1931-10-03 The Plainsman

              DANCE
TONIGHT THE Congratulations
Scabbard & Blade
TO F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
VOLUME LV AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 1931 NUMBER 8
House Parties
Will Be Given
By Five Frats
Sigma Pi, Kappa Alpha, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, Theta Upsi-lon
Omega, and Alpha Gam­ma
Rho to House Girls
SCABBARD AND BLADE PLEDGES TWENTY-FOUR MEN
MUSIC BY BLUE STEELE
Prominent Citizens and Faculty
Members To Appear In Bur­lesque
Comedy
Approximately Two Hundred
and Fifty Girls Expected to
Attend Opening Dances
Five fraternities have thrown open
their doors for the entertainment of
the visiting young ladies, when Blue
Steele starts the Sophomore Hop
next Friday. The hosts for the oc­casion
are to he Sigma Alpha Epsi­lon,
T. U. O., Sigma-Pi, Kappa Alpha,
and Alpha Gamma Rho. There is,a
possibility, that others will be; added
to this list.
The decorations for the gymna­sium
are rapidly being completed and
the most attractive setting in years
is expected. Bob McMillan, chair­man
of the Student Social Commit­tee,
was extremely optimistic over the
possibility of a most successful set
of dances ever held in Auburn. He
stated that the fact that Blue Steele
and his orchestra would be master of
ceremonies, had attracted much in­terest
to the dances, and that the re
sponses to the five hundred bids is
sued were pouring- in fast.
The complete set of dances is to
cost the individual seven dollars
while four dollars will granf admis­sion
for one day. The season ticket
entitles the holder to attend all day
dances, while a one night's ducat will
include all the day dances on the day
of purchase.
Since the football team is to be
in Madison for the Wisconsin game,
there will be no distraction, and th»
campus is expected to concentrate on
a week-end of dancing and festivity.
Flashes of the game will probably be
given on the floor.
Will Be Held At High School
Building At 8:30 Tuesday
Evening
Station WAPI Given
An Increase in Power
By Radio Commission
Increase to 25,000 Watts Term­inates
Fight of Year's Length
Action of the Federal Radio Com­mission
in granting Station WAPI
permission in increase power from
5,000 to 25,000 watts was the climax
to a fight that has been in progress
considerably more than a year, P.
O. Davis, general manager of the sta­tion,
said Friday.
It was late in September, 1930,
when formal hearings were held be­fore
the Federal Radio Commission
in Washington. The hearings contin­ued
several days during which the
claims of WAPI were presented by
Mr. Davis. Evidence submitted to
the commission showed that WAPI
had as much claim to increase power
to 50,000 watts as any other station
except for the fact that WAPI di­vides
time at night. The action of
the commission in authorizing in­crease
of power to 25,000 watts was
only half of the power requested.
Consequently, the case is not settled
from the standpoint of the station,
Mr. Davis declared.
To increase power to 25,000 watts
rather than 50,000 would hardly be
economical, he explained. The ex­pense
would be almost as much as
to increase pow.gr to 50,000 watts.
If the increase is made, in all proba­bility
50,000 watt equipment will be
installed and operated at half power.
Mr. Davis said that the station is
at present more concerned about full
time operation than about increased
power. Recent developments have
lent encouragement to full time, but
nothing is in sight to indicate that
such will be obtained in -the near fu­ture,
he added.
Station WAPI was started at Au-
7
burn%ight years ago as a small sta­tion.
After several years of devel-
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DORMANT TALENT
WILL AWAKEN ON
TUESDAY EVENING
Blue Steele And His Orchestra
BE GIVEN *Y P.-T. A.
Auburn dramatic talent which has
been nestling unseen and lurking in
silence will be brought into action in
the auditorium of the new high school
building Tuesday, October 6. The cur­tains
will open at 8:30 p. m. for "An
Evening of Fun", a burlesque come­dy
in which Auburn people will dem­onstrate
to the audience that they
have dramatic talents far beyond' the
neophyte grade.
The play will be sponsored by the
Auburn P.T. A. This organization
will not be responsible, "if your eyes
are seas of tears, your sides ache
and you die of laughter, for all of this
will come true as sure as you go
near". The director will be Mrs. Beu-lah
Garland.
Here are the characters:
Andy Gump—Dr. C. S. Yarbrough.
"Two Babies"—Plain Shell Toomer
and Dr. Ben Franklin Thomas.
Bride—Little Jimmie M. Robinson.
The Groom—Sir Herman Jones.
Tiny Tots—Homer Wright and
Gene Hurt (drugs and power.)
Sis Hopkins—Professor John W.
Roe (in person).
Black Mammy—-Sergeant George
Moxham (by special request).
Rufus Rastus—Flivver Blackmon.
An Auburn Flapper—J. W. Brig-ham
(tenor).
Miss Lucinda Brown—Zeb Judd, (in
action).
Two Porters—Furniture Thrasher
and Meat Market Tamblin.
The Auburn. P.-T. A. extends all a
cordial invitation to join with them
in "An Evening of Fun" in the beau­tiful
auditorium of the handsome
school building, prices 25c and 35c.
All students, including college stu­dents,
will be admitted at the lowest
rate.
Business College Will
Open In Opelika Oct. 6
President Chrales L. Padgett of the
Mobile Business College has been in
Opelika several days perfecting ar­rangements
for the opening of the
Alabama-Georgia Business College, as
one. of his system of schools-. Ar­rangements
have practically been
completed to conduct the buisness
college > sessions in the Junior High
School building which is convenient­ly
and centrally located near the
Opelika post office. Tuesday, Octo­ber
6, is anonunced as the opening
day for the school, but by the indi­vidual
method of instruction students
may enter at anytime with little dis­advantage.
The Mobile Business College sys­tem
includes the Tennessee Valley
Business College of Huntsville and
the Central Georgia Business college
of Griffin, Georgia, with the local
school as the latest addition.
Lambda Chi Alpha
Gives Gala Dance
The Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
was host to a number of students at
a dance given in honor of their pledges
Friday night. A student orchestra
furnished the music for this colorful
affair which was given at the Lambda
Chi House on Magnolia Ave.
Each fraternity of the campus was
represented by two pledges as well as
a number of the older men. This
dance was one of the regular socials
given each year by the various fra­ternities
on the campus for their
pledges and was acclaimed a huge
success.
Blue Steele and hi* orchestra, internationally famous and the idol of American dance lovers, who will
play for the opening dances to be held on October 9th and 10th. This popular dance band comes to Auburn
direct from the center of "Big Time" night life, having just completed a lengthy engagement at the Pel-ham
Inn, New York City. Among a list/ of recent notable engagements this orchestra has included the Gib­son
Hotelr Cincinnati, and the Baker Hotel, Dallas.
SENIORS VOTE FOR
DONATION TO BAND
Seventy-Fiye Cents Appropri­ated
From Senior Class Dues
to Go On Band Capes
In their first meeting of the year
the Senior Class voted to appropriate
seventy-five cents of the class dues to
the Auburn band, to be used prefer­ably
in the purchase of new capes
for those additions to the organiza­tion
that do not have capes. The
total sum donated will amount to ap­proximately
two hundred and sixty-five
dollars.
Other business taken up in this
initial meeting included suggestions
as to some monument to be left the
school by the class. A committee,
consisting of George Mozo, Sam
Fort, Lindley Hatfield, Bob Crooks,
and Mrs. Betty Ward, was appoint­ed
to make recommendations on the
matter.
Suggestions for a senior banquet
were also made, but the matter was
deferred to a later date.
The senior class is headed by J. D.
Bush, with Jack Stewart vice-presi­dent,
and Jeff Beard secretary and
treasurer. Joe Jenkins is the class
historian. .
It was pointed out by President
Bush there, have been comparatively
few of ,the seniors- to drop out of
school this year.
SCHOOL BUILDING
IS OPENED OCT. 1
The Auburn, school' building for
grammar and high school purposes
was formally opened' at a "house-warming"
affair Thursday night.
Professor J. A. Parrish, principal of
the school, presided. Talks were
made by Dr. Bradford Knapp, Mayor
W. D. Copeland, Homer Wright, Pro­fessor
J. C. Grimes, W. D. Martin,
Professor J. R. Rutland, S. W. Gar­rett,
S. L. Toomer, Mrs. W. W. Hill,
Mrs. B. F. Thomas, Mrs. John W.
£cott, Superintendent W. Y. Fleming,
Contractor Snellings, and others.
The exercises were well attended.
They were held in the large audito­rium
of the_ building.,
Following~the formal program visi­tors
went through the building. They
were greeted in the different class­rooms
by the teachers in charge.
Speakers said that, the building is
one of the best-in the country. It is
large-'and modern throughout, with
modern equipment.- The erection of
it was made possible by the town of
Suburn, Lee County board of educa­tion,
and the state of Alabama.
Dr. Knapp said that its erection
will be helpful not only to the town
but also to the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute. With this building and the
school in it in operation Auburn has
an educationah^ervice starting with
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NOTICE!
If you have not called for your
1931 Glomerata you have one more
opportunity. You can get it by cal­ling
on Hugh Ellis in the Glomerata
office in the basement of Alumni
Hall, Monday, October 5, between
8:00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m.
Please do not forget this is your
last chance.
Campus Solons To
Unmask Dignities
And Pitch Brawl
Shades of Bacchus! At last they
have done it! All upon their own
initiative, the Executive Cabinet,
commonly spoken of, commonly-spoken
about, commonly at, (and
in whispers) as the most conser­vative
organization on the campus,
have crashed through and announ­ced
that they will give a dance to­night.
Immediately after this an­nouncement
the wires were kept
hot for some thirty minutes
in order to substantiate the report
a wild-eyed reporter brought in,
and having brought it in, collapsed
with eight members of the staff.
At one time we thought of issuing
an extra but the better judgment
of the business staff, who always
manages to come in just when we
are going to have seme fun, de­creed
that there would be no ex­tra
during their continued posses­sion
of sound minds and ablo
bodies. Nevertheless, we are plan­ning
to fix a little picnic lunch and
drop down to the Gym about three
this afternoon and wait to see
what will happen. If all this real­ly
does come true we will -either
start publishing a daily, printed
in red ink or lavender paper, or
give up home and happiness and
take a "passage to India."
Dance tonight with the student
Solons and Jimmie Robbins with
his Auburn Knights. All for one
.dollar!
AUBURN HIGH AND
TUSKEGEE TIE, 0-0
By K.G. Taylor
In a game which was hard fought
from the first whistle to the last Au­burn
and Tuskegee high school foot­ball
teams battled to a scoreless tie.
The game was featured by the hard
play of the Tuskegee line and the
power drives of the Auburn backs.
For the first three quarters Tuske­gee
played with their back against
the wall as Auburn threatened their
goal. • Incessantly the hard driving
Auburn backs carried the ball deep
into Tuskegee's territory again and
again, only-to have* the big Tuskegee
forwards hold them for downs in
the shadow of their goal posts. After
each threat Tuskegee would punt to
mid-field and Auburn would' again
bring it back to within ten yards of
the goal and lose it on downs.
Coming back in the third quarter
Tuskegee showed their first flash of
offensive power. Taking the ball on
Auburn's twenty yard line they
brought it back down the field by
straight line plays and end runs, to
their own fifteen yard line. At this
point the. Auburn line tightened up
and Tuskegee lost the ball when their
try for a field goal went wide. Soon
after this the game ended with the
ball deep in Auburn's territory.
The two teams were very evenly
matched with Auburn having the ad­vantage
in the backfield and punting,
while Tuskegee's line was outstand­ing.
Auburn gained the most yard­age
and kept the ball in their pos­session
the greater part of the game.
ONEY PHELPS MADE
HONORARY BANDHAN
Frank Noble Is Chosen Busi­ness
Manager to Fill Vacan­cy
O. M. Phelps, general manager of
the Mobile Chamber of Commerce,
has been elected to honorary mem­bership
in the Auhurn Band, it was
announced today by Roger Knapp,
president of the band.
In accepting the membership, Mr.
Phelps said, "The frequent visits of
the Auburn band to Mobile over a
number of years has given me an
opportunity to know many of the
young men who have made up the
personnel. I have always found
them clean cut, forward looking, a
distinct credit to themselves and to
their school which 'they have the
honor of representing. Their mili­tary
appearance and gentlemanly
conduct and their good music have
made friends for the band, and for
their school. The band has made
many friends in Mobile,, and I am
proud indeed to be among them, and
so it is I feel it an honor to be one
of the members."
Frank G. Noble, of Tuskegee, was
elected business manager of the band,
succeeding Claude H. C.urrey, of Mo­bile,
who did not return to Auburn
this fall.
Military Society Honors
Many Seniors at Tapping
During Drill Hour Today
BOTEGHA INITIATES
ON FRIDAY EVENING
Wailes, Simmons, Parker, Pro­fessor
Burkhardt Taken In
Honorary Group
Friday evening, October 2, Bo
tegha, local honorary architectural
organization, met and initiated four
new members into its ranks. Those
who went through were A. W. Wailes,
J. D. Simmons, Lake Parker, and
Prof. E. W. Burkhardt. .
Officers for the year were also
elected, two old members being re­elected;
Virgil Callaham was re-elec­ted
to the presidency and H. W. Ellis
to the vice-presidency. Harry Deer-ing
was elected secretary and treas­urer.
Prof. K. G. Reeve is a pledge of
this organization and is to be initi
ated in the near future.
KAPPA.DELTA PI
TO HOLD MEETING
Kappa Delta Pi, national honorary
and professional education" fraternity
will hold its first meeting of the
year, Monday night, October 5th. In
keeping with the professional aims
of the fraternity an excellent pro­gram
has been planned, and .all mem­bers
of the fraternity are expected to
be present Monday night.
The purpose of Kappa Delta Pi is
to encourage in its members a high­er
degree of social service by foster­ing
high professional and scholarship
standards during the period of prep­aration
for teaching and by recog­nizing
outstanding service in the field
of education. Juniors and Seniors in
education who rank in the up­per
quartile of the entire student
body are eligible for membership.
Key Organization
Initiates Tonight
The Keys, social interfratrenity
organization, will hold its annual init­iation
for its pledges tonight. Fol­lowing
the usual custom, two pledges
from each fraternity are offered bids
during the first part of each year
and the initiation follows shortly af­terwards.
Organizing from the remains of a
sub rosa brotherhood some years ago,
this organization formed for the pur­pose
of promoting closer relationship
between members of the various
lodges on the campus. It is one of
the largest of all interfraternal or­ganizations
at Auburn and has been
active each year in carrying out its
purposes. A special Key dance is
given at the mid-term dances of each
year and at the same time a banquet
is held. Other entertainments are
held throughout the school year.
Spirited Students
Attend Pep Meet
Small Group Shows Much In­terest;
Great Progress Made
In Organized Cheering
With only about two hundred out
to the mass meeting, "Bull" Stier and
"Happy" Davis accomplished more to­ward
the furtherance of organized
-cheering than was accomplished dur­ing
both of the last two meetings.
The group was enthusiastic and wil­ling
to learn the yells^under the tute­lage
of the cheerleaders. The meet­ing
started with a parade behind the
band, and continued through town for
blocks and around by Gay street, to
Toomer's corner. After going back
through town in an U, they marched
into Langdon Hall, where an hour
was spent in learning the yells.
When the parade started, there
were less than a hundred freshmen
present, which number increased to
about two hundred before the parade
ended. Had it not been for the en­thusiastic
response of the few that
did attend the meeting, there would
have been cause for much head bow­ing
and audible grief among the
cheerleaders. It has been rather
broadly hinted that the vigilance com­mittee
will take steps to impress upon
those freshmen who failed to at­tend,
the necessity of doing so in the
future. —
Eighteen Members Field Artil­lery
and Six Members Engi­neers
Chosen at Fall Election
HIGHEST MILITARY HONOR
Ceremonies Are Held On Bul-lard
Field with Entire R. O.
T. C. Unit Present
Privilege Riding For
Students Begins Oct. 3
Privilege riding for students in the
advanced course of field artillery will
begin Saturday, October 3. The hours
during which horses may be taken
out are from 1:30 to 3 P. M. for this
week end. Later in the fall the time
limit will be extended. Students will
not be allowed to wear mixed uni­forms
and must wear' either all of the
military uniform or all civilian cloth­ing.
A student may take out two
horses at a time only if the second
horse is to be used by a lady. Under
no circumstances may an advanced
course student take out a horse for
another boy.
The Military Department announces
that the following regulations must be
strictly adhered to in using the horses:
a student must allow no one to mount
the horse for which he signed; he
must walk his horse the first ten
minutes out of the stables and the last
ten minutes back, and at all times see
that the horse is. not fatigued or un­duly
exerted; he must not race any­one,
nor gallop his horse within two
miels of Auburn and then only in a
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Scabbard and Blade, national hon­orary
military fraternity tapped
twenty-four senior cadet officers at
the regular drill period this morning,
thereby giving formal notification of
their election to the society. The
ceremonies were conducted on Bul-lard
Field, the entire R. O. T. C.
unit being present for the occasion.
The following men were tapped:
W. B. Hardin, Opelika; T. B. Kirk-land,
Union Springs; D. T. Rogers,
Marbury; G. M. Beard, Greensboro;
L. L. Hatfield, Montgomery; Jack
Stewart, Anniston; W. G. Sullivan,
Columbus, Ga.; R. A. Wilbe, Mont­gomery;
T. W. Lumpkin, Millerville;
W. D. Parker, Ozark; C. L. Dykes,
Birmingham; B. B. Gregory, Demop-olis;
O. S. Moreman, Waverly John
F. Turner, Pisgah; Jack F. Turner,
St. Stephens; J. V. Bowles, Demop-olis;
L. B. Crouch, Lanett; Ted Tartt,
Livingston; G. N. Anderson, Carbon
Hill; C. B. Gregory, Savannah, Ga.;
J. A. Cumbee, Five Points; T. S.
Coleman, Fort Deposit; G. C. Wal­ter,
Birmingham; and B. C. Jones,
Bessemer.
The first eighteen are members of
the Field Artillery, and the other six
are Engineers. They were chosen
at the annual fall election of Scab­bard
and Blade, at which time only*
seniors are selected. Another elec­tion
is t o be "held in the spring, when
members of the present junior class
will be admitted into the organiza­tion.
The Auburn chapter, which is des­ignated
as Company L of the Fifth
Regiment of Scabbard and Blade, was
establishe in 1924. The purpose of
the national society is to raise the
standards of military training in all
American colleges, to bring about a
closer relationship in their military
departments, to encourage the es­sential
qualities of good officers, and
to promote a feeling of intimacy and
good fellowship among the cadets.
Membership is based not only on mili­tary
efficiency, but also on character.
The officers of Scabbard and
Blade for the present college year
are:- Nat Waller, captain; G. V.
Nunn, first lieutenant; C. E. Mat­thews,
second lieutenant; and J. R.
Jordan, first seargent.
J. V. Phelps, first liteutenant, D.
O. L., who is beginning his first year
in Auburn as a member of the Field
Artillery Staff, was also pledged to -
Scabbard and Blade at this morning's
tapping ceremonies.
Colonel Vidmer Will
Address Meeting Of
Reserves On Monday
Cavalry Officer First to Speak
t o Reserve Officers' School
Colonel George Vidmer, Cavalry
Inspector Instructor of Reserve Of­ficers
for the state of Alabama, will
address the first meeting of the Re­serve
Officer's School on the night
of October 5th, at 7:00 p. m., in the
engineer class room in the basement
of Samford Hall. -
At this time he will discuss Re­serve
Officer's affairs in general,
with especial emphasis on promotion,
school credits and active duty train­ing.
A certain amount of time will
be set aside to answer any questions
that may be~~presented. Having had
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PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 1931
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Published semi-weekly by the students of
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Business and editorial offices at Auburn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Office hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily.
STAFF
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J. Roy Wilder Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Gabie Drey _. Associate Editor
R. A. McMillan ..Associate Editor
J. W. Letson Associate Editor
J. R. Chadwick Managing Editor
L. C. McCallum Sports-Editor
H. W. Moss News Editor
Horace Shepard News Editor
Charlie Simmons - , - -Composing Editor
V. H. Kjellman * i:—Exchange Editor
Helen Garrett ^ Society Editor
Frank G. Keller - Contributing Editor
W. W. Beck Contributing Editor
REPORTERS
Otis Spears, '34; Cleveland Adams, '32
BUSINESS STAFF ,
James Backes Asst. Business Manager
Knox M. McMillan _ Advertising Manager
Robert Greer Circulation Manager
Phillip M. Benton Asst. Adver. Mgr.
STUDENT INACTIVITY
At times, the absolute unconcernedness
and total inaptitude of the majority of the
student body in taking an active interest
in those things which concern them mos^.
is both astounding and appalling, in its
scope. Literally speaking, it takes a 'kick
in the face' to awaken them to some of
the things which they allow to continue un­molested
along their way. It takes pointed
attack on some individual organization to
arouse the students to come to the fore and
assert themselves, and even then with only
a small measure of effectiveness. If it
was thought that opening a 'crusade'
against each separate organization on the
camptfs, good or bad, would ignite a single
spark of enthusiasm among them, The
Plainsman would begin immediately to
carry out such a plan. However, all the
potential energy which lies sleeping
throughout the school year is going 'the
way of all flesh' through a gradual process
of decay, and if some extreme emergency
should arise, the students would find that
they lack the requisites of conflict, those
being, agressiveness, leadership and organ-
. ization. It is not our desire to either wave
a red flag or to scream for one hundred
percent Americans; we merely wish to see
if there is left within the school any in­terest
in any activity in which the in­dividual
is called upon to exert himself in
some small way.
MONTEVALLO'S ACTION
The students of Alabama College have at
last admitted that the various social clubs
on the campus are a failure. The entire
system, which was abolished Thursday, only
served to create a feeling of antagonism
among the girls. The students of Woman's
College realized the impropriety of the local
club two years ago. With the abolition of
these hornet's nests Alabama College takes
another forward step. Perhaps the students
will be able to live together in peace and
plenty, now that they no longer have any­thing
to scrap about. It may be considered
an injustice to deprive them of such choice
gossip material. No doubt the little ones
will continue to maintain their many in­fantile
cliques, fighting, scrapping, and
tearing each other asunder. We are com­forted
with the knowledge that there will
no organized groups who sally forth in the
night to plunder and pledge. Peace reigns
over the embers of a once raging campus.
We doff our hat to the ever-progressive
twentieth century lass.
SECRET PRACTICE
Stuart X. Stephenson in his daily clari*
ficajion of the sport situation in the Mont­gomery
Advertiser points to a condition on
the Auburn campus that should be called to
the attention of every student and fan in­terested
in the Tiger's success in the realm
of football.
He announces very forceably that Coach
Wynne's request for secret practice is being
disrespected every afternoon on Drake Field,
and the team's progress is being impeded
greatly for this reason. It is a. fact that
iis most discouraging to tile entire poach­ing
staff, and is certainly exerting a de­moralizing
influence on the members of the
squad.
Few can doubt that those who are ig­noring
the request are not prompted by an
over eagerness to see what the team is
doing, and have become so intensely interest-,
ed in Auburn's success that they are un-conscienciously
working a hardship on the
team and coaches. Yet, ardent supporters
must restrain themselves and give the
coaches a free hand in developing the team
to the height of its potentialities.
Mr. Stephenson also points the fact that
it is impossible for Auburn to train behind
locked gates as many of the teams of the
Conference do, and this fact alone calls for
more cooperation on the student body's
part.
While his plea is directed mainly at the
Alumni, The Plainsman urges the student
body to respect the desires of the coaches.
GLOMERATA PHOTOGRAPHS
Preliminary plans have been completed
by the Glomerata Staff to-begin making
photographs next week. Cards will be sent'
to all students requesting their presence at
the photographers office at a specified time.
In the past there has been a deplorable
lack of interest shown in the making of
these pictures. The Glomerata is the year
book of the students. As such it_ should
receive the whole-hearted support of the
entire student body. The photo of each
and every student in school should be in
the book. It is the only permanent record
of undergraduate life and activities avail­able
to Auburn men and women. The vol­ume
should be treasured by all of us.
The book does not retain its value to the
student unless his or her picture is in­cluded
in it. In the years to come when
we are out in the world fighting the panic
we can look through the Glomerata and re­call
friends and events of our undergraduate
days. If there are a few pictures missing
in the book it will bring a pang of re­morse,
v
- The Plainsman urges the students to co­operate
wth the staff in making this the
best/and most complete Glomerata ever pub­lished
at Auburn. It is your book; get your
photograph in it.
Wkat We Think
By Johann Teufelstaufen
Carl van Doren's Swift (The Viking
Press, 1930) is one of the best products of
the new school of biography. This life of
the great dean shows the scorner as, he
really T*as,-—perverse, sneering and fuull of
a boundless hatred for human beings.
Jonathan Swift was a lovable misanthrop­ist.
Although he had a delightful temper,
an abundance of charm, and an unparalleled
sweetness of disposition, the Dean hated
mankind as itjiad never been hated before;
however, in spite of his scorn and detesta­tion
he was. one of the most sought-after
men of letters of his times. Although he
shrank from women, he made two of them
famous. He fairly loathed the human race,
but he has delighted it for two centuries.
Gulliver's Travels was a scornful satire
on the human race, an outburst of incisive
vituperation; it was acclaimed by eighteenth
century England as a charming storybook, a
treasure-house of delightful wit. " 'Gul­liver
is a happy man,' said the experienced
Arbuthnot, 'that at his age can write such
a merry work.' " Thus was the prince of
ha'ters understood, and thus collapsed his
ironic satire.
History is~ overflowing with accounts of
great lovers, but the~b1ography of Swift is
the first superb record of a great hater.
Swift saw nothing worth loving in" man­kind.
He could not perceive the charm, the
beauty, the wit of the human race, but he
would notice its filth, its sensuality, its
ugliness. _ •->
" Written in a thoroughly modern style,
Swift takes the reader back into the days
of Restoration England and provides him
with two hours of most enjoyable reading.
Five Years Ago
As Recorded, in the Pages of The Plainsman.
A handsome oil painting of Erskine Ram­sey
now adorns the main hall of the new
Erskine Ramsey Engineering Building,
which was named for him, and which was
made possible by his very liberal award of
one hundred- thousand dollars toward its
erection. The portrait was painted by J.
Binder. -
* * * *
For your benefit the Y. M. C. A. has
established an employment bureau which
will cooperate with the students and busi­ness
clubs of the town in furnishing student
labor for such work as may be available on
the campus. If you are in need of work
drop in at-the "Y" and fill out an employ­ment
card.
* * * *
S. L. Toomer, prominent druggist and
banker, was elected president of the Au­burn
Chamber of Commerce Monday night.
He succeeds Professor A. L. Thomas who
was the first president and had served for
six months. Plans were discussed for the
coming-year.
* * * *
Reverend 0. D. Langston, of Waterloo,
Alabama, has taken up his duties as the
new student pastor. He succeeds Rev. A.
B. Davidson, former pastor, who has gone
to Woman's College at Montgomery where
he will hold the Chair of Religious Educa-
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It is a great thing
to have loyal friends
who are honestly and
sincerely interested in
the welfare of this in­stitution.
I saw the
item in a certain daily
newspaper on Friday
morning indicating
that our coaching staff
thought we ought to respect the idea of
secret practice more than we do. I know
I am like all of the rest of Auburn's fans,
just anxious. But when our good friend
the Sports Writer puts it squarely up to us
in the coluijins of the daily paper I would
like to agree that possibly we are letting
our own desires'get away with our better
judgment. I do not want the team to
think I personaliy am not interested in what
everyone is doing but I have made up my
mind to set a good example and stay away
from football practice and obey the rules
absolutely unless "Chet" sends word to me
that he needs me for some service. I want
to be with the boys but I am staying away
to try to exercise my own self-control and
set a good example.
* * * *
By the way, I feel a great sense of obli­gation
to^writers of the papers regarding
the conduct of our team and the student
body in particular at the Birmingham-Sou­thern
game.
If talk and rumor will pay railroad fare
to Madison, Wisconsin, I am sure that the
whole town Of Auburn will go. Sugges­tions
or hopes for railroad rates sound en­tirely
impossible to me and I am therefore,
afraid that anxious followers of the team
are doomed to disappointment. I am afraid
that many of us who would like to go will
be handicapped by lack of funds with which
to make the trip to Wisconsin, much as we
would like to go and back up the team. I
am reminded of a story of the very bad
negro who died and when the casket was
opened at the funeral one who knew him
well looked down at him and said, "Good­bye
Mose, I hopes you is 'gwine where I
'spects you, aint."
* * * *
The new high school and grammar school
building at Auburn is a wonderful addi­tion
to this whole community. It is vital­ly
essential to the welfare of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute as well as to the citi­zens
who have hoped so earnestly for an­other
school building. I/his institution feels
a sense of pride and satisfaction in seeing
this great dream realized. Now for the
Post Office building on which many have
worked so hard and then some day the
hope and dream of a fine hotel will be
realized and then a stadium. But there is
another and even more vital improvement
which must be taken care of. I am not
sure that it should not be taken care of
before some of these others and that is a
complete sanitary sewage disposal plant.
I believe *rmly that this is an imperative
necessity and no other expenditure of pub­lic
money is so vital as this one. We have
built new buildings to "partly equip the
institution for better work. We have in­creased
the faculty in proportion to the in­crease
in the student body. The town has
been paved and the new school building
has become a reality. Let us realize how­ever
that there still remain many things
to be done.
* * * *
Fraternity and rooming houses ought to
remember on responsibility. I think the
burden of this responsibility rests upon the
shoulders of the head officers of the fra­ternity
and upon the management of room­ing
houses. This responsibility is to main­tain
a condition in the fraternity house,
dormitory or rooming house which invites
study. I note -that the great Indian philos­opher
Gandhi has one day a week on which
he will not converse with anyone. Certainly
there ought to be at least three or more*
hours every evening when one may be quiet
and devote one's self seriously to the task
Of study. One can-hear radios going, pianos
playing and orchestras practicing. How can
one study when these things are going on?
The responsibility rests upon those I have
named to regulate conduct within places
designated for study so that students may
have opportunity for real work. Nothing
is more important. I hope everyone of you
will think about this and see what, is hap­pening
in your own place.
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tion. Besides his regular duties as pastor
Rev. Langston will have several classes in
religious education.
* * * *
Coach Dave Morey's fighting Tigers en­trained
Thursday for New Orleans wher.e
they will renew hostilities /with the Tulane
"Greenies." Forty men accompanied Coach
Morey and his staff of gridiron mentors.
The scene of the battle will be in Tulane's
handsome new stadium which will be dedi­cated
on this occasion.
.> AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
This issue of Footprints is to be dedicated to Stewart' Chase and the Editors of
Ballyhoo, who in their clever satire on modern advertising have exposed many of
the fallacies in this age of hooey.
* * * * * * * * * *
Seniors are advised to smoke Camels^. Get the "Sheep-dip" for your diploma.
* * * * * * * * * *
Molle offers the best shave in your life—or your whiskers back.
* * * * * * * * * *
Don't rasp your throat with harsh irritants. *'Reach for a Lucky instead"—of
a bottle of corn.
* * * * * * * * * *
Some of the things you can do with the $3.00 you save with Listerine tooth
paste: Spend it, keep it, loan it to a fraternity brother, or buy.more tooth paste.
* * * * * * * * * *
Old Golds, smoke one with a blind fold ^nd distinguish the difference from all
two cent cigars. i
* * * * * . * * * * *
Feed your chickens cellophane and get fresh eggs.
* * * * * * . * - - * * *
Sure these jokes are good—they have got be good.
* * * * * * * * * *
The "kangaroo court" will practice law in much the same way the state of New
York does in regard to the Battmes Law. Fourth offense gets life.
* * * * * * * * * " *
After this year the Business Administration Department will create a separate
department for the course now listed as Statistics and will form it in the fashion
of the co-op plan so that the students may work at numerous small jobs in order to
pay for the purchase and the drayage on their equipment to and from classes.
* * ' * * * * * * * *
Maybe the depression makes the food taste better.- Or maybe it was the Inter-fraternity
Council Meat Committee. "Yeah, maybe.
* * * * * * * * * *
Joe Purvis holds the record for effectiveness in relief measures administered
by the Red Cross. He fed seven thousand starving Russians with a nickle box of
crackers and a quarter of a pound of cheese. .He threw both these articles among
the seven thousand and all but one was killed in the rush. (Ed. note—This is pos-tively
not another of Footprints subtle outbursts but is another chapter from the
life of that great young genius). *"
* * * * * * * * * *
Some of the most optimistic students labored under the impression that the
rail-road was going to give them, a train to play with all the way up to Madison.
And all for four thousand five hundred dollars. -
* * * * * * * * * *
We take this opportunity to announce that all librarians and letter men will
be required to submit to a thorough 'frisking' before being allowed to enter the
Plainsman office.
PRE-WAR AMERICA. VOLUME III of Our
Times, by Mark Sullivan; "Scribner, $5.00.
Mr. Sullivan's third volume might better
have been called "Post-War America." The
period covered (roughly, Roosevelt's second
term) was profoundly influenced by the af­termath
of the Spanish War and even by
-the Russo-Japanese War and its conse­quences;
but not by anjr prevision that
America might be affected by what was go­ing
on in Europe, or indeed by much reali­zation
that anything was going on in Eu­rope
at all.
However, the title does not matter; the
book does. Mr. Sullivan confidently speaks
of "readers of future generations," and he
will have them; though most of them may
be candidates for the Ph.D. who will thank
him for an invaluable compilation of mate­rial.
It is that rather than a history,
whether narrative or interpretative. But
now and then Mr. Sullivan does some re­search
that indicates the difficulty of writ­ing
a narrative of reoent events. Despite
(or because of) .the fact that eyewitnesses
still survive, he cannot be sure whether
Fred Merkle did or did not touch second
base, or whether it was a luncheon or a
dinner at which Booker Washington was a
White House guest.
Of course not. The way to write authori­tative
history is to wait a thousand years,
till all the evidence has disappeared; tho
even then some Schliemann may come along
with a spade and make you look foolish. As
for interpretative history, the frequent quo­tations
from Mr. Dooley suggest that Mr.
Sullivan may feel, as do others, that for
an interpretation of the McKinley-Roosevelt
period you can do no better than to read
the collected works of F. P. Dunne.
None the less, some of Mr. Sullivan's
own interpretation, especially in the cul­tural
chapters, may keep the future savant
from going wrong. The early nineteen
hundreds, he remarks, felt the impact of
"a broad wave of iconoclastic influence"—
chiefly from Shaw's plays, partly from
Isben and Darwin, who were belatedly mak­ing
themselves felt on the masses, partly
from-the widespread reading by Christian
Americans of Omar Khayam. This was the
origin of "the beginning of new ways of
thought in America" which, when they flow­ered,
were blamed on "the war and subse­quent
and contemporary authors." True;
and our descendants who get their informa­tion
from voluble post-war generations may
need that reminder. Sinclair Lewis reaped
what Edward Fitzgerald sowed.
But iconoclasm in ethics and emotion was
only a minor note as yet, even in the days
when- it dominated politics and non-fiction
literature. "They were artlessly direct in
sentiment* those early years of the century,
and likewise robust in humor. The period
had relish, gusto." Ah well! All periods
have relish and gusto, for those who are
young at the time; a reviewer who inevit­ably
regards 1913 as the peak year of hu­man
felicity is not going to let Mr. Sullivan
claim the primacy for 1902. But the author
reproduces that relish, that gusto, that art­less
sentiment and. robust humor, very con­vincingly.
If his chapters make somewhat
melancholy reading, none the less, it is be­cause
they are peppered with gravestones
of the living dead—the names of men (to
recite them would be invidious) who twenty
or thirty years ago bestrode their corners
of this petty world like colossi, and com­mitted
the ruinous error of not dying in
time.
And if the political chapters are primari­ly
source material, Mr. Sullivan goes in
for interpretation on one point, and that
the most essential. Our descendants may
wonder at the great name Roosevelt left
behind him. What did he do? With the
outstanding exception of the taking of Pan­ama,
he did practically nothing in seven
and a half years, though he said much and
prepared the way for the reforms under
Wilson. Read Sullivan, and you will un­derstand
Roosevelt's fame. "A huge per­sonality
endowed with an energy almost
abnormal, directed by acute intelligence,
lightened by a grinning humor, engaged in
incessant action . . . gave to the life of that
lay a zest and stimulus and gaiety such
that average Americans who lived through
the period carried it as a golden memory,
and in their elder years recalled it as the
ancient Forty-Niners remembered • Cali­fornia."
Exactly. Roosevelt was a great Presi­dent
because he was a great man.
FIRST SNOW
Strangely the golden forest is stricken.
Poistd is the ha"re in white ambush.
The tones of the hunting horn''bluntedly
•thicken,
That once poured forth with a silver rush.
Listening, listening now for the faring, ">
For the winging of something lighter than
bird,
Softly the earth has succumbed to the
snaring
Of presences faery-like, sly and unheard.
Secretly, secretly myriad prowlers
Are bagging the hues of the forest and
hill;
Stealing away wilh the sounds and the
colors,
Leaving the landscape whitened and still.
Strangely the golden forest is stricken;
Slow" is the hunt and the hounds that
were eager, (
For the land and the pack and the huntsmen
are taken
By the gentlest of all the foes that be­leaguer.
—Robert Hunt.
Any sort of English (grammar) is wrong
if it sounds ugly. Not all the copy books
in the world can- support it.—Heywood
Broun. •*
INSIGHTS
By Conscientious Cletus
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.
t * * * *
ONE THING that is forever and in­evitably
true about a progressive
movement is that it means a change.
Just as soon as our present civilization
comes to the place that it ceases to change
then must we cease to use the word civi­lization
in speaking of world conditions.
Education, the basis of our present civiliza­tion,
is itself based on the principle of*
change. The success of a teacher is meas­ured
by the amount of chance that he has
been able to bring about in his pupils.
The objectives of all education are stated
in terms of change, changes that mark the
difference between savagery and civiliza­tion.
There is something wrong with the pres­ent
social order of the entire world, but
even education, our most effective means
of bringing about a change, is finding it
very hard to solve the problems of pover­ty,
unemployment and crime. But is that
so surprising when we consider that those
who are trying to make the necessary
changes, those men who would change our
present social order,, for the better are
branded as unAmerican, RADICALS, so­cialists,
communists, and bolshevists. Also
is it so strange that these names are ap­plied
to the progressive men of our age
as long as there is that class of people
who profit by our stagnation. The cries
of those who profit most from the status
quo are heard above everything else when
any change in our present social order is
being advocated. The real enemy of man­kind
becomes the man who would perpet­uate
the evils of the present day, and any
man who would perpetuate without change
the usual American institutions would cer­tainly
come under that classification.
The real college is the one where stu­dents
and teachers, regardless of the fact
that the number is few, are learning to lay
aside the outworn institutions and ancient
prejudices and are discovering better ways
of living, not only with each other, but all
men everywhere. The only excuse for
including in the college curriculum such
subjects as economics, sociology, political
science, history, psychology, and religion
is to point the way to a change for the
better in human affairs. Unless these sub­jects
do point "the way to changes- for
the better" they become mere dead records
of the past, valueless and uninteresting.
America at the present has millions of
college students, and it is certainly to be
hoped that out of this number there will be
a few with intelligence and foresight
enough to see clearly the economic and
social needs of the world. It will be left
up to these few to provide the leadership
that will be necessary to bring about a
reconstruction of world affairs, which the
present shaky conditions of civilization de­mands.
* * * * • ,
This advice, found in one of J. B. Priest­ley's
essays, if taken by more Auburn
students for what it is worth would mean
much to quality of education received at
this institution.
"I suggest that thick notebooks be abol­ished.
A stationer should be compelled
to take out a license to sell them. A man
asking for one should be closely ques­tioned.
Is he about to do some original
work of his own? Does he want a note­book
to scribble verse in or t» sketch comic
faces? If so, well and good. But if he
wants to cram the thing with notes of
the notes that his lecturer once made of
some other lecturer's notes, and all in
order that he may compel other unfortu­nates
to fill their thick notebooks in turn,
then, I say, he must be driven out of the
shop. . . . Let the student buy himself a
very thin notebook, inscrive on the first
page a sentence or two from Ecclesiastes,
listen to his tutors, take a long look at
things for himself, and then make a note
or two. He may find that he wants ten
reams of foolscap having discovered a
world of his own, or he may find -that he
wants to say nothing at all— but what
he certainly will not want-is a thick note­book."
ft uotations
Daniel Webster struck me much like a.
steam-engine in trousers.—Sydney Smith.
If we have begun to create two separate
languages the fault lies not with the talk­ers
but with the writers.—Heywood Broun.
Most schools in America today are simply
places for parroting facts.—John Gould
Fletcher.
I am of opinion that a stupid servant is
worse than a wicked one, or at any rate
more harassing; one can be on one's guard
against a knave, but not against a fool.—
Jacques Casanova.
SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 1931 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
TAD McCALLUM, Editor
CONTRIBUTORS:
HARRIS BARNES
MARSHAL KALEY
K. G. TAYLOR
NEIL 0. DAVIS
Donald Jones, Guard,
Is Fitting Nicely Into
Auburn s New Offense
Wisconsin's Powerful Team Is Set For Invasion Of Plainsmen
Wisconsin Coach Driving Team Hard
In Prevaration for Auburn Encounter
Auburn Second Southern Football Team to Invade Badger
Campus Within Three Years; University of Alabama
Journeyed to Wisconsin School in 1928
DOUAJLD JOH£S AU8UBN
Donald Jones is a guard who fits
nicely into the Notre Dame style of
offense. He is adept at pulling out of
the line and blocking and in addition
is powerful enough to put up a whale
of a defensive game when the Tigers
are on the defense. Getting away to
a slow start because of injuries, Jones
has rapidly rounded into" shape and*
started the opening game. He is a
junior and hails from Chattanooga,
Tenn.
GENERALS PRIMED
Coach Jimmy Dehart's Washington
and Lee charges today stood ready
for tomorrow's bout with the David­son
Wildcats. The forward wall par­ticularly
showed new power in de­fensive
drill yesterday and the men­tors
expressed themselves as pleased
with the showing made by Tilson,
Boleh, Mitchell and Bailey.
GAMECOCKS JUBILANT
The South Carolina Gamecocks
went through their final practice ses­sion
here yesterday in preparation
for leaving this morning for Atlanta,
where they will encounter Georgia
Tech Saturday. Coaches Laval and
Hanley were hopeful, but not in­clined
to agree with those who rated
Tech the "under dog" for the day.
With the first real test for the Uni­versity
of Wisconsin football eleven—
the»game with Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, of Auburn, Ala., Oct. 10—
less than two weeks away, Glenn This-tlethwaite,
Wisconsin's- head football
mentor, is driving his gridders hard
in their daily drills.
Wisconsin plays two preliminary
games on Oct. 3 with North Dakota
Aggies and the Bradley Polytech
elevens, but these games will really
serve as tryouts for the Cardinal hope­fuls,
and the games with Auburn is
the real objective toward which Coach
Thrstlethwaite and his aides are work­ing.
The game with Chet Wynne's Au­burn
eleven will mark the second time
in the last three years that a southern
football team has invaded the Badger
campus.
In 1928 the University of Alabama
team, one of the best non-Big-Ten out­fits
ever seen in action here, engaged
the Cardinals in a real battle that end­ed
with-Alabama on the short end of
a 15-0 score.
That year Wisconsin had one of the
strongest elevens in the country, de­feating
Notre Dame early in the sea­son,
22-6, and narrowly missing the
Big-Ten championship when they lost
the final game of the season to Min­nesota,
6-0.
While the Badgers cannot present a
lineup that would match the '28 eleven
in power, they will have a well-bal­anced"
squad that should rule favorite
over the team from the South.
Wisconsin has been materially
weakened by the graduation of four
regular linesmen and three veteran
backs, but a host of sophomores and
reserves from last season have ap­peared
to fill the gaps, and the Card­inal
squad'this season should prove t'o
be one of the strongest in the Western
Conference.
To fill the ho'les left by the loss of
Mile Lubratovitch, Ail-American tack
le; George Casey and Capt. Milt
Ganterbein, two of the best ends in
the west, the latter an Ail-American
choice; Ed Swiderski, regular guard;
and Bill Lusby, Tury Oman, and
Sammy Behr, all veteran backfield
performers, will not be an easy task.
There are but three regulars around
whom the line will be built, and only
two backfield vets as the nucleus for
the backfield.
In the line, Ken "Mose" Kruger,
who has held the center post for. two
years, looks like the best bet for the
job this season. Nick Deanovitch, a
sophomore, and Doug Simmons, a sub
from last season, appear to be slated
as Kruger's understudies.
Greg Kabat, an All-American guard
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in his first season of competition last
year, is almost a sure bet at one of the
guard posts, while Harvey Kranhold,
a sophomore who was rated every bit
as good as Krabat in ' his freshman
year but later became ineligible, ap­pears
to have won the other guard
position. Kranhold has become eligi­ble
and has been showing fine form
of late. Clarence Edward, a substi­tute
last season, and Edward Becker
and Willard Anderson, two guards
from last season's freshman crop are
the best of the other out for guard.
At the tackle posts Wisconsin seems
to be well fortified. Capt. Hal Smith,
a two year regular tackle, has been
playing excellent ball lately and ap­pears
to have his tackle position cinch­ed.
Ward Stout, a 240 sub from 1930,
and Don Cuthbert, a 208 pounder up
from the frosh ranks, are fighting
hard fofcthe other tackle post, and at
the moment both appear capable of
stepping into the hole left by the
graduation of Milo Lubratovich. Moon
Molinaro, a sturdy scrapper, looks like
a good" understudy for Capt. Smith.
If Wisconsin has a real weakness,
it is at £he ends. Only George Thur-ner,
a reserve' last year who broke an
ankle in mid-season after showing
great promise, and Mark Catlin, an­other
'30 reserve, have shown enough'
to be elated for the flank jobs. Of the
others out for the "wings, Walter Gna-bah,
a back converted into an end and
Ralph Lovshin, a fleet gridder out
with injuries most of last season, looks
best.
Until a few days ago, it looked like
Wisconsin's backfield would be just an
ordinary one with little punch. The
reason for this was the fact that
"Buckets" Goldenberg, hard plugging
quarterback who proved one of the
best blockers Wisconsin has seen in
many a moon by his play last season,
was not allowed to return until he
had straightened out some financial
difficulties he had gotten into.
Thursday Goldenberk succeeded in
clearing his financial troubles and was
taken back to the squad.
Goldenberg was the key man in the
Badger defense last year, effectively
/SoBEfZ-T AUTHOR.*f>UBUB.s*f
Another important cog in Coach
Chet Wynne's 1931 machine is Robert
Arthur, big tackle, who is beginning
his second season as a varsity per­former.
Arthur started several of the
important clashes last year and was
outstanding at times. . His work in
the Georgia Tech battle was highly
spectacular and brought much favor­able
comment from the sports critics.
Arthur is a Birmingham boy and did
his prepping at Woodlawn.
serving to break up plays behind the
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line and time and again precious yards
by his bone-crushing change through
opposing lines. With his return, the
Badgers now have a scoring punch
that they heretofore lacked.
John Schneller, regular fullback last
season, will likely be the varsity full­back
this year, with Nello Pacetti, a
great blocking halfback who suffered
a broken collarbone in .1930, and Paul
Elliker, flashy open field runner, at
the halves. Goldenberg at quarter
rounds out the backfield quartet.
Bobby Schiller, a scrappy little
sophomore, has been playing bang-up
ball in recent practices and looks like
a capable understudy for Goldenberg.
Francis McGuire, hailing from the
Hawaiian Islands, is -another good
quarterback possibility. Clair Strain,
170 pound sophomore from Lamar,
Colorado, is pushing Schneller hard
for the fullbaek post, while Russ Reb-holz,
Joe Linfor, and Harry Pike are
all battling for the halfback posts
which Pacetti and Elliker seem to
have won.'
After seeing how his team sizes up
against Auburn, Coach Thistlethwaite
will have a good idea of how his men
will stand up in a real game and be
able to shape his program for the bal­ance
of the season accordingly.
Wisconsin has a hard schedule
ahead, playing.-the Universities of
Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Illinois and
Chicago on the road, and Purdue and
Ohio State at home. Consequently the
tiff with Auburn will prove to be of
great importance in that it will show
what to expect of-Wisconsin this sea­son.
Great Season Expected MILLER RECEIVES LEG
IS LOST FOR SEASON
The first majtfr casualty of the
season for the Auburn squad occurred
this week when Herbert Miller, vet­eran
tackle, received a severe leg in­jury
in scrimmage. A later examina­tion
revealed that* a bone had been
fractured and the big lineman will be
lost to the Tigers for the remainder
of the season.
Miller is a junior and was being
counted upon to bolster the tackle de­partment
considerably this season
when reserve strength was needed. He
had quite a bit of experience last year
at the post and his loss will be keen­ly
felt.
Realizing that the Tiger line must
show more aggressiveness than they
displayed in the Birmingham-South­ern
game, Coaches Kiley and McAllis­ter
devoted the jnajor portion of the
practice sessions this- past week to
work on defensive line play. In the
meanwhile Coach Wynne expanded
his offense with the addition of sev­eral
new plays. The forward passing
attack has received quite a bit of at­tention
from the coaches and it would
not be surprising to see the Tigers re­sort
to the air to gain yardage against
the powerful Wisconsin aggregation.
Only one important change occurred
in the varsity lineup. Buddy McCol-lum,
who started the Southern game
at center, was shifted t'o left tackle
and Jordan moved up to the first
string, center position. This move is
expected to strengthen the line con­siderably
as McCollum is a scrappy,
aggressive lineman who knows how to
use his 195 pounds to advantage. He
was used at a tackle during his fresh­man
year.
Other injuries continue to hamper
the efforts of the coaches as they at­tempt
to whip the team into shape for
the Wisconsin game. David Ariail,
Commodore Wood, "Sleepy" Molpus,
Lindley Hatfield, and Ferroll Searcy
are all on the hospital list with in­juries
of more or less serious nature.
The first two named have been order­ed
by Coach Hutsell to rest up and
were not in uniform this week. It is
thought that all of these cripples will
have recovered sufficiently to be able
to see service against the Badgers.
Plans Being Made for Forming "Big
Ten" In Southern Conference Ranks
Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, North
Carolina, Tulane, and Vanderbilt Compose Original Mem­bers
of New Conference
McFaden Working
Freshman Players
Hard In Practices
CADETS CRIPPLED
Weakened by loss of Capt. Johnny
Gill, and Ranny Gregory, regular
ends, and Wright, fullback, the V.
M. I. Cadets today had completed
their preparation for tomorrow's en­counter
with Duke at Durham. Jack
Walker, Irvin Smith and Ralph
Waite were expected to fill the gaps
in the line up. Yesterday's final
practice session was devoted particu­larly
to defense against a passing at­tack.
' By Neal O. Davis
Dusk finds the Frosh gridders still
at work every afternoon, tired but
giving every thing they have to their
drill. This fighting spirit is helping
Coach McFadden to mold together a
hard working and intelligent aggre­gation.
Much hard work has been
dealt out to the rats this week. Faults
which popped up in the Birmingham
Southern game last Saturday are be­ing
ironed out, and fundamental drills
and a few plays have been given the
Baby,Tigers this week.
At times the blocking, tackling, and
charging was up to par in the South­ern
game, but as a whole the line did
not charge very consistently; and the
mentors have been having the candi­dates"
charge under ropes and sessions
with the dummy to improve this phase
of the game. Wynne, who threw sev­eral
nice passes Saturday, has been
doing the passing all week and seems
to have the art of chucking the avol
down to perfection. In view of the
fact that' several nice pass receivers
have been uncovered in Kemp, Brown,
and Moriss, the rat's should have a
good aerial attack. „
The frosh ranks have been bolster­ed
somewhat with the addition of
Hardin, tackle; Basemore, end; and
Clark, quarterback. Hardin jumped
into the scrimmages with the Varsity
the third day he was out for practice
and has shown up well. Levi, guard,
has been promoted from the 'red-shirt'
squad to Coach McFadden's 'white-shirts',
and has been goding go6d so
far. Coach Harkins red-shirt squad
has been cut to twelve men, and all of
these still have a chance of joining
Coach McFaddens squad.
Housten and Patterson, who receiv­ed
slight injuries in the Southern
game, have been out in uniform every
moon engaging in rough work
with the Varsity, and should be in
good condition in a few days. The
squad as a whole is in fine physical
condition, and with the arrival of
cool weather are going through their
paces briskly.
The next game for the frosh will be
an encounter with the Baby Petrels
from Oglethorpe on October 10th,
here. Oglethorpe generally has a
strong team and reports are to the ef­fect
that they are coming to Auburn
Saturday week with the intention of
winning.
At a meeting of the Executive Com­mittee
of the Southern Conference in
Atlanta-last Monday, the organization
of a "Big Ten" athletic league, was
announced. Auburn was named as
one of the members along with Tu­lane,
Georgia, Georgia Tech, Florida,
Vanderbilt, Kentucky and North Car­olina.
Alabama and Tennessee will
probably be invited to complete the
organization.
The motive for the new association
was to adopt uniform scholastic re­quirements
for eligibility and to re­duce
recruiting .and subsidizing. The
Southern Conference had grown to
such unwieldy proportions that such
concerted action was impossible and
the need for a more compact group
had been felt for some time. The new
"Second, that the basis of this as­sociation
be uniform scholastic re­quirements
and that the following in­stitutions
be the original members:
Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia
Tech, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tu­lane
and Vanderbilt and that the ul­timate
membership be limited to 10.
"Third, that the following prin­ciples
be adopted:
(a) That for eligibility, 15 standard
entrance units be required, not over
three of which may be vocational
units.
(b) That a full year's attendance
be required of upper classmen before
being eligible for repeated participa­tion.
(c) That credit must be gained the
semester or quarter of three-fourths
organization involves schools f rom, preceeding year and the preceeding
seven of the eleven states covered by
the Southern Conference • and its
memBers are nearly equal in regard
to athletic material.
Plans were drawn up at the meeting
of the executive committee in Atlanta
and will be submitted to the officials
of the schools.for formal ratification
at an early date. They contain a pro­vision
that membership must be limit­ed
to members of the Southern Con­ference.
The formal statement announcing
the new conference follows:
"Feeling that the time has come
when scholastic standards should be
emphasized rather than technical­ities
of ineligibility, representatives
of eight institutions now members of
the Southern Conference, at an in­formal
meeting in Atlanta, have for­mulated
the following recommenda­tions
to be submitted by them to their
institutions for consideration.
Limited to S. C.
"First, that an -association within
and limited t'o institutions now in the
Southern ^Conference be formed.
of the proportionate percentage of
hours required for graduation in the
course in which he is registered.
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d) That motion, pictures and still
cameras be not used for scouting
purposes of team instruction in the
current year.
"Fourth, that our membership in­stitutions
provide funds to employ
a commissioner to visit member in­stitutions
for furtherance of our pur­poses.
"Fifth, that a committee consist­ing
of the coaches of the member in­stitutions
be-appointed to study and
formulate rules to prevent scouting,
recruiting and subsidizing and report
at a- meeting to be held the day pre­ceeding
the meeting of the Southern
Conference in New Orleans in De­cember."
When the steamer Ashlea arrived
recently at Portland, England, from
West Africa, one member of the crew
was dead and 12 others were suffer­ing
from malaria.
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GOBBLERS DEPART
The Virginia Tech Gobblers today
were en route' to Athens, leaving be­hind
Dyke, veteran guard, and Mc-
Intire, regular end, prevented by in­juries
from participating in tomor­row's
game with .Georgia. Howard,
fullback, made the trip but it was
uncertain whether he would be able
to play.
Long before the huge bulk of a new sky­scraper
looms up, Bell System men have
planned its herve system —the maze of tele­phone
cables and wires so vital to its busi­ness
activities.
From the inception of a building design,
telephone engineers work hand in hand with
the architects. They determine the telephone
needs of thousands of future tenants. Then
they plan cable shafts rising from cellar to
roof and the grid of under-floor ducts that
will ..put telephones within easy reach of
every occupant.
There's a real thrill in working out these
plans, for without telephones the immense
structures of today would hardly be practicable.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 1931
COLONEL VIDMER WILL
ADDRESS MEETING OF
RESERVES ON MONDAY
(Continued from page 1)
considerable experience in reserve
affairs, first as officer in charge of
organized reserves, Seventh Corps
Area, during 1929, and having been
the inspector instructor of reserve of­ficers
for the state of Alabama for
over a year, Colonel Vidmer comes
to Auburn with much training on
these subjects.
Colonel Vidmer has experienced a
most extensive career in the military
service. Graduating from the Mili­tary
Academy in 1894, he has com­manded
troops on the firing line in
the Spanish-American War, the Phil-
.lipine Insurrection and the World
War. He was wounded in action in
the Santiago Campaign of 1898, and
received two citations for gallan­try
in action in the Spanish-Ameri­can
War. During the World War
he organized and commanded the
306th. Infantry of the 77th. Divi­sion
and served through the entire
war without the loss of a day, al­though
at one time he was badly gas­sed.
For his World War service, his
decorations consisted of the Distingu­ished
Service Cross, Distinguished
'Service Medal, Legion of Honor,
Croix de Guerre with Palms and two
silver star citations. For a time he
commanded a brigade during the
World War.
All Reserve Officers of Auburn,
Opelika and vicinity are urged to at­tend
this meeting, so that many ques­tions
in their minds may be answer­ed
by Colonel Vidmer. Also, each
officer attending will receive two
hours of school credit on active duty
training.
The Reserve Officers School is
scheduled to meet the first and third
Monday of each month at 7:00 p. m.
in the engineer class room in the
basement of Samfird Hall.
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TUESDAY, OCT. 6
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7
MARILYN MILLER
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THURSDAY, OCT. 8
"Always
Good-bye"
Also Amateur Nite
There was once a retired admiral
who halted me in the Grand ^Central
Station and said: "You have written
a story about an enlisted man in the
Navy who wore a white cap on the
streets of New York in the month of
January. Have you no sense? Don't
you know that sailors never wear
white caps in the winter, unless they
are in the tropics and _there is a
specific order that they must wear
white caps?" - -
I tried to say, "Well, but I've seen
them wear white caps in win—"
"Nonsense!" said the admiral. "The
regulations forbid it. They—"
Three gobs swung around the cor­ner
of the baggage counter with the
snow of mid-winter melting on their
jackets. They were all wearing white
caps. The admiral went home and
shortly afterward* died.
But that sort of thing seldom hap­pens
to me. I may have the honest
side of an argument, but it crumbles
under me and I am left wallowing. If
I say taxicab drivers are sober and
reliable men, a machine promptly runs
at me with its driver plucking snakes
from his ears. If I tell an English­man
that American j legislators are
often intelligent, he At once shows me
the news of a bill passed somewhere
to prevent voters from smoking
tobacco hashed and rolled in thin
paper, instead of hashed and rolled in
cabbage leaf soaked with shellac, or
to prevent the foundation of schools
wherein the children might discover
that literature has existed since the
deaths of Charles" Dickens and Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow. Or if I tell
an Englishman that there is a vague
appreciation of art in the United
States he produces a dispatch Relat­ing
that a committee of virtuous
women and blacksmiths has smashed
a copy of the Discobolus somewhere
south of Chicago and put a flannel
wrapped on the Venus d'Medici in the
name of public morality. However,
there was an Englishman sitting in
my rooms one afternoon and I tri­umphed
over him.
"The average Briton," he said,
"knows of just three cities in the
United States, New York, Chicago and
Washington, and' he couldn't for his
life name three of the states."
Very feebly- I murmured that I
thought he was exaggerating, and a
key rattled in the lock. Spencer
brought back my Jboots and two suits,
all radiant and refreshed, and asked,
"Anything else, sir?"
"Spencer, can you name three of the
United States?"
Spencer screwed his eyes shut, stood
on one foot briefly and said, "Oh-er-there's
Neberaskay and Kan-sas and
Okklehoma and Illinwas and those
two Dakkotas and Ohyoh and Cali­fornia
and Texas, sir. Thank you,
sir."
"You've been in the States," said
the Englishman.
"I, sir? Oh, dear no, sir. Thank
you, sir."
He gave me his beaming smile and
went out-on his portentous feet with­out
the least noise. There was noth­ing
mercenary in the smile. He re­garded
me as a special amusement
sent to brighten his days as valet of
the second and third floors in this
hotel.
When he was unpacking for me I
happened to say, "Better steal me
some more coat hangers," and that
sentence smote Spencer double in a
colic of mirth. He reeled into the hall
and told Queenie, the chambermaid,
and Arthur, the governor of the open­work
elevator. t I was established in
his mind as a wit. He watched me as
one watches an oil well lately dug;
I might say something frightfully
funny at any time. The English are
strange. • —-
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the long creature. He was six feet"
high, and his noiseless movements,
bringing in my boots or breakfast or
a case of fresh laundry, were supple.
He had an ugly brown face filled with
innocent, circular eyes and his curly
black hair owed nothing to pomatum.
He was most unlike a London hotel's
valet; I thought him like the farmer's
son of seven thousand posters and
tales; he should be chewing a straw
on a gate. I have never known a
farmer's son who was at all innocent'
or who chewed straws unduly, but the
characteristics of races are entirely
fixed by their romances. The Ameri­can
thinks himself a superior man in
business; the Briton thinks that he
is a natural boxer; the Frenchman be­lieves
that he—and he alone—under­stands
the fine art's. All three illu­sions
have a remote root in fact. So
I suppose that there was once an in­nocent
farmer boy who sat on a gate
and chewed a straw. But Spencer
somehow, and. in spite of his excel­lence
as a valet, was plainly an
amateur. He did my boots and clothes
with charm and merit, but— >.
- "Where are you from, Spencer?"
"Oh-er-Hampshire, sir. Quite close
to Winchester. We'd a farm, sir."
"Like London better, Spencer?"
He stood on alternate soles and
thought about it for a while.
"I really can't say. Be a bit lone­some
if I went back, sir. Mother's
gone out to Fred. Cissie's husband has
the farm now—Anything else, sir?"
"Where's- Fred?"
"Oh-er-Neberaskay. Done himself
very well. Only thirty-six and he's
got ninety' acres and the agency for
a kind of motor car, sir. Took mother
all around those Dakkotas last sum­mer.
She's left off wearin' corsets.
Wants me to come out. I'm young­est,
sir. Baby of the family, in a way
of speaking. Fred sent me the money.
But I don't know, I can't swim, sir.
Never could."
"But three thousand steamers get-across
the Atlantic every year with­out
sinking, Spencer."
"Oh-er-yes," said Spencer; quite so.
But there was a chap in my regiment
that had been in that regiment that
got strafed in that Mediterranean, you
know, goin' to the Gallipoli business.
And he couldn't swim neither. He was
fair drowning, and one of those nurses
gave him a pull into a lifeboat. He
felt horrid about it."
"Still, it's only one chance in three
thousand, Spencer."
He screwed his eyes shut to think
and then he sighed, "Well, yes, sir.
But it'd be horrid to go splashin'
around in the wet and have a woman
pull you into a boat. I'd feel such a
fool, sir."
About sixty freshmen are report­ing
each afternoon to Coaches Hutsell
and Beard for preliminary instruc­tion
and conditioning prior to track
season. The ironing out of the kinks
in unconditioned legs will preceed
more serious work on the track. In
addition to these, there is a large
squad of varsity cross-country run­ners
who run the hills daily. From
the looks of this large squad and
those who will turn out when track
season starts in earnest, it is quite
probable that Coach Hutsell will be
able to build a successful freshman
track team."
Yesterday "preliminary, races were
held in order to determine the capa­bilities
of the candidates. The races
were a dash and a run of about four
hundred and forty yards, in which
several of the freshmen showed them­selves
speedy. Coach Hutsell who
has been busy with football, could"
not make a statement, as yet, regard­ing
the material he has out.
Governor Of Lions ^
Appoints Deputies
Appointment of 10 deputy district
But there was something odd aboutlgovernors of Lions International of
district thirty-four are announced by
District Governor F. S. Guyton. At
the same time Mr.-Guyton said* that
24 new Lions Clubs were to be organ­ized
in the state of • Alabama this
year.
Appointments include -E. B. Down­ing,
Moulton, Zone 1; J. B. Powell,
Jasper, Zone 2; Raymond C. Culli,
Gadsden, Zone 3; Sam White, Alice-ville,
Zone 4; George W. Bains, Bes­semer,
Zone 5; W. F. Danielly, Roan­oke,
Zone 6; Dr. E. T. Norman, Lin­den,
Zone 7; Victor Hevis, Montgom­ery,
Zone 8; Judge Bowling, Lafay­ette,
Zone 9; and Dr. Robert Finch,
Mobile, Zone 12.
Alabama Lions Clubs will celebrate
National Fire Prevention Week, Oct.
4-10.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY
Tulane vs. Texas A. & M.
Tennessee vs. Clemson.
Georgia vs.* V. P. I.
No. Car. St. vs. Florida.
Georgia Tech vs. So. Carolina.
Vanderbilt vs. No. Carolina.
Duke vs. V. M. I.
Alabama vs. Mississippi.
Washington & Lee vs. Davidson.
Kentucky vs. Maryville.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
SECURES WORK OF ALABAMIAN
Scholarship Offered To
Child of War Veteran
An act of legislature, passed at the
last meeting of the Alabama State
Legislature, offers a $150 scholarship
to a student in high school or college,
in Alabama, whose father died or was
killed during the -World War. The
scholarship is open to both high
school and college students, but is
to be applied towards a college educa­tion.
Students fn college af the
present time are eligible. The
American Legion Posts in Alabama
are in charge of locating worthy ap­plicants,
and any students in this sec­tion
interested in applying for the
scholarship are requested to see Cap­tain
E. S. Ott, Commander of the
JohiiH. Wills Post, No. 36, Ameri-can
Legion. Captain Ott <niay be
found at the '"military office in Au­burn.
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PERSONAL
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PRIVILEGE RIDING FOR
SWDENTS BEGIN OCT. 3
(Continued from page 1)
direction away from Auburn; he must
groom the horse and care for equip­ment
upon his return to the stables,
and report at once any accident or
injury to the horse. Any violation
of the above regulations will result in
the student being deprived of his rid­ing
privileges.
LOST
Wire haired terrier. White with
brown and white head. Black spot
on right shoulder. Reward. Lt. Hug-gin*.
R. E. Cammack of the State De­partment
will conduct' conferences on
the campus Saturday. "Professor J.
T. Wheeler, Profesor of Agricultural
Education at the University of Geor­gia
will also be present. Professor
Wheeler will be the guest of Professor
and Mrs. George Sargent.
* * * *
Mrs. Bradford Knapp has. accepted
appointment on the Committee for the
League of Nations in Alabama.
* * * *
Kirtley Brown of the Department of'
Public Information will be in Birming­ham
for a few days doing special work
at WAPI.
«
* * * *
Major and Mrs. Amos Tyree, who
have been guests of President and
Mrs. Knapp for several days, left
Monday for Florida.
- ^ * * * *
Mrs. Dallas Boyd spent the week­end
wit hher friend, Mrs. J. T. An­derson.
* * * *
Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Johns have a
fine new daughter, born Monday
night.
* * * *
Mrs. H. W. Nixon left for Demop-olis
Thursday to visit her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McKinley.
* * * * •
Miss Josephine Marshall, Professor
of Education, has arrived and is mak­ing
her home with Professor and Mrs.
George Sargent.
— * * * *
Miss- Mary Miller McKinley of De-mopolis
spent Wednesday here with
her sister, Mrs. H. W. Nixon.
* * » *
Mrs. J. C. MacKinnon is in East
Alabama Hospital recovering from an
appendicitis operation.
» * * *
Miss Helen Garrett, who is at the
East Alabama Hospital, will return
home within a few, days.
* * * *
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ruffin spent
the week-end in Wetumpka visiting
relatives.
* * * *
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sewell spent
the week-end in Birmingham with rel­atives.
* • * *
Mrs. and Mrs. B. F. Alvord an­nounce
the birth of a fine baby
girl. *
(Continued from page 1)
opments here it was moved to Birm­ingham
as a 5,000-watt station. In
Birmingham the station began opera­ting
the last of January, 1928. WAPI
is the only'cleared channel station
in Alabama. It is also the only
Alabama station connected with the
network of the National Broadcasting
Company.
SCHOOL BUILDING IS
OPENED OCTOBER
(Continued from page 1)
the lowest grades and extending thru
college into graduate studies and de­grees.
*
NOTICE,!
Since the Engineer's Club smoker
will not be held Monday, Oct. 5th,
the Chemical Society will meet Mon­day
night, October 5th, at 7 p. m.,
in Ross Hall. Interesting talks of
benefit to the old members as well as
freshmen will be given by Sam Wade,
Lawrence Haley and Mr. Lurie. All
freshmen and upperclassmen who
have not already joined the society
are urged to be present and become
one of this group. The Chemical So­ciety
offers the only place on the
campus where men who are in chem­istry
can meet in a social way and
discuss the various branches of the
science which are of special interest
to them. Th"e exchance of ideas
should prove of great value to the
men who are truly interested in the
most exacting and wonderful branch
of science.
Through the efforts of Professor
Applebee, the department of Applied
Arts has been fortunate in securing
for exhibit part of the series of pas­tel
drawings called "The Spirit of
the Furnaces". These were made by
the noted Alabama artist, Mr. Rod­erick
D. Mackenzie, who spent a
period of many months, forced by
the nature of his subject to work
only at night, in the great iron works
of North Alabama.
The entire series, which has been
shown at various times and enjoyed
in New York and other great cities
of the country, consists of over forty
subjects. Fourteen of these were
brought to Auburn on Tuesday by
Mr. Mackenzie and personally hung
by him in the Exhibit Hall of the
School of Architecture and Allied
Arts. They will remain on exhibit
during the entire month of October
and the students and faculty of the
college, as well as the citizens of the
town, are cordially invited to see
them. Even gloomy days need
not deter anybody who wishes this
pleasure, for all the pictures being
night scenes, they show up in a par­ticularly
attractive manner by artifi­cial
light. One of the great art
journals of the country, "The Ameri­can
Magazine of Art" says of these
drawings:
"Because of his intimate knowledge
of movement and his consummate skill
in transferring into pigments on can­vas
his impressions, Mackenzie has
caught here what is even more subtle
than animal action, that of fire and
heat.
•m
"Roitous color, hot, living flames,
vibrant parching atmosphere, these
combined to show the beauty in
strength, the majesty of work, the
wonderful in daily tasks, and the pic^
turesque in gigantic masses of struc­tural
substance in the process of be­ing
made useful for man—these are
his pictures."
Roderick Mackenzie was born in
London, but at a very early age he
came with his parents to Mobile, Ala­bama
where later on he went to school
at the Barton Academy. A passion­ate
lover of art, on reaching young
manhood he succeeded in getting to
Paris where he studied and worked as
a member' of the famous Atelier
Julien. While there he was invited
by a wealthy Englishman to go to
India and paint a series of pictures of
the royal Bengal tiger and other wild
Animals of the jungle. Other com­missions
followed and Maskenzie re^
mained in India a dozen or more years,
traveling all over the peninsula from
South to North and East to West,,and
mixing with the inhabitants of every
degree, both native and- foreign. For
the Government of India he painted
a great picture of Delhi Durbar. He
spent months at the courts of Indian
Rajahs, painting portraits of them­selves
and members of their families
and pictures of the country. But what
the Germans call "Heimweh" caught
him at last and after an absence of
twenty-fiye years he returned to Ala­bama
and Mobile, stopping on the way
for further study at Paris. Macken­zie's
mural work in the Capital at
Montgomery, where he decorated with
historic scenes the rotunda and dome,
is known all over the country and
must prove a lasting monument to his
skill.
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The 18th Sunday after Trinity.
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