1931-09-19 The Plainsman

              THE PLAINSMAN
TO F O S T E R THE A U B U R N S P I R IT
Congratulations
Social Committee
VOLUME LV AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 19, 1931 NUMBER 4
BLUE STEELE PLAYS FOR DANCES
GLOMERATA
DELIVERYTO
BE MONDAY
Each Class Will Have Special
Day On Which To Call For
Copies Of Year Book
SENIOR CLASS IS FRIST
Students In School Only One
Semester Last Year To Get
Books C. O. D.
The Glomerata is a reality. The
books were shipped from the Benson
Printing Company, in Nashville, last
Wednesday, September 16, and the
Glomerata staff announces their ar­rival
today. 'Distribution will begin
Monday and will take place in. the
college supply room on the first floor
of the main building. Notices will
be placed on down-town windows
giving the necessary information.
Each class will have a special day
on which to call for its Glomeratas.
The first day, books will be issued to
seniors only, the second day to jun­iors,
and the third day to sophomores.
The staff asks that no one call for
his Glomerata out of turn, as he "will
not get it them and will only cause
delay. There will be two lines of
distribution, one for people whose
names begin with letters from A to
M, and the other-for those beginning
with N to Z.
Some books are being shipped C.
O. D. to students who were in school
only one semester last year and still
owe the staff one. dollar and seventy-five
cents. They cannot obtain their
Glomeratas until this amount has
been paid.
Students who graduated last year
have been mailed copies from Nash­ville
and should have received them
by this time. But those who grad­uated
last year and are now in Au
burn were not mailed any and are
expected to call for theirs along with
the undergraduates.
The Glomerata staff wishes to dis­claim
all responsibility for certain
pictures being omitted from some of
the panels. The photographer, who
took all the negatives with him when
he suddenly left Auburn, is largely
responsible for this deficiency. Pan­els
were withheld for some time in
an endeavor to obtain all pictures,
but in many cases the staff was un­able
to secure the necessary prints.
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
CONTAINS NEW COURSES
Dr. Fred Allison, head of the De­partment
of Physics, has announced
that two new courses have been add­ed
this year. Both courses are con­cerned
primarily with modern phys­ics,
and the newest scientific theories
and researches will be investigated.
Both juniors and seniors who have
completed sophomore physics and
mathematics will be eligible for en­trance
in these courses.
The first course, Physics 401-2,
is a study of vacuum-tube phenomena
and should appeal to students inter­ested
in the theory and practice of
radio engineering. It is offered on
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at
10:00-11:00. This class is taught by
Dr. Arnquist.
The other course, Physics 405-6,
will investigate the Electronic The­ory,
the structure of matter, the the­ories
of radiation, etc., with a study
-of recent advances in Physics. It
will be offered on Tuesday and
Thursday at 9:00-10:00. This class
is to be headed by Dr. Alison.
NOTICE!
There will be a special meeting
of all DeMolays Sept. 21, 7:00
o'clock, at the Square and Com­pass
House, 135 East Magnolia.
All members are requested to at­tend.
Gaining Prominence as Journalist
P. O. Davis, head of the de­partment
of Public Information •
and Manager of station WAPI,
has gained much prominence
thru-out the South as a journ­alist
and radio promoter. He
is the guiding spirit of Auburn
publications and has done much
for the glory of the school and
her activities with favorable
publicity.
MASS MEETING TO
BE HELD TONIGHT
Cheerleaders Will Be Elected
At Meeting To Be Held At
Langdon Hall At 7
Freshman .cheer leaders and as­sistant
cheer leaders will be selected
tonight at a mass meeting to be held
in Langdon Hall, at seven o'clock.
A large crowd is expected to as­semble
to practice both new and old
songs and yells. The Auburn .band
will be present and everybody in Au­burn
is expected to turn out for the
occasion. All students trying out
for the jobs of assistant cheer lead­ers
will be given an opportunity to
demonstrate their ability, and "selec­tions
will be made by members of
the "A" Club based upon the merits
of the various students. Students
who expect to try out for cheer lead­ers
must give their names to "Bull"
Stier not later than this afternoon.
Professor Duncan Is
Back From-Ag Meet
Enthusiastic over the fact that ag­ricultural
organizations and leaders
of the nation are working together
on a mutual program for the good
of American agriculture and farm­ers
of the nation, Professor L. N.
Duncan returned to Auburn Wednes­day
from Chicago, where, he attended
a national meeting of agricultural
leaders.
"The purpose ' of the meeting,"
said Mr. Duncan, "was to discuss ma­jor
farm problems" from a national
viewpoint andJ;o make plans for at­tacking
them. The meeting was at­tended
by Arthur M. Hyde, secretary
of the U. S. Department of Agricul­ture;
James Stone, chairman of the
Federal Farm Board; representatives
of the land-grant colleges; members
of farm organizations and agricul­tural
cooperative associations, and
other agencies and forces engaged in
agricultural work."
"Better organization and greater
coordination among all of these
forces are certain to show as a result
of this meeting. The program of
work was adopted."'
The meeting was called by and
presided over by Edward A. O'Neal,
president of the American Farm Bu­reau
Federation, and ex-president of
the Alabama Farm Bureau Federa­tion.
Butlers of Local Frats.
Organize To Advance
Culture, Grace, Dignity
Clandstine organizations in
Auburn have taken another pro­gressive
step. Following the In­ter-
Fraternity Council, another
group has risen to promote the
b*est interests of the Greeks.
The butlers of the numerous
campus fraternities have orga­nized
themselves for the advance­ment
of culture, grace, and dig­nity
in performing their duties.
These gentlemen have gone on
record as disapproving of many
of the prevailing customs exist­ing
our fraterinty life.
Jere Moore, president of the
ebony council, stated today all
butlers would be require*! to
change coats at least twice a
week, provided their duties in­cluded
table service. Other
measures have not been released
due to the infancy of the plan,
and the constitution has not yet
been approved.
Many new members are expec­ted
to be taken in when the fra­ternities
announce their new
servants for the year.
Major Franke Makes
Talk to Upperclassnien
Major Gustav H. Franke, newly ap­pointed
commandant of the Auburn
R. O. T. C, today made a short talk
to the upperclassmen of the military
unit, asking them to set a good exam­ple
to freshmen in military classes.
Major Franke stated that he did
not come to Auburn against his will.
In fact, when filling in his preference
can when ordered to change his post,
he made Auburn his first choice, a-gainst
hundreds *of other stations to
which he might have been sent. Ma­jor
Franke said that the thing which
impressed him most about Auburn was
the fine spirit the students manifest­ed,
not only in military work, but in
the other activities of the college as
well.
The one thing which Major Franke
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NOTICE!
Seniors who wish to purchase a
class ring are advised to get in touch
with the student salesmen. They
are Elwood Oakley, Alpha Gamma
Rho house; Louis Gholston, S. A. E.
house; and Harry Davis, Sigma Nu
house.
CASTS ARE NAMED
FOR PRODUCTIONS
OF DRAMATIC CLUB
Many Students Try Out For
Parts In Plays To Be Given
By Auburn Players ~~-
OPENING COLLEGE
DISPENSARY WILL
BE NEXT MONDAY
GIVE.THREE PLAYS
Casts For Two Plays Are An-
, nounced; Third Cast Not Yet
Named By Professor Peet
Tryouts for three plays to be given
by the Auburn Players were held
Thursday and - Friday nights at the
Y. W. C. A. with one of the largest
groups ever to turn out for dramatic
activity present. On Thursday night
two of the plays, Hughes' "Red Car­nations"
and Paul Green's "Fixin's",
were completely cast. Tryouts for
Green's "The Man Who Died at
Twelve O'clock" were held Friday
night; at publication time this cast
had not been announced.
The cast for "Red Carnations" in­cludes
George S. Sanf ord as the Man;
Franklin Woodruff as the Boy; and
Mitzi Homewood as the Girl.
In "Fixin's", Douglas Walt is to
take the part of Ed Robinson; Nelle
Crook, that of Lillie Robinson; and
Carlton Baker, that of Jim Cooper.
J. P. Hines, Hobson Sullins, and
Charlie Workman are under consider­ation
for assistant- directors' posts,
Professor Peet announced.
The Players are looking forward
to a very successful season for the
attendance at the tryouts seems to
indicate a revival of student interest.
For the past few years this has been
almost negligible. All students who
think they have dramatic ability are
urged to try for parts in the Player's
presentations. It is their intention
to take a three-act play on the road
during the present year; the assign
ment of roles will probably take place
next week.
Dr. Blake Announces Dispen­sary
Will Be Opened In 312,
Ross Laboratory
PRESCRIPTIONS FREE
To Be Filled Under Direction
- Registered Druggists, Mem­bers
of School of Pharmacy
EXCUSED GAMES ARE
NOT YET ANNOUNCED
BY PRESIDENT KNAPP
The "excused school" schedule has
not as yet been determined, according
to Dr. Bradford Knapp, but will be
decided at a meeting of the College
Executive Council to be called at a
later date. Until that meeting the
positive schedule will be undecided.
"Excused school" practice will not
go into effect until Oct. 17, and will
not permit any excuses for the Wis­consin
game on October 10 except for
the men on the team and other quali­fied
officials.
Dr. Knapp states that the present
plan, if there are no unforseen chang­es,
for the game with Birmingham-
Southern Friday night, September 25
is to suspend college activities from
Friday, September 25 at 3 p. m , until
Saturday morning, September 26 at 8
a. m.
As has been the custotm in the past,
classes will doubtless be suspended for
the game with Georgia Tech.
MEN INTERESTED IN DEBATING
MEET MONDAY; SAMF0RD HALL
A meeting of all students interest­ed
in debating will be held Monday
night at room 302 Samford Hall. The
iembers of the speech department
expressed the hope that a large .num­ber
of students would turn out be­cause
the success of this year's de­bating
program depends on a good
start. t
For several years Auburn has not
had a debating team, and the mem­bers
of the speech department stated
that because of this fact an entirely
new start will have to be made. A
cordial invitation is extended to all
freshmen who are interested in de­bating
to come to the meeting Mon­day
night, and if the number is suf­ficient
a freshman team will be or­ganized.
Plans are being made whereby an
excellent schedule can be arranged
fur Auburn's debating team, and Pro­fessor
Hess stated that it will take
the cooperation of every Auburn stu­dent,
either directly or indirectly, to
make Auburn's debating program a
success.
Methodists To Hold
Sunday School Drive
A special drive is being put on
by the Methodist Sunday School to
get all Methodist students here at
Auburn to attend each Sunday. Dean
Zebulon Judd is Superintendent of
the Sunday School, and Professor C.
B. Ordway and Cleveland Adams
have "'been put in charge of the spe­cial
drive for new members.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all Methodist students to be present
at Sunday School; help in selecting
a class will be gladly given by those
in charge.
Professor Ordway is organizing a
class for freshmen only, and he ex­tends
a special invitation to those in­terested
to be present Sunday morn­ing.
Announcement was made yester­day
by Dr. L. S. Blake, Head Profes­sor
of the School of Pharmacy, that
the College Dispensary would be op­ened
Monday, Sept. 21, in Room 312"
of Ross Laboratory under the direc­tion
of the School of Pharmacy. The
Dispensary will be operated under
the same plan as was used last year;
prescriptions of the college surgeon
will be filled free of charge to the
student body. Prescriptions will be
filled under the direction of members
of the School of Pharmacy, who are
themselves registered druggists, and
who will be assisted by students in
the Senior class in Pharmacy.
The Dispensary was started last
year and in nine months 2200 pre­scriptions
were filled. The average
prescription, according to Dr. Blake,
costs eighty-five cents to fill. Thus
it will be seen that on this basis
Auburn students were saved approx­imately
1800 dollars last year.
The hours at which the Dispensary
will be--open will be posted on the
door of the Dispensary.
INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS
ORCHESTRA SECURED FOR
ANNUAL SOPHOMORE HOP
First Convocation Is
Held Thursday A. M.
A special convocation was called
by Dr. Knapp on Thursday morning
for the purpose of taking up with
the student body, certain conditions
which he' deemed necessary. First
of all, he briefly summarized the fi­nancial
condition of the institution
and pointed out the loyalty of the
professors under trying circum­stances.
The need of a more power­ful
student government was empha-„
sized; and as a suggestion, Dr. JCnapp
stated that the representation on the
cabinet be better proportioned, since
the schools from which representa­tives
were selected had little school
loyalty.
The students were asked to coope­rate
with the faculty in ' minimizing
cheating in every possible way and
the fact that it hindered more than
it helped a student was shown.
With the strain of the football
season bearing down on a number of
the players, Dr. Knapp asked that
students be as considerate as possible
in allowing the athletes to obtain as
much rest as possible, and he men­tioned
"bull" sessions" as one of the
most outstanding ways of depriving
them of the proper amount of sleep.
Another condition brought out in I
Dr. Knapp's talk was the circum­stances
surrounding rat rules. Since
the "A" Club has been designated as
a vigilance committee, it is asked
that only this group be allowed to
chastize the rats for disobedience
and not just any upperclassman who
thinks himself big enough.
Plainsman Staff Will
Resign With Punctual
Arrival of Year Book
The Plainsman, with bowed
head, congratulated the Glome­rata
on their clever reproduction
of our humble journalistic ef­forts.
-With a sting the truth
comes home.
We have been disillusioned!
To, think that our firey editori­als,
which we thought went to
make a better college, have only
been made light of by such rep­resentatives
of the intelligencia
as the Glomerata staff. And the
personal comments, born in the
desire to help dear "ole" Au­burn,
have bee_n twisted by wits
to evoke a hollow laugh from the
student body.
There were tears in the Edi-"
tor's eyes when he saw the thing
he loved, his own creation,
trampled in satire.
Fifty-five years of service!
Fifty-five years of getting, mak­ing,
and giving the news—that
is the record of The Plainsman.
Yet, not once in those long years
of service has the publication
failed to come out on time.
The great (Two) Year Book
is .a reality!
Popular Dance Band Conies To
Auburn Direct From Engage­ment
In N e w York City
BID CARDS OUT SOON
Bids For Decorations Must Be
In Hands Of Executive Cabi­net
By Monday Noon
RAILROAD TO GIVE
SPECIAL FARES TO
MONTGOMERY TILT
Special train fares to Montgomery
next Friday for the Birmingham-
Southern game have been declared
by the Western of Alabama Railroad.
The cost of a round trip ticket will
be two dollars which is less than the
regular one way fare. Students will
leave Auburn at four o'clock and ar­rive
in Montgomery at five fifty-five.
This is not a special but several ex­tra
coaches will be added to the reg­ular
train. A special will leave
Montgomery after the game at eleven
thirty and make a fast run to Au­burn,
arriving here about one
o'clock.
The football team will leave Au­burn
at 9:25 in the morning.
Blue Steele and his orchestra, in­ternationally
famous and the idol of
American dance lovers, will play for
the opening dances, according to an
announcement by Bob McMillan,
chairman of the student social com­mittee.
The dances will be held on
October 9th and 10th as previously
announced. • , .
This popular dance band comes to
Auburn direct from the center of
"Big Tim3" night life, having just
completed a lengthy engagment at
the Pelham Inn, New York City. Ra­dio
fans will particularly remember
those rioted broadcasts from the Ho­tel
Coronado, over KMOX, St. Louis,
and of the song by the same name
which- Steele composed and made one
of the country's greatest song hits.
The orchestra has included the Gib­son
Hotel, Cincinnati; Baker Hotel,
Dallas; and many others in its list of
notable engagments.
The dances will be conducted by
the student social committee com­posed
of Bob McMillan, Marbry Phil­lips,
Render Gross, J. D. Bush, Floyd
Bond, Grigsby Christopher, Horace
Sheppard, Lon Williamson, Carson
Jordan, and Neil Davis.
McMillan, stated that the bid"
cards, which have been placed in all
fraternity houses and the Tiger Drug
Store, will not be accepted later than
Monday, September 28.
It has also been stated by the so^
cial committee, that all bids for dec­orations
must be in the hands of the
Executive Cabinet by Monday noon,
so that the contract may be awarded.
Mother of Dr. Winters
of Vet Dept. Dies Sun.
Mrs. L. D. Winters, mother of
Dr. E. S. Winters of the School of
Veterinary Medicine, Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, died with a heart
attack at her home in Society Hill,
Sunday night, September 13. Dr.
Winters has returned to Auburn af­ter
attending the funeral.
Mrs. Winters is survived by her
husband and three sons. They are
Dr. E. S.- Winters, Auburn; Com­mander
T. H. Winters, a naval of­ficer,
and Dr. R. Y. Winters, director
of the North-Carolina Experiment
Station at Raleigh.
PRESIDENT AND ALUMNI
IN DISCUSSION TODAY
Meeting, in the President's office, a
large number of-prominent Alumni
met this morning with Dr. George
Blue to discuss matters of vital im­portance
to the institution. All the
committees of the Alumni Associ­ation
were represented.
Several plans, yet in an immature
stage, were discussed. The Alumni
have undertaken some large projcts,
which will be made public soon.
The rally of the association to the
institution has been very noticable
this year, and a great deal of co­operation
has been displayed. Au­thorities
are of the opinion that the
Alumni are soon to sponsor one of
the greatest projects possible for the
school.
J. B. BASS LEADS STUDENTS IN
SCIENCE AND LITERATURE DEPT.
FIRST DANCE OF
YEAR WILL TAKE
PLACE TO-NIGHT
J. B. Bass, of Gadsden lead the
entire School of Science and Litera­ture
in scholarship for both semes­ters
of last year with an average of
93.5 for the second semester. Every
year this school determines the ten
students who, carrying a normal
load, rate the highest in scholarship.
It is interesting to note that in a
number of cases students on the list
given below have been in the rank­ing
ten previously.
The ten students with the highets
averages for the second semester of
last year are as follows:
J. B. Bass, Gadsden, freshman in
Pre-Med.; W. F. Jacob, Selma, senior
in Gen.; F. W. Hardie, Birmingham,
junior in Gen.; S. B. Fort, Ensley,
junior in B.A.; G. B. Ward, Auburn,
sophomore in B.A.; E. A. Graves,
Decatur, sophomore in Gen.; W. R.
Burch, Bpligee, freshman in B.A.;
K. M. McMillan, Talladega, sopho­more
in Gen.; J.-R. Wilder, Dade-ville,
junior in B.A.; Harold Scott,
Camp Hill, senior in Gen.
The first dance of the year will
take place tonight, when the "A"
Club presents Jimmie Robbins and
the Auburn Knights in a period, of
festivity from nine until .twelve
o'clock.
An improved orchestra is being of­fered
this year, and a successful se­ries
of dances is expected. Many
beautifuj visitors are in town, and
the social'year should get under way
with a bang tonight.
NOTICE!
There will be a meeting of The
Plainsman's editorial staff at the Sig­ma
Nu house at 7:30 Sunday eve-
Wng.
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PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, SEPT. 19, 1931
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Business and editorial offices at Auburn
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Office hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily.
STAFF >
Victor R. White, Jr. ** Editor-in-Chief
J. Roy Wilder Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Gabie Drey
R. A. McMillan _
J. W. Letson
J. R. Chadwick ..:.
L. C. McCallum
H. W. Moss
Horace Shepard .
Charlie Simmons
V. H. Kjellman ..
Helen Garrett —
....Associate
...Associate
Associate
...Managing
Sports
News
News
Composing
Exchange
Society
Editor
Editor
Editor
Editor
Editor
Editor
Editor
Editor
Editor
Editor
REPORTERS
Otis Spears, '34; Cleveland Adams, '32
BUSINESS STAFF
James "Backes Asst. Business Manager
K. M. McMillan Advertising Manager
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EXECUTIVE CABINET
The last issue of this publication came
forth rather strongly in denouncing the
Executive Cabinet. The accusations made
were of a general nature, and for that
reason we are presenting this as the first
of a series of editorials pointing definitely
to many of the organization's infinite falla­cies.
-w
We> find in Section 4, Article II, that the
Finance Committee shall, "investigate all
proposed expenditures of any undergradu­ate
organiztion receiving money from the
Student Activity fee and approve or dis­approve
of this expenditure as it sees fit.
No money. shall be spent by such under­graduate
activities until these expenditures
shall be approved by the Finance Commit­tee."
This has not been done and much of
the Student Activity Fee has been appro-printed
and distributed without the consul­tation
of the Finance Committee. We admit
the impossibility of this being done under
the prevailing conditions, and point this
fact out also as a glaring weakness.
Yet, had the Finance Committee been
consulted in every case, and had they dis­approved
of any appropriation, what power
do they have to enforce their disapproval?
Their action would be no more than an
opinion rendered on the subject, and there
is no power whatsoever to sustain any of
their decisions in this connection. Like the
Articles of Confederation the constitution
of our student government is only legisla­tive
in its scope. It has no teeth, no force,
and is in no part a government to attempt
the control of student activities with.
OVERPRODUCTION
An article in a recent issue of one of the
country's leading monthly magazines had
as its subject that trite heading, 'over­production
in various branches of educa­tion'.
The foregoing adjective is hardly
strong enough to express the staleness of
the "subject; but, out of the commonplace
the author has woven an article that has
all the ear-marks of a well told story. Not
a fairy story by any means, not one with
the happy ending, but one full of 'bogy-bears'
that would make Goldilocks three
friends seem domesticated in comparison.
The purpose is not a pessimists statement
of hard times but purely a well collected
group of facts with a minimum amount of
confusing statistics.
One thing that can be said in favor of
the writers of articles on thjs subject is that
they are as an agreeable group of human
beings as can be found in any field. That
is, they agree that the fields of medicine,
electrical engineering, mechanical engineer­ing,
and the legal practice are greatly over­worked,
with no prospect of a lull in>any
of these fields in sight. Such a condition
is too unhealthy and undermining for even
the best of the professions to withstand.
The old adage, "too many cooks spoil the
broth', can be very handily applied to this
particular subject. An enormous output of
craftsmen in any field ^ i l l eliminate all
possible spice from competition and the
ensuing result will be a none too gradual
depreciation of that particular phase of
business, i
Despite the fact that we find it rather
comfortable to follow the dictates of our
conscience the majority of us might also find
it more comfortable in the end to look over
the situation a bit more closely before we
take a final disastrous plunge into oblivion.
J n the near future we hope that Auburn
can enlarge its curriculum to the extent
that those students who can only afford an
education within the state will have a much
larger field from which to choose. There
are numerous fields today that are almost
as misproportioned from lack of men as the
aforementioned fields are from' an excess.
With the expanding program of this insti­tution
it is expedient that such measures
should be. taken and the present conditions
will ultimately be off-set by added oppor­tunities
for the doubtful to pursue.
SOCIAL COMMITTEE
The Chairman of the Student Social Com­mittee
and every member of that body de­serve
the hearty praise of the entire stu­dent
body in procuring one of the best
orchestras in America to furnish the music
for the opening dances. It is a commend­able
action indeed';
Everyone realizes of what vital import­ance
a good orchestra to to a successful
.set of dances, and of its effect on the social
plane, on which the dances are conducted.
The committee has acted wisely in engag­ing
such a popular orchestra, and numbers
of students feel that this is by far the best
band ever to play for a,set of Auburn
dances. »
The Social Committee is striving to make
the Sophomore Hop a success. They have
gone to a great expense to be able to present
ihe highest type of entertainers to the
students. This calls for-the cooperation of
all to make the dances come up to the aims
of the student committee. Personal desires
must be laid aside, and those who would see
the social life of our institution prosper
must rally to the support of the Social
Committee.
Jocularities
By Jeremiah Juttingham
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in this
column are not necessarily the editorial opinions of
this paper. It is a column of personal comment,
and is not to be read as an expression of our
editorial policy.*' *-
* • * * *
In the preamble of the constitution of
our student government we read:—"it is
fitting that some central organization,
chosen by the student body, have and exer­cise
general powers of individual activities
insofar as they affect the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute. (The italics are ours.)
Theoretically, the Executive Cabinet is a
representative group of students. Last year
this body officially abolished the Vigilance
Committee, signifying that the leading
students of Auburn were opposed to this
committee as an intolerable impediment to
progress; this year such a committee com­posed
of an unrepresentative group of stu­dents
has been organized without the auth­ority
of the student government and in di­rect
opposition to the policies of that gov­ernment.
Since its impotence has thus been
revealed, the student government may be
considered a thing of the past.
It is indeed farcical and insanely incon­sistent
to try to continue the student gov­ernment
since its rulings are thus over­ridden.
Instead of a representative form
of campus government we really have no
government at all outisde of the faculty
and the Vigilance Committee, or "A" Club.
The present state of affairs is highly ridi­culous.
If we are to be governed by a
representative student council it must be
vested with power; if the faculty is to con­trol
the student activities, let us rise and
hail the reincarnation of the Victorian Age
in education.
Five Years Ago
As Recorded in the Pages of The Plainsman.
This year the enrollment is the greatest
ever witnessed at the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute for the co-eds. Smith Hall was
filled early in the spring. The Stodghill
home, which the college has rented for a
dormitory is also filled.
* * » *
The white way, discussea so much by the
students and citizens of Auburn in past
years is to become a reality. The greatest
obstacle to be overcome is the problem of
securing money to pay for the system.
* * * *
Drake Field will be the scene of Auburn's
first test of the football season when the
Tiger of the Plains tackles the Moccasins
of Chattanooga University. The game is.
expected to be a thriller from the minute
the Referee's whistle smites the air until
the curtain is rung down by a blast of the
same whistle.
* * * *
Dr. C. S. Yarbrough was elected mayor of
Auburn last Monday. This will make the
fifth term that Dr. Yarbrough has served
as mayor, and during the past eight years
he has done much for the improvement of
the town.
* *v * *
Within the-last two years eight miles of
concrete sidewalks have been laid, three
miles of paving, trunk sewers have been
constructed, and a great improvement has
been accomplished- in the health conditions
of the town.
* * * *
After being silent for three weeks radio
station WAPI, the Victor Hanson radio­phone
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
has opened its fall and winter session with
a wave length of 461.3 meters.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
Next Friday the
"1931-32 Model" Ala­bama
Polytechnic In­stitute
goes on exhi­bition.
The brand of
football we are going
to have this year will
be seen by the world
for the first time.
Second, the student
body goes on exhibition. I presume that
90% of Auburn will be in Montgomery.
We are going to be judged by what we do
as individuals and as a group. If we go
down there and even a minor one per cent
or two per cent of the student body are
drinking and making a nuisance of them­selves,
the general public will judge us ac­cordingly.
I am very proud of the reputa­tion
we have had in years gone by. I have
heard it repeatedly said that Auburn's stu­dent
body is better behaved when away
from home than any other student body in
this part of the country. I -believe that
kind of a reputation is a real asset and that
such a name is of great value to the insti­tution
and to .the state as well. Three
years ago between halves, I went over to
the side where our cheering section is locat­ed.
The chief complaint of the best students
there was that some outsider people had
pushed in amongst them and disconcerted
them in their cheering. The real fellows
who we're on the sidelines that night pull­ing
for. our team did not like these' boister­ous
busybodies in amongst the student
group. There is nothing more futile or
more absurd at a football game than the
vaporings-of the man whose courage has to
be bolstered up by artificial stimulants.
The finest cheering in the world is done by
an organized group under strict discipline.
If there is any mistake or any error in the
cheering of the Auburn group it is when
they lose discipline. Cheer leaders must be
real leaders in fact, must think quickly,
must cut out their own personal show stuff
and be .practical, military disciplinarians if
they are going to get the best results. Kind­liness,
attention, quick and Obedient re-sponse
is the main thing. We can be a great
support to the team a week from Friday
night if we remember to come through with
the kind of support in harmony and unison
which I have suggested above.
But there is another phase of our being on
exhibition which is also important. It is
not alone what you do at the game but
what you do before the game, after the
game, and on the train coming home. Gen-tlemanliness,
before enthusiasm, thorough,
deep and abiding loyalty to Auburn and a
self-contained dignity which will challenge
the admiration of the whole state and give
Auburn the finest kind of a name, a name,
which she has justly won by the kind of
conduct I am trying to describe.
"* * * *
A letter from the father of a freshman
gives me a lot of comfort. It is a great
thing when you write home to your Dads
and write discriminatingly regarding what
you see. Here is what this freshman has
had to say to his Dad who has been his
pal and confidant all his life: "These boys
down here are a niee bunch of young fel­lows,
in fact they are a cleaner bunch than
I have ever seen." Such a statement is
worth a whole lot of money because you
cannot buy it. ' You can only earn it by
living the kind of a life which makes an­other
person say such a thing about you/
* * * »
Let's everybody be at Convocation on next
Thursday and give the team and the coaches
a real rousing, genuine send-off for the
first game of the season..
*> AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
The Saturday Review of Literature has
a great deal to say regarding the depression
and its effect on books. They are seem­ingly
greatly perturbed over the possibility
of American publishers being able to con­tinue
eating three meals per day and keep­ing
sufficiently supplied with gin.
Several of the leading Journalists of the"
country have begged and disagreed, and
contend that all is well in the realm of pub­lishing.
Books, they say, have become es­sential
to the lives of American people-even
with three cent cotton. The problem
of the Publisher now is presenting good
books, and of abandoning the practice of
flooding the market with masses of print­ed
material.
Should this be done no one can say that
the depression is without its remunerative
qualities.
* * * *
Who is worried over conditions in Au­burn?
Possibilities of the greatest foot­ball
team in years—dancing to music by
Blue Steele. . . .Glomerate delivered next
week. . . .Beautiful co-eds. . . it's great to
be alive and a college boy
Juniors have recently been heard talking earnestly about bottles. Can it be
home-brew? •
* * * ' * * * * * * *
People living in the vicinity of Bullard Field probably heard quite a bit of shout­ing
lately. Maybe some industrious rats are rehearsing yells for the coming foot­ball
season.
* * * * ' * * * • * *
Joe Purvis, the one and only, the first and last, stepped the "100" in 8 flat yes­terday.
He would have made it in better time but he broke his right leg coming out
of the hole.
* * * - « * , * * * * *
I know that I shall never say,
"Oh, look; He really gave me an A!"
An A in red or purple ink—
(They come in crayon too, I think.)
i
An A with comments underneath
That are a victor's laurel wreath.
An A that merits bended knees
From E' and F's and I. N. C.'s.
Upon whose earning honor comes
Whose absence is a shock to some.
Poems are made by fools they say,
But only brains can make an A.
—The Alabamian.
May Mr. Kilmer rest in peace.
* * * * * * * * * *
The A.T.O. fraternity has_ gained still further prominence on the campus
through the election of the President of the Colored Interfraternity Council. Jere
Moore, butler,~brought the honor home. -_f. *
* * * * * * * * * * '
Tucker and Trowbridge, the happiness boys, have failed to pay Footprints their
publicity bill, and we are unable to bring our gentle readers any of their activities
for the week.
* * * * * * * * * *
The English Department has placed in the toes of Footprints the following
boners pulled by freshmen in their placement tests. Dogma is a canine; candor is a
confection; tangible means an orange; a torso is a bull fight'; a dolt is a unit of
electrical capacity.
* * * * * * * * * * •
Nola Heath, the Little Mary sunshine of Ramsey, may be seen daily drinking
her quart of milk in the Cafe. May this serve as a moral lesson to those students
who are not always inclined to drink milk.
* * * * * * * * * *
Distinction between a lady and a diplomat: When a diplomat says yes, he means
maybe; when he says maybe, he means no; and if he says no, he is not a diplomat.
When a lady says no, she means maybe; when she says maybe, she means yes; and
if she says yes, then she is no lady.
• THE GOOD EARTH. By Pearl S. Buck.
375 pp. The John Day Co., New York.
$2.50.
This sterling work by the author of "East
Wind, West Wind," continues to be widely
read and is one of the finest novels of the
season.
After reading the first few chapters one
forgets that the characters are Chinese, so
little of the exotic and oriental are woven
into the fabris of the story, that one feels
the tragedies, lusts, and jealousies might
have -sprung up in any quarter of the globe
and in any age. We follow the hard work­ing
Wang Lung through his ambitions and
lusts, and his rise from an humble farmer
to a wealthy land owner; through the abun­dant
years and the terrible years of famine,
when the parched and starving earth gave
nothing, and he sweated between the shafts
of a 'riksha to keep his family to gether and
prevent selling his land. Prosperity comes
again and he buys more land and has money
to lend his less provident neighbors. Then,
as if weary of well doing, he brought a
pretty mistress into his home to set beside
Olan, the birde of his youth, Vho had borne
him three sons and had worn away her
flesh helping him in the fields. Olan watch­ed
him in great misery take the silver out
of the sack and spend it for the luxuries
and delicacies demanded- by Lotus, who
knew the ways of men with women. Day
by day, night after night, he drank of his
love, then a day came when this strange
fever of love cooled; he became distraught
with Lotus' extravagance and her cursing
of his children. A voice deeper than love
cried out in him for his land. He stripped
himself of his white stockings, velvet shoes,
and long robe, and called for the hoe and
the plow and the seed. It was the good
dark earth of the fields that healed him of
his sickness of love.
The years that brought him prosperity
and recognition, also brought him disillu­sionment.
It woulded him deeply that his
sons of whom he was proud did not share
his attackment to the land, and he sees them
in his declining yers waiting for him to die,
that they may sell the land and become rich
and idle city dwellers. /
"The Good Earth" is a powerful story,
stylistically admirable and entertainingly
told. \
FED UP. By George A. Birmingham.
309 pp. The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapo­lis,
Ind. $2.00.
A delightfully flippant and breezy story
of English politics.
Charles Beauchamp and Peter Boyd were
candidafes for Parliament in a rural divi­sion,
and both became fed up with the elec­tion.
Peter was urged into it by his ener­getic
Socialistic agent, Hurst; Charles, by
his passionately patriotic and capable wife,
Lady Edith, who has an acute political in­telligence.
The way Lady Edith goads her
husband, whom she dubs Cheerful Charlie
for political gain, into catering to his con­stituents
is ridiculously funny.
One night, driving bitterly through a
heavy, storm, Peter crossed on the bridge
with the battered Dodge driven by his oppo­nent
"Cheerful Charlie." The same thought
came to both Charles and Peter. They
jumped as their cars plunged into the river,
and asvthey jumped, saw this heaven-sent
opportunity to vanish together. There were
rumors of a double murder. Lady Edith
remained untroubled by popular theory that
Charles had run away with a parson's wife.
She went on a speech-making tour dressed
in exquisite clothes, and by the time the
fugitives Charles and Peter were run down,
she had got herself unanimously elected.
If you like nonsense and foolish fun, you
will find "Fed Up" very enjoyable.
The Editor finds his box flooded with
radical literature from advocates of cotton
plans to voluminous treatises on race rela­tions.
This brings to mind the true force
of the press. When one wishes to advance
new ideas he seeks support from the news­papers.
However, we have noted that the
press seldom offers any remedies for the
numerous faults found.
MEMORIES
BY PAULINE HUTHWAITE —
We will not keep among our memories
The weariness and pain, the haunting
fears,
But the sweet things of youth we will
remember—
Its joys and not its tears.
The hopes, the dreams, the glad advent­uring,
Laughter and love—these, like .the trees
and flowers
And all the loveliness of star and cloud,
Shall be forever ours.
We will remember in the time to come
When clear lights ripple and when young
winds run
In orchard grasses, how we once would
dance
In Summer wind and sun.
And when, in that far twilight of our
lives,
We sit with calmly folded hands and seem
To sleep, we shall be running with the
wind
And dancing in our dream.
INSIGHTS
By Conscientious Cletus
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in this
column are not necessarily the editorial opinions of
this paper. It is a column of personal comment,
and is not to be read as an expression of our
editorial policy.
The upperclassmen who attended the
convocation Thursday should certainly have
something to think about. At least any
thinking student would question some of
the statements made, not from the stand­point
of being destructive to the program of
advancement outlined by the administration,
and not because of an unwillingness to co­operate
in every way in putting across this
program, but from the standpoint of their
correlation with the laws and experience of
history.
The statement that the radical element
of any organization never accomplishes any­thing
is the particular one that I wish to
question. Is not recorded history full of
the accomplishments of radical men and
the story of civilization one continuous out­line
of their benefits to the world. The fact
that as soon as their program has been
adopted and found successful, they cease to
be considered radical, is the reason that we
do not view their accomplishments in the
same light, as we did before they became a
success. Most of the great movements in
history were considered radical when first
proposed, and most of the great men in
history were at one time viewed in the
same light.
Christ was one of the most revolution­ary
leaders in history; our- protestant
churches are the result of a very radical
movement carried on by very radical men;
the American form of government was once
considered radical, and the early American
leaders were greatly criticized at the time
because of this fact; the modern day ad­vocates
of a change in our marriage laws
are considered radical, but who knows what
will be true two hundred years from now.
A complete outline of world history would
be nothing more than further proof that
civilization owes a debt to radical men.
All institutions tend to be conservative,
and Auburn and the Auburn student body
is certainly no exception. We continue hav­ing
the same inadequate, unreliable, and
almost worthless type of examinations long
after the science of education has proven
that other methods are better. We are still
taught the same blind and unreasonable re­ligion
that cannot be accepted by any think­ing-
student. A religion that we have to
turn down after which, we get nothing in
its place. If we make a few radical
changes in the accepted religion of the day
in order to make it conform to our per­sonal
needs, conservative society tells us
that it is better to stay in the dark and
have no religion at all. Conservative so­ciety
crushes all personal initiative in forc­ing
people to fall into line, and if there
are a few who will not fall in they are
branded as radicals, and socially ostracized.
Judging from the experience of the past,
institutions in general will always be con­servative,
and if we cease to have radical
men we will also cease to have progressive
changes. Auburn needs to have a few more
radical men, not only students but also
professors, and deans- . The program of the
college would better meet the needs of the
student body if this were true.
It is certainly not the object of this
column to pass over without notice, the
many times that a radical element has caus­ed
-more trouble, and done more to tear
down than to build, but it is also true that
the ill effect's caused by the ultra-conserva­tives
will more than balance the trouble
thus caused.
One of the most astounding examples of
ultra-conservatism on the part of the Au­burn
student-body is the silly rat rules that
went into effect last week. There is such
a thing as Auburn tradition to be consid­ered,
but when that tradition comes to the
place that it does more harm than good it
is time for it to be abolished. In the first
place the Auburn rat-rules are- of such a
nature that if rigidly obeyed no one will be
any better off. If abolishing this relic of
barbarism is a step too progressive to be
made all at once, why can't a set of rules
be established, that would benefit the col­lege
as well as the student obeying them.
CHARACTER
Scottie McKenzie Frasier, of the Dothan
Eagle, has another truth for the youth of
America: "Modern youth, to amount to
anything, must learn" that nothing on earth
is so valuable as an unimpeachable char­acter."
Play is a young form of work.—Sir J.
Arthur Thomson.
Americans are good neighbors, rather
than good citizens.—G. K. Chesterton.
Success or failure is for God to deter­mine.—
Mahatma Gandhi.
For nerves and boredom, work is the best
medicine.—Roy Chapman Andrews.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 19, 1931 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
TAD McCALLUM, Editor
CONTRIBUTORS:
HARRY BARNES
MARSHAL KALEY
K. G. TAYLOR
ELMER G. SALTER
Holdcroft Scrapping
For Regular Berth on
Varsity This Season
Light Workouts Being Given Grid Players to Prevent Stateness
GEORGE HOLDCROFT
Another senior who is putting up
a strong fight in his last season at
Auburn is George Holdcroft, husky
tackle. A product of Ensley High,
Holdcroft came to the Plains with
prospects for a brilliant future on
the Tiger eleven. He lived up to
advance expectations during his
freshman year and was a first string
performer on Coach Red Brown s
frosh outfit.
Injuries kept Holdcroft in the back
ground for the next two seasons but
he showed up extremely well in
Spring Training last February and
has'continued his good work since
the opening practice this Fall.
Weighing well over the 190 pound
mark, Holdcroft has an ideal build
for a tackle and is a willing worker.
If he continues to improve he is like
ly to get the starting call for the
first game.
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Thirty-Two Players
Report for Tryouts at
Lee Co. High School
When first football practice was
held for Auburn High Monday, thirty
two boys reported to Coach DuBose,
former Tallassee coach.
The workout was devoted mainly to
grass drills ^and limbering" up exer­cises.
After this drill Coach DuBose
taught the backfields the shift they
are to use this season. This shift is
identical with that of the "Large
Tigers". Two sets of backs worked
long and hard on the shifting, al­though
their shifting is ragged, they
caught on quickly. The prospects
were then lined up into two teams
and walked through a few plays.
Dummy signal drill will be much in
evidence and every man should be
well versed on his assignment on each
play.
All the boys expected to report for
practice were in uniform except the
three Moore brothers. Captain James
Moore, tackle, Fred Moore, guard; and
George Moore a new recruit for a
berth this year. Two promising men
Fred Hammock and Earnest £tarr
from Loachapoka Junior High come
to add the much needed poundage to
the "Baby Tigers". Regular practice
is being held at three o'clock every
afternoon at the old High School.
Those reporting were:
Ends—Moses, Bottoms, Long, H.
McGehee.
Tackles—Pennington, C Y. Yar-brough,
Lantada, Cheshire, Rew,
Camp.
Guards—Kitski, Jolly, Jones, Atkin­son,
Newton.
Halfbacks—Herndon, Blake, Isley,
Smith, C. Yarbrough. Jr. Whatley.
Quarterbacks—Melton, J. C. What­ley,
Biggins.
Fullbacks—Cook, Bright, JPowell.
Centers—Foster, Bruce McGehee.
Chrietzburg.
The Old "War Eagle" Soars Again
Prospects for Winning
Cross Country Team
Bright This Season
\ -v
Prospects for a winning cross coun
try team are extremely bright this
year. The distance runners began
work yesterday along with members
of the track team-who are planning
to do a great deal of Fall work. "
A neat schedule is being arranged
for the cross-country steppers and
if they come through undefeated they
should have a good claim on the con
ference crown. The team last sea­son
decisively defeated team repre­senting
Georgia Tech and the Uni
versity of Georgia in the only meets
scheduled. _
Every member of the team is back
in school this year with the excep
tion of Pitts who had been a main­stay
for three years. His consistent
running and point getting will be
missed. Those who are returning
are: Clarence. Roberts, low point
man for two years; Joe Plant, cap­tain
of last season's team; Huff, R.
McQueen and E. McQueen, who have
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With Opening Game Only a Week
Off Starting Lineup Being Picked
FRESHMEN GETTING IN SHAPE
FOR OPENING GAME ON CAMPUS
By Harry Barnes
With around 80 men reporting
daily, coaches Earl McFaden and Red
Harkins are fast rounding their Tig­er
freshmen into shape for the open­ing
game of the season with Birm­ingham-
Southern which will be play­ed
on Drake field September 26.
Beef and brawn seem to be the
main pointers present in the ranks of
the 1931, frosh. This may be seen
from the following -list of plebes:
Guards, Welch, 192; Houston, 190;
Pace 205; Porter, 190; and Hamri'ck,
165.
Tackles; Turner, 210; Young, 195;
Bedford, 275; Stover, 205; Ross, 190;
and Patterson, 190.
Ends: Kemp, 190; Morris, 190;
Fentor, 180; Whitten, 180.
Centers: Haigler, 170; Musgrove,
190; Farris, 170.
Quarterbacks: Brown, 155; Guth-ry,
160; Caton, 150.
FuHbacks: Whitten, 190; Moore,
180.
Halfbacks: Wynn, Morris, Hender­son,
Wright, Dunn and Ward.
Scrimmages this week have clearly
shown that the newness of the Notre
aDme system has hindered the frosh
considerably but indiactions are that
in another week, the time remaining^
until their initial scrap, a smoother
working aggregation will take the
field' against Birmingham-Southern.
Since only one cut has been made in
the large squad as yet, several dif­ferent
elevens will probably be seen
in action next Saturday.
Nothing can be said as to the dif­ficulty
of the schedule as little is
known of the strength of opponents
elevens so far. For the first time in
nearly a half-score years, the fresh­men
will not meet Georgia Tech. Be­cause
of conflicting dates, Oglethorpe
was scheduled in place of the baby
Yellow Jackets.
The schedule is as follows:
Sept. 26—Birmingham - Southern
at Auburn.
Oct. 23—Georgia at Athens.
Oct. 30—Florida at Gainsville.
Nov. 14—Tulane at Auburn.
Advance Ticket Sale
Headed For Success
By K. G. Taylor
Every day more and more applica­tions
are pouring in, at the Advance
Ticket Sale office in Montgomery, for
ducats to the Auburn-Birmingham
Southern game.
This plan, which is being" tried for
the first time, allows the alumni and
fans of both teams to buy their tick­ets
in advance. The choice seats are
sold to the first applicants. In this
way the fans are assured good seats
and a great amount of confusion is
eliminated.
From the report of the advance
sales to date, this year's crowd prom­ises
to be, by far, the largest crowd
to ever witness a Auburn-Southern
game.
Tickets may be had by sending a
certified check or money order to
the office in Montgomery.
Jordan Making Strong
Bid for Center Position
in Tiger Forward Wall
fai/vs i/o/zo/w
received cross-country awards. The
others are Murphy and Kaley who
ran with the team in some of the
meets and will be strong contenders
for the team.
Two sophomores, Johnson and Ky-ser,
have reported. Both men re­ceived
freshman numerals in track
and will make the regulars step to
hold their places.
Ray Prim Sold to
y Baltimore Orioles
Ray Prim, Jackson, who signed with
the St. Louis Cardinals and was sold
to Greensboro in Piedmont League
after starring as a pitcher at- Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute for twb
years, has been purchased by the Bal­timore-
Orioles in the International
League from Durham in the Pied­mont
League. He was sent to Dur­ham
by Greensboro this year.
Prim, a southpaw, was the leading
hurler on Auburn's 1929 superb fresh­man
team and ranked with the best |
college portsiders in the United States
his sophomore year in 1930. However,
the lure of major league cash was
too much for him and he left the
collegiate ranks and signed with the
National League champions after one
season as a varsity performer. It is
hard to forecast .what heights he
would have reached if he had played
his allotted four years at the Plains.
He had a winning record in the Pied­mont
circuit this year.
He is a brother of Hannis Prim,
veteran tackle on the Tigers 1931
football eleven. Hannis is a junior
and received a varsity letter last sea­son.
Among the most pr.ominent candi­dates
for the center position left
vacant by Dunham Harkins is "Lef­ty"
Jordan, one of Harkin's under­studies
last season. Jordan is mak­ing
a determined fight to land a reg­ular
berth this season. He played in
several of the major games last Fall
and was awarded a letter but was
never able to gain a regular position.
Jordan is a senior and has been
switched around considerably during
his football career here at Auburn.
He was transformed into a fullback
at the beginning of his Sophomore
year and served in that capacity for
an entire season. Last season he was
again made a pivot man, however,
| and featured in several of the im­portant
games, especially the Tulane
battle.
"Lefty" hails from Selma, and is
better known for his prowess on the
hardwood than on the gridiron. He
captained Auburn's crack quintet last
By Tad McCallum
Two weeks of heavy work under a
blazing sun has begun to have its
effect on the Auburn squad and to
prevent staleness, Coach Wynne or­dered
an extremely light workout Fri­day
afternoon, giving the Tigers a
chance to rest up before the stiff
scirmmage with the freshmen sched­uled
for Saturday afternoon.
Signs of staleness were evident
Thursday as the varsity opposed the
frosh in an offensive scrimmage. The
Tigers executed the plays correctly
and most of the. assignments were
carried out but it was all done in a
lifeless manner. The extra things
that make a football team look good,
such as mowing down the secondary
defense and stretching after passes,
were missing.
With only a week now remaining
before the opening game a fairly
good idea may be had of what the
starting eleven will resemble. Two1
sophomores, McCoIlum, center, and
Ariail, end, are likely to be included
in the first string lineup. On the
other flank, Porter, Grant, one of
the best ends in the Conference, is
a sure.starter. An experienced back-field
is available consisting of David­son,
quarterback.-Hatfield and Hitch­cock,
half-backs", and Brown* fullback.
The table and guard positions offer
more of a problem but at the former
post, Co-Captain Bush, Prim, Hold-croftj
Holmes, Miller and Arthur look
best a? present with very little to
chose between them. The two start­ing
guards will in all probability be
Molpus and Wood as they are both
experienced* and have been showing
up well in the practice sessions.
A number, of other players are
scrapping to gain regular berths' and
may edge into the spotlight before
the opening battle. At any rate
these performers will supply valuable
OFFICIAL SCHEDULE OF
TIGERS FOR THIS YEAR
reserve strength. In the backfield,
Rogers, Kimbrell, and Neal, half-gacks;
Talley and Dupree, fullbacks;
and Parker and Williams, quarter­backs,
are all slated to see service.
Willis Phipps, sophomore halfback
and the most promising of the lot,
will add greatly to the offensive
strength of the team if his injured
knee recovers sufficiently to allow
him to play. Phipps is by far the
best passer on the squad.
Carey Senn,,^ George Egge, and
Sam Mason, letter ends, will bolster
the wing positions. Coach Kiley has
been working with a quartet of soph
guards, all of whom are slated to
see service. They are Boots Chamb-less,
Woodall, Searcy and £rossland.
Donald Jones, husky letter guard, has
been in the hospital undergoing treat­ment
for an injury received this sum­mer
and reported for practice for
the first time Thursday. When he
rounds into shape he will have to be
reckoned with for a guard berth.
Buddy McCoIlum will have a tough
scrap on his hands all season if he
keeps "Lefty" Jordan, Lee Johnson
and Will Chrietzberg out of the pivot
position. Each of this trio is a scrap­per
and the former two are letter
wearers.
Several of the varsity candidates
are bothered with minor injuries and
may not be used in Saturday's scrim­mage.
These include Commodore
Wood, J. D. Bush, and Lindley Hat­field.
A . N A SH
The Nation's Tailor
There has been a great deal of con­fusion
among townspeople as to Au­burn's
football schedule. The follow­ing
is a complete list of games to be
played.
September 25-^BirminghamrSouth-ern
in Montgomery, (Friday Night
game).
October 10—U. of- Wisconsin at
Madison.
October 17—Ga. Tech "in Atlanta,
Georgia.
October 24—U. of Florida in Jack­sonville.
October 31—Spring Hill College in
Auburn, (Campus).
November 7—Tulane U. in Mont­gomery,
Ala.
November 14—Sewanee U. in-Bir-,
mingham, Ala-
November 21—U. of "Georgia in Co­lumbus,
Ga. i
November 26—U. of S. C. in Mont­gomery,
(Thanksgiving.)
TENTATIVE FIRST TEAM
College Park, Md., Sept. 18.—A
tentative first team made up of all
leftermen and 1930 regulars except
Mitchell, a center, has been selected
by University of Maryland coaches.
MARYVILLE OPENS
Maryville, Tenri., Sept. 17.—Mary-ville
College opejjed its football sea­son
here Friday in a game with Lin­coln
Memorial.
CAVALIERS POLISH OFF
University, Va., Sept. 18.—Univer­sity
of Virginia's gridsters Thursday
polished off in preparation for their
season opener against Roanoke Col­lege
Saturday.
LOYOLA IN INITIAL
New , Orleans, Sept. 18.—Loyola
met Louisiana College in the open­ing
game of the season for both
teams today.
137 TARHEEL FRESHMEN
Chapel Hill, N. C, Sept. 18—Start
of freshman football practice drew
137 candidates.
If you're not pleasing yourself,
the chances are you're not pleasing
anyone else.
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Tests Seek Reaction
Of Church Students
To Rum Phraesology
Sunday school students will give
their mental reactions, "pleasing" or
"distasteful" to such words as "anti-sa-
Capone, padlock, speak-easy, Band
of Hope, Coast Guard, cirrhosis of
the liver, personal liberty" and simi­lar
expressions in teste sent out by
the Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America as an outline
course on the liquor problem.
In addition to the "mental reac­tion"
examination, a "true-false"
test is provided, wherein the pupil
will mark as right or wrong such
statements as: ,
"Light wines and beer are harm­less."
"Alcohol is a poison."
"Drinking is not a sin."
"The teaching of the Bible is
against the drinking of liquor in any
form."
- "The eighteenth amendment can
not be repealed."
Among other words which the pu­pil
is asked to analyze in accordance
with his feeling or agreeable or dis­agreeable
association—and he is
warned not to stop to reect, but
"work rapidly," are: Spaek-easy, pro-hbiition,
drunkard, W. C. T. U., home
brew, Andrew W. Mellon, social glass,
Hoover Commission on Law Enforce­ment,
Jones law, rum-running, beer
stein, machine gun, and Literary Di­gest
poll."
Facts About Plants
Found By Dr. Isbell
Dr. C. L. Isbell, professor of hor­ticulture
of the Alabama- Polytech­nic
Institute, Auburn, has made some
very interesting discoveries concern­ing
the propagation of tomatoes and
Irish potatoes. He found that-leaves
of tomato vines can be rooted and
converted into plants which make
normal tomatoes.
He used moist sand in his experi­ments
but tomato leaves may be
rooted anywhere other plants are
rooted, he said. -The leaves which
were rooted produced shoots, then
plants, and finally tomatoes.
In his experiments leaves of Irish
potato plants always made normal
potatoes provided the bud at the base
of the stem of leaf was attached.
When this bud was not attached the
leaves died. If attached the leaves
developed into plants and produced
normal potatoes.
The ultimate value of these ex­periments
is unknown, Dr. Isbell ex­plained.
He can see wherein they
will be helpful in a scientific way
but made no prediction • as to their
general practical value beyond sci­entific
research.
Dr. Isbell conducted these studies
over a period of years. He checked
and. rechecked in order to verify re­sults.
He produced impotant infor­mation
about the propagation of
plants which may be used with plants
other than tomatoes and Irish pota­toes.
, .
FRESHMEN PULL UNCONSCIOUS
HOWLERS IN PLACEMENT TEST
Shades of Mrs. Malaprop! Prob­ably
in this way would a literary
gentleman greet the barrage of new
definitions and remarkable answers to
questions on literature given by the
Freshmen in the recent English place­ment
test. These Rats know things
nobody ever though of before, and
probably will never be thought of
again. •
Believe it or not? scrutiny is a skin
disease. Strange as it seams, "to
garble" is "to wash the throat." An
evidence of the Higher Learning is
contained in the statement that carnal
is a waterway; but another Rat avers
that, by all means, carnal is a holi­day.
And did you know that when
Lucky Strike expels all harst, acrid
irritants, they neally expel all harst,
roseate irritants? Ecclesiastically-minded
Rodents pass on the glad word
that Esther was none other than the
wife of David; and that "to hallow,"
archaically interpreted as "to idol­ize,"
really means "to scoop out". Dr.
Allison will probably be astounded to
find out that the unit of power is the
dolt. The dolt is also defined as a
door fastening and a young horse.
Here's a surprise: when you deduce
something, you really subtract it. The
next time anyone comes into your
room with a smug loqk on his face, it
is more than likely due to the fact
that he has neglected to wash it, for
"smug," in addition to meaning
"cozy," carries proudly the definition
of "dirty".
Cast a gleeful eye over these howl­ers:
The name of the Deserted Village
Fall Oats Will Make
Feed For Next Year
!
SPALDING...
Rackets Re-strung
Tennis Rackets
Y Tennis Balls
LIPSCOMB'S
Tiger Drug Store
Big yields of feed crops in Ala­bama
this year do not guarantee eith­er
an abundance of feed or big yields
next year. Farmers are being re­minded
of this by county agents
when it is time to plant oats and
xjther winter cover crops to make
more feed next year.
"And oats should be planted be­tween
September 15 and October 15
to make feed next year," said J. C.
Lowery, extension agronomist here.
"In experiments at Auburn the yield
of fall-sown oats was double that
of spring-sown oats over a period of
twenty years.
"Drill oats in cotton middles soon
after the cotton has been picked.
Planting early—even if the oats have
to be planted in the middle of a
summer-growing crop before it is
harvested—is of much greater im­portance
in» securing a good yield
than delaying planting to plow the
land and prepare it thoroughly.
"Oats should be seeded at the rate
of two to three bushels per acre.
Sow red rustproof, Appier, or Ful-ghum
varieties. The Fulghum is
earlier than the rustproof.
"North of Birmingham where oats
are sometimes lost from freezes the
Norton oat is promising, having stood
8 degrees above zero in January,
1928, when other varieties were al­most
completely killed. In three
years tests it made about as large
yields as other varieties. The winter
turf oat is popular with many farm­ers
in the Tennessee Valley.
"It pays to treat oats for smut.
Every farmer can sectire a cheap and
practical formula for treating oats
for smut from his county agent."
was: Cranford, Stratford, Concord.
Pippa sang "Sally in our Alley".
On entering Philadelphia for the
first time, Franklin spent all his
money for a newspaper.
Dinah Morris was a friend of
Little Eva.
Lord Jim worked out* his salvation
as a missionary to the Burmese; as a
voyager in the Arctic.
My Antonio, was a South Sea
beauty.
The "Hesperus" was lost in the
Franco-Prussian War.
The Deacon's wonderful one-hoss
shay went to pieces when Brudder
Brown sat down in it.
In the phrase "The quality of mercy
is not strained", the word "strained"
means "run through a sieve."
Sesame and Lilies is a bouquet.
Anantithesis is a composition.
Thanatopsis is an'island in the Le­vant.
Wolf Larsen suffered from eczema.
LEGAL AID CLINIC
BEING OPENED AT
DUKE LAW SCHOOL
Beginning on Monday, the law
school of Duke opens the first Legal
Aid clinic in North Carolina, making
free legal aid available to persons
about Durham- who would otherwise
be unable to pay an atorney's fee. •
The clinic will maintain an office in
the law school building oh the west
campus and will be under the per­sonal
direction of John F. Bradway,
who recently came to Duke from the
University of Southern California.
Mr. Bradway is a recognized leader
in this; work. He founded the South­ern
California clinic in 1929.
Duke's clinic will be similar to other
legal aid societies throughout the
country. The rule is rigid that only
poor persons can be received as cli­ent's;
but after this test is passed the
clinic aims to serve its clients in ad­vice
or in court actions as any other
attorney would serve them.
Experienced attorneys will be in
charge of the office, while third-year
WOII IjiUSeil S U l i e i c u l i um Cecilia. -
. -s. . , . , » law students will be permitted to do
A heirarchy is a congregation of . < , ,-„
heretics.
Reputable means "of bad fame."
Nurture means outdoor life.
Lascivious means luscious.
Brobdingnag was a faithful Zulu
servant; also an old horse.
Lethal means made of stone.
The albatross was hung on the
South Pole.
Progeny is another term for a
monstrosity.
Ribald means puzzling. . •.
MAJOR FRANKE MAKES
TALK TO UPPERCLASSMEN
(Continued from page 1)
stressed in his talk was the wearing
of the uniofrm off the drill field. As
a new rat rule has been made this
year, compelling the freshmen to wear
their uniform at all times according
to military regulations, upperclassmen
should set a good example in wearing
their uniforms in the proper manner.
Major Franke also impressed upon
the student offices the necessity of
showing the new students the profi­ciency
of the military unit by know­ing
commands and military courtesy
thoroughly.
Mississippi Students
Flock to Ala. Schools
The status of the colleges of Mis­sissippi
which were dropped from
membership in the Association of Col­leges
and Secondary .Schools of the
Southern States by action of the As­sociation
at its last annual meeting,
will receive further consideration by
the members when the Association
meets in Montgomery next December.
The Mississippi schools were barred
from membership when Gov. Bilbo,
who controls the respective boards of
trustees of the institutions, ousted a
number of professors for political rea­sons.
Expulsion of the Mississippi schools
from membership in the Southern As­sociation
has resulted in"a large en­rollment
of Mississippi students a t
the various colleges in Alabama which
are members of the Association.
It is currently reported that the
Mississippi students at the Universi­ty
of Alabama total between 200 and
400 and that this number is almost
double the number enrolled there last
year. The number of Mississippi stu­dents
at Auburn is approximately
twice as large as last year, it was said.
University of Alabama authorities
have declined to release comparative
figures. Dr. George H. Denny, presi­dent,
admitted that there was an in­crease,
but declared it was hot "no­tably
substantiate."
The meeting of the Southern Asso­ciation
in Montgomery will be the
36th annual assembly. A local com­mittee
on arrangement's has been
named by President Charles Brown,
of Birmingham. The committee is
composed of Dr. Walter D. Agnew,
president of Womans College; W. R.
Harrison, superintendent of Montgom­ery
schools; Mayor Gunter, Dr. A. F.
Harman, state superintendent of edu­cation;
Frank L. Grove, secretary of
the Alabama Education Association;
Jesse B. Hearin, secretary of the
Montgomery Chamber of Commerce;
Mrs. James Fitts Hill, president of
the Montgomery Council Parent-
Teacher Association and Mothers
Clubs; Millard Westcott, Boy Scout
executive; and W. L. Spencer, direc­tor
of the division of secondary edu­cation
of the State Department of
Education, who is chairman of the
committee.
Eleven states are represented in the
Southern Association, which has a
membership of about 150 colleges and
over 1,000 high schools. Nine colleges
and 73 high schools in Alabama are
members of the association.
such portions of the work as may fall
within their abilities, short of actually
practicing law.
It has. been the experience of con­ductors
of this kind of service all over
the country to be applied to by- per­sons
desiring settlement of small
claims, such as the collection of small
contracted debts" and the like. \
Legal aid work in this form, declar­ed
Mr. Bradway, has received the
hearty endorsement of the legal pro­fession
in all the leading pities of the
United States. Chief Justice Hughes
is honorary president of the National
association of legal aid organizations,
and in every state and city where
such organizations- exist the members
of the bar have expressed their appro­val.
The American bar association is
particularly cordial, also, to the fur­therance
of this type of organization.
•Duke Chronicle.
INSIST ON THE BEST MEATS
SANITARY MARKET
A. H. CHRIETZBURG, Prop.
Where Cleanliness Prevails
Live and Dressed Poultry
—PHONE 112—
gan, by MacLeod Yearsley, consult­ing
aural surgeon to St. James Hos­pital.
Patronize Plainsman Advertisers.
Alabama Housewives
Are Canning Fruits
And Vegetables Now
The war-time slogan of "Can All
You. Can" has been revived by Ala­bama
housewives in preparation for
rigorous winter.
Having taken advantage of the
abundant fruit and vegetable crops to
stock cellars' with row on row of pre­serves
and canned edibles, the women
of the state whose duty it is to set
the table have turned to canning
meats.
Miss Helen Kennedy, extension nu­tritionist
here reports that meats are
being canned in Alabama on a much
larger scale than heretofore. Most
of the canning is of cattle and poultry,
she says, and has been resorted to for
economic reasons.
"Modern methods in handling and
canning meats have made it feasable
and present conditions have made it
necessary," said Miss-Kennedy.- "Fac­ed
with low prices for their animals
and poultry farmers are killing and
canning and thereby ending feeding
expense. Chickens removed from
flocks because they are not produc­ers
of eggs are being canned in large
nftmbers?v
A supply of .canned meats makes
possible a variety of meats around
which to build the main meaC Miss
Kennedy points out. It also tends to
reduce waste.
"By canning meat the farmer is
independent of weather conditions
and tne housewife has no need for
worry when company appears thirty
minutes before meal time.'' she said.
"Canned meat is always ready and
means a saving in time and labor."
Sigma Phi Beta's and
A.L.TVs Give Dance
On Wednesday Eve
On last Wednesday evening the
Sigma Phi Beta Sorority and Alpha
Lambda Tau Fraternity entertained
their rushees and pledges with an in­formal
dance at the Alpha Lambda
Tau House on West Magnolia Ave­nue.
The decorations were carried out
in the colors of the Sorority and
Shakespeare Died • Fraternity. Overhead streamers and
From. 1 3 D i s e a s e s Silhouettes depicting college life
were attractively combined.
The death of William Shakespeare One of the features of .the dance
42, bard, was due to complication of was the presentation of Auburn's new
thirteen diseases, according to an ar.- victory song, "Fight 'urn Tiger" by
tide in Lancet, British medical or- Jimmie O'Neil and his Georgian's, of
Columbus
Punch made from frozen fruits
was served to all the guests.
Dr. and Mrs. Good were acting
haperones.
Dean of Architecture and Applied Art
Frederick Child Biggin, dean of
the School of Architecture and Al­lied
Arts, who has been connected
with Auburn since 1916. He has
held his present position since 1927,
when the Architecture Department
was separated from the College of
Engineering. Dean Biggin holds the
degrees of bachelor of science and
master of science.
(Editor's Note: This is the first
of a series of photographs of deans
and heads of departments to be
printed during the year in order to
better acquaint students with college
officials. The second will be printed
next week.)
EGG LAYING CONTEST WILL OPEN
AT POULTRY FARM ON OCTOBER 1
The Alabama Egg Laying Demon
stration, conducted annually by the
Extension Service of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute,* will; commence
'.t eighth consecutive year of ope­ration
on October 1, at the Poultry
-Farm at Auburn. The first demon­stration
was held here in 1924-25.
under the direction of the Extension
Service and the poultry department,
and the contest has been an affair of
nation-wide importance since that
time. One hundred entries repre­senting
twenty-one states comprise
the contesting group this year, with
a number of applications on the wait­ing
list.
The purpose of the contest is to
demonstrate under actual conditions
the methods and .practices that can
be used to produce eggs economical­ly,
to test out by comparison under
Vegetable Storage
For Later Use Told
Home gardeners in Alabama have
come to early fall with a large supply
of vegetables to be used during the
winter. Consequently, Julian Brown,
extension horticulturist, Alabama Po­lytechnic
Institute, offers practical
suggestions about harvesting and stor­ing
as follows:
"Where there is danger from hlrd
.freezes, vegetables such as beets, car­rots,
cabbage, and turnips/should be
dug and stored for the winter. Beets,
carrots, and turnips may be stored
either in a cellar or in a specially pre­pared
pit made in the following man­ner:
(1) Select.a well-drained area,
dig the pit about 12 inches deep, four
to six feet wide, and long enough to
accommodate all the vegetables to be
stored; (2) Cover the bottom with
pine straw; (3) Cut off tops of root
crops to be stored; (4) place them in
a wedge-shaped pile about two feet
high; and (5) Cover with about 4 to
6 inches of straw and cover this with
about an equal depth of dirt.
"Cabbage may be stored in pits or
trenches by inverting the plants and
covering with straw and dirt the same
as above.
the same conditions the birds of dif­ferent
breeds of various owners, to
advertise the stock of the breedei's
represented, and to advertise at large
the poultry industry?'
The contest will run for fifty-one
weeks; be^nning October 1, and end­ing
September 23, 1932. Silver cups
are to be awarded at the end of the
contest to the pen with the greatest
number of eggs, and to the individ­ual
bird with the best record. Com­plete
monthly reports will be sent to
each contestant and to all extension
workers in the State.
The one hundred entries will be
housed in fifty, modern, well con­structed
poultry houses, each one to
contain twenty-six birds, or two en­tries,
All birds will be under the
supervision of an experienced poul-tryman,
who is a member of the staff
of the poultry department. . Every
attention possible will be given the
chickens in the way of sanitation,
feeding, and disease prevention. Elec­tric
lights will be used during the
fall and winter to lengthen the day,
but such lights will be used in mod­eration
only.
The management of the contest
will be in the hands of C. T. Bailey,
manager of the demonstration; G. A.
Trollope, head of the department of
poultry, and H. R. Bailey, extension
poultryman. r DRINK
NEHI
Fruit Flavors
Made from tree
ripened fruit
I
Soviets Against Cards
Because All the Decks
Have Kings, Queens
Ely Culbertson, contract bridge ex­pert,,
is back from Russia with a
story about royalty. He had a
scheme for doubling the sale of play­ing
cards in the Soviets, but the man
in charge of the syndicate would
have none of it.
"He told me," Culbertson said,
"that he had been put on the job for
the express purpose of cutting down
the sale of cards because *here are
kings and queens in the decks. He
boasted he had slashed the annual
sale to 1,500,000 decks. They tried
putting out decks without figures of
royalty and the Russians refused to
buy them."
Ala. Manufacturers
Use Modern Methods
Many forward looking Alabama
manufacturers are using modern mer­chandising
methods in making their
products more attractive, usable and
distinctive, states Colonel Page S.
Bunker, state forester. Heretofore,
in most cases, lumber and other for­est
products lost their identity as
soon as they left the manufacturers.
However, many mills now stamp the
name of the mill on one side of floor­ing
and ceiling and on the ends of
finish and common lumber.
The species, "grade and size of the
lumber is also shown in some cases.
Timbers are stenciled with the mak­er's
name and cars of timbers, poles,
piling and lumber often have signs
attached showing the name and ad­dress
of the producer.
Some mills line the sides of the
freight cars with paper and cover
the floors with shavings before loading
lumber in them. Others wrap their
finish lumber in paper which keeps
each package of lumber clean until
it is used. A sticker on each pack­age
states the size, grade, quantity
and manufacturer.
Some lumber is given a protective
coat of paint at the mill and cedar
closet lining is sometimes painted on
the back face to reduce the evapora­tion
of the desired oils.
All of these devices aid the con­sumer
in obtaining suitable materi­als
and the forest converting indus­tries
in obtaining more business if
they produce highly satisfactory
products.
Tiger Theatre
Saturday, Sept. 19
"HUCKLEBERRY FINN"
—With—
Jackie Coogan '- Junior Durkin
Mitzi Green - Jackie Searl
Added Attraction—Comedy:
"CATCH AS CATCH CAN"
Sunday - Monday,
Sept. 20-21
MAURICE CHEVALrER
. •—In—
-"THE SMILING
-LIEUTENANT"
—With—
Claudette Colbert
Charles Ruggles
Added Attraction—Paramount
News and Rudy Vallee in
"BETTY CO-ED"
Tuesday, Sept. 22
"SPORTING. BLOOD"
—With—
Clark Gable
Ernest Torrence
Madge Evans
Added Attraction—Audio Re­view
and Cartoon
"YOU'RE DRIVING ME
CRAZY"
Three Students Are «'
Attending 'Y' Meet
Three Auburn students are attend­ing
the State Y. M. C. A. Officer's
Training School which meets this
week-end at the Y. M. C. A. camp
near Birmingham. The three Au­burn
men attending are Joe Plant,
Mdrion Kelley, and Howard Morris,
and are there as Auburn's official
delegates.
The principal speaker on the pro­gram
of the training school is Mr.
Walter L. Stone, who is director of
boy's work at the Y. M. C. A. grad­uate
school at Nashville. Mr. Stone
has been very active in boy's Y. M.
C. A. work, and is well-known thru-out
the country for a book he has
written on the subject.
WE SELL
College Ice Gream
Taste the Difference
• Take home a quart
SODAS
CIGARS
CANDY
CIGARETTES
SANDWICHES
BENSON BROS.
Confectionery
on campus corner
CURB SERVICE
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