1930-10-08 The Plainsman

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SATURDAY THE PLAINSMAN
T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
MASS MEETING
THURSDAY
VOLUME LIV AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 1930 NUMBER 9
FIFTEEN SENIORS IN ENGINEERING SCHOOL PLEDGED TAU BETA PI
GREEK LETTER MEN WILL BE
HOSTS AT HOUSE PARTIES
Social Committee Announces
All Plans for Sophomore
Prom Completed
FRANK SILVA TO PLAY
Friday Afternoon Tea Dance to
Open Gaieties
Five fraternities on the campus
will give house parties during the
Opening Dances, it was announced
today by Sabel Shanks, chairman of
the Social Committee. The fraterni­ties
taking part are: Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, Pi Kappa Alpha, Theta
Kappa Nu, Kappa Alpha, and Lamb­da
Chi Alpha. The members of the
Social Committee expressed the hope
that this part of the Opening Dances
would be considered a high light of
the occasion.
All final preparations for _the
dances have been completed, it was
stated by the chairman of the Social
Committee today, and the members
are looking forward to the Execu­tive
Cabinet tea^ dance which will
open the season Friday afternoon,
October the tenth. This tea dance
wijl be held from four until six, and
will be followed Friday night by the
Sophomore Ball which will last from
ten until one-thirty. Saturday morn­ing
the Scabbard and Blade dance
will be given, and the "A" club will
entertain with a tea-dance. Saturday
night the Farewell Ball will be held
from nine until twelve. Frank Silva
and his orchestra will be on the air
over station WAPI for a part of each
dance, if the present plans are car­ried
out. . ,
The decorations for the gymnasi­um,
which when completed, will form
a modernistic ball room, were started
this morning, and will be finished by
Friday morning.
Edwards Is Speaker
At Kiwanis Meeting
J. R. Edwards, who has been ac
tive in the affairs of the Auburn
Community for many years, spoke
to local Kiwanians last Monday noon
at the regular weekly luncheon of
the club held in the Thomas Hotel.
Sis subject, "What are You Worth?"
proved very interesting, according to
statements made by several of the
members. Doctor Edwards cited Ray
Chapman, who was killed in a base­ball
game several years ago; Tris
Speader, the man who would try
anything; and the man who played
"scrub" football for four years and
never quit; as examples of men of
worth. He continued by saying that
people's worth cannot be measured by
material things. "The true measure
of a man's worth is the amount of
happiness he has caused by his con­tacts
with others during his life,"
Edwards stated.
Another feature of the luncheon
program was Mrs. Trott's two vocal
selections, "Danny Boy" and "Joy",
followed by Sargeant Moxham's ren­dition
of "Deep Down in the Cellar".
Both singers received much applause.
Soph. Radio Course
Offered Elec. Students
As an option for Sophomores in
electrical engineering, a course in
fundamentals of radio is being of­fered
in place of machine shop. The
course was inaugurated to relieve the
congested situation in the machine
shop, and to give an introduction into
radio to those students who plan to
enter the field of radio communica­tions.
The classes are being taught
by A. C. Cohen, Jr., junior in elec­trical
engineering.
An advanced course in radio en­gineering
consisting of three hours
of lecture is being offered to Junior
and Senior electrical students by
Woodrow Darling, senior in electrical
engineering and former radio ope­rator
for the United Fruit Company.
TEXTILE BUILDING
NEARS COMPLETION
New Structure to Be Equipped
With Most Up-To-Date
Equipment
Work on the new Textile Engi­neering
Buildingis being rushed to
the utmost, and with its completion
Auburn will have the most up-to-date
plant in the country for textile in­struction.
The new structure is
equipped throughout with the latest
models of machinery, driven with in­dividual
motors. Atmospheric con­ditions
will be controlled by humidi-tors
of the newest type, and fire ha­zards
will be reduced to a minimum
by the use of automatic sprinklers.
The building has its own steam boil­er
which will provide steam for heat­ing
and also for the finishing and
dyeing processes. On the south side
of the building, where the machinery
halls are located, the upper half of
the large windows are of ribbed glass
to disfuse the light in the machinery
halls and to obstruct the direct rays
of the sun.
Classrooms, offices, reading room,
laboratories, and machinery halls
have been admirably arranged. The
north side of the building will con­tain
the classrooms and offices, while
the laboratories and machinery halls
will occupy the south side.
The preparation department will
occupy the east end of the second
floor. Here the bales of cotton will
be received, opened, picked, and
carded, and converted into roving.
The roving will be made into yarn in
the spinning room at the west end of
the building, and then twisted and
found on spools.
The yarn will be woven into cloth
in the weaving department which will
be located in the east end of the
building on the first floor. Eahxics
of both coarse and fine material will
be made and also fabrics of mixed
cotton and silk. The east end of
the first floor will be used for the fin­ishing
and dyeing processes. Raw
stock dyeing, dyeing of yarn in
skeins and in package form will be
done in this department as well as
-the dyeing of the finished products.
One of the features of the new
building is an elevator which will be
extremely useful in the handling of
material. Some of the machinery
and equipment for the building has
arrived and at present there is a
carload in transit. Student labor
will be used in the installation of
equipment as far as it is possible.
Columbus High School
Defeats Aubufn Team
Sigma Pi Is Winner
Of Scholarship Cup
Interfraternity Council Trophy
Awarded Annually to Group
with Highest Average
In a football game that was closer
than the score might indicate Colum­bus
Hi defeated Auburn Hi 18 to 0,
at Columbus Friday. Columbus' first
touchdown came early in the first
period when one of Columbus' backs
slipped through tackle for about 20
yards and the touchdown. The try
for extra point failed. The other
two Columbus tallies came in the
middle and last of the second quar­ter
when, by two cutback plays, they
carried the ball over. Both attempts
for the extra point failed.
For Columbus, Richardson and
Turner played the best games while
for Auburn, Benson and Howard
were outstanding.
The line-up was as follows:
AUBURN
Carroll
Moore
Schubert
Foster
Powell P.
Bailey
Bain
Powell W.
Yarbrough
Howard (C)
Benson
LE
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
RE
QB
RH
LH
FB
COLUMBUS
Nelson
Hagins
Jones
Brady
Gallagher
Wadsworth
Chambless
McCook
Richardson
Turner
Roberts
The Interfraternity Council schol­arship
loving cup for the year 1929-
1930 was awarded to the Sigma Pi
Fraternity at a meeting of the Coun­cil
held Monday at the Alpha Tau
Omega house. The Sigma Pi's, who
led council members with an aver­age
of 79.27, were awarded the cup
which is presented by the Council
each year to the fraternity possess­ing'the
highest average in scholar­ship
for both semesters.
A scholarship committee was ap­pointed;
it will be under the leader­ship
of Chairman Murff Hawkins.
Mac Jones, R. F. Ham, and Max
Williams were chosen as the other
members of the committee.
Members of the athletic committee
who were appointed at the meeting
Monday night are: C. L. Adams,
chairman; Carl Schlich, J. 0. An­derson,
and T. G. Amason.
A committee to be in charge of
housing the visitors forvthe Opening
Dances are: Rex Sikes, chairman;
Hugh Ellis, Fred Hardy, and Charles
F. Davis.
Scabbard And Blade
Elects Army Men
Scabbard and Blade, honorary mil­itary
fraternity, announces the pledg­ing
of three new officers of the R. O.
T. C. Unit.
They are as follows: First Lieuten­ant
T. S. Gunby; Captain W. A.
Metts, and Lieut. H. L. Watts, all of
the Field Artillery Unit.
The officers will be initiated at
the same time as the student pledges.
All officers of the R. O. T. C. Unit
are now members on pledges of the
fraternity. .
Reservations Received
Opelika District Fair
With only two more weeks until
the Opelika District Fair opens, re­servations
for exhibits are being re­ceived
and space is being taken rap­idly.
School exhibits, livestock ex­hibits,
poultry exhibits, a flower show,
and Boy Scout booths will feature
in the numerous exhibitions.
The Pepperell School which has
been taking first prize in the coun­ty
exhibits in the past will be on
hand again. Smith's Station, Salem
and the Opelika City Schools have
reservations and other schools will
probably come in.
Three booths have been reserved
for Boy Scout Troops 1 and 2 and
the Lone Scouts. Palmer Long is
assembling material for the Lone
Scout exhibit which will be a feature
exhibit for the scouts. Other troops
will probably come in later.
"Pkzwinks"
Reorganized
After remaining inactive for
quite a period of years, the An­cient
and Royal Order of Ex­alted
Pizzwinks has been reor­ganized.
This order was founded
at the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
in 1921. It was very
active in humorous circles
around the Cornerstone for a
few years, but owing to the scar­city
of new blood the order fad­ed
out. However an old Auburn
Alumnus has returned and set
about to reestablish the Alpha
chapter much to the welfare of
all.
At a meeting held recently
the old chapter was reorgan­ized'.
Nine charter members
were chosen from the upper
' classes. After the business of
the evening, was completed sev­eral
new pledges were put thru
* the first two degrees.
The high standards of the
Pizzwinks are expressed in their
motto, "Vive la vie, a l'enfer du
mort!" The purpose of the or­ganization
is to take fun where
it is found, to promote good feel­ing
and fellowship, and to do
away with intoxicants in any
shape, form or fashion, and at
any time or place. ^
HAM WILL ATTEND
TAU BEMPI MEET
Annual Convention Will Be
Held At Lehigh Univer­sity
Richard F. Ham, president of the
local chapter of Tau Beta Pi, left
yesterday morning for Bethlehem,
'Ohio, where he will attend the annual
national convention of the society
which will be held at Lehigh Univer­sity.
Enroute he will stop over in Phil­adelphia
and tour Drexel Institute.
He will also attend a banquet to be
given by the Pennsylvania Delta
Chapter at the University of Penn­sylvania.
Pate Accepts Position
With United Fruit Co.
"A" Club Dance Is LM
Pronounced Success
The first "A" Club dance of the
year, given Saturday night following
the Auburn-Spring Hill game, was
unusually well attended. A member
of young ladies, among them many
visitors remaining over after the
game, were present.
Among the visitors were many
from Mobile, Montgomery, Colum­bus,
Opelika, and other nearby towns.
Other dances sponserd by the "A"
Club will be given during the year.
Naval Fliers Attend
Football Game Here
Lieut-Commander Ross Allen and
Lieutenant Harold Fick flew here
from the Naval Air Station at Pen-sacola,
Florida to see the game Sat­urday.
They were flying a Wright
Corsair observation plane and landed
on the Pace farm. The officers re­turned
to Pensacola Sunday. They
were the guests of Lieutenant Finch
of the Aeronautical department.
W. W. Pate, cooperative soil inves
tigator with the Auburn Agricultur­al
Experiment Station and the State
dustries, Montgomery, has been em­ployed
as chief soil chemist by the
United Fruit Company, Tela, Hon­duras.
Mr. and Mrs. Pate will sail
from New Orleans, October 24.
It will be Mr. Pate's second trip
to South America, as he was employ­ed
as assistant soil chemist by the
United, Fruit Company before begin­ning
his present work at Auburn a
year ago.
In his new position he will make
soil investigations relating to cul­tural
practices in producing bananas,
v Mr. Pate graduated from the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute in 1924
and received his master's degree here
in 1926. He remained one year as
instructor in agronomy and soils.
After this he went to Hela, Hon­duras.
Pharmaceutical Club
Has Large Membership
A reading by Mrs. K. O. Reeves
featured the meeting of the Phar­maceutical
Society, Monday night. A
talk by H. O. Partridge on the his­tory
of Pharmacy from the stone age
Department of Agriculture and In­to
the present cosmetic and lunch­eonette
age.
The Pharmaceutical Society is
boasting of having a larger percent­age
of attendance than any other de­partmental
organization on the cam­pus.
President "Red" Sugg reports
that the students and faculty mem­bers
are working to complete a Phar­maceutical
Library. Several large
wholesale drug houses have already
pledged their aid to the project.
Band Will Sponsor
Football Matinee
Students to Receive Play-by-
Play of Florida-Auburn
Game
Auburn football enthusiasts who
cannot go to the Auburn-Florida
game next Saturday in Jacksonville
will be given opportunity to hear the
game when the Auburn Band spon­sors
a football matinee in Langdon
Hall at 1:15 p. m.
The band has secured a leased wire
direct from the field in Jacksonville,
and plays will be called immediately
after they have taken place.
The proceeds from the affair will
go to the band, and officers hope that
a large number of students and
townspeople will attend.
The schedule has been so arranged
as not to conflict with the freshman
football game against the Florida
rats on Drake Field.
Admission will be twenty-five
cents. The band members will play
before the matinee and during the
halves.
Other matinees later during the
football season will probably be giv­en
by the band.
Radio Club Elects .
Sparrow President
Tom Sparrow was elected presi­dent
of the Auburn Radio Club at its
initial meeting of _ the year Tuesday
evening. A. C. Cohen was selected
as secretary and treasurer of the
group, and Woodrow Darling was
chosen as station engineer to ama­teur
radio station W4AQ.
The Radio Club owns and operates
two transmitters working in the
amateur bands, one twenty meter,
and one forty meter outfit. Plans
for the coming year call for the con­struction
of a new receiver to be
used for the station, and improve­ment
in the transmitters.
Theta Chi Fraternity
Gives Pledges Social
The Theta Chi Fraternity gave a
social in honor of their pledges last
Friday evening, October the third.
The young ladies attending the func­tion
were: Frances Moore, Eliza­beth
Smith, Ernestine Hill, Dabney
Hare, Mary Fae Riser, Jean Fun-chess,
Mary Emma Jones, Kathleen
Russell, Maryline Cauthen, Luverne
Watts, Evelyn White, Mary McGee,
Hoyt Inloe, Sue Parsons, Helen
Dunn, Abigaile Brazeale, Frances
McGee, Flora Hickman, and Sarah
Hall Crenshaw.
The evening was spent playing
bridge and dancing, being chaperoned
by Mrs. Smith, Dean and Mrs. Judd,
Professor and Mrs. Beck.
The party was concluded at
eleven o'clock, when refreshments
were served, which consisted of ice
cream and cake.
HONOR FRATERNITY NAMES
MEN AT ENGINEERS MEETING
TORCHLIGHT PARADE
GIVE TEAM SEND-OFF
Students to Assemble at Lang­don
Hall at 7 : 3 0 and March
to Train
What promises to be the biggest,
loudest, and best pep meeting of the
year will be held Thursday night,
when the student body sends the team
off to the Auburn-Florida game in
Jacksonville. Head cheer leader,
"Happy" Davis states that the crowd
will assemble in front of Langdon
hall at 7:30 o'clock, and led by the
band, the torchlight parade will pro-cede
to the station where yells will
be given until the train leaves.
In an effort to make this one of
the greatest send-offs the team has
ever had, the cheer leaders are mak­ing
special efforts to have every Au­burn
student present, and equipped
with torches. "Happy" Davis states
that he wants the send-off Thursday
night to surpass the. one given the
team three years ago on the eve of
the game with Tulane. On that oc­casion
the line ~of torches extended
from the station back up college
street to the main gate.
Pledging at Open Meeting
Novel Feature of Auburn
Chapter
Is
PROF. BAUGHMAN SPEAKS
On the Founding and Ideals of
The Society
A. S. C. E. Elects
Officers For Year
J. C. Clarke was elected president
of the •American Society of Civil En­gineers
for the first semester of the
current year at the initial meeting
of the Auburn chapter Monday eve­ning.
A. C. Taylor was elected vice
president, and Ben B. Mabson was
chosen secretary and treasurer of the
group.
Professor J. A. C. Callan gave a
short talk in which he told of the
problems that face the civil engineer.
He also urged the Seniors and Jun­iors
present to use their influence in
instilling interest in the underclass­men.
Short talks were also made by Pro­fessors
A. C. Barron, V. B. Wat-wood,
and P. M. Beard. Professor
Beard said that effort should be made
to get the Juniors out to the meet­ings;
the Seniors would come any­way
"from a sense of duty".
The next meeting will be held next
Monday night at 7 o'clock.
NOTICE
A very important meeting of the
Chemical Society will be held next
Monday night at 7 o'clock in Room
203, Ross Chemical Laboratory. The
question of joining the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers will
be discussed. All members and any
other students of chemical engineer­ing
who are interested are requested
to attend.
Tigers Will Face Hard Opponents
In Next Three Games To Be Played
By Elmer G. Salter
Tasting victory last Saturday for
the first time since October 26, 1929,
when they defeated the Howard Col­lege
Bulldogs, 6 to 0, the Auburn
Tigers are expected to cast aside all
inferiority complexes, if they have
had any, and start playing the best
football that they have played in
several seasons.
However, they face three of the
strongest teams in the Southern
Conference in a row, meeting Flori­da
in Jacksonville, Snturday; Georgia
Tech in Atlanta, October 18, and
Georgia in Columbus, October 25, but
they are expected to give a good
account of themselves in this trio of
hard contests.
The Plainsmen 'have already
shown wonderful improvement on
the defense, and if they can perfect
the intricate Notre Dame system to
a certain degree of effectiveness on
the offense, then Auburn's opponents
will fear her in both departments.
The Tigers are tough meat for most
any table now, but too much cannot
be expected from Coach Chet
Wynne's initial team. They are im­proving
and that should be glad news
to the ardent Auburn followers.
Sophomores continue to occupy
the major positions on this year's
eleven. Eight first-year warriors
were found in the starting line-up
against Spring Hill, and they showed
up well. Sam Mason, Herbert
"Bing" Miller, Donald Jones, Hannis
Prim, Porter Grant, Ike Parker,
Jimmie Hitchcock and Tom Brown
were the non-seasoned performers
who started. Commodore Wood,
Cary Senn, Kenneth Phipps, Robert
Arthur, Tom Shackleford and Lee
Johnson are other sophomores who
saw service.
(Continued on page 4)
Pledging in a new method, Tau
Beta Pi announced the election of
fifteen seniors in the engineering de­partment
at a meeting of the Engi­neers'
Club held last night in Lang­don
Hall. In previous elections, the
society had announced its pledges by
letters.
The following are the new men:
Max Williams, architectural engi­neering,
Birmingham. ,
L. E. Mullins, electrical engineer­ing,
Newton.
K. C. Gilbert, mechanical engineer­ing,
Birmingham;
J. C. Clarke, civil engineering, Mc-
Shan.
W. A. Robinson, chemical engi­neering,
Birmingham.
Irvin Roth, civil engineering, Jack­sonville,
Fla.
L. W. Mathews, Jr., electrical en­gineering,
Birmingham.
W. J. Sindo, mechanical engineer­ing,
Birmingham. \
Gabie Drey, electrical engineering,
Mobile.
H. L. Hubbard, chemical engineer­ing,
Anniston.
W. R. Coleman, electrical engineer­ing,
Birmingham.
Kenneth E. Withington, mechani­cal
engineering, Birmingham.
T. H. Kummer, mechanical engi­neering,
Auburn.
Robert L. Hume, electrical engi­neering,
Birmingham.
R. A. Wesson, electrical engineer­ing,
Waterloo.
Eugene H. Gray, of Mobile, fourth
year student in architectural engi­neering,
was also presented to the
engineers. Gray was chosen in the
annual spring election held last year.
In absence of JRichard F. Ham,
president of the local chapter, who
left yesterday for the national con­vention
in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,
George L. Williamson, vice-president,
was master of tapping ceremonies.
(Continued on page 4)
Lutherans To Hear
Rev. Hahn Last Time
Delivering the last of a series of
sermons to Auburn Lutherans, Rev.
R. W. Hahn will speak at the Y. M.
C. A. assembly room Sunday morn­ing
at ten o'clock.
Rev. Hahn, Lutheran pastor of
Tuscaloosa, Ala., has held services
in Auburn once a month during the
past year, but due to probable
changes by the Mission board of the
church the work is to be shifted, in
all probability to the Rev. Ahrendt
of Atlanta.
An educational and social pro­gram,
consisting of an open discus­sion
of the first four articles of the
Augsburg Confession, has been plan­ned
for Saturday night. This meet­ing
will be held at the Y. M. C. A.
under the direction of Professor Fick
and Mrs. Weidenbach.
New Luncheonette,
Fount At Toomer's
A new soda fountain and lunch­eonette
is being installed by Toom-er's
Drug Store, and will be ready
for service by Saturday. The new
fount will have such features as me­chanical
refrigeration, and will be
modern in every respect. It will be
six feet longer than the old fount.
This new equipment is being add­ed
as a part of the remodeling pro­gram
begun by Mr. Toomer this sum­mer
when he altered the front en­trance
to his store. The sandwiches
and drinks will be dispensed by
"Tommy" Atkins.
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THE PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 1930
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EDITORIAL STAFF
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Robert L. Hume Associate Editor
Victor White _ Managing Editor
A. C. Cohen News Editor
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K. M. McMillan : Literary Editor
REPORTERS
H. W. Moss, '33; J. W. Letson, '33; C. E.
Mathews, '32; Cleveland Adams, '32; V. H.
Kjellman, '33; Otis Spears, 34; S: A. Lacy,
'33; A. D. Mayo, '33.
BUSINESS STAFF
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CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
R. W. Lauder, '34 L. E. Sellers, '34
J3. C. Adams, '34
AN OUT-GROWN CUSTOM
In the past few years there have been
many changes at Auburn; a sort of recon­struction
period has been in effect with
the result that many old customs which
had outgrown their usefulness have been
abolished. The most agreeable thing about
most of these changes is that they have
been brought about by the students and
not by the administration.
However, there is one custom still in ex­istence
wherein the student body shows a
very apparent lack of intelligence and
mental ability. The custom referred to is
that of accusing any classmate who shows
enough interest or concern about a course
to ask the professor a few intelligent ques­tions
of. Trying to get what is popularly
known as a "boot" on the professor. It
seems to be the fate of any man who asks
three or four questions a week to be looked
upon as either a downright know-nothing
or a man who is trying to get thru the
course by working the professor. Most
of the men in the class probably could not
answer any of the questions asked, but
in spite of this they are content to sit back
and criticise those who do make an at­tempt
to clear the matter in their minds.
The Plainsman believes that this is one
custom that Auburn could get along just
as well without. It is not the fool who
asks questions about things he does not
understand; the fool is he who sits back
and looks wise and tries to impress every­body
with the fact that it is not necessary
for him to inquire about anything.
DUTIES OF SOCIAL COMMITTEE
Perhaps one oi the most important of the
permanent committees of the Executive Cab­inet
is the Social Committee, since its pur­pose
is to supervise and arrange all affairs
for the Sophomore Hop, the Junior Prom
and the Senior Dances.
This committee consists of a chairman
and treasurer who are members of the Exe­cutive
Cabinet and eight associates who are
members of the student body at large, all
of the men being elected by the Cabinet.
These ten members are proportioned out
among the classes so that the Senior Class
has four, the Junior Class has three, the
Sophomore Class has two and the Freshman
Class has one. It is the business of this
committee to obtain orchestras for the
dances; to obtain bids for decorations at
these dances; to determine, with the approv­al
of the Executive Cabinet, the admission
price of the dances; to issue complimentary
tickets to no other persons or organizations
except those on the approved list given in
the Rat Bible, and in, general to handle
all business pertaining to the dances in
accordance with the Constitution, By-Laws,
and Regulations of Permanent Committees.
Any net profits accrued from the dances
are divided by the College Accountant as
follows: Athletic Council, seventy per cent
for a gymnasium fund; Glee Club, ten per
cent; Forensic Council, ten per cent; and
The Auburn Players, ten per cent. As com­pensation
for their work the members of
the social committee receive three tickets
each to all three of the dances and as
further compensation the chairman receives
a salary of one hundred dollars per annum.
During the year we shall engage in no
less than 375 intercollegiate games. The
prestige of the college does not depend
on any of these contests. No one will
accuse you of having 'poor spirit' if you
prefer to spend a Saturday afternoon in
the library rather than to attend a football
game. No coach will urge you to play "for
the glory of dear old Harvard."
This is heresy, nothing more or less.
When everybody knows that the purpose
of intercollegiate Sports, as bodied forth
universally, is to win games, here is a
man who thinks that victory is a mere
bagatelle. When everybody knows that
that mysterious essense, college spirit, is
somehow generated from the thronging
of as many students as possible at football
games, here is a man who actually says to
a body of freshmen, needing more than all
others the right guidance, that going to
the library on Saturday afternoon is not
treason.
Who is this Bingham, anyway? Is he
merely on exponent of the well-known Har­vard
superciliousness, or is this a dodge to
divert attention from the fact that this sea­son
Harvard prospects are not very good?
In other words, is it impossible that here
is a shrewd fellow who is exploiting the
"I don't care" tradition for the purpose
of proving that Harvard men really care
when they have a team worth caring
about? That seems to be a much more
plausible explanation than the more ob­vious
one that Harvard authorities foster
play for the sake of the game and not for
the sake of winning.
At the same time, something ought to
be done by colleges and universities gen­erally
to offset the pernicious propaganda
into which the Bingham statement can be
so easily turned. Particularly is it es­sential
that Southern institutions, which
seem to be so keenly aware of the profits
of football success, take a stand which
would serve to squelch the ugly transval-uation
of values which this Bingham per­son
may be thought to have in mind. Sure­ly
the Southern Conference, which was
brave enough to throw into the waste bask:
et the Carnegie report on athletics, has the
courage to tell Harvard where to get off.
—Birmingham Age-Herald.
Letters to the Editor
TREASON
Addressing the freshman class the oth­er
day, William J. Bingham, director of
athletics at Harvard, made the following
statement:
Editor, The Plainsman,
Dear Sir:
The purpose of The Glomerata is to por­tray
the campus life of the Auburn student
body. This portrayal would be most imper­fect
without an individual picture of each
student. So far only a comparatively small
number of students have had their pictures
made.
It should not be necessary to impress the
importance of this matter on the minds of
the students. Each undergraduate should
be proud to have his picture in The Glom­erata.
The annual is, in a sense, an index
to student activities at Auburn. To present
a forceful reflection of the life of our ins­titution
in its true light to the public The
Glomerata must have the full support of
each student, and the least that the individ­ual
undergraduate can do it to have his
picture made.
We believe that Auburn is progressing,
that we are moving forward; to insure this
advancement, we must support not only
our athletics, but our publications also.
Your share in this support is to have your
picture made at once. We do not want to
publish an annual that seems small and
spiritless; it ought to be, and I trust will
be, a vividly drawn illustration of the Great­er
Auburn.
Sincerely yours,
A Preletarian.
My Opinion
By Vasili Leoniduitch
The Gazook
I'm the gazook who never thinks of the
value of my time. When I have after­noons
free, one can find me on the streets.
I know I should try to get more out of
college, but I manage to get by. I'm the
"just-get-by-boy."
I know I'm not playing fair with my
parents, but they do not know it, and
what people do not know will not hurt
them. If I were graded by the amount
of work I put on my books, I would have
a. minus grade. There is not very much
to me and every one is finding it out. It
shows on me in many different ways: first,
by the crowd I run with; second, by the
way I utilize my time.
This is only a habit and I could "snap
out of it," if I wanted to, but what is the
use? There is one thing for certain, and
that is that I'm not going to work if I can
get out of it. I have no ambition, but
maybe I'll get lucky some day and make
some money and then I'll be sitting pretty.
If I had my time to go over again, I
would study more and have something def­inite
in view. I know some boys would
like to have my opportunities; they would
make something out of the education I am
supposed to be getting. But I'm not do­ing
anything for myself.
Often as I listen and participate in the
disgruntled murmurings concerning college,
I wonder what the Utopian campus would
be like. I am sure that it would be a very
uncollegiate place. Maybe no one would
even make a wise-crack. They would have
beer dispensaries, no classes before nine or
after eleven, fraternities that served eggs
for breakfast every morning, and I am sure
there would be no columnists.
• * * * * *
Hats off to the architects! Not once dur­ing
the present year have I heard any com­plaint
concerning their hard life. They
don't look sleepy-eyed any more. The cam­pus
is losing some of its color, for no more
do they drift in from the drafting room with
the cruel dawn to sip coffee with the ex­pression
of martyrdom on their faces.
* * * * *
I understand that the "College Racket"
department held a lab at one of the sand­wich
shops Saturday night. Al Capone
should be able to find some good material
—now that some of the students are utiliz­ing
their talents.
* * * * *
Speaking of talents, I fear that a psycho­analysis
of most Auburn men would re­veal
that we are laboring under wise-crack­ing
complexes. We greet each new day
with boisterous repartee and go to bed each
night amid the babel of crude puns.
* * * * *
For the benefit of the gentle readers (and
sophomores) the three other vodka sots have
voiced their hearty approval of "My Opin­ion"
of women.
A Yeal* Ago In Auburn
The whole student body was preparing
to make the trip to Montgomery to see the
game with the University of Florida eleven.
Two special trains were to be chartered,
and all students tickets for the trains and
to the game were to be given gratis by the
institute. ,
* * * * *
The R. O. T. C. was in readiness for a
parade to be staged in the downtown
streets of Montgomery after the trains ar­rived
at the Capital City. The cadets, In
their new gray uniforms, Were hoping to
make a good showing.
* * * * *
Dr. Knapp was given several African
trophies by alumnus. They were the craft
work of West African natives.
* * * * *
The Architecture Department announced
that a showing of the seventh art exhibit
of the Southern States Art League would
begin here November first.
* * * * * -
Plans for a landscaping were announced
by the extension service.
* * * * * \
Professor G. A. Tfollope was made head
of the poultry department.
* * * * *
The issue of Sunday movies was still be­fore
the town and college, and The Plains­man
was fighting hard for the question.
* * * * *
Many Southern sports writers were hail­ing
Auburn as being on the upward track
although they had lost to Clemson in her
first conference game.
Students from twelve countries are reg­istered
at the Princeton Theological sem­inary.
Dr. Herman Schneider, president of the
University of Cincinnati, hopes to elimi­nate
many of the complexities of univer­sity
organization by providing for five ma­jor
university divisions: Liberal arts, eco­nomics,
or engineering and commerce, hu­man
adjustments, physical and mental
health, and fine arts, the last four corre­sponding
to the divisions of mankind's pro­fessional
activities.
The fossil of a remote ancestor of the
common morning glory, that bloomed twen­ty
one million years ago, and the feather
of a bird of the same period have been
discovered by the Field Museum geologi­cal
expedition' in the vicinity of Florris-sant,
Colorado.
In an effort to offset the habit of be­coming
"music listeners" engendered in
youngsters by the radio and player piano,
school authorities in New York are setting
up courses in music, to develope "players
of music" among children.
Dr. Jean Betzner of Teacher^ College,
Columbia University, believes the present
methods of teaching English composition
to children in primary grades tends to
hinder rather than to develop their cre­ative
literary talents.
Last year there were more college stu­dents
in the United States than in all the
rest of the world combined. There were
1,237,000 students enrolled in colleges and
universities in this country.
One of the' latest books is a biography
of Al Capone, A "Self Made" man, writ­ten
by Fred D. Pasley, a Chicago news­paper
reporter.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
There's one born every minute. Two of 'em were sitting on the little silent
policeman Sunday night, in the middle of the street at Toomer's corner.
- * * * * * * * **
If the aeroplanes don't stop coming low over the campus, the students in
Dean Biggin's History of Architecture class never will catch up on their sleep.
* * * * * * * * *
Coach Cannon went horseback riding Sunday. He can't resist the tempta­tion
to smash backs.
* * * * * * * * *
B. Lowe, Opelika's ambassador to Auburn, has been reelected by an over­whelming
majority to represent his fair city again this year. Lowe is well ad­vised
on legal matters; he hasn't lost a suit in four years.
* * * * * * * * *
Now that Fred Hardy's "marriage" is publicly known, we guess he'll meet
the same fate as Red Cagle at West Point.
* * * * * * * * *
It is rumored that Professor Dunstan left yesterday for a lengthy visit at
Uncle Bim's. He took with him his very latest finding machine, by means of
which he hopes to recover the great Mogul diamond. Bon voyage Professor.
* * * * * * * * *
By the time the new textile building is completed, dresses will have become
so short that cloth-making will be a minor industry.
* * * * * * * * *
So many aeroplanes have been landing out by the chicken farm lately, that
a big hawk flew down the other day and carried off the hen that won last year's
egg derby, before the roosters knew what it was all about.
* * * * * * * * *
MY "FRAT." PIN
When this, my frat pin, goes astray;
It must go to one of whom I can say,
"She's truly the one that I adore;
I wish her for mine for-ever-more." *
And she, in like manner, should think
of me
As the one she shall love through eternity
Not a mere passing fancy, as a ship off
the shore,
But eternal, undying, for-ever-more. ,'
» I'll expect her to wear it the same as
I've done,
Thru hot and thru cold, thru rain and
thru sun.
'Tis' not like a trinket to be dropped on
the floor
When done with. No! 'Tis for-ever-more.
' And when her ador's cooled and mine's
done the same.
And we both think the other is really
to blame.
I'll expect her to return it, but I
won't be sore.
There's others who'll take it For-ever-more.
—Marc, '31
* WITH OTHER COLLEGES
UNIVERSAL
We emerge from the inspection of a mul­titude
of early exchanges with several very
definite impressions, namely: that if stream­er
headlines on college newspapers are to be
believed, the enrollment in schools all over
the country is unusually large this year,
freshman classes are large and highly in­telligent,
there is no end of championship
football teams in the making. Old man
hard times is able to give gray hairs to the
tired business man, but certainly not to
this group of optimists, the student editors.
We find not one line about seventy-day
droughts, crop failures or market crashes.
One idea prevails; that countless American
colleges are beginning the biggest year in
their histories.
* * * * *
DON'T* FOR FRESHMEN
1. Don't exalt thyself and think you are
the whole cheese, Mr. Rat, humble thyself
and be wise. Beware of the cat.
2. Don't think that all the girls are crazy
about you because they look at you and
smile. They may be thinking that perhaps
Darwin was right after all.
3. Don't give the professors any of your
advice. Keep it to yourself awhile until
you know better.
4. Don't sit up all night and study. You
might ruin your eyes, and you would be sure
to lose sleep.
5. Don't cut too many classes. You may
dull your blade.
6. Don't go to sleep during a lecture. The
professor might think he isn't interesting.
7. Don't step on the grass. You can make
more noise on the sidewalk.
8. Don't get sore if the prof, gives you
an "E" instead of an "H".
* * * * *
MAROONS TO TRAVEL
With Notre Dame scheduled to stay at
home once in a while in its new stadium,
it appears that Colgate University's football
squad will be the leading contender for trav­elling
honors this year.
In all the Maroon team will travel 3,800
miles to play eight games. Distant oppo­nents
who^will be met on their own fields
by Colgate include Michigan State, Brown
University, Penn State and Columbia.
* * * * *
MARVELOUS
Co-eds are certainly no curiosity at Ohio
Wesleyan, where there are 1,015 of the
fairer sex as compared with 793 men. In
addition to their advantage in numbers the
women students havfe permission to stay out
until 10:30 on week nights and still later
on \yeek-ends. In spite of being exposed
to this istuation, some of the men do ac­tually
pass. Ask the ticket agent for in­formation
concerning chartering an extra
train with special rates headed north.
* * * * *
WITH THE SMALLEST COLLEGE
Not more than 24 undergraduates were
expected to register at Urbana University
when it opened this fall. The university
boasts the smallest student body of any
higher educational institution in the Unit­ed
States.
The size of the student body was swell­ed
somewhat b y The institution of a new
course in music.
* * * . * *
TUNE IN THE HEAT
Tests madefy students of the Universi­ty
of Minnesota in cooperation with Radio
Station KSTP have proved that students
can do their best studying when listening
to jazz music on the radio.
Less distraction was found to prevail
when the loud speakers were vibrating than
when absolute silence reigned in the stu­dent's
room.
* * * * *
OH YEAH?
The Carnegie Institution has announced
that its scientists have found it possible to
measure the heat from an unnamed star
which is 631 times fainter than the faintest
star visible to the unaided eye.
The tiny heat wave was caught by an
instrument weighing one Thousandth of that
of a drop of water, and called a therma-couple.
* * * * *
Although he admits that the system would
be difficult to abolish, Rev. Dr. Charles L.
O'Donnell, president of Notfe Dame, be­lieves
that the credit system is one of the
outstanding evils of higher education today.
"It is an obsession on the undergraduate
mind today," Dr. O'Donnell said. "Stu­dents
are working by the credit clock. I
think it is up to the faculty to create an
interest in learning for the sake of learn­ing."
The University head believes that in spite
of the interest in football, 95 per cent of
the students in American universities are
seriously seeking an education above every­thing
else.
* * * * *
BRUSHING UP ON POLITICS
Fear on the part of the government that
the present precarious political situation
might lead to riots among" students were
they gathered at college, has led authori­ties
of the National University, at Havana,
Cuba, to postpone the opening of the in­stitution
from October 1 to November 10.
By that time the election of senators and
representatives will have been held. (Same
policy as ours, only we use cigars, instead
of knives.)
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.
* * * * *
THE inherent desire of the Auburn
student to destroy property became
evident again last Saturday night
after the dance. Some of us seem to have
a mania for this particular type of enter­tainment.
The wanton destruction of any
and every thing that strikes the fancy
furnishes rare sport for a part of our stu­dent
body. Energy stimulated by excite­ment
is all too often expended in this
manner.
* * * * *
Some of the more excited of our students
took over the operation of the sandwich
shops in the village late Saturday night.
Possession seemed to be nine-tenths of
the law, so the establishment was placed
at the mercy of the mob. The lone man
in charge was powerless to offer any re­sistance
and accepted the inevitable loss
with a smile. Unable to obtain immediate
service, the boys decided to help them­selves
to anything they fancied. Some
paid, some did not.
* * * * *
Not content with helping themselves to
candy, soft drinks, etc., a few of the more
boisterous men decided that they could
emulate John, the Greek, and cook. As
a result a conglomeration of tomatoes,
ham cheese, eggs, etc. was deposited in the
skillet and set on the stove to fry. This
odoriferous concoction was cleft on the
range to add to the havoc already exist­ing.
In this manner the stock of provis­ions
was exhausted.
* * * * *
After" the orgy the students departed
for places unknown, leaving in their wake
a path of destruction. The situation was
comparable to Sherman's march through
Georgia. With all respect to Sherman, I
expect he could get a few pointers from
some of our more boisterous students.
Such occurrences as this cause the more
pacific students considerable inconvenience.
It is very doubtful if any of the sand­wich
shops will be open to serve the pub­lic
at intermission during the opening
dances. There was only one open at mid­night
Saturday, and look what happened
to it.. The others closed early because
the proprietors knew of the destructive po­tentiality
of a group of excited Auburn
students. I have talked with several of
the lunch stand operators and it is their
avowed intention to be closed, long before
midnight during the dances. Past expe­riences
have proved that the volume of
trade does not take care of the losses
that will acrue. "The boys raise too much
hell," is the retort of the man behind the
counter when asked why he wouldn't re­main
open late.
* * * * *
This is the sort of thing that many of
our students boast of. They are a "tough
lot" and only "he-men" go to Auburn.
These "he-rnen" boast about how they
wreck trains, hotels, restaurants, etc. They
are proud of the fact that the Auburn
business men have to close their establish­ments
early during the dances to protect
their stock.
It is no wonder that Auburn is so often
termed a "high school". We have our girls
down for the dances and cannot find a
place open to purchase a Coca-Cola at
midnight. We should attempt to curb our
destructive tendencies and prove to the
public that we can act the part of gentle­men
during the dances.
* * * * *
There is an larming lack of interest
being shown by the students in the produc­tion
of The Glomerata. The staff is at­tempting
to get individual photographs of
all the matriculates. Less than five hun­dred
persons had posed prior to Saturday
night out of the Freshman, Sophomore,
and Junior classes. At this rate there will
not be over seven hundred pictures in our
annual. Last year 1118 individual cuts
were made. A student body the size of
ours should have well over 1400 pictures
printed.
We have here an apalling situation
which can only be remedied by the full
cooperation of the individual students.
The Glomerata is the annual year book of
the school, depicting student life and ac­tivities
in Auburn. A book of this nature
is of no value without the photographs.
We are not supporting the enterprise as
we should. The staff cannot produce any­thing
at all without the cooperation of the
students in securing the photos. It should
not be necessary to swear out warrants to
secure these cuts.
The Glomerata is a book that we want
to be proud of and treasure as nothing else
of its kind. It is a pictoral record of the
current college year. It is most desirable
that every student have his or her photo­graph
in the annual. The complete set of
four books will be prized more and more
every year after having left college. Co­operate
with the staff and have your pic­ture
made immediately.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Difficult Encounters Will Begin
With Florida Game on Saturday
After meeting two of the leading
teams in the S. I. A. A., Auburn will
launch out into the extensive sea of
Southern Conference teams, starting
with the University of Florida in
Jacksonville, October 11, and-ending
with the University of South Caro­lina
at Columbus, Thanksgiving.
From October 11 to November 27,
the Plainsmen will encounter Geor­gia
Tech, Georgia, Tulane, Mississip­pi
A. & M., and Vanderbilt, confer-ence^
foes, and Wofford, another S.
I. A. A. eleven. Florida, Georgia
Tech and Georgia will be met on suc­cessive
Saturdays, followed by Wof­ford
and the others in the order
named.
It begins to look like the Tigers
always pick out one of the strongest
teams to start against. Birmingham-
Southern played like an S. I. C. elev­en,
in Auburn's initial battle for the
season and Coach Charlie Bachman's
Florida 'Gators are doped to finish
J
To Advance Education
Of American Negroes
Washington, D. C—(IP)—Ad­vancement
of Negro education in this
country is the purpose of a new -po­sition
which has been created within
the Office of Education in the Unit­ed
States Department of the Inter­ior.
Secretary Wilbur has appoint­ed
to this position Dr. Ambrose Cali-ver,
the first negro in the United
States to receive the degree of Ph.
D. in the field of education.
Dr. Caliver, former dean of Fisk
University in Nashville, is a native
of Virginia, and a graduate of Knox-ville
College and the University of
Wisconsin.
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Boys! If you Eat
MEAT
Buy it from your
Friends
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near the top when the year is over.
The engals have not won a con­ference
game since defeating Se-wanee
in 1926, 9 to 0 in Montgom­ery,
and it is very doubtful if they
will be able to enter the select group
this season. The team is gradually
improving under Coach Chet Wynne
and his outstanding sttKf of assis­tants,
but learning a new system in
one season is too much to ask from
an inexperienced squad.
Captain Dunham Harkins & Co
will not be easy for any team, but
every eleven that Auburn plays will
have several veterans who have fac­ed
the best in -Dixie. Some times
sophomores come through all right
their first varsity season, but is gen­erally
takes seasoning for them to
rank above what Bobby Jones always
betters—par.
While Auburn and Florida are bat*
tling in Jacksonville in the initial
conference clash for Chet Wynne's
proteges and the second for the 'Ga­tors,
the two frosh elevens will be
waging warfare here on Drake Field.
It will be the first conference game
for the Tiger Cubs and their second
for the season.
Ala. 4-H Girls Get
Honors In Contest
Co-Ed Gets Degree
In House Fly Study
Columbus, O.—(IP)—If the de­spised
house fly is a dirty creature,
it is not his fault but that of his
surroundings, according to Miss Mar
ian Mcllhenny, of Dayton, O., who
earned her master of science degree
at Ohio State University here by
making a study of the fly.
It was when the pretty co-ed began
to take up entomology here that she
stopped swatting house flies, and be­gan
to eye them through microscopes.
During the past year she studied
the individual habits of some 3,018
of the "musca domestica", and not
once did she find one that failed to
make an honest attempt to keep him­self
clean.
The cleaning process is accomplish
ed by rubbing the body vigorously
with the legs, the co-ed reports.
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Four-H Club girls of Alabama car­ried
away most of the honors in
judging contests held during the
Southern Club Congress at the Mid-
South Fair, Memphis. Opal Jones
of Butler County made the highest
score thereby winning over repre­sentatives
of 4-H club work for the
other southern states who judged
materials used in home improvement,
preserved food products, and cloth­ing.
Miss Jones was a member of the
Alabama food preservation judging
team and her partner was Lala Pope,
also of Butler County. This team
won first place in judging preserved
food products.
Alabama's team in home improve­ment,
Robbie Kate Register and
Jeanette Borland of Dale County,
also won first place. Another team
entered by Alabama was Lillian HoK
and Ellen Amanda Ingram of Lee
County who judged clothing. This
contest was won by the Kentucky
team.
-These girls won the right to repre­sent
Alabama at Memphis by win­ning
in judging contests held during
the State short course at Auburn in
May. They were the first teams
Alabama has sent to the Mid-South
Fair.
Speaking of the achievement. Miss
Helen Johnston, State home demon­stration
agent, stated that judging
had been emphasized in 4-H club
work conducted under the direction
of Miss Bess Fleming, and that she
was delighted with the showing made
by Alabama's representatives.
The teams were chaperoned while
in Memphis by Miss Lavada Curtis,
Dale County home demonstration
agent, who trained the home im­provement
team. The clothing team
was trained by Miss Mary B. Bailey,
Lee County home demonstration
agent, and the food preservation
team by Mrs. Thelma Fraser, Butler
County home demonstration agent.
All of the club girls in Alabama
studied food preservation, clothing,
and home improvement. Foods work
is under the supervision of Miss
Helen Kennedy, extension nutrition
ist. The clothing work, is supervised
by Miss Dorothy Dean, specialist in
clothing and handicraft, and the
home improvement work by Miss Nell
Pickens, specialist in home improve­ment.
RAINFALL FOR 1930
LOWEST SINCE 1879
College Saved
Waring's Band
From Bust-Up
Ann Arbor, Mich.—(IP)—War
ing's Pennsylvanians got their start
at a university, and it wasn't Pennsyl­vania
either.
| t 'came to light here just recent­ly
that the famous jass orchestra
was so broke back in 1921 that the
members decided to bust up, and
would have done so, had not Fred
Waring been invited to come up and
play at the LTpiversity of Michigan.
Here's how it happened:
One of the boys went to Ann Ar­bor,
where a friend told him that
the University of Michigan commit­tee
was looking for a small band to
play in an old gymn for the over­flow
crowd at the annual Jay Hop.
The committee already had two fa­mous
bands for the main dance. The
orchestra member telegraphed to
Fred. Fred wired the committee and
the band assembled.
"That was the greatest night ev­er,"
Fred tells the story himself.
"We stole the crowd right away from
under the Big Names. All our suc­cess
started in that old gymn. And
we didn't even have hotel money.
A fraternity put us up on condition
that we play free for their house
party the next night."
From there the band went to a
Detroit theatre and radio station and
a"fter one night they got an eight-week
stage contract. They've been
going ever since.
Miss. A. & M. College
Enrolls 1,467 Studes
Agricultural and Mechanical Col­lege,
Miss., Sept. 26.—The enroll­ment
at Mississippi Agricultural and
Mechanical college reached 1467, one
more than enrolled by February 1
last year.
A new enrollment record is cer­tain
to be set this year.
Several years ago the enrollment
rose to near 1600 when about 500 vo­cational
students were placed here
by the veterans' bureau, but only a
small percentage* of these trainees
took work of college grade.
Statistics based upon a fifty-one-year
average show a 1.46 inch de­crease
in Auburn rainfall during the
first nine months of 1930. The least
recorded rainfall for one month came
in April of this year, when only for­ty-
three hundredths inch of rain fell.
This is a 4.89 inch decrease from last
year, and a 3.71 inch decrease from
the fifty-one-year average for April.
During the past month there were
eighteen days of cloudy weather,
fourteen of which were rainy,
amounting to a rainfall of 6.14
inches. Two thunderstorms were re­corded
during the fourteen days of
rain.
The following figures give accur­ate
records of the rainfall for the
first nine months of 1929-30, and
the average per month for the past
fifty-one years.
Oregon To Vote On
Cabinet Government
Portland, Ore.—(IP)—A consti­tutional
amendment designed to com­pletely
change the machinery of ad­ministration
of this state is to be
voted upon by the voters in Novem­ber.
The amendment, if passed, will in­stitute
the cabinet form of govern­ment
instead of the present board of
control, which has made the gover­nors
of the state mere .figureheads
in the past.
Patient New Yorker Gets Tired
Of Continued Practical Pranks
Month
January . .
February .
March . . .
April
May . . .
June . . .
July . . .
August . .
September .
TOTAL . .
1929
. 4.28
. 9.61
. 17.47
. 5.32
. 7.05
. 4.19
. 1.63
. 1.53
. . 4.55
. 55.63
1930
4.78
3.05
6.36
0.43
2.84
2.09
4.97
4.56
6.14
35.22
1879-
1900
4.87
5.50
5.56
4.14
3.64
4.21
5,51
4.66
3.08
41.08
Arabia, with a population of over
five million, has only one public mo­tion
picture house.
Americans Desire To
Leave Port Au Prince
Port Au Prince—(IP)—with $25,-
000,000 already spent here by the
United States since American occu­pation
was begun in 1915, both sol­diers
and civilians are anxious to
leave, and return to their homes in
the United States according to au­thoritative
reports.
The United States is now spending
$95,000 a month in salaries alone
here.
Florida To Dedicate
Her New Stadium
Gainesville, Fla.—(IP)—The Uni­versity
of Florida will dedicate its
new stadium, seating 50,000 on Nov.
8 in a game with the University of
Alabama.
The stadium is now nearing com­pletion.
Heretofore the University
has been able to provide seats for
only about 1,500 spectators.
New York.—Poor Michael Kenny!
He goes about his electrical repair
business slightly bewildered these
days. At any moment an undertak­er
is likely to call and demand his
body. Any time he peers cautiously
out the side of his door he may see a
collector advancing with a bill for
unasked, produce dumped on the
Kenny sidewalk.
' Kenny is the victim of a perpetual
practical joke. It's all so very mys­tifying.
Twenty-five dollars worth of sand­wiches
were sent him with a collect
bill attached. Kenny had no sooner
convinced the delivery man he had
not ordered the food than a truck
backed up and unloaded 15 gallons of
ice cream which the driver insisted
had been ordered by Kenny.
A little while ago a newspaper car­ried
the ad:
"Electricians wanted. Bring tools.
Apply all week. Kenny Electric
Company, 172 Eighth Avenue."
The next morning Kenny came
down to his shop to be mobbed by
300 men who had carried their kits
long distances to get jobs. Hun­dreds
more called at the shop that
week. The ad was traced to the
mail, and the trail ended.
Another time a fleet of trucks
drove up to Kenny's door and un­loaded
18 tons of coal. The drivers
threatened Kenny with violence when
he told them to load it up and carry
it away again. . —
Then he got a . check for $800,
with a note, "Things are picking up
good now, Mike. Here's some money
you loaned me two years ago." The
only catch was Kenny could not cash,
the check.
Kenny is a patient man.
"I didn't mind when they sent the
dog-catcher for my two dogs," he
said, "or when the ambulance called
for a supposedly sick wife, or when
chicken dinners were delivered on a
fake order or when the gas and light
company called ,to fix pipes with
which there was nothing wrong, but
when I'm awakened in the middle of
the night and somebody asks me to
take a taxi several miles to fix their
lights—and I'm fool enough to do it
—then I say I've had enough."
The climax of something or other
came through when a hearse drove
up the other day and an embalmer
asked Mrs. Kenny where was her
husband's body. Mrs. Kenny told
him there must be some mistake.
She had seen Kenny only a half hour
ago.
"Anything can happen in a half
hour," gloomily predicted the em­balmer.
And he insisted on seeing the re­ported
dead man before he consented
to leave.
Freshmen women at the New Jer­sey
State College for Women last
year voted that they prefer marriage
to a career.
WINTERS
ON TH-E
WAY
its time
TODAY-to
fill the bin
with money
saving
BRILLI ANT
TRADE MARK REG. U. S. PAT. OFFI CE COAL
leaves no clinkers
only 2°/o Ash
Brilliant Coal is the Na­tion's
Standard of Fine
Fuel. Be Sure to Get the
Genuine Brilliant Coal.
RRILLIANT
D COAL I
B-r-r-r! Cold weather's coming. Time to lay in that supply of
Brilliant Coal—the thrifty winter fuel. Brilliant Coal is eco­nomical
to use because it has t he lowest ash percentage of any
coal on t h e market—only 2 % a nd no clinkers. Burn Brilliant,
and you'll get more coal to t h e ton (because of its light weight),
more heat to t h e p o u n d (15,000 heat u n i t s ) , and less ash to
the shovelful ( 2 % or l e s s ) . Unless you have money to b u r n -
burn Brilliant Coal this winter.
1
HERE'S WHERE TO BUY IT
P R O D U C E D BY B R I L L I A N T C O A L C O M P A N Y - B I R M I N G H AM A L A B A M A
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 1930
Los Angeles to Send
Employees to College
City Cooperates with U. of S. C. for
Employees to Go to Night
Classes
Los Angeles—(IP)—In an effort to
raise the standards of the various de-
' partments, the city of Los Angeles
and nearby towns are cooperating
with the University of Southern Cali­fornia
to make it possible for city
employees to attend classes at the
University this Fall at the end of
their office day.
Special courses laid out by public
officials will be given for credit to­ward
certificates in subjects ranging
from public finance and the adminis­tration
of criminal law to water sup­ply
and irrigation and police report
writing.
Boy Delivers Sermon
In Absence of Father
Cleveland, O.—(IP)—R. W. Har­old
Mark, son of Dr. Robert Wilson
Mark, pastor of Old Stone Church
here, is only a junior at Oberlin Col­lege,
but he didn't hesitate the other
Sunday to climb to his dad's pulpit,
on the Public Square here, and
preach a sttraight-from-the-shoulder
sermon.
"No man can be properly adjust­ed
in life," preached Junior Mark,
"until his spiritual nature becomes
as important as his intellectual and
physical natures."
Young Mark contemplates entering
the ministry.
COUNTY LIBRARY IS
HEARTILY ENDORSED
A candidate for the Nebraska legis­lature
this summer included in his
campaign expense account an item
of "Joshing the Ladies."
TRY
YOUR
SKILL
-
On miniature golf course.
Prettiest course in state—
lots of hazards. It's fun.
Pine Putt Links
Opelika, Ala.
The movement for establishing a
circulating library in Lee County
continues to receive the endorse­ment
of influential organizations and
leading citizens.
In a signed statement Mrs. B. B.
Ross declared that she is pleased to
learn that definite plans are in the
making for establishing a circulating
library in Lee County.
Her complete statement follows:
"Realizing from experience as a
teacher and club woman that a lib­rary
is an indispensable institution
and being deeply interested in the
development and growth of my own
people, I am well pleased to learn
that definite plans are in the making
for establishing a circulating library
in Lee County. This will be good
news and a privilege that none will
appreciate more than club women.
"I heartily agree with Wm. F.
Bigelow when he declares, 'Could we
give one gift to every child we would
choose the love of books.' A good,
accessible library will increase and
promote a love of reading and it
will be a' centre from which will radi­ate
an ever widening influence for
the advancement of community life.
"This Circulating Library move­ment
for Lee County is a profound­ly
important one and I am confident
that every thoughtful club woman
and teacher, and indeed every moth­er,
when this enterprise is explained
to her will cooperate and take an
active enthusiastic interest in bring­ing
it to a successful completion."
Teacher Handles 250
Students In A Class
Cleveland, O.—(IP)—A new sys­tem
of instruction, whereby one
teacher will be able to handle a class
of as many as 250 pupils, is to be
tried out in one local high school this
fall, and if the experiment proves a
success, it will be used in all public
schools here.
The new system involves the broad­casting
of lectures by wired radio
to various rooms in the school.
STUDENTS ENROLLED IN HOME ECONOMICS
LEAD SCHOOL IN SCHOLARSHIP RATINGS
Our complete line of writing papers and cor­respondence
cards presents an opportunity
for you to please your taste at prices to suit
your purse.
Burton's Bookstore
G r e e t i n g C a r d s Typewriter S u p p l i es
S h e a f f e r P e n s a n d Inks
THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES
HAGEDORN'S
OPELIKA'S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE
THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICED
Kratzer's Ice Cream
Your Local Dealer Has It
Have the satisfaction of knowing that
our products are pasteurized, and of
the finest ingredients, thereby making
it one of the very best.
Eat the Purest and Best Sold Only by
KRATZER'S
M o n t g o m e r y , A l a b a ma
Local Dealers
Homer Wright S* L. Toomer
Tiger Drug Store
No. Av.
Freshman
School of Agriculture
Agriculture 35 73.44
Agr. Ed. ' 36 73.76
Total 71 73.60
School of Engineering
SCHOLASTIC AVERAGES SECOND SEMESTER, 1929-30
By Classes, Courses and Divisions
No. Av. No. Av. No. Av. No. Av.
Sophomore Junior Senior 5th Yr.
No. Av.
Graduate
Civil
Highway
Electrical
Mechanical
Total
17
0
71
33
121
76.37
75.53
75.70
75.70
22
42
64
29
0
64
37
130
71.81
77.00
75.22
74.24
72.36
74.43
20
37
57
27
2
54
30
77.27
77.65
77.52
78.02
79.37
80.34
78.91
5
42
47
25
0
61
22
73.37 113 79.39 108
School of Architecture and Allied Arts
Architecture 17 70.10 17 71.99
Arch. Eng. 14 78.54 10 70.50
App. Art. 5 74.59 8 76.41
Total 36 74.01 35 72.57
School of Textile Enigneering
Textile 27 68.53
16
7
2
25
75.44
78.71
69.49
75.88
11
5
0
16
7 61.70 4 67.59 0
School of Science and Literature
General
Busi. Adm.
Pre-Medical
Pre-Law
Total
21
44
20
10
95
71.96
69.53
70.95
76.29
71.08
17
41
10
2
70
School of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chem. Eng. 49 77.37 34
Pharmacy 9 69.06 8
Total 58 76.08 42
School of Education
Education 27 75.86 40
Agr. Ed. 36 73.76 42
Home Ec. Ed. 4 72.64 1
Total 67 74.54 83
School of Home Economics
Home Economics 11 75.93 11
Horn. Ec. Ed. 4 72.64 1
Total A 15 75.05 12
School of Veterinary Medicine
Vet. Med. 7 59.95 10 77.24 3
Total All Div. 497 73.65 453 ' 73.16 373
Less duplicates 40 73.65 43 76.83 44
GRAND TOTAL 457 73.65 410 72.78 329
80.89
71.21
70.17
79.31
71.22
72.64
68.79
71.91
71.76
77.00
69.76
74.39
72.55
69.76
72.32
10
30
4
0
44
20
7
27
39
37
7
83
10
7
17
80.29
77.98
66.63
77.47
78.86
71.58
76.97
77.08
77.65
80.17
77.59
81.48
80.17
80.94
41
28
1
0
40
13
6
19
37
42
5
84
6
5
11
78.27 10
78.00 335
78.05 47
78.00 288
84.03
81.26
81.55
80,23
83.17
84.14
82.69
81.96
78.93
81.01
79.78
79.68
83.78
79.81
81.35
80.17
80.98
80.38
81.36
84.45
81.03
83.37
84.45
83.86
77.36
81.48
81.60
81.46
'73.71
86.35
48.44
7.1.18
5
1
0
0
6
0
0
0
13
4
0
17
1
0
1
0
71.18 43
4
71.18 39
75.10
87.21
80.48
91.22
92.37
91.65
85.65
85.00
85.33
91.21
91.38
91.24
No. Av.
Special
6 78.92
0
6 78.92
1 64.97
0
1 78.24
1 88.08
3 77.10
0
0
0
0
1 94.00
0
0
0
1 94.00
87.39
87.21
87.35
85.00
85.00
87.11
87.21
87.09
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
12
No. Av.
Total
93 74.89
161 77.79
254 76.75
104 77.74
2 79.37
251 77.62
126 78.07
483 77.77
64 74.14
38 76.90
17 73.92
119 74.99
38 67.17
65 76.10
144 73.89
35 70.60
12 76.79
256 74.14
116 76.69
32 71.53
148 75.57
156 77.15
161 77.79
17 79.05
334 77.55
39 77.78
17 79.05
56 78.16
30 73.35
77.83 1718 76.35
178 77.91
77.83 1540 76.17
67.57
67.57
TIGERS WILL FACE HARD
OPPONENTS IN NEXT THREE
GAMES TO BE PLAYED
(Continued from page 1)
Capt. Dunham Harkins was again
a Rock of Gibraltar on the defense
and passed the pigskin with unerr­ing
accuracy from the pivot post.
This outstanding leader is destined
fo^r greater honors Ms final year
starring on Southern gridirons.
Donald Jones, guard, started his
first varsity game against the Jesuit
eleven and was outstanding after
Coach Wynne had taken him out
once and told him his faults. Sophr
omores make many .mistakes, but
when they are like Jones, they are
determined not to make the same
errors again, and generally prove
this by being in the midst of every
play when given another chance.
The two touchdowns made by the
roamers of the forest were made by
graduates of Coach Earl McFaden's
1929 frosh team. Jimmie Hitchcock
brought the 5000 fans to their feet
early iiTthe second quarter when he
raced 68 yards for the first marker,
and Tom Brown, did likewise in this
period, only his six-points were an­nexed
on a brilliant, never-give-up
20 yard buck over center. A bright
future is predicted for both of these
ball carriers.
When Florida and Auburn meet in
Jacksonville, the 'Gators will be en­gaging
their second conference foe,
while the Bengals will be making
their debut against an opponent in
their own ranks. Florida has met
and defeated Southern and North
Carolina State, while Auburn has
broken even in her two games with
SENIORS IN ENGINEERING
PLEDGED BY TAU BETA PI
RAINBOW
THEATRE
JACK LONDON'S
Greatest Story
"THE
SEA WOLF 9 9
—with—
Milton Sills
Jane Keith
Raymond Hackett
(Continued from page 1)
Each member of Tau Beta Pi cal­led
one of the pledges from the mem­bership
of the Engineers' Club to the
platform, pinned the fraternity's
ribbons on him, and extended con­gratulations.
Previous to the announcement of
new men, Professor C. A. Baughmah,
a faculty member of Tau Beta Pi,
spoke briefly on the history and pur­pose
of the organization. He told
of the tendency of Phi Beta Kappa
to overlook engineering students and
the subsequent forming of Tau Beta
Pi at Lehigh University for the pur­pose
of recognizing and honoring en­gineering
prowess. In 1920, when
Tau Beta Pi had only 35 chapters,
the fraternity was established on the
Auburn campus.
Professor Baughman stated that the
intention of the society is to recog­nize
those who have high scholastic
standing and general upstanding
characters. According to Professor
Baughman, statistics proved, with
few exceptions, that those men who
have high grades while in college be­come
successes in later life.
At the opening of the meeting,
Lawrence Camp, president of the
club, tendered his resignation and
submitted the names of the four vice-presidents,
one of whom should be
elected temporary president. J. A.
Willman was chosen for the office.
It was decided by the club that
the presiding officer should be call­ed
chairman instead of president, and
that the four vice-presidents should
be directors. The chairman is to be
head of the board of directors.
The other officers of Tau Beta
Pi are as follows: George L. William­son,
vice-president, Tom Brown, sec­retary;
Professor C. R. Hixon, cor­responding
secretary and treasurer;
J. R. Quinlivan, Jr., cataloguer; and
Powell Williams, Bent reporter.
The following countries have a
lower per cent of illiteracy than the
United States—Japan, New Zealand,
Germany, Denmark, Norway, Swed­en,
Scotland, Ireland, Switzerland,
England, Canada, and Wales.
Birmingham-Southern and Spring
Hill.
Both coaches, Charlie Bachman
and Chet Wynne, are exponents of
the Notre Dame style of football.
This system has been very success­ful
at the Gainesville institution be­cause
the fans in Gatorland have
been patient and have supported
Bachman. It is believed that it will
be just as successful at the Corner­stone
if time and support is given
Coach Wynne.
Florida is boasting of another
strong team which makes her the fa­vorite
in Saturday's affair, but every­one
may rest assured that the re­juvenated
Palinsmen have enough
new spirit to make the game one of
the most interesting to be played in
Dixie. The Tigers will fight hard.
They are gradually showing signs of
starting on the hard and treacherous
comeback trail.
Tiger Theatre
THURSDAY, Oct. 9
"Road to Paradise"
—With—
LORETTA YOUNG
JACK MULHALL
RAYMOND HATTON
All-Talking
FRIDAY, Oct. 10
HEAR THEM TALK!
SEE THEM ACT!
JOE COOK in
"Rain or Shine"
A Columbia Picture
The Laff Riot of the Year
SATURDAY, Oct. 11
WHAT CAUSES JAIL RIOTS?
"Numbered Men"
—With—
CONRAD NAGEL
BERNICE CLAIRE
RAYMOND HACKETT
. mmmm — — — ^»»»»»»^»^^^»J
jfprreHEss
* TROUSj^j
l O ' a Buttoa:*
"Let 'em rip
—if they can!" <
You'd be surprised to learn
that in spite of this unlimited
Warranty—ioc a Button;
$l.oo a Rip—less than three
out of every thousand pairs of
Dutchess Trousers and Knick­ers
sold are brought back
because of faulty seams!
Our own experience has
proven this fact.
That's why we say, "Let 'em
rip—if they can.* For we
know they won't rip.
Come in and see for your­self
how stylish they are—
how comfortable—and how
well they fit,
GIBSON'S
MEN'S WEAR
AUTUMNLEAVESVERY
GOOD AS FERTILIZER
The fallen leaves, as autumn ap­proaches,
usually cause a series of
hazardous conditions due to the com­mon
practice of burning them, states
the Alabama Commission of Fores­try.
In cities and towns it is custo­mary
for the residents to rake or
sweep the leaves into piles and then
set fire to them. The possibility of
a sudden gust of wind carrying the
fire to grass or buildings is very
great. The smoke caused by the
burning, while pleasantly pungent if
not inhaled in too great quantities,
obstructs the view and often contri­butes
to traffic accidents. In locali­ties
the burning of leaves around
buildings also may cause fire to be
carried to the woods, resulting in
large financial loss to the owners.
Fallen leaves in both city and coun­try
are a valuable asset and may well
be gathered and utilized. Leaves
make excellent fertilizer, and if they
are piled and covered with earth they
rot quickly. They contain phosphor­ic
acid and potash but burning them
drives off the most abundant and
valuable element,—nitrogen. Decay­ed
leaves, or humus as this part of
the soil is called, applied to lawns,
flower and vegetable gardens increase
growth to a great extent, and when
applied to crop land in the case of
corn and cotton materially increases
the yield per acre.
Evans Literary Society
Holds Weiner Roast
The Evans Literary Society enter­tained
its members and their friends
last night with a "weiner" roast at
Yarbrough Springs.
Miss Helen Garrett acted as hos­tess,
and served "weiners" and cof­fee.
The purpose of the meeting
was not for business but merely as a
friendly social gathering. The party
disbanded with three cheers for the
hostess.
The president of the Evans Liter­ary
Society states that another meet­ing
on this order will be given in the
near future.
DR. JOHN C. DAWSON
RESIGN AT HOWARD
Dr. John C. Dawson, president of
Howard College since 1921 and a
member of the faculty for twenty-eight
years, has announced his resig­nation,
to be effective in February,
1931.
Dr. Dawson leaves Howard to take
the chair of romance languages at
the University of Alabama.
A. D. Smith, president of the board
of trustees, said no move has been
made towards naming Dr. Dawson's
successor.
' Argentina purchases one-half of
the 25,000 windmills which are man­ufactured
annually in this country.
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You will like this one~-you can­not
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dream of delight"—a dish
fit for the gods. A recipe taken from
one of the favorite cook books of the
Old South, containing the indescrib­able
flavor of those high and spaci­ous
days when living was indeed
an art, and crowned with the ap­proval
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