Then drifted on the sea.
The silence broke; his heart he spoke,
From a guitar on his knee.
The chords were slowly run.
Then came the bliss, of a lover's kiss,
And two hearts beat as one.
QQv uotations
And then there was the prohibition agent
who refused a drink because he was off
duty.—College Humor.
* * * *
A married woman teacher is refused em­ployment
in many localities but no one tries
to drive the charwoman back to her home.
—Miss G. J. Cottrell.
* * * *
I believe that to the rightly constituted
mind New York City may be just as ro­mantic
as Vermont.—William Lyon Phelps.
* * * *
I couldn't join the Socialist party because
I'd be too lonely.—Clarence Darrow.
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A certain fact lies festering on our heads
for which we have failed dismally to find
any dire significance. It must mean some­thing
pretty startling but just what is be­yond
even our Special Sqspectors. The fact
is that Bernarr Macfadden sent out 22,000
Christmas cards.—North American Review.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
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On Monday, Febru­ary
23, there will be
a meeting of the
Board of Trustees of
this institution to deal
with some of the rou­tine
affairs of the
institution. I hope
the student body will
regard them as a
group of distinguished visitors. The meet­ing
is unusual in that it will be the first
meeting to be attended by the new Chair­man
of the Board, Governor B. M. Miller.
I sincerely trust that all Auburn may make
a good impression upon him.
* * * *
There is a little epidemic of bad colds—
some people call it flu—going the rounds
among the students. There is nothing to
be worried about and apparently, no severe
cases for which we are profoundly thank­ful.
We stand ready to do everything we
can in the emergency. I urge all of you
earnestly to follow the doctor's orders. Let
some responsibility be taken by those who
can take it to look after the welfare of
these our friends.
* * * *
I went out to the football field Saturday
and stood on the side lines. I had to pinch
myself to realize I was awake and actually
at a scene being enacted before my eyes.
I am just as well satisfield not to get the
publicity regarding spring practice accord­ed
other conference teams. Possibly you
cannot tell what a team is going to be by
the way it looks in the spring. Neverthe­less
I saw some things on the field Saturday
which I have not seen being done by an
Auburn team either in practice or in a
game. I am not disposed to want to count
our chickens before they are hatched but
I do like the way the boys are working.
The main job is to keep the college work
going in good shape. Do not let anything
get in the way of the completion of the
necessary work by every man on that field
to qualify him as an athlete. Of course
that is necessary for another reason. Ath­letic
skill is not the main thing. I think
you know that I am anxious to see the men
turned out by this institution become ex­cellent
and resourceful men after the age
when they can contribute in athletic com­petition
has passed. I am thinking of what
they are going to be when they get to be
forty years of age and even sixty years of
age. Nevertheless I am quite sure that
which the athlete gets in inter-collegiate
sports helps him in his after life. I know
it has helped me and I dabbled in almost
every kind of athletics we had in my day
in school. Just the same I can hardly wait
until next fall after being out on the field
Saturday.
* * * *
In describing education one often hears
such words as cultural, classical, liberal,
technical, etc. These words describe to
some extent the content of curricula. They
are often used to contrast different points
of view regarding education. After MJI
one needs liberal education in a technical
school as well as in the old-fashioned classi­cal
education. To my mind one is not ade­quately
educated in technical subjects with­out
a training in certain important funda­mentals.
History, English, Economics and
certain training in journalism and public
speaking are important subjects for the
man who takes agriculture in any of its
branches or engineering or follows one of
the sciences. The times are changing and
in this institution students need to take
more courses in general economics and spe­cial
courses in economics applying to their
particular subject. If today we had as
graduates of this institution one-half dozen
men with Master's and Doctor's degrees in
Agricultural Economics they could be plac­ed
at good salaries very easily. In both
Agriculture and Engineering there is the
field of administration requiring less tech­nical
training in the subject matter and
more training in the field of economics, bus­iness
admisistration, accounting, etc. In
fact, in our modern day no school of Agri­culture
or of Engineering can possibly fit
its graduates for their proper places in this
changing world without well rounded
courses of instruction and particularly in
those subjects which the world is counting
to be of extreme importance in this new
day, the great field of our social and eco­nomic
life.
Human beings are much too unsubstantial
to be copied; they can at the utmost only
serve as suggestions for the novelist's im­agination
to work upon.—W. Somerset
Maugham.
* * * *
Whatever else one may say about novels,
there are two statements which are not
likely to be disputed. One is that many
people write them, and the other is that
many people read them.—V. Sackville-West.
* * * *
Grammatical pedantry often sidetracks
thought and so leads to confusion.—H. C.
Dowdall.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS /
The stork isn't infallible. He has been known to pick out the address of a
single girl.
* * * * * * * *
The professor's favorite trick is to take a lamb and make a goat out of him.
* * * * * * * *
Frat Man: "What'll we do?"
Brother: "I'll flip a coin. If its heads we shoot pool, tails we go to the show,
and if it stands on end wc will go to class."
* * * * * * * *
Prof: "What did Juliet say to Romeo when they met in the balcony?"
Frosh: "Couldn't you get seats in the orchestra?"
* * * * * * * *
Joe Burt says he is in a class to himself—correspondence school we suppose.
* * * * * * * *
TOUCHDOWN AGAIN
The football game was over,
And before the parlor grate;
A maiden and a fullback
Were lingering rather late.
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They talked of punts and passes,
And matters rather tame;
Until Cupid donned his noseguard
And broke into the game.
He quickly lined the couple up,
And made them toe the mark;
And soon he had them going
With a scrimmage in the dark.
The boy tried to kiss her,
An amateur affair;
But lost it on a fumble •
And only caught the air.
' y The next one caught her cheek,
The maid did shyly say:
"You are penalized for holding
And likewise for offside play."
Then he tried another,
Succeeding nice and fine;
For then he made a touchdown
Directly on the line.
Then they sat in silence,
Communing soul and soul;
But the parlor door flew open
And father kicked the goal. /
—Author Unknown.
* * * * * * * *
The practice of taking it home on trial encouraged honest merchandising, but
it played thunder with matrimony.
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Even Haakon Provost can't compare the co-eds to a dog. When a dog lifts his
nose, he is in misery and not in an automobile.
Another Auburn Man: She married him to reform him, invited friends to the
house, and went native.
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CO-ED BETRAYS HIDING PLACE
A cherished bell clapper, used to peal
forth the token of victory for the Okla­homa
Aggies over their neighboring rival,
Oklahoma University, was mysteriously
spirited away, supposedly by Oklahoma Uni­versity
students. Some time later, a uni­versity
co-ed had a date with one of the
Aggie boys. Her conversation unconscious­ly
revealed the hiding place of the bell
clapper. (Most co-eds do things uncon­sciously).
A quick search was made by Ag­gie
students with no results. But dire
threats of terrible punishment to a captur­ed
University student brought his colleag­ues
on a run with the desired clapper.
And now, the object of all the excitement
will repose in a secure hiding place, known
to a select few, to be brought out only "on
very special occasions.
* * * * *
STUDENTS GET CAUGHT
Norman, Okla.—Once more authorities
are investigating into the activities of a
secret order on the campus known since its
organization in 1907 as the D. D. M. C.
For years' the purpose of the organiza­tion
seemed to be that of playing harmless
pranks, but in 1918 the society set out to
prevent cheating in examinations. A few
years later when the society, masked, was
attempting to discipline a student, he shot
two of its members.
But the secret order seems to have flour­ished
in spite of the authorities.
In 1925 Lee Thompson, leader of the
secret order, and now.the son-in-law of the
President, was beaten up by a student be­ing
disciplined. Thompson was arrested
and convicted «of breaking the state anti-mask
law, and was sentenced to pay a fine
of $500 and to a term in jail. His fine was
later reduced to $50 and his prison sen­tence
suspended by Governor Trapp.
Recently a sophomore, Sam Kaplan, was
flogged by the organization and the uni­versity
is stirred up once more.
We suggest that they import a few cul­tured,
nice boys from Sing Sing for stu­dents
who are handy with their hams s o's
they can beat up a few more of the lead­ers.
That might help. >.
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COLLEGE HEADS CAUGHT
Not only students get caught, as you
will now see. H. H. Cherry, a mere lad
of 66 and president of Kentucky Western
Teachers' College, Bowling Green, along
with another youngster just past 51 by the
name of W. M. Pearce, head of the college
extension department, are slated to appear
in Police Court Thursday, February 19, on
charges of drunkenness after a minor traf­fic
accident in Louisville, Ky.
Mr. Cherry is widely known in the state
and some years ago sought the Democrat­ic
nomination for governor.. While Mr.
Pierce was at one time president of Ogden
University, at Bowling Green, which closed
its doors a few years ago.
Now why not pass a few drastic rules
and regulations for keeping the faculty
heads in the "straight and narrow path"
similar to the abundant supply that the stu­dents
have tp follow.
* * * * *
NEW RULES FOR FRATERNITIES
Fraternities at Drake University, are
governed now by a new set of rules. They
will not be allowed to pledge any new mem­bers
during the spring semester unless they
have paid all of their current bills. The
idea is to protect the new members from
the unhappy condition of having to pay the
bills of the older members who have left
school. And a good idea.
In addition it was ruled that fraternity
houses should be closed during the holidays
or that they should be left in charge of a
responsible person. (Why not the two col­lege
heads appearing in the above article?
Wouldn't they be responsible enough? Te
Hee.) All the fraternity treasurers must
be bonded with a commercial bonding house.
Yes 'am.
* * * * *
CATS COLOR BLIND
You know there's an old and popular be­lief
that cats see much better in pitch dark­ness
than man or any other animal. But
that's so much hooey. What enables Pussy
to go about so well in the dark is the fact
that she wears whiskers. She feels her way
about with her sensitive mustache. And
no matter how bright a cat's eyes may
shine in the dark it's always dusk to mem­bers
of the feline family. Dr. Georgiana
Strickland Gates, of Columbuia University,
who has been studying Tabbys and Persians
for a number of years, says all cats live
in a colorless, toneless old world. In oth­er
words, cats are color-blind and live al­ways
in a world like our own dusk or twi­light.—
The Rensselaer Polytechnic.
Maybe the cat can't see at. night, but tell
us how those two that were fighting on the
back fence last night saw how to dodge the
flying shoes so clearly and cleanly?
Solitary Speculations
By Haakon 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.
IT HAS always struck me as strange that
the Pilgrim fathers have been treated
with such revered partiality by histor­ians.
The Puritans were said to have come
from England for "religious freedom." And
yet, what sect in this country at that time
was more intolerant during the Colonial
days? Did they not persecute as ardously
as any other particular group?
G. K. Chesterton, in The London Illus­trated
News, voices the opinion that Thanks­giving
day was set aside, not as we think,
to give thanks for the blessings bestowed
on mankind during the year, but rather
to destroy the celebration of Christmas, a
custom which the Puritans heartily dis­liked.
The British poet goes further in his
elongated crack at the revered fathers in
saying that William Penn deserved far
more credit than he received and that the
Quakers were a more thoroughly religious
and well-meaning people than were the
Puritans. In this respect I am inclined to
thing that the former have a more soul-permeating
religion. I have never been to
but one Quaker church, but the service was
more profoundly religious than any I have
ever attended.
* * * * *
The Quaker church I visited stands on
the southeast corner of Stuyvestant Square,
one of the quietest places in downtown New
York. The building is old and somewhat
weather-beaten. Its exterior is without dec­oration
except for an iron fence which gir-dies
the whole building. The interior was
simply furnished, without any superfluous
ornaments. The benches were hard, and
the ceiling bare. There was a slightly
raised platform in front, but no pulpit.
The assemblage met at the appointed
hour and two men seated themselves on the
platform in front of the congregation. Evi­dently
they were in the habit of speaking,
but they did not preside or occupy any reg­ular
office. A silence of some fifteen min­utes
elapsed during which not a sound was
heard. The elder of the two men finally
rose and made a short talk. He soon seated
himself and was followed by two or three
members of the congregation and the occu­pant
of the platform. When they ceased
speaking the unbroken silence was resumed.
Finally, as the hour ended, one of the men
on the platform extended his hand to his
partner, and the congregation shook hands
among themselves.
Throughout the whole service an ominous
solemnity prevailed that inspired more re­ligious
thought than all the Puritannical
homilies and dogmatic discourses ever could.
The world is beginning to realize that even
the hard-grained Puritans were not so ideal-istically
unprejudiced as they imagined
themselves to be.
Booh Review
Queen Elizabeth.. By Katharine Anthony.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 258 pages. $4.
This pictorial delineation of "Good Queen
Bess" (for the book is a portrait rather
than a biography) is the life of the woman
Elizabeth, instead of the too-often-found
narration of events. Miss Anthony's Eliza­beth
is, beyond doubt, an excellent explana­tion
of one of English history's most con­troversial
figures.
The book opens with a brief sketch of the
background of events leading up to Henry
the Eighth's marriage to Anne Boleyn and
the birth of Elizabeth. Elizabeth's early
life is spent with her half-sister, Mary,
under the tutelage of Dame Margaret
Bryan and Kate Ashley. After an early
(suspected) love affair with Thomas Sey­mour,
she is sent to live in seclusion at
Hatfield. Upon her ascension to the throne
a marriage is urgently sought by her
statesmen, but, despite her susceptibility,
she steadfastly refuses a consort. Her af­fairs
of state are interestingly told. She
dies in 1597, the last of the Tudors. "Her
reign was a marriage, and the nation was
her child."
The characters are almost equally well
portrayed, but if one stands out it is Es­sex.
Miss Anthony seems to think that in
addition to reasons of state for refusing
marriage and' motherhood, Elizabeth was
affected by "some secret fear", some lack
of warmth.
The author's style is delightfully brilliant
and forceful. Her presentation, which is
more interpretive than narrative, shows a
remarkable improvement over that of her
earlier work, Catherine the Great. She has
been somewhat citized for dealing with too
broad a subject. While this criticism is pos­sibly
correct, Miss Anthony has presented
a few well-connected details of Elizabeth's
life in a very interesting way.
A. W.
Oswald thinks a scholarship is a floating
university.—Carolina Buccaneer.
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ADRIAN TAYLOR, Editor; Harry Barnes, Assistant Editor; Marshall Caley, L. B.
Graves, Tad McCallum, assistants.
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GEORGIA FIVE AGAIN LEADING
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TEAMS
Unless a band of Tennessee Volun­teers,
who twice have arisen from
their lethargy to bump off strong Dix­ie
cage teams, reach their top form
again Friday night, Georgia will lead
Southern Conference basket ball quin­tets
into the annual tournament here
next week.
Georgia, vaulted back into first po­sition
last week by drowning Kentuc­ky,
has 14 wins and only one loss.
The Tennesse game at Knoxville is
the final conference engagement for
Coach H. J. Stegeman's Bulldogs, al­though
they face the strong Atlanta
Athletic Club at Athens Saturday
night.
Except for its great showing
against Alabama and Duke, Tennessee
has suffered a bad season, however,
Georgia was only able to beat the Vols
by 3 points, 22-19, in their first game
and another good night for Tennessee
may be disastrous to Georgia.
With the exception of a half dozen
scattered games the last week this six-
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day period will see the close of the
current Dixie cage campaign.
Kentucky, which tasted its first de­feat
from Georgia Friday, meets
Georgia Tech in Atlanta Monday
night and Vanderbilt in Lexington,
Ky., Friday. Alabama, which led the
conference for several weeks, also
closes its season Friday and Satur­day
against Mississippi at Tuscaloosa,
after meeting Georgia Tech in Atlan­ta
Wednesday.
Sewanee takes on three Virginia
teams, meeting V. M. I. at Lexington
Thursday, V. P. I. at Blacksburg Fri­day
and Virginia at Charlottesville
Saturday. Florida has a two-game re­turn
series with South Carolina at
Gainesville Monday and Tuesday and
on Saturday Clemson comes South to
battle the Alligators.
Washington and Lee has a pair of
state games with Virginia at Charlot­tesville
Wednesday and V. P. I. at
Blacksburg Saturday. Tulane closes
its annual series with Louisiana State
at Baton Rouge Friday and Saturday.
Three other important games Satur­day
night bring together Georgia
Tech and South Carolina, North Car­olina
and V. M. I. at Chapel Hill and
Tennessee and Vanderbilt at Knox-ville.
it Little Papa" Lumpkin
Tom "Little Papa" Lumpkin is Also "Sweet Papa" and
"Big Papa" Combined in Class Room and on Court
Always Ready to Give You the Best of Service
TOOMER'S HARDWARE
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Insurance and Real Estate
Auburn, Alabama
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Mortgage Association of America
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His cognomen is "little papa" but on
the basket-ball court and in the class­room,
Tom Lumpkin, forward on Sam
McAllister's Auburn cage team, is
"sweet papa" and "pig papa" combin­ed.
The Tigers' star forward first saw
light in Millerville on Feb. 1, 1911, and
since being able to send a basket ball
through barrel hoops on trees has been
a cage luminary.
Because he was not blessed with
any too much weight, Papa playel on­ly
basketball at Millerville Consolidat­ed
High School for four years before
entering Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
in the Fall of 1928. He was cap­tain
of his high school five his senior
year and was also valedictorian of his
class.
Though being handicapped by hav­ing
to play in high school on an out­door
coui-t, he acclimated himself to
the hardwood and won a place on
Coach Geo. Bohler's freshman team
here in 1929. He received a freshman
numeral for his cage services.
In 1930, he performed as a regular
forward on the varsity cfuintet and
was one of seven players to receive
a varsity athletic award at the close
of the season.
This year has been his best.
Coach McAllister has him playing
along with Capt. Ralph Jordan at the
forward berths, and the two give the
Plainsmen two of the leading goal
shooters in Dixie. Against Tulane,
he hit the draperies for 36 points in
two games, annexing 24 lin the final
fray. He has scored 81 points
against conference teams this season
which places him among the leading
scorers in the South.
Not only is he an offensive star,
but his floor work has also stood out
this season. He is the lightest player
on the team, weighing only 125 and
stands five feet eleven inches, but the
heavyweights that he meets in every
game fail to run over him. He is a
fierce battler, frequently snatching the
ball from an opponent and dribbling
for two points. Fans marvel at his
playing in every game.
He is an outstanding basketeer, but
his work in the classroom probably
overshadows his large number of field
goals and fouls. He is enrolled in
agricultural education, intending to
teach vocational agriculture when he
graduates in 1932. His averages the
five semesters that he has been here
have been: 89.09, 90.01, 89.03 and 90.
A few of the honors that have been
bestowed upon him since he has been
at the Cornerstone are: member of
the "A" club, awarded a loving cup
his freshman year for the best all-around
stock judging, selected to at­tend
several fairs and judge stock,
secretary and treasurer of Block and
Bridle honorary club, on board of con­trol
of Alabama Farmer, vice-presi­dent
of education club, member of ag­riculture
club, assistant manager this
year of the annual fair given by the
agricultural club and will automatical­ly
become manager next year, and rep­resented
the junior class in agricul­ture
at the National Magazine As­sociation
meeting in Chicago last De­cember.
"Pea" Green Returns
To Auburn For Study
In Pre-Medical Course
When I think of what Education
has had sometimes to work on—my
fellow-men and especially my fellow-women—
then I am amased that it has
made any 'headway.—Major Hincks,
of Leichester.
The athlete is an actor. He is vain.
He requires throngs and cheers to
perform, to excel and to win.—Parke
H. Davis, in the North American Re­view.
Goodwater Cage Team
Strong Contender For
District Honors Again
Goodwater High School, champions
of the fourth district in basket-ball
last year, is again favored to win dis­trict
honors this season, but will have
a much stronger field to conquer in
the tournament this year which will
be held at Auburn, March 5, 6 and 7.
The champions are coached by Ru­pert
Ingram, who starred at end on
the football team and catcher on the
baseball nine here for four years. He
was alternate-captain of the gridiron
eleven his senior year. He also was
awarded a freshman numeral in bas­ketball
and scrubbed in this sport for
three years.
Ingram's cagesters have won 10 and
lost two games this year, losing only
one of these games to a high school
team. They have defeated Wetump-ka,
Sidney Lanier, Ashland and Mil­lerville
twice each; Seale once, and
broke even with the Auburn fresh­men
in a two-game series. Their lone
reverse from a high school team was
handed them by Tallassee at Tallas-see.
They expect to avenge this de­feat
in Goodwater Friday night as
Tallassee has won only one game
away from home this year.
Goodwater's leading players are:
Shine Busbee, Ding Haynes and Zach
Sprayberry, forwards; Louis Watt-wood,
center, and Capt. Lefty Gilliand
and John Harris, guards. All can dis­continued
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PERKINS STILL LEADS SCORERS;
NEARING1930 SCORING RECORD
Although forced out of his last game of the week by sickness, Bill Per­kins,
Georgia Tech center, rester on his past scoring to lead the southern
conference sharpshooters in the last ten days of play with 120 points.
Perkins is only ten points shy of the record made jointly last year by
Williams, center, and Cox, forward, of Washington and Lee. He still has
four games in which to pass this mark.
His tabulation shows fifty-two field goals and sixteen foul shots.
Bill Strickland, Georgia forward, jumped into second place by specta­cular
work against Kentucky and Georgia Tech. He has 108 points.
Three marksmen are tied for third with ninety-six. They are Jordan,
of Auburn; Coffee, of Vanderbilt, and Croson, of Duke.
Field
Name and Team— Goals
Perkins, center, Georgia Tech 52
Strickland, forward, Georgia 48
Jordan, forward, Auburn 40
Coffee, forward, Vanderilt _ 39
Croson, guard, Duke 43
Stewart, guard, Auburn 42
Berger, guard, Maryland 37
Lumpkin, forward, Aubui'n 39
Spicer, forward, Kentucky 35
Schwartz, forward, Vanderbilt 38
Moran, forward, Georgia 35
Mayo, forward, Virginia ±i 35
Gooding, forward, Georgia Tech 3?
Sanford, forward, Georgia 38
Corbitt, forward, Tennessee 33
Foul
Goals
16
12
16
18
10
11
18
13
19
12
18
17
13
10
14
Total
Points
120
100
96
96
96
95
92
91
89
88
88
87
87
86
80
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Carson "Pea" Green, former Au­burn
football and track star, has re­turned
to the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute to work toward a B. S. de­gree
and take a pre-medical course
preparatory to entering Tulane and
Johns Hopkins to study medicine.
i Green rounded out four years wear­ing
Orange and Blue colors on the
gridiron in 1925 by catching a pass
for a touchdown against Georgia
Tech, which gave the Tigers a tie, 7-7,
when Clabber Williams successfully
place-kicked for the extra point. He
played halfback, and in addition to be­ing
an expert pass receiver and brok­en
field runner, he did the punting.
His lengthy spirals pulled the Plains­men
out of several close holes. He
was a mainstay on the football eleven
for four years.
He holds the Auburn record for the
100-yard dash, having run this dis­tance
in 9.8 seconds. He also won
many points for Coach Wilbur Hut-sell's
track team in the high and low
hurdles.
Since leaving the Plains in 1926,
he has coached at Hamilton and Fay­ette
and played professional baseball.
He failed to play baseball in college,
but was a star minor league perform­er
when he decided to forsake the
game last year. He was given a try-out
by the Birmingham Barons, farm­ed
out to Selma in the Southeastern
where he hit in the "select circle"
and was also one of the fastest base
runners in organized baseball. He
also played in the Florida State
League and the Nebraska and Kan­sas
before hanging up his diamond
toggery.
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AUBURN TRIMS VANDERBILT IN
42-25 WALKAWAY ON SATURDAY
(Continued from page 1)
came through with his usual sensa­tional
shooting performance to add
11 points to his total.
Charles Kaley and Lindley Hatfield
attended to the guarding duties in
jam-up fashion, holding the Vandy
sharpshooters to low scores, while
they were adding 6 and 4 points res­pectively
to Auburn's side of the led­ger.
Bill Swartz, forward, and Foster,
center, were the big shots in the
Vandy combine. Foster was the lead­ing
scorer for the visiting quintet
with 8 points.
Lineups: Auburn—Jordan (12)
and Lumpkin (11), forwards; Stew­art
(9), center; Kaley (6) and Hat­field
(4), guards. Substitutions—
Arthur.
Vanderbilt—Swartz (6) and Young
(3), forwards; Marsh, center; Graves
and Chalfont (2), guards. Substitu­tions—
Coffee (6), Foster (8), and
Henderson.
Referee: Roosma (Army).
GOODWATER CAGE TEAM
STRONG CONTENDER FOR
DISTRICT HONORS AGAIN
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Bailey are
spending the week-end in Birming­ham.
(Continued from page 3)
play themselves creditably on the
court.
In addition to producing a winning
cage team, Ingram turned out a grid­iron
eleven that won seven and lost
only three games. Sylacauga, Ash­land,
Lineville and Dadeville had nev­er
been beaten by Gopdwater until
1930.
PETRIE SPEAKS TO
ROTARIANS THURSDAY
SOCIETY & PERSONALS
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THE HOTEL
THEJSfiXggCpN
(Continued from page 1)
ly executed.
During the time of Washington,
there were only 5,000,000 people set­tled
east of the Allegheny mountains.
Philadelphia, then about the present
size of Selma, Ala., was the largest
city. There were no automobiles, no
airplanes, no radio, and practically
no schools.'
When asked to take over the lead­ership
of the American army, he
would accept no salary, merely ask­ing
that the government repay him
for his own expenses at the war's
close. He spent some $70,000 of his
own fortune in behalf of the Ameri­can
cause.
Washington was a man of simple
interests. It appeared to be his sole
ambition while president to retire to
the quiet life of a planter on the banks
of the Potomac where he could enjoy
his horses, fox hounds, and the grow­ing
of crops.
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On October 1, 1931, care­fully
selected first and third
year students will be admitted.
Applications may be sent at
any time and will be considered
in the order of receipt. Cata­logues
and application forms
may be obtained from the
Dean.
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Mr. and Mrs. Coppedge
Entertain Friends
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Coppedge
charmingly entertained their friends
at a four table bridge party Wednes­day
evening at their atarctive home
on North College street.
The rooms where the tables were
aranged for the game were artistical­ly
decorated with ferns and the
George Washington idea was portray­ed
in the tallies, decorations, and re­freshments.
High score prize for ladies was
made by Mrs. A. L. Johns,-and high
score for men by Profesor Beck. At
the conclusion of the games, delight­ful
refreshments were served.
* * * * *
Business and Professional
Women's Club Gives Party
The Business and Professional Wo­men's
Club of Auburn gave a benefit
bridge party Monday night, February
9, at Thomas Hotel. There were 18
tables, both auction and contract be­ing
enjoyed.
Major J. T. Kennedy won high
score and Miss Willie Thomas low
score in auction and both' were pre­sented
with bridge cards. Miss Mary
Beasley won top score in contract
and was also presented with bridge
cards. After the games refreshments
were served.
The party was in charge of the
Finance Committee, of which Miss
Alma Lamar is chairman.
Mrs. Sewell Hostess
At Bridge Party
Mrs. W. E. Sewell delightfully en­tertained
at a lovely four table bridge
party Friday afternoon honoring Mrs.
Herbert Baily.
The Valentine spirit was artisti­cally
portrayed in the decorations
and refreshments.
Mrs. Joe Ward won the high score
prize, and Mrs. H. Davis was awarded
the second prize. The honoree was
presented with a lovely guest prize.
After several progressions of
bridge the guests were served delight­ful
refreshments.
* * * * *
Woman's Club
Holds Business Meeting
A business meeting of the Woman's
Club was held at Smith Hall last
Thursday afternoon at which the
Nominating Committee was elected;
the committee consists of the follow­ing
members: Mrs. Herman Jones,
chairman, Mrs. VP. O. Davis, Mrs. B.
F. Thomas, Mrs. M. J. Funchess and
Mrs. J. R. Edwards. Following the
business meeting Profesor M-. L. Beck
spoke to the group on "The Educa­tional
Background to Our Present
Day Nationalism."
* * * * *
Mrs. Hubert Bailey
Hostess At Party
On last Wednesday evening Mrs.
Bailey charmingly entertained at a
lovely four table bridge party at her
home.
The house was decorated in spring
flowers and the Valentine motive
was carried out in the refreshments.
Miss Turner won high score prize
for the ladies, and Mr. Trollope won
the men's prize. Low score prizes
were won by Miss Slaughter and Mr.
Pope.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Wright
Entertain At Bridge
Mrs. and Mrs. G. H. Wright enter­tained
at a four table bridge party
last Friday evening at their attrac­tive
new home on Thach Avenue.
The house was lovely in spring
flowers and the George Washington
spirit predominated.
Mrs. Doner made high score for
women and Dean Judd won first prize
for men.
* * * * *
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Seale and Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Ordway entertained
their bridge club at a lovely Valen­tine
party Saturday evening at the
attractive home of the Ordways on
East Glenn Avenue.
* * *
Mrs. P. R. Bidez and Mrs. Cham­bers
entertained at dinner for Mr.
and Mrs. Patton and Miss Mary Beas­ley
on Sunday evening.
* * *
Miss. England, of the State Depart­ment
of Education, of Montgomery,
was in Auburn Wednesday on busi­ness.
* * *
Miss Elizabeth Floyd of Birming­ham
will be home next week-end,
bringing a party of young friends
with her as house guests.
* * *
Mrs. B. L. Shi spent the week-end
in Selma, the guest of her sister, Mrs.
C. M. Howard.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Will Paterson motor­ed
up from Montgomery for the bas­ketball
game Saturday night, and
were the guests of Mrs. B. H. Cren­shaw.
* * *
Mr. Ed Bragg and Miss Emma
Bragg were the week-end guests of
Mrs. B. H. Crenshaw.
* * *
Mrs. J. T. Hudson is in New Or­leans
attending Mardi Gras.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Dunstah had
a few friends for dinner Tuesday.
They were Mesdames Mary Walker,
John Wilmore, S. L. Toomer and Miss
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Local Chapter U. D. C.
Meets With Mrs. Ruffin
The U. D. C. met Tuesday after­noon
at the home of Mrs. Ruffin.
Mrs. Ward, Miss Mildred McElhaney
and Mrs. Bailey were joint hostesses.
Mrs. J. R. Edwards was elected
vice-president to succeed Mrs. W. A.
Ruffin, who is now president.
Miss Kate Hollifield gave an inter­esting
paper on "Education's For­ward
March in the South". After
the program a social hour was en­joyed.
* * * * *
Mrs. Alvord Entertains
Bridge Club
Mrs. Alvord entertained her bridge
club Tuesday afternoon, carrying out
the George Washington idea beau­tifully
in the decorations and refresh­ments.
Mrs. Gibson won first prize and
Mrs. Adams made low score.
* * * * *
Mrs. B. L. Shi entertained a four­some
at bridge Thursday, playing a
series of games with Mesdames
Knapp, Scott, and Toomer. The group
played again with Mrs. Toomer on
Monday evening.
Mrs. Hutsell entertained informally
for her guests Monday afternoon.
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Allie Glenn. On Wednesday, Mrs.
Holifield, Mrs. Anderson, and Mrs.
Lipscomb enjoyed the hospitality of
Mrs. Dunstan.
* * *
Mrs. S. L. Toomer has been ap­pointed
chairman of- the 10th District
of the P.-T. A., which includes the
counties of Lee, Tallapoosa, Cham­bers,
and Russell.
* * *
The Episcopal Convocation of the
Montgomery district will meet in
Auburn in March!
* * *
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
Episcopal church will meet every
Monday during the Lenten season for
study. Mrs. William Byrd Lee will
make the opening talk at three o'clock
on Monday.
* * *
The program meeting of the W.
M. U. was held Monday afternoon at
the Baptist Church. Mrs. Jim Lomer
of West Point was the main speaker,
and she gave an interesting talk on
"Measuring the Home Task."
* * * * *
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Patton from
Fort Smith, Ark., who are touring
the south, were the guests of Coach
and Mrs. Hutsell last week-end.
* * *
Miss Southard who has been visit­ing
her sister, Mrs. Hutsell, returned
to her home in Arkansas Friday.
NINETEENTH SUMMER SESSION
TO BE OPENED JUNE EIGHTH
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a two-term summer school. The full
summer session is the equivalent of
one-third of an academic year.
Dean Judd "said the growth of the
summer school has been steady and
substantial, justifying this statement
with the following figures and facts:
"In 1913, 83 students were registered;
In 1930, there were enrolled 808 stu­dents
in the first term and 878 in the
second term—a total of 1686 students
in both terms. Deducting the names
of students who registered in two
terms, there were 1190 persons reg­istered
in the whole summer session."
"In the summer schools throughout
the country women students marked­ly
predominate," said Dr. Judd, "but
Auburn constitutes a sharp exception
for in the first term of last summer
there were registered 487 men and 321
women, while in the second term there
were 616 men and 262 women."
It was pointed out that in the early
days of the summer session, students
were chiefly teachers who were work­ing
for the issuance, extension, or re­newal
of certificates or perhaps re­viewing
subjects in preparation for
the state teachers' examination. Stu­dents
working for college credit were
negligible. Now practically all the
students, men and women, those who
come in for the summer session only,
or the regular college students—all
are working for credit toward a bach­elor's
or a master's degree.
Dean George H. Petrie stated that
one of the distinctions of the Auburn
summer session is the high percen­tage
of the entire enrollment of stu­dents
who hold bachelors' degrees and
are working for masters' degrees.
Last summer out of a gross enroll­ment
of 1686 students, there were 308
graduate students for both terms, or
out of a net enrollment of 1190 dif­ferent
persons there were 244 who
held bachelor's or master's degrees
and were working either for the mas­ter's
degree or for advanced credit
beyond the master's degree. It was
stated that the number of people who
hold master's degrees and who are
working for further credit is con­stantly
increasing.
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