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VOL. XXXIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1926 NO. 22
TRUSTEES ELECT
DR. B. F. THOMAS
AS PHYSICIAN
Has Acted as Assistant to Dr.
Drake for* Past Two
Years; Was Former
Student Here
RADIOPHONE IS FORMALLY
DEDICATED TO HANSON
PI OMEGA PHI
MADE CHAPTER
OF SIGMA PI
History of Station Re­lated
in Speech;
Donated by
Publisher
At the meeting of the Board of1
Trustees held Monday Dr. B. F.
Thomas, who has acted for the past
two years as assistant Surgeon was
elected to succeed the late Dr. John
H. Drake as College Surgeon. The
office of assistant surgeon was ab­olished
effective March 1.
Dr. Thomas was a student at Au­burn
for two years having completed
his Sophomore year in '13. From
iiere he went to the University Me­dical
School located in Mobile where
her. attended for three years. He
received his degree from Emory Uni­versity
in June 1917. His post-gra­duate
work was done in three hospi­tals
of New York City following his
graduation, and he returned to New
York and completed his post-gradu­ate
work summer before last.
In the two years that he has been
here Dr. Thomas has won for him­self
a host of friends and his appoint­ment
met with the favor of the en­tire
student body. He is a member
of the Phi Beta Pi, honorary medical
fraternity and the Lambda chi Alpha
Social fraternity.
ACCOUNTANTS TO
RATE AUBURN ON
ACCREDITED LIST
COLLEGIATELY
SPEAKING IS
HUGE SUCCESS
The .best nusicat comedy in re­cent
years wjs« shown to a well ap­preciated
auiSielli<!is,'
in Langdon Hall, by': «K« ' Auburn.
Players. This very" hiiffloi'ous^^W^
duction was full of pep, and mingled
with plenty of comedy so«s to make
it the most unusual show Auburn
has seen recently.
The show was written and directed
by Prof. Harry Hamilton of the
English faculty, who added greatly
to his fame already achieved, in his
recent production, "You're Next."
Quite an unusually well selected
cast of students were represented
;n the production, the main charac­ters
being R. M. Hardy, Mary Stodg-hill,
Margaret Lane, and Donald Mc-
Xenzie.
A splendid portrayal of college
iife as it should not be featured the
;)lay with football* being considered
too rough and with checkers taking
its place in a modern American
school. With a bevy of beautiful at­tractive
girls not realizing that a
Co-Ed must be enchanting if she is
going to get any where, the show
provided mirth and farce from the
start.
The entertaining song numbers
rendered by C. B. Burgoyne, More-land
Smith, Emma Gerhardt, E. A.
Pruitt, and George Stoves were es-pecially
well received by the over
crowded audience.
The Auburn songsters did justice
to the songs written for the produc­tion
by Gordon Kuster of the, Birm­ingham
News. Not only did these
numbers add spice and life to the
comedy but they were also repeatedly
encored.
To say that Auburn saw the best
musical comedy featured in five
years would be very mildly speaking
as the production was a continuous
laughter and roar from the start un­til
the curtain dropped on the final
act. With such musical comedies
the success of the Auburn Players
is assured as not one moment did the
interest dwindle.
The feminine characters were es­pecially'
beautiful and dazzling in
their special designed costumes by
' Miss Dana Gatchell. If beauty is
power then this comedy is blest with
much beauty and feminine charm
that makes possible a well attended
audience anywhere, at any time.
Continued on page 6)
The Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute,
familiarly known as Auburn, the
oldest college of Agriculture and
Engineering in the South and the
pioneer in many phases of technical
instruction in the college field, was
among the very first in the entire
country to give courses in"!Jwireless
telegraphy. This was made ^possible
by the gift of Dr. Miller Reese Hut­chinson,
an alumnus of the institu-cion
and an inventor of renown.
With this beginning the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute trained for
government service during the World
war more than two. hundred fifty
operators and forty Radio Engineers.
The Radiophone Station owes its
appearance in the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute, familiarly known as
Auburn, to the Honorable Victor H.
Hanson, owner and publisher of the
Birmingham News and the • Mont­gomery
Advertiser, and a member
of' our Board of Trustees. The equip­ment
of the Station, made possible
through his beneficence was designed
built, installed and operated by mem­bers
of the Auburn faculty and of
the student body.
Because of the phenomenal deve­lopments
a new type of station soon
became necessary and the Alabama
Power Comnany, in response to an
appeal by Mr. Hanson, generously
donated the equipment of their well
known Birmingham Station, WSY,
which was installed and. operated very
succesartuiy. v l *
Graduates General Business
Eligible for Work with
Representatives
The American Institute of Ac­countants
has officially placed Au­burn
on their' list of colleges whose
graduates are recognized in the ac­counting
field. The purpose of this
firm is to aid college graduates in
business subjects in securing posi­tions
with public Accountants and
other openings requiring the services
of students acquainted with the work.
The accounting subjects were ad­ded
to the Business curriculum four
years ago and has developed into
one of the most thorough and prac­tical
courses in the General Business
course. The laboratory and theore­tical
work done in the course gives
the student a working knowledge of
accounting and general bookkeeping
work.
The American Institute of Ac­countants
is located at 135 Cedar
Street, New York City, and is
anxious to communicate with seniors
interested in this work.
Initiation to be Held February
26; Many Notables Are
Present
MANY IMPROVEMENTS ARE
NOTED IN ANNUAL REPORT
OFFICERS AND
CADETS HOSTS AT
MILITARY BALL
The Pi Omega Phi Fraternity will
be installed as the Alpha Delta Chap­ter
of Sigma Pi national fraternity
on the birthday of its founding, Feb.
26. The Sigma Pi fraternity had its
Innovation Goes Off in Splen­d
i d Style; Many
G u e s ts
Moral Tone is Higher
Declares Dr. Dowell
in Report to
Trustees
The first Military Ball was a
origin at Vincennes university, 1897, pleasing climax to the celebration
of science in
Following the custom of other ci­ties.
AUD, u r n neJd i t s Charleston
^ / i ^ L d u ^ ^ i i i U t ; e©*tejjt *o
c«Urt Uatur^d th* ftal
of the iBtisleal eoiaedy, "GatteglaMy
Miss
broadeastijw and
to reach all parts ~of MM state at
all times, even in the daylight, other
improvements and greater power
were soon found to be necessary. The
station was promptly enlarged and
thoroughly modernized in accordance
with the formal action of the Board
of Trustees. This new station, the
Victor Hanson Broadcasting Station
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
which we are formally opening this
evening gives you genuine greetings
and best wishes for a happy and last­ing
friendship.
With this brief historical back­ground,
we invite the imaginative
public to visualize with us the phy­sical
properties of Station WAPI.
There are two quadrangular steel
towers, two hundred feet high and
with a combine weight of twenty-five
tons. The base of the founda­tion
for each leg of the tower is a
block of concrete seven feet square
with an altitude of eight feet, and
reinforced with eighty heavy steel
bars. The vertical antenna is one
hundred sixty-five feet long and is
composed of six wires connected by
one hundred copper rings. The to­tal
wire used, not counting instru­ment
ocils, exceeds thirty-five miles.
The ground system consists of a net­work
of five and one-half miles of
copper wire burried under the
ground. The studio is one-half a
mile from the operating room and is
connected with it by one-half mile
)f lead covered cable weighing one
and one-half tons buried under the
•rround. The power supply is fifteen
kilowatts. In the operating room
there are three alternating current
motors and four direct current gen-arators.
The voltage on the tube
plate's is four thousand volts direct
current. There are two hundred
five cells of storage batteries.
This station is rquipped with the
' t ^ s t automatic devices for the pi-o-tction
of the operator and of its
•nore doli'at" parts. It is provided
vith a portable amplifier, a speech
;nput amplifier, and a monitoring
"mrlifier. This last device enables
"-~ operator to listen in to the broad­casting
at all times. The wave longth
is two hundred forty-eight meters.
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AUBURN BOWS
TO CHARLESTON
CONTEST CHAMP
at Vincennes, Ind.
According to reports given by
Professor Good, member of the Pi
Omega Phi fraternity and faculty
member of Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute,
the installation ceremony
will be held in the Masonic hall in
the afternoon of Friday of this
week. The greater part of the af­ternoon
will be spent in initiating the
members of Pi Omega Phi into Sig­ma
Pi.
On Friday night the installation
banquet will be held at the Tea room
at which time the Founders Day ad­dress
will be given by Gerald Herald
B. R. Lewis of Bridgeport, 111. The
college will be represented at the
banquet by Dr. Dowell, on behalf
of the school and J. M. Robinson, fac­ulty
member, as chairman of the
committee on fraternities. About
sixty members will be at the banquet.
Music for the occasion will be sup­plied
by Auburn Mandolin club.
Members of the installation com­mittee
will arrive at Auburn early
Friday morning. This committee
will consist of Grand Sage Palmer
from the University of Illinois,
Grand Herald B. R. Lewis of Bridge­port,
111., Archon W, D. Akers of
Columbus, Ga. E. B. Freeman of.
Atlanta, fro* the iHrfe Mumni
' wij^^Miiiim:^
Speaking," and was won by
Margaret Lane, as she was acclaimed
the best by the amount of applause
received.
A handsome loving cup was award­ed
the winner conceding her as the
best Charleston dancer in Auburn.
The contest was open to all comers
and many students availed themselv-es
of the opportunity to display
their wares.
Lieutenant W. B. Leitch was mas­ter
of ceremonies, it falling his dif­ficult
lot to adjudge the winner.
This was a very big task as the
applause was fairly well divided.
Others running Miss Lane a close
race were Eldon Pruitt, Miss Cath­erine
Hare, Miss Mattie Allen, and
John Condon.
Miss Lane is especially good in
this line as she was also adjudged
the best dancer in a recent Charles­ton
conducted by the Co-Eds in their
circus.
The cup was awarded by the Au­burn
Players who staged the musical
production preceding the contest and
practically all the cast competed in
the number. Prof. Harry Hamilton
supervised the championship match
and was responsible for the award­ing
of the loving cup.
2000 FOOT JUMP
THRILLS CROWD
AT DRAKE FIELD
When the news was received Mon­day
morning that a paracute jump
would be made on Drake Field at one
thirty the writer sharpened his pen­cil
to go forth and interview the
jumper and have him recount the
thrills experienced. First hand in­formation
as to how one feels when
he dives from the cockpit of a plane
is scarce, in fact it was the first
time that the feat has been perform­ed
here.
When the plane hove into sight
there was wild speculation among the
two thousand spectators as to the
outcome of the. jump, odds being
placed by some at two to one that
the parachute would not open, some
enterprising bettors were waving
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Burke of
At present there are three chap­ters
of the Sigma Pi fraternity loca­ted
in the southern states. These
chapters are located at the following
institutions: Emory, Tulane and N.
Carolina State college. The Auburn
chapter will be the fourth southern
chapter and will serve as a connecting
link between the chapters at Tulane
and Emory.
The Sigma Pi fraternity has been
conservative and the officials ex­press
the hope that it will continue
to be so just as they have made it
up to the present time. Among some
of the schools in which chapters are
located are, Illinois, Ohio State, Uni­versity
of Ohio, Kenyon, Purdue, In­diana,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa
State, University of Washington,
Utah, Oregon Agricultural college,
University of California, besides the
southern chapters.
Saturday wil be devoted to show­ing
the visiting delegates and mem­bers
of Sigma Pi over the college
grounds and buildings.
Members who are to be initiated
into the Sigma Pi from Pi Omega
Pi are as follows:
Lucian Smith, Alumus from At-i
lanta, Ga.; Herman F. Schweckendick
from Mobile, Ala.; Frank Doughtie,
Columbus, Ga.; Joe Stone, Union-town,
Joe Spencer, Ensley, John B.
Carter, Athens, Herbert Spencer,
Mobile, C. D. McLeod, Citronelle,
James M. Jenkins, Talledega, Charles
M. Reams, Mobile, Wieland B. La-
Nicca, Fairhope, James Leslie, Troy,
Ben J. Robinson, Waverly, C. L.
Brown, Jasper, G. W. Pulley, Hunts-ville,
G. W. Alexander, Mobile, Jo­seph
A. Hester, Clanton, Richard A.
Vandersys, Mobile, James W. Baxter,
Huntsville, Edgar Root, Huntsville,
Harvey W. Stone, Uniontown, Ste­wart
McKnight, Funsdale, Sterling S
Tatum, Birmingham, Charles Cans-ler,
Birmingham, Siegert A. Rowe,
Mobile, W. F. Pope, Marion, Hallet
Pritchett, Mobile, Ludlow B. Hall-man,
Dorthan Wheless K. Haines,
Phenix City, Hugh M. Riddle, Birm­ingham,
Charles M. Reams, Mobile,
James E. Fargason, Dadeville and
Henry G. Good, Auburn.
Iield Monday and the opinion voiced
by those who attended was unani­mous
in expressing their apprecia­tion
to the members of the Corps
and Department who were instrumen­tal
in making it a success.
The gym was decorated with the
Regimental colors, flags, and guidons
of the companies and batteries of the
regiment. Machine guns and light
field weapons were placed around
the walls to add a military touch to
the occasion. A mock military court
was held. • -
The dance was attended by prac­tically
the entire Senior Cadet Corps,
the members of the Military faculty
and a number of faculty members
who hold commissions in the Offi-
:ers Reserve Corps. Fifty out of
town girls and co-eds were there to
add charm at the occasion.
Music was furnished by the Col­lege
Orchestra. The dance was
broadcast by the announcers from
station WAPI and has the distinction
of having been the first dance broad­cast
by the new station.
MEXICO NEEDS
PEACE SAYS DR.
Declaring that the emphasis at
Auburn is rightfully given to the de­velopment
and maintenance of high
standards of character and of work,
Dr. Spright Dowell, president of Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, inform­ed
the Auburn Board of Trustees in
semi-annual session, Monday that the
moral tone of the campus is higher
than at any time during the three
preceeding years. Doctor Dowell
based his conclusions on the reports
submitted by the Social Director of
the college, Director of Student Ac­tivities,
President of Student Coun­cil,
and Secretary of Y. M. C. A.
• It was commented upon by those
dho heard the report that the moral
tone at Auburn offers sharp con­trast
to the moral tone of certain
higher institutions of learning in the
United States according to reports
emanating through recent press dis­patches.
The observation, upon
which the report was made at Au­burn
comprises actual conduct of
students, their attitude of mind, sin­cerity
of motive, and morale.
Dr. DowelPs report to the Board
covered every phase of activity at
Auburn during the first semetser
just closed. The Board meeting was
held Monday afternoon following mil­itary
review and memorial exercises
in honor of the late Dr. John Hodges
Drake, college surgeon at Auburn for
fifty-three years. Governor William
W. Brandon presided.
- important, phases of President fie-
OPENING WAPI
IS GREAT EVENT
FOR OLD GRADS
35 Telegrams of Congratula­tions
Received; Long
Distance Calls From
Over State
It was a great opening. Station
WAPI, the Victor Hanson Radio­phone
of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, went on the air with its
formal opening program, beginning
at 7 P. M., February 22nd. Before
9 o'clock, 34 ' complimentary tele­grams
were received from seven
states. Another came the next day.
Along with them came numerous
long distance calls.
Enthusiasm was great around the
studio. All those who were taking
part in the program were thrilled.
They were especially delighted with
the way the program went over in
Alabama. They had had some mis­givings
about getting into the Birm­ingham
district because of mineral
deposits, but the 35 telegrams clear­ed
away this doubt, since about half
of them came from the Birmingham
district.
Fairfax, Oklahoma, Dallas, Texas,
and Miami, Florida, were the most
distant points represented in the
first 34 telegrams. Dr. J. M. Reed,
Fairfax, Oklahoma, wired, "Your
station booming in over the whole
West. Best wishes by an old Au­burn
man." G. A. Wright, of Mia­mi,
Florida, put it: "Enjoying your
initial program. Best on the air to­night,
especially to an old Auburn
man."
"Enjoying your program. Coming
in fine," was the way C. R. Peeples
of Branchville, S. C, expressed him-elf.
Gene Reid '21 came in from
i
In the face of rumors of war
with Mexico, as carried fn headnires
of the ojaily papers Friday, Dr. Ed­ward
T. Devine of New York City,
noted lecturer, author and publicist,
in an address here, declared that
Mexico today needs peace and the
moral backing of the American peo­ple.
Doctor Devine has just return­ed
from Mexico.
The speaker was introduced by Dr.
George Petrie, dean of the graduate
school, President Spright Dowell pre­siding.
The speaker explained in
detail the Mexican constitutional
provision which is the bone of con­tention
in the strained relationship
jetween Mexico and the United
.States. Under this provision which,
.e said, is based on "good English
common law," the Mexican govern-aent
retains the ownership of all
nineral deposits as well as certain
igricultural land with the provision
:hat concessions may be granted to
'oreigners who obtain control before
.he passage of the constitutional act
if 1917, with a 50 year limit.
In this conception, Doctor Devine,
ntimated strongly that the Mexican
rovernment is entirely within its
ights in adopting and enforcing this
provision.
"Mexico today needs peace, pros­perity
and friendship of the Ameri­can
people," the speaker said. "Our
-elationship with Mexico today is
nore important than any other
question. We should remember an
igreement included in the treaty
lrawn when our troops many years
go occupied the Mexican capital,
iroviding that all disputes should
thereafter be settled amicably and
without the resort to arms."
The speaker declared that the
alection of President Calles occur­red
at a time most favorable for
the development of a new national
unity which should result in better
health conditions, better wages, and
in general a higher standard of living
for the Mexican people.
The speaker added that he dis­agreed
with those who believe that
a dictator of the Diaz type was nec-sssary
for the Mexican republic, that
in spite of Mussolini in Italy and Riv-
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Engineering H*U, wWen, tt,
stated^ - wag tiiv outstanding' eviiifc $•
of the year for the engineering di­vision,
the increased space and facili­ties
offered by the new building,
having relieved the serious pressure
in the way of class rooms. The total
enrollment in the engineering course
for the present year, it was pointed
out, is more than five per cent gerat-er
than last year.
The inauguration of Freshman
week in the fall was also commented
upon, the plan put into effect at Au­burn,
providing for the assembling
of freshmen the week preceding the
general opening of the college, the
object being to acquaint the new men
with college opportunities and facili­ties
and to develop an "at-home"
feeling. The plan is an innovation
in the South according to the report
and proved to be very successful.
Commenting on the student gov­ernment
and honor system which have
been installed at Auburn during the
present administration, Doctor Dowell
declared that in his judgment the ma­chinery
and work of these student
organizations are gratifying and in­dicative
of a morale that is produc-
(Continued on Page 6)
S A E ENTERTAINS
GOV. BRANDON
On Monday afternoon the mem­bers
of the- Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra­ternity
were hosts at a reception
given at their home in honor of
Governor William W. Brandon.
Among the guests were members
of the Board of Trustees, faculty
members and student members of
various campus organizations.
In -the receiving line were Gover­nor
Brandon; Chas. V. Ingram; Hen­ry
Kendall; W. J. Grant and J. P.
Illges. Tea was poured in the dining
room by Mrs. Elna Ingram; Mrs.
Clara Yarbrough, and Mrs. W. W.
Hill. Sandwiches were served by
Misses Margaret Lane, Katherine
Moore; Mary Stodgill; Rubye Rus­sell;
and Ann Brown.
Music was furnished by an orches­tra
composed of Dick Yarbrough;
Paul Fontille and Miss Clara Ellen
Yarbrough.
;ippi, wired: "Congratulations. BestT
vishes from former Opelikians. Pro­gram
coming in fine."
J. W. Bivins of Cordele, Georgia,
wired: "Program coming in fine.
Congratulations."
And a long list of Alabamians
sent messages, all of which were ap­preciated.
County agents J. D. Wood
Russellville, and H. ' H . Williamson,
Brewton, used the long distance tele­phone.
R. O. Shaver of Oneonta, and Fred
and Noel Stewart, Athens, Alabama,
wired. _
People from Birmingham wiring
were Jack Linx, F. L. Threadgill,
Mr. and Mrs. Cutie Lasater, G. A.
Mattison, H. G. Floyd, Carr McCor-mack,
John S. Shaw, Hill Ferguson,
R. C. Tucker, Bell Radio Corpora­tion,
and Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Clisby
and family.
Others in the Birmingham dis­trict
were L. Q. Box, Oneonta; A.
Z. Heard, Ensley; C. D. Allis, Ht.
Pinson; Mrs. 0. T. Gay, Wilton, and
T. E. Todd, Montevallo.
Montgomerians sending telegrams
were Haygood Paterson, Martha
Goodwynn Beasley, and Hon. J. M.
Moore, commissioner of agriculture.
Mr. Moore said: "State Department
of Agriculture and Industries sends
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CONTRACT FOR
PAVING IS LET;
TOTALS $55,000
The contract for paving the first
unit of -street work in Auburn was
awarded to Couch Construction Com­pany,
the lowest bid having been
made by this firm and amounted to
approximately $55,000. Work will
begin March 15 and the contract calls
for the completion of the work in
120 working days.
The project includes the paving
of Opelika Street to connect the con­crete
highway that is now being built
by the state; Gay street to Magnolia;
Magnolia to College; and College to
the intersection of Mitcham street.
Mitcham street will be paved from
Gay to College.
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TELEPHONE NUMBER 238—W
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THE JUNIOR VICTORY
In their game with the Freshman the
Juniors won other fames besides winning
the game, they gained the victor yin a
fair, square, sportsmanlike manner. They
covered themselves with glorify by first
beating the Sophomores and then, deci­sively
beating the Rats. .In both games
victory was achieved by a large, margin
of points.
By virtue of their victories the Junior
class has the honor of painting their num­eral
on the Ag tank. During the early
part of the year the numeral of the Rats
was painted on the tank and the numeral
of the Seniors was destroyed. The pre­sent
Senior class won _ the class football
championship last year and had the honor
of having their '26 painted on the tank,
this number was to remain on the tank
until the games were played this year. In­asmuch
as the Rats painted their numeral
on the tank the Seniors have only had this
privilege for about half of the time. This
scholastic year has just about passed and
the Seniors have taken no action in regard
to having the Freshman repaint the tank.
It was the duty of the Seniors to force the
treasurer of the Rat class to have the '26
replaced but they have had cold feet all
•Jthe year and have failed to have it done.
This fact alone brands the present Senior
class as one that does not take up for
their rights, and if a college term were used
it would be called a sad class.
It is earnestly hoped that the class of
'27 will do their duty in regard to the
Rats when the occasion presents itself.
The student body is looking forward to
seeing a bright '27 on the tank taking
the place of the unearned '29. If the Rats
should get smart after this is done and re­paint
it, heres hoping that the Junior class
has men with nerve and spunk enough
to force the Rats to pay for their damage.
The Senior class seems to be short of these
men, or they fail to apperciate the signifi­cance
of the numeral '26.
OUR COLLEGE ORCHESTRA
There has been considerable comment
against the college orchestra not perform­ing
their duty. On numerous occasions
a number is not rendered until the picture
show is about half over. Of course this
is probably not our business to interfere
with the orchestra, but we all have a right
to form an opinion, and having attended
Auburn long enough to know that the
orchestra has played more efficiently in
the past, this article is deemed worthy of
print. It is the purpose of the author
to render a fair and unbiased criticism,
also knowing that it is the opinion of the
student body.
We have stood the music makers tardi­ness
but when they fail to appear at all it
is high time that they were scored. The
slogan of the picture show is "music with
the pictures." The primary purpose of
any organization is to render good service
to its patrons, and it is a recognized fact
that the orchestra has failed in this respect.
It must also be asked, is the music for the
benefit of the audience or for the direc­tors
satisfaction? There is little doubt
that the music offered is of educational
value, but the majority of the students
are attending the shows for pleasure, and
shouldn't they be considered when these
numbers are rendered?
Frequently the management advertises
a comedy and instead Pathe News is
shown, last Monday night a Pathe comedy
was- advertised, which was to show the
worftl series games, this Pathe News fail­ed
to materialize and the students were
required to pay the same admission price.
When the students failed to see the
Pathe News quite a few gave vent to their
opinions vocally, but as we have been
asked not to create a disturbance in the
show, this article will be presented to the
Plainsman, the official representative of
the student opinion.
After this disappointment we made up
our mind to enjoy what was offered, mixed
in with the orchestra which is now in the
habit of playing a few pieces at varying
intervals, after their late arrival. It us­ually
plays the same piece nearly every
night about 7:45 o'clock.
It is understood that a percentage of the
admittance goes to pay the orchestra, and
if no orchestra is to play, why not ad­vertise
the facts? A student after all is
a human being and as his money goes to
run the show he should have some say so.
It does not require much thought to
see that if a picture show in a city were
run along the same lines, it would soon
take the bankrupt law. > The students have
only one picture show that they can at­tend
in Auburn, to get their little amuse­ment.
The College picture show must
reap a big profit from the student body,
but do they give as much in return?
The student body would appreciate the
musicians getting to work on time and
to start playing when the show begins.
This article is not written with a feeling
Of malice but the entire trutb has been
stated so what better could be expected?
DO YOU USE THESE SENTENCES
CORRECTLY?
1. I saw him this morning.
2. He isn't coming to school.
3. She taught me to do this.
4. I am as tall as he.
' • ' • * ' ' l • '
5. I lie down every night.
6. May I study with you.
7. It is a secret between him and me.
8. He and I are good pals.
9. I do my work well.
10. He doesn't care to go.
11. For whom is this package.
12. I have seen the circus.
13. He has gone to the city.
14. He did more than I did.
15. They have known each other for
years.
These fifteen sentences are commonly
used incorrectly by the average person,
are you numbered among the incorrect
users?
A TRUE GENTLEMAN
Is never too huried to be curteous to
the aged.
Is never too proud to admit a mistake
when he is shown his error.
Is never ashamed of honest work that
must be done.
Is never made such by clothes, slang,
fads, extravanges, or profanity.
Is never intolerant to honest men who
differ with him.
Is never willing to give offense except
righteousness is involved.
Is never less gentlemanly because he
holds his temper under insults.
Can you measure up to these?
LEST YOU FORGET
If you can't say a good word about the
other fellow, keep your mouth shut.
Never be too quick to blame the other
fellow, as you may also be guilty of the
same offence.
Never allow yourself to become the
greed of a destructive passion.
Be careful that you don't misrepresent
things as to speak falsely is to lie.
A man may fool the world but he can't
fool himself.
Never get so firm in your ideas that
you can not modify them so as to accept
new theories.
The fundamental basis of all theories
and their solutions are found in the Bible.
« BULLETIN BOARD %
Friday, February 26.
7:00 P. M. "Clever Feet" Pathe Comedy.
"The Reckless Lady" First National Pic­ture.
Saturday, February 27.
7:00 P. M. "Fighting Dude" Education­al
Comedy. "Seven Days" It's a scream.
Two shows.
. Sunday ' February 28.
9:30 A. M. Sunday School services at
the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and
Episcopal Churches.
11:30 A. M. Church Services at the
above Churches.
6:30 P. M. B. Y. P. U. meets at the
Baptist Church. C. E. meets at the Pres­byterian
Church. Epworth League meets
at the Methodist Church.'
7:30 P. M. Evening Services at the
above Churches.
Monday, March 1.
6:30 P. M. The Normal Class of the
Student Friendship Council meets in the
Y. M. C. A. Lecture room.
7:00 P. M. The American Society of
Civil Engineers meets in the Engineering
building.
7:00 P. M. The Society of American
Military Engineers meets in the R. O. T.
C. room in the Main Building.
7:00 P. M. The Evans Literary Society
meets in the Main Building.
Tuesday, March 2.
7:00 P. M. The Wilsonian, Wirt and
Websterian Literary Societies will have
their regular meetings in the Main Build­ing.
8:00 P. M. The Vivian Players will pre­sent
"Adam and Eva," a comedy drama,
at Langdon Hall.
Wednesday, March 3.
7.00 P. M. The American Society of Me­chanical
Engineers meets in the Engineer­ing
Building.
7:00 P. M. The American Society of
Electrical Engineers meets in the old
Engineering Building.
7:00 P. M. The Pharmaceutical Society
meets in the Pharmacy Building.
7:00 P. M. The Student Ag Club meets^
in the Ag Building.
Thursday, March 4.
7:00 P. M. Dean Petrie's class in Cur­rent
Events meets in the auditorium of
Broun H U .
Is a bird in the hand worth two swal­lows
in the bush?—Boston Beanpot.
« WITH OTHER COLLEGES «
OUR HALL OF FAME
The College Youth who has never boast­ed
of his indiscreet amours of periods of
intoxication.
The Factory Girl who has never chewed
gum.
The Fraternity Man who has never
boasted of his house.
The College Professor who would some­times
admit the student was right—Boston
Beanpot.
Student—"How do you sell your limber-ger
cheese?"
Dealer—"I've often wondered myself."
—Davidsonian.
Preacher: "My duty is te save young
girls."
Student: "Save me one.— Blue Stocking
Jim: "What kind of a dog is that one
of yours?"
Jack: "Police dog, I guess. He's al­ways
hanging around oar cook."—Poly­technic
Reporter.
She: Do you know who you're with?
My mother is Gilda Gray, the originator
of the shimmy.
He: Well, don't be so high-hat about it.
My father started the good roads move­ment.—
Minn. Ski-P-Mah.
"This floor is terribly crowded," said
the gasping man as he blew his hankerchief
on somebody else's nose,—Dartmouth Jack
o'Lantern.
"Look, Red I weigh three pounds more
than you do."
"Aw, you're cheating! You've got your
hands in your pocket."—Oregon Orange
Owl.
"What became of that girl Masherton
was flirting with last summer?"
"You mean the girl that Masherton
thought he was flirting with? She mar­ried
him."—Columbia Jester.
Prof, in chemistry lecure: First take
hydrogen, then chloroform.
Sleepy voice from rear: That's a good
idea. — Virginia Reel.
Judge: 'Are you guilty or not guilty?"
Prisoner: "Not guilty, yer honor. I was
not drunk, I was drugged."
Officer O'Flannagan: Yes, yer honor,
he wuz drugged. I drugged him through
the hull park."—W. Va. Moonshine.
Ding: "What did your wife say when
you got home last night?"
Dong: "She didn't say a word. And I
was going to have those two front teeth
pulled, anyway."—Blue Stocking.
"The boy has good stuff in him."
"Yes; he's been drinking some of my
$20 Scotch.—Blue and White.
"Say, Diogenes, why the lantern?"
"I never trust these Greek women in
the dark."—N. Y. Medley.
Fullah: Is Susanne a toe dancer?
Soop: H— no! She danced over my
whole foot!—Penn. State Froth.
"I went to a stag party last night, dear-it."
"Yes, I heard you staggering as you
came in."—Davidsonian.
She: Dou you play by ear?
Scrivenor: No, my neck is not long
enough. —Va. Tech.
Detective—And you say that you heard
this man enter your room and did not
cry out?
Woman—And how did I know he was
after my jewels? Technician.
Sue: How was that fellow that picked
you up last night?
Francis: I left him as soon as I could.
He was a kidnapper.
Sue: How do you know that?
Francis: He offered me some candy.—
Lehigh Burr.
'Drunk: Shay mister, how far is it to
the stachion?
Stranger: About twenty minutes walk.
Drunk: Hie, twenty minutes for you or
for me—Va. Tech.
Billie: "What do you call baby pigs?"
Helen: "Hamlets."—Clemson Tiger
She: "I think you must be a wonder­ful
basketball player."
He: "What makes ydu think so? My
foot work?" )
She: "No. the way you dribble your
food."—Va. Tech.
"My girl told me that she would meet
me twelve miles away from shore."
"Ain't that the limit."—N. Y. Medley.
"What is the ideal honeymoon salad?"
"I bite."
"Lettuce alone."—Va. Tech.
Have you heard this one?
Once upon a time a traveling salesman
stopped at a farmer's house.
The farmer had two young and pretty
daughtej-s.
No you are wrong: The salesman slept
with the farmer.—Polytechnic Reporter.
Piute: "Last night I dreamed that I
died."
Dean: "And what woke you up?"
Piute: "The heat."—Va. Tech.
Prof: "What color is best for a bride?"
Stude: "I would prefer a white."—Bull
Dog.1
Clothes Break the Man.—Cornell Wid­ow.
A canoe is like a small boy—both be­have
better, when paddled from the rear.
—Orange and Blue.
The fire is out, girls, roll up your hose.
—Blue Stocking.
Flip: My uncle has addressed half the
people in the United States.
Flap: He must be a wonderful orator.
Flip: Oh no, he mails catalogues for
Sears, Roebuck.—Rammer-Jammer.
Teacher: I thought I heard a rattling
sound.
Bright Student: You did, Mary just
shook her head at me—Exchange.
Pear: What have you got that scare­crow
in your closet for?
Extract: To keep you birds out of my
corn!—Rice Owl.
f Ye Kol-Yum «
Upper Lips
Many and varied are the uses to which
a misplaced eyebrow can be put, but a
t.ew one has appeared. The gentlemen
who so gallantly went forth last Monday
night at the call of their kind must have
felt their importance. I refer to those
who went out on the floor at the lead out
for men with hair on their upper lip. I
am not sure but I think that I saw sev­eral
who lurked in the corners and were
afraid to appear before the public under
such a name. They are not to blame as
the wet rags that some fellows sport as an
excuse for a moustache are enough to make
even a gallant soul stay in the shadows,
especially whn he has company. But speak­ing
about the dance at large, the general
opinion seems to be that it was highly suc­cessful.
It looked Military, felt military
and was military. This is the first time
that such an event has taken place on
the campus for some long time at least,
and it is hoped by all that it will become
a yearly custom, to be looked forward to
and prepared for.
Cleaning up College
It is our good fortune to be in colleges
which are builded on firm Christian prin­ciples.
Our faculties are Christian, and
our student bodies are largely and actively
Christian.
But they have not escaped the post-war,
and perhaps pre-war, worries of Christian
colleges, and in spite of efforts to hold
only the best young men and women of
their territory, they have found themselves
with a number of problems in human form
in their families.
Some undesirable things have continued
from year to year. There has been oc­casions
of drinking; there has been some
gambling; athletic teams failed to do their
best because some men inconsistently
broke training; there has been some cheat­ing
in class rooms; and there has been
general faultfinding with policies of the
school among those who have done nothing
to improve the situation, all because of
a small "ring."
Most students deplore these conditions.
Some are indifferent; others, ignorant of
the real conditions. The faculties are too
much blinded by the general healthy con­ditions
to note the insiduous forces at
work, frothing has been done. Sqme of
those who drank, broke training, "knock­ed"
and cheated, have been turned out as
products and perpetuated their evil in­fluences.
The small Christian College has a pe­culiar
mission, a duty of reclamation; that
should neglect no opportunity to save a
boy or girl from folyl; and that often a
little patience will make good men and
women out of mighty questionable material.
On the other hand, the time has come to
cease tolerating some- of the things that
are being tolerated in American Colleges
and Universities. If college students persist
in gambling, in breaking college rules,
and in other evil practices, they should
be dismissed from the college campuses.
The college has a duty to them, per­haps,
but it has a duty to those others
upon whom their influence is not good
and within whose progress they are stand­ing.
Education is too expensive a process
to permit wasted energies and resources.
Furthermore, we have educated too many
men and women with warped moral con­ceptions
and turned them out into the
world with degrees and the stamp of high­er
education upon them.
If the faculties and administrations, both
of endowed and of public institutions,
would make an effort to rid their insti­tutions
of the moral degenerates, destruc­tive
agitators, and social parasites who
masquerade themselves as students, re­gardless
of money or position, regardless
of friends and parents who may or may not
give to endowment, these faculties and
administrations would find' the best stu­dents
right in behind them. Our schools
would be a more wholesome place for
students to live in. There would be fewer
disappointed parents. Higher education
would accomplish much more. The stan­dard
of the college bred would be raised
to a higher level. These would be a great­er
respect for law. Scholarship would be
higher and more highly regarded. Athletics
would be cleaner and more valuable, and
greatest of all the future generation would
be more safe.
—The Gold and Black.
"Women are more beautiful than than
men."
"Naturally."
"No—Artificially."—Vt. Tech.
Auburn Foot Prints
It has gotten so that things change in
Auburn overnight. We go to bed at night
and we do not know for sure whether
Uncle Sam will still own the Post Office
or not the next morning. It has been
rumored that Garrett and Holmes are
making bids for the Main Building and it
is more or less a matter of time before
the sale will be made.
Rat "Pup" Jones stayed longer than
usual at the dinner table the other day
and it caused coment. When asked why
he was staying so long he replied that
he was waiting on the doughnuts that
were to come, he knew, because he had
just eaten the centers that were served
as biscuits.
When Spring time comes we all feel
like getting in love but it seems that "Pea"
Green has been rushing the season a bit
lately.
The newest thing out is this stuff called
Indian neckwear. Arrow collars and bow
ties.
The latest fad on the campus is a club
formed among the "hots" of the school.
As we know everything lately has been
i Collegiate. "Collegiate Speaking," "Char­leston
Contest" and all that. I think that
gave the boys the idea, anyway a new
club has been formed, as I said before
among the "hots," and they call themselves
the Collegiate Club. Some of the char­ter
members are: W. H. H. Putnam, Son­ny
Thorpe, Jelly Wyatt, Swede Mathison
and G. Walker. I can not find out whether
Putnam or Thorpe js president. The rega­lia
for the members consists of a flaming
pair of knickers and a collegiate air. They
work in a body because they believe in,
"Divided we fall, United we stand."
Prof.—"Is the world flat or round?"
Stude—"Neither, sir."
Prof.—What is it, then?"
Stude—"It's crooked."—Davidsonian.
Red Edwards wrote home asking for
four dollars and fifty cents with which to
buy a new book, "Visual Education."
When the money came he went around
and bought a book of picture show tickets.
He didn't have to lie about it either be­cause
wasn't that visual education?
W. R. Tucker is to be found trying to
qualify for a new position these last few
Jays. He is trying out for Co-Ed Basket-jail
manager. He wants it emphasized
chat he specializes on "charlie-horses."
How would you like to be away and get
a telegram sent Collect that read like this,
'Wish you were down here with us drink­ing
this good hooch."
Poco Stough has acquired a new title,
so I am told. He will not answer to the
title of Lord Help Us.
Who were the four horsemen that visi­ted
Montevallo the other week and had
such a hilarious time. Seemed like they
were finishing- one of the verses of "Show
Me the Way to Go Home'' when they had
to leave in such a hurry that they didn't
even get their hats when they went out.
It may have been that the time and place
did not fit in so well with that type of
song.
Dick Holtzclaw started to go to a dance
in West Point last Monday night but deci­ded
differently when he thought about it
being a Washington Birthday dance. He
did not have any money so of course he
could not go without carrying a present.
A favorite Hawaiian dish.
Alone, Little Dressing.
Lettuce
"Muss" Howard says that as soon as he
finds out more about these things called
"Escalators" he is going to make a date
with his best girl and take her to ride in
one of them.
If Coach Morey doesn't start training
that ELEVEN of Prof. Roe's some of
those Co-Eds will never pass his Spanish
course.
Prof. Hixon in his demonstrations of
Magic at the meeting of the Wilsonian and
Websterian Literary Societies last Tues­day
night said that his subjects must
have a strong mind. We are sorry he
couldn't use "Red" Roberts but maybe he
will have some animal tricks next time.
"Why don't you go to the University
of British Columbia for a quarter.
"My stomach wouldn't stand it."—U. of ,
Wash. Columns.
Most women find out that their six-cylinder
husbands bachelors are runa­bouts
after they are married.Davidsonian.
NVWSNIV1J 3HJ.
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9:30 A. M. Sunday School
Maj. Hatch Will Speak To Student Classes
11:00 A. M. Dr. Geo. Lang
6:30 P. M. Christian Endeavor
Missionary Meeting
No Evening Service
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IS YOUR RELIGION A REALITY
or
_ A SHAM?
Come to The
AUBURN METHODIST CHURCH
AUBURN BAPTIST CHURCH
9:30. A. M. Baraca Class,—Dr. Dowell, Teacher
9:30 A. M. Fidelis Class,—Mrs. Holmes, Teacher
11:00 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Preaching
6:30 P. M. B. Y. P. U.
(Five College Unions)
WIRT SOCIETY
HASJIEETING
The Wirt Literary Society held its
regular meeting Tuesday night in
Wirt Hall.
The following were formally given
recognition as members of the Wirt
and received the oath of allegience
from the President, J. H. Price; L. J.
Maxwell, Roy Sellers, D. P. Jones,
Jessie Windham, T. V. Holley, A. V.
Culpepper, and J. E. Saddler.
D. P. Jones gave some very inter­esting
facts about the' events of the
| day.
Miss Jessie Windham rendered a
very important and interesting dis­course
on: "What Auburn Co-eds
think of Auburn Boys."
J. F. Fargason was to have given
the Auburn Boya point of view:
"What Auburn Boys. Think of Au­burn
Co-eds." Since Fargason was
absent the President asked for dis­cussion
from any of the members
present. There were several respon­ses
which were both favorable and
unfavorable.
J. H. Price and R. E. Smith each
gave a few interesting facts concern-
CANDIDATES
MAY QUEEN
ENTER RACE
; ing the Life of Washington.
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WIRTS PLAN
FOR CONTEST
| enumerated the advantages that
would be brought about, and told
of the feeling on both ca^npus's in
favor of the question. R. C. -Smith
and Sellers, in defense of the ne-
The business of the Wirt, as taken I gative, stressed the old adage, "Let
up in Wirt Hall, Tuesday night cen­tered
around plans for the Oratorical
Contest to be held the latter art of
March. Much interest is being man­ifested
in this contest by members
of the society and an able represen­tation
of the society is assured.
Well Enough "Alone," and brought
back the fact that such a relation­ship
had been tried and found want­ing.
The judges, Maxwell, Miss
Windham, and Foster, sided with the
affirmative in favor of such action
on the part of two of the South's
A matter of interest, to the student greatest schools.
body as a whole, was presented to
the society in the form of the debate:
Resolved, That Auburn and Alabama,
to Promote the Interests of Each, Se­parately
and Collectively; should
Resume an Athletic Relationship.
R. C. Culpepper and Earl Cason,
Tjpportinfi the affirmative, cited the
case of Georgia and Georgia Tech,
Sellers, in his original manner,
brightened the society with several
of the latest jokes. Sparks followed
with the important topics of the day.
The Wirt is steadily growing and
welcomes all who are interested in
litet:ary and debating work.
Let's back the Honor System.
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FOX CARDWELL
Student Representative in Auburn
Call 9109
Collections Daily
"One Day Service"
ELECS STUDY
NEWJWETERS
"Meters" was the subject of I. L.
Knox's talk before the local branch
of the A. I. E. E. Wednesday night.
To better illustrate his talk, he dis­sembled
two electric meters, and
carefully explained the workings of
the instruments. He showed the min­ute
bearing points, which are jeweled
to reduce the friction, and eliminate
at that point a cause of inaccuracy
and great loss of money to the
power company or the consumer. It
was to correct some of these faults
that the meter school was held here
recently. Mr. Knox has had a great
deal of experience with meters and
so is qualified to give us a few point­ers
on this subject. He also told
of some 'of the numerous schemes
that are used to "beat" meters, and
the various methods of combatting
the unlawful practices.
The committee on quality points
is hard at work and seem almost sure
of getting the points-for the society.
Besides this little material reward,
there is a real good that you will
get if you will only come out after
it. You "Elecs" get off the dime and
let's get going right.
Since Spring is so generously giv­ing
the Fairest Village an early sea­son
monopoly on her warm sunshine
and scented buds, May seems to be
just around the corner, and May is
to Auburn what June is to less for­tunate
sections.
On May 1 the queen of the day
occupies the supreme throne of the
campus; she is the cynoscure of all
eyes, the recipent of all praises, the
ruler of all hearts.
But when the queen is a "he"
even these tributes are magnified.
Auburn bows at "his" feet, ready to
do homage to her chosen beauty.
Thousands of visitors pour in from
far and wide to witness the corona­tion
of the schools leading beauty,
while the silver screen is represented
by the Pathe News photographer.
Taking all these very desirable
praises into account and convinced
of their impregnable beauty of coun­tenance,
entrants are announcing
their candidacy for the most exalted
position on the campus.'
Amid the widest acclamations of
hundreds of lusty voices "Square-
Jaw" Salter announced and followe'd
with a modest proposal of the whys
and wherefores of his decision, ex­tolling
at great length the hand­someness
of his countenance and the
grace of his limbs.
Nothing daunted by this display
of his loathed opponent's supporters,
"Sox" Dixon, "bottle sfiared" veter­an
of former campaigns 'rose majes­tically
to his . imperial ; height and
with a pompous display of his manly
charms, equaled by none save the
renowned A polio, haughtily cast his
sock into the ring. The applause was
deafening, indicating that this son,
favored of all others by the gods,
numbered his ardent admirers by the
thousands.
Who will be the next to offer
for the glorification of "his" Alma
Mater?
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MEN'S WEAR S
DEBATE TEA
HAVETRY0UTS
Following the tryouts at which a
score of candidates were present,
Professor Hamilton announced the
men who are to represent Auburn
in the approaching inter-collegiate
debates.
He was assisted in his selection by
Professors Hutchins and Daugherity
of the English Department.
The teams with their alternates,
their special debates, and their sides
of the questions are as follows: .-
Auburn Vs Florida (March 19) (Af­firmative)
Earnest, J. M., Johnson, M. D.,
Brown, F. L., Alternate.
Auburn vs Birmingham-Southern
(April 8) (Negative)
Lynne, S. H., Head, H. W., Price,
Alternate.
Auburn vs Mercer (date not decid­ed)
(Affirmative.)
i
Stewart, Mathews, Jester, Alter­nate.
All these debates are to be given
on the campus this year and a large
crow.d is to be expected since there
is no admission charged. Auburn is
forging to the front now in forensic-activities
and soon will occupy the
same leading place in debating cir­cles
as she has occupied in the ath­letic
world for so long.
PARTICULAR PEOPLE PICK
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The Proper Place to Dine
MONTGOMERY., ALA.
An old Chinaman, delivering laun­dry
in a mining camp, heard a noise
and spied a huge bear sniffing his
tracks in the newly-fallen snow.
"Huh," he gasped. "You likee
my tracks, I makee some more!*'
—Critograph.
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Of the fourteen denominations re-iresented
in the student body here,
ihe Methodist lead- with an enroll­ment
of 524 • while the Baptist are
jnly 100 short of the Methodist or
.vith 424 believers. A variety of de­nominations
are represented with the
Brethern, Unitarian, and Seventh Day
Adventists with only one representa­tive
for each.
The freshman class leads in total
number enrolled over all other class­es.
Methodists have 199 believers
out of the 480 in the freshman class
while Baptists run them a close sec­ond
with 170. The other denomina­tions
represented are Presbyterians,
47; Episcopalians, 16; Jewish, 2; Ca­tholics,
6; Lutherans, 6; Christian,
19; Seven Day Adventists, 1; Chris­tian
Scientist, 2; Universalists, 3; and
fourteen with no church preference,
making a total of eleven denomina­tions
represented in the freshman
jlass.
Eleven denominations with mem­berships
ranking next to the fresh­man
are represented in the sopjio-more
class. The enrollment in this
:lass by denominations are as fol-ows:
Methodist, 143; Baptists, 101,
Presbyterian 42; Episcopalians, 18;
Jatholics, 6; Lutherans, 1; Chris­tians,
9; Christian Scientist, 3;
Church of Christ, 3; Brethren, 1; and
forty with no church preference.
In the junior class, there are ten
'.enominations represented, with a
membership ranking to the sopho-nores
in number. Methodists again
lead with 143 members, and the fol-owing
denominations are represent­ed
: Baptist, 83; Presbyterians 18;
ipiscopalians, 14; Christian 10;
jhurch of Christ 3; Catholics 2; Lu-herans
1; and with 24 having no
hurch preference.
The senior class happens to be the
.mallest class with only nine denomi-lations
represented. They are as fol­lows:
Methodist, 79; Baptist, 66;
Presbyterians 27; Christian, 7; Epis­copalians
4; Catholics, 6; Universa-ist,
1; Unitarian, 1, and no Church
preference 20.
There are nine ^post-graduate and
four special students enrolled in the
school.
The total enrollment by denomina­tions
are as follows: Methodist, 524;
Baptist, 424; Presbyterians, 135;
Episcopalieans, 52; Jewish, 3; Ca-
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tholics, 20; Lutherans, 3; Christians,
46; Christian Scientist 5; Universa­lists,
4; Unitarian, 1; Church of
Christ, 3; Brethren, 1; Seven Day
Adventist, 1; with 98 without any
church preference. By classes, the
enrollment is as follows: freshmen,
497; sophomores, 376; juniors, 359; j When a two year old debtor finally
seniors, 212; special, 4, and 9 post' pr.ys his debt the money feels like
graduate students, making a total "pure velvet."
enrollment of 1457 students. 156 of
these students have resigned since
school began.
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lit up by swallowing a flashlight,
But no one else ever tried that me­thod;
so it's practically unknown.
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6. M. A . DEFEATS FT. VALLEY
IN FINAL COTTON STA TES GAME
Cadets Cop Tournament For Second Time; Atlanta Five De­feats
Handley Hi In Semi-finals
Georgia Military Academy, of At­lanta,
Ga., won the fifth annual Cot­ton
States Tournament, by defeat­ing
Ft. Valley in the final game of
the tourney, Saturday evening. To
win the tournament, the Atlanta
crew defeated Montazuma, 41 to 23,
Montgomery Bell 21 to 18, Handley
Hi 28 to 25, and Ft. Valley 25 to 20.
All of these games except the first
were hard fought.
The Atlanta crew had the misfor­tune
to draw tilts with the strongest
teams of the tourney, and its work
in mowing down these opponents be­fore
entering the finals is indicative
of a great fighting spirit that was
not downed. Many times the Cadets
came from behind to tie the score
when it seemed as though they were
about to take the count.
The outstanding squads of the
tourney were G. M. A., Montgomery
Bell, Handley Hi, Ft. Valley. Each
of these outfits appeared to be about
on par, and those who were defeated,
went down only after very close bat- j
ties in which the verdict was a mat-,
ter of doubt until vitually the last
couple of minutes of play. Two of
the games were tied at the referee's
whistle, and were forced into the
extra period.
As illustrative of the relative abil­ity
of the teams in the tournament
just closed, it may be well to mention
that, for the last seven games, those
of the semi-finals and finals, the
winning margin was less than four
points. The margin of victory for
the entire tourney was in the vicinity
of seven points, while that of last
year was about an even dozen. The
greatest number of points tallied by
any team last year was over 200,
garthered by Marshallville. This
1 year the winning G. M. A. squad
stood at top of the heep with a
total of but 120. This illustrates the
fact that the various teams were much
more evenly matched.
Montgomery Bell came with a
graceful, smooth working team, that
was defeated by G. M. A. only be­cause
of the superior fighting quali­ties'
of the Gate Citians. Handley
Hi had the tallest and rangiest of the
lot, and only met defeat because of
the better knowledge of the game
possessed by the Atlantains. Ft. Val­ley
showed a fast team with an ab­undance
of speed, and seemed to be
on even terms with G. M. A. until
just before the whistle blew
when the Peach Belters cracked in
the final moment of the contest, and
allowed Mott, G. M. A. forward to
slight a trio of efforts and win the
game for him and his mates.
The highest individual scorer was
Coleman Nichols of Ft. Valley, who
led with 54 to his credit, in four
games. Mott, of G. M. A.., came
in second with 47 points
Green (Ft. Valley), Sorrell (G.M.
A.), guards.
G M A. Def- ats Ft Valley
Georgia Military Academy won
the final game, and emerged at the
top of the heap in the fifth annual
Cotton States tournament, Saturday
night by taking the fast Ft. Valley
aggregation into tow to the tune of
25 o 20.
With his team trailing the Valley-ites
in the final minute of play, Mott,
of G. M. A., sent a trio of efforts
into the hoops to give his team the
verdict by a five point margin.
The Atlanta crew had just com­pleted
a stiff game in the afternoon,
a game in which they only saved
their faces by winning after a des­perate
effort in an extra period. They
were tired out when the evening
contest began, and did not seem to
get their bearings until the game was
well under way. Ft. Valley assum­ed
an early lead, and for awhile, in
the early stages, appeared certain
j winners. Nichols, who hadn't lost
'his eye for the basket since the af-
(ternoon game, was hitting the in­terior
of the rings from all angles
land ranges.
However, the Atlantans came to
life just before the end of the sec­ond
half. Mott, alert G. M. A. for­ward,
guarded Nichols as though he
were a cool million berries. In fact
so closely did the Cadet guard the
Peach Belter, that the said person was
not able to register a field goal dur­ing
the second period. The Ft. Val­ley
squad, which, heretofore, had been
strong in the final stages of its con­tests,
was staved off completely
while the Military boys slowly, but
surely, cut down the lead, and went
to the front just before the final
whistle.
Moot, of G. M. A., was the out­standing
star of the fray. Pugh, Dish-man,
and Sorrell, of G. M. A. turned
in a good game, while Nichols, Mur­ray,
and Green did well for Ft. Val­ley.
Lineup and Summary:
G. M. A. (25) Ft. Valley (20)
Mott (14) F Nichols (9)
Pugh (5) F H. Murray (3)
Dishman C _- Carrithers (2)
Town (2) G Green (4)
Sorrell (4) G —_. Houser (2)
Referee: Coach Papke.
RATSPLAYLAST
GAME TONIGHT
R o d e n t s Seek Revenge For
P r e v i o u s Lanier Victory
G. M. A. ELIMINATES HANDLEY
Gus Morrow's Georgia Military Ac­ademy
eliminated Alabama's sole re­maining
entry, Handley Hi, Satur­day
afternoon in one of the hardest
and most bitterly fought games of
the tourney, 28 to 25.
The score was deadlocked at 24
all at the end of the second half, the
Atlantans winning in the extra three
minutes when Dishman sank a trio
in four j of fouls and Sorrell swished a field
games, while Bernard Spain, of Mont- goal.
gomery Bell registered 33 in three j The battle was nip and tuck affair
games. The highest individual aver-1 fiom the outset, the lead changing
age scored per game was 25 points j hands on 10 occasions, the count be-tallied
by Sparks of Fairfax.
Coach Hutsell, the daddy of the
tournament as well as the Walter
Camp, picks the all-Cotton Staters
as follows: Nichols (Ft. Valley) and
Spain (Montgomery Bell), forwards;
McDow, (Handley Hi), center; Dish­man
(G. M. A. and Albirght (La-
Grange), guards.
Those who came in for honorable
mention were: Pugh, (G. M. A.,)
Campbell (Vienna), Sparks (Fair­fax),
Mott (G. M. A.), Kirby, (Hand-ley
Hi), forwards; Carrithers (Ft.
Valley), Ragsdale (G. M. A.), centers
Town (G. M. A.), Cook, (Handley),
ing a tie half a dozen times.
Handley jumped into the lead first
and retained its leadership most of
the game by a slight margin, with
the Georgians going to the front at
intervals. The Roanoke five had an
advantage of height, being able to
follow up its shots to better ad­vantage.
Kirby, rangy forward of Hanley,
placed the leather in the basket five
times and was prevented from tally­ing
further by the alterness of the
two Academy guards, Town and
Dishman.
Trailing the Handley squad by
C. O. "GEECHIE" STEWART
The good looking young chap de­picted
just above in a baseball uni­form
is, Mr. Cecil Oliver Stewart.
"Geechie," as he is often called, is
the lad who has been duly elected
by his associates to act a field gen­eral
for Morey's diamond hopefuls
this year.
'The Sylacauga flash has occupied
the hot corner for the past couple
of seasons and has been one of the
most consistant performers on the
Jungaleer squad.
Stewart came to Auburn four
years ago, and made Coach Kirk
Newell's Freshmen squad. The fol­lowing
year found him supplanting
the famous "Shot Gun" Arnold at
the hot corner, and Geechie has been
the sole occupant of that section of
the field ever since.
In his Frosh year and during his
first year with the Varsity squad,
Stewart handled the buldgeon in
.300 fashion. Last year, however,
Coach Cole spent some time in ex­perimental
work with his stance at
the plante and the Sylacauga pro­duct,
a natural .300 walloper, saw his
average go under the charmed cir­cle.
Stewart is the only man left in
the Tiger infield who played two
years ago. To perform with the
Sylacaugan this year, Morey will
have Hitchcock, Sankey, and Ellis,
of last year's Frosh. It is proba­ble
that Stewart will leave the third
corner which he occupied for so
long, and go over to second, thereby
giving Hitchcock the hot station. It
is expected that Geechie's presence
at the center of the stage would serve
as a stimulant to the new infield
forces, and C. O. would in all pro­bability
work better there.
Whether at second, third, or short,
we are looking for Geechie to have
his banner year in the coming cam­paign.
one point that loomed as big as a
mountain, G. M. A. tied the score
before the second half ended, forcing
the contest into the extra round.
Sorrell, who did not enter the game
until the second semester, was a
potent factor in their victory. Mott
and Pugh worked well at the for­wards.
Lineup and summary:
G. M. A. (28): Mott (6) and
Pugh (8), forwards; Ragsdale (4),
center; Town and Dishman (4),
guards.,
Handley Hi, (25): Jones (8) and
Kirby (8), forwards; McDow (7),
center; Cook (2) and A. Bailey,
guards.
Substitutions: G. M. A. Sorrell for
Town. Handley, G. Bailey for A.
Bailey.
Ft. Valley Defeats Columbia
Ft. Valley High, of Ft. Valley, Ga.,
made its way into the finals, Satur­day
afternoon, after overcoming an
early lead by Columbia Military Ac­ademy,
32 to 19.
Columbia started out with a sub­stantial
lead, but the Tennesseans
blew up completely in the second se­mester,
allowing Captain Nichols, of
Ftr Valley, to rain goals into the
rings almost at will. Columbia failed
to sink a single field effort during
the second half.
The curtain will go down on the
basketball season in the Fairest Vil­lage
of the Plains when the last
game is played at the gymnasium, to­night.
The Rats are to meet the
Sidney Lanier Poets in a return en­gagement
for the one played in Mont­gomery
a couple of weeks ago in
which the Brownies suffered their
first defeat of the season.
To date the Freshmen have won
two victories over Marion, split a
couple of games with the Tech Rats,
and won a lone game with Selma Y.
The Little Tigers are anxious to
wind up the season by taking the
measure of Poets. A second win
over the men of Brown, would serve
to sooth the minds of the Capitol
Citians for their elimination in the
first round of the Cotton States
tourney when they were bumped out
of the race by Darlington Prep.
Despite their two defeats of the
season, the Frosh outfit presents
one of the smoothest working and
niftiest combines ever to represent
the Orange and Blue Frosh, and
those who turn out for tonight's per­formance
will see this gang work to­gether
for the last time in Frosh liv­ery.
The probable staring lineup for
the Brownmen will be Mullins and
Howell, forwards; Dubose, center;
McGhee and Vines or DeVaughn,
guards.
Plainsmen Lose
Season's Final
T e c h m e n Trounce T i g e rs
Avenging Previous Defeat
Coach "Clabber" Williams, Junior
backfield mentor, who taught Slaugh­ter
and his mates just how to run
through the Rats in the championship
game, Monday afternoon.
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
won the final game of the season
from the Tigers at the Tech gym,
Friday night thereby getting revenge
on the Jungaleers for their early
season win over the Jackets. The
score was Tech 28, Auburn 13.
The Atlanta five got an early jump
on the Auburnites and led the way
for the entire game. The first half
ended Tech out in front with an 18
to 5 score.
Bill McKinney was the shining
light for the Tigers, registering eight
points in his final conference game
of his career. "Kangaroo Buck" El­lis
and Hall also played well.
The Summary:
Auburn (13) Tech (28)
McKinney (C) (8) - F _ Wilder (3)
Ellis (3) F Wilde (8)
Hall (2) C Wycoff (6)
Akin G Jamieson (2)
James G George (2)
Substitutions: Tech, Player (1),
Bullard, Moreland (4), Morter (2),
(Continued on Page 6)
Juniors Lead in
All-Class Pick
The Junior Class team not only
won the annual class championship,
but got a majority of the members
of the mythical all-class team. Juni-srs
represented on the squad are
Loveless at center, Earnest at right
tackle, Slaughter at half, and Kill-ough
at quarter. The Sophomores
landed three men while the Rats and
Seniors had a couple each.
Slaughter of the Juniors and Can­non
of the Frosh were the only ones
(Continued on Page 6)
Tournament Scores
Thursday
LaGrange 32, Fairfax 31.
Vienna 38, Tallassee 23.
Darlington 34, Sidney Lanier 32.
C. M. A. 20, Lee County 6.
G. M. A. 41, Montazume 23.
Ft. Valley 26, University Hi 14.
Handley Hi 30, Baylor 28.
Montgomery Bell 37, Dora 23.
Friday
Ft. Valley 19, Vienna 17.
C. M. A. 18, Darlington 13.
G. M. A. 21, Montgomery Bell 18.
Handley Hi 23, LaGrange 17.
Saturday afternoon (Semi-final)
Ft. Valley 32, C. M. A. 19.
G. M. A. 28, Handley Hi 25.
Saturday Evening (final)
G. M. A. 25, Ft. Valley 20.
JUNIORS WIN TIGER T0SSERS
CHAMPIONSHIP
Third Year Men Win 1 2 -0
Victory Over Freshmen
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F i r s t P r a c t i c e Week
TIGER CONFERENCE RECORD 1926
32-16 Howard December 16 Birmingham
31-17 B'ham-Southern December 17 Birmingham
32-28 Georgia Tech January 9 Campus
37-21 Howard January 11 Campus
27-44 B. A. C. January 23 Birmingham
17-19 Mobile Y. January 28 Mobile
30-33 Tulane January 29 New Orleans
31-52 Tulane January 30 New Orleans
28-49 Georgia February 4 Athens
36-43 N. C. State February 5 Raleigh, N. C.
25-41 V. M. I. February 6 Lexington, Va.
26-35 Kentucky February 8 Lexington, Ky.
39-32 B. A. C. February 13 Campus
18-28 Georgia Tech February 19 Atlanta
The charges of "Clabber" Williams
and "Buck" Spinks won the right
to have their numerals grace the Ag
Tank, when they sent the Rats back
with a 12 to 0 defeat, Monday af­ternoon.
The first score came Dy virtue of
a field goal propelled by Slaughter,
the second by means of a line buck
for touchdown by Powell, and the
third as a result of a safety. The
5ame as a whole was not nearly on
par with the previous games. It
was rather slow throughout and was
featured by constant fumbles and
passing. Most of the passes were
placed beautifully into the waiting
mjtts of the opponents.
The Juniors showed he best drive,
and had the ball in Freshman terri­tory
constantly, except for the first
period. Whenever the Rodents were
lucky to have the ball in their posses­sion,
they lost their nine points of
the law by tossing perfect, well tim­ed,
passes into the hands of the alert
Juniors. By this means the Juniors
were a number of times placed in a
position to tally. However, the first
year boys were not the only ones
who showed such politeness in permit­ting'
the opponents to intercept the
aerial efforts.
At the start and for the first few
moments of the game it appeared
as though the Rats were well on their
way.to win. Mr. Rat Cannon, red­headed
frosh back, was galavanting
all over the pasture, and Butler was
giving a demonstration of accurate
passwork. As a result the Rats suc­ceeded
in toting the oval by various
methods to the Junior 20 yard line
within a few minutes after the kick
off.
This was about as far as the ro­dents
ever managed to get in the
direction of the opponent's goal line,
and at this point they lost the ball
on downs. After a few passes, fum­bles,
and interceptions, the Frosh
had the ball on their own 40 yard
line. Butler passed one which was
deflected squarely into the eager
hands of one, "Ounce" Loveless, and
the Junior featherweight wabbled in[
the direction of the Frosh goal linei
until brought to the ground on the
15 yard marker. After a couple of
line plunges, fumbles, and recoveries,
the ball was on the 8 yard stripe
from whence Slaughter placed a
drop kick over and between the up­rights.
In this same second quarter the
Juniors again scored. A minute af­ter
the kick off, Thompson of the
Juniors, speared an enemy pass and
over enough terra firma to arrive
at the 15 yard stripe before being
pulled down. Adams then chunked
one to Stone for a quartette. Kil-lough
made a yard. Powell squirmed
his way over left tackle for a touch­down.
Slaughter dropkick the ex­tra
point. Juniors 10, Freshmen 0.
Loveless came to the fore a few
minutes later where he intercepted his
third pass of the afternoon. Grab­bing
a Frosh heave the Junior feath­erweight
travelled from id-field to
the 20 yard line. A long run put
the ball on the 9 yard line. However,
the Juniors lost another good oppor­tunity
to score, when the' ever alert
Red Cannon stepped into one of
Thompson's heaves, grabbed it, and
ran it back to the 21 yard marker.
Butler Lifts One
At this time Rat Butler lifted a
long one. With the ball on the
21 yard line the big Freshman put
his toe under the pigskin, and it
sailed in a pretty spiral a distance of
75 yards, rolling four more to the
About 50 baseball candidates for
the Tiger baseball team, including 9
letter men, shook the moth balls from
the uniforms Tuesday afternoon and
answered the first call of Dave Mor­ey,
who will coach the 1926 diamond
squad. With but four letter men of
last year missing- from the fold, and
with a dozen graduates of one of
the bett Frosh teams the Plainsmen
have had in some time, prespects are
exceptionally bright for a good com­bine.
Letter men returning for duty
under Morey are catcher, Dick Maury
pitchers Pat Moulton, "Dog Face"
Sheridan, and "Lefty" Hughes; first
baseman, Joe Wallis, third baseman
Captain "Geechie" Stewart, outfield­ers
Joe Market, "Jelly" Self, and
Herb Steen.
Mixed in with the letter men in
the early season scramble for posi­tions
are a number of promising re­cruits
from the Frosh ranks, and
should many last year's regular hope
to retain varsity berths this year,
they will have to step lively. The
Tiger Rats lost but two games last
year these being with the Techsters,
and they stoned for the defeats later
by walloping the Techmen twice.
Among those who are good pros­pects
are "Hitchy" Hitchcock, who
handled the bludegon for a .479
average with the Frosh, and who
is running Captain Stewart compi-tition
at the hot corner. Other former
frosh who appear to have a good
chance to land varsity berths are:
Fobb James, first sacker, "Kangaroo
Buck" Ellis and Doug Newsome, sec­ond
baseman, Ben Sankey, and Gil­christ,
shortstops, Frank Maury, Har­rison,
Frank Tuxworth, and "Jelly"
Akin, outfielders.
Members of last year's squad who
are not returning this year are
"Rough Edd" Allen, shortstop, "Red"
Sriffin, second baseman, "Swede"
Mtz and Ellis Austin, pitchers. Aus­tin
recently reported to the St. Louis
Browns.
All positions appear to be well
fortified with capable material with
the possible exception of the key­stone.
The loss of Captain Griffin
and Ed Allen leaves a big gap around
the second sack. However, as the
Tiger mentor has such capable per­formers
scrapping for the hot corner
berth, as Hitchcock and Stewart, it is
probable that one of these men will
given the keystone assignment.
10 yard line. Bartleson, who receiv­ed
it, was downed in his tracks.
The Juniors must have taken But­ler's
punt for all that it was worth
for the third year men uncovered
a drive that carried them almost the
(Continued on Page 6)
All Class Team
Left end, Stone, Sophomores.
Left tackle, Fayet, Freshmen
Left guard, Aldridge, Seniors.
Center, Loveless, Juniors.
Right guard, Carter, Sophomores.
Right tackle, Earnest, Juniors
Right end, Garrett, Freshmen.
Left half, Cannon, Freshmen.
Right half, Slaughter, Juniors.
Quarter, Killough, Juniors.
Full, McNeis, Seniors.
Honorable Mention:
Ends: Hitchcock, Gregory, Young;
tackles, McCuIley, Reeder, Sitz;
guards, Sitz and Amber; center,
Reeder; quarter back, Bartleson,
Harris; full back, Patterson, 'But­ler.
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MILITARY TRAINING
UNDER DISCUSSION
The opposition to compulsory mil­itary
training- recently voiced bj
students at the College of the City
of New York and the University of
Washington has occasioned consi­derable
comment in the press. The
discussion has had the effect of sti­mulating
interest in the whole sub­ject
of students' military training and
directing attention 10 the system
under which this is given in many
institutions, in some of which it is
required and in others it is optional.
The Reserve Officers' Training
Corps, established and maintained
in educational institutions by the
war department, is authorized by
the National Defense Act. The war
department offers to send to such
institutions a corps of instructors to
give courses occupying from ninety
hours in the first year to one hun­dred
in the fourth year. There are
even some high schools in the sys­tem.
In 1924-25 it was reported
that military training is given in
more than 226 educational institu­tions;
768 officers and 1,064 men
were assigned from the Regular
Army to this duty; 125,504 students
were enrolled, and the total cost was
$3,818,020. Recruits in the R. O.
T. C. receive compensation. In the
Junior Division they are given uni­forms
and overcoats and in the ad­vanced
course they receive "commu­nication
and subsistence" which
Another new high record in farm
people reached and in service rend­ered
by the Alabama Extension Ser­vice
was made in 1925, according to
the annual report of Prof. L. N.
Duncan, director. The report has
just been completed and copies are
being forwarded to officials of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture at
Washington, and to the President of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
The projects included in the Ex
tension program include all major
agricultural problems with which the
farmers of Alabama are confronted.
Likewise, the work of the home de­monstration
agents includes the more
important home problems of the farm
vome,n. Through club work the
farm girls were served by the home
demonstration agents, and the boys
b-., the county agents. The work in
the counties was supervised by four
d'strict men agents and four district
women agents, and the county work­ers
were assisted by subject-matter
specialists working out of Auburn.
Realizing the necessity for better
management of "old mother earth"
soil improvement was made a major
project. In summarizing! the results
i f the county workers in this field,
L. C. LeBron, specialist in agricul­tural
engineering, found that 16,051
acres of land was drained; 97,220
E'.c-res terraced; and 20,495 acres
cleared. Since the value of an acre
of land is enhanced $20 by drainage,
$5 by terracing, and $10 by clear-
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amounts to $93,60 a year. In a bul­letin
issued by the National Bureau
of Education Pres. William B. Bizzell
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
college of Texas, summarizes the
benefits to the several colleges and
to the students themselves as fol­lows:
(1) The detail of a large number
of officers selected from among the
best officers of the War Department
entirely without expense to the in­stitution,
adds to the corps of instruc­tors
and tends to increase the pres­tige
of the institution.
(2) The supply of valuable equip­ment
by the Government, which is
utilized by the Department of Mili­tary
Science and Tactics for the
training of students taking the
courses in military science and tac­tics,
is a valuable asset. This equip­ment
enables the student to observe
the latest arts and facilities, particu­larly
with reference to the latest
method of national defense.
(3) The large amount of money
expended by the Government in
commutation of uniforms and rations
is of vast benefit to the individual
students and in many cases, students
are enabled to remain in college and
complete their education by virtue
of this assistance who otherwise
would not be able to continue in
school.
(4) The opportunity of attending
training camps for a short period
during the summer months is of in­estimable
value to the students, not
only in acquiring practical knowledge
of the art and science of war, but
in gaining many new experiences that
will prove of inestimable value in
the normal pursuits of life.
The benefits to the nation itself
are thus stated by President Bizzell:
(1) A nation's.strength is measur­ed
by the physical vigor of its man­hood
and the integrity of its citizen­ship.
The Reserve Officers' Train­ing
Corps has for its immediate ob­jective
the physical development of
an adequate number of men to meet
the abnormal demands of preparation
for war in the shortest possible time.
(2) The Reserve Officers' Train­ing
Corps makes available to the
Nation an increasing number of men
with specialized training correspond­ing
to the several army divisions that
can be called to active duty on
short notice.
. ( 3 ) The training of a reserve of-ficer
personnel in land-grant col­leges
and other civil institutions, un­der
the existing plan, insures bet­ter
coordination of effort between
the regular army establishment and
the National Guard. The Reserve Of­ficers'
Training Corps organization,
therefore, supplies a natural connect­ing
link between the several units
of the United States army and the
corresponding units of the National
Guard in the several States.
The A. S. M. E. will have its re­gular
fortnightly meeting on Wed­nesday
at 7 P. M. in the New Engi­neering
Building. Professor Hixon's
class room.
Last week we had an excellent
program and we promise all Me­chanicals
a like treat Wednesday,
March 2nd.
ing, these three projects added $1,-
012,070 to the value of Alabama
farm lands in 1925. These figures
include only the work done under
the direction of Mr. LeBron and the
county agents, and the increase in
the value is approximately double the
cost of all Extension work in agri­culture
and home economics in Ala­bama
last year.
While improving the soil by clear­ing,
by terracing, and by drainage,
even more work,was done, with com­mercial
fertilizers. Each of the 60
county agents of the State gave a
considerable portion of his time to
fertilizer problems. They stressed,
in the main, home mixing and larger
applications per acre, following the
instructions of the Experiment Sta­tion
of the Agricultural College here.
Frank Boyd, who had charge of
this work, reported that Alabama
has about 10,000,000 acres in culti­vation,
and that the great majority of
it is deficient in fertility. Hence
commercial fertilizers are needed,
but with a view to reducing the re­quirements
for nitrqgenous fertili­zers
he insisted on the maximum use
of both winter and summer legumes.
Hairy vetch was practically the only
winter legume recommended, and the
records show that Alabama farmers
planted 633,079 pounds of hairy
vetch seed in the fall of 1925 against
399,417 in the fall of 1924. In 1919
they planted only 2,465 pounds of
vetch seed. Thus this crop has in­creased
from almost nothing to one
of commercial importance in six
\ears, due to the efforts of the coun-
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ty agents and the extension special­ists.
Alabama farmers spent last year
about $8,000,000 for nitrogenous
fertilizers, and by raising hairy vetch
they can make nitrogen on their own
farms. Along with it they can make
a great deal of humus or organic ma­ter,
which is badly needed.
The reports show that 16,000 far -
mers home mixed 118,863 tons of
fertilizer last year. Most of this was
for cotton. Thousands of farmers
increased their applications per acre,
thereby bringing larger net returns
from the use of fertilizer. A total
of 10,858 adopted better practices
in cotton production during the year.
' L. T. Wells, who was extension
dairyman but who resigned and has
been succeeded by F. W. Burns, re­ported
that 84 purebred bulls and
125 purebred dairy cows were placed
in the State and that 131 demon­strations
were conducted by the
pecialists with 442 dairymen adopt­ing
sanitary practices and 636 feed­ing
better balanced rations to their
•ows.
Poultry was one of the most popu­lar
projects of the year. Prof. John
E. Ivey, head of the poultry depart­ment/
and H. A. Gardner and C. A.
Trollope, extension specialists, were
in charge. They report 205 demon­stration
flocks, and practical demon­strations
were conducted and com­munity
meetings held monthly. In
addition to these, 372 farmers serv­ed
as demonstrators, and 227 of them
finished the work.
The poultry report shows that
3,442 farm families culled their
flocks which include 129,506 birds.
Out of this number 33,602 were re­jected
or culled out.
During the year 369 poultry houses
were built by Auburn plans, 1,244
people began feeding a balanced ra­tion
the first time, and a total of
2,997 adopted improved poultry prac­tices.
To improve the quality of
their flocks, poultrymen Bought 643
purebred cockerels, and 259 pure­bred
hens.
S. H. Gibbons, extension horticul­turist,
worked on home gardens,
home orchards, commercial vegetable
growing, commercial orchards, and
landscaping. He served directly
4,509 people in these lines of work.
The field of farm management and
agricultural economics was covered j
by J. D. Pope, who assisted farmers
in keeping accounts and in establish­ing
better systems of management.
Mr. Pope compiled and made public
through the press information regard­ing
prices for farm products; and
the agricultural outlook, farm cre­dits,
and related topics. He made
a special study of farmers' mutual
fire insurance and of rural credits,
results of which will be used in 1926
and also in future years.
The work with insects, in entomo­logy,
was under the direction of W.
A. Ruffin, who gave assistance with
boll weevil control, bee. keeping,
Argentine Ant control, and with many
other insects, including in all 96.
Dr. L. E. Miles, specialist in plant
diseases, worked' on pecan scab, cot­ton-
boll rot, cotton wilt, tomato wilt,
watermelon anthracnose, cabbage
black rot, and corn root rot.
A very optimistic report on boys'
club work was made by T. A. Sims
and J. C. Lowery, State club lead­ers.
They reported that 5,271 boys
were enrolled in 1925 against 4,515
in 1924, and 1,872 in 1923. The per
cent of those enrolled reporting at
the end of the year climbed from 30
in 1923 to 45 in 1924 and 60.6 in
3 925.
Cotton was the leading club pro­ject
and boys in each county where
cotton club work was done made a
bale and up per acre. In a f ew coun­ties
nearly every cotton club boy
blade a bale or more. The average for
all of them was over 400 pounds of
lint cotton per acre.
K. C. Baker, specialist in market­ing,
reported increases in each pro­ject
carried, showing that the co­operative
way of doing business is
steadily gaining ground among the •
farmers of Alabama, as in other
states.
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serves only the best foods. Superintended
by a lady who is an expert dietician, managed
by coach "Red" Brown.
3 Meals $20.00 per month .
2 Meals $16.00 per month
Meals will be served at 7:15 a. m. 12:15 p. m.
and 6:00 p. m.
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PLAINSMEN LOSE
SEASON'S FINAL
Sam Sowell '25 Chester Sowell
(Continued from Page 5)
Rauber, Ban-off. Auburn, Evans,
Snydei\
Scoring: Field goals, Tech Wilder
(1), Wilde (4), Wycoff (2), Jamie-son
(1), George (1), Moreland (2),
Auburn, McKinney (3), Ellis (1),
Hall (1). Tech, Wilder none out of
one, Wilde none out of one, Wycoff
2 out of 7, Player 1 out of 1, Morton
2 out of 4, Barron none out of 1;
Auburn, McKinney 2 out of 4, Ellis
1 out of 4, Hall none out of 1.
Time of periods: Twenty minutes.
Officials. Ervin, (B. A. C ) , Um­pire,
Portier (Ft. McPherson.)
JUNIORS LEAD IN
ALL-CLASS PICK
RADIOPHONE IS FORMALLY
DEDICATED TO HANSON
garet Lane, Donald McKenzie, E.
A. Pruitt, E. R. Bankson, J. C. Young
blood, T. C. Burks, Celeste Nesbitt,
Mildred Locke, Sabrie Williams, C.
H. Davis, Dryden Baughman, Phil
Tippin, Jr., Dorothy Duggar, Perry
Edwards, Percy Beard, R. C. Mc-
Clung.
Entertainers: C. B. Burgoyne,
Moreland Smith, Emma Gerhardt,
George H. Allison.
Students: Phonsie Thompson, Mat-tie
Mae Allen, Francis Harris, Ma­bel
Johnson, Catherine Hare, Mary-line
Cauthen, Phil Tippin, H. P.
i
Apps, Chick Leland, Coke
Matthews, "Shiek" De Bardeleben.
Technical Staff
Stage manager, James Price; Pro­perty
man, Phil Tippin, Jr.; Musical
director, Miss Clara Ellen Yarborough
Costumes suggested by Miss Dana
Gatchell; Entire Production staged
by Harry L. Hamilton.
OPENING WAPI IS GREAT
EVENT FOR OLD GRADS
(Continued from Page 1)
In the words of a most competent
and discriminating critic:
"Comprising as it does the highest
class equipment for broadcasting ob­tainable,
you are prepared to serve
your State to the best advantage in
the broadcasting of educational pro­grams,
agricultural information and
other Extension activities."
Of even greater interest to the
public than the history of radio at I *' .
I White, C
Auburn and the physical properties
of our station, we hope, will be the
use we are to make of it. At the
outset there will be at least three
stated weekly programs.
We will be on the air each Tues­day
and Thursday evening from seven
to eight o'clock, and each Saturday
evening from six-thirty to seven-thirty
o'clock. The Tuesday and
Thursday evening programs will be
featured with music by the WAPI
orchestra, composed of talented mu­sicians
of Auburn including college
students. In addition to the musical
program we will broadcast lectures
by members of the faculty and staff
of the several divisions of the col­l
e g e , ' and by visiting speakers of 'note
who are in Auburn for Convocation
and other addresses.
The Saturday evening programs
while of general interest will be plan­ned
primarily with the rural com­munity
in mind. There will be ap­propriate
music and other kinds of
entertainment and instructive and
practical talks by specialists in agri­culture
and home economics in the
Extension Service, the Experiment
Station, and the Agricultural Col­lege.
In addition to the three stated pro­grams
already described, we expect
to broadcast special programs on
Monday and Wednesday evenings
featuring different Alabama cities,
towns, and points of interest. On
Friday evening we hope to give a
rather intimate acquaintance with
various phases of student life as por­trayed
in student activities such as
,the literary society, the fraternity,
the Auburn Players, the Y. M. C. A.,
the glee club, and numerous other
organizations.
The Program Committee will be! ,A <C°n t>n u e d irom Paf; « •
I odds that the jump would not be
studious in its efforts to discover the : . .
made,
interests of the people of the State ! „ . ; , , . ., , ••..
Despite the fact that there was a
that can be best served by radio and I
jhigh wind an object was seen to
the various divisions and depait-1, ,. , , . . '•; .
.'leave the plane and in an instant
ments of the college community will ! u , r , , A, . . ,
i the chute opened and the object
cooperate in the effort to carry the
JUNIORS WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
Continued from page one)
congratulations to everyone who has
assisted in putting broadcasting sta­tion
WAPI on the air. We know this
station will relieve the evening hours
of farm life,> bring news of prices,
weather conditions and the solution
of the many intricate problems of a
complex existence; also establish
educational contact and help the de­pendable
values of Alabama before
the world."
Others wiring were, City Garage,
Notasulga; O. T. Tatum, Opelika;
Uncle Bud Clark, Russellville; W.
S. Coleman, Troy; Standrews Service
Station, Standrews, Florida; M. M.
Ebert, Lakewales, Florida; W. E.
Thomas, Selma; and Mr. and Mrs.
Forrester Smith and son, Prattville.
To those must be added the many
who telephoned and probably others
who will write after this is written.
It was a great opening, and the
results of it a great future is promised
for station WAPI. Its meaning for
Auburn and Alabama is hardly un­derstood
by any of us. It is indeed
a rare opportunity to serve.
2000 FOOT JUMP THRILLS
CROWD AT DRAKE FIELD
Auburn Spirit and service to the
several communities of the State.
Speaking officially for the Insti-tution,
let me say in conclusion that!
we formally open the Victor Hanson
Radio Broadcasting station of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute at
Auburn, Alabama, tonight with the
sincere desire that there may also
open many new opportunities for
contact and service between school
and state, and State and school, in
the interest of "A Greater Alabama
and a Greater Auburn."
COLLEGIATELY SPEAKING
IS HUGE SUCCESS
( Continued from page 1)
The following is the entire person-
Dell of the play including nearly
fifty students with some .faculty as­sistance.
Character*
R. M. Hardy, Mary Stodghill, Mar-glided
slowly to the ground, landing
in the field near the rifle range.
From the heap Sergeant John C.
Kragick, of Taylor Field, Montgom­ery
arose and made his best bow.
Sergeant Kragick was more cool and
collected than the spectators them­selves.
The plane from which Sergeant
Kragick j'umped was piloted by Lieu­tenant
Robert Knapp, an old Auburn
man, and a brother of Postmaster
Knapp. The j'ump was made at an
altitude of 2,000 feet. He fell 300
feet before opening the parachute.
When interviewed Sergeant Krag­ick
stated that stepping from a plane
going eighty miles an hour was no
more thrilling than stepping from
a standing motor ear. "I feel just
as normal when making a jump," he
continued, "as when performing any
other act in my line of duty." How­ever,
he added that the first jump
he made was more thrilling than any
other thing he has ever done. The
(Continued from Page 5)
length of the field in the third quar­ter.
• A pass, Thompson to Slaughter
was good for 50 yards and put the
ball on the 25 yard stripe. After a
five yard penalty for the Juniors,
Adams passed to Strong, who was
downed on the 11 yard mark. Slaugh­ter
tried a drop kick but the effort
went wide by a foot.
Taking the oval on their own 20
yard line to start the last quarter,
the Freshmen started a drive that
was good for 40 yards, two passes,
Butler to Cannon doing the work.
Powell pulled in the next pass, how­ever
and ran to the 11 yard line
i'rom midfield. Powell had a clear
field to start his run, but Rat Cannon
was too fast and overtook him. The
Juniors managed to clip off a few
more yards to the goal line, when
Slaughter fumbled and Bartleson re­covered
for the Frosh on the four
yard line. Cannon tried to pass,
punt, or do something from behind
his own goal line, but three or f^ur
Juniors were on him ere he had a
chance. The safety added a couple
of' pointers to the Junior total, mak­ing
the score Juniors 12, Frosh 0.
The'Freshmen made a brave effort
to come back near the end of the
contest. Butler made two beautiful
passes to Johnson, but the lanky
Freshman end muffed the pigskin
on eacn occasion when a touchdown
seemed in the offing. The Frosh
started a drive down the field, and
seemed well on their way across the
Junior goal line when the whistle
blew.
The outstanding players from a
Junior standpoint were ' Loveless,
Earnest, and Powell. Those who did
the best work for the Rodents were
"Pup" Fayet, Barleston, Butler, and
Cannon.
Lineup and Summary:
Juniors Freshmen
Stone Johnson
Left end
Earnest Tryon
Left tackle
Smith Fayet
Left guard
Loveless '__ Kilkwood
Center
Flowers Kinkaid
Right guard
SiU - - ! Martin
Right tackle
Thompson Young
Right end
Killough Bartleson
Quarter back
Adams Harris
Left half S>
Slaughter Cannon
Right half
Powell Butler
Full back
Score by quarters:
Juniors 0 10 0 2—12
Rats 0 0 0 0— 0
(Continued from Page 5)
to get the unanimous vote of the
coaches, all of the mentors giving
the two halves the honor of being
the best in their respective fields.
Loveless got 7 out of 8 votes for
the pivot position, Stone got a like
number for the left flank, while
Earnest received the same amount
for right tackle. Killough landed 6
votes for the signal calling job.
Reeder, of the Seniors, received one
vote for center, one for guard, two
for tackle.
All of the positions except the
two halves had more than the re­quisite
number of men mentioned.
Garrett got 4 votes for end, Hitch­cock
3, and Young a single vote.
Five men received votes for the
tackles, Earnest getting 7, Tayet 5,
McCulley 2, Sitz and Reeder one
each. The two guards were scattered
among half a dozen men in the
following order: Aldridge 5, Carter
5, Reeder 2, Sitz 2, Earnest and Am­ber
one each. For the full back job
McNeis came through with 4, Po­well
2, Patterson and Butler one
each. Killough poled half a dozen
votes for quarter, Bartleson and
Harris getting the other two.
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MANY IMPROVEMENTS ARE
NOTED IN ANNUAL REPORT
Esperanto May Not Be Practicable
(Continued from Page 1)
tive of good citizenship in college
and in a life career. He compliment­ed
in high terms the student members
Attention of the Trustees'was call­ed
also to the cooperative plan be­tween
the college and the Alabama
Power Company, providing for the
constructive maintenance and opera­tion
of rural electrical lines for the
purpose of -investigation and demon­stration.
This work, it was stated,
has gone steadily forward and at an
early date there will be in operation
255 miles of .rural lines to serve
2666 rural customers in 61 rural
communities of the state. In this
way, Doctor Dowell said, we are
learning not only what farmers can I of discipline.
but the idea of a universal language
is a good one. In the Middle Ages
and the Renaissance, scholars and
diplomats from all parts of the civi­lized
world could carry on their con­versation
in Latin. Until recently,
French performed the same service
to the polite world. It is now pro­phesied
that English will be the
international language of the
future.
But meanwhile there is a good
deal of confusion, and ambassadors
from distant countries must frequent­ly
rely on interpreters. Therefore,
it is fortunate for the hungry trav­eler
that the menus of restaurants
everywhere still employ French.
And it is fortunate, too, that if he
wish to ascend to a higher floor of
a building in any of the great cities
of the world, the single word OTIS
will bring him directions for reach­ing
the elevator.
N The Palazzo del Campidoglio, Rome, is built on one of the
seven hills of Rome and at present houses the Municipality of
the City of Rome. The original building on this site was a
temple of Jupiter in the Roman era, the construction being
started byTarquin the Elder and completed byTarquin the Proud!
• During the Empire of Vitellius and Vespasiano it was burned
three times and was reconstructed by Domitien. In the Middle
Ages it served as a temple to consecrate the Poets of the time.
The present building was erected by Michel Angelo on the
ruins of the ancient building, and it contains an Otis Elevator.
0
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Q T I S E L E V A T O R C
Offices in all Principal Cities of the World
O M P A N Y
do with electricity but also what they
will use it for under present condi­tions.
In the field of extension teaching
Doctor Dowell reported marked de­velopments,
nine professors at the
present time giving thirteen different
courses at twenty centers to more
than 450 elementary and high school
teachers. The work is given under
the direction of the dean of the school
of education. Touching on the sum­mer
school, Doctor Dowell pointed
out that emphasis at Auburn was
placed on regular college work, a
total of 1140 students having been
enrolled during last summer session
-
of twelve weeks.
The enrollment of women at Au­burn,
the report indicated, is 109,
every room in the girls' dormitory
being occupied. It was also pointed
out as noteworthy that no woman
student this year has withdrawn from
college because of low grades, none
has been summoned before the honor
committee or the Student Govern­ment
Association for serious breach
DR. THOS. B. McDONALD
Dentist and Oral Surgeon
Office over Toomer Drug Store
Phone 49
Auburn, Alabama
MEXICO NEEDS PEACE SAYS
DR. DEVINE IN TALK
/ (Continued from Page 1)
iera in Spain, he is still a democrat,
and that he believes the same spirit
that drove Huerta from power in
Mexico will prevail eventually in both
Spain and Italy. President Calles
of Mexico, he said, in his opinion,
will not betray the spirit of the
Mexican revolution. The Mexicans
are struggling heroically towards
an ifficient social heritage and are
trying to overcome the curse of mili­tarism,
ecclessiastical oppression, pro­fiteering
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In the parachute used by eSrgeant
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The report indicates further that
the student publications, the Plains­man,
issued weekly, the Glomerata,
the college annual, the Alabama Far­mer,
the organ of the students of
the Agricultural College, the Auburn
Engineer, published by students in
the Engineering College, have main­tained
high standards of excellence.
The Plainsman staff has the distinc­tion
of having put out a special edi­tion
on home-coming day, reporting
play by play the details of the foot­ball
game between Auburn and Vir­ginia
Polytechnic Institute within
a few minutes after the close of the
game.
The new water system, begun two
years ago, has been practically com­pleted
at a cost of approximately
$50,000, according to reports; while
this year has also witnessed tba. com­pletion
and occupancy of the new
Sigma Nu fraternity house at a cost
of $30,000 with accomodations for
thirty-five boys. Plans are being
formulated for the construction of
two other modern fraternity houses
on fraternity row, making four in
all, the Theta Chi house having been
completed early last year.
Commenting on the development
of the poultry plant at Auburn, Doc­tor
Dowell told the trustees that in
(his opinion "Auburn is going to
prove that Alabama has surplus ad­vantages
in the poultry industry
which heretofore have not been ap­preciated."
The first annual egg lay­ing
contest ended Oct. 30, 1925, Au­burn
ranking third for the United
States as a whole.
Dean of the college of Veterinary
Medicine, who is also State Veterin­arian,
Dr. Dowell said, has under his
supervision forty-nine counties which
have eradicated the cattle fever tick,
while in fifteen counties there are
only a few infested herds and permis-es.
Only three counties are not do­ing
tick eradication work. v
Paying high tribute to the late
Dr. John Hodges Drake, college sur­geon
at Auburn from 1873 to 1926,
Doctor Dowell said his ministrations
were uniformly helpful and inspiring
and his going away a matter of uni­versal
grief. He said that "Doctor
Drake's career was unique, for its
length, for the number he helped,
for his incomparable character, for
his unfailing courtesy, for his exhil-irating
cheerfulness, and for his ab­solute
fidelity."
The president also expressed to
each and every member of the board
his profound gratitude for what
he characterized "as the very special
consideration and sympathy" shown! expressed his sincere apperciation of
during the period of his own conval-j kindness shown him by faculty mem-escence
from a near fated automo- j bers, students and citizens in general
bile accident last June. He said that
the constant personal help of the
bqard members left nothing undone
that could have been desired for his
comfort and restoration. He also
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