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OFFICERS BALL MONDAY NIGHT THE PLAINSMAN SHINE UP FOR THE GOVERNOR TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT VOLUME L. AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1927 NUMBER 20 GOVERNOR TO REVIEW R. 0. T. t ON WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY WAR DEPARTMENT CHANGES SUMMER CAMP TO BENNING Captain Althaus Enumerates Desirability of New Location The summer training camp for the Field Artillery and Engineer ROTC students of Auburn will be held at Fort Benning, Ga., this summer instead of at Fort Bragg, N. C, as in the past. Instructions to this effect have just been received from the War Department by Major Kennedy, Pro fessor of Military Science and Tactics. This change is the result of the War Department's plan to centralize the summer training camps, thus materially reducing the cost of transporting several hundred ROTC students over long distances. This change in the location of the summer training camp will doubtless be a disappointment to some members (Continued on page 3) WAR VETERANS CAN NOW RENEW OLD INSURANCE Cal. Coolidge Asks Support of All in Spreading This News Communication was received at headquarters of the Auburn R. O. T. C. from the War Department with reference to the law providing for the reinstatement of war risk life insurance up until July 2, 1927. The communication contained a statement signed by President Coolidge. It is stated that detailed information with reference to such insurance may be obtained from the central office of the United States Veterans' Bureau, Washington, D. C, or from the regional office of the United States Veterans' Bureau, Washington, D. C, or from its rer gional -offices located throughout the country. President Coolidge's letter is as follows: "Wherefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, do hereby designate the period January 31 to February 7, 1927, as a time during which special effort should be made to inform all veterans of the World War of the right they have to reinstate lapsed war risk life insurance, and to convert it into United States Government life insurance; and, that all such veterans may, in some manner, be properly informed, I urge all citizens, particularly employers, the press, labor organizations, woman's associations, professional groups and civic and patriotic bodies, to secure full information and use such means of informing the veterans as may be most effective." PROGRAM College Show Monday, Feb. 21 "COHENS AND KELLYS" With George Sidney, Charlie Murray, and Vera Gordon. Tuesday, Feb. 22 "GOING CROOKED" With Bessie Love, Oscar Shaw, and Leslie Fenton. Wednesday, Feb. 23 "BEN HUR" Francis X. Bushman, May Mc- Avoy, Claire McDowell, Betty Bronson and others. Friday, Feb. 25 "LUNATIC AT LARGE" Leon Errol, Dorothy Mackaill and Kenneth MacKenna. Saturday, Feb 26 "STOLEN PLEASURES" With Helene Chadwick, Dorothy Revier, Gayne Whitman, Harlan Tucker, Ramon Ripley. COMEDIES—NEWS EVENTS GOOD PROGRAM IS PRESENTED BYMONTEVALLO Girl's Glee Club Entertains in Langdon Hall On Saturday evening, February the twelfth, at seven-fifteen o'clock, the Alabama College Glee Club, from Montevallo gave a concert in Langdon Hall, which was well received In spite of the bad weather, there was a large crowd persent. The girls arrived n Auburn Saturday afternoon accompanied by Mr Colin B. Richmond, director; Miss Polly Gibbs, accompanist; and Mrs Nora Reynolds, chaperone. They came here from Woman's College, in Montgomery, where they appeared Friday night in concert. There were twenty-six girls who made the trip. Among them were: Minnie Peebles Johnson, Helen Bishop, Frances Lof-tion, Alace Lyman, Myrtle Plant, Eleanor Toomer, Alice Minton Quar-les, Joyce Jackson, Margaret West, Jane Stallworth, and Myrtle Tuber-ville. The performance was opened by three songs sung by the whole club. This was followed by selected numbers by the "Alabama College Varsity Sextette," which is composed of Misses Johnson, Bishop, Loftin, Lyman, Plant and Toomer. .Soprano solos were then rendered by Minnie Peebles Johnson, after which the Glee Club sang several other selections. Then Alice Lyman played three violin solos. The next on the program was a short act called "Stage Struck" successfully featured by Alice Minton Quarles, and Joyce Jackson. There were also other soprano solos by Heleen Bishop, selected numbers by the Varsity Sextette, and the final selection on the program was the Alma Mater. The girls left Auburn Sunday morning at eight-thirty on their way back to Montevallo. DR. SHOWALTER TALKS TO RATS ABOUT SCIENCE Science Seeks Truth Through Many Experiments Dr. Shouwalter of the Extension Department made a very interesting talk to the Freshman class last Tuesday. He began by saying that the students by selecting Auburn as their school made themselves seekers of truth in science. One comes to Auburn to learn something of science and how to apply this knowledge. To some people science is a deep, and unfathomable mystery; while to others it is .a cut and dried matter of no interest. Science appears this way to ignorant people only; men who desire to learn the truth are of a scientific nature. Scientists are viewed with alarm by a great many people who care nothing for the scientific truth. r The search for truth calls for close observation. Innumerable tests have shown that most people are unobservant; they do not see very much from an observing point of view. The trained observer on the other hand must know what to see and what to study. Intelligence and achievements are obtained from the results of certain tests of that nature. In the scientific world a single test is of no value in the way of truth. To establish a theory or a law, many tests must be made so that the law can be proved to be good. After the tests have been made to the best of the ability of the scientist performing them, the find- (Continued on page 3) OPINIONS O1 ^ ^ 1T^XTQR SYSTEM 'UI^JB]S[ "H AlEJtf _ Dr. Dowell—If the Honor System cannot function with reasonable satisfaction it ought to be abolished. However I should regret exceedingly to learn that our student body did not feel that a "student conscience" for its enforcement should and can be developed. Dr. Petrie—I beleive the large majority of Auburn boys mean to be honest. It certainly ought to be possible to have an honor system here that will work effectively. I cannot believe the time has yet come to treat Auburn men as convicts, and not as gentlemen. a Prof. Judd—The Honor System at Auburn has fallen far short of legitimate expectation of all who have given it serious consederation. In my opinion the fault lies partly with the faculty and partly with the student body. I believe an honest effort on the part of all would restore the Honor System to its old-time dignity and respect. Prof. Rutland—I firmly believe in an honor system. Of course if ours • won't work, let's scrap it. I cannot believe however, that this student body and this faculty lack the tact, good sense, and loyalty to Auburn necessary to make the right kind of -honor system work. Dr. Clark—I should regret exceedingly to see the Honor System abolished at Auburn. But, if it is not working with reasonable satisfaction, and if it is a detriment rather than a benefit, our better judgment would dictate its suspension. I hope, however, that some other worth-while alternative may be found. Dr. Allison—The only hope of saving the Honor System at Auburn is for a sufficient number of students to pledge themselves to support the System to the extent of reporting the man who cheats. It is this attitude that has made a success of the Honor System at other institutions. If Auburn students will not- assume this responsibility, the Honor System should go. W. F. Tidwell—The Honor System is not working. I am in favor of abolishing it until student and faculty sentiment is such that it will work effectively. Prof. Shi—If the Honor System is to be successful the students must assume responsibilities of enforcing penalties for violations. It cannot fulfil its purposes if unfairness in examinations are tolerated. R. C. Crawford—The Honor System will not work at Auburn with the sentiment now prevailing. F. A. Smith—Unless the student sentiment toward the Honor System at Auburn undergoes a radical change, it had best be removed. A. F. McGhee—With the present attitude of the faculty toward the Honor System, it is impossible to secure student cooperation which is essential to the success of the system. F. H. Ingram—In my opinion the Honor System is a shield for dishonest students. J. M. Edwards—The success of the Honor System hinges on the willingness of the students to report each other for violations of the constitution. Until they will do this it will not work and should be abolished. M. G. Smith—The backbone of the Honor System is the students' reporting violations of its constitution and until the majority are willing to do this the. system is of no value and should be abolished. G. B. Phillips—The honor system is taken too lightly by the undergraduates. It should be abolished. W. H. H. Putnam—The Senior Class should take the lead in making the Honor System work, not in throwing it out. S. H. Lynne—Due to the general concept of "tale-bearing" entertained by the majority of the students here and built up by the parents and secondary school organizations, the Honor System at Auburn is impracticable. It should be removed. BIBB GRAVES AND STAFF TO SPEND HOLIDAY IN AUBURN MUSICAL SHOW TO BE GIVEN BY LOCAL PLAYERS Tuxworth to Dispense Maidenly Charm SENIOR CLASS TAKES VOTE ON HONOR SYSTEM Proposes Plan for Building of Auburn Stadium Bewildering paradox occurred in Senior Class meeting Tuesday morning when the honor system was brought up for discussion. J. M. Edwards, president of the honor committee, made a final plea for some means to insure the satisfactory operation of the system here, declaring that the foundation of the honor system was the obligation of the students to turn up those guilty of cheating on quizzes and examinations. It was revealed in subsequent questioning that five students in the senior class would be the maximum of those who would expose their class mates guilty of dishonesty. According to Edwards this was a virtual admission- that the honor system was powerless to work on the Auburn (Continued on page 3) NOTICE! The Auburn Players cordially invite everyone interested in the little theatre movement to hear Mr. Reeid, of New York City, who will talk to the group in the Y Hut on Wednesday, February 23, at eight o'clock. Mr. Reeid is making a tour through the South in the interests of the little theatre organizations and audiences throughout his series of meetings have been enthusiastic about his talks. No admission will be charged and everyone will be welcomed. PRESIDENT OF U. OF A. SENDS HEARTY LETTER STADIUM PLANS ARE SUPPORTED BY BLUE KEY MEN Seeks Arrangement Of All Campus Organizations on This Policy Following its policy of promoting the interests of the college, the Blue Key fraternity declared its membership in hearty support of the resolution adopted by the senior class in regard to the proposed plan for the construction of an athletic stadium at Auburn. Definite steps were taken toward the futherance of this scheme and a committee was authorized to signify the willingness of the organization to support the senior class in its attempts to get the plan fairly started. Members of this committee are: S. H. Lynne, G. B. Phillips, and F. A. Smith, all of whom are on the senior class committee for the same purpose. In order that the resolution be given its maximum of appeal, it was suggested that the signatures of all campus organizations in agreement with this policy be allowed to sign the resolution. After Ibeing drawn up it will be submitted for the approval of the various societies and organizations. Sister Institution Wishes Success for Basketball • Team HONOR SYSTEM CONTEST WON BY M'MILLAN J u d g e s P i c k Sophomore's Theme After Much Difficulty February 14, 1927. Dear Dr. Dowell: Please convey to all who are interested in the continued success of your basketball team our sincere congratulations. I am sure that I voice the sentiment of our faculty and student-body when I say that we are pulling for your team and wish for it complete triumph in Atlanta. We realize that our own team is unequal to the task of winning the Conference championship. Next to our own success we are for the success of our sister institution. Faithfully yours, George D. Denny. President, University of Alabama. Prize offered by the Honor Committee for the best theme on "The Advantages of An Honor System to A College" was won by J. B. McMillan, a sophomore. Considerable difficulty was experienced by the judges in awarding the verdict of winner to the author of the best theme as there were so many excellent papers submitted on the subject. As the result of the contset, marly new ideas were advanced and'many honest opinions and views of the Honor System were brought to light. Anyone wishing to read the themes which were entered in the competition may do so bay calling by the "Y" office. • McMillan's theme follows: ADVANTAGES OF AN HONOR SYSTEM TO A COLLEGE All Honor Systems as in use in colleges today embody the same fundamental principles. An Honor System is a plan eliminating the faculty-spying practice in situations involving the honesty of students. It substitutes a plan whereby each student is trusted on his own sense of honor to conduct himself incorruptibly at all times. The essential aim of an . (Continued on page 6) Interest in the musical show soon to be staged by the Auburn Players has been heightened since the dance director, Miss Lillian Gist, assisted by that worthy exponent of Mechanical Drawing and the Black Bottom, "Pup" Jones, gave an exhibition of the popular dance at the Stunt Night celebration. We have been hearing of this latest terpsichorean craze and those of us who were fortunate enough to get to Birmingham saw it demonstrated there, but this was its first appearance in Auburn. Miss Gist predicts that it will be more popular than the Charleston and the audience at the stunt night show seemed to second her motion. Officials of the Y. M. C. A. say that when the entire chorus of forty people begins to do the Black Bottom over their heads, it is hard to concentrate on anything else. In addition to this athletic dance, a further contribution to the Football Frolic is made by such campus adornments as Moulton, Tuxworth, "Diz" Pruett, Sankey and "Red" Roberts. Sounds almost like the line-up for a big game, doesn't it? .And it is, only this game is played behind the footlights. Roberts pursues Tuxworth about the stage in an attempt to steal a kiss and Pruett tells of the time when he was a happy mother: Sankey steals the diamond necklace and Pat Moulton wins the fair damsel, Tuxworth. Never was such a melodrama as "The Fatal Necklace" seen in Auburn, and never were such actors evidenced before! (The latter is inteded as a sort of compliment.) It has been rumored that Tuxworth will sell the kisses for a nominal sum, but this has been denied. The date of the frolic has definitely been set for Thursday, March third, and Langdon Hall will shelter this motley mob of jazz enthusiasts. ETA KAPPA NU TO PUT ON HIKE FOR ELEC MEN Honorary Electrical Engineering Fraternity to Give E. E.'s Treat PROPOSAL IS MADE TO MAKE CHANGE IN STATE'S MOTTO Mr. Max Rogers, a member of the House of Rperesentatives, at my request, has introduced a bill proposing a change in the motto which is inscribed upon, the scroll carried in the beak of the eagle on the great seal of Alabama. The present motto is "Here We Rest." The change proposed is "We Drive Forward.'.' I am not at all wedded to the proposed slogan or motto but have suggested it as in direct opposition to the present one which is based upon a legend now proven untrue. Please let me refresh your memory as to the history of the great seal of Alabama. The original seal adopted in 1817 when Alabama was a Territory, was a map of the State showing its principal rivers. The Reconstruction Legislature of 1868 abolished this historic old seal and substituted our present seal therefor, declaring in the Act that the words "Here We Rest" should be shown at such place on the seal as the Governor might direct. The present seal as you, know is a circle with a diameter of two and a quarter inches, near the edge of which is the word "Alabama' and opposite this the words "Great Seal." In the center of the seal there is an eagle on-a shield and in the beak of the eagle is a scroll as above described. The law says that this seal shall be called "The Great Seal of the State of Alabama." The origin of the phrase "Here We Rest" is based on an Indian legend given in the writings of an early Alabamian, Alexander B. Meek, in (Continued on page 3) In order to bring the seniors and juniors in the electrical engineering school closer together, Eta Kappa Nu, honorary electrical engineering fraternity, is planning a hike and wein-er roast for these classes on Friday afternoon and evening, February 25, according to plans recently made public by the officers of the fraternity. This get-together is prompted by a desire that the members of the two upper classes ally themselves more closely with each other, and come to know each other better. Being the largest single course in college, it has proved difficult to mingle as much as we would like, so this informal outing has been arranged. Eta Kappa Nu is especially desirous of having every junior and senior who is pursuing electrical engineering, as its guest on this occasion, Jack Nelms, who is in charge of arrangements, tells us. In that way, the society will feel that it has accomplished something. The feature of the hike will be the "feed," so they say. Mr. Nelms promises that there will bo no formal talks called for from among the guests, and that there will be plenty to eat for everybody. Exercises to Be Held in Langdon Hall Following Review In accordance with the custom established by his predecessors, Governor Bibb Graves and his official Staff will review the Auburn R. O. T. C. Tuesday, February 22, 1927. The Governor and Dr. Tidwell, state superintendent of education, accompanied by their wives will drive through the country and are expected to arrive in Auburn about nine-thirty A. M. Upon their arrival, they will proceed to Dr. DowelPs office wherethey will meet Colonel Moon and Staff. The Governor will remain in session with his Staff and the Board of Trustees until time for the review. As the Governor comes upon the field a salute of twenty-one guns will be fired in his honor. The review will be followed by exercises in Langdon Hall at which Governor Graves will be the principal speaker. In the afternoon, there will be a reception at the home of the President in honor of the Governor and the Board of Trustees, to which members of the Faculty and their wives, and also the town people are invited. After the reception, Dr. Dowell will entertain the Governor and Board of Trustees at a dinner. It is expected that the Governor will speak from Station WAPI on some subject of current interest to the people. Invitations have been extended the Governor and his Staff to attend the Military Ball which is to being given by the Cadet Commissioned Officers, Monday, February 21, 1927, which is is hoped they will be able to accept. STATION W A P I WILL END FIRST YEARJUESDAY Will Celebrate Anniversary of Opening Night with Big Program As a climax to a year of successful broadcasting, Radio Station WA PI, the Victon Hanson radiophone located here, will observe its first birthday with an all-star jubilee program Tuesday, February 22, beginning at 8 p. m., according to announcement made today by Prof. L. N. Duncan, director of the station. The program announced calls for representatives of the various features which have gone with the regular programs from Station WAPI during the first year of continuous broadcasting. In addition, state officials and those who as individuals and as representatives of corpora-continued on page 6) PROGRAM Tiger Theatre Monday, Feb. 21 "MORALS FOR MEN" Conway Tearle, Alyce Mills and John Miljan Tuesday, Feb. 22 "THE VIRGIN" With Dorothy Revier, Kenneth Harlan, Walter Heirs, Alice Lake and Sam DeGrasse. Wed.-Thurs., Feb. 23-24 "STELLA DALLAS" N Starring Ronald Coleman, Lois Moran, Jean Hersholt, Alice Joyce and Belle Bennett. Friday, Feb. 25 "THE TAXI DRIVER" Starring Joan Crawford and Owen Moore. Miss Crawford is Hollywood's best Black Bottom Dancer Saturday, Feb. 26 "THE TOUGH GUY" With Fred Thompson and his great horse, Silver King" GOOD COMEDY EVl'KY DAY "*^ PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN ®|g Patnmttatt Published weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. —. Subscription rates $2.00 per year (32 issues). Entered-as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala. STAFF S. H. Lynne Editor-in-Chief F. A. Smith Business Manager H. G. Grant Faculty Adviser EDITORIAL STAFF Rowe Johnson Associate Editor W. F. Tidwell Associate Editor C. D. Greentree Managing Editor H. Fulwiler, Jr News Editor H. W. Head Proof Reader J. W. Powers Proof Reader R. Alston - Cartoonist J. L. Price ...Bulletin Board Editor Redus Collier — Sports Editor D. O. Sikes Associate Sports Editor Catherine Nunn Co-Ed Editor John Thomas Humor Editor R. C. Cargile Exchange Editor REPORTERS J. W. Randle__.'28 A.V.Blankenship '30 P. F. Crenshaw.'29 Rex. S i k e s .— '30 C. R. DeArmen.'29 R. B. Kelso '30 J. B. McMillan.'29 K. Kimbrough—'28 Coke Metjthews.,29 Chast Howard—'30 J. W. Mills ___'30 V. Savage, Jr._.'30 J. D. Salter '30 B. B. C. Lile_—'30 G. N. Sparrow—'30 J. F. Mitchell.—'30 Harry Wise '28 L. A. Smith, '29 BUSINESS STAFF H. C. Hopson Ass't. Bus. Mgr. William Frank Advertising Manager J. E. Barnes Circulation Manager George Hann,_Ass't. Circulation Manager Hershel Hatchett Mailing Clerk A. V. Blankenship Mailing Clerk H. W. Glover Ass't Advertising Mgr. L. P. Dumas Ass't Advertising Mgr. The senior class is addicted to strange paradoxes. In the first place they admit that the honor system is a failure at Auburn and that they are convinced that there is no way by which to make it work; then they immediately pass a resolution to retain it. We can hardly understand this attitude. The honor system, as it is now and as it has been since its inception, is merely a shield to protect those who wish to cheat on quizzes and examinations. We do not insinuate that only those seniors who voted for its continuance reasoned this motive. Many were sincere in their desire to see it function properly here. We heartily indorse this ideal, but realize that the system is becoming weaker and will eventually be a boomerang on its supporters. There were not five men in the senior class who would pledge to "turn up" any classmate he saw cheating. In fact, several of the most prominent members of the class emphatically declared that they would turn up a classmate under no conditions. Unfortunately this attitude is but com-patabile with existing conditions. The statement was made that for a man to turn up a fellow student was virtual degradation in the eyes of his friends. To state things plainly, it is unfair to turn up a student guilty of dishonest con- - duct as things now stand. Why should one man be cast out of school for a mistake eighty per cent of the student body are guilty of? If each man would swear to observe the rules of the honor system rigorously, especially in regard to reporting infractions of those rules, the honor system would work here. But when less than five per cent of the senior class, supposedly composed of partially matured minds, agrees to assume the latter obligation, what may we expect from the juniors, sophomores and freshmen? The first move toward the erection of a new standium on the campus has been taken. The senior class awoke from its lethargy long enough to pass a resolution favoring a plan by which a ten-year endowment policy will be contracted with a reliable insurance company, from which policy the school will receive at its expiration, one hundred thousand dollars plus the accumulated interest. This action is highly commendable and should provide a means for the realization of a dream, long cherished by Auburnites,J a football standium of Au- ^._.---burh, by Auburn and for Auburn. Despondency is the result of self-pity and self-pity the result of wounded egotism. Some humans are like potatoes in that they have eyes but don't see. How capricious is Fate. At her will heroes are created through an elaborate complication of circumstances. At her ^rtnmand a brilliant mind is surrounded by a deftimental environment with too often a disastrous result to the mind. ' "Love's Greatest Mistake," reads the title of a picture recently shown here. If the reader will pardon the inelegant pun, isn't love love's greatest mistake? Chancing to gaze through the pages of "The Bridge," Eta Kappa Nu's official publication, we were attracted by a familiar photograph under which were inscribed the words: "South's handsome delegate," or a similar statement. We are happy that William Henry Harrison Putnam, erstwhile editor of our excellent Auburn Engineer so successfully promulgated our Alabama type of masculine beauty in the annual convention of that organization. Many favorable comments regarding the editorial "Do we want a new football coach," appearing in last week's issue of the paper have found their way to this office. We cordially invite students who so desire to express their opinions through the columns of this paper. The exhortation, "Go West, young man, go west," has taken on a new significance from a local standpoint since the dances drew so many of Montgomery's fair maidens to the plains. WELCOME PREP TEAMS Following the custom of a number of years, Auburn is again host to a number of basketball teams from the high schools and preparatory institutions of this and neighboring states. We are always glad for the time of the year to roll around when we may entertain these youths and enjoy the exciting contests certain to ensue when combinations all of championship calibre are assembled together. We wish these young men to feel comfortable while they are our guests as it is our sincere desire that they carry back to their schools with them a wholesome impression of Auburn and Auburn courtesy. Although the entertainment and housing of these players is entrusted to the several fraternities on the campus designated for this purpose, the student body as a whole may aid greatly in creating a favorable opinion of the school in the minds of these lads. In the first place each individual student is expected to display a true type of southern chivalry and sportsmanship while a spectator at these games. Doubtless he will have special favorites, but in his ardent support of them he should not lose sight of the rights of the other participants. It is hoped that no student will be guilty of the disgraceful conduct of hissing one of the players even though he may have overstepped the bounds of fair play. Even as Auburn feels honored by your presence, visitors, so should you be proud of the privilege of meeting under the auspices of one of the greatest institutions. We hope that after viewing the worth of Auburn you may decide to cast your lot with her and in her halls obtain your education. FRATERNITY LIFE Since the beginning of this semester approximately two hundred and fifty freshmen have been initiated into the many fra-ternities on the campus. These men are entering into a new experience not only in their college careers but in their life careers as well. Many a freshman could not wait to write home that he "made" a fraternity, and they are now finding out there is something more to it than making it. There is not a fraternity which does not have lofty ideals. These ideals mean nothing if they are not supported by each member of the house. The group does not and never will make the fraternity. The basic foundation of fraternity life is the individual. When these individuals are brought together and made to work along the same line then fraternity life begins. It cannot be done in any other way. The fraternity endeavors to prepare for leadership by taking its members out of a large crowd and making each a distinct unit in a small crowd. This may be done by furnishing the new men an opportunity to develop self confidence. The fraternity keeps before each member a definite aim by demanding a consideration of the rights of others, by expecting obedience to its laws and orders and each of these centering around the idea of brotherhood. Leadership with these things in mind is not likely to fail. The fraternity provides a boy with family ties and the essential elements of a home. The fraternity, by insisting on a high scholarship record, proper school spirit, a high regard for the best social observance paves the way for the respect of the student body. To each initiate the pin should always be a reminder that he has pledged his heart and hand to honor and truth. NO SNOOPING, THANK YOU An interesting situation has developed at the University of Alabama. Eight girl students have refused to sign the "senior plan" for the second semester, and their reasons, as given in a dispatch in Sunday's Advertiser, are excellent. The incident seems to have created quite a stir at the University. Apparently, there is a widespread, although unorganized, revolt against the plan among the girls in the senior and graduate classes; and it is equally apparent that the revolt is justified. From all accounts, popular sentiment among the students is in sympathy with the eight girls who have taken the lead in refusing to subscribe to the plan. The "senior plan" gives seniors certain privileges, but binds them to act as officers and report all breaches of the honor system which they see. It was in use the first semester of the present academic year, and was signed by all of the senior girls. Last week the plan was circulated in Tutwiler Hall for the girls to sign up for the second semester. Six seniors and two graduate students withheld their signatures. The Crimson-White, the student paper, printed a front page account of their refusal, and it became a subject of campus discussion. The plan gives the senior girls such privileges as riding in automobiles after dark, having "dates" every night of the week and visiting fraternity houses under special permission of the dean of women, in return for which they are required to assume certain responsibilities, including that of reporting violations of the honor system. One provision reads that "acceptance of the senior plan is entirely voluntary on the paTt of each senior," but notwithstanding this, a senior girl is reduced to the status of an under-classman if she does not sign. The eight girls who refused to sign the pledge evidently concluded that they could not do so and be conscientious about it. One of them is quoted as saying: "I cannot understand a plan which does not force you to submit to its propositions, but punishes you if you don't by reducing you in rank to a lower, classman. I signed the pledge the first semester, because I think any promising idea should be given a working chance. I believe the! plan could be changed to a better working form." Another merely said she was too busy with her studies to take the responsibilities exacted. A third said: "I have already broken the first pledge and I don't intend to put myself in a position to do it again." Another girls said senior gorls violated the rules without reporting themselves, and still another explained that she was "unwilling to police.' ' In other words, these eight girls do not fancy turning snoopers. They do not want to put themselves in the position of spying on others and reporting their infractions of the rules. They cannot be accused of unwillingness to cooperate with the university authorities, for they have already given the plan a trial. But they find that their consciences rebel at snooping. They prefer to forego the privileges offered and to be reduced in rank rather than do a thing that is obnoxious to them. "They will not be compelled to sign the pledge by the threat of reduction in status. In the face of the provision that signing is "entirely voluntary." And being honest and sincere about it, they will not sign in order to take the privileges and then shirk the spy work. Obviously, the plan is not a good one. It imposes snooping, which is ignoble and obnoxious, and, moreover, it is unfair, because the provision concerning "voluntary" acceptance of the plan is an outright sham. One girl thinks the plan could be put in a better form. Undoubtedly, if the plan were improved and the unpleasant features removed, so that the girls could accept it and feel right about it, every one of them would agree to it. An honor system for students is a good thing. The university has one, adopted last year. Only three things are included under it—cheating, stealing and perjury before the honor committee. The "senior plan" should not be confused with the honor system, although it is related to it under its provisions. An honor system should apply only to the individual; that is, the individual student should be required to answer only for himself. The student should be put on his own honor, and not required to look after the honor of others. Inasmuch as snooping is odious, an honor system that includes it is not desirable. Our hat is off to these eight girls. The spirit which prompted their action is admirable. So is their courage. We hope that every other senior girl at the university will follow their example.—Montgomery Advertiser. « BLIND TIGER IB Letters to the Editor It seems that when a business devotes its time and money to the best interests of the Auburn students, it should also receive the undivided support of the Auburn Student Body. . The College Picture Show operated primarily for the benefit of the Auburn Band and the A Club scholarship fund, also hires student employees in the capacity of ticket sellers, projectionists, advertising men, etc. During last year the college show paid out for student help alone $1459.50. And has the student body shown its proper appreciation? It seems to me that the pictures being Hie—Ladies and gentlemen: We would like to announce that Messers. John Condon and Sam Harvey are in love with the same damsel at Martha Washington College. It seems to me like Mr. Harvey has tried to get Condon to form a partnership with him, and get the lowdown on the girl from said college, but Mr. Condon refuses to do business with Mr. Harvey only. Instead, he proposes to establish a general information bureau, with himself as the sole operator, and confidant. Blind Tiger moves that they get together on the question for the good of peace^and cooperation. Yours for getting the lowdown, if possible. § § § (IN ENGINEER'S SHAM BATTLE) Lieut. Bowley—"If anything moves, shoot." Hann—"Yes sir, and if anything shoots, I move." "Where are you going?" "To get some water." "In your pajamas?" "No, in a glass." --Alabamian. Hypocracy—An infidel at a funeral, singing "Safe in the Arms of Jesus." I § § Hann thinks that Zoology is a course in flirting with the co-eds at the Baby Zoo. § § § It was a cold and stormy night. There was no fire in the furnace. They were sitting alone in the living room. She had no coal. Neither did he. They shuddered to think how cold they might have been. § § § A line is as strong as its weakest word. § § § Billie—"Charlie has an awfully tricky car." ^ She—"How's that?" Billie—"It plays dead in the most convenient places." § § § "I say Miss, there is a law forbidding swimming here." Tourist—"Well, why didn't you tell me before I undressed?" "There's no law against that." § § § Co-ed Northcutt says that a coupe is an inferior type of car, because every time she goes out into the country, the roads are lined with those that have stalled. § § § (Husband comes in late) Wife—"Are you drunk?" Husband—"Well, if I'm not, I've been cheated out of ten dollars." § § § Co—"I know a man that has been married ten years and he's in love." Ed—"But his wife hasn't found out yet who the girl is." shown at the college show are the very best and the kind that will serve to produce the highest type of amusement. With such productions as Ben Hur, The Big Parade, The Bat, and Don Juan's Three Nights, I don't know of any theatre that can give better entertainment, and at the same time contribute to such worthy cause as our own picture show. Of course there might be more flaring posters advertising another picture, but at the same time the student can't go wrong on attending The College Show. He's helping our band, and he's providing scholarships for The Auburn Tigers. The Social Committee, in setting the dates for the commencement dances, is divided in their decision between two different periods. Some favor the three days beginning May 5 and ending May 7, while others propose May 19, 20 and 21 as the logical dates. Those who are in favor of the former time maintain that there will be less conflict with examinations in the girls' schools and institutions from which the young ladies come, insuring a large attendance of girls. Then too, they say, if we have our prom at that time, it will be the first of the college finals and will naturally draw the largest attendance. . Proponents of the latter dates base their choice on the fact that the seniors will have finished their examinations and tha.t this season will consequently lend itself to more gaiety. As examinations for the seniors begin on May 12,. this period will follow their examinations and directly proceed the commencement exercises and the under- class exams. In behalf of the first suggestion it might be said that the senior members of the committee would have a tremendous burden of work if the dances were to begin immediately after the close of their exams as that would entail a considerable amount of work even during exam week. It is necessary that a date be set in the near future in order that the members of the committee may enter upon negotiations for an orchestra. However, before the date is finally set, the committee wishes to secure reaction from the student body to these two plans. "Do you believe in marriage?" " "Only as a Jast resort." —Medley. § § § She—"What's a party platform?" He—"More gin, more girls, bigger allowance." —Widow. § § § But for this, though do not scorn it:' An humble insect is the hornet For perseverance, it's sublime. It carries its point every time. —Sample Case. § § § He—"What would you say if I threw a kiss at you?" She—"I'd say you were the laziest boy I ever saw." § § § "Jane lost her job in the grocery store because she wouldn't do what her boss asked her." "What was it?" "He asked her to lay some eggs in the window,"—Widow. § § § Women wear short skirts to make the men long."—Tiger. BOOK REVIEW CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY Edited by John B. Clark, A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Economics THERE ARE THRILLS, BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT! The writer with an enduring fame is a creator. The best-sellers are often shortlived, and so frequently serve only as a means of questionable entertainment for their contemporary readers. If you were to compare the best-sellers of your grandfather's day with those of the present, you would possibly conclude that they were read merely for the thrill which many modern "soul-ful" readers desire to experience. Now one does not get the proper sort of thrill by reading Richardson's "Clarissa Harlowe," Goethe's "Sorrows of Werther," or Rosseau's "Heloise." People liked to .shed copious tears when those stories were written. The broader education of the masses, the easy and rapid disemination of ideas in a multutude of books, magazines, and newspapers have helped to develop a new psychology, to change our ways of thinking, in a large measure. The thrill is different. Fundamental truths, however, do not change, but our ideas regarding them may change. Our reactions to an old truth, or en en to an old theory, may be more lively after reading what another has to say about them the idiom of today. Now. human suffering is a fundamental truth. It is as old as the human race. The medical profession strives to relieve, and is striving more and more to prevent, human suffering. There is another kind of suffering that may, or may not, fall within the sphere of the medical profession for alleviation. One may come to feel that all's wrong with the world, and, consequently, suffer acute mental pain, or spiritual anguish. Relief will come to him only when he adapts himself to the prevailing customs, or at least, by outwardly adapting his living and thinking to them. The wider one's experiences are, the more easily will he be able to adapt himself to his surroundings, and the more charitable will he be toward others. What is the cause of human suffering? E. G. Lessing, one of the first great German critics of the drama maintained that all human suffering is the direct result of some fault of the individual, whether consciously or unconsciously committed. He wrote the beautiful tragedy of "Emilia Galotti" to substantiate his theory. Whether he did so or not may be questioned. You may read it and decide. Futhermore, you may look about you and find examples in real life to prove, or disprove, his theory to your own satisfaction. But since suffering of some kind is inevitable in the life of every individual, what is the meaning of it? One can readily see that hatred and the desire for revenge may be the cause of suffering, and see the evil results of it. Love also may be the cause of human suffering. Love is the dominating force in the life of the characters who come under the sway of suffering in the book of M. Edouard Estaunie, entitled: "L'Appeal de la route." It is, in my opinion, a great creative effort, metaphysical of course, but universal. The author avoids vague, theoretical discussion by treating the theme in a series of three different stories related by as many different men, each of whom had met, by chance, one eor more actors in the same tragedy. The group forms a connected whole, and each story connects and clarifies the story of them all. He concludes that there is a meaning and justification for suffering .One MIGHT apply to this book Lessing's theory. There are thrills, but they are different. Auburn Footprints "L'Appel de la route"—E. Estaunie (Perrin et Cie., Paris. Abridged edition, Ginn and Co., Atlanta.) —T. P. ATKINSON.— We understand that we have a new social luminary on the faculty in the person of Prof. Hare. We hear that a certain girl accepted his bid to the Junior Prom. But we have not been able to learn the attitude of Mrs. Hare to the incident. * * * * * It is rumored that J. P. (Nappy) Ather-ton takes the lead as a ladies man to the extent of some dozen girls at the dances. We admire the ingenuity, or the attraction (whichever it was) of a man that can do such a thing and get away with it. It is more than we would like to do to attempt. * * * * * We understand that the co-ed basketball team has turned dramatic and are staging "The Visual Tragedy" with Edna Creel playing the leading role as "Black Eyed Susan." * * * * * We hear that the mid-term has netted us two new co-eds, while the number of male students has- been decreased. We wonder what this institution is coming to. We remember that while we were in high school the exponents of Auburn presented it to us as a he-man's school. But it appears as though the he-man, that once controlled this institution, is fast becoming extinct. * * * * * We have unearthed a new name for one of our promising sheiks. We understand that "Sunshine" Worthington has made quite a hit in Columbus; the object of this infatuation being the cigar-counter girl al the Ralston. We think that he received the name of "Sunshine" from this source. We also hear that a certain girl came all the way up here from Mobile to tell him that he was cute. We agree with her. But the latest and most audacious act of sheik-ery of this young man in question was his trip to Birmingham during the exams. We hear from reliable sources that he successfully filled nine dates in two nights. * * * * * We have wondered what has ailed "Skick" Kaley lately. This otherwise hus. ky member of our basketball squad has-been eating very lightly and sleeping very rarely of late. It puzzles us until a special delivery letter arrived in Auburn. This letter was from "Skick" to a certain young lady who resides in this fair village. It was mailed from Columbus, Georgia, which means that it was mailed in less than two hours after "Skick" had left on the Florida trip. Far be it from us to read or attempt to read another person's mail, so we do not know what was said, but from certain other sources, which we are not at liberty to disclose, we have formed a very good idea. We also hear that the postmaster has petitioned for a separate branch office here to take care of "Skick's" private correspondence during the basketball season. * * * * * We understand that our local Civil Service is becoming more prominent. Fire-chief Sims attended church last Sunday. When the collection plate was passed Fire, .chief merely showed his A.F.D. badge and passed the plate. After this incident it is generally understood that "Cannonball" Purser has petitioned for a star to denote his authority. * * * * * In our observations during the recent exams we are convinced that our "Honor System" is wrongly named. Honor is an ambiguous term, and it certainly lacks system. It appears as though "To be, or not to be" is the question before the Honor committee now. But ft is not primarily their question. It is a question that every Auburn student must consider, no matter how well he would like to overlook it. We must consider the facts. The honor system is not working 100 per cent in any department of the college. In a few classes it is enforced fairly well, but in the majority of classes it is not enforced, and no one gives a d n. This is as equally true of Seniors as Freshmen. What is everybody's business is nobody's business. Since it is nobody's business the faculty has threatened to make it their business, and yet most of the Student Body has failed to be concerned. If this represents our "Auburn Spirit" it is time that we cease to boast of it. Most of us connect the "Auburn Spirit" with athletics. We do not wish to deny the athlete a single laurel, but the standing of the college, to the commercial and academic worlds will be determined by its graduates and not by its athletes. This is more important than our athletic standing, which lasts only a season at a time. We all favor clean, hard athletics. We despise the man who slugs, roughs, piles on, or employs any other dirty tactics. How much more should we despise the man who cribs. The editor of an humorous column is usually thought of as an optimist, but we can not look at this honor system in any other manner than pessimistic. * * * * * "Oh, Justice, thou hast fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason.— Shakespeare. A / . -^k. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE c One man fells another Charge to BAPTISTS TURN OUT IN SPITE OF HEAVY RAIN A large number of Baptist people attended Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. in spite of the heavy down pour of rain. There was a total attendance of one hundred eighty-five at Sunday School. Seventy-five of these were at the Baraca class. About fifty per cent of the regular attendance were present at B. Y. P. U. One hundred per cent of those present in the Dowell and Tichenor unions had done their daily Bible readings. PROPOSAL IS MADE TO MAKE CHANGE IN STATE'S MOTTO CUSS OF SERVICE DESHtED TELEGRAM DAY UTTER M6HT MESSAGE * NIGHT UTTER ?< Pstrenj should m»rk an X opposite tht diss of ssrvioe desired: OTHERWISE THE MESSAGE WU. BE TRANSMITTED AS A FUtt-RATE TELEGRAM Send the following mes WESTEjpi TELEH^ NEWCOMB CARLTON. MWSIMNT GKOttOE W. sage, •object to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby 1 J C MATHISSON EDIT THE GLOMERATA ALABALIA POLYTECH INST AUBURN ALA HAVE ITOU: TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SATISFY YOURSELF THAT BLUE BOAR TOBACCO PROVIDES YOU WITH THE MOST DELIGHTFUL; PIPE SMOKING TO BE HAD AT ANY PRICE THERE MAY!BE ABGUMENTS ABOUT SPORTS OR POLITICS BUT e THERE ARE.NONE ABOUT BLUE BOAR THERE IS NO WAY TO PRODUCER FINER BARER MORE SPECIAL AND ARISTOCRATIC BLENDlFORiYOUa PIPE * THE AMERICAN TOBACCO"COMPANY PHARMACY MEN ELECT OFFICERS The Pharmaceutical Society met Monday night at 6:45 in the Pharmacy Building for the purpose of the election of its officers for the second term. The officers are elected twice each year, i.e., at the first of each semester. Impromptu talks were made by several of the members on the advantage of attending the meetings. Others expressed their views on the method of making the meetings more beneficial to everyone, and the value of all the Pharmacy men attending these meetings. The officers elected for the second semester are: R. E. Carpenter, president; T. J. Jennings, vice-president; Sim Thomas, secretary and treasurer. 1 'WAR DEPARTMENT CHANGES ' SUMMER CAMP TO BENNING (Continued from page 1) of the Field Artillery and Engineer units who have been looking forward to the trip to Fort Bragg this summer. To others, who are familiar with the attractions of Fort Benning and the city of Columbus, the change in campN location will be most welcome. Let us hear something about the attractions at Fort Benning, Ga. Captain Althaus served two years at Fort Benning just before coming to Auburn and in response to our request contributes the following interesting article about the post. "Before the world war, the use of the Infantry Arms, whose close and harmonious cooperation is vital to success in battle, was taught at three widely separated points, while nowhere in America was there a central school for the teaching of Infantry tactics. The-School of Musketry was located at Fort Sill, j Oklahoma ; the small arms firing school at Camp Perry, Ohio, and the machine gun school at Augusta, • Ga. The importance of coordinated training for infantry was so emphasized in the war that the War Department saw the necessity of consolidating the three schools at one- post under one control. Camp Benning, Ga., was chosen as the most suitable site, and in 1918 the three separate schools were transferred thereto and the foundations of the present institution were solidly established. The Fort Benning reservation comprises 97,000 acres located approximately nine miles south of Columbus, Ga. The post proper is situated on a large plateau on the east bank of the Chattahoochee river. It has an elevation of 300 to 400 feet. The soil is red clay with an ample mixture of sand to prevent mud and in- BANK OF AUBURN We Highly Appreciate Your Banking Business. THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES HAGEDORN'S Dry Goods, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, Shoes OPELIKA'S BEST STORE Next Door to Post Office J W WRIGHT, JR. DRY GOODS Auburn, Alabama. MAKE OUR STORE YOUR STORE Drinks <* Cigars Cigarettes Drug Sundries ORANGE & BLUE SODA CO-Sowell and Sowell sure rapid absorption after rain. A^ sanitary squad has been active ever since the site was selected with the result that very few mosquitoes are found during the summer months. The climate is delightful; the summers being tempered by an almost constant southwest wind; the winters are mild and pleasant. The new paved highway from Columbus to the post affords one of the most beautiful short rides in this vicinity. Fort Benning, like every earlier Camp or P«st has had to go. through its tent-house stage; has had to make its roads, sow its grass and plant its vines and shade trees. Fort Benning has had to string its own telephone wires, lay its own pipe lines, build its own bridges during that stage preliminary to the erection of permanent buildings and quarters. During the past few years an elaborate building program has been pursued. Now the Post is the pride not only of the army but of the country. It is the most modern and most completely equipped service school in the world. The hills and roads on the reservation have been named for soldiers who were post-humously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross during the war. In the center of the Post and dominating all is the typically Southern plantation house which originally belonged to the Bussey family, whose estate was the nucleus' of the Benning reservation. This beautiful old house, surrounded by stately oaks, is now occupied by the Commanding General of the Post. To the best of the writer's knowledge the following regular army units are located at Fort Benning. 29th Infantry Regiment, (white). 24th Infantry Regiment, (colored). 1st Battalion, 83rd Field Artillery, (motorized). "Detachment 15th Tank Battalion. Detachment 7th Engineers. Chemical Warfare Unit. Ordanance Maintenance Company. Detachment Signal Corps. School for Bakers and Cooks. Medical Administrative Unit. Calvary Detachment. The training facilities are the best to he had anywhere. But what about the social aspect? What can the student do over the week-ends or after "school is out?" open fields, over ravines and creeks, down steep embankments, have been developed. Two excellent polo fields are available for the lovers of the "Sport of Kings." Fishing For the followers of Izaak Walton, there are two streams full of fish— the Chattahoochee and the Upatoi. Swimming Nothing could be more tempting than the beautiful swimming pool near the entrance to the Post. This pool is completely equipped with, aaouit SEIWCI ENGRAVING CO C&t&lo£uc &-n< Newsp&vperCute ^ M&de in an Up to da,te Plant d.M.ENGLER P»ROP». FOURTH FLOOR ADVERTISER BLDG Particular People Pick— c&he TroperTlace ^o THne cfltontgomery, cAla- DR. C. L. BOYD Doctor of Dental Surgery and Oral Pathology Tiger Drug Store Building Upstairs V\ Riding Thene are plenty of mounts for all who whh to ride. Riding courses through ihe pine woods, across the MAY & GREEN Men's Clothing Sporting Goods Montgomery, Alabama diving boards and platforms, 11 the devices essential to water This pool is fed by a clear, cold g insuring clean water at all Jefferson pool is located five south of the Post. A dip in its eool waters, followed by a camp cooked supper and a brisk ride back to barracks will prepare you for the strenuous training that might follow on the morrow. Golf A nine-hole golf course, in excellent condition, is located in the very center of the Post. Tennis The tennis courts have been the pride of Fort Benning ever since its development. They are centrally located and are among the best to be found in the South. Baseball Goudy Field, built by soldier labor, with covered concrete stands and a beautiful playing field, has no equal in this section of the country. It bears the name of the famous major league player, "Hank" Goudy, who distinguished himself as a Doughboy during the World War. Track and Field The beautiful Doughboy Memorial Staudium, built by sdTdier labor from funds, donated by Infantry units of the regular establishment, is now completed. The athletic field in this stadium is bordered by a cinder track, Gymnasium The gymnasium is located in a large aeroplane hangar especially put up for this purpose. It is completely equipped and affords excellent opportunity for training in basketball, boxing, wrestling and gymnastic work. Theatres There is a large movie theatre on the post, where the best pictures are shown at popular prices. Columbus offers two good movie houses, the Grand and the Rialto. Tea Rooms It is hardly necessary to remind an Auburn student of the delicious meals that can be had at the attractive tea rooms in Columbus. Dancing There are two large dance floors available on the Post, one in the Officer's Hop Room, the other at Bigler-ville, a section of the Post just south of the main headquarters. The City of Columbus is nine miles away, and Columbus like most of our Southern cities, is famous for its pretty girls. Just take those old rattle-trap cars right along with you —they might be used for one purpose or another. Aside from its excellent training facilities, could any place have more or as many advantages and opportunities for gay, happy, healthful, delightful times? It is an outdoor man's paradise. All one needs is the desire for the enjoyment of it, which is the natural attribute of most RO TC trainees with whom the writer has come in contact. (Continued from page 1) which the word "Alabama" was interpreted to mean, "Here We Rest." Since that time men learned in both the Choctaw and Creek Indain languages, have • declared that the word "Alabama" means "Vegetation gathers" or "Thicket clearers." It therefore is evident that the motto is false in its historic significanse and therefore should not be perpetuated on the great seal of the State. A better reason, however, for its disuse is that the phrase brings ridicule upon us by persons of other parts of the country indicating inertion and lack of energy, as it does. The bill that was introduced by Mr. Rogers proposing the motto to be changed to "We Drive Forward," was presented at this time in order that the public might have an opportunity to discuss the matter before the summer session of the Legislature when action may be taken. I will thank you to ask your readers to make suggestions to you and when these have been made please send them on to me inorder that I may lay them before the Committee on Revision of Laws, to which the bill has been referred. Very respectfully, (Mrs.) Marie B. Owen, Director, Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Aal. S.A.M.E MEETING IS HELD MONDAY SENIOR CLASS TAKES VOTE ON HONOR SYSTEM (Continued from page 1) campus. In spite of this adverse testimony the class voted for its continuance, eight votes constituting the controlling vote. In addition to the honor committee proposed plans for the erection of an athletic stadium at Auburn were discussed. It was decided that the plan to be adopted should be the creation of a ten year endowment policy taken out on the life of Dr. Dowell, the amount of the policy to be fixed at $100,000. It was suggested that the premium be paid by the students by affixing to the matriculation fee each semester a sum sufficient to cover the needed amount, this amount to be prorated among the students. It has been estimated that this plan would entail the addition of between two dollars and a half and three dollars each semester. According to the plan $100,000 plus the accumulated interest, about $20,000 will be paid to the school at the expiration of the policy or the full amount would be given over to the authorities at the death of the beneficiary. Funds turned back to the school will be designated for the purpose of constructing a stadium and it is the obligation of the insurance company to see that it is used for no other purpose. A committee composed of S. H. Lynne, G. B. Phillips, W. H. H. Putnam, and F. A. Smith was appointed to draw up the resolution favoring this plan which will be submitted at the regular meeting of the board of trustees next Tuesday. S. A. M. E. held its regular meeting Monday night. The program was opened by Mervin Ernest who read letters from the national headquarters of the organization requesting Auburn to elect a member to the advisory council as a representative of this district. First speaker on the program was Sims who gave an interesting talk on Muscle Shoals. Bates discussed the construction of a concrete culvert. As the speaker had had practical experience along the line of his subject his talk was highly instructive and was appreciated by his audience. The program was closed with the election of W. D. Alston to the advisory council. The difference between a fish and a sucker is that once in a while the fish gets off the hook. DR. SHOWALTER TALKS TO RATS ABOUT SCIENCE (Continued from page 1) ings are reported. The true scientist gives the results based on his own observations and calculations. The scientist never settles a question. He is always willing to discard the old theories and ideas for new after a thorough analysis has been made. He is thinking out a way is which new truth may be acquired. Most people are willing to accept things as they are. They do not want to be bothered by having to think. New ideas worry people. The scientist, however, is always willing to throw old ideas away in preference for the new. This has been proved to be exactly opposite to what nearly everyone else does, for almost all want to be left alone. 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MEN'S OUTFITTERS The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes COLLEGE BARBER SHOP We'appreciate your.Patronage AUBURN GARAGE. R. O. FLOYD, Jr., Prop. Auto Repairing, Gas, Oils, Tires and Accessories CARS FOR HIRE "Say it 'With tfflolvers" FOR ALL OCCASIONS ROSEMONT GARDENS FLORISTS MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Homer Wright. Local Agent for Auburn " H -p*- PAGE FOUR SENSATIONAL GAMES ARE PLAYED BY Tennessee Knocks FRATERNITIES Auburn from Top Finishing out the initial round of the National League, the Theta Kappa Nu's completely demolished the Tau Omega Chi five by the score of 24-15. Cummings, long, lanky center for the Theta Kappa Nu's, was the high point man and did good at passing and shooting. Assisting him at running up the score was Lee. For the losers, Arnold made a good percentage of their points. Next night the Sigma Nu's took the floor to cap the climax on the American League. This alley clan completely outwcl^ssed the Sigma Pi's 19-6. Spann and Captain Pat did the basket work for the Nu's while Root and McKnight were about the best bid for honors on their side. Looks like the Sigma Nu's are due to go a bit farther. Second Round Starts in Each League The Pi Kappa Alpha's met the Lambda Chi Alpha's in the first set-to of the second lap of the National League race. Again the Pi's came through by a large margin, trouncing the Lambda bunch, 37-25. "Weemie" Baskin continued his campaign for high honors in the National League by starring for hits once more. This time Smith and Clayton, assisted Baskin around the loop and ran him a close race. Joe Wallis and V. Jackson starred for the Chi's and put up a very hard fight as guards. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon quintet then waged a hot one with the Theta Kappa Nu's, coming out above the top, 28-19. Herbert, Ingram and Anderson furnished plenty of opposition to the unlucky boys and rang up enough points to ensure victory. Again Cummings came through for his team but didn't have enough support to stave off defeat. The only game in the second lap of the American Leauge was the closest conflict of the entire week. This game was won by the fast Sigma Nu five from the S.P.E.'s, the final score was 19-18 and was decided as the pistol shot by a long field goal by one of the Sigma Nu's. As the pistol shot failed to go off when the trigger was pulled and the ball was in the air when it finally did go off; the game is being appealed to Coach Morey that it be played over. -As it now stands and until future decision changes it, the S. P. E. team is out of the race. Wilson, Captain Pat and Wade (Wallace) found the point for their team consistently, while Tamp-lin, Tuxy Tuxworth and DeVaughn rang up the most points for the defeated boys. As things now stand, there are three teams left in each of the Leagues. The Pi K A's and the Kappa Sig's seem to be the best shots in their respective divisions and are favorites for the finals. Spring Training Shows Results to Please Coaches Last Saturday evening afforded the first opportunity for the writer to see anything about what King David had up his sleeve for the spring trainers. Saturday was the day of activities on Drake Field that would easily make one think of the fall even, ings just after the arrival of a new gang of freshmen. With the spring training period not yet half over Coach Morey has his charges in fine shape and working hard. There is, of course, no predictions forthcoming as to who will fill the vacancies that have occurred with the last call of the '26 team, but there is a likely looking bunch of freshman material and all of the old reserves on the job and making a hard fight for a berth. Tangents from Sport Circles It seems to be a hard pill to swallow in the form of a defeat at the hands of the University of Tennessee baficetball team Tuesday night, but rjK may prove to be the "jewel in the head of the Toad." In other words away from the wise sayings of Shakespeare, a defeat just before the S. C. Tournament may be the best thing that could happen to Papke's cohorts. Had tbe Tiger cage artists gone to the tournament with a string of fourteen consecutive victories, they might possibly have been a bit overconfident and this does no team any good. * * * * As a pleasing precedent to the stinging "defeat mentioned above, Auburn administered a decisive defeat to the crack team of Georgia Tech. "Tiny" Hearn & Co. started off the game last Saturday as if they were certain of victory. It did not take the Tigers long to change their mind and with Frank Dubose in rare form, the Bengals gradually pulled away from their Georgia opponents until they rested with a twenty point lead. They held this lead until the last minute of play when a Yellow Jacket flung the ball through the ring* to cut the margin down to eighteen points. The game ended 42-24. » » * * There should be plenty of excitement over in Atlanta next week when the Championship of the Southern Conference is to be decided. It is the combined opinion of the Auburn-ites that Papke and his cage artists have just as good a chance as any team in the South to bring home the bacon. Any team that can run up a .string of victories numbering thirteen after losing the first two games on the schedule is bound to have omething in #Nv Judging from previous games, North Carolina, Maryland, Georgia Tech, and Mississippi A. and M. are the strengest entries that Auburn will have to cope with. If Papke can have an average run of luck in drawing his opposition, his men should raise quite a bit of noise before they concede their chance to another. * * * * "It won't be long now" before we will hear that old familiar yell: "play ball." The first call for baseball candidates met with plenty of response on the part of the students and the first day found half a hundred aspirants for the varsity nine warming up the old "soup bone." Slick Moulton is in charge of the first rush of candidates. Morey stjg has his hands busy with the spring trainers but expects to start with the ball tossers in a couple of weeks. * * * * The coeds seem to have fallen in step with old lady hard luck. Tuesday night they all but had a basketball game sewed up when the girls from Jacksonville Normal suddenly uncowred a long delayed attack and before the Tigerette/s could apply the brakes they found themselves on the short end of a 13-17 score. The next game on the schedule for the coeds in with Athens College. We wish them better luck in this game. » » » * There is a rumor among certain A Club men about the campus that "Square Jaw" Salter has been cutting the corners rather promiscuously in order to avoid being seen with certain coeds. This rumor cannot be confirmed by the column but there must be some truth in it to give rise to so much comment on the strange action. of Conference Race Up in the mountains, the Tiger of the Plains suffered their first defeat since the three point victory of Miss. A. & M. early in the season. Auburn made a gallant attempt to even matters up when the score stood 25-19 and only a minute to play by taking perfect aim and dropping two field goals from beyond the center of the floor. The whistle, however, stopped the rally, leaving Auburn in the rear, 25-23. Big Butcher, the lanky center for the mountan team, was a very good impersonator of "Tiny" Hearn. Alone he scored 14 of his team's points. Akin Again Is the Star "Jelly" again spread his stuff, finding the basket for a grand total of 12 points and was the second high est scorer of the tussle. This young man is an All-Southern without a iff doubt, we don't ask anyone to piw on the team tho; all we ask they look at him play. • Theyj help but do the rest. Last Week Before Tourney Auburn is finishing up one of the most successful basketball schedules that she has ever known. The team pulled throug a bad start with one of the most outstanding headlights of the present conference race. A string of all conference victories from six different Colleges. So far Auburn has scored 550 points to her opponents 351, with an average of 39.3 tallies per game to her adversaries 25. When the boys come home, we should all be down to meet them and prove to them that we are back of them 100 percent. They have earned our support, lets try and prove ourselves worthy of it. First Call Issued to Baseball Men Think what a hard time two crosseyed people would have looking at each other in the eye. Many will take the knocks and falls that these boys will get before the team is finally picked next fall, but they are out there with the old fight that will keep them till Auburn has a real team; one that will make Dixie fans travel miles to see in action. Here is our guess now for the coming campaign; the fastest and the best blocking team in the S. C. next season. In the words of our own King David, "that blocking is 1000 percent better." Doesn't that sound good. Saturday's practice was given over to a heavy scrimmage in which every man entered for a short time at least. Up to this time only the fundamentals and signals have been taught. This was the first chance the boys had of showing in a practical way just how much of this they had absorbed in the drill periods. From the atmosphere that prevailed during the entire scrimmage it was easy to see that the big chief was well satisfied with the work of the boys. He had his men lined up in three squads and each squad had a different set of formations and signals that they had been taught. These three teams were sent against each other with all the force that two opposing teams could be expected to muster. They played straight football, tried trick plays, passes and some punting. It was just an inventory, and a through one, of next seasons prospects. The superb blocking was easily the outstanding feature, but the was some of those boys were stepping around those ends and through that line was a sight to behold. Next season Auburn should be able to put a seasoned team on the field and have some seasoned reserves and some mighty good green material on the bench. With these men and their spirit the guiding hand of King David Grant field will have different contours when it is surveyed after next Thanksgiving. The local baseball diamond is echoing with the loud sounds of the sharp crack of the bat pounding at the horsehide, the dull thud of a ball sinking deep into a catchers mitt, and the shrill yells of the baseball candidates.. Truly basebajH season has opened with a bang on the Plains and the sap is beginning to rise in every lover of the national pastime. Monday found "Slick" Moulton in charge of the first group of aspirants for a place on Morey's nine for the coming season' and he certainly had a man size job. To the casual spectator there was the outstanding feature of the absense of many of the faces expected to figure prominently in the Auburns stand for the championship rag this spring. First Morey himself was not on the scene of action; his absense being due to his duties with the spring training crew.- The noticeable absentees were f'Jelly"*Akin, "Buck" Ellis, Ebb is, and Fob James. These base-all .a-rnsts are still among the basket-eers so they will be in the pink of condition when they are released for diamond duty. The group present that should prove to the most potential candidates were: Captain Joe Wallis, "Bully" Hitchcock, Ben Sank-ey, "Rough Ed" Allen, Cush Wood, Earnest Potter, Pat Moulton, ,and Howard Smith. Mingled in with this group were something like thirty other candidates with varied and unknown ability. Some may materialize into strong contenders for a berth on the squad. Most of them will find the going too hard and will fall by the wayside as unsung heroes. One of the reasons for this preliminary practice is to give every ambitious ball tosser an oportunity to match his baseball ability with that of other players on the campus and let the inferior ones have the satisfaction of having been given a chance. The keen eyes of "Slick" should be able to detect the real contenders for the team so when Morey takes over the reins he should have a fair line on just who is who. Auburn appears to havcone of the brightest prospects for a championship team this spring than has been her lot in the past five y&ars. With the exception of C. O. Stewart, and "Dog Face" Sheridan, Morey has every one of the members of the team of a year ago's team, incidentally, which landed third in the Southern Conference standing and one which lost a series to Georgia Tech only. The staff which will have charge of the coaching duties for the Plainsmen is one of the best in Dixie, which is covering lots of territory. Morey, head coach, has played baseball with the best in the country having been a member of the Philadelphia Athletics for a while. "Slick" Moulton, Morey's assistant was a member of Auburn's championship team in 1921 and received his first training under Mike Donohue. He has since played with Hattisburg in the Cotton States League where he has made an enviable record as a pitcher. The addition of Moulton to the coaching of the Tigers should boost the pitching prospects no small bit. Auburn is expecting the baseball team to come through this season and give some one a strong fight for championship honors, and they are certainly not lacking in hitting and fielding material. The only weakness at present seems, on paper, to be in pitchers. What has become of the old-fashioned woman who never complaine.i? 'Nooga Moccasins Defeat Auburn by Score of 36 to 31 The highly touted Auburn Tigers failed to break the sudden jinx, caused apparently by the unaccustomed Tennessee atmosphere, and let another game slip through their fingers when the fast stepping quintet from the University of Chattanooga cashed in with a 35-31 victory. Auburn started off as if they were going to reciprocate to the stinging defeat handed them the night before when they scored eight points before the Moccasins were able to discover the basket. When the Chattanoogans did get started the Bengals were unable to stave off the attack and once the lads from the mountains attained the lead, Elis and Co. were never able to regain the lead. Kopcha for Chattanooga stood out as the best player for the evening. His duty at guard was executed without criticism, especially was his work at breaking up the passes of the Tigers effective. Akin was Auburn's best bet for the night. He was high scorer in the game. The James twins played their usual good game at guard though their shooting was not up to its standard. Line-up. Ellis F McCoy Akin F Holland DuBose C-.-- Wyatt F. James .._ .G Braidwood E. James G Kopcha Georgia Techsters Fall Before the Terrific Attack of Auburn Cagesters If we love mystery and adventure we must love life for life is both of these. In onions there is strength!!! Coeds Lose Game To Jacksonville Normal School The Aubun Co-eds staged a comeback and held the fast Jacksonville State Normal cagesters to a 17-13 score. It looked for a time as if the local lassies were to be rewarded with a victory, but as the closing minutes drew on the Jax girls forged ahead the four points that proved to be the deciding score. The game started off slow and very unlike a basketball game, but began to get more interesting as time passed. Both teams were slow to start scoring and at the end of the first half the score was 5-1 Jacksonville. With the second half the local girls started scoring and were soon ahead and stayed in the lead for most of the closing period. It as in the last fleet ing moments that the State girls were able to take the lead that was to -mean a hard earned victory. The defensive work of both teams was the cause of the low scores and it was superior offense that won the game. In this line the State girls seemed to have a slight edge and used it to advantage. Meachem.for Jax and Tucker for Auburn were tied for scoring honors, each getting two field goals and two foul shots. Powell for Auburn was next with five points. Lineups: Auburn, Price and Creel guards, Tucker and Powell forwards, and Johnson center. Subs; Haupt for Price, Creel for Johnson, Price for Creel. State Normal, Akridge. and Griffith forwards, Nolen center, Vines and Gilbert guards. Subs; Wright for Vines, Bernard for Nolen, and Meacham for Griffith. Four eight-minute quarters; time keeper Shotts, referee, Watlington, umpire Snider. The different classes at Clemson adopted a code of honor just before the examinations last week, and the/ reported to have worked well in ^11 cases. They are now agitating ffff a full fledged Honor System. Jfhey are also riding one of the members of the faculty about watching, or spying on the students during th« e*ams. The prof is thought to, hvn &$*& a diagram of every student in tN rdom, for use during the proctM J* grading the papers. Anyone looking into the gym at Auburn last Saturday night between the hour of eight and nine would have been amazed at the crowd that had amassed there to watch the encounter of the cage artists of Georgia Tech and Auburn. It was one of the largest crowds that ever gathered at the gym at one time to gaze at a basketball contest. Truly, indeed, they were all rewarded for their bravery in facing the dangers of being trampled in the mass; There ensued one of the hardest fought games of the season. Auburn's quintet led by their indom-inable captain Buck Ellis was out to avenge the defeat handed them by Tech in the early days of the season. Tech was out to pull a reversal of form and try to pull out of the slump which had overtaken them on the road trip. The result was that Auburn sipped of the sweet nectar of revenge and Tech sank deeper in the mire of the aforementioned slump. Tiny Hearn was doped to be the big man of the fracas; Frank Dubose proved to be the big gun of the tuss-el. The game started off true to the way it was doped to go—a nip and tuck affair. Auburn threw a couple of fouls while Tech was en-joying the results of one well placed shot via the free shot route suddenly Dubose uncovered a timely aptitude at tossing the ball, threw the ring and before Tech could shake out of them the Tigers were enjoying a ten point lead. Tech never was able to narrow the margin any and as the game progressed others of the Orange and Blue outfit began to get their eye on the basket and gradually increased the lead to a twenty point margin. The last few minutes of the contset ran something like "you throw one and I will throw one." The result was that when the pistol fired as a signal that hostilities were at an end Auburn was leading their worthy rivals by the comfortable margin of eighteen points. The score was 42- 24. Tiny Hearn, Player and Jamiason played good basketball at times and will all probably be heard from in the Tournament that it to take place soon. : For. the Plainsman Dubose was the best thing for the evening although every members of the team played jam-up basketball. The James twins at guards, Aiken and Ellis, forwards, were unsurpassed. Let old Squire Pipe be the judge... A--\ \ ' /A IN 7, QB \ \ - s f I 3zxjzr~ His HONOR, old Squire Pipe is unques' tionably the world's ablest judge of pipe tobaccos. Who else is by nature, training and experience so well-qualified to try a tobacco7 and hand down a decision on it?. . So, in the case of Granger Rough Cut, the plea is that Judge Pipe's verdict be accepted as FINAL! To make a long brief brief: Character witnesses everywhere have sworn to Granger's sterling quality. Experts have vouched for the superiority of its rough cut. Chemists have testified that the new "glassine'sealed" foil'pouch keeps the tobacco in perfect condition. Finally, it has been shown that by using this foil'pouch (instead of a costly tin) it is possible to sell Granger at just ten cents. On these arguments Granger rests its case! A couple of pipefuls will convince Squire Pipe that it is the world's greatest pipe tobacco... and any good judge of tobaccos will confirm the decision! GRANGER ROUGH CUT The half-pound vac uum tin is forty-five cents, the foil-pouch package, sealed in glassine, is ten cents. ^GRANGER Made for pipes only! 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Smooth, fragrant and mellowy mild, from the first touch of the flame to the final puff, Camel will mean a revelation to you of tobacco goodness. For pleasure unalloyed, for the best that's made regardless of price, "Have a Camel!" JR. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. 61927 WIRT PROGRAM IS VERY LIVELY The Wirt Literary Society held its regular meeting last Tuesday night with a large crowd present, including several visitors. "Current Events,'* of the latest issue, were given by I. D. Thornton in which he discussed Muscle Shoals as a cyanamide plant; the present cotton situation, and the Auburn Honor System which he stated would function properly if the students would only support it. M. T. Crowder talked on "The present situation of mine labor disposal," in which he gave concrete illustrations of the punishment for crime from the period of the French revolution up to the present time. He stated that "convicts have, unfortu- For Dependable ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT N Call or 'Writes Klein's Sporting Goods Store Agents for SPALDING GOODS Montgomery x\ HSjSnESrt :£HR:' 'M W/A ^•atsi m ***> 9 "j m iter shaving—/^HAT? WHEN you finish your shave, what do you do for your face? Probably wash off the lather and let it go at that. Here's a better idea. Slap on a few drops of Aqua Velva, Williams new scientific after-shaving liquid. It helps the skin retain its needed natural moisture—keeps it flexible and comfortable all day long. In big 5-oz. bottles — 50c. Williams Aqua Velva nately, been put under the ground in Alabama away from fresh air and light, thereby seriously injuring them, but the recent governorship and legislation has greatly helped this situation by congress having recently passed a bill to remove prisoners from the mines and working them on the roads, in mills and on farms, thereby giving them more humane treatment. "The United States Foreign Policy Toward Latin America" was interestingly discussed by Harry Wise who based the theme of his talk on "Should we give back our Southern states to Mexico?" Wise showed a thorough familiarity with the subject. J. B. Lynch spoke on "The Life of Thomas A. Edison." He told us that the first job that Mr. Edison filled was that of news boy; from these to a railroad position of telegraph operator, "which he took to like a duck to water," stated Lynch, "which first created his interest in the electrical world until now he has more than a thousand inventions to his credit." The problem of the origin and significance of Valentine Day was cleared up by Miss. Bertha Bathoon, who stated that it came about "accidentally." Many peculiar fads and superstitious ideas in ancient times caused the origin of the national day as the young men who went out on the street in the morning would walk a distance with their eyes closed and then open them and the first young lady they met was to be his valentine for the day, she told us. A reading, "Humble Petition," was given by Miss Grace Pinnell. Miss Pinnell is evry talented in the art of giving readings and the society thoroughly enjoyed her delivery. M. T. Crowder, chairman of stunt committee, read before the society a list of those who participated in the stunts on Stunt Night and made a motion that those who so ably served be given credit for one serving on the regular program. The motion was carried and a rising vote of thanks was given to the participants. The Wirt is very happy to be the winner of the first prize, a ten dollar bill, on stunt night, which will be used by the society in fostering literary work on the campus. It is more blessed to give than to receive; also more expensive. WILSONIAN HAS MEET TUESDAY An interesting and instructive program was rendered at the regular meeting of the Wilsonian Literary Society Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. E. T. Bright very ably discussed the question, "How far will Ford Go." Mr. Ford is progenitor of the five dollar eight-hour day and later the five-day week. Contrary to economic principles, Ford increases wages when prices are cut. Jack Nelms explained the Boulder Dam fight in congress. The Swing- Johnson bill would give permission to construct a dam across the Colorado river in the Imperial valley over three times as big as the Muscle Shoals dam. Rat T. H. Wooten gave his interpretation of a good sport as being the fellow who can satisfy everybody and still be cheerful. That prohibition will win was substantiated in a very interesting talk by George Stafford. "The Boy Battle through the Cat-ilina Marathon," by E. G. Salter brought forth laughter from the audience as "Little Square," humorously related the young swimmer's hardships prior to his swimming the channel. George Young caught rides from his home in Canada to the Cat-ilina Marathon and stayed in the water fifteen hours winning the $25,- 000 prize. The president requested those interested in debating contest to turn in their names and be ready for the tryouts two weeks hence. SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK IS DONE The Annual State Convention of the Alabama Council of Christian Education, formerly known as the Alabama Sunday School Association, will be held in Montgomery on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 14, 15, 16, 1927. Since August 1st last, thirteen counties have been reorganized and dates are fixed for conventions to reorganize six other counties. Twenty- nine counties have been visited and conferences .held with Sunday School workers about the work. As soon as the counties are organized, the districts are being organized. The Council is a cooperative effort of the Sunday School workers of the Protestant denominations to extend and improve the Sunday School work in Alabama. It is the only organization in the state which aims to help every Sunday School and to see that a Sunday School is organized in every destitute community. EVANS SOCIETY HOLDS MEETING The meeting was opened with the usual Bible reading and after the roll call the Cup Case committee was heard from and then there was a discussion about society pins and a show of hands proved that the members were in favor of getting pins at this time. The matter was tabled till next meeting for the members to have time to give in their names to the pin committee. This committee is composed of Miss Gibbs, Cargile and Hugh McCall. The attention of the members was called to the fact that three unex-cused absences, or failure to appear when placed on the program automatically dropped them from the roll unless a satisfactory excuse was given. Following the business, Mr. Irby talked on Cruisers and Congress. He called attention to the fact that the majority of the present U. S. battle fleet is obsolete compared to other countries and that Congress is very slow about making preparations for bettering it. Mr. Harris told of the compulsory railroad grouping in Great Britain under government control and of its failure. The failure was due perhaps to the same cause that was so detrimental to government control in the United States during the war period, ie., the owners were opposed to it and did not support it. Mr. Bethune's talk on the origin of St. Valentines Day was quite interesting and unique. Mr. Lawrence of Arabia proved a very interesting character when portrayed as he was by Croft in his discussion of the Life of Lawrence. Mr. Hamm brought some rat her interesting facts about the latter life and successes of the proverbial bad son's on the ministers. He proved that they are not always as bad as the neighborhood gossipers claim him to be. OF BIRMINGHAM AUBURN BRANCH —In the— IDEAL LAUNDRY THE TOGGERY SHOP COLLEGE JEWELRY SPORTING GOODS MEN'S WEAR Divorce is a penalty for catching dear out of season. MOORE'S MARKET CHOICE MEATS B. J. JONES Shoe R e p a i r i n g neatly done with Goodyear Machine 17 years' service for the students Best materials used all work guaranteed Next door to Print Shop FOREST FIRES DO DAMAGE IN DRY SEASONS Use Kratzer's Ice Cream Tour Local Dealer Has It For your parties and feeds ask your local dealer order from us. Our products are paseurized using best ingredients, therefore necessarily PURE. KRATZER'S Montgomery, Alabama. Picture Frames made to order Stove*: Ranges Heaters AUBURN FURNITURE COMPANY Will Appreciate Your Business THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF AUBURN Advice and Accomodation For Every College Man Any Financial Assistance or Business Transaction C. Felton Little, '04, President W. W. Hill, '98, Vice-President G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier OPELIKA PHARMACY. INC. DRUGS OF QUALITY PHONE 72 OPELIKA, ALA. MONTEITH'S —Where Friends Meet— DEAN WILMORE MARES TALK ON BRASHEAR A winter drought such as the state is now experiencing comprises an exceedingly hazardous period for the forestry interests of Alabama citizens, according to the State Commission of Forestry. This is not only because vegetation is very dry at this time but also because for one purpose or another more fires are set. During the colder months of the year people whose business takes them into the woods frequently build little fires for warmth during pauses in their work. Usually these are extinguished before leaving, but some times a fire thought to be out may be fanned into flames by the wind and start spreading. In all cases it is a good plan to cover the* fire with earth firmly packed down before leaving. Usually enough mineral soil can be scraped over the fire with the foot, and it requires but a very few minutes to make it safe. Extensive burns may also result from the failure of turpentine operators to confine their clearing fires to the areas actually being worked for naval stores. A safe and simple precaution in this connection is to rake a fairly wide strip and burn from the outside inward, preferably against the wind. A few men with" rakes to clear the strip and with pine tops to whip out such fire as may blow over can soon safeguard completely the turpentine woods from outside fire, and at the same time prevent their own fires from spreading over additional territory. This process costs extremely little and does a great deal to protect valuable property and retain the good will of the community residents toward the industry. Another cause of destructive burning is the mistaken belief, still prevalent in some quarters, that setting fire to the rough makes better grazing for stock. It has been found by actual checking that the amount of green grass growing through the winter and early spring under the shelter of the old growth is considerably greater than exists on the clean burns where all the green grass is visible. Furthermore, weighing tests of livestock grazed on the two classes of winter and spring range show conclusively that cattle and sheep gain more weight on the rough areas .than upon the clean burns. This is due not only to the amount of forage on protected lands but also The regular Wednesday evening meeting of the local branch of A. S. M. E. featured a talk by Dean John J. Wilmore. Dean Wilmore took as his subject the life of one of America's greatest engineers, A)(r. John A. Brashear. This great man began his career with an humble start. Coming from a poor family, he was able to obtain only a fair education. He worked to the quality, the tender grasses which are killed out by fire being better for grazing purposes than the tough and wiry species that ultimately become the sole survivors of frequent burnings. at many different occupations before he was finally able, through the financial backing of his friends, to enter a business of his own in-the manufacture of lenses for telescopes. Quickly his reputation grew and his fame spread for the accuracy and precision of his work, until he was known throughout the world. In closing his talk Dean Wilmore summed up the fundamentals on which Mr. Brashear's success in life was built. These were: first, industry; second, health; third, marriage to a helpful wife; fourth, unlimited capacity for friendship. The society has a number of interesting features and programs planned for the coming meetings. These will probably include one or two motion pictures. Fellows, it is still not too late to join the society and get quality points for the second semester. Let next Wednesday evening find you in room 109 Ramsay Hall. A special Peake line for College Men With two pairs of Trousers Made to our specifications by Learbury, in fabrics and patterns that had the O.K. of college men in the Eastern schools before t h ey were made up. At thirty-nine dollars t h e y offer value heart-warming even to the chap who A.B.'d in Scotch spending. Second Floor—Louis Saks sfcLOUIS SAKS&* 2nd Ave. and 19th St., Birmingham, Air PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN PROF. HAMILTON PICKS AUBURN DEBATING TEAM Encounters Hard Job in Face of Intense Competition Competition has been strong among the candidates for the debating team. At last, however, the team has been chosen. According to Professor Hamilton it was indeed a hard job to select the ones who can best represent Auburn. The team has been picked, and each member has been assigned to his question. The date of two of the three contests have already been chosen. Two of the debates will be held at other colleges and one at Auburn. The debates shall be as fololws: University of Florida vs. Auburn at Florida, during March. Auburn has the affirmative of the question: Resolved: That the five-day week in industry would advance the social and economic interest of the country. S. H. Lynne and J. M. Ernest with an alternate, N. Strub, will defend the A. P. I. against Florida. Mercer vs. Auburn at Mercer, April 4. Auburn will uphold the negative of the question: Resolved: That foreign nations should relinquish all government control in China. J. E. Walsh, as one member of the team with C. S. Stone as alternate will defend Auburn's side of the question. Mississippi" A. and M. vs. A. P. I., March 17. Auburn drew the affirmative of the question: Resolved: That Congress should enact a law for stabilizing prices and disposing of surpluses of farm products- by means of an equalization fee levied upon the farmers. Miss Meta Grace and R. W. Vaughn will contend that Auburn's side of the question is the only side. It is a noticeable fact that one coed secured a well-earned place on the debating team for this year. Probably other co-eds will take some interest in debating and represent Auburn in this line of endeavor. The debating team which shall represent A. P. I. in the inter-collegiate debates this year looks to be one of which we will be proud. The questions which are to be debated are of modern happenings and are of increasing interest to the people. Thursday afternoon, after meeting with the chosen members of the debating team, Professor Hamilton sent them away for two weeks with the words that during that time he did not wish to see them. At the end of this period the debaters shall present Utr Professor Hamilton a certain amount of the material they shall use in their debates. The members of the team left in a frame of mind which seemed to bid its opponents "Beware!" Probably this year will bethe one in which Auburn shall win for itself a great name in the realm of debating. STATION WAPI WILL END ITS FIRST YEAR TUESDAY (Continued from page 1) tions have contributed to radio development at Auburn, will be heard. Prominent among them will be Gov. Bibb Graves, Hon. Victor Hanson for whom the station is named, Thomas W. Martin, president of the Alabama Power Company, donor of Station WSY to Auburn, and members of the faculty, headed by Dr. Spring Dowell, president. The all-star program will begin with music by the studio orchestra which has been a big and regular feature from Station WAPI since the formal opening program the night of February 22, 1926. Following this, Dr. Spring Dowell will introduce Governor Graves who will deliver his first, address to the radio audience from Station WAPI. Perhaps it will be his first radio address since he became governor. The remainder of the program follows: (1) Vocal numbers by Mrs. A. D. Mayo, singing (a) Life's Paradise (Mary Helen Brown); (b) How I Love a Summer Day (Root). (2) News of the day at Auburn by Prof. H. G. Grant. (3) Folowing this little Sammie Mayo, 5-year old son of Mrs. A. D. Mayo, will sing "Willie's Prayer and "The Auburn Medley." Sammie is said to be the youngest radio artist of any station. (4) "Radio and the Newspapers" Hon. Victor Hanson, publisher of the Birmingham News, and the Montgomery Advertiser. HONOR SYSTEM CONTEST WON BY J. B. MCMILLAN .(Continued from page 1) Honor System is to place each student on his honor not to give or receive aid on examinations or individual recitations. In some colleges the Honor System is broader in scope, including such offences as hazing, gambling, stealing, intoxication and other acts of a questionable nature. Students automatically subscribe to the system when they matriculate, and are expected to report violators to the governing body provided by the local organization of the Honor System. An ideal observance of such a system obligates every student to report any other student whom he may see committing a dishonest act. In actual practice the ordinary college man places personal friendship and an innate tendency to avoid talebearing above a religious observance of the letter of the system. A great benefit arising from the use of an Honor System is in having a faculty whose whole energies may be directed along instructional lines, and not divided between teaching and policeing. A scholar who has dedicated his abilities and energies to teaching in a college should be free to do nothing but teach. He should be unhampered in his efforts to assimilate, sift and disclose truths to his students. This is impossible when he has to watch a class constantly to detect any dishonest conduct. A highly educated man employed in teaching is cheapened, both in his own eyes and in the eyes of the students when he has to exercise police powers in his classroom. Under an Honor System a professor is relieved of the responsibility for the conduct of the students under him. He is thus doubly benefitted, first by having his time and energies free to devote solely to teaching, and second, by being lifted to an impersonal idealistic pedestal which benefits an intellectual leader. Aside from the benefits derived by the professor himself, the students are reciprocally benefitted by the augumented ability of the professor to guide them in their intellectual pursuits. Another advantage lies in the fact that an Honor System takes away a part of the temptation to use unfair methods in examinations. Under the old faculty-supervision system the psychological effect of the professor's watching was to put the student in a peculiar mental situation. He instinctively felt that the professor was hostile to him; that it would give him pleasure to detect a student in a dishonest act. The student regarded an undected act of cheating as something of an accomplishment and as a victory over the professor. This distorted idea was conceived in high schools where teacher-spying is prevalent. Under an Honor System a student is watched only by his fellow classmates, who are not especially concerned by his conduct. This dissolves the queer misconception that a successful "crib" is an accomplishment. The student knows that he conquers only himself when he commits a dishonest act when trusted on his honor. Thus the temptation to use unfair methods is removed automatically by removing the student from his former situation in which there was the element of a sporting risk in escaping detection by the professor. Another advantage is a direct result of the fact that an Honor System places a student entirely on his (5) Vocal numbers by Rev. O. D. Langston, singing (a) "Ah, Let me Dream." (Taylor), (b) "Sometime, Somewhere, Somehow." (Mildred White Wallace.) (6) Instrumental and vocal numbers by Hugh and Allen Francis, playing and singing (a) "Roll on Silvery Moon." (b) "Rock all my Babies to Sleep." (7) "Hydro-electric Developments in Alabama" by Thomas W. Martin, president, Alabama Power Company. (8) Instrumental trio (cornet, euphonium, and piano) (James Leslie, Ludlow Hallman, and Mrs. Mary Drake Askew), playing (a) Simple Confessions (Throne). (b) "La Paloma." (9) "George Washington" by Dr. George Petrie. (10) String music by the "College Two"—Bill Strong and Peelie Grant. (11) "The First Year of WAPI" by Prdf. L. N. Duncan, director. (12) College orchestra, playing selections from "Student Prince," "Stepping Stone" and "Girl in the Spotlight." This program will continue two or omre hours on a wavelength of 461 meters. own sense of honor, making him answerable to himself for his conduct. One may ask a student to refrain from "cribbing" or one may command him not to "crib" but neither method will prove to be a very reliable preventative to cheating. Normally, a man does not hesitate to refuse a request nor to disobey an order when he thinks that he will profit by such an act, provided it will inconvenience no one else. But place.him on his honor not to cheat and a new situation develops immediately. This new obligation to conduct himself honestly transcends mere reasons or inclination and involves an almost om-minpotent agency. That unfathom able, all-powerful spirt, Honor is called into play—that spirit which men willingly defend with their lives, and which all normal men are zeal ous to guard from the slighest stigma. The most powerful element in a man's moral make-up rises to do bat tie with the Tempter when Honor is at stake. Almost invariably Honor will triumph and the man is immeasurably benefitted thereby. Each new victory over the Tempter makes him stronger and more determined to remain above reproach in his school duties. Then follows the greater reaction, the application to Life. He gains a broader insight; sees the faril and fleeting results of cheating, and is inured against s.uch practices in the future. The benefit to the man's mental being logically follows. He begins to study conscientiously; learns to assimilate and store facts so that he can recall them at will during an examination. He does not forget them immediately the examination is over as he would if he had employed unfair means to learn them merelly for the purpose of attaining a high grade on the examination. He thereby accomplishes the primary purpose of his presence in the classroom. Although it is not claimed that an Honor System will instill honor in a man devoid of it, it will bring home the importance of honor to one who is indifferent to it. There is only a neglible minority of boys entering colleges whose senses of honor are preverted. Very few freshmen have essentially dishonest natures; their sense of right and wrong is merely latent, awaiting development. An Honor System rightly instilled in their natures performs this act of development, and in so doing performs a great ^service to the boys. They are started out in life with a clear unfaltering conception of right and honesty with a logically proven conviction that the right is always best. Thus in another way the Honor System proves advantageous to the college man. These generalizations which have here been set forth and applied to the special act of cheating on'exami-nations may in like manner be applied to a host of other dishonest and immoral acts which may fall in the category of an Honor System's jurisdiction, thus multiplying the advantages named above. These advantages have been suggested as applying to the professors and students, and are thus applicable directly to the college as a whole, for a college is nothing more than its personnel, instructors and students. The college adopting an Honor System becomes in truth an Alma Mater to high-minded men or honest convictions who are assets to their communities and states. They are educated men in the highest sense of the word, men who wish clear visions appreciate the values, beauties and opportunities of Life. RADIO STATION WILL PRESENT GOODPROGRAM The outstanding program to be broadcast from Station WAPI during the week beginning February 21 will be an all-star birthday program from 8 to 10 on Tuesday night. This program will be featured by an ad-dress by Gov. Bibb Graves, and musical selections" persented by all of the station staff artists. Monday noon, solos by Mrs. A. D. Mayo. J. D. Pope will talk on agricultural situation, and John E. Ivey on the progress of the Auburn egg-laying contest. Monday night, silent. Tuesday beginning at 11 o'clock a Washington birthday exercise presented in Langdon Hall will be broadcast. Tuesday night, the all-star birthday program from 8 to 10. Wednesday noon, the studio orchestra. Dr. C. A. Carey will dis- MAJOR KENNEDY TELLS VALUE OF 'LITTLE THINGS' Major Kennedy spoke to the Freshman class at the Tuesday convocation period on "Attention to Details." He stated that the secret of our success and the building of our character was in the attention we paid to detail things. In school we are now entering the home stretch. It is not the race that we are running that counts; it is how hard we are fighting. It doesn't matter where we are in the race, for the effort we are putting forth is by far the most important thing to be considered. It is the most important because our standard should be so high we can never reach it. If it is that high, we shall continue to put forth a great effort in our endeavor to reach the goal. Too, our standard should be so high we cannot reach it, for when we do, we may begin to slip back instead of continuing forward. Few people ever reach the standard they have set for themselves. To reach this standard or to come reasonably close to it, we must have determination— a fixed purpose to do something. Even if we have not decided on a standard, we should not allow anything to go by without at^ tending to it. These small things may not show at first, but when we put them all together, we can see that /they constitute an important factor in our lives. When we think of doing these things, we naturally think of the results. One of the results is citizenship. In Auburn the citizens make Auburn. As a man grows, his responsibility grows. A man can be and is judged by the interest and loyalty he shows and the effort he puts forth. The outward appearance and conduct of citizens create impressions on outsiders. In Auburn there is room for improvement in the military bearing and appearance of the students. In the beginning of the year almost everyone was interested in his military appearance, but time has brought a laxity. To get back on the former plane, the students should eliminate the mixed uniforms, and should put forth an extra effort to show somewhat of a marked military appearance. The devotional exercises were conducted by Dr. Hibbs, former pastor of {he East Lake Baptist Cruch. Dr. Hibbs stated that he did not believe that the Bible was read as much as it was formerly, but he believed that it was better understood. Everyone should get certain important principles and should then attempt to stick to them. He went on to state that two of America's greatest men's lives were based on the Bible. The Bible contains the greatest things that can possibly be known. The greatest thing a man can learn to do is to learn how to pray. Dr. Thomas, college surgeon, announced that all who did not have a good vaccination scar should be vaccinated in order that a possible epidemic of smallpox could be checked. Smallpox has been slowly spreading over the country. MAIN ENTRANCE IS SCRUBBED BY INDIGNANT RATS Vigilance Committee Takes New Lease on Life TELEPHONE MAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO ENGINEERS An astonished group of upperclass-meii stopped before the main gate Wednesday morning. On the walk in large red letters was the inscription, "To Hell with The Old Guard, There aint no old Guard." Immediately under this was signed by the rats, "30 Caballeros." Since there has been no Vigilance Committee functioning around Auburn this year, the rats have not bothered themselves with the observ-anve of Rat Rules. Simultaneously wth the reading of the inscription, however, about half of the student body began turning in names for violation of rules. Thursday morning at Convocation hour a bunch of good men got together and with paddles watched the rats go down in overwhelming defeat. The red paint has all been washed away by conscience striken rats. But the red scars of the battle will re main a few days longer, and anyway there's still an incentive to obey the rat rules. cuss a veterinary topic, and Prof. J. M. Robinson will talk on insect pests. Wednesday from 5 to 6, a Victor twilight program. Thursdays noon, solos by Mr. O. D. Langston. Prof. Hugh Grant will give news notes of Auburn. Thursday night, music by a string trio, consisting of J. B. Ellis, Jr., banjo; Bob McKinnon, guitar; and Sam Mosley, violin. Mrs. W. B. Fra-zier will present dialect numbers of her own composition. Dr. Geo. Petrie will discuss a current topic. Mrs. G. S. Gaillard, freight claim agent for the C. of Ga. Ry., will discuss "Railroad claims—How to avoid them and how to handle them when necessary." Friday noon, Jesse French Victor program, at which time the new releases on popular music will be presented. Several selections will be presented by a group from Dale County. "Aunt Sammy" will give her regular weekly talk for housewives, and the class in the livestock school will be conducted by Prof. W. H. Eaton and Prof. W. E. Sewell. Friday nfght, musical program by artists from Dale County under the direction of County Agent G. W. Ray. Saturday noon, music by the studio trio. Coach Mike Papke will continue his series of discussions on basketball. CAMPUS CAPERS (By Ruth Plumly Thompson) When Tommy's dad lost all his cash, the loyal campus crew Were filled with gloom and wondering what poor old Tom would do. "He'll leave," groaned Steve. "That rascal can do ANYTHING but work; x "Just picture Tommy slinging hash or as a soda 'jerk!" And, lacking Tom, they thought how dull the daily grind would be. Without the boy, the Junior Prom would be as flat as tea! And while they gloomed, poor Tom cast up his assets; this addition Left nothing much to count on but a cheerful disposition. "But I can dance and skate," cried Tom, "and play a lot of things; "Pianos, organs, saxaphones, and anything with strings. • "I'll work my way through college! I've simply got to stay. . . " Then Tommy smote his noble Wow, "Hooray, I'll PLAY my way! So now he toots the saxaphone in Texas Johnny's band Two evenings every week; and Sunday, dignified and grand, He's at the organ in St. Mark's. The girlies all adore him, And at the ice rink Friday nights they wait in dozens for him. He teaches dancing, too, so well they " simply crowd his classes; As "swim instructor" many pleasant afternoons he passes. And so Tom swims and skates and plays his laughing way through college, Accumulating life-long friends, besides the usual knowledge. And doubtless he'll turn out as well as those who WORK their way— This world needs cheerful folk like Tom to teach it HOW to play. —The Birmingham Age-Herald. AUBURN MAN CLAIMS YOUTH HIGHEST ASSET Declaring that ,the conservation of the young manhood and young womanhood of Alabama is the most important function of our state government, I. T. Quinn, of Montgomery, state commissioner of conservation explained before Auburn students the broad general principles of his work in conservation. Mr. Quinn, an alumnus of Auburn of the class of 1913, was introduced by President Dowell. Approximately 800 Auburn upperclassmen gave Mr. Quinn an enthusiastic ovation. Touching on his work as conservation commissioner in Alabama, Mr. Quinn said that this state must develop its resources to the maximum, that it stands first in the development of wild life of field, forest, and stream, and hand in hand with the preservation of the wild game goes the conservation of our timber. Following convocation exercises, Mr. Quinn was the honor guest of the weekly luncheon of the Villagers Club, presided over by Prof. Roy Dimmitt, president. Declaring that southern boys, including Auburn men who have been trained in engineering colleges, are wanted by the large corporations in the north and east, Col. R. I. Rees, assistant to the vice-president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, New York, today paid tribute to the work of the technical schools including the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Colonel Rees was one of the chief speakers of the Auburn Lions club and later in the afternoon addressed the Auburn faculty. Colonel Rees, the guest of J. J. Wil-more of the Auburn Engineering college, spent the day here in looking over prospective employes among the Auburn engineering students. It was his first visit to Auburn. He expresses himself as highly pleased with what he saw. C. D. Flanigan, Jr., representative of the Southeastern Underwriters Association, Atlanta, also addressed the Lions club, explaining the methods of rating towns from the standpoint of fire protection. He poinded out that the loss from fire in the United States last year amounted to $550,- 000,000, which is equivalent to approximately $5.00 per capita as compared to $1.00 per capita in England. HOME EC CLUB HAS MEETING The Home Economics Club held its first meeting of the new semester Friday afternoon, February 4th, at Smith Hall. Plans were made for participation of stunts on Stunt night. Plans were also discussed for the sending of delegates to the meeting of the State Home Economics Association. The folowing program was rendered: Reading, "Miss Penolia," by Alice Witty; "How Can Our Method of Buying Textiles be Made Reliable," by Blanche Tancredi. "We have all been disappointed in textile purchases because we have not learned how to analyze it carefully," she said. "Scientific Discoveries," written by Miss Nell B. Nichols, was given by Mamie Matthews. We found from this report that inadequate amount of lime is one of the big mistakes in most meals today. A larger consumption of milk is an urgent need. Miss Nichols said if we are prejudiced against canned oysters, winter ripened tomatoes, milk and acid combinations, we are behind the time nutritionally. Winter ripened tomatoes have as much food value in them, including same amount of vitamine as DR. HALL PLEADS FOR CLEAN LIVES Declaring that America stands on the threshold of a period of world leadership, Dr. Winfield Scott Hall, noted physician, author and lecturer, outlined his reasons for this country's emerging from the chaos of European corruption as unchallenged champions of civilization, at upperclass convocation yesterday. According to Dr. Hall Europe lost her potential leaders in the youth who were killed inthe World War and that with the passing of the gray headed statesman from the stage of world affairs America, the last of the white race must step forward, and assume the position of leader. Although we owe everything we have in the way of science and culture to- Europe, three thousand miles of water is sufficient to seggregate the declining civilization and to save us from being pulled down with it, the speaker said. "America is tremendously wealthy in natural resources and for this reason is the logical industrial leader of the world," stated Dr. Hall. "She has accumulated more than half the gold of the world, but she did not come by it dishonestly. She has adopted the policy of refusing to obtain new territory and is content to lend her money and influence to her neighboring republics without expecting anything in return. This big-brother attitude will never lead to harm," said the lecturer. That this new period of leadership will be approximately one thousand years in duration was prophesied by Dr. Hall. To support this opinion he reviewed similar periods in the past, all of which covered nearly an even milenium. Egypt, Greece and Rome, Chaldea, Europe—all knew periods of control of world affairs. There downfall in each of these cases was brought about by leisure, lucre, luxury and lust as Dr. Hall expressed it. They only way by which America may prolong her term at the helm is by playing the game of life cleanly, concluded Dr. Hall. tomatoes ripened at the usual time of the year. We cordially invite all new girls who are interested to become members of our club. We hope you will come to our next meeting which will be held February 18th. Don't You Want a Good Book To Read on the 22nd of February? Burton s Bookstore Forty-nine years old and still Growing Take your Choice mm Rich Black and Gold, Black-tipped Lacquer-red, or Green Jade ^lack-tipped Parker Duofold is made in all 3 effects Those who like Green Jade will agree it's easy to decide which Jade to buy. For here, in the Parker Duofold, this popular color is in combination with trim Black Tips—doubly smart and effective. And Parker Duofold is the only pen with the Ink-Tight Duo-Sleeve Cap and Barrel of Non-Breakable Permanite. The pen with the Point that's guaranteed 25 years, not only for mechanical perfection but /or wear! 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Title | 1927-02-19 The Plainsman |
Creator | Alabama Polytechnic Institute |
Date Issued | 1927-02-19 |
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OCR Transcript | OFFICERS BALL MONDAY NIGHT THE PLAINSMAN SHINE UP FOR THE GOVERNOR TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT VOLUME L. AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1927 NUMBER 20 GOVERNOR TO REVIEW R. 0. T. t ON WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY WAR DEPARTMENT CHANGES SUMMER CAMP TO BENNING Captain Althaus Enumerates Desirability of New Location The summer training camp for the Field Artillery and Engineer ROTC students of Auburn will be held at Fort Benning, Ga., this summer instead of at Fort Bragg, N. C, as in the past. Instructions to this effect have just been received from the War Department by Major Kennedy, Pro fessor of Military Science and Tactics. This change is the result of the War Department's plan to centralize the summer training camps, thus materially reducing the cost of transporting several hundred ROTC students over long distances. This change in the location of the summer training camp will doubtless be a disappointment to some members (Continued on page 3) WAR VETERANS CAN NOW RENEW OLD INSURANCE Cal. Coolidge Asks Support of All in Spreading This News Communication was received at headquarters of the Auburn R. O. T. C. from the War Department with reference to the law providing for the reinstatement of war risk life insurance up until July 2, 1927. The communication contained a statement signed by President Coolidge. It is stated that detailed information with reference to such insurance may be obtained from the central office of the United States Veterans' Bureau, Washington, D. C, or from the regional office of the United States Veterans' Bureau, Washington, D. C, or from its rer gional -offices located throughout the country. President Coolidge's letter is as follows: "Wherefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, do hereby designate the period January 31 to February 7, 1927, as a time during which special effort should be made to inform all veterans of the World War of the right they have to reinstate lapsed war risk life insurance, and to convert it into United States Government life insurance; and, that all such veterans may, in some manner, be properly informed, I urge all citizens, particularly employers, the press, labor organizations, woman's associations, professional groups and civic and patriotic bodies, to secure full information and use such means of informing the veterans as may be most effective." PROGRAM College Show Monday, Feb. 21 "COHENS AND KELLYS" With George Sidney, Charlie Murray, and Vera Gordon. Tuesday, Feb. 22 "GOING CROOKED" With Bessie Love, Oscar Shaw, and Leslie Fenton. Wednesday, Feb. 23 "BEN HUR" Francis X. Bushman, May Mc- Avoy, Claire McDowell, Betty Bronson and others. Friday, Feb. 25 "LUNATIC AT LARGE" Leon Errol, Dorothy Mackaill and Kenneth MacKenna. Saturday, Feb 26 "STOLEN PLEASURES" With Helene Chadwick, Dorothy Revier, Gayne Whitman, Harlan Tucker, Ramon Ripley. COMEDIES—NEWS EVENTS GOOD PROGRAM IS PRESENTED BYMONTEVALLO Girl's Glee Club Entertains in Langdon Hall On Saturday evening, February the twelfth, at seven-fifteen o'clock, the Alabama College Glee Club, from Montevallo gave a concert in Langdon Hall, which was well received In spite of the bad weather, there was a large crowd persent. The girls arrived n Auburn Saturday afternoon accompanied by Mr Colin B. Richmond, director; Miss Polly Gibbs, accompanist; and Mrs Nora Reynolds, chaperone. They came here from Woman's College, in Montgomery, where they appeared Friday night in concert. There were twenty-six girls who made the trip. Among them were: Minnie Peebles Johnson, Helen Bishop, Frances Lof-tion, Alace Lyman, Myrtle Plant, Eleanor Toomer, Alice Minton Quar-les, Joyce Jackson, Margaret West, Jane Stallworth, and Myrtle Tuber-ville. The performance was opened by three songs sung by the whole club. This was followed by selected numbers by the "Alabama College Varsity Sextette," which is composed of Misses Johnson, Bishop, Loftin, Lyman, Plant and Toomer. .Soprano solos were then rendered by Minnie Peebles Johnson, after which the Glee Club sang several other selections. Then Alice Lyman played three violin solos. The next on the program was a short act called "Stage Struck" successfully featured by Alice Minton Quarles, and Joyce Jackson. There were also other soprano solos by Heleen Bishop, selected numbers by the Varsity Sextette, and the final selection on the program was the Alma Mater. The girls left Auburn Sunday morning at eight-thirty on their way back to Montevallo. DR. SHOWALTER TALKS TO RATS ABOUT SCIENCE Science Seeks Truth Through Many Experiments Dr. Shouwalter of the Extension Department made a very interesting talk to the Freshman class last Tuesday. He began by saying that the students by selecting Auburn as their school made themselves seekers of truth in science. One comes to Auburn to learn something of science and how to apply this knowledge. To some people science is a deep, and unfathomable mystery; while to others it is .a cut and dried matter of no interest. Science appears this way to ignorant people only; men who desire to learn the truth are of a scientific nature. Scientists are viewed with alarm by a great many people who care nothing for the scientific truth. r The search for truth calls for close observation. Innumerable tests have shown that most people are unobservant; they do not see very much from an observing point of view. The trained observer on the other hand must know what to see and what to study. Intelligence and achievements are obtained from the results of certain tests of that nature. In the scientific world a single test is of no value in the way of truth. To establish a theory or a law, many tests must be made so that the law can be proved to be good. After the tests have been made to the best of the ability of the scientist performing them, the find- (Continued on page 3) OPINIONS O1 ^ ^ 1T^XTQR SYSTEM 'UI^JB]S[ "H AlEJtf _ Dr. Dowell—If the Honor System cannot function with reasonable satisfaction it ought to be abolished. However I should regret exceedingly to learn that our student body did not feel that a "student conscience" for its enforcement should and can be developed. Dr. Petrie—I beleive the large majority of Auburn boys mean to be honest. It certainly ought to be possible to have an honor system here that will work effectively. I cannot believe the time has yet come to treat Auburn men as convicts, and not as gentlemen. a Prof. Judd—The Honor System at Auburn has fallen far short of legitimate expectation of all who have given it serious consederation. In my opinion the fault lies partly with the faculty and partly with the student body. I believe an honest effort on the part of all would restore the Honor System to its old-time dignity and respect. Prof. Rutland—I firmly believe in an honor system. Of course if ours • won't work, let's scrap it. I cannot believe however, that this student body and this faculty lack the tact, good sense, and loyalty to Auburn necessary to make the right kind of -honor system work. Dr. Clark—I should regret exceedingly to see the Honor System abolished at Auburn. But, if it is not working with reasonable satisfaction, and if it is a detriment rather than a benefit, our better judgment would dictate its suspension. I hope, however, that some other worth-while alternative may be found. Dr. Allison—The only hope of saving the Honor System at Auburn is for a sufficient number of students to pledge themselves to support the System to the extent of reporting the man who cheats. It is this attitude that has made a success of the Honor System at other institutions. If Auburn students will not- assume this responsibility, the Honor System should go. W. F. Tidwell—The Honor System is not working. I am in favor of abolishing it until student and faculty sentiment is such that it will work effectively. Prof. Shi—If the Honor System is to be successful the students must assume responsibilities of enforcing penalties for violations. It cannot fulfil its purposes if unfairness in examinations are tolerated. R. C. Crawford—The Honor System will not work at Auburn with the sentiment now prevailing. F. A. Smith—Unless the student sentiment toward the Honor System at Auburn undergoes a radical change, it had best be removed. A. F. McGhee—With the present attitude of the faculty toward the Honor System, it is impossible to secure student cooperation which is essential to the success of the system. F. H. Ingram—In my opinion the Honor System is a shield for dishonest students. J. M. Edwards—The success of the Honor System hinges on the willingness of the students to report each other for violations of the constitution. Until they will do this it will not work and should be abolished. M. G. Smith—The backbone of the Honor System is the students' reporting violations of its constitution and until the majority are willing to do this the. system is of no value and should be abolished. G. B. Phillips—The honor system is taken too lightly by the undergraduates. It should be abolished. W. H. H. Putnam—The Senior Class should take the lead in making the Honor System work, not in throwing it out. S. H. Lynne—Due to the general concept of "tale-bearing" entertained by the majority of the students here and built up by the parents and secondary school organizations, the Honor System at Auburn is impracticable. It should be removed. BIBB GRAVES AND STAFF TO SPEND HOLIDAY IN AUBURN MUSICAL SHOW TO BE GIVEN BY LOCAL PLAYERS Tuxworth to Dispense Maidenly Charm SENIOR CLASS TAKES VOTE ON HONOR SYSTEM Proposes Plan for Building of Auburn Stadium Bewildering paradox occurred in Senior Class meeting Tuesday morning when the honor system was brought up for discussion. J. M. Edwards, president of the honor committee, made a final plea for some means to insure the satisfactory operation of the system here, declaring that the foundation of the honor system was the obligation of the students to turn up those guilty of cheating on quizzes and examinations. It was revealed in subsequent questioning that five students in the senior class would be the maximum of those who would expose their class mates guilty of dishonesty. According to Edwards this was a virtual admission- that the honor system was powerless to work on the Auburn (Continued on page 3) NOTICE! The Auburn Players cordially invite everyone interested in the little theatre movement to hear Mr. Reeid, of New York City, who will talk to the group in the Y Hut on Wednesday, February 23, at eight o'clock. Mr. Reeid is making a tour through the South in the interests of the little theatre organizations and audiences throughout his series of meetings have been enthusiastic about his talks. No admission will be charged and everyone will be welcomed. PRESIDENT OF U. OF A. SENDS HEARTY LETTER STADIUM PLANS ARE SUPPORTED BY BLUE KEY MEN Seeks Arrangement Of All Campus Organizations on This Policy Following its policy of promoting the interests of the college, the Blue Key fraternity declared its membership in hearty support of the resolution adopted by the senior class in regard to the proposed plan for the construction of an athletic stadium at Auburn. Definite steps were taken toward the futherance of this scheme and a committee was authorized to signify the willingness of the organization to support the senior class in its attempts to get the plan fairly started. Members of this committee are: S. H. Lynne, G. B. Phillips, and F. A. Smith, all of whom are on the senior class committee for the same purpose. In order that the resolution be given its maximum of appeal, it was suggested that the signatures of all campus organizations in agreement with this policy be allowed to sign the resolution. After Ibeing drawn up it will be submitted for the approval of the various societies and organizations. Sister Institution Wishes Success for Basketball • Team HONOR SYSTEM CONTEST WON BY M'MILLAN J u d g e s P i c k Sophomore's Theme After Much Difficulty February 14, 1927. Dear Dr. Dowell: Please convey to all who are interested in the continued success of your basketball team our sincere congratulations. I am sure that I voice the sentiment of our faculty and student-body when I say that we are pulling for your team and wish for it complete triumph in Atlanta. We realize that our own team is unequal to the task of winning the Conference championship. Next to our own success we are for the success of our sister institution. Faithfully yours, George D. Denny. President, University of Alabama. Prize offered by the Honor Committee for the best theme on "The Advantages of An Honor System to A College" was won by J. B. McMillan, a sophomore. Considerable difficulty was experienced by the judges in awarding the verdict of winner to the author of the best theme as there were so many excellent papers submitted on the subject. As the result of the contset, marly new ideas were advanced and'many honest opinions and views of the Honor System were brought to light. Anyone wishing to read the themes which were entered in the competition may do so bay calling by the "Y" office. • McMillan's theme follows: ADVANTAGES OF AN HONOR SYSTEM TO A COLLEGE All Honor Systems as in use in colleges today embody the same fundamental principles. An Honor System is a plan eliminating the faculty-spying practice in situations involving the honesty of students. It substitutes a plan whereby each student is trusted on his own sense of honor to conduct himself incorruptibly at all times. The essential aim of an . (Continued on page 6) Interest in the musical show soon to be staged by the Auburn Players has been heightened since the dance director, Miss Lillian Gist, assisted by that worthy exponent of Mechanical Drawing and the Black Bottom, "Pup" Jones, gave an exhibition of the popular dance at the Stunt Night celebration. We have been hearing of this latest terpsichorean craze and those of us who were fortunate enough to get to Birmingham saw it demonstrated there, but this was its first appearance in Auburn. Miss Gist predicts that it will be more popular than the Charleston and the audience at the stunt night show seemed to second her motion. Officials of the Y. M. C. A. say that when the entire chorus of forty people begins to do the Black Bottom over their heads, it is hard to concentrate on anything else. In addition to this athletic dance, a further contribution to the Football Frolic is made by such campus adornments as Moulton, Tuxworth, "Diz" Pruett, Sankey and "Red" Roberts. Sounds almost like the line-up for a big game, doesn't it? .And it is, only this game is played behind the footlights. Roberts pursues Tuxworth about the stage in an attempt to steal a kiss and Pruett tells of the time when he was a happy mother: Sankey steals the diamond necklace and Pat Moulton wins the fair damsel, Tuxworth. Never was such a melodrama as "The Fatal Necklace" seen in Auburn, and never were such actors evidenced before! (The latter is inteded as a sort of compliment.) It has been rumored that Tuxworth will sell the kisses for a nominal sum, but this has been denied. The date of the frolic has definitely been set for Thursday, March third, and Langdon Hall will shelter this motley mob of jazz enthusiasts. ETA KAPPA NU TO PUT ON HIKE FOR ELEC MEN Honorary Electrical Engineering Fraternity to Give E. E.'s Treat PROPOSAL IS MADE TO MAKE CHANGE IN STATE'S MOTTO Mr. Max Rogers, a member of the House of Rperesentatives, at my request, has introduced a bill proposing a change in the motto which is inscribed upon, the scroll carried in the beak of the eagle on the great seal of Alabama. The present motto is "Here We Rest." The change proposed is "We Drive Forward.'.' I am not at all wedded to the proposed slogan or motto but have suggested it as in direct opposition to the present one which is based upon a legend now proven untrue. Please let me refresh your memory as to the history of the great seal of Alabama. The original seal adopted in 1817 when Alabama was a Territory, was a map of the State showing its principal rivers. The Reconstruction Legislature of 1868 abolished this historic old seal and substituted our present seal therefor, declaring in the Act that the words "Here We Rest" should be shown at such place on the seal as the Governor might direct. The present seal as you, know is a circle with a diameter of two and a quarter inches, near the edge of which is the word "Alabama' and opposite this the words "Great Seal." In the center of the seal there is an eagle on-a shield and in the beak of the eagle is a scroll as above described. The law says that this seal shall be called "The Great Seal of the State of Alabama." The origin of the phrase "Here We Rest" is based on an Indian legend given in the writings of an early Alabamian, Alexander B. Meek, in (Continued on page 3) In order to bring the seniors and juniors in the electrical engineering school closer together, Eta Kappa Nu, honorary electrical engineering fraternity, is planning a hike and wein-er roast for these classes on Friday afternoon and evening, February 25, according to plans recently made public by the officers of the fraternity. This get-together is prompted by a desire that the members of the two upper classes ally themselves more closely with each other, and come to know each other better. Being the largest single course in college, it has proved difficult to mingle as much as we would like, so this informal outing has been arranged. Eta Kappa Nu is especially desirous of having every junior and senior who is pursuing electrical engineering, as its guest on this occasion, Jack Nelms, who is in charge of arrangements, tells us. In that way, the society will feel that it has accomplished something. The feature of the hike will be the "feed," so they say. Mr. Nelms promises that there will bo no formal talks called for from among the guests, and that there will be plenty to eat for everybody. Exercises to Be Held in Langdon Hall Following Review In accordance with the custom established by his predecessors, Governor Bibb Graves and his official Staff will review the Auburn R. O. T. C. Tuesday, February 22, 1927. The Governor and Dr. Tidwell, state superintendent of education, accompanied by their wives will drive through the country and are expected to arrive in Auburn about nine-thirty A. M. Upon their arrival, they will proceed to Dr. DowelPs office wherethey will meet Colonel Moon and Staff. The Governor will remain in session with his Staff and the Board of Trustees until time for the review. As the Governor comes upon the field a salute of twenty-one guns will be fired in his honor. The review will be followed by exercises in Langdon Hall at which Governor Graves will be the principal speaker. In the afternoon, there will be a reception at the home of the President in honor of the Governor and the Board of Trustees, to which members of the Faculty and their wives, and also the town people are invited. After the reception, Dr. Dowell will entertain the Governor and Board of Trustees at a dinner. It is expected that the Governor will speak from Station WAPI on some subject of current interest to the people. Invitations have been extended the Governor and his Staff to attend the Military Ball which is to being given by the Cadet Commissioned Officers, Monday, February 21, 1927, which is is hoped they will be able to accept. STATION W A P I WILL END FIRST YEARJUESDAY Will Celebrate Anniversary of Opening Night with Big Program As a climax to a year of successful broadcasting, Radio Station WA PI, the Victon Hanson radiophone located here, will observe its first birthday with an all-star jubilee program Tuesday, February 22, beginning at 8 p. m., according to announcement made today by Prof. L. N. Duncan, director of the station. The program announced calls for representatives of the various features which have gone with the regular programs from Station WAPI during the first year of continuous broadcasting. In addition, state officials and those who as individuals and as representatives of corpora-continued on page 6) PROGRAM Tiger Theatre Monday, Feb. 21 "MORALS FOR MEN" Conway Tearle, Alyce Mills and John Miljan Tuesday, Feb. 22 "THE VIRGIN" With Dorothy Revier, Kenneth Harlan, Walter Heirs, Alice Lake and Sam DeGrasse. Wed.-Thurs., Feb. 23-24 "STELLA DALLAS" N Starring Ronald Coleman, Lois Moran, Jean Hersholt, Alice Joyce and Belle Bennett. Friday, Feb. 25 "THE TAXI DRIVER" Starring Joan Crawford and Owen Moore. Miss Crawford is Hollywood's best Black Bottom Dancer Saturday, Feb. 26 "THE TOUGH GUY" With Fred Thompson and his great horse, Silver King" GOOD COMEDY EVl'KY DAY "*^ PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN ®|g Patnmttatt Published weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. —. Subscription rates $2.00 per year (32 issues). Entered-as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala. STAFF S. H. Lynne Editor-in-Chief F. A. Smith Business Manager H. G. 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Glover Ass't Advertising Mgr. L. P. Dumas Ass't Advertising Mgr. The senior class is addicted to strange paradoxes. In the first place they admit that the honor system is a failure at Auburn and that they are convinced that there is no way by which to make it work; then they immediately pass a resolution to retain it. We can hardly understand this attitude. The honor system, as it is now and as it has been since its inception, is merely a shield to protect those who wish to cheat on quizzes and examinations. We do not insinuate that only those seniors who voted for its continuance reasoned this motive. Many were sincere in their desire to see it function properly here. We heartily indorse this ideal, but realize that the system is becoming weaker and will eventually be a boomerang on its supporters. There were not five men in the senior class who would pledge to "turn up" any classmate he saw cheating. In fact, several of the most prominent members of the class emphatically declared that they would turn up a classmate under no conditions. Unfortunately this attitude is but com-patabile with existing conditions. The statement was made that for a man to turn up a fellow student was virtual degradation in the eyes of his friends. To state things plainly, it is unfair to turn up a student guilty of dishonest con- - duct as things now stand. Why should one man be cast out of school for a mistake eighty per cent of the student body are guilty of? If each man would swear to observe the rules of the honor system rigorously, especially in regard to reporting infractions of those rules, the honor system would work here. But when less than five per cent of the senior class, supposedly composed of partially matured minds, agrees to assume the latter obligation, what may we expect from the juniors, sophomores and freshmen? The first move toward the erection of a new standium on the campus has been taken. The senior class awoke from its lethargy long enough to pass a resolution favoring a plan by which a ten-year endowment policy will be contracted with a reliable insurance company, from which policy the school will receive at its expiration, one hundred thousand dollars plus the accumulated interest. This action is highly commendable and should provide a means for the realization of a dream, long cherished by Auburnites,J a football standium of Au- ^._.---burh, by Auburn and for Auburn. Despondency is the result of self-pity and self-pity the result of wounded egotism. Some humans are like potatoes in that they have eyes but don't see. How capricious is Fate. At her will heroes are created through an elaborate complication of circumstances. At her ^rtnmand a brilliant mind is surrounded by a deftimental environment with too often a disastrous result to the mind. ' "Love's Greatest Mistake," reads the title of a picture recently shown here. If the reader will pardon the inelegant pun, isn't love love's greatest mistake? Chancing to gaze through the pages of "The Bridge," Eta Kappa Nu's official publication, we were attracted by a familiar photograph under which were inscribed the words: "South's handsome delegate," or a similar statement. We are happy that William Henry Harrison Putnam, erstwhile editor of our excellent Auburn Engineer so successfully promulgated our Alabama type of masculine beauty in the annual convention of that organization. Many favorable comments regarding the editorial "Do we want a new football coach," appearing in last week's issue of the paper have found their way to this office. We cordially invite students who so desire to express their opinions through the columns of this paper. The exhortation, "Go West, young man, go west," has taken on a new significance from a local standpoint since the dances drew so many of Montgomery's fair maidens to the plains. WELCOME PREP TEAMS Following the custom of a number of years, Auburn is again host to a number of basketball teams from the high schools and preparatory institutions of this and neighboring states. We are always glad for the time of the year to roll around when we may entertain these youths and enjoy the exciting contests certain to ensue when combinations all of championship calibre are assembled together. We wish these young men to feel comfortable while they are our guests as it is our sincere desire that they carry back to their schools with them a wholesome impression of Auburn and Auburn courtesy. Although the entertainment and housing of these players is entrusted to the several fraternities on the campus designated for this purpose, the student body as a whole may aid greatly in creating a favorable opinion of the school in the minds of these lads. In the first place each individual student is expected to display a true type of southern chivalry and sportsmanship while a spectator at these games. Doubtless he will have special favorites, but in his ardent support of them he should not lose sight of the rights of the other participants. It is hoped that no student will be guilty of the disgraceful conduct of hissing one of the players even though he may have overstepped the bounds of fair play. Even as Auburn feels honored by your presence, visitors, so should you be proud of the privilege of meeting under the auspices of one of the greatest institutions. We hope that after viewing the worth of Auburn you may decide to cast your lot with her and in her halls obtain your education. FRATERNITY LIFE Since the beginning of this semester approximately two hundred and fifty freshmen have been initiated into the many fra-ternities on the campus. These men are entering into a new experience not only in their college careers but in their life careers as well. Many a freshman could not wait to write home that he "made" a fraternity, and they are now finding out there is something more to it than making it. There is not a fraternity which does not have lofty ideals. These ideals mean nothing if they are not supported by each member of the house. The group does not and never will make the fraternity. The basic foundation of fraternity life is the individual. When these individuals are brought together and made to work along the same line then fraternity life begins. It cannot be done in any other way. The fraternity endeavors to prepare for leadership by taking its members out of a large crowd and making each a distinct unit in a small crowd. This may be done by furnishing the new men an opportunity to develop self confidence. The fraternity keeps before each member a definite aim by demanding a consideration of the rights of others, by expecting obedience to its laws and orders and each of these centering around the idea of brotherhood. Leadership with these things in mind is not likely to fail. The fraternity provides a boy with family ties and the essential elements of a home. The fraternity, by insisting on a high scholarship record, proper school spirit, a high regard for the best social observance paves the way for the respect of the student body. To each initiate the pin should always be a reminder that he has pledged his heart and hand to honor and truth. NO SNOOPING, THANK YOU An interesting situation has developed at the University of Alabama. Eight girl students have refused to sign the "senior plan" for the second semester, and their reasons, as given in a dispatch in Sunday's Advertiser, are excellent. The incident seems to have created quite a stir at the University. Apparently, there is a widespread, although unorganized, revolt against the plan among the girls in the senior and graduate classes; and it is equally apparent that the revolt is justified. From all accounts, popular sentiment among the students is in sympathy with the eight girls who have taken the lead in refusing to subscribe to the plan. The "senior plan" gives seniors certain privileges, but binds them to act as officers and report all breaches of the honor system which they see. It was in use the first semester of the present academic year, and was signed by all of the senior girls. Last week the plan was circulated in Tutwiler Hall for the girls to sign up for the second semester. Six seniors and two graduate students withheld their signatures. The Crimson-White, the student paper, printed a front page account of their refusal, and it became a subject of campus discussion. The plan gives the senior girls such privileges as riding in automobiles after dark, having "dates" every night of the week and visiting fraternity houses under special permission of the dean of women, in return for which they are required to assume certain responsibilities, including that of reporting violations of the honor system. One provision reads that "acceptance of the senior plan is entirely voluntary on the paTt of each senior," but notwithstanding this, a senior girl is reduced to the status of an under-classman if she does not sign. The eight girls who refused to sign the pledge evidently concluded that they could not do so and be conscientious about it. One of them is quoted as saying: "I cannot understand a plan which does not force you to submit to its propositions, but punishes you if you don't by reducing you in rank to a lower, classman. I signed the pledge the first semester, because I think any promising idea should be given a working chance. I believe the! plan could be changed to a better working form." Another merely said she was too busy with her studies to take the responsibilities exacted. A third said: "I have already broken the first pledge and I don't intend to put myself in a position to do it again." Another girls said senior gorls violated the rules without reporting themselves, and still another explained that she was "unwilling to police.' ' In other words, these eight girls do not fancy turning snoopers. They do not want to put themselves in the position of spying on others and reporting their infractions of the rules. They cannot be accused of unwillingness to cooperate with the university authorities, for they have already given the plan a trial. But they find that their consciences rebel at snooping. They prefer to forego the privileges offered and to be reduced in rank rather than do a thing that is obnoxious to them. "They will not be compelled to sign the pledge by the threat of reduction in status. In the face of the provision that signing is "entirely voluntary." And being honest and sincere about it, they will not sign in order to take the privileges and then shirk the spy work. Obviously, the plan is not a good one. It imposes snooping, which is ignoble and obnoxious, and, moreover, it is unfair, because the provision concerning "voluntary" acceptance of the plan is an outright sham. One girl thinks the plan could be put in a better form. Undoubtedly, if the plan were improved and the unpleasant features removed, so that the girls could accept it and feel right about it, every one of them would agree to it. An honor system for students is a good thing. The university has one, adopted last year. Only three things are included under it—cheating, stealing and perjury before the honor committee. The "senior plan" should not be confused with the honor system, although it is related to it under its provisions. An honor system should apply only to the individual; that is, the individual student should be required to answer only for himself. The student should be put on his own honor, and not required to look after the honor of others. Inasmuch as snooping is odious, an honor system that includes it is not desirable. Our hat is off to these eight girls. The spirit which prompted their action is admirable. So is their courage. We hope that every other senior girl at the university will follow their example.—Montgomery Advertiser. « BLIND TIGER IB Letters to the Editor It seems that when a business devotes its time and money to the best interests of the Auburn students, it should also receive the undivided support of the Auburn Student Body. . The College Picture Show operated primarily for the benefit of the Auburn Band and the A Club scholarship fund, also hires student employees in the capacity of ticket sellers, projectionists, advertising men, etc. During last year the college show paid out for student help alone $1459.50. And has the student body shown its proper appreciation? It seems to me that the pictures being Hie—Ladies and gentlemen: We would like to announce that Messers. John Condon and Sam Harvey are in love with the same damsel at Martha Washington College. It seems to me like Mr. Harvey has tried to get Condon to form a partnership with him, and get the lowdown on the girl from said college, but Mr. Condon refuses to do business with Mr. Harvey only. Instead, he proposes to establish a general information bureau, with himself as the sole operator, and confidant. Blind Tiger moves that they get together on the question for the good of peace^and cooperation. Yours for getting the lowdown, if possible. § § § (IN ENGINEER'S SHAM BATTLE) Lieut. Bowley—"If anything moves, shoot." Hann—"Yes sir, and if anything shoots, I move." "Where are you going?" "To get some water." "In your pajamas?" "No, in a glass." --Alabamian. Hypocracy—An infidel at a funeral, singing "Safe in the Arms of Jesus." I § § Hann thinks that Zoology is a course in flirting with the co-eds at the Baby Zoo. § § § It was a cold and stormy night. There was no fire in the furnace. They were sitting alone in the living room. She had no coal. Neither did he. They shuddered to think how cold they might have been. § § § A line is as strong as its weakest word. § § § Billie—"Charlie has an awfully tricky car." ^ She—"How's that?" Billie—"It plays dead in the most convenient places." § § § "I say Miss, there is a law forbidding swimming here." Tourist—"Well, why didn't you tell me before I undressed?" "There's no law against that." § § § Co-ed Northcutt says that a coupe is an inferior type of car, because every time she goes out into the country, the roads are lined with those that have stalled. § § § (Husband comes in late) Wife—"Are you drunk?" Husband—"Well, if I'm not, I've been cheated out of ten dollars." § § § Co—"I know a man that has been married ten years and he's in love." Ed—"But his wife hasn't found out yet who the girl is." shown at the college show are the very best and the kind that will serve to produce the highest type of amusement. With such productions as Ben Hur, The Big Parade, The Bat, and Don Juan's Three Nights, I don't know of any theatre that can give better entertainment, and at the same time contribute to such worthy cause as our own picture show. Of course there might be more flaring posters advertising another picture, but at the same time the student can't go wrong on attending The College Show. He's helping our band, and he's providing scholarships for The Auburn Tigers. The Social Committee, in setting the dates for the commencement dances, is divided in their decision between two different periods. Some favor the three days beginning May 5 and ending May 7, while others propose May 19, 20 and 21 as the logical dates. Those who are in favor of the former time maintain that there will be less conflict with examinations in the girls' schools and institutions from which the young ladies come, insuring a large attendance of girls. Then too, they say, if we have our prom at that time, it will be the first of the college finals and will naturally draw the largest attendance. . Proponents of the latter dates base their choice on the fact that the seniors will have finished their examinations and tha.t this season will consequently lend itself to more gaiety. As examinations for the seniors begin on May 12,. this period will follow their examinations and directly proceed the commencement exercises and the under- class exams. In behalf of the first suggestion it might be said that the senior members of the committee would have a tremendous burden of work if the dances were to begin immediately after the close of their exams as that would entail a considerable amount of work even during exam week. It is necessary that a date be set in the near future in order that the members of the committee may enter upon negotiations for an orchestra. However, before the date is finally set, the committee wishes to secure reaction from the student body to these two plans. "Do you believe in marriage?" " "Only as a Jast resort." —Medley. § § § She—"What's a party platform?" He—"More gin, more girls, bigger allowance." —Widow. § § § But for this, though do not scorn it:' An humble insect is the hornet For perseverance, it's sublime. It carries its point every time. —Sample Case. § § § He—"What would you say if I threw a kiss at you?" She—"I'd say you were the laziest boy I ever saw." § § § "Jane lost her job in the grocery store because she wouldn't do what her boss asked her." "What was it?" "He asked her to lay some eggs in the window,"—Widow. § § § Women wear short skirts to make the men long."—Tiger. BOOK REVIEW CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY Edited by John B. Clark, A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Economics THERE ARE THRILLS, BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT! The writer with an enduring fame is a creator. The best-sellers are often shortlived, and so frequently serve only as a means of questionable entertainment for their contemporary readers. If you were to compare the best-sellers of your grandfather's day with those of the present, you would possibly conclude that they were read merely for the thrill which many modern "soul-ful" readers desire to experience. Now one does not get the proper sort of thrill by reading Richardson's "Clarissa Harlowe," Goethe's "Sorrows of Werther," or Rosseau's "Heloise." People liked to .shed copious tears when those stories were written. The broader education of the masses, the easy and rapid disemination of ideas in a multutude of books, magazines, and newspapers have helped to develop a new psychology, to change our ways of thinking, in a large measure. The thrill is different. Fundamental truths, however, do not change, but our ideas regarding them may change. Our reactions to an old truth, or en en to an old theory, may be more lively after reading what another has to say about them the idiom of today. Now. human suffering is a fundamental truth. It is as old as the human race. The medical profession strives to relieve, and is striving more and more to prevent, human suffering. There is another kind of suffering that may, or may not, fall within the sphere of the medical profession for alleviation. One may come to feel that all's wrong with the world, and, consequently, suffer acute mental pain, or spiritual anguish. Relief will come to him only when he adapts himself to the prevailing customs, or at least, by outwardly adapting his living and thinking to them. The wider one's experiences are, the more easily will he be able to adapt himself to his surroundings, and the more charitable will he be toward others. What is the cause of human suffering? E. G. Lessing, one of the first great German critics of the drama maintained that all human suffering is the direct result of some fault of the individual, whether consciously or unconsciously committed. He wrote the beautiful tragedy of "Emilia Galotti" to substantiate his theory. Whether he did so or not may be questioned. You may read it and decide. Futhermore, you may look about you and find examples in real life to prove, or disprove, his theory to your own satisfaction. But since suffering of some kind is inevitable in the life of every individual, what is the meaning of it? One can readily see that hatred and the desire for revenge may be the cause of suffering, and see the evil results of it. Love also may be the cause of human suffering. Love is the dominating force in the life of the characters who come under the sway of suffering in the book of M. Edouard Estaunie, entitled: "L'Appeal de la route." It is, in my opinion, a great creative effort, metaphysical of course, but universal. The author avoids vague, theoretical discussion by treating the theme in a series of three different stories related by as many different men, each of whom had met, by chance, one eor more actors in the same tragedy. The group forms a connected whole, and each story connects and clarifies the story of them all. He concludes that there is a meaning and justification for suffering .One MIGHT apply to this book Lessing's theory. There are thrills, but they are different. Auburn Footprints "L'Appel de la route"—E. Estaunie (Perrin et Cie., Paris. Abridged edition, Ginn and Co., Atlanta.) —T. P. ATKINSON.— We understand that we have a new social luminary on the faculty in the person of Prof. Hare. We hear that a certain girl accepted his bid to the Junior Prom. But we have not been able to learn the attitude of Mrs. Hare to the incident. * * * * * It is rumored that J. P. (Nappy) Ather-ton takes the lead as a ladies man to the extent of some dozen girls at the dances. We admire the ingenuity, or the attraction (whichever it was) of a man that can do such a thing and get away with it. It is more than we would like to do to attempt. * * * * * We understand that the co-ed basketball team has turned dramatic and are staging "The Visual Tragedy" with Edna Creel playing the leading role as "Black Eyed Susan." * * * * * We hear that the mid-term has netted us two new co-eds, while the number of male students has- been decreased. We wonder what this institution is coming to. We remember that while we were in high school the exponents of Auburn presented it to us as a he-man's school. But it appears as though the he-man, that once controlled this institution, is fast becoming extinct. * * * * * We have unearthed a new name for one of our promising sheiks. We understand that "Sunshine" Worthington has made quite a hit in Columbus; the object of this infatuation being the cigar-counter girl al the Ralston. We think that he received the name of "Sunshine" from this source. We also hear that a certain girl came all the way up here from Mobile to tell him that he was cute. We agree with her. But the latest and most audacious act of sheik-ery of this young man in question was his trip to Birmingham during the exams. We hear from reliable sources that he successfully filled nine dates in two nights. * * * * * We have wondered what has ailed "Skick" Kaley lately. This otherwise hus. ky member of our basketball squad has-been eating very lightly and sleeping very rarely of late. It puzzles us until a special delivery letter arrived in Auburn. This letter was from "Skick" to a certain young lady who resides in this fair village. It was mailed from Columbus, Georgia, which means that it was mailed in less than two hours after "Skick" had left on the Florida trip. Far be it from us to read or attempt to read another person's mail, so we do not know what was said, but from certain other sources, which we are not at liberty to disclose, we have formed a very good idea. We also hear that the postmaster has petitioned for a separate branch office here to take care of "Skick's" private correspondence during the basketball season. * * * * * We understand that our local Civil Service is becoming more prominent. Fire-chief Sims attended church last Sunday. When the collection plate was passed Fire, .chief merely showed his A.F.D. badge and passed the plate. After this incident it is generally understood that "Cannonball" Purser has petitioned for a star to denote his authority. * * * * * In our observations during the recent exams we are convinced that our "Honor System" is wrongly named. Honor is an ambiguous term, and it certainly lacks system. It appears as though "To be, or not to be" is the question before the Honor committee now. But ft is not primarily their question. It is a question that every Auburn student must consider, no matter how well he would like to overlook it. We must consider the facts. The honor system is not working 100 per cent in any department of the college. In a few classes it is enforced fairly well, but in the majority of classes it is not enforced, and no one gives a d n. This is as equally true of Seniors as Freshmen. What is everybody's business is nobody's business. Since it is nobody's business the faculty has threatened to make it their business, and yet most of the Student Body has failed to be concerned. If this represents our "Auburn Spirit" it is time that we cease to boast of it. Most of us connect the "Auburn Spirit" with athletics. We do not wish to deny the athlete a single laurel, but the standing of the college, to the commercial and academic worlds will be determined by its graduates and not by its athletes. This is more important than our athletic standing, which lasts only a season at a time. We all favor clean, hard athletics. We despise the man who slugs, roughs, piles on, or employs any other dirty tactics. How much more should we despise the man who cribs. The editor of an humorous column is usually thought of as an optimist, but we can not look at this honor system in any other manner than pessimistic. * * * * * "Oh, Justice, thou hast fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason.— Shakespeare. A / . -^k. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE c One man fells another Charge to BAPTISTS TURN OUT IN SPITE OF HEAVY RAIN A large number of Baptist people attended Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. in spite of the heavy down pour of rain. There was a total attendance of one hundred eighty-five at Sunday School. Seventy-five of these were at the Baraca class. About fifty per cent of the regular attendance were present at B. Y. P. U. One hundred per cent of those present in the Dowell and Tichenor unions had done their daily Bible readings. PROPOSAL IS MADE TO MAKE CHANGE IN STATE'S MOTTO CUSS OF SERVICE DESHtED TELEGRAM DAY UTTER M6HT MESSAGE * NIGHT UTTER ?< Pstrenj should m»rk an X opposite tht diss of ssrvioe desired: OTHERWISE THE MESSAGE WU. BE TRANSMITTED AS A FUtt-RATE TELEGRAM Send the following mes WESTEjpi TELEH^ NEWCOMB CARLTON. MWSIMNT GKOttOE W. sage, •object to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby 1 J C MATHISSON EDIT THE GLOMERATA ALABALIA POLYTECH INST AUBURN ALA HAVE ITOU: TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SATISFY YOURSELF THAT BLUE BOAR TOBACCO PROVIDES YOU WITH THE MOST DELIGHTFUL; PIPE SMOKING TO BE HAD AT ANY PRICE THERE MAY!BE ABGUMENTS ABOUT SPORTS OR POLITICS BUT e THERE ARE.NONE ABOUT BLUE BOAR THERE IS NO WAY TO PRODUCER FINER BARER MORE SPECIAL AND ARISTOCRATIC BLENDlFORiYOUa PIPE * THE AMERICAN TOBACCO"COMPANY PHARMACY MEN ELECT OFFICERS The Pharmaceutical Society met Monday night at 6:45 in the Pharmacy Building for the purpose of the election of its officers for the second term. The officers are elected twice each year, i.e., at the first of each semester. Impromptu talks were made by several of the members on the advantage of attending the meetings. Others expressed their views on the method of making the meetings more beneficial to everyone, and the value of all the Pharmacy men attending these meetings. The officers elected for the second semester are: R. E. Carpenter, president; T. J. Jennings, vice-president; Sim Thomas, secretary and treasurer. 1 'WAR DEPARTMENT CHANGES ' SUMMER CAMP TO BENNING (Continued from page 1) of the Field Artillery and Engineer units who have been looking forward to the trip to Fort Bragg this summer. To others, who are familiar with the attractions of Fort Benning and the city of Columbus, the change in campN location will be most welcome. Let us hear something about the attractions at Fort Benning, Ga. Captain Althaus served two years at Fort Benning just before coming to Auburn and in response to our request contributes the following interesting article about the post. "Before the world war, the use of the Infantry Arms, whose close and harmonious cooperation is vital to success in battle, was taught at three widely separated points, while nowhere in America was there a central school for the teaching of Infantry tactics. The-School of Musketry was located at Fort Sill, j Oklahoma ; the small arms firing school at Camp Perry, Ohio, and the machine gun school at Augusta, • Ga. The importance of coordinated training for infantry was so emphasized in the war that the War Department saw the necessity of consolidating the three schools at one- post under one control. Camp Benning, Ga., was chosen as the most suitable site, and in 1918 the three separate schools were transferred thereto and the foundations of the present institution were solidly established. The Fort Benning reservation comprises 97,000 acres located approximately nine miles south of Columbus, Ga. The post proper is situated on a large plateau on the east bank of the Chattahoochee river. It has an elevation of 300 to 400 feet. The soil is red clay with an ample mixture of sand to prevent mud and in- BANK OF AUBURN We Highly Appreciate Your Banking Business. THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES HAGEDORN'S Dry Goods, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, Shoes OPELIKA'S BEST STORE Next Door to Post Office J W WRIGHT, JR. DRY GOODS Auburn, Alabama. MAKE OUR STORE YOUR STORE Drinks <* Cigars Cigarettes Drug Sundries ORANGE & BLUE SODA CO-Sowell and Sowell sure rapid absorption after rain. A^ sanitary squad has been active ever since the site was selected with the result that very few mosquitoes are found during the summer months. The climate is delightful; the summers being tempered by an almost constant southwest wind; the winters are mild and pleasant. The new paved highway from Columbus to the post affords one of the most beautiful short rides in this vicinity. Fort Benning, like every earlier Camp or P«st has had to go. through its tent-house stage; has had to make its roads, sow its grass and plant its vines and shade trees. Fort Benning has had to string its own telephone wires, lay its own pipe lines, build its own bridges during that stage preliminary to the erection of permanent buildings and quarters. During the past few years an elaborate building program has been pursued. Now the Post is the pride not only of the army but of the country. It is the most modern and most completely equipped service school in the world. The hills and roads on the reservation have been named for soldiers who were post-humously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross during the war. In the center of the Post and dominating all is the typically Southern plantation house which originally belonged to the Bussey family, whose estate was the nucleus' of the Benning reservation. This beautiful old house, surrounded by stately oaks, is now occupied by the Commanding General of the Post. To the best of the writer's knowledge the following regular army units are located at Fort Benning. 29th Infantry Regiment, (white). 24th Infantry Regiment, (colored). 1st Battalion, 83rd Field Artillery, (motorized). "Detachment 15th Tank Battalion. Detachment 7th Engineers. Chemical Warfare Unit. Ordanance Maintenance Company. Detachment Signal Corps. School for Bakers and Cooks. Medical Administrative Unit. Calvary Detachment. The training facilities are the best to he had anywhere. But what about the social aspect? What can the student do over the week-ends or after "school is out?" open fields, over ravines and creeks, down steep embankments, have been developed. Two excellent polo fields are available for the lovers of the "Sport of Kings." Fishing For the followers of Izaak Walton, there are two streams full of fish— the Chattahoochee and the Upatoi. Swimming Nothing could be more tempting than the beautiful swimming pool near the entrance to the Post. This pool is completely equipped with, aaouit SEIWCI ENGRAVING CO C&t&lo£uc &-n< Newsp&vperCute ^ M&de in an Up to da,te Plant d.M.ENGLER P»ROP». FOURTH FLOOR ADVERTISER BLDG Particular People Pick— c&he TroperTlace ^o THne cfltontgomery, cAla- DR. C. L. BOYD Doctor of Dental Surgery and Oral Pathology Tiger Drug Store Building Upstairs V\ Riding Thene are plenty of mounts for all who whh to ride. Riding courses through ihe pine woods, across the MAY & GREEN Men's Clothing Sporting Goods Montgomery, Alabama diving boards and platforms, 11 the devices essential to water This pool is fed by a clear, cold g insuring clean water at all Jefferson pool is located five south of the Post. A dip in its eool waters, followed by a camp cooked supper and a brisk ride back to barracks will prepare you for the strenuous training that might follow on the morrow. Golf A nine-hole golf course, in excellent condition, is located in the very center of the Post. Tennis The tennis courts have been the pride of Fort Benning ever since its development. They are centrally located and are among the best to be found in the South. Baseball Goudy Field, built by soldier labor, with covered concrete stands and a beautiful playing field, has no equal in this section of the country. It bears the name of the famous major league player, "Hank" Goudy, who distinguished himself as a Doughboy during the World War. Track and Field The beautiful Doughboy Memorial Staudium, built by sdTdier labor from funds, donated by Infantry units of the regular establishment, is now completed. The athletic field in this stadium is bordered by a cinder track, Gymnasium The gymnasium is located in a large aeroplane hangar especially put up for this purpose. It is completely equipped and affords excellent opportunity for training in basketball, boxing, wrestling and gymnastic work. Theatres There is a large movie theatre on the post, where the best pictures are shown at popular prices. Columbus offers two good movie houses, the Grand and the Rialto. Tea Rooms It is hardly necessary to remind an Auburn student of the delicious meals that can be had at the attractive tea rooms in Columbus. Dancing There are two large dance floors available on the Post, one in the Officer's Hop Room, the other at Bigler-ville, a section of the Post just south of the main headquarters. The City of Columbus is nine miles away, and Columbus like most of our Southern cities, is famous for its pretty girls. Just take those old rattle-trap cars right along with you —they might be used for one purpose or another. Aside from its excellent training facilities, could any place have more or as many advantages and opportunities for gay, happy, healthful, delightful times? It is an outdoor man's paradise. All one needs is the desire for the enjoyment of it, which is the natural attribute of most RO TC trainees with whom the writer has come in contact. (Continued from page 1) which the word "Alabama" was interpreted to mean, "Here We Rest." Since that time men learned in both the Choctaw and Creek Indain languages, have • declared that the word "Alabama" means "Vegetation gathers" or "Thicket clearers." It therefore is evident that the motto is false in its historic significanse and therefore should not be perpetuated on the great seal of the State. A better reason, however, for its disuse is that the phrase brings ridicule upon us by persons of other parts of the country indicating inertion and lack of energy, as it does. The bill that was introduced by Mr. Rogers proposing the motto to be changed to "We Drive Forward," was presented at this time in order that the public might have an opportunity to discuss the matter before the summer session of the Legislature when action may be taken. I will thank you to ask your readers to make suggestions to you and when these have been made please send them on to me inorder that I may lay them before the Committee on Revision of Laws, to which the bill has been referred. Very respectfully, (Mrs.) Marie B. Owen, Director, Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Aal. S.A.M.E MEETING IS HELD MONDAY SENIOR CLASS TAKES VOTE ON HONOR SYSTEM (Continued from page 1) campus. In spite of this adverse testimony the class voted for its continuance, eight votes constituting the controlling vote. In addition to the honor committee proposed plans for the erection of an athletic stadium at Auburn were discussed. It was decided that the plan to be adopted should be the creation of a ten year endowment policy taken out on the life of Dr. Dowell, the amount of the policy to be fixed at $100,000. It was suggested that the premium be paid by the students by affixing to the matriculation fee each semester a sum sufficient to cover the needed amount, this amount to be prorated among the students. It has been estimated that this plan would entail the addition of between two dollars and a half and three dollars each semester. According to the plan $100,000 plus the accumulated interest, about $20,000 will be paid to the school at the expiration of the policy or the full amount would be given over to the authorities at the death of the beneficiary. Funds turned back to the school will be designated for the purpose of constructing a stadium and it is the obligation of the insurance company to see that it is used for no other purpose. A committee composed of S. H. Lynne, G. B. Phillips, W. H. H. Putnam, and F. A. Smith was appointed to draw up the resolution favoring this plan which will be submitted at the regular meeting of the board of trustees next Tuesday. S. A. M. E. held its regular meeting Monday night. The program was opened by Mervin Ernest who read letters from the national headquarters of the organization requesting Auburn to elect a member to the advisory council as a representative of this district. First speaker on the program was Sims who gave an interesting talk on Muscle Shoals. Bates discussed the construction of a concrete culvert. As the speaker had had practical experience along the line of his subject his talk was highly instructive and was appreciated by his audience. The program was closed with the election of W. D. Alston to the advisory council. The difference between a fish and a sucker is that once in a while the fish gets off the hook. DR. SHOWALTER TALKS TO RATS ABOUT SCIENCE (Continued from page 1) ings are reported. The true scientist gives the results based on his own observations and calculations. The scientist never settles a question. He is always willing to discard the old theories and ideas for new after a thorough analysis has been made. He is thinking out a way is which new truth may be acquired. Most people are willing to accept things as they are. They do not want to be bothered by having to think. New ideas worry people. The scientist, however, is always willing to throw old ideas away in preference for the new. This has been proved to be exactly opposite to what nearly everyone else does, for almost all want to be left alone. 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MEN'S OUTFITTERS The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes COLLEGE BARBER SHOP We'appreciate your.Patronage AUBURN GARAGE. R. O. FLOYD, Jr., Prop. Auto Repairing, Gas, Oils, Tires and Accessories CARS FOR HIRE "Say it 'With tfflolvers" FOR ALL OCCASIONS ROSEMONT GARDENS FLORISTS MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Homer Wright. Local Agent for Auburn " H -p*- PAGE FOUR SENSATIONAL GAMES ARE PLAYED BY Tennessee Knocks FRATERNITIES Auburn from Top Finishing out the initial round of the National League, the Theta Kappa Nu's completely demolished the Tau Omega Chi five by the score of 24-15. Cummings, long, lanky center for the Theta Kappa Nu's, was the high point man and did good at passing and shooting. Assisting him at running up the score was Lee. For the losers, Arnold made a good percentage of their points. Next night the Sigma Nu's took the floor to cap the climax on the American League. This alley clan completely outwcl^ssed the Sigma Pi's 19-6. Spann and Captain Pat did the basket work for the Nu's while Root and McKnight were about the best bid for honors on their side. Looks like the Sigma Nu's are due to go a bit farther. Second Round Starts in Each League The Pi Kappa Alpha's met the Lambda Chi Alpha's in the first set-to of the second lap of the National League race. Again the Pi's came through by a large margin, trouncing the Lambda bunch, 37-25. "Weemie" Baskin continued his campaign for high honors in the National League by starring for hits once more. This time Smith and Clayton, assisted Baskin around the loop and ran him a close race. Joe Wallis and V. Jackson starred for the Chi's and put up a very hard fight as guards. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon quintet then waged a hot one with the Theta Kappa Nu's, coming out above the top, 28-19. Herbert, Ingram and Anderson furnished plenty of opposition to the unlucky boys and rang up enough points to ensure victory. Again Cummings came through for his team but didn't have enough support to stave off defeat. The only game in the second lap of the American Leauge was the closest conflict of the entire week. This game was won by the fast Sigma Nu five from the S.P.E.'s, the final score was 19-18 and was decided as the pistol shot by a long field goal by one of the Sigma Nu's. As the pistol shot failed to go off when the trigger was pulled and the ball was in the air when it finally did go off; the game is being appealed to Coach Morey that it be played over. -As it now stands and until future decision changes it, the S. P. E. team is out of the race. Wilson, Captain Pat and Wade (Wallace) found the point for their team consistently, while Tamp-lin, Tuxy Tuxworth and DeVaughn rang up the most points for the defeated boys. As things now stand, there are three teams left in each of the Leagues. The Pi K A's and the Kappa Sig's seem to be the best shots in their respective divisions and are favorites for the finals. Spring Training Shows Results to Please Coaches Last Saturday evening afforded the first opportunity for the writer to see anything about what King David had up his sleeve for the spring trainers. Saturday was the day of activities on Drake Field that would easily make one think of the fall even, ings just after the arrival of a new gang of freshmen. With the spring training period not yet half over Coach Morey has his charges in fine shape and working hard. There is, of course, no predictions forthcoming as to who will fill the vacancies that have occurred with the last call of the '26 team, but there is a likely looking bunch of freshman material and all of the old reserves on the job and making a hard fight for a berth. Tangents from Sport Circles It seems to be a hard pill to swallow in the form of a defeat at the hands of the University of Tennessee baficetball team Tuesday night, but rjK may prove to be the "jewel in the head of the Toad." In other words away from the wise sayings of Shakespeare, a defeat just before the S. C. Tournament may be the best thing that could happen to Papke's cohorts. Had tbe Tiger cage artists gone to the tournament with a string of fourteen consecutive victories, they might possibly have been a bit overconfident and this does no team any good. * * * * As a pleasing precedent to the stinging "defeat mentioned above, Auburn administered a decisive defeat to the crack team of Georgia Tech. "Tiny" Hearn & Co. started off the game last Saturday as if they were certain of victory. It did not take the Tigers long to change their mind and with Frank Dubose in rare form, the Bengals gradually pulled away from their Georgia opponents until they rested with a twenty point lead. They held this lead until the last minute of play when a Yellow Jacket flung the ball through the ring* to cut the margin down to eighteen points. The game ended 42-24. » » * * There should be plenty of excitement over in Atlanta next week when the Championship of the Southern Conference is to be decided. It is the combined opinion of the Auburn-ites that Papke and his cage artists have just as good a chance as any team in the South to bring home the bacon. Any team that can run up a .string of victories numbering thirteen after losing the first two games on the schedule is bound to have omething in #Nv Judging from previous games, North Carolina, Maryland, Georgia Tech, and Mississippi A. and M. are the strengest entries that Auburn will have to cope with. If Papke can have an average run of luck in drawing his opposition, his men should raise quite a bit of noise before they concede their chance to another. * * * * "It won't be long now" before we will hear that old familiar yell: "play ball." The first call for baseball candidates met with plenty of response on the part of the students and the first day found half a hundred aspirants for the varsity nine warming up the old "soup bone." Slick Moulton is in charge of the first rush of candidates. Morey stjg has his hands busy with the spring trainers but expects to start with the ball tossers in a couple of weeks. * * * * The coeds seem to have fallen in step with old lady hard luck. Tuesday night they all but had a basketball game sewed up when the girls from Jacksonville Normal suddenly uncowred a long delayed attack and before the Tigerette/s could apply the brakes they found themselves on the short end of a 13-17 score. The next game on the schedule for the coeds in with Athens College. We wish them better luck in this game. » » » * There is a rumor among certain A Club men about the campus that "Square Jaw" Salter has been cutting the corners rather promiscuously in order to avoid being seen with certain coeds. This rumor cannot be confirmed by the column but there must be some truth in it to give rise to so much comment on the strange action. of Conference Race Up in the mountains, the Tiger of the Plains suffered their first defeat since the three point victory of Miss. A. & M. early in the season. Auburn made a gallant attempt to even matters up when the score stood 25-19 and only a minute to play by taking perfect aim and dropping two field goals from beyond the center of the floor. The whistle, however, stopped the rally, leaving Auburn in the rear, 25-23. Big Butcher, the lanky center for the mountan team, was a very good impersonator of "Tiny" Hearn. Alone he scored 14 of his team's points. Akin Again Is the Star "Jelly" again spread his stuff, finding the basket for a grand total of 12 points and was the second high est scorer of the tussle. This young man is an All-Southern without a iff doubt, we don't ask anyone to piw on the team tho; all we ask they look at him play. • Theyj help but do the rest. Last Week Before Tourney Auburn is finishing up one of the most successful basketball schedules that she has ever known. The team pulled throug a bad start with one of the most outstanding headlights of the present conference race. A string of all conference victories from six different Colleges. So far Auburn has scored 550 points to her opponents 351, with an average of 39.3 tallies per game to her adversaries 25. When the boys come home, we should all be down to meet them and prove to them that we are back of them 100 percent. They have earned our support, lets try and prove ourselves worthy of it. First Call Issued to Baseball Men Think what a hard time two crosseyed people would have looking at each other in the eye. Many will take the knocks and falls that these boys will get before the team is finally picked next fall, but they are out there with the old fight that will keep them till Auburn has a real team; one that will make Dixie fans travel miles to see in action. Here is our guess now for the coming campaign; the fastest and the best blocking team in the S. C. next season. In the words of our own King David, "that blocking is 1000 percent better." Doesn't that sound good. Saturday's practice was given over to a heavy scrimmage in which every man entered for a short time at least. Up to this time only the fundamentals and signals have been taught. This was the first chance the boys had of showing in a practical way just how much of this they had absorbed in the drill periods. From the atmosphere that prevailed during the entire scrimmage it was easy to see that the big chief was well satisfied with the work of the boys. He had his men lined up in three squads and each squad had a different set of formations and signals that they had been taught. These three teams were sent against each other with all the force that two opposing teams could be expected to muster. They played straight football, tried trick plays, passes and some punting. It was just an inventory, and a through one, of next seasons prospects. The superb blocking was easily the outstanding feature, but the was some of those boys were stepping around those ends and through that line was a sight to behold. Next season Auburn should be able to put a seasoned team on the field and have some seasoned reserves and some mighty good green material on the bench. With these men and their spirit the guiding hand of King David Grant field will have different contours when it is surveyed after next Thanksgiving. The local baseball diamond is echoing with the loud sounds of the sharp crack of the bat pounding at the horsehide, the dull thud of a ball sinking deep into a catchers mitt, and the shrill yells of the baseball candidates.. Truly basebajH season has opened with a bang on the Plains and the sap is beginning to rise in every lover of the national pastime. Monday found "Slick" Moulton in charge of the first group of aspirants for a place on Morey's nine for the coming season' and he certainly had a man size job. To the casual spectator there was the outstanding feature of the absense of many of the faces expected to figure prominently in the Auburns stand for the championship rag this spring. First Morey himself was not on the scene of action; his absense being due to his duties with the spring training crew.- The noticeable absentees were f'Jelly"*Akin, "Buck" Ellis, Ebb is, and Fob James. These base-all .a-rnsts are still among the basket-eers so they will be in the pink of condition when they are released for diamond duty. The group present that should prove to the most potential candidates were: Captain Joe Wallis, "Bully" Hitchcock, Ben Sank-ey, "Rough Ed" Allen, Cush Wood, Earnest Potter, Pat Moulton, ,and Howard Smith. Mingled in with this group were something like thirty other candidates with varied and unknown ability. Some may materialize into strong contenders for a berth on the squad. Most of them will find the going too hard and will fall by the wayside as unsung heroes. One of the reasons for this preliminary practice is to give every ambitious ball tosser an oportunity to match his baseball ability with that of other players on the campus and let the inferior ones have the satisfaction of having been given a chance. The keen eyes of "Slick" should be able to detect the real contenders for the team so when Morey takes over the reins he should have a fair line on just who is who. Auburn appears to havcone of the brightest prospects for a championship team this spring than has been her lot in the past five y&ars. With the exception of C. O. Stewart, and "Dog Face" Sheridan, Morey has every one of the members of the team of a year ago's team, incidentally, which landed third in the Southern Conference standing and one which lost a series to Georgia Tech only. The staff which will have charge of the coaching duties for the Plainsmen is one of the best in Dixie, which is covering lots of territory. Morey, head coach, has played baseball with the best in the country having been a member of the Philadelphia Athletics for a while. "Slick" Moulton, Morey's assistant was a member of Auburn's championship team in 1921 and received his first training under Mike Donohue. He has since played with Hattisburg in the Cotton States League where he has made an enviable record as a pitcher. The addition of Moulton to the coaching of the Tigers should boost the pitching prospects no small bit. Auburn is expecting the baseball team to come through this season and give some one a strong fight for championship honors, and they are certainly not lacking in hitting and fielding material. The only weakness at present seems, on paper, to be in pitchers. What has become of the old-fashioned woman who never complaine.i? 'Nooga Moccasins Defeat Auburn by Score of 36 to 31 The highly touted Auburn Tigers failed to break the sudden jinx, caused apparently by the unaccustomed Tennessee atmosphere, and let another game slip through their fingers when the fast stepping quintet from the University of Chattanooga cashed in with a 35-31 victory. Auburn started off as if they were going to reciprocate to the stinging defeat handed them the night before when they scored eight points before the Moccasins were able to discover the basket. When the Chattanoogans did get started the Bengals were unable to stave off the attack and once the lads from the mountains attained the lead, Elis and Co. were never able to regain the lead. Kopcha for Chattanooga stood out as the best player for the evening. His duty at guard was executed without criticism, especially was his work at breaking up the passes of the Tigers effective. Akin was Auburn's best bet for the night. He was high scorer in the game. The James twins played their usual good game at guard though their shooting was not up to its standard. Line-up. Ellis F McCoy Akin F Holland DuBose C-.-- Wyatt F. James .._ .G Braidwood E. James G Kopcha Georgia Techsters Fall Before the Terrific Attack of Auburn Cagesters If we love mystery and adventure we must love life for life is both of these. In onions there is strength!!! Coeds Lose Game To Jacksonville Normal School The Aubun Co-eds staged a comeback and held the fast Jacksonville State Normal cagesters to a 17-13 score. It looked for a time as if the local lassies were to be rewarded with a victory, but as the closing minutes drew on the Jax girls forged ahead the four points that proved to be the deciding score. The game started off slow and very unlike a basketball game, but began to get more interesting as time passed. Both teams were slow to start scoring and at the end of the first half the score was 5-1 Jacksonville. With the second half the local girls started scoring and were soon ahead and stayed in the lead for most of the closing period. It as in the last fleet ing moments that the State girls were able to take the lead that was to -mean a hard earned victory. The defensive work of both teams was the cause of the low scores and it was superior offense that won the game. In this line the State girls seemed to have a slight edge and used it to advantage. Meachem.for Jax and Tucker for Auburn were tied for scoring honors, each getting two field goals and two foul shots. Powell for Auburn was next with five points. Lineups: Auburn, Price and Creel guards, Tucker and Powell forwards, and Johnson center. Subs; Haupt for Price, Creel for Johnson, Price for Creel. State Normal, Akridge. and Griffith forwards, Nolen center, Vines and Gilbert guards. Subs; Wright for Vines, Bernard for Nolen, and Meacham for Griffith. Four eight-minute quarters; time keeper Shotts, referee, Watlington, umpire Snider. The different classes at Clemson adopted a code of honor just before the examinations last week, and the/ reported to have worked well in ^11 cases. They are now agitating ffff a full fledged Honor System. Jfhey are also riding one of the members of the faculty about watching, or spying on the students during th« e*ams. The prof is thought to, hvn &$*& a diagram of every student in tN rdom, for use during the proctM J* grading the papers. Anyone looking into the gym at Auburn last Saturday night between the hour of eight and nine would have been amazed at the crowd that had amassed there to watch the encounter of the cage artists of Georgia Tech and Auburn. It was one of the largest crowds that ever gathered at the gym at one time to gaze at a basketball contest. Truly, indeed, they were all rewarded for their bravery in facing the dangers of being trampled in the mass; There ensued one of the hardest fought games of the season. Auburn's quintet led by their indom-inable captain Buck Ellis was out to avenge the defeat handed them by Tech in the early days of the season. Tech was out to pull a reversal of form and try to pull out of the slump which had overtaken them on the road trip. The result was that Auburn sipped of the sweet nectar of revenge and Tech sank deeper in the mire of the aforementioned slump. Tiny Hearn was doped to be the big man of the fracas; Frank Dubose proved to be the big gun of the tuss-el. The game started off true to the way it was doped to go—a nip and tuck affair. Auburn threw a couple of fouls while Tech was en-joying the results of one well placed shot via the free shot route suddenly Dubose uncovered a timely aptitude at tossing the ball, threw the ring and before Tech could shake out of them the Tigers were enjoying a ten point lead. Tech never was able to narrow the margin any and as the game progressed others of the Orange and Blue outfit began to get their eye on the basket and gradually increased the lead to a twenty point margin. The last few minutes of the contset ran something like "you throw one and I will throw one." The result was that when the pistol fired as a signal that hostilities were at an end Auburn was leading their worthy rivals by the comfortable margin of eighteen points. The score was 42- 24. Tiny Hearn, Player and Jamiason played good basketball at times and will all probably be heard from in the Tournament that it to take place soon. : For. the Plainsman Dubose was the best thing for the evening although every members of the team played jam-up basketball. The James twins at guards, Aiken and Ellis, forwards, were unsurpassed. Let old Squire Pipe be the judge... A--\ \ ' /A IN 7, QB \ \ - s f I 3zxjzr~ His HONOR, old Squire Pipe is unques' tionably the world's ablest judge of pipe tobaccos. Who else is by nature, training and experience so well-qualified to try a tobacco7 and hand down a decision on it?. . So, in the case of Granger Rough Cut, the plea is that Judge Pipe's verdict be accepted as FINAL! To make a long brief brief: Character witnesses everywhere have sworn to Granger's sterling quality. Experts have vouched for the superiority of its rough cut. Chemists have testified that the new "glassine'sealed" foil'pouch keeps the tobacco in perfect condition. Finally, it has been shown that by using this foil'pouch (instead of a costly tin) it is possible to sell Granger at just ten cents. On these arguments Granger rests its case! A couple of pipefuls will convince Squire Pipe that it is the world's greatest pipe tobacco... and any good judge of tobaccos will confirm the decision! GRANGER ROUGH CUT The half-pound vac uum tin is forty-five cents, the foil-pouch package, sealed in glassine, is ten cents. ^GRANGER Made for pipes only! Granger Rough Cut is made by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company sEEBB _ THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE C A M B L [Upper lfl!i:i!i#f:liJT»aaiiiiMiiBaialiiiii imoke-ihop, buying Camels] Top in quality—first in popularity EXPERIENCED smokers have proved it. Discriminating tobacco lovers by the million rediscover it each day and every evening as the friendly Camels are lighted. There simply Is no better cigarette made. The choicest Turkish and Domestic tobaccos grown are bought for Camels—and such blending for taste and fragrance! Only the largest tobacco organization in the world could produce a cigarette like Camel. In terms of popularity, Camel quality has reflected itself in the greatest preference ever given a cigarette. There never was a tobacco word so famous, or a cigarette so good. First in popularity, because the best—that is the story of Camel, the biggest cigarette success ever known. If you want such smoking enjoyment as you never hoped to find, just try Camels. Smooth, fragrant and mellowy mild, from the first touch of the flame to the final puff, Camel will mean a revelation to you of tobacco goodness. For pleasure unalloyed, for the best that's made regardless of price, "Have a Camel!" JR. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. 61927 WIRT PROGRAM IS VERY LIVELY The Wirt Literary Society held its regular meeting last Tuesday night with a large crowd present, including several visitors. "Current Events,'* of the latest issue, were given by I. D. Thornton in which he discussed Muscle Shoals as a cyanamide plant; the present cotton situation, and the Auburn Honor System which he stated would function properly if the students would only support it. M. T. Crowder talked on "The present situation of mine labor disposal," in which he gave concrete illustrations of the punishment for crime from the period of the French revolution up to the present time. He stated that "convicts have, unfortu- For Dependable ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT N Call or 'Writes Klein's Sporting Goods Store Agents for SPALDING GOODS Montgomery x\ HSjSnESrt :£HR:' 'M W/A ^•atsi m ***> 9 "j m iter shaving—/^HAT? WHEN you finish your shave, what do you do for your face? Probably wash off the lather and let it go at that. Here's a better idea. Slap on a few drops of Aqua Velva, Williams new scientific after-shaving liquid. It helps the skin retain its needed natural moisture—keeps it flexible and comfortable all day long. In big 5-oz. bottles — 50c. Williams Aqua Velva nately, been put under the ground in Alabama away from fresh air and light, thereby seriously injuring them, but the recent governorship and legislation has greatly helped this situation by congress having recently passed a bill to remove prisoners from the mines and working them on the roads, in mills and on farms, thereby giving them more humane treatment. "The United States Foreign Policy Toward Latin America" was interestingly discussed by Harry Wise who based the theme of his talk on "Should we give back our Southern states to Mexico?" Wise showed a thorough familiarity with the subject. J. B. Lynch spoke on "The Life of Thomas A. Edison." He told us that the first job that Mr. Edison filled was that of news boy; from these to a railroad position of telegraph operator, "which he took to like a duck to water," stated Lynch, "which first created his interest in the electrical world until now he has more than a thousand inventions to his credit." The problem of the origin and significance of Valentine Day was cleared up by Miss. Bertha Bathoon, who stated that it came about "accidentally." Many peculiar fads and superstitious ideas in ancient times caused the origin of the national day as the young men who went out on the street in the morning would walk a distance with their eyes closed and then open them and the first young lady they met was to be his valentine for the day, she told us. A reading, "Humble Petition," was given by Miss Grace Pinnell. Miss Pinnell is evry talented in the art of giving readings and the society thoroughly enjoyed her delivery. M. T. Crowder, chairman of stunt committee, read before the society a list of those who participated in the stunts on Stunt Night and made a motion that those who so ably served be given credit for one serving on the regular program. The motion was carried and a rising vote of thanks was given to the participants. The Wirt is very happy to be the winner of the first prize, a ten dollar bill, on stunt night, which will be used by the society in fostering literary work on the campus. It is more blessed to give than to receive; also more expensive. WILSONIAN HAS MEET TUESDAY An interesting and instructive program was rendered at the regular meeting of the Wilsonian Literary Society Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. E. T. Bright very ably discussed the question, "How far will Ford Go." Mr. Ford is progenitor of the five dollar eight-hour day and later the five-day week. Contrary to economic principles, Ford increases wages when prices are cut. Jack Nelms explained the Boulder Dam fight in congress. The Swing- Johnson bill would give permission to construct a dam across the Colorado river in the Imperial valley over three times as big as the Muscle Shoals dam. Rat T. H. Wooten gave his interpretation of a good sport as being the fellow who can satisfy everybody and still be cheerful. That prohibition will win was substantiated in a very interesting talk by George Stafford. "The Boy Battle through the Cat-ilina Marathon," by E. G. Salter brought forth laughter from the audience as "Little Square," humorously related the young swimmer's hardships prior to his swimming the channel. George Young caught rides from his home in Canada to the Cat-ilina Marathon and stayed in the water fifteen hours winning the $25,- 000 prize. The president requested those interested in debating contest to turn in their names and be ready for the tryouts two weeks hence. SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK IS DONE The Annual State Convention of the Alabama Council of Christian Education, formerly known as the Alabama Sunday School Association, will be held in Montgomery on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 14, 15, 16, 1927. Since August 1st last, thirteen counties have been reorganized and dates are fixed for conventions to reorganize six other counties. Twenty- nine counties have been visited and conferences .held with Sunday School workers about the work. As soon as the counties are organized, the districts are being organized. The Council is a cooperative effort of the Sunday School workers of the Protestant denominations to extend and improve the Sunday School work in Alabama. It is the only organization in the state which aims to help every Sunday School and to see that a Sunday School is organized in every destitute community. EVANS SOCIETY HOLDS MEETING The meeting was opened with the usual Bible reading and after the roll call the Cup Case committee was heard from and then there was a discussion about society pins and a show of hands proved that the members were in favor of getting pins at this time. The matter was tabled till next meeting for the members to have time to give in their names to the pin committee. This committee is composed of Miss Gibbs, Cargile and Hugh McCall. The attention of the members was called to the fact that three unex-cused absences, or failure to appear when placed on the program automatically dropped them from the roll unless a satisfactory excuse was given. Following the business, Mr. Irby talked on Cruisers and Congress. He called attention to the fact that the majority of the present U. S. battle fleet is obsolete compared to other countries and that Congress is very slow about making preparations for bettering it. Mr. Harris told of the compulsory railroad grouping in Great Britain under government control and of its failure. The failure was due perhaps to the same cause that was so detrimental to government control in the United States during the war period, ie., the owners were opposed to it and did not support it. Mr. Bethune's talk on the origin of St. Valentines Day was quite interesting and unique. Mr. Lawrence of Arabia proved a very interesting character when portrayed as he was by Croft in his discussion of the Life of Lawrence. Mr. Hamm brought some rat her interesting facts about the latter life and successes of the proverbial bad son's on the ministers. He proved that they are not always as bad as the neighborhood gossipers claim him to be. OF BIRMINGHAM AUBURN BRANCH —In the— IDEAL LAUNDRY THE TOGGERY SHOP COLLEGE JEWELRY SPORTING GOODS MEN'S WEAR Divorce is a penalty for catching dear out of season. MOORE'S MARKET CHOICE MEATS B. J. JONES Shoe R e p a i r i n g neatly done with Goodyear Machine 17 years' service for the students Best materials used all work guaranteed Next door to Print Shop FOREST FIRES DO DAMAGE IN DRY SEASONS Use Kratzer's Ice Cream Tour Local Dealer Has It For your parties and feeds ask your local dealer order from us. Our products are paseurized using best ingredients, therefore necessarily PURE. KRATZER'S Montgomery, Alabama. Picture Frames made to order Stove*: Ranges Heaters AUBURN FURNITURE COMPANY Will Appreciate Your Business THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF AUBURN Advice and Accomodation For Every College Man Any Financial Assistance or Business Transaction C. Felton Little, '04, President W. W. Hill, '98, Vice-President G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier OPELIKA PHARMACY. INC. DRUGS OF QUALITY PHONE 72 OPELIKA, ALA. MONTEITH'S —Where Friends Meet— DEAN WILMORE MARES TALK ON BRASHEAR A winter drought such as the state is now experiencing comprises an exceedingly hazardous period for the forestry interests of Alabama citizens, according to the State Commission of Forestry. This is not only because vegetation is very dry at this time but also because for one purpose or another more fires are set. During the colder months of the year people whose business takes them into the woods frequently build little fires for warmth during pauses in their work. Usually these are extinguished before leaving, but some times a fire thought to be out may be fanned into flames by the wind and start spreading. In all cases it is a good plan to cover the* fire with earth firmly packed down before leaving. Usually enough mineral soil can be scraped over the fire with the foot, and it requires but a very few minutes to make it safe. Extensive burns may also result from the failure of turpentine operators to confine their clearing fires to the areas actually being worked for naval stores. A safe and simple precaution in this connection is to rake a fairly wide strip and burn from the outside inward, preferably against the wind. A few men with" rakes to clear the strip and with pine tops to whip out such fire as may blow over can soon safeguard completely the turpentine woods from outside fire, and at the same time prevent their own fires from spreading over additional territory. This process costs extremely little and does a great deal to protect valuable property and retain the good will of the community residents toward the industry. Another cause of destructive burning is the mistaken belief, still prevalent in some quarters, that setting fire to the rough makes better grazing for stock. It has been found by actual checking that the amount of green grass growing through the winter and early spring under the shelter of the old growth is considerably greater than exists on the clean burns where all the green grass is visible. Furthermore, weighing tests of livestock grazed on the two classes of winter and spring range show conclusively that cattle and sheep gain more weight on the rough areas .than upon the clean burns. This is due not only to the amount of forage on protected lands but also The regular Wednesday evening meeting of the local branch of A. S. M. E. featured a talk by Dean John J. Wilmore. Dean Wilmore took as his subject the life of one of America's greatest engineers, A)(r. John A. Brashear. This great man began his career with an humble start. Coming from a poor family, he was able to obtain only a fair education. He worked to the quality, the tender grasses which are killed out by fire being better for grazing purposes than the tough and wiry species that ultimately become the sole survivors of frequent burnings. at many different occupations before he was finally able, through the financial backing of his friends, to enter a business of his own in-the manufacture of lenses for telescopes. Quickly his reputation grew and his fame spread for the accuracy and precision of his work, until he was known throughout the world. In closing his talk Dean Wilmore summed up the fundamentals on which Mr. Brashear's success in life was built. These were: first, industry; second, health; third, marriage to a helpful wife; fourth, unlimited capacity for friendship. The society has a number of interesting features and programs planned for the coming meetings. These will probably include one or two motion pictures. Fellows, it is still not too late to join the society and get quality points for the second semester. Let next Wednesday evening find you in room 109 Ramsay Hall. A special Peake line for College Men With two pairs of Trousers Made to our specifications by Learbury, in fabrics and patterns that had the O.K. of college men in the Eastern schools before t h ey were made up. At thirty-nine dollars t h e y offer value heart-warming even to the chap who A.B.'d in Scotch spending. Second Floor—Louis Saks sfcLOUIS SAKS&* 2nd Ave. and 19th St., Birmingham, Air PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN PROF. HAMILTON PICKS AUBURN DEBATING TEAM Encounters Hard Job in Face of Intense Competition Competition has been strong among the candidates for the debating team. At last, however, the team has been chosen. According to Professor Hamilton it was indeed a hard job to select the ones who can best represent Auburn. The team has been picked, and each member has been assigned to his question. The date of two of the three contests have already been chosen. Two of the debates will be held at other colleges and one at Auburn. The debates shall be as fololws: University of Florida vs. Auburn at Florida, during March. Auburn has the affirmative of the question: Resolved: That the five-day week in industry would advance the social and economic interest of the country. S. H. Lynne and J. M. Ernest with an alternate, N. Strub, will defend the A. P. I. against Florida. Mercer vs. Auburn at Mercer, April 4. Auburn will uphold the negative of the question: Resolved: That foreign nations should relinquish all government control in China. J. E. Walsh, as one member of the team with C. S. Stone as alternate will defend Auburn's side of the question. Mississippi" A. and M. vs. A. P. I., March 17. Auburn drew the affirmative of the question: Resolved: That Congress should enact a law for stabilizing prices and disposing of surpluses of farm products- by means of an equalization fee levied upon the farmers. Miss Meta Grace and R. W. Vaughn will contend that Auburn's side of the question is the only side. It is a noticeable fact that one coed secured a well-earned place on the debating team for this year. Probably other co-eds will take some interest in debating and represent Auburn in this line of endeavor. The debating team which shall represent A. P. I. in the inter-collegiate debates this year looks to be one of which we will be proud. The questions which are to be debated are of modern happenings and are of increasing interest to the people. Thursday afternoon, after meeting with the chosen members of the debating team, Professor Hamilton sent them away for two weeks with the words that during that time he did not wish to see them. At the end of this period the debaters shall present Utr Professor Hamilton a certain amount of the material they shall use in their debates. The members of the team left in a frame of mind which seemed to bid its opponents "Beware!" Probably this year will bethe one in which Auburn shall win for itself a great name in the realm of debating. STATION WAPI WILL END ITS FIRST YEAR TUESDAY (Continued from page 1) tions have contributed to radio development at Auburn, will be heard. Prominent among them will be Gov. Bibb Graves, Hon. Victor Hanson for whom the station is named, Thomas W. Martin, president of the Alabama Power Company, donor of Station WSY to Auburn, and members of the faculty, headed by Dr. Spring Dowell, president. The all-star program will begin with music by the studio orchestra which has been a big and regular feature from Station WAPI since the formal opening program the night of February 22, 1926. Following this, Dr. Spring Dowell will introduce Governor Graves who will deliver his first, address to the radio audience from Station WAPI. Perhaps it will be his first radio address since he became governor. The remainder of the program follows: (1) Vocal numbers by Mrs. A. D. Mayo, singing (a) Life's Paradise (Mary Helen Brown); (b) How I Love a Summer Day (Root). (2) News of the day at Auburn by Prof. H. G. Grant. (3) Folowing this little Sammie Mayo, 5-year old son of Mrs. A. D. Mayo, will sing "Willie's Prayer and "The Auburn Medley." Sammie is said to be the youngest radio artist of any station. (4) "Radio and the Newspapers" Hon. Victor Hanson, publisher of the Birmingham News, and the Montgomery Advertiser. HONOR SYSTEM CONTEST WON BY J. B. MCMILLAN .(Continued from page 1) Honor System is to place each student on his honor not to give or receive aid on examinations or individual recitations. In some colleges the Honor System is broader in scope, including such offences as hazing, gambling, stealing, intoxication and other acts of a questionable nature. Students automatically subscribe to the system when they matriculate, and are expected to report violators to the governing body provided by the local organization of the Honor System. An ideal observance of such a system obligates every student to report any other student whom he may see committing a dishonest act. In actual practice the ordinary college man places personal friendship and an innate tendency to avoid talebearing above a religious observance of the letter of the system. A great benefit arising from the use of an Honor System is in having a faculty whose whole energies may be directed along instructional lines, and not divided between teaching and policeing. A scholar who has dedicated his abilities and energies to teaching in a college should be free to do nothing but teach. He should be unhampered in his efforts to assimilate, sift and disclose truths to his students. This is impossible when he has to watch a class constantly to detect any dishonest conduct. A highly educated man employed in teaching is cheapened, both in his own eyes and in the eyes of the students when he has to exercise police powers in his classroom. Under an Honor System a professor is relieved of the responsibility for the conduct of the students under him. He is thus doubly benefitted, first by having his time and energies free to devote solely to teaching, and second, by being lifted to an impersonal idealistic pedestal which benefits an intellectual leader. Aside from the benefits derived by the professor himself, the students are reciprocally benefitted by the augumented ability of the professor to guide them in their intellectual pursuits. Another advantage lies in the fact that an Honor System takes away a part of the temptation to use unfair methods in examinations. Under the old faculty-supervision system the psychological effect of the professor's watching was to put the student in a peculiar mental situation. He instinctively felt that the professor was hostile to him; that it would give him pleasure to detect a student in a dishonest act. The student regarded an undected act of cheating as something of an accomplishment and as a victory over the professor. This distorted idea was conceived in high schools where teacher-spying is prevalent. Under an Honor System a student is watched only by his fellow classmates, who are not especially concerned by his conduct. This dissolves the queer misconception that a successful "crib" is an accomplishment. The student knows that he conquers only himself when he commits a dishonest act when trusted on his honor. Thus the temptation to use unfair methods is removed automatically by removing the student from his former situation in which there was the element of a sporting risk in escaping detection by the professor. Another advantage is a direct result of the fact that an Honor System places a student entirely on his (5) Vocal numbers by Rev. O. D. Langston, singing (a) "Ah, Let me Dream." (Taylor), (b) "Sometime, Somewhere, Somehow." (Mildred White Wallace.) (6) Instrumental and vocal numbers by Hugh and Allen Francis, playing and singing (a) "Roll on Silvery Moon." (b) "Rock all my Babies to Sleep." (7) "Hydro-electric Developments in Alabama" by Thomas W. Martin, president, Alabama Power Company. (8) Instrumental trio (cornet, euphonium, and piano) (James Leslie, Ludlow Hallman, and Mrs. Mary Drake Askew), playing (a) Simple Confessions (Throne). (b) "La Paloma." (9) "George Washington" by Dr. George Petrie. (10) String music by the "College Two"—Bill Strong and Peelie Grant. (11) "The First Year of WAPI" by Prdf. L. N. Duncan, director. (12) College orchestra, playing selections from "Student Prince," "Stepping Stone" and "Girl in the Spotlight." This program will continue two or omre hours on a wavelength of 461 meters. own sense of honor, making him answerable to himself for his conduct. One may ask a student to refrain from "cribbing" or one may command him not to "crib" but neither method will prove to be a very reliable preventative to cheating. Normally, a man does not hesitate to refuse a request nor to disobey an order when he thinks that he will profit by such an act, provided it will inconvenience no one else. But place.him on his honor not to cheat and a new situation develops immediately. This new obligation to conduct himself honestly transcends mere reasons or inclination and involves an almost om-minpotent agency. That unfathom able, all-powerful spirt, Honor is called into play—that spirit which men willingly defend with their lives, and which all normal men are zeal ous to guard from the slighest stigma. The most powerful element in a man's moral make-up rises to do bat tie with the Tempter when Honor is at stake. Almost invariably Honor will triumph and the man is immeasurably benefitted thereby. Each new victory over the Tempter makes him stronger and more determined to remain above reproach in his school duties. Then follows the greater reaction, the application to Life. He gains a broader insight; sees the faril and fleeting results of cheating, and is inured against s.uch practices in the future. The benefit to the man's mental being logically follows. He begins to study conscientiously; learns to assimilate and store facts so that he can recall them at will during an examination. He does not forget them immediately the examination is over as he would if he had employed unfair means to learn them merelly for the purpose of attaining a high grade on the examination. He thereby accomplishes the primary purpose of his presence in the classroom. Although it is not claimed that an Honor System will instill honor in a man devoid of it, it will bring home the importance of honor to one who is indifferent to it. There is only a neglible minority of boys entering colleges whose senses of honor are preverted. Very few freshmen have essentially dishonest natures; their sense of right and wrong is merely latent, awaiting development. An Honor System rightly instilled in their natures performs this act of development, and in so doing performs a great ^service to the boys. They are started out in life with a clear unfaltering conception of right and honesty with a logically proven conviction that the right is always best. Thus in another way the Honor System proves advantageous to the college man. These generalizations which have here been set forth and applied to the special act of cheating on'exami-nations may in like manner be applied to a host of other dishonest and immoral acts which may fall in the category of an Honor System's jurisdiction, thus multiplying the advantages named above. These advantages have been suggested as applying to the professors and students, and are thus applicable directly to the college as a whole, for a college is nothing more than its personnel, instructors and students. The college adopting an Honor System becomes in truth an Alma Mater to high-minded men or honest convictions who are assets to their communities and states. They are educated men in the highest sense of the word, men who wish clear visions appreciate the values, beauties and opportunities of Life. RADIO STATION WILL PRESENT GOODPROGRAM The outstanding program to be broadcast from Station WAPI during the week beginning February 21 will be an all-star birthday program from 8 to 10 on Tuesday night. This program will be featured by an ad-dress by Gov. Bibb Graves, and musical selections" persented by all of the station staff artists. Monday noon, solos by Mrs. A. D. Mayo. J. D. Pope will talk on agricultural situation, and John E. Ivey on the progress of the Auburn egg-laying contest. Monday night, silent. Tuesday beginning at 11 o'clock a Washington birthday exercise presented in Langdon Hall will be broadcast. Tuesday night, the all-star birthday program from 8 to 10. Wednesday noon, the studio orchestra. Dr. C. A. Carey will dis- MAJOR KENNEDY TELLS VALUE OF 'LITTLE THINGS' Major Kennedy spoke to the Freshman class at the Tuesday convocation period on "Attention to Details." He stated that the secret of our success and the building of our character was in the attention we paid to detail things. In school we are now entering the home stretch. It is not the race that we are running that counts; it is how hard we are fighting. It doesn't matter where we are in the race, for the effort we are putting forth is by far the most important thing to be considered. It is the most important because our standard should be so high we can never reach it. If it is that high, we shall continue to put forth a great effort in our endeavor to reach the goal. Too, our standard should be so high we cannot reach it, for when we do, we may begin to slip back instead of continuing forward. Few people ever reach the standard they have set for themselves. To reach this standard or to come reasonably close to it, we must have determination— a fixed purpose to do something. Even if we have not decided on a standard, we should not allow anything to go by without at^ tending to it. These small things may not show at first, but when we put them all together, we can see that /they constitute an important factor in our lives. When we think of doing these things, we naturally think of the results. One of the results is citizenship. In Auburn the citizens make Auburn. As a man grows, his responsibility grows. A man can be and is judged by the interest and loyalty he shows and the effort he puts forth. The outward appearance and conduct of citizens create impressions on outsiders. In Auburn there is room for improvement in the military bearing and appearance of the students. In the beginning of the year almost everyone was interested in his military appearance, but time has brought a laxity. To get back on the former plane, the students should eliminate the mixed uniforms, and should put forth an extra effort to show somewhat of a marked military appearance. The devotional exercises were conducted by Dr. Hibbs, former pastor of {he East Lake Baptist Cruch. Dr. Hibbs stated that he did not believe that the Bible was read as much as it was formerly, but he believed that it was better understood. Everyone should get certain important principles and should then attempt to stick to them. He went on to state that two of America's greatest men's lives were based on the Bible. The Bible contains the greatest things that can possibly be known. The greatest thing a man can learn to do is to learn how to pray. Dr. Thomas, college surgeon, announced that all who did not have a good vaccination scar should be vaccinated in order that a possible epidemic of smallpox could be checked. Smallpox has been slowly spreading over the country. MAIN ENTRANCE IS SCRUBBED BY INDIGNANT RATS Vigilance Committee Takes New Lease on Life TELEPHONE MAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO ENGINEERS An astonished group of upperclass-meii stopped before the main gate Wednesday morning. On the walk in large red letters was the inscription, "To Hell with The Old Guard, There aint no old Guard." Immediately under this was signed by the rats, "30 Caballeros." Since there has been no Vigilance Committee functioning around Auburn this year, the rats have not bothered themselves with the observ-anve of Rat Rules. Simultaneously wth the reading of the inscription, however, about half of the student body began turning in names for violation of rules. Thursday morning at Convocation hour a bunch of good men got together and with paddles watched the rats go down in overwhelming defeat. The red paint has all been washed away by conscience striken rats. But the red scars of the battle will re main a few days longer, and anyway there's still an incentive to obey the rat rules. cuss a veterinary topic, and Prof. J. M. Robinson will talk on insect pests. Wednesday from 5 to 6, a Victor twilight program. Thursdays noon, solos by Mr. O. D. Langston. Prof. Hugh Grant will give news notes of Auburn. Thursday night, music by a string trio, consisting of J. B. Ellis, Jr., banjo; Bob McKinnon, guitar; and Sam Mosley, violin. Mrs. W. B. Fra-zier will present dialect numbers of her own composition. Dr. Geo. Petrie will discuss a current topic. Mrs. G. S. Gaillard, freight claim agent for the C. of Ga. Ry., will discuss "Railroad claims—How to avoid them and how to handle them when necessary." Friday noon, Jesse French Victor program, at which time the new releases on popular music will be presented. Several selections will be presented by a group from Dale County. "Aunt Sammy" will give her regular weekly talk for housewives, and the class in the livestock school will be conducted by Prof. W. H. Eaton and Prof. W. E. Sewell. Friday nfght, musical program by artists from Dale County under the direction of County Agent G. W. Ray. Saturday noon, music by the studio trio. Coach Mike Papke will continue his series of discussions on basketball. CAMPUS CAPERS (By Ruth Plumly Thompson) When Tommy's dad lost all his cash, the loyal campus crew Were filled with gloom and wondering what poor old Tom would do. "He'll leave," groaned Steve. "That rascal can do ANYTHING but work; x "Just picture Tommy slinging hash or as a soda 'jerk!" And, lacking Tom, they thought how dull the daily grind would be. Without the boy, the Junior Prom would be as flat as tea! And while they gloomed, poor Tom cast up his assets; this addition Left nothing much to count on but a cheerful disposition. "But I can dance and skate," cried Tom, "and play a lot of things; "Pianos, organs, saxaphones, and anything with strings. • "I'll work my way through college! I've simply got to stay. . . " Then Tommy smote his noble Wow, "Hooray, I'll PLAY my way! So now he toots the saxaphone in Texas Johnny's band Two evenings every week; and Sunday, dignified and grand, He's at the organ in St. Mark's. The girlies all adore him, And at the ice rink Friday nights they wait in dozens for him. He teaches dancing, too, so well they " simply crowd his classes; As "swim instructor" many pleasant afternoons he passes. And so Tom swims and skates and plays his laughing way through college, Accumulating life-long friends, besides the usual knowledge. And doubtless he'll turn out as well as those who WORK their way— This world needs cheerful folk like Tom to teach it HOW to play. —The Birmingham Age-Herald. AUBURN MAN CLAIMS YOUTH HIGHEST ASSET Declaring that ,the conservation of the young manhood and young womanhood of Alabama is the most important function of our state government, I. T. Quinn, of Montgomery, state commissioner of conservation explained before Auburn students the broad general principles of his work in conservation. Mr. Quinn, an alumnus of Auburn of the class of 1913, was introduced by President Dowell. Approximately 800 Auburn upperclassmen gave Mr. Quinn an enthusiastic ovation. Touching on his work as conservation commissioner in Alabama, Mr. Quinn said that this state must develop its resources to the maximum, that it stands first in the development of wild life of field, forest, and stream, and hand in hand with the preservation of the wild game goes the conservation of our timber. Following convocation exercises, Mr. Quinn was the honor guest of the weekly luncheon of the Villagers Club, presided over by Prof. Roy Dimmitt, president. Declaring that southern boys, including Auburn men who have been trained in engineering colleges, are wanted by the large corporations in the north and east, Col. R. I. Rees, assistant to the vice-president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, New York, today paid tribute to the work of the technical schools including the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Colonel Rees was one of the chief speakers of the Auburn Lions club and later in the afternoon addressed the Auburn faculty. Colonel Rees, the guest of J. J. Wil-more of the Auburn Engineering college, spent the day here in looking over prospective employes among the Auburn engineering students. It was his first visit to Auburn. He expresses himself as highly pleased with what he saw. C. D. Flanigan, Jr., representative of the Southeastern Underwriters Association, Atlanta, also addressed the Lions club, explaining the methods of rating towns from the standpoint of fire protection. He poinded out that the loss from fire in the United States last year amounted to $550,- 000,000, which is equivalent to approximately $5.00 per capita as compared to $1.00 per capita in England. HOME EC CLUB HAS MEETING The Home Economics Club held its first meeting of the new semester Friday afternoon, February 4th, at Smith Hall. Plans were made for participation of stunts on Stunt night. Plans were also discussed for the sending of delegates to the meeting of the State Home Economics Association. The folowing program was rendered: Reading, "Miss Penolia," by Alice Witty; "How Can Our Method of Buying Textiles be Made Reliable," by Blanche Tancredi. "We have all been disappointed in textile purchases because we have not learned how to analyze it carefully," she said. "Scientific Discoveries," written by Miss Nell B. Nichols, was given by Mamie Matthews. We found from this report that inadequate amount of lime is one of the big mistakes in most meals today. A larger consumption of milk is an urgent need. Miss Nichols said if we are prejudiced against canned oysters, winter ripened tomatoes, milk and acid combinations, we are behind the time nutritionally. Winter ripened tomatoes have as much food value in them, including same amount of vitamine as DR. HALL PLEADS FOR CLEAN LIVES Declaring that America stands on the threshold of a period of world leadership, Dr. Winfield Scott Hall, noted physician, author and lecturer, outlined his reasons for this country's emerging from the chaos of European corruption as unchallenged champions of civilization, at upperclass convocation yesterday. According to Dr. Hall Europe lost her potential leaders in the youth who were killed inthe World War and that with the passing of the gray headed statesman from the stage of world affairs America, the last of the white race must step forward, and assume the position of leader. Although we owe everything we have in the way of science and culture to- Europe, three thousand miles of water is sufficient to seggregate the declining civilization and to save us from being pulled down with it, the speaker said. "America is tremendously wealthy in natural resources and for this reason is the logical industrial leader of the world," stated Dr. Hall. "She has accumulated more than half the gold of the world, but she did not come by it dishonestly. She has adopted the policy of refusing to obtain new territory and is content to lend her money and influence to her neighboring republics without expecting anything in return. This big-brother attitude will never lead to harm," said the lecturer. That this new period of leadership will be approximately one thousand years in duration was prophesied by Dr. Hall. To support this opinion he reviewed similar periods in the past, all of which covered nearly an even milenium. Egypt, Greece and Rome, Chaldea, Europe—all knew periods of control of world affairs. There downfall in each of these cases was brought about by leisure, lucre, luxury and lust as Dr. Hall expressed it. They only way by which America may prolong her term at the helm is by playing the game of life cleanly, concluded Dr. Hall. tomatoes ripened at the usual time of the year. We cordially invite all new girls who are interested to become members of our club. We hope you will come to our next meeting which will be held February 18th. Don't You Want a Good Book To Read on the 22nd of February? Burton s Bookstore Forty-nine years old and still Growing Take your Choice mm Rich Black and Gold, Black-tipped Lacquer-red, or Green Jade ^lack-tipped Parker Duofold is made in all 3 effects Those who like Green Jade will agree it's easy to decide which Jade to buy. For here, in the Parker Duofold, this popular color is in combination with trim Black Tips—doubly smart and effective. And Parker Duofold is the only pen with the Ink-Tight Duo-Sleeve Cap and Barrel of Non-Breakable Permanite. The pen with the Point that's guaranteed 25 years, not only for mechanical perfection but /or wear! 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