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VOL. XXXIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1925 NUMBER 4
AUBURN TIGERS LEAVE TO BATTLE BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN
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OVER TWO HUNDRED
NEW MEN PLEDGED
BY AUBURN FRATS
Representatives From Nine States
Are Included In The Pledges
Secured In Past Month
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Approximately two hundred and
fifty Freshmen and upper-classmen
-e. been pledged to the twenty-
[four paternities on the campus. The
•ledges represent the states of Ala­bama,
Georgia, Florida, North and
South Carolina, Mississippi, Tennes­see,
Arkansas and Virginia. A larger
percentage of the pledges are from
Alabama with Georgia leading in out
of state pledges.
A list of the pledges include the
following:
Phi Delta Theta:
Julian Burton, Waynesboro, Ga.
""Haskell McCall, Anniston, Ala.
Max McMurray, Roanoke, Ala.
Lindsey Snodgrass, Anniston, Ala.
Leary Redus, Birmingham, Ala.
££ul Vaughn, Selma, Ala.
George Wheeler, Montgomery, Ala
Alpha Tau Omega:
Louis Tucker, Ft. Smith, Ark.
Mercer D. Helms, Miami, Fla.
Wallace Morgan, Gainsville, Ga.
Dan Palmour, Gainsv51'»„ Ga.
Gilmer Brownfield, Op^sr^, Ala.
Lyston Hixon, jVTanrodi^^^na.
WingfieW^GIoer, Rome, Ga.
"Percy Beard, Greensboro, Ala.
Royford L. Lloyd, Hurtsboro, Ala.
Kappa Alpha:
Chas.' H. Webb, Atlanta, Ga.
George W. Howe, Pensacola, Fla.
Robert W. Parker, Jacksonville,
Fla.
Marin Slaughter, Chattanooga,
» Tenn.
John E. King, Rocky Mout, N. C
Earl T. Chambless, Montgomery,
Ala.
Warren DeBardeleben, Jr. Autau-gaville,
Ala.
C. Smith Reeder, Florence, Ala.
John S. Pitts, Montgomery, Ala.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon:
Elton Adams, Macon, Ga.
W. V. Albright, Laurens, S. C.
C. H. Albright, Laurens, S. C.
Porter Anderson, Clarksville, Tenn.
William Coker, Talladega, Ala.
R. J. Crane, Columbus, Ga,
J. M. Crane, Columbus, Ga.
C. B. Herbert, Greenville, Ala.
J. A. Litttlejohn, Clanton, Ala.
A. F. McGee, Macon, Ga.
William Nelson, Montgomery, Ala.
J. T. Ogletree, Union Springs, Ala.
Gen# Williams, Columbus, Ga.
William Woods, Selma, Ala.
""^dlaude Wright, Gantt, Ala.
Sigma Nu:
Ray B. Ausley, Americus, Ga.
Frank DuBose, Macon, Ga.
R. E.' Spann, Dothan, Ala.
R. A. Strong, Brewton, Ala.
W. H. Harrison, Midway, Ala.
P. T. Crenshaw, Memphis, Tenn.
G. W. Swain, Little Rock, Ark.
B. R. Anderson, Little Rock, Ark.
W. Stark, Columbus, S. C.
Pi Kappa Alpha:
P. B. Allen, Dothan, Ala.
T. N. Boone, Birmingham, Ala.
M. B. Clayton, Birmingham, Ala.
O. L. Coston, Bessemere, Ala.
J. C. Cooley, Bay Minette, Ala.
H. B. Hatcher, Bessemer, Ala.
Leonard Hartselle, Hartselle, Ala.
M. F. Justice, Lakeland, Fla.
W. R. Kirkwood, Ensley, Ala.
C. M. Leland, Birmingham, Ala.
J. B. Sides, Bessemer, Ala.
L. A. Smith, Lakeland, Fla.
- Dugan Taylor, Five Points, Ala.
Kappa Sigma:
T. T. Wall, Scottsboro, Ala.
B. A. Morgan, Jr., Greenville, S. C.
Garth Gilchrist, Jr. Courtland, Ala.
J. A. Campbell, Jr. Decatur, Ga.
C. H. Booth, Phenix, Ala.
A. T. McCall, Birmingham, Ala.
W. L. McCall, Birmingham, Ala.
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HONOR MEN ELECTED
FOR ENSUING YEAR
BYTHE SENIOR CLASS
New Constitution Goes Into Effect
With ThelBection Of New
Senior Representatives,
At a meeting of the Senior Class
held Tuesday the four honor men to
represent the seniors this year were
elected. With the election of these
four men the new constitution is
put into force. The men elected are:
F. S. Arant; L. F. McConnel; Charles
Ingram, and A. T. Kendrick.
In addition to the four men from
the Senior Class three men from
the Junior Class, two from the
oophomore class and one Freshman
representative will serve on the
Honor Board.
THE AUBURN ENGINEER
MAKES ITS INITIAL BOW
This glorious and eventful year
will witness the publication of a new
college periodical, the Auburn En­gineer.
This will make the third pub­lication
the Auburn students are
publishing, as the other student
issues are the Alabama Farmer and
.the Plainsman. The Plainsman staff
extends its heartiest wishes for a
very successful year. t
Below is the policy of the Auburn
Engineer in a brief form:
The Auburn Engineer is an en­gineering
magazine published by the
Engineering Societies of A. P. I.
The purpose -of the magazine is to
disseminate information on engineer­ing
developments related directly to
the engineering students, to form a
closer union between the branches of
engineering, to foster the engineer­ing
spirit, and to help bring the en­gineering
alumni into closer con­tact
with the actual functioning of
the engineering school.
Articles for the Engineer are to be
on technical engineering subjects, or
upon topics directly related to the ad­vancement
of engineering at the A.
P. I. A majority of the readers of the
Auburn Engineer are engaged in the
pursuit of engineering degrees.
Hence it is the purpose of the edi-.
tors to treat the subject matter in an
interesting manner, bringing out the
technical view-points for instruction.
All articles that can be illustrated
will be accompanied by photo­graphs
or diagrams in order to help
put the story across in a pleasing
way. Articles will be published cov­ering
the varied experiences of The
Auburn Engineers in the solution of
engineering problems confronting
them every day. Stories from these
engineers will be published in their
own words. In addition to this, there
will be a section devoted entirely to
the engineering alumni and their
achievements in their field. The ma­jor
articles have just been mention­ed,
but space will also be devoted to
the humorous side of engineering life.
Although the Auburn Engineer will
not make its debut until the fall term
of the scholastic year 1925-26 the
idea of such a magazine started in an
engineering society during the year
1925-26. The Society thought of be­ginning
the publication last year but
decided to wait, as they thought
that the year of 1925-26 would be a
more logical year since, with the new
engineering building and several
other advances, it is the beginning
of a new era in engineering at the
A. P. I.
Only two members of the engin­eering
staff have been elected so far,
W. A. Garrett, editor-in-chief, and
G. F. Holmes, business manager. The
other members of the staff to be
elected in the future are the associ-
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Football Matinee
A matinee giving the play by
play detail of the Birmingham-
Southern game will be given in
Langdon Hall tomorrow. Play
begins at three o'clock. Let's
pack Langdon Hall and make
enough noise so the Big Gang
can hear us in Munger Bowl.
The admission is twenty-five
cents.
SENIOR NUMERALS TO
BE PLACED ON TANK
Arrangements for painting the
class numerals an the tank were
made at the Senior Class meeting
Tuesday. The numerals and border
will be of a brilliant blue with a
bright orange background. The
work will begin at once.
Each year the numerals of the
senior class are placed on town
tank and the numerals of the class
winning the class football champion­ship
are painted on the Ag Tank.
This years senior class has the dis­tinction
of having a '26 on both
tanks as they were victorious in the
class games last year.
Charles J. Snook is chairman of
the committee for painting the nu­merals.
Y. M. C. A.
HELD IN MONTGOMERY
The Annual State Convention, Ala­bama
Young Men's Christian Asso­ciation
wasi held in Montgomery, Sep­tember
19-20. The headquarters for
the convention were at the Exchange
Hotel. The Auburn delegates attend­ing
were: Prof. Gentry, faculty rep­resentative:
C. B. Burgoyne, Presi­dent
and acting Secretary: P. T. Ray,
recording Secretary; C. W. Mc-
Mullan and J. H. Rumbley.
L. L. Aldrich was elected one of
the two delegates from Alabama
colleges to attend the Regional Coun­cil
to be held in Atlanta during the
month of October.
The Convention opened Saturday
morning and was called to order by
R. A. Porter, Chairman of the State
Association. The address of welcome
was extended by T. p. Baer, Presi­dent
of the Montgomery Y. M. C. A.
The greater part of the morning ses­sion
was taken up with anounce-ments
and appointment of officers
and committees. The afternoon meet­ing
was devoted to reports from the
various committees.
The banquet was held at 7 o'clock
Saturday night at the Exchange Ho­tel.
The speakers were C. B. Loomis,
Regional Boys' Work Secretary, of
Atlanta, and Dr. J. S. Thomas of
the University of Alabama. Both men
delivered inspirational talks.
P. T. Ray presided at the College
Group Luncheon Sunday. Ray carri-t
d out the office excellently and prov­ed
his ability as a speaker. Talks
were made by the other Auburn
Delegates.
NEW PROFESSORS
ADDED TO ENGLISH
DEPT. RECENTLY
APPOINTMENTS TO
INFANTRY BRANCH
NOW ANNOUNCED
Dr. Benjamin Showaltei Is Added
To Educational Department
As we get down to the grind of
another scholastic year and have a
chance to glance around us we no­tice
many new faces in the differ­ent
departments. The English de­partment
had three vacancies to fill
because of the departures of Pro­fessors
Jones and Evans and of Miss
Helen Blassingame.
Professor Hary L. Hamilton has
been secured to take the place of
Professor Jones who is now at the
Yale School of Dramatics. Professor
Hamilton is a graduate of the Car-neigie
School of Technology where
he specialized in Dramatics. He has
had wide experience as an actor,
having had a part in the New York
production of "He Who Gets Slap­ped"
as well as having accompanied
Adelaide Thurston on her Southern
tour when she was at the height of
her fame as an actress. He has also
staged several most successful page­ants
throughout the country. He has
contributed materially to his profes­sion
by writing several plays. Pro­fessor
Hamilton will be in charge of
the local Drainutic; Club. k??own as
"The Auburn Players."
Professor Kenneth Daugherity is
the successor to Professor Evans who
now holds a very important position
in the Medical Department of the
McMillan Publishing Company, trav­eling
from Virginia to Maine to visit
the Medical Training Schools. Pro­fessor
Daugherity was a student of
the University of Chicago and Colum­bia.
It was in the latter %that he re­ceived
his A. B. degree. He has also
done most of the work necessary to
the securing of the M. A. degree at
this institution. He served in the
trenches during the World War and
it was here, fighting fo." his country
that he received a wound in his leg
necessitating its amputation. Daugh­erity
has had considerable business
experience.
In the place of Miss Helen Blassin­game
in the English Department we
find Professor Harold Hutchins.
Professor Hutchins is a graduate of
Wabash College, Indiana, where he
specialized in English and devoted
most of his time to writing. While at
Wabash College Professor Hutchins
won the coveted honor of Phi Beta
Kappa.
Dean Zebulon. Judd of the Edu­cational
Department has secured the
services of a widely experienced man
in the fields of Psychology and Edu­cational
endeavor in the person of
Dr. Benjamin Showalter. Dr. Sho-walter
secured his A. B. degree at
Oberlin College while he received
his A. M. and P. H. D. degrees from
Columbia University. For two years
he taught in the State School for
the Deaf in Iowa. While serving in
AUBURN REPRESENTATIVES |this capacit* h
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RETURN FROM CAMP PERRY served as the head of the Depart-'
, ment of Biology and assistant Prin-
J. L. Singleton and J. E. Moody ciple of the Dayton High School fpr
T. E. Phillips Is Named Cadet lieu­tenant-
Colonel; E. E. Williams
To Be Major
The Infantry officers were an-nounced
by the Military Office today.
j Because of the closing of the infan­try
unit to Freshmen and Sophomores
the number of appointments to high­er
officers were limited.
The Officers are:
Lieutenant-Colonel, T. E. Phillips.
Major, E. E. Williams.
Captain, Battallion Adjutant, not
announced.
Captain Company "A", C. M.
Kearns.
"B" and "C" Companies unan­nounced.
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Band, F. P. Jones. j
First Lieutenants?
W. E. Perryman.
J. L. Walker.
R. H. Elder.
P. T. Ray.
T. S. Davis.
L. F. Keenon.
C. E. Howell.
R. J. Akin.
H. T. Wingate.
H. W. Vaughn.
R. M. Roundtree.
Secor/I Lieutenants:
E. D. Ball.
G. H. Bewig.
H. A. Bonner.
R. D. Bowling.
W. E. Campbell.
W. T. Cochran.
C. H. Colvin.
T. L. Crowder.
R. G. Daniel.
A. W. Denney.
K. R. Elliott.
F. Frederick.
W. A. Garrett.
S. R. Gibbons.
H. C. Johnson.
A. W. Jones.
A. E. Ledyard.
J. P. McArdle.
W. C. McCarley.
R. C. McCully.
W. G. Nunn.
L. W. Draper.
W. M. Reeder.
W. R. Revel.
T. H. Ruffin.
R. C. Whitson.
VILLAGE SUFFERS A
$50,000 FIRE ON
WED. AFTERNOON
returned Tuesday from Camp Per­ry,
Ohio, where they attended the
National Rifle Matches. These made
about seven years. He held the posi­tion
of State Supervising Agent and
School Psychologist on the State
the team at Fort Bragg during the Board of Education of Connecticut
summer training camp and were ^e- for three years. For five years he
lected to represent the Fourth i served in the position of Superinten-
Corps Area in the Matches. They! dent of Schools in Berlin, Conne.
were the only two men from the ; Last year he was the Instructor of
same school in all the nine R. O. T. Psychology and History of Educa-
C. rifle teams. tion in the Flatbrush Teacher's
The National Rifle matches are , Training School of Brooklyn, N. Y.
held every year during the month of This past summer he was director
September at Camp Perry, which is of the Yale School of Psychology,
on the shore of Lake Erie, the pits Dr. Showalter is a member of the
(Continued on Page 6) j Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Delta Kap-
TWO JOURNALISM COURSES
ARE NOW BEING- OFFERED
Two courses in Journalism are of­fered
as electives for juniors and
seniors this year. Quite a number
of students have enrolled and it is
expected that more will do so.
The class in general Journalism
meets from nine to ten o'clock on
Tuesdays and Thursdays in room 205,
Main Building, while Ag. Journalism
meets every Monday night at 7:15 in
room 108, Main building. Two cre­dit
hours are given for each course.
The purpose of the course in general
Journalism is to train students for
newspaper writing and the writing
of articles for periodicals and
magazines, while the purpose
of Ag Journalism is the training
of students in writing articles for
agricultural journals and periodicals,
newspapers and magazines. Actual
experience in writing news stories,
feature stories, and special articles
are given.
Flames Consume Nearly Half Block;
Origin Is Unknown
A disastrous fire, of unknown ori­gin
destroyed practically a whole
section on Main Street Wednesday.
The flames were well under way bet-fore
being discovered. The total loss
was estimated to be about $50,000.
The following buildings were total­ly
burned:
Meadow's Garage.
Monteith's.
Richards Barber Shop.
Moreman's Grocery.
W. O. Bridge's Market.
Cheshire's blacksmith shop.
In addition to the above a nam-ber
of outhouses including a stable
and warehouse were burned. A resi­dence
owned by Mr. C. A. Janes a;id
occupied by Mrs. W. F. Brown WPS
seriously damaged and had it not
been for the heroic efforts of the
students the house would have been
lost. In the warehouse back of Mea­dow's
garage two carloads of lime
and a half car load of cement were
destroyed by the flames.
All of the automobiles except a
Ford was saved from the garage.
The car. destroyed was said to have
been coveed by insurance. None of
the shop equipment was saved. The
thoughtfulness of a student in drain­ing
the gasoline pumps probably pre­vented
a serious explosion. A water-tank
in the rear of the building ex­ploded
and went hurdling for over a
block landing on a shed.
A quantity of goods were saved
from the Market and Grocery store.
The entire building occupied by Mon-tieth's
was destroyed. Twelve pool
tables and a confectionary valued at
$7,000 went up in the flames. The
barber shop which occupied a part of
the building was also a total loss, as
the fire had gained too great a head­way
to gain entrance.
An emergency call brought the
Opelika Fire Truck which made a
record run from Opelika, seven miles
away. They arrived within a few min­utes
after the fire started and by
their efficient work prevented the
blazes from reaching other sections
of town.
For a while it seemed as if the
.Jones Hotel would burn but the
j fighters aided by a slight change in
the wind succeeded in checking the
(flames before reaching the Hotel.
I Quick work on the part of the local
apparatus also helped in peventing
I the fire from reaching other parts
I of town.
pa National Honorary Fraternities.
He enjoys the additional distinction
of having been awarded the first
scholarship to the Marine Biological
Laboratory at Wood's Hall ever giv­en
att Ob.'jjrr lin College.
THE ALABAMA FARMER
ENTERS SIXTH YEAR
The first Alabama. Farmer was
published five years ago by the Ag­ricultural
Journalism class under
Professor Saidla, and it merely con­sisted
of a handful of mimeographed
sheets. Today it is an attractive thir­ty-
two page magazine published by
the students Agricultural Club, and
recognized by leading Agricultural
Journalists as one of the best publica­tions
of its kind in the United States.
One section of the magazine is de­voted
to special feature stories, giv­ing
information on Agricultural
topics, discussions of rural problems,
and general news related to Agri­culture;
while another section deals
with topics of local interest.
Beginning' in November two new
sections will be added to the publi­cation,
one section devoted to Home
Economics and another section to
Smith Hughes work and boys and
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MOREY'S TIGERS GO
DETERMINED TO TAKE
SEASON'S FIRST GAME
Gigantic Mass Meeting Gives The
Plainsman Gridders Send Off
For Initial Battle
With all of the kinks ironed out,
the surperfluous adipose disposed of
the Auburn Tigers of '25 led by their
new coach, David Morey and his as­sociates
in the matter of winning foot­ball
games John E. Pitts and "Mike"
Papke, packed up bag and baggage
and hit the rails on their first of­ficial
jaunt of the season. The occas­ion
of the little trip is a matter of
the curtain raiser, our annual con­test
with the Panthers of Birming-lam-
Southern.
The Tigers realize that despite the
fact that the affair is an early sea­son
contest they haven't picked a
plum, and that they will have to ex­hibit
plenty of stuff if the long end
of the score is to be written on the
right side of the ledger. Therefore
Harkins and "company is expecting
much fur to fly before the Tiger
gets a good tooth hold on his pow­erful
opponent.
The Hilltoppers look to be even
better than they were last season
when they threw a terrible scare into
the Plainsmen and almost walked off
with the honors. Fans who have
heretofore not had the opportunity
to see their favorites will have oppor­tunity
to see how the new Morey
system of coaching is going to pan
out. — -..
Back in the old days a victory over
Birmingham-Southern was Hot con­sidered
as anything to rave about but
times have changed and during the
past few years the Methodist school
has doubled her student body and its
football teams are now casting an­chor
with the leaders in the sport.
Knowing this to be the case Coach
Morey has been driving his men all
of this week in preparation for the
Saturday battle. The practice ses­sions
with few exceptions have been
secret and air tight as far as stu­dents
and townspeople were con-;
cerned.
The coaching triumverate announ­ces
that it is well pleased with the
progress of the pigskin artists except
for a certain weakness in the back-field
which has not yet been able to
find itself. However, when it sniffs
the air out at Munger Bowl the squad
in rear ought to awaken from its
lethargy or whatever seems" to b~e-the
ailment and traverse a little
Munger Bowl real estate.
Thursday evening Langdon Hall
was the scene of a regular old-fash­ioned,
mass meeting typically Au­burn
in every respect. The feature
of the meeting was a very inspiring
talk by Major Smith, who spoke of
the traditions that are behind the
institution and urged as many as pos­sible
to be on hand at^the kickoff-i
He was greeted by rounds of ap­plause.
Those who are leaving Friday are:
Centers, Robinson and Johnson;
Guards, McFaden, Long, Self, and
Pierce; Takles, Pruitc, Harkins, Pat­terson,
Sheridan, Market, Carter,
Baskin and Cunningham; Ends,
Ollinger, Spinks, and Shotts; Quar­ter,
Hodges, Tuxworth, and Bogue;
Halves, Williams, Greene, Honeycutt,
Crane, and Granger; Fullbacks,!
Turner and Salter. —*-
The probable line-up is as follows:
L.E.—Ollinger
R.T.—Harkins
L.T.—-Pruitt '—"
R.G.—Long
L.G.—McFaden
C.—Robinson
Q.B.—Hodges
L.H.—Williams
R.H.—Greene
F.B.—Turner
R. E.-—Spinks
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TELEPHONE NUMBER 238—W
THE FIRST GAME
Tomorrow is the date set for Auburn's
first game of the 1925 football season,
the skirmish against Birmingham-Southern.
This game is important. The beginning
of anything is important. The first try-out_
of, anything is important. And this
game is not only tne beginning of the
season, but it is Auburn's first trial # of
the Morey system. We expect great things
of this system. We expect it to bring us a
very successful season. Much, therefore,
hinges upon our clash with Birmingham-
Southern.
Toe only w»y,.k».wbich the students can
help is by routing. No one who has not
played football realizes just how much
the knowledge that the gang is behind
then! from the kick-off to the final whistle
can help the team to do its best, particu-
- larly in the first game. It is only natural
that things should be a bit uncertain at
the start of the season. Men who played
on last year's team want to show that
they have not lost the qualities that earned
them their places. The men who are
playing their first game on the Varsity
are eager to justify the coach's judgement
and his faith in their ability. It is at
• this time that the knowledge that all
: Auburn is backing them to the limit, win
or lose, helps to counteract the atmosphere
of nervousness and uncertainy that is apt
to be noticable at the start of the season.
Let's back up the team with every thing
we've got, men. Let's make sure that they
know we're behind them. Let's hear the
old battle-cries ring out. WAR EAGLE!
EAT 'EM UP TIGERS!
given to us, they are thus.
Play the game with all you've got; -
play to win for the honor of winning.
Play the game fairly, taking no ad­vantage
which you have not won.
Bear no malice for a defeat adminis­tered
in fair fight.
God hates a whiner, and everyone des­pises
a poor loser. If you can't lose with­out
whimpering, don't play.
Not only does this code hold good in
athletics, but also in every department of
life, with the possible exception of safe-blowing
and its kindred arts. And even
crooks hate a 'snitcher'.
Auburn has always had a reputation for
turning out sportsmen. Let's do our best
to keep that reputation going. Athletic con­tests
won by unfair playing not only fail
to satisfy the winners but also arouse the
disgust of every true sportsman. Credits
gained by cheating in classrooms and ex­aminations
merely bring degrees which
cannot be backed up with knowledge.
The Chap who plays hard and fairly
Lone Star state to the Dakotas, he said,
"Work in the wheat fields aids materially
in physical development, but affords physi­cal
torture to a weakling that has lived out
of a delicatessen, and who is incapable of
doing manual labor." He was asked if this
work netted him a surplus after expenses
were defrayed, and he replied that he would
not advise anyone to go to the wheat fields
with getting money as his ultimate aim.
Nor were the railroads lacking in passen­gers,
mostly Knights of the side door pull-man
and baggage blinders, who succeeded
in eluding the special agents of our great
transcontinental trunk line.
On the other extreme there were these
who responded to the lure of the white caps
that wash over Davey Jones locker. Al­though
the money paid to these green salts
before they gain their sea legs is negligible.
Their chief aim is adventure and experi­ence.
Some get jobs as bell-hops on pas­senger
liners that ply between the United
States and European ports, while others
work their way across as mess boys, wipers,
wins without bragging, and loses without j deck hands and apprentice seamen, The
whimpering wins the respect of everyone,
and in our own personal opinion, lives
Christ's Code as well as moral man can.
It gives us great pleasure to announce
that The Plainsman has acquired among
other things the important addition of a
flock of pigeon holes very artistically slung
together. Heretofore it has been the cus­tom
to scatter the copy etc., promiscuous­ly
over the premises and then go through
the thrills of a basement rummage sale on
Wednesdays to discover the whichness of
what. Not so now; with all the sang-froid
of a man or woman of business we ralmly
appear before ye pigeon holes and select
whatever is needed provided, of course,
some reporter or other appendage to such
a great periodical as this has not slept
like the Hare and let the Porpoise, Time,
creep upon him unaware.
Truly the world is looking up. Who
knows but that in a few eons the impossi­ble
may happen and we shall acquire a
new ink well and be persuaded to write
some more as inane as the above.
latter have by far a greater number of ad­ventures,
as their ships touch a greater
; number of ports, and are necessarily longer
\ in each port, because of taking on and un-
; loading their cargo. This gives them an op­portunity
to leave the ship and get ac­quainted
with the foreign people and get a
practical view of the things they have been
studying during the college year. One stu­dent
when interviewed had been to Amster-
Mr. Erskine Ramsey has once again
shown his spirit as a loyal Alabamian.
Last week it was announced that Mr.
Ramsey would give $100,000 each to How-
-ard College and Birmingham Southern. In
all Mr. Ramsey has given $500,000 to the
cause of education in the state of Ala­bama.
The new Engineering Hall, which
we will soon be in is visible evidence of
the way in which he has helped Auburn.
One cannot but admire a man who will
dispense of his wealth in such a way as to
bring happiness to himself and happiness
to thousands of others and still keep in
sight of main objects of increased pros­perity
for. the state as a whole.
With these last two gifts Mr. Ramsey
has helped five colleges in all. With do­nations
of $100,000 each to University of
i Alabama, Womans College, Howard Col-
| lege, Birmingham-Southern, and Auburn,
i this public benefactor bids fair to become
i the strong right hand of education in Ala-
[ bama. When we stop to think of the num­ber
of men and women who will be able to
! gain a better education through his help,
and think of the good that they will con-fer
upon the state of Alabama when they
', go out into the world, we begin to get some
i inkling of what it means to help a college
: in the way that he has done. No praise
: is too high for Mr. Ramesy, and no words
i have yet been evoluted with which we, as
dam, Rotterdam and Paris, Greece, told
. . . . TI 4. u one of the benefactors, can express our joy
of many wonderful experiences. He told | ....
HOW STUDENTS SPEND THEIR VA­CATION.
Do you know that the majority of college
students spend their vacaitons working—
profitable work? This might seem amazing
to the unassuming public whose only
thought of a college student is in terms
of the thrill that he received as he sailed up
the Mediterranean at sunset and viewed the
majectic sun dipping its magenta wings be­hind
the rock of Gibralter. He also told of
harrowing experience of visiting the re­fugee
camp with its thousands of starving
Armenians. Another interesting feature of
his trip was a visit to the pyramids on the
backs of camels up the historic Nile. Other
similar stories were told by boys that use
this as their routine for-the summer. Ten
students used this very interesting way of
spending their vacations.
Another of the major ways that students
helped to make themselves self-sustaining
was by representing book publishers in dif­ferent
sections of the states. One firm em­ployed
over fifty students to act as field
agents for them. These students in charge
of a_ representative of this firm chartered
a special pullman to make the trip to a
central distributing point in West Virginia.
From here they were assigned a specific ter-at
sharing our good fortune with the other
colleges who have received his aid. We
only wish that the five beneficiaries could
get together in one grand mass meeting
and show Mr. Ramsey how we all feel to­ward
the man who has done so much to aid
us in the pursuit of an education
of'a professional loafer. After thorough in­vestigations
and interviews with students ritory in which to work. These students
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute the
OUR ADVERTISERS
It pays to advertise. Often we have
heard this and often it has been found true.
When someone has something of value to
sell it has been proven that the most
efficient way is through the columns of
the papers. In soliciting ads for The
Plainsman some business men were doubt­ful
as to whether it would benefit them
to advertise with us. They have placed
their confidence in us and it is up to the
student body to show them that it is
profitable to advertise in The Plainsman.
The paper is dependent in a large meas­ure
upon the advertisers for its existence.
*In fact if there were no advertisers, we
could not publish The Plainsman. So
read the advertisements, remember the
advertisers and when you are in need of
anything advertised in The Plainsman, buy
it from them. Show them that they are
profiting by advertising in The Plainsman
and that we appreciate their patronage.
SPORTSMANSHIP
There are many
widely varying types of people as to just
WnaTtrue sportsmanship is. For instance,
many people consider it perfectly fair, in
a fight, to step on the other chaps face
whenever they can get one of their feet
above it. Somehow this does not seem just
right to us. It seems to us that the princi­ples
of sportsmanship are pretty well sum­med
up in the old saying, "Don't hit a
man when he's down."
As well as we can remember the state­ment
of these principles as they were
fact was revealed that fully eighty per cent
of the students engage themselves in re­munerative
work, varying from following
the mass to the adventurous work in the
western wheat fields.
Some make it a joke by saying their time
will be taken up with the darling flappers
of their home town. We know this is true
from magnified tales that these students oc­cupy
their time during the collegiate year
telling. Others carry the joke further by
saying that they have selected eating and
sleeping as their happy pastime for the
summer months. This is true, but this form
of utilizing the summer months is in a
minority. Statistics gathered from inter­views
proved that most of the freshmen
have no definite plans concerning the ques­tion
of how to spend their vacation to a
profitable advantage. Many would say "I
am going back and work for dad."
The majority employ their time as a
means of diverting their minds from the
trend of thought that they acquire during
the months of strain and study. After get­ting
more personal in the interviews a
definite conclusion was reached that most
students work for financial reasons, regard­less
of the value that it gives toward recre­ation.
A great number do not hesitate in
saying that they are dependent upon the
fruits of their labor in the summer to tide
them over the nine months of school—with
nothing but expense and comparatively
no gain. One boy exclaimed, "A good win­ter
is dependent upon a hard summer."
When the clock tolls the midnight hour that
ends the college calendar, Auburn students
wend their way by various and sundry
methods to the four corners of the globe.
Many secure jobs before school is out and
go immediately to their work without en­joying
a few days of pleasure. Many spend
the entire summer looking for jobs, but
these belong to the non-working class after
all.
After listening to the stirring incidents
told by boys who have traveled to a great
extent, and after having read Zane Grey's
glowing descriptions of the west, many
students seek adventure in that wonderful
j land of golden dreams. Last June five au-ideas
held by many | tomobiles, in many cases reclaimed from
junk heaps, found their way across the con­tinent
with incredi^able speed, their cargo
being some thirty-five students whose desti­nations
were the wheat fields. Included in
this number five varsity athletics who had
a dual purpose ic view. First, to keep in
training, and also attracted by the possi­bility
of securing good wages in this line
of work. When interviewed, one of these
athletes who has made several trips to the
burning lands of the harvest fields, and
probably knows every pig trail from the
worked as house to house salesmen, usually
in pairs. Besides gaining a liberal commis­sion
on the books tfiey sold, they gained ex-4
cellent and beneficial experience that will
prove of great value after they have finish- j
ed school. One student said, "Of course,
getting money was my chief incentive in j
doing this kind of work. I received more
practical experience that will be beneficial [
to me my entire life. I consider that last ]
summer was an epoch in my career. I met
and associated with people in every walk
of life and acquainted myself more with the
economic problems that exist in this coun­try
than I could have gleaned from the
pages of a text book."
Salesmanship probably attracts more
students than any other line of work. Next
to the above mentioned subject, .selling
hosiery was the most attractive field. One
large firm has already established a reputa
tion for making a good quality of hosiery
recruited an army of over forty salesman
from the student body. Like the other house
to house campaigners these students se­cured
a broad practical experience in addi­tion
to liberal commission allowed them
from their sales. Typewriters, magazines
and radio sets are a few of the other num­berless
fields of activity that students test­ed
their selling ability. One student was so
adept his art that the radio corporation
Life holds no thrills such as being in
' love. It is a state of mind in which you
j are blissfully ignorant of the trivialies of
! life. "A letter, a letter." you cry and rush
j to the post office, to find dust. Do you wail
\ and bemoan the fact that there is nought
j to be found but dust? Not if you are truly
\ in love. Not if you are so wrapped up in
; that little girl back home with the turned-
1 up nose, that you think that moonshine
i means a certain week in the month. Nay,
! for your mind thinks instantly of what the
| dust has lost, the subtle perfume that does
I not pervade your particular cubbyi-hole.
\ Ah, verily, love is a far seeing state. As
, you walk homeward musing, you can
i even picture your girl in your arms, at
least they look like yours. At home you
gaze fondly on her picture, and read over
her last letter in your note book.
"Dear Frank.
It is so terribly hot here that I won't be
able to write much. However I must tell
you about the perfectly wonderful dance
I went to last week. Harry was such a
dear to take me, and I met some of the
nicest boys. I am sure that at least six
of them will pester the life out of me for
the rest of the year. Do you know that
Bill is positivly in love with me; I am quite
thrilled. I do so want to meet your room­mate,
he must be a darling. Must go now
as the telephone is ringing. Write sometime
won't you? -
Affectionatly,
Madge."
"Ah," you say, "Was there ever divin­er
love than this." Casting your eye over
the divine epistle once again, you see
scribbled on the right hand corner, "Phy­sics,
problems 1,6,7,8, for. Friday." -
own home, and lodge him in other cities
or communities. But out of a student body
of 1300 students the greatest number rest
their weary bodies in their childhood beds
when they return from a hard day's work.
Practically two hundred students work for
BOLOGNA
Just the other day we played a round
of golf on the famous Auburn golf course.
The powers that be have recently installed
sand greens in place of the bare spots in
the would-be fairway which have hitherto
married the beauty of this travsty of a
golf course. These greens caused us to
play an even worse game than usual as
we had not yet played any course where
it was necessary to putt with a mashie^
niblic. This innovation adds nine new
hazards to this already hazardous course.
Even previous to this we were quite ready
to vote for it as being the sportiest links
in America, barring none. There is no
such thing as becoming used to the Auburn
course. It is never twice the same. We
are willing to bet an autographed Coca-
Cola that not even Royal and Ancient
St. Andrew's Golf course has anywhere
near the number of roving hazards that
it has. Nowhere else in the world can
cows and mules be found in such plenty
that they can be used as bunkers. Only a
man who is used to the vagaries of a cow,
and who is an accomplished muleteer can
do the Auburn golf course justice, and we,
we regret to say, were city raised. We
have only one criticism to make (all the
rest of this has been written in a spirit of
harmless fun) and this criticism is in re­gard
to the drouth which seems- to prevail
on the links. We sincerely wish that some
public benefactor would transfer some of
the water from one of the numerous watei
hazards to some of the adjacent tee-boxes.
Indeed we might even go so far as to say
that if some one should sneak out there
at midnight of some dark, dire, dismal
night and do this that we ourselves would
personally see to it that he not only should
not be lynched, but that he should even
receive a leather medal studded with star
dust, or some such similar token of our
appreciation, admiration, and respect.
Auburn Foot Prints
It has been suggested that this column
be used partly for commercial needs by
such interprising firms as, Walker & Math-ison,
Bowling & Myers and such like but
will have to decline this kind suggestion
as this would be decreasing the income of
the business staff.
One of the Rats from Coosa County re­cently
remarked that he would not feel
at home if it were not for the Agricultu­ral
Hall being, so far out so that he could
get in his daily hike.
Why does'nt some one ask Lawrence
Judkins why he looks so weak these last
few days?
Who was the guy that said he did not
know we got our water from the stand
pipe back of Toomers but thought instead
that it came from a spring?
What will we have" to gripe about next
now that the water situation is some what
improved? Guess the only thing left is the
weather. i
This number system is O. K. that they
are using for the laundry now but what
about the fellows that can not count any
higher than a thousand.
About the most pathetic picture thai
one can think of that of an "old man'
carrying his own laundry and the un­worthy
Freshman lazily loitering by the
way-side.
Some of the new co-eds are wondering
how Red Harkins looks in knickers. Come
on Red and give the girls this treat.
their fathers, some work in offices, some in
gave him the job of wiring radio sets while i drug stores and some in grocery stores,
another was employed by this same firm to There are other students who enjoy life at
Having said all that we can, both good
and bad, about the golf course, we cast
our eyes in all directions for inspiration,
since it is absolutely necessary for us to
write a full column this week, news being
slack. At this point a stamping on the floor
causes us to look upward. We have had
what one might call a complex against
nises overhead ever since a ceiling fell in
on us years ago. This noise reminds us
that the movies are in full blast. Somehow
it seems that whenever we want to work
down here the movies are always in full
blast. So is the audience. It must be quite
wonderful for the cast of any miwie that
plays here to be regaled with such choice
selections from Liszt, Beethoven, Chopin,
Verdi, and Irving Berlin, and all of them
so marvellously rendered.
It must also be a comfort to the hero of
these motion pictures to know that he can
count upon the never failing suggestions
of the audience for help in foiling the
simple and childlike machinations of the
villain. And how the whole cast must roar,
after the show is done at the innumerable
sarcastic, witty, and ironic remarks that
issue forth from the mouths of that tired
and world weary group of sophisticates
which forms the bulk of the theatergoing
populace of Auburn.
And if it were not for the movies, those
of the undergraduates who have nothing
to do but study would probably spend the
greater part of these moonlight nights be­ing
love sick. As it is they can spend them
watching someone else be love sick. This,
as everyone who has ever been love sick
knows, is a great improvement over weep­ing
one's eyes out over the infidelities
of some silly parcel of feminity. Yes, we
think the movies are perfectly glorious.
Long live this industry of morons, by
morons, and for morons!
Wonder if any one can figure out
whose class this is: The Prof, comes in ex­actly
nine and one half minutes after the
hour, leaves his hat and goes to put in
long distant call, comes back at 'nine
twenty-five, gets started in fifteen min­utes,
asks all the questions to\one pupil
and assigns the next lesson eight minutes
after the clock has struck. Do not tax your
brain too hard to figure out who this
Professor is.
Rat Tate was almost beaten to death
the other night when he made a slip by
asking Pea Greene what course he was
taking_downJM«a. The Rats will learn as
time goes b y ^ ^ * ~*-~''
install radio sets.
By close interviews with the students
specializing in engineering it was found
that two thirds of these students employ
their time with something that is beneficial
to them concerning their course in college.
Students taking mechanical engineering us­ually
find their way to the machine shop,
while students taking electrical engineer­ing
make it a habit of climing telephone
and telegraph poles. Some work at electri­cal
plants and in electrical supply stores.
This kind of work furnishes them with val-luable
experiences and at the same time
they are compensated financially. Several
students in the chemical department en­gage
themselves in research .work.
As a rule a great portion of the students
are boys from rural districts and it can be
estimated very accurately that two thirds
of his number play the role of farmers by
following "Old Beck" from sunrise to sun­set.
If a person will stand at the gate
of the college campus on registration day in
September and get a glimpse at all who
pass through, he or she will have a good
idea of who farms during the summer, as
their walk and red face tells the story. The
Agricultural department employs several
students in its line of work.
With the exception of farming these jobs
tend to lure the boy from the roof of his
I
home during the summer who do not work
for their fathers, but work for some firm
located in the vicinity of their surround-i;
n gs.
All in all college students are not the
parasites that a few critical citizens have
them painted to be. Students at the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute as a general
rule are not wealthy and their mission in
college is to get all they can from their four
years in that institution. It is the man who
is striving to attain greater heights without
all the pomp, ceremony and luxuries that
go to make a "college education," that suc­ceeds
in this world of an ever growing
number of college graduates. By close as­sociations
and listening to the conversa­tions
between the students, one immediate­ly
gets the impression that the majority of
students are interested in getting an edu­cation,
and at the same time learn the
economic value of a dollar. When coming
in contact with all types of students the
fact is revealed that the ones who do not
value the dollar, and who do put their time
to a profitable advantage, are the ones who
do not finish colleges. Many drag through
the four years, without getting the best out
of college, but as a general rule this does
not hold good. After all the philosopher who
framed these words, "This world is the
survival of the fittest," was right.
Old Students Re-enter Auburn after
being absent a year or more.
At the end of every college year many
under graduate students leave Auburn and
the dear old Alma Mater never to return
again. Also each year many students drop
out intending not to return, but upon con­fronting
the world of hard knocks and
bumps find themselves unequal to the
task as far as their education is concerned.
They soon realize the most sensible move
is to return to Auburn, complete their edu­cation
and acquire the coveted sheep skin.
Financial matters are the excuse in many
cases for dropping out,, but the sensible
student will return and complete his edu­cation
when he obtains sufficient money
to defray his expenses.
This eventful year has brought many old
students back to Auburn who have been
absent is able to attend college and drops
out voluntarilly not to return, it shows he
has not fully realized the necessity of an
education and the hopeless predicament
a fellow is in with out one.
It shows wisdom and good judgement
for a man to return and pursue his studies
after having been out for a year or more.
Here's hoping that the courage that
brought you back will be an incentive to
carry you on to the higher goal namely
your degree.
At least we have one fellow to uphold
the new song theme, "Collegiate" because
"Sonny" Thorpe is right there with the
berries when it comes to being collegiate
in every respect. Thats right from obser­vations
taken on the campus.
"Rube" Ray was seen Monday trying to
teach a dog a few tricks. Evidently he did
not know that the simplest rudiments of
this art was that one had to kiww more
than the dog.
It is no crime for women to wear golf
knickers, but it is for some men to.
Who was the guy that feeling rather
gay last Saturday rented a Ford, drove
over to Opelika, thinking he was in Mont­gomery
waited for over an hour at a place
the street was blockaded and. wondered
why the red lights never did go "off so as
to give place to the green ones?
Some" of the students think that it is up
to them to be hard just because they live
"across the rail road."
What about this Ford car that,chased
Mac Moore, Max Kahn, and Kenneth
Williams all over Opelika Saturday night? •*
Arant says that it is dangerous to eat
peas with a knife but he was always a man
that did not mind taking the chances.
Paul Alford and Duck Jones seem to be
in cahoots lately.
One of the missing links on the campus
this year is that of the troubadours that
use to gather every now and then at dusk
"last year on the dusty corners just around
from the boarding houses and help put
that Collegiate touch on the Village.
A fact not worth knowing: Eight men
out of every ten shave themselves but
very few cut their own hair. Funny that
so many think the same thing about the
things they hear in the class room.
J. P. Atherton stated that he did not
mind the three dollars to be paid for his
new picture but he sho wanted to save the
picture used his Freshman year so that
he could use that youthful expression.
Too bad that the same victim must ap­pear
twice but it was urgently requested
that I try to find out why Mac Moore is1
so opposed to flash lights. Ask him your­self,
Rat.
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Auburn And Iowa
Exchange Shakes
Many and varied are the articles
that pass through the medium of
exchange. Lovers exchange sweet-tinted
notes, and sigh langorously;
editors exchange newspapers and
gloat over the others mistakes; mer­chants
exchange goods and laugh at
the other's lack of trading instinct
and now comes the very last word
in exchange—two universities swap­ping
off their snakes and appearing
to be satisfied.
Feeling in a snake-giving mood,
the University of Iowa recently ship­ped
to our beloved school a crate
containing two California Water-
Snakes to say nothing of a bull snake
>or so.' In exchange Prof. Robinson,
Auburn's snaketician, wrapped u]
sonsigned to the mails a legless
lizard, sometimes known < as glass
wrapper. This is believed to be the
first of a series of reptilian ex­changes
between these two schools.
Snakishly speaking, at least Auburr
and Iowa are on very cordial terms.
Prof. Robinson is the guide, phil-osopher,
and friendJ;o_p.uWrew_yis-itors
and is sparing no effort to make
them ffcSl strictiy at home. Our
friends will not feel lonesome as there
are a number of other snakes already
on the campus. Among the snakes
already on hand are sundry rattlers,
Chicken and Garter snakes, Ring-necks,
Copperheads, and Boyd's King
Snakes. Just who this Boyd is and
why he took out a patent on the
King Snake is not known.
Friends of Professor Robinson
were not aware of the fact that he
was a keeper of snakes, and several
of them expressed surprise when the
news was disclosed. The genial pro­fessor,
however, is quite attached to
his pets, and seems to enjoy his job
to the fullest. However, it is denied
that he is planning to lead one of the
California Water Snakes by a leash
about the streets of the Lovliest
Village.
Just how the snakes like their new
home is not known. The hospitable
keepers, however, are taking every
precaution to prevent the snakes from
wending their way back to their na­tive
soil. Love laughs at locksmiths,
however, and who knows but some
night a student will wake up with a
delightfully wiggly sensation some-
•where around, his ankle, or some con-vival
pedestrian, on returning to his
home, may be permanently turned
into a Volsteadian by the sudden ap­pearance
of a Highland Moccasin?
As the exchanges with Iowa have
been entirely successful, it is expect­ed
that other snake-swappings will
take place in the near future. It
has been learned from authoritative
sources that negotiations have been
entered into with one of the leading
African universities with regard to
the Black Mamba. It is also said
that one of the South American uni­versities
in thinking about sending
along the Fer-de-Lance, while 6ver-tures
are being made to, Tong King
College concerning the elusive Hama­dryad.
May they come in ever-in­creasing
quantities, the more the
merrier, for Auburn wishes to lead
in snakes as in everything else, and
besides what could be more realistic
than a snake dance after the V. P. I.
game led by a cheering section com­posed
entirely of rabid, dyed-in-the-wool,
never-say-die", Auburn reptiles?
WEATHER MAN IS
BREAKING RECORDS
Old Sol's Assaults on Existing Marks
Makes Nurmi Look
Feeble
got into form and shot the mercury
past the ninety mark on ninety-nine
times, and the indications are that
he will pass the century mark.
The sun is going in for long dis­tance
hitting with a vengeance this
season. Last summer he was not
able to pass that goal of all weather­men
the hundred degree mark, a
single time. This year, however, he
has poked the mercury over the fence
on sixteen occasions, and promises to
increase his mark two or three before
the season is over.
All these statistics would seem to.
indicate to the initiated that Auburn
has been going through a fairly warm
summer. And, in short, such has
beeln the case. The weather man
regaled the citizenry with promises
of rain and cooler weather for several
months now, but the student wading
almost knee-deep in the delightfully
penetrating clay-dust to be found
only in Auburn, is beginning to lose
faith in the prognoaticator. They are
comforted, however, by the knowled­ge
that it is bound to rain sooner
or later, and that we can be pac-tically
assured of a heavy and chilly
downpour on the day of the Geor­gia
game. If the rain fails to come
on that day, then the Auburnites
will know that they are in for a dou-ght.
B. C. POPE RESIGNS
POSITION AS CUSTODIAN
AGRICULTURAL CLUB MEETS
Residents and inmates of the local
institution have frequently common-ted
on the delightful weather dished
out by the weather man for the past
few months. The mild temperature
and the pleasant zephyrs have been
conducive to hard work and intense
study, and have made the late sum­mer
and early fall delightful in the
extreme.
The above-mentioned residents and
inmates have remarked especially con
cerning the frequent and torrential
rains that have visited the Lovliest
Village during the past season. Ac­cording
to statistics released today,
a grand total of 24.6 inches of rain
has been released by the celestial
water-works since the first of Jan­uary.
During the month of January
a fall of 11.9 inches was recorded,
leaving the munificent supply of 12.7
inched of moisture for the mouths
between February and August. This
bountiful precipitation has helped
crops wonderfully, and the farmers
are expecting a most prosperous
year. Incidentally the normal rain­fall
for the above mentioned period
is 38.2 inches, but who cares for
figures?
Last year Old Sol registered fifty-eight
nineties during the summer,
and was considered to have" made a
very respectable average. During
the past season, however, Sol really
%
The Big Store With The Little Prices
HAGEDORN'S
Dry Goods—Ladies' Ready-to-Wear—Shoes
HAGEDORN'S-Opelika's Best Store
STUDENTS, READ THIS
The Students Cooperative Dining Club will
serve only the best foods. It will be super­intended
by a lady who is an expert dietician,
and will be managed by coach "Red" Brown.
3 Meals $20.00 per month
2 Meals $16.00 per month
Meals will be served at 7:15 a. m. 12:15 p. m.
and 6:00 p. m.
The Agricultural Club had the first,
meeting of the year last Wednesday
evening at seven o'clock in the audi­torium
of Comer Hall.
The first speaker on the program
what the Alabama Farmer is and!
was S. R. Gibbons who explainer
why we should support it. He en­couraged
all Freshmen in Agricul-j
ture to subscribe for the Alabama!
Farmer.
An impromptu speech on the value
of the Agricultural Club was made
by Mr. Farris. He explained to the
Club the importance of Freshmen
joining the Club so they would have
training enough to take a leading
part in the Club when they become
Seniors.
s Iris Johnson made an interesting
talk on the value of an Ag. Club'.
It furnishes a great variety of work
and amusement from agricultural
problems to barnyard quartettes, be
continued.
W. D. Stewart spoke on "Athletics
for the Coming Year" and predicted
championship for Auburn.
All members were urged to sup­port
the Ag. Fair by C. M. Kerns.
The Club elected C. M. Ling Libra­rian
and C. M. Kerns Assistant Man­ager
of Ag. Fair.
Mr. B. C. Pope who' has been
College Custodian since 1921 has
tendered his resignation effective
October first. Mr. Pope assumed
his duties in February 1921 and
since then has devoted his entire
time in everseeing the property of
the college.
v As soon as his resignation becomes
effective Mr. Pope and his wife will
leave on a short trip to Florida and
on the termination of his stay there
he will enter the Real Estate and
Insurance business in Birmingham.
Mr. Pope has served Auburn well
in his capacity as custodian and his
leaving is considered quite a loss to
the institution.
He will be succeeded by Mr. Mil-ligan
Earnest who is a resident of
Auburn and who for the past several
years has been connected with the
firm of Copeland and Earnestt.
WATCH THE WILSONIAN
EVANS LITERARY SOCIETY
HOLDS REGULAR MEETING
Websterian Literary Society
Stop, Look, and Listen. Do you
belong to a literary society? If so^
then you realize what it means. «If
not, join and line up with the "Silver
tongue Gang."
To join a literary society enables
one to come in contact with many
leading students of different class
and courses. To take an active part
on the program helps one to retain
reserve, poise, and think while facing
many observers. Every student will
be expected to be able to make talks
and such after finishing school so
prepare now.
The Websterian Literary Society
meets on the third floor of the main
building every Tuesday night from
7 'till 8. "The society has already
started in full motion for this school
year. All the old members were out,
and some of the new members are
already taking an active part.
Come right out, and watch those
that declame, debate, make music
and such. Also do not miss the
"weiner roast" to be given soon.
AUBURN PLAYERS LAY
PLANS FOR THE YEAR
At the second meeting of the Au­burn
Players definite arrangements
were made for the coming produc­tion
"You're Next." Some of the
characters have already been select­ed
and others will be decided on
soon. Those who would like to have
a try out should see Professor Hamil­ton
in the English office. A try out
for 'iiis play would be considered as
a try out for the Auburn Players.
. Plans are progressing for the class
in play writing. Before the year is
over it is hoped that an evening of
one act plays can be given from
those written in this class. Any one
who is interested in this phase of
dramatic work is urged to see Pro­fessor
Hamilton or some member of
the club and see if it would be pos­sible
for him to get into the class.
The Evans Literary Society held
its regular meeting Monday night,
September 21, 1925, in Room 301 of
the Main Building. There were a
large number of upper-classmen
present with equally as many Fresh­men.
Those present were fortunate
in hearing a brief but interesting
discussion entitled "Booksf' by
Prof. Doughrity. He gave a history
of the books written from the earli­est
ages up to the present time.
Then we had the opportunity of
hearing Mr. Edgar Root give his
great ideas on the subject "Schools
as a Social Institution." The next
was a selection of pcetrv by Mis;.
Gibbs. This poetry fitted the occasion
and Miss Gibbs fitted the poetry.
Those absent missed a tre.,f- when
they failed to hear the disc™sion
on Evolution by Mr. Roy Cart'1"
He gave some good ideas on bot'i
sides of the question but he hasn't
monkey enough in him to believe
that his ever-so-great grand-parenti
threw cocanuts instead of rolling
pins.
The business part of the program
consisted (of the presentation arid
the adoption of the new constitu­tion
of the society. The new con­stitution
is practically the same as
the old one with only a f ew changes.
The main changes were the name of
the society and the clauses limit
ing "the -membership to Freshmen
only was amended so that upper
classmen might join the society.
All interested in literary work
are more than welcome at our socie­ty
every Monday evening at seven
o'cloek.
The Wilsonian Literary Society
held a well attended meeting last
Tuesday night. This was the second
meeting of the year and a bright and
successful year is in store as every­thing
has started in high gear. The
meeting was called to order by the
president J. M. Edwards and the min­utes
were read and the roll was call­ed
by Miss Sudie Dowdell secretary.
The recent disaster of the Shena-doah
was most ably discussed by Joe
Palmer. Miss Fannie Igou spoke on
the Making of a Husband, while S. L.
Morrow followed with the Making of
a Wife. The class of 29 was well
represented by .Rat Hurt who spoke
on the history of Auburn. Miss Mil­dred
Locke a new-comer to Auburn
gave a splendid reading on the Aban­doned
Elopment. Miss Locke showed
unusual ability in this line and it is
hoped she will entertain again in the
near future. Last but not least the
critic O. F. Wise voiced his strong
sentiments* of the evenings pro­gramme.
His main criticism was the
bringing of domestic happenings into
the affairs of a literary society, as
he thinks they should be handled at
home. Can it be possible that Wise
has had experience in this line?
The vice-president G. B. Phillips
appointed the entertainment com­mittee
for next week..
Nearly fifty students attended last
weeks meeting and many more are
expected. A very cordial invitation is
extended to all upper classmen and
freshmen to become members as a
good programme is promised and
quality points are offered. The socie­ty
meets every Tuesday night in
room 301 Main Building from 7 to
8 o'clock.
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JrOiv Distinctive Letterheads and'
Envelopes SEE
AUBURN PRINTING CO.
Printers - Publishers - Stationers /
Phone 46
GREENE & WATTS op
A
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T
LIKA
MEN'S OUTFITTERS AND SHOES
The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothe*
I . — — . . . .
H
- A negro soldier on guard duty was
being asked by an ^officer what he
would do if he saw the enemy, ap­proaching.
He replied "I'd form a
line, Sah."
"Form a line? Why man how can
one soldier form a line?"
"I'd form a bee line for the camp,
Sah."
THE TIGER INN
Hamburgers, Hot Dogs,
Sandwiches and Cold Drinks
Special Breakfast
AUBURN SHU-FIXERY
Fine Shoe Repairing
G. F. Collier
Auburn, Alabama
Next to Burton's Bookstore
.—*
TOOMER DRUG CO.
The Store on the Corner
Service Satisfaction
Auburn Inn
Regular Meals
Transits, Catering
Phone 50-J
Drunk coming home about 2 a. m.
reached for the doorknob and tried
to open, he kept turning it after he
had fallen down. His wife came to
the door and peered out. "Why,
John, whats the matter?"
John,—"S h h h hie, Ish about to
get Pittsburgh (still turning the door
knob.)
Present Hints in the Future, from
Richardson College.
It was the year 2519, new coaches
and secret practice so everyone ex­pected
great things^ In fact they
knew they were going to happen. But
alas, weeping and gnashing of teeth,
classes were more important than
football games. Why in the blank
dont they go to college and learn-*
what really matters, such ignorance.
From all parts of the campus could
be heard the wail alas, alack, no
round trip tickets, two more alacks
and a half alas, no student tickets;
how in the kindergardeii. is a man
going. . ,
Ah! The voice of thinkers whisper
about the campus. Can it be so, why
of course, and it took a ca-ed to
think of ,it. The hobos special through
flier, equipment side door pullmans
only. No personally I disprove of
this method, tried it last year and
swore off, but still I have only three
dollars, Yes ticket two dollars and
hot dogs five coppers each and every
wuff.
Two days latter, "say you oughta
seen Slater smash that line."
Man in a hurry to catch a train—
ticket agent—'G-g-give me a round-trip
ticket quick."
T. A.—"Where to?"
M I A H T C T —"B-b-back here you
darn fool." i
Opelika Pharmacy
Inc.
Phone 72
DRUGS—SODAS
CIGARS—TOBACCOS
T. C. Saxon A. P. Collier
DR. THOS. B. MCDONALD
Dentist and Oral Surgeon
Office over Toomer Drug Store
Phone 49
Auburn, Alabama
Paul A. King
Fancy Groceries
Phone 24 Auburn, Ala.
PARTICULAR PEOPLE PICK
The
PICKWICK
The Proper Place to Dine
MONTGOMERY., ALA.
BURNS & STACY
Licensed Student Electrician
Anything Electrical
Contract and Repair Work
Phone 1SS-W
The ,
Luncheonette
Hot Dogs, Cold Drinks,
Milk
All Kinds of Sandwiches
i- . . . . . . . 4 i
,J )
The
College Pressing Club
"THE OLD RELIABLE"
Satisfaction and Service
Phone 68 Bob Foster
Judge to a negro who had been
charged with stealing chickens, "Well
Sam, What were you doing in a chick­en
house if you were not there to
steal chickens?"
Sam—"Well Sir, You see, sir, I
was just testing my will cower."
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"Lets hang together," said one con­victed
murderer to the other as the
warden passed with the rope.
"Wire Trouble", cried the fiddler
as the "G" string broke.
"Thats on me" said the fly as the
swatter landed.
Moore's Market
Don't waste energy chew­ing
bull
Phone 37 jp?
FOR FRESH MEATS
ROBERTSON'S QUICK LUNCH
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
The Best That CairBe Bought
Served As Well As Can Be
Served '
• , ,15 Commerce St.
Montgomery, Ala.
"MAY & GREEN
Men's Clothing
Sporting Goods,
A
Montgomery, Alabama
I
GET YOUR INSURANCE FROM J. M. BROWNF
He Sells The Mutual Life of New York.
Box 361, Auburn, Ala.
J. W. WRIGHT, Jr.
Complete Line of Furnishings
FOR AUBURN STUDENTS
NEXT TO POST OFFICE
The
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF AUBURN
ADVICE AMD ACCOMMODATION
FOR EVERY COLLEGE MAN
Any Financial or Business Transaction
Albert Thomas, '04, Pres. G. Herbert Wright '17, Cashier
C. Felton Little, '06, Vice-Pres. W. D. Steele, Ass't Cashier
TOOMER HARDWARE CO-A
Complete Line of Hardware
\
• • i n i — — — — —
STUDENTS LUNCH AND RECREATION ROOM
M O N T E I T H ' S
Where Frenis Meet
" AUBURN ALABAMA"
BANK OF AUBURN
We Highly Appreciate Your Banking Business
All Styles of Brunswick Machines. Boys They
CANT BE BEAT
New Records
EVERY WEEK
If You Want to Furnish Your House
SEE US
W HAVE IT
Auburn Furniture Co*
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THE PLAINSMAN
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Loose Leaf Note Books
Start The Loose Leaf System
It Pays In Many Ways
FIRST: You take r-more Pride with your Notes.
SECOND: Your work is better organized, and.
THIRD: You make better grades, Which
FOURTH: You get larger checks from home!
YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY
TO GET MONEY
Let Us Help You Get It
STUDENT SUPPLY SHOP
©he^ IDistinctiipe^ Shop
FIFTY NINE ATTEND
CAMP AT McCLELLAN
1
i
Now that the Artillerymen and En­gineers
have painted glowing ac­counts
of their summer training, we
shall try and depict a true picture
of the Infantry camp. This is ai
unbiased account'based on facts anc
written by an- eyewitness.
Arriving at the terminal station.
Anniston, Friday June 12, the fifty
nine Auburn trainees were greeted
by a bevy of sergeants who directeo
them to the waiting line, after taking
their trunk checks. Thus began, an
eventful six weeks, as guests invitee
at a houseparty with our rich uncle
playing the role of host. Each mo­ment
of the time was crowded wit!
a taste of real army life.
v^ The stude^tVJ?umheriiig over nine
( hundred^ were transported to the
McClellan reservation in busses, oper­ated
by the Dixie Stage lines, latei
to become the boon of their existence.
As the busses'lumbered up to the
main gateway of the Reservation
there stood in the center of the road
and direcetly in the gate a soldiei
with one arm straight out and the
\ other pointing to the ground. Oiie
the students, who had been leader
of the Wolf Patrol1 back home im­mediately
recognized that the man in
the uniform was semaphoring and
the letter was "S". However thi:
' disillusioned chap was very quick tc
find out that the statue of Liberty
pose meant "stop," which we did.
Giving the men the once over the
guard (that's what we found him tc
be) wagged his thumb toward the
mountains and we were hurled fur­ther
into the reservation.
Arriving at R. O. T. C. Headquar­ters
we were assigned to companies.
We were directed to our company
streets and our tents designated.
Thence to the Quartermaster Ware­house
for processing, which in aririy
parlance means examination, clothing,
etc. To those who have never been
processed, they have something to
look forward to, to those who have
been, they have experienced an epoch
,in..thfir career, and in their mind
there is an indelible memory that will
never be erased, One has a queer
feeling when he goes into a six hun-
.. dred foot warehouse a civilian, and
comes out the other end sans Panama,
seersuckers, Cavemans , and other
civilian apparel. Instead he finds
himself clothed in a uniform, sizeable
brogans, campaign hat, and a bar­racks
bag full of similar raiment on
his back.
Trainees wer6 directed to the
Chaplain's tent where they signed a
card with the homefolks address on
it. This was explained by the Chap­lain
to be for the purpose of sending
a card back home that the apple of
their eye had arrived and had been
q u a r te r e d. Which immediately
brought forth storms of protests from
some trainees who explained that
their folks knew nothing of the
meaning of the word quartered ex­cept
in terms of butcher shops.
The first day was devoted to or­ganization
of the companies, arrang­ing,
equipment, and apportioning men
to their respective quarters. The
afternoon being Saturday was a holi­day
and a greater part of the time
was spent in marvelling at each others
perfectly fitting uniforms, and that
night, had the' roll been called in
Anniston, the entire R. O. T. C. would
have been scored present. Saturday
and Thursday afternoons were holi­days
for some. Those who were
fortunate did not catch K. P. Guard
or special duty on holidays. This
bunch, out of the entire nine hundred
numbered approximately three or
four (not hundred).
The daily routine began at five
fifteen each morning, with the sound­ing
of that grand, old strain, First
Call. Roll call, breakfast was served
(?) at six, and calesthenics lasted
from six thirty until seven. The re­mainder
of the day was spent in work
in* military science and tactics. The
companies were arranged • according
to the formation of a regular army
regiment. There were two special
companies, the Machine Gunners and
the Howitzers.
The camp was commanded. by.
Brigaider-General Edwin B. Winans.
Colonel Robert Shelton was first in
Commander of the R. O. T. C. The
Eighth TJ. S. Infantry, if which Colo­nel
Shelton has comand sponsored
the R. 0. T. C.
Among the impressive things that
still linger in the minds of those who
attend the camp, is that magnetic,
word "K. P." Its a thing that causes
strong menhto swoon and brave men
to wonder why did he do it. With
the sweet notes at five o'clock in
the morning the K. P. dons his fa­tigues
viz: 1 overall juniper and one
pair demins pants and goes forth, a
modern Cinderella of the pots and
Pans. At the Kitchen and Dining Hall
he takes one glance and the fleeting
Acquaint
Yourself With The
Trade With Them
They Support Your Paper
clouds and goes in and does not re­turn
to view the Heavens until the
still sweeter notes of Taps permea­tes
the atmosphere. Included in the
tasks he must do are the following:
after each meal peel beets, potatoes
and onions, the other five minutes
he may devote to smoking a cigarette
or some other pleasurable pastime.
Among the social activities were
dances at the Club House each Tues­day
and Thursday night. The Hos­tess
House was open -at practically all
times for letter writing, and lunches.
The Anniston people did more than
their share towards making the stay
pleasant. Dances were given at the
Country Club, for proof of this we
refer you to none other than oiie
Rufus Clarence McCully, by name,
whose glorious figure, by far the
most proportionate, graced the floor
at each call of" the syncopators.- And
then there was the Lyric, the high
calibre entertainment afforded by
this house can be attested by George
H. Bewig, Baby General of the Armj
jand record holder of ajl times for
being the most efficient professional
K. P. in the army.
Many a thrill was sensed during the
exhibition battle staged on "the
Range. 'Twas a wonderful sight to
witness the path of tracer bullets
I spurting across the sky. And then
there was the bass voice of French
Seventy-five accompanying the steady
staccato of the machine gun. One
powders barked as manned by Vet­erans
and Stokes mortars sounded
with constant regularity. The battle
was made to be as near reality as
possible, that is, without an enemy.
And then the Tanks and riflemen
must come in for honorable mention.
I They conducted the .attack in syste­matic
manner and won the praise of
the Commander-General.
The Hike-was another of those in­cidents,
prologged tho it was, that
can't be forgotton. Image what fur
it is to hike fifteen miles with a forty
nine pound pack on your back, a
quart, only a quart, of Adam's Ale on
your hip, a gun on the other hip, and
desperation in. your mirrd.' Stretch
your imagination still further and
view the same organization return
fifteen miles over another course to
the camp. What price experience?-
We've all visions of being million­aires.
We've seen the time when it
seemed nothing could add to our con­tinent.
Yea, for instance snoozing
peacefully on your bunk on one of
I those aforementioned Holidays,, (an
j eight letteV word for joke) dreaming
jthat the General was patting you on
jthe back and pinning a Distinguish-
• ed Service, on your manly chest for
some act of heroism and only to wake
up and find that the Sergeant is urg­ing
you in none too gentle words to
have your clothes on and report to
the orderly tent in five minutes for
Guard or Fatigue Duty.
But to the point. When the last
.formation -has been made, the last
retreat stood, when you've turned
in your equipment with only twenty
dollars worth of property short, and
you've been ordered to report to the
paymaster for the remaining dollars
-and six bits (plus railroad fare home)
You are also given a camp certifi­cate.
Gentlemen, then and only then,
does the real thrill come.
The camp was a great success from
the stand point of accomplishing its
purposes. The men received a great
deal of practical experience in mili­tary
science and tactics, and they
went to it with~a will excelled by no
other organization. The 1925 camp
was adjuded by the officers to be
the most satisfactory one ever held
at McClellan.
Auburn men came through credibly
having made a good showing on the
range, bagging their share of medals
for marksmanship. In the Howitzer
and Machine Gun companies there
were eight or ten Auburn men who
have the distinction of being members
of the only two companies in the his­tory
of R. O. T. C. that qualified
one hundred per cent, every man of
the two companies receiving a medal.
In athletics Auburn came in the
upper bracket. Marius Marquis placed
third for Auburn with twenty two
points. He scored three first places
and placed in two other events.
m THE LIBRARY «
Circulating Books, Fiction, Etc"
STACKS
D I E MFT H
DESK
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DOORS K
CORRECTING A MISTAKEN BDEA
"There is no frigate like a book
To take us leagues away,
Nor any charger like a. page
Of prancing poesy."
Two years ago the bookstore car­ried
on the business of renting the
required English classics to the fresh­men
who did not want to purchase
the book outright. They found it an
unprofitable and inconvenient enter­prise
and sold out their stock to the
second hand man. The librarian was
persuaded that it would be doing the
freshmen a favor and introducing
them pleasantly to the library if this
work were carried . on by the libra­ry.
A special assistant was employed
to handle the books and keep the
necessary records. The rent was low­ered
from twenty-five to fifteen
cents. The library came out at the
end of the year without any serious
financial loss, but with some loss of
prestige among the greenest of ou
freshmen. They • got the idea that
they were being discriminated against
in that they alone had to make a de­posit
and pay rent for books. A'
some of them rarely read anything
other than required books they be*
came convinced that all library books
were rented to freshmen. Some -oi
the upper classmen who do not come
to the library very often absorbed
this impression, with additions; ai.
books were rented to all users of the
library and only between the hours
of seven and nine at night.
There are six books that have
been purchased in quantities and are
rented to any one who wishes to use
them outside the library. There are:
Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Hei­ghts,
Great Expectations, Scarlet
Letter, Adam Bede, and Vanity Fair,
THERE ARE THIRTY THOUSAND
OTHER BOOKS THAT CAN BE
TAKEN OUT FOR TWO WEEKS
WITHOUT ANY CHARGE. The ex­pressed
wish of a teacher may at any
time keep these in the library so that
all within a given time may have
an equal chance of access to them.
All reference books and periodicals
are kept in the library for the same
reason.
PLAN OF READING ROOM
A Dictionaries of Science and Lite
raturfr—Biology and History.
B American Government and Eco­nomics.
C Junior and Senior English.
D Encyclopaedias.
E Dictionaries and Indexes.
F Card Catalogue.
G Catalogue Governnient and Ex­periment
Station Bulletins.
H Government ani Experiment
Station Bulletins.
I Freshman English.
J Home Economics and Domestic
Science Books.
K Experiment Station Bulletins.
Flake Laird—«Say, ' you didn't
know I was a hero did you?"
Tom Anderson—"Naw, what did
you do to become a hero?"
Flake—"I saved a girl last night.
1 Had two and saved one for tonight."
For the convenience of those using
them, the books of the library are in
three main divisions, as shown below:
REFERENCE BOOKS, those may
not be taken out of the auliing, con­sisting
of general and special encyclo­paedias,
dictionaries, periodical ••' in­dexes,
experiment station bulletins,
and government documents. The
i bound periodicals are k^pt on the sec­ond
floor of the stack; the govern­ment
documents, on the third floor.
CIRCULATING BOOKS, k«pt in
the. stack back of the desk. These in­clude
the fiction, whiob is arranged
alphabetically by author, and books
I classified by the Dewey decimal sys-
! tem. A description of the main classes
is posted in the library.
TEMPORARY R E F E R E N CE
BOOKS, selected from the circulating
library because they have to be used
by large groups within a riven time.
These are "kept on the shelves in ...the
top of the periodical cases or en the
•charging desk.
SOME LANDMARKS AMONG REF­ERENCE
BOOKJ _
In using any Ksfereucs bo >k, no­tice
its system of cross reference.
Usually a "See" reference directs you
to a preferred lorm of heading; a
"See also" to additional information
under another heading.
" F o r instance, if you look up the.
legal phrase "Burden of Proof," you
will be directed to the heading
"Proof, Burden of."
- At the end of an article under
the heading "Pavement," you will be
referred to other articles under "As­phalt"
and under "Road Machinery"
by a "See Also" or a word or phrase
meaning the same thing.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th
edition of 1910, with the three sup­plementary
volumes of 1922. Note
the Index Volume, useful because
the long articles by specialists, which
make this the most interesting and
scholorly of reference books, include
many subjects found in other encyclo­paedias
under the specific heading.
For instance, a drawing and a de­scription
of a "Lactometer" can be
found by means of the Index, under
the heading "Hydrometer."
Comprehensive bibliographies are
found at the end of all important
articles. In opposite fashion to the
Britannian, the New International
Encyclopedia treats specific sub­jects
in short articles, arranged in
jects in short articles, arranged in
alphabetical order, and brings re­lated
headings together in a volume
called Courses for Reading and Stu­dy.
This encyclopaedia gives pronun*
ciation of proper names and has ex­cellent
bibliographies. We have the
2nd edition of 1923 supplemented
annually by the New International
Year Book, arranged like the ency-clopeadia,
containing the latest statis­tic,
and recording the progress of
affairs all over the world.
- Nelson's Encyclopaedia, in loose
leaf form, so that new pages can
be inserted to keep it up-to-date.
Dictionaries of French, German,
Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek, and
English are on the reference shelves.
Among the dictionaries and en­cyclopaedias
of special subjects, -note
the two new ones:
Thorpe's Dictionary of Applied
Chemistry, 4 volumes.
Dictionary of Physics, 3 volumes.
Each student should be familiar
mth the position and general con­tent
of:
Warner's Library of the World's
Best Literature, 30 volumes.
Moulton's Library of Literary
Criticism, 8 volumes.
Garnger's Index to Poetry and
Recitations.
Dictionary of National Biography,
63 volumes. -
Larned's History for Ready Ref­erence,
6 volumes.
USING THE LIBRARY
A Biblioghaphy is a list of refer­ences
to boks, periodicals, and bulle­tins
on a given subject. If you want
to get together all material in this
library on the subject of your theme,
begin with the INDEX to our books,
which is in the form of a Card Cata­log,
in which each book in the library
is represented,by a card" under the
Author's name. Most books are fille
under a subject heading written in
red ink; those with striking titles
have a Title Card filed under th
first word of the title not an article.
These cards are arranged in alpha­betical
order like a dictionary.
For example, Johnson's "The Isle
of Shamrock" may be found unde;
"Johnson," the author, "Isle of Sham­rock,"
the title; and under "Ireland,'
the subject.
The figures and letters in the up
per left hand corner represent, wit
the author's name, what is called the
Call Number, which shows to what
class the book belongs and its relative
position on the shelves.
The books are arranged on the
shelves in numerical order from 100
to 900, and under each number, ar­ranged
alphabetically, by author.
821 is the class number of Eng­lish
poetry, and each poet's wori
is easily found between Arnold and
Yeats.
If you want Milton's Poems, ask
for "821 Milton."
An "R" in< front of the number in­dicates
that the book is on the ref­erence
shelves.
PERIODICAL INDEXES
Poole's Index, 1802-1906; not
very useful to us because fe.v oi
our bound periodicals go back so far.
Reader's Guide to Periodical Lit­erature,
1900-1904, 1905-1919, 1910-
1914, 1915-1922, and the unbound
numbers of 1923. This index appears
monthly and cumulates, one every
two or three "months, so that smalle"
numbers can be discarded.
August 1923' is for the eight
months. October combines Septem­ber
and October. The December num­ber
is a bound volume for the whole
year.
Every four years, a large cumula­tion
is published and the annual mini
bers can be destroyed.
These indexes are arranged al­phabetically
by Author, by Title, and
by Subject like the card catalog.
For example, in looking up the
subject "Genetics," no entries are
found in the first two large volumes;
but in the 1910-1914 number these
are found:
Genetics—
Effect on Research in Genetics on
the Art of Breeding. H. J. Webber.
Science 35:597-609. Ap. 19, '12.
Eugenics and Genetics. C. G. Nut-tall,
Fortn. 95:453-60. Mr. '11. Same,
Sci. Am. S. 71:271-2. Ap. 29, '11.
Fourth International Conference
on Genetics. Nature. 87:532. Oc. 19,
'11.
The first part of the entry is the
title of the article, the second is the
author; the third is the name of the
periodical.
The volume number is followed by
the inclusive paging; then comes the
date, very useful if the periodical
is still unbound, or if it is not con­tinuously
paged. A colon separates
volume from page.
The second entry shows that th-same
article is in two magazines, one
of which we may have.
The list of bound periodicals in
the library is in the back of the
guide, also posted in the library.
If the abbreviation in any refer
ence book puzzle you look rup thei:
meaning in the front of the volume
Do not pick up the guide an
bring it to the desk assistant; ask
for a card and copy the reference
Science, n. s. 35:597-609, Ap. 19
'12.
Sci. Am. S. 71:271-2 Ap. 29, '11.
Decide whether you want the very
short article indicated in Nature.
In looking up the name of an au­thor
who is writing in current pe­riodicals,
you will find his works
listed in alphabetical order, and arti­cles
about him given at the last.
The change from the man as au
thor to the man as subject i
cated by the change in the alphabet.
In the Card Catalog, the man as au­thor
is written in black; as subject, in
red.
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Football Gets Down to
Business on Saturday
Pigskin to Be Kicked Off for First
Time of Season by Many
Conference Elevens
The wheels of the gridiron sport
will begin to turn in earnest Satur­day,
when practically all of the mem­bers
of the Conference, turn out in
the moleskins ready for the business
of actually playing" football. Three
of the Southern teams oiled them­selves
up last Saturday in prelimi­nary
warm-up affairs but nearly all
of them kick off this week end.
To begin with, our Auburn Tigers
will line up over at Munger Bowl
as guests of Birmingham-Southern.
The Methodists turned back the Ca­dets
of Marion Institute by the heavy
score of forty-six to nothing, and are
doped to give the Jungaleers the
struggle of their lives, some of the
more optimistic Magic City bugs
even predicting a victory for the
Black and Gold.
"The extremely warm weather has
proved a handicap in the progress of
the teams so far, but as is the case
each year, the stronger aggregations
of the looj are testing their pre­liminary
training on the weaker or­ganizations,
and are not exhibiting
any undue amount of effort in these
early Sfiafbn contests.
.._Cur old friends, the Yellow Jack­ets
of Tech, hammer off the lid
against Oglethorpe at the old Tech
stamping grounds, Grant Field. The
Petrals have the opportunity of a
life time to beat Tech this season as
they are in excellent condition and
are returning practically their en­tire
squad of. last season. Indic^iens
pTrfnt to~"a Targe opening day crowd.
.Eceh-should win the affray but re­gardless
of the direction that the cat
jumps the score should be close.
Our sister institution takes on Un­ion
University at Tuscrloosa and
should have very little trouble in
disposing of them. The crimson out­fit
looks like one of the big guns of
the loot thois fall and ought to give
some mighty stiff opposition to any
team aspiring to premier honors.
The Mercer Bears and the Georgia
Bulldogs come to blows at Macon in
a battle that should prove a humdin­ger.
The Bears will be remembered
for the defeat administered to the
strong Florida gridders last season
after the Alligators had returned
from West Point where, though de­feated
they played the Army practic­ally
on even terms. This defeat,
handed the alligators was one of the
biggest upset of the season in south­ern
football.
Vanderbilt will tee off against
Murphreesborough at Nashville. The
Commodores are considerably weak­ened
by the loss of several all-Ameri­cans
who have served their allotted
years with the squad. The Nashville
boys should win easily and they will
encounter any strong opposition
until they tackle the strong Texas
team at Nashville.
The Generals of Washington and
Lee move northward to the Smoky
City to take on the University of
Pittsburg. This game seems to be a
rather tough assignment for the Vir­ginians
for a starter. Last season the
Generals threatened to throw a mon­key
wrench into the southern con­ference
champonship honors when
they came to the final week1 of the
season with the slate clean of defeat
by southern teams. Just as the cur­tain
was being lowered, however, the
Floridians came through and admin­istered
a drubbing that sent him top­pling
from the center of the stage,
and incidently gave Alabama +he
honors.
Tulane mixes matters with Louisi­ana
College at New Orleans. The
Doctors will have an easy time of it
until they line up opposite Missouri
"PEA" GREENE
The person who is casting his orbs
from out of the picture just above
is Carson Edmon Greene, scintillat­ing
Tiger football and track star.
Carson Edmon, beg pardon, "Pea"
is from Bellwood, Alabama, and has
been at Auburn during the past
three years two of which were spent
on the varsity football squad and
one with the freshmen. He is study­ing
secondary education.
The Tiger star performs in the
backfield. During the past two years
he has played along with Williams at
half, but this year finds him mak­ing
a strong bid for the signal sta­tion.
During the past few weeks the
lanky star has been calling them
regularly, and he may start the Pan­ther
game at that post.
Greene is the Tiger mainstay when
it comes time to boot the ovel out of
danger and the tall lad always man­ages
to put some healthy kicks into
the ozone. "Pea" has few equals
when it comes to fleetness of foot
and he can outrun a whole squad
when he once gets underway.
Greene also won his spurs on the
cinder path where he rolled up
-a large number of points last spring.
His specialties in this line are the
century which he has negotiated in
nine and four-fifths, the two-twenty,
and the broad jump in which
he has covered 'twenty-one and one
half feet.
As a reward for his athletic per­formances
he was awarded the Por­ter
loving cup last spring. This is
given annually to the best all around
athlete in the school. We are expect­ing
great things of "Pea" this fall.
Three Score Rats
Wage Battle for
Positions on Squad
Casual Comment
Freshmen Scrimmage
For First Time.
Bright
Wit'.i Varsity
Prospects
WHERE THEY PLAY SATURDAY
in the gulf city on October 3. Tu­lane
stood at the top of the heap for
several weeks last fall when she sur­prised
the experts and turning back
Vanderbilt. The only team to grab
the verdict against the Greenies was
Mississippi A. and M.
._ Mike Donahue's Louisana State
Normal for a curtain raiser. Last fall
this game was next to the last on the
Tiger schedule and University boys
rolled up a good sized score against
the Normalites. The Tigers are not
exerting themselves for this contest
as they are pointing for the game
with all important game. Alabama
which lies just two weeks in the fu­ture.
The system of Donahue and
Gob Wilson, former Auburn mentors,
should be about ready to soak in this
season.
The Sewanee Tigers are returning
practically the same team that turn­ed
back Vanderbilt last year. The
Tigers take on Bryson at Sewanee
to start a tough schedule which in­cludes
games with Texas A. and M.
Alabama, Tulane and Vanderbilt.
The Sewaneeans are noted-for their
ability to throw a big scare into the
Alabama camp every season as all
of 'Bama's games with the Tennessee
school have been close.
To sum up these preliminary
games furnish no criterion as to the
relative strength of the larger teams
in the loop as the real test will not
come until the latter part of next
month when the larger outfits begin
to line up against one another. It is
well nigh impossible to predict with
any degree of certainty the standing
of the teams even for one month as
there are many things to be taken in-
Auburn vs. Birmingham-Southern
at Birmingham.
Alabama vs. Union University at
Tuscaloosa.
Georgia Tech vs. Oglethorpe at
Atlanta.
Virginia Poly vs. Roanoke at
Blacksburg.
Washington and Lee vs. Pittsburgh
at Pittsburgh.
Clemson vs. Presbyterian College
at Clemson.
Mercer at Macon.
Louisana College at
Auburn Tracksters
Begin Practice
Coach Hutsell has Nucleus of
Men on Which to Con­struct
Team
Five
Georgia vs.
Tulane vs.
New Orleans.
Vanderbilt vs. Tessessee State
"RED" ROBERTS
Scene: Langdon Hall. A few foot­ball
players (famed for their ability
and desire to speak to the crowd) sit­ting
upon the stage. Howling mass of
students going "hog wild" Sound of
Normal at Nashville. I bass voice as follows: "Some of you
Virginia vs. Hampton Sidney at ; f r e s nmen in the rear come up here
Charlottsville.
V. M. I. vs. Emory and Henry at
Lexington.
and fill up some of these seats in
front." Sound of moving feet. Voice
continues "Are we going to beat Bir-
Tiger Tracksters begin to warm
up. Coach Hutsel has Neuclens of
Five Men on which to Construct
Team.
The cinder sport made its official j n 0 0n, and they probably have surpris
bow in Auburn, when the members e(j s o m e 0f the critics
With the opening game of the sea­son
still three weeks in the distance
Coach Brown is bidding his time with
his baby Tigers and is striving to in­still
into the warriors the fundamen­tals
of football. The mentor of the
jui .„r squad is giving instructions in
the art of kicking, passing,,blocking,
tackling and handling'the oval.
For the first week or so the coach
was busing himself with the task of
weeding out the dead wood. *The axe
fell here and there until he had chop­ped
his squad down to about sixty
hard working, anxious, peppery men
who are waging a battle tooth and toe
nail to grab off the choice position-, on
the squad, and it appears as though it
will be several weeks hence before
Coach Brown will be able to avi'iye at
any sort of a conclusion as to the
merits and demerits of his three score
of hopefuls.
Any one desiring to see some real
sprinted football, and who is barred
from seeing the big boys, might avail
himself of the opportunity by coming
out and casting a glance at some of
Auburn's future Fatty Lawrence,
Shireys, etcetera., in some of the he-tic
scrimmages put on by the Brown­ies.
Those freshies mean business and
seem to be out for blood, fighting
iiercely and savagely to get a toe hold
on the regular berths. But Red isn't
letting any of the boys strole away
with honors as yet. There are more
than a dozen excellent prospects
clamoring for backfield jobs, and it
will require the functioning of a tre­mendous
amount of grey matter be-neathe
the red locks before the open­ing
of the season when the choice
morsels will trot out on the rectan­gle.
More than two dozen capable rod­ents
are waging a desperate battle to
land places along the forward wall.
Fiercer bucking and tackling is very
seldom seen than that which the rats
demonstrated during the few scrim-mags
in which Coach Brown's pro­teges
were permitted to indulge. For
the first time this season the rats
were permitted to strut their stuff
before the big gang Tuesday after-
Well we can't take anything for
granted in football, for instance last
fall the Panthers threw a scare in­to
the Tigers and held them to a
very close score. The Howard Bull­dogs
came along and the Plainsmen
romped to an easy victory without
exerting themselves to any great ex­tent
and with scrubs used during the
greater part of the game. When
Southern and Howard had their an­nual
little pow wow, Ham Stevens
and company gave the Cats the bat­tle
of their young lives and the score
resulted in. zero a deadlock.
Do you know that the longest
pass that resulted in a touchdown
teing scored last year was thrown
;?ixty-two yards? It was thrown by
•John Levi of the Haskell Indians
to Kipp who ran the remaining dis­tance
which was five yards. This
exceeds the one thrown by Dooley
of Dartmouth which went for fifty
yards into the waiting hands of
Biorkman, his team mate.
Maryland vs. Washington at Col- mingham-Southern?" Reply: "
lege Park. yes!"
Sewanee vs. Bryson at Sewanee. The gentleman of the base voice is
Kentucky vs. Maryland at Ken- n o n e o t h e r t h a n «E e d ) » w n o leads the
tucky. 'gang of ozone splitters and who, on
L. S. U. vs. State Normal at Baton v e r y f o r m a l occasions is sometimes re-
Rouge.
North Carolina State vs. Richmond
at Raleigh.
South Carolina vs. Erskine at
Columbia.
North Carolina vs. Wake Forest
at Chapel Hill.
ferred to as Mr. Charles Worth Rob­erts.
"Red" hails from Wadley, Alabama
and is in his junior year, having come
to the "fairest village" in the fall .of
'23. The Tiger cheerleader slipped in­to
the limelight when he assisted in
to consideration. A couple of injuries j Pepping up the freshmen at Drake
and any of the most likely conten- j Field during football practice. Last
and candidates for the track outfit
removed the moth balls from the
trunks and suitcases and came forth
with uniforms and ready to help
Coach Hutsell turn out another of
the squads for which he is justly
famous.
Of the nine letter men of last
year five are lost to the squad by
graduation, these men being Captain
Bobby Locke, Duke Marquis, M. V.
With this crowd of beauties on
hand gleaned from all sections of
the state, Coach Red isn't permitting
any grass to grow under his feet and
in the future we'll have a rat team
that the rats can crow about till the
cows come home or else there isn't
a cow in Alabama. Coach Brown
isn't making any bold predictions but
if the dope isn't changed radically
we are quite sure that the sorrel top-
And do you krtow that the long­est
goal from placement went from
the toe of our own "Clabber" Wil­liams
and exceeded fifty yards?
Djd you know that the longest
run to score a touchdown, from an
intercepted pass was made when.
Sern of Knox College snatched a
pass and ran from behind his own
goal line one hundred and four
yards.
And listen to this one. In a game-last
fall our own famous associate
coach, Aloys Papke, chunked &Jfoffg
pass to his playmate, Walter Pat-ton,
who ran the remaining distance
for a touchdown. Papke heaved the
pigskin from within, his own ten
yard marker and the play resulted in
a gain of over ninety yards.
Henry M. Benkert of Rutgers
scored sixteen touchdowns during
last season, scoring one hudred
points for his team, almost half of
its total.
Do you know that four hundred
tnd forty-three colleges in the
country played an average of about
nine games each last season? This
attests the popularity of the sport.
The University of Southern Cali­fornia
doesn't finish its schedule un­til
Dec. 12.
White, Cameron White, and Jerry | p e d n l e n t o r is more thati tickled with
Reeves. Four of these men were stars i t h e s p i r i t exhibited and the prospects
in th field events. , { for a winning team.
Those returning this year, and on
whom Coach Hutsell will depend for A. A. U. last spring. It will be re-a
nucleus around which the. new membered that Snyder showed his
team will be built are "Nurmi" Nel- [ dust to the whole field of college
son, "Pea" Green, Shorty Morrow, performers in that meet.
ders may see their chance go glim- season Roberts served as an assistant
r u n r i ! i cheerleader to Bill Wood, and his na-
The Southern Conference should tural ability as chief of the rah rah
experience one of its greatest sea- boys caused his selection for the im-sons
this year with the opposition portant post this year,
keener than ever. The renewed re- The sorrel top is one of those per-lations
between Georgia and Tech sons who are always well stocked
will permit these two institutions to j with an abundance of pep, ginger,
meet each other for the first time in and natural wit. Auburn has always
several seasons and the coming con-1 been known for her cheerleaders and
test is causing no small degree of ex- we feel assured that the present year
citement. will prove no exception.
Cliff Morrow, these men specializing
in the track events only.
Coach Hutsell will have to devote
most of his time in rounding up a
bunch of capable performers in the
field as this department has been
dealt a terrific blow by the demon of
all college sports, graduation, which
has stripped him Of a quartet of
satelites.
The outstanding men developed by
the rats last season were Snyder the
fleet footed who is sprinter par ex­cellence,
and Trapp in the high
jump. Both of these two stalwarts
coppied events in .the South Eastern
Snyder is at School this year and
will be available for duty but Trap
has not returned to the fold. His
presence will be missed as he is one
of the field men who will be needed
to give all around strength to the
outfit.
The track work, which was delay­ed
due to the firm opposition put
on by old Sol, began this week. Half
of last years cross country travelers
are lost, not returning to school this
year. These men are Captain Reeves,
Whigam and Station. Cliff Morrow,
who was not out last year will be
out this fall and ought to give a
good demonstration of how it is
done, judging from his gilt edged
work of last spring. Those returning
are Shorty Morrow, Belcher, and
Dawsey.
Of last year's freshmen there-are——^
Collum and Vicary who are expected
to show up very well this fall. Foot­ball
has been robbing its sister sport
of some of the men, as Greene, Sny­der,
and Nelson are out for the grid­iron
sport.
The Auburn Tiger Track team has
never bowed its head in defeat to an
opponent in a dual track meet during
the last four years and Coach Hutsell
is making every effort to keep the M
slate polished and clean. La?t spring •
the Tigers handed out a healthy de­feat
to the Tulane Greenies and fol­lowed
this up by running rough shod
over the Georgia Bulldogs.
Coach Hutsell is expecting to see
a large corps out for track this week
and urges everybody to come out
and get an assignment in one of the
events in the fall training. Coach
Hutsell has put Auburn on the map
in track and anyone who can afford
to do so, should come out and help^
the team continue the good work.
It is esseniial that there be as many
competing for places on track squad
as on any other team.
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J. L. Young, Leetie Gibbs,
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Previously, eight issues yearly have
been published, but this years staff
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The first issue will be out
October 1.
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OVER TWO HUNDRED NEW MEN
PLEDGED BY AUBURN FRATS
(Continued from Page 1)
J. B. Arnold, Jr. Birmingham, Ala.
P. S. Mertins, Montgomery, Ala.
J. T. Trawick, Jr. Dothan, Ala.
" Robert Blakely, Birmingham, Ala
Arthur Sanders, Dothan, Ala.
J. D. Sanders, Dothan, Ala.
W. S. Garfield, Jr. Dothan, Ala.
Dan Guy, Camp McClellan, Ala.
Sigma Phi Epsilon:
William B. Harris, Sheffield, Ala.
0. W. Baxter, Huntsville, Ala.
B. H. Saeger, Birmingham, Ala.
Thos. R. Gray, Jasper, Ala.
Robert Powell, Huntsville., Ala.
Hector M. Johnson, Bartow, Fla.
John TV McAllister, Huntsville, Ala
Howards W. Bland, Abbeville, Ala.
Wm L. Bullock, Montgomery, Ala.
<——^AJtoajC. Edwards, Tyler, Ala.
RoweU'lSrlBauley, Montgomery,
•Robert T. Price, Huntsville, Ala.
. Thos H. Curry, Sheffield, Ala.
Talmadge Clark, Jasper, Ala.
Sidney S. Stewart, Birmingham, m
Lambda Chi Alpha:
Harry D. Riley, Andalusia, Ala.
Seaborn J. Johnson, Talladega Ala.
Sam Spicer, Andalusia, Ala.
Walter N. Jones, Woodward, Ala.
- ifc&rbert S. Salmon, Bessemer, Ala.
Carroll Porter, Woodward, Ala.
J. B. Merrill, Jr. Birmingham, Ala.
J. B. Curtwright, Tuskegee, Ala.
Wm E. Cunningham, Bessemer,
James R. Reed, Altoona, Ala.
Theta Chi:
Chapman D. Rutherford, Montgom
ery, Ala.
T. S. Christopher, Gadsden, Ala.
Tom Walthall, Newbern, Ala.
, Paul Brinson, Mobile, Ala.
Louis Dean, Union Springs, Ala.
Oscar D. Asbell, Union Springs,
Alpha Gamma Rho:
W. B. Roberts, Vernon, Ala.
R. Turner, Vernon, Ala.
H. W. Haynes, Grady, Ala.
J. A. Johnson, Buhl, Ala.
J. A. Vines Geraldine, Ala.
D. C. Collins, Fayette, Ala.
Delta Sigma Phi:
J. D. Harvey, Birmingham Ala.
R. B. Howard, Birmingham, Ala.
G. W. Bland, Cullman, Ala.
Richard Mills, Birmingham, Ala.
F. W. White, Bimingham, Ala.
Alpha Lambda Tau:
__ _ L. H. King, Midway, Ala.
J. C. Watwood, Alexander City,
R. H. Boyd, Alexander City, Ala.
C. C. Sellers, Alexander City, Ala.
Bob Handley, Jasper, Ala.
T. C. Elliott, Butler, Ala.
F. H. Bush, Butler, Ala.
Harry Fulwiler, Jr. Buchanan, Va.
Jack Knight, Andalusia, Ala.
Phi Delta Chi:
R. H. Arnold, Seonia, Ga.
V -H. S. Peckinpaugh, Mobile, Ala.
. H. O. Partridge, Birmingham, Ala.
T. E. Wilkerson, Grove Hill, Ala.
V. L. Collins, Hartford, Ala.
L. R. Holcomb, Centre, Ala.
R. M. Howard, Rockford, Ala.
Sigma Phi Sigma:
J. W. Strickland, Montgomery, Ala.
J. P. Steen, Pineapple, Ala.
R. M. Hatcher, Hartford, Ala.
H. E. Cheatem, Greenville, Ala.
H. A. Flowers, Ozark, Ala.
j J. D. McCrory, Akron, Ala.
F. L. Laseter, Montgomery, Ala.
~Paul Smith, Montgomery, Ala.
A. H. McRae, Ft. Gaines, Ga.
John Mann, LaGrange, Ga.
«-,, Mike Fisher, Lagrange, Ga.
F. A. McLain, Hueytown, Ala.
C. T. Dinsmore, Hueytown, Ala.
Phi Kappa Delta:
W. K. Bartleson, Lake Wales, Fla.
R. H. Fayett, Ensley, Ala.
E. F. Herzog, Birmingham, Ala.
E. E. Logan, Lakeland, Fla.
J. J. Moseley, Pensacola, F! .
E. W. Peake, Pensacola, Fla.
W. D. Tyron, Pensacola, Fla.
• J. R. Vincent, Fairfield, Ala.
Tau Kappa Phi:
Guy M'. Tate, Selma, Ala.
Burnett Carter, Selma, Ala.
W. D. Cummings, Selma, Ala.
Edwig R. Jones, Childersberg, Ala.
Roy E. Hitchcock, Birmingham,
Ala.
Pi Omega Phi:
G. W. Alexander, Jr. Mobile, Ala.
C. G. Brocato, Huntsville, Ala.
Charles Cansler, Birmingham, Ala.
T. S. Davis, Jr. Oakfield, Ga.
K. W. Haines, Phenix, Ala.
Clarence Patillo, Birmingham, Ala.
G. N. Pulley, Birmingham, Ala.
H. M. Riddle, Birmingham, Ala.
E. W. Root, Huntsville, Ala.
Joe Webster, Sayer, Ala.
Sigma Theta:
G. H. Jester, Camp Hill, Ala.
B. H. Dyer, Camp Hill, Ala.
M. M. Cannon, Sylacauga, Ala.
D. L. Sharits, Birmingham, Ala.
Frank Perkins, Bessemer, Ala.
Cecil Garner, Blodget, Miss.
Ernest DeLoach, Wadley, Ala.
Len Renolds, Camp Hill, Ala.
Sigma Kappa Nu:
Clarence H. McQuagge, Dothan,
Ala.
George F. Holmes, Fort Deposit,
Ala.
Alex R. Garrett, Hope Hull, Ala.
J. Crew Sellers, Montgomery, Ala.
George A. Dozier, Mt. Meigs, Ala.
Leonard C. Yancey, Montgomery,
Ala.
George C. Costen, Red Level, Ala.
Tau Omega Chi:
W. A. Bonifay, Andalusia, Ala.
H. M. Cottier, Auburn, Ala.
H. A. Ellis, Ensley, Ala.
I. C. Kuykendall, Dawson, Ala.
L. K. Paul, Birmingham, Ala.
A. L. Smith, Dawson, Ala.
W. H. Yenni, Jr. Fairfield, Ala.
C. B. Phillips, Headland, Ala.
C. A. Christensen, Athens, Ala.
V. B. Watwood, Kellyton, Ala.
H. L. Satterfield, Cragford, Ala.
R. W. Stain, Georgians, Ala.;,'
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ate editors and the circulation man­ager.
To make all the engineering
students feel that this is their publi­cation
and not a journal of any par­ticular
section of engineering, a plan
has been worked out by which all the
engineering societies will be repres­ented
on the staff. Each society is to
elect one associate editor and one
other man as a member of the
"Board of Control." The associate
editor is to represent the society in
the publication of its articles, while
the other man will represent it in the
business matters of the magazine.
This is the first time that A. P. I.
has ever tried to publish a magazine
of this type. Since the above policy
has been adopted, the engineering
students can see that it is not pub­lished
by any one branch of engin­eering,
and earnest cooperation can
in every way will make this publi­cation
a success.
AUBURN REPRESENTATIVES
RETURN FROM CAMP PERRY
THE ALABAMA FARMER
ENTERS UPON SIXTH YEAR
(Continued from Page 1)
girls club work.
Subscription to the paper is en­tirely
voluntary as no student is re­quired
to subscribe upon matriculat­ing.
The staff of students receive
no compensation whatsoever for their
services but give their untiring ef­forts
to their college paper which
they put before the public in a splen­did
manner. It is financed and edit­ed
strictly by the students in agri­culture.
As is true in most papers
the advertisements pay most of the
expenses.
The policy of the publication is
controlled directly by four men, two
seniors and two juniors, who are
elected by the Ag. Club and are
known as the board of control.
The editor-in-chief is chairman of
„he board besides attending to his
numerous other duties.
The purpose of the Alabama Farm­er
is to advertise the college, to give
practical information to those inter­ested
in agriculture, to acquaint stu­dents,
alumni, and friends of the ins­titution
with local happenings; thus
the Ag. Students put over a real job
by being trained and worked coop­eratively.
The work of the Alabama Farmer
is being very ably carried on this year
by the following staff:
F. S. Arant, Editor-in-Chief; L. L.
Aldridge, Business Manager; O. C.
Helms, Managing Editor; S. R. Gib­bons,
Circulation Manager; J. B.
Stewart, Editor The Campus Farmer;
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being not more than fifty y.irds
from the water. Camp Perry is a
tent camp and the matchop are at­tended
by more than five thousand
of the best shots in the .voild. A
detachment of Marines serves sis
scores and regular army men have
charge of the pits.
Although the range is the largest
and the best in the United States,
the shooting is difficult, since the
weather is very changeable and the
winds which sweep across the lake
make it hard for even the most ex­perienced
shots to judge the win­dage,
particularly rn the long range
firing. The match was won by- a
Service Team.
A number of the. men on the
Fourth Corps area team placed in
the prize money in the National In­dividual.
The team did not place in
the National Team Match due to the
fact that, since they were one man
short, of the required number, it
was necessary for them to borrow"
the Second Corps worst'shot. This
was a big handicap to overcome.
The Auburn representatives re­port
the shooting was great, the
experience well worth while, and
that a good time v as had by all,
especially those who crossed the
lake and viewed Canada.
A. S. C. E. HOLDS MEETING.
The first meeting of the Ger (-: Si
Lane Chapter of the American So­ciety
of Civil Engineers took place
last Monday night, a large crowd
being on hand. This chapter was
formerly known as the Student
Branch of the A. S. C. E. but the
name was changed to the General
Lane chapter in honor cf the for­mer
head of the department.
Mr. A. T. Kendrick, the distin­guished
and polished president of
the Chapter, presided with all of his
usual firmness and dignity. This
most learned of Civils made a short
address of welcome to the members,
especially to the Junior.?, who will,
for the first time, share the cultural
and educational benefits of the so­ciety.
Mr. Kendrick also outlined the
policy of the society for the coming
year, and drew rose-tinted pictures
of the future of the organization.
An appeal was also made to the
literary members to rally to the sup­port
of the Auburn Engineer and to
make the C. E. section a standard
for the other departments to strive
for.
With Mr. Kendrick's peroration
concluded, the main speaker of the
evening, Prof. John A. C. Callan,
took the floor and delivered an in­teresting
and engaging talk. Prof.
Callan' stressed the importance of
learning to speak in public, adding
that the average engineer's inability
in this line is well known. He also
congratulated the society on its
good start for the year and assured
the members of faculty support at
all times. Prof. Callan's talk was
rewarded with tumultion applause,
especially when he concluded with­out
assigning a lesson or problem
for the following da*y, thus breaking
a record.
Promptly at eight o'clock the
members filed out without bloodshed
and the first meeting of the General
Lane chapter passed into history.
POST OFFICE NEWS
Promptly November 1st, if you
now get your mail in the general
delivery, please have same addressed
to your house Number and street,
remember this is very important in
that your mail be delivered on the
first trip.
Students cannot use the general
delivery after November, unless you
live outside of the delivery zone.
First, every house in Auburn,
should be supplied with a mail re­ceptacle,
and a number. They are
on sale at Toomers Hardware Store.
Mail for the following fraterni­ties
cannot be delivered and will
have to be returned unless some in­structions
aie revived in the next
7 days, >
Alpha Phi Epsi!->n, Botega, Bovi-nes,
Eta Kappa Nu, Gamma Sigma
Delta, Gamma Sigma Epsilon, Keys,
Lamps, Phi Delta Gamma, Phi Alpha
Phi, Rho Chi, Stags, Spade, Sigma
Iota, Scabbard & Blade, Scrabs,
Thendara, Tau Beta Pi, Yellow Dogs.
L. A. Knapp, P. M.
CHANGE IT!
He: What a queer name you have,
Miss Dunkleberg.
She: Well, you know what you can
do with it.
"The new star, Nova Pictoris, may
be a burning world," "says a news
dispatch. And probably every proud
mother on Nova Pictoris is entertain­ing
the bleief that it was her son
who set the world afire.
AT THE FIGHT
Woman Spectator: And is he a
vegetarian?
Her Escort: What makes you
think so?
Woman Spectator: You say he
has a cauliflour ear.
ALUMNI NOTES
From the June number of Light­ing
Fixtures and Lighting" we clip­ped
the following article. H. H.
Smith, mentioned in the article is
a graduate of Auburn having finished
in the class of '95. Another article
below also appeared in the August
issue of "Electrical South," an en­gineering
journal of the South.
"They had a big time down in Rich­mond,
Va., last month. Yes sir—a
real time over a real event. It was
a fixture event and it had to do with
W. B. Catlett, whom most people in
the trade know as one of the leading
fixture men of the south and a mighty
important factor in the lighting field
in Richmond and the surrounding
territory. '
"W. B. Catlett is a native product.
He was born in Richmond, started
business there, developed it there and
now occupies one of the most notable
fixture showrooms in the south or
anywhere, for that matter.
"That was the event about the
middle of last month—when the /W.
B. Catlett Electric Co., Inc., occupied
its handosme and imposing new struc­ture
on North Jefferson Street, at
110-112, near the Jefferson Hotel
and the exclusive residence section of
the city. It is just about twenty-five
years ago that W. B. Catlett started
business as an electrician and today
he boasts one of the most prosperous
establishments in the trade.
"H. H. Smith has been with the
Catlett Company for the past fifteen
years. He is a product of the old
Enos Company when they were lo­cated
at 371 Fifth Avenue, New
York, and was later connected with
their Canadian branch. He is a
member of the Illuminating Engin­eering
Society and is a familiar fig­ure
at the annual conventions of the
Lighting Fixture Dealers' Associa­tion."
* * *
"Formal opening of the new home
of the W. B. Catlett Electric Com­pany,
at 110-112 North Jefferson
Street, Richmond, Virginia, was held
about two months ago, at which time
the public was invited to visit the
showrooms and inspect the latest
models of electric fixtures. The
imposing structure houses what are
to be the finest lighting studios in
the South. Both interior and exte­rior
of the two-story, 30 by 100 foot
building furnish a splendid exempli­fication
of the Italian Renaissance.
The firm has discontinued its con­struction
and appliance departments
and is now concentrating its entire
energies on the sale of lighting fix­tures
and lamps.
"The first floor consists of a well-appointed
reception room, to the rear
of which is a series of studios, reach­ed
through French doors. There
studios, or alcoves, line either side
of the room and furnish what are
practically separate display rooms for
different types of fixtures. On the
opposite page is shown the reception
room, which one enters first on com­ing
into the store, while on this page
are views of the lighting fixture dis­plays
in the rear of the reception
room, which one enters first on com-
Auburn Baptist Church
9:30 a. m.---Sunday School.
11:00 a. m.—Morning Worship.
6:30 p. m.~B. Y. P. U.
7:30 p. m.—Evening Worship.
"Get The Church Habit"
USE KRATZER'S ICE CREAM
Your Local Dealer Has It
For your parties and feeds ask your local dealer to
order from us. Our products are Pasteurized, using best
ingredients, therefore necessarily PURE.
KRATZER'S
Montgomery, Alabama
ing into the store, while on this page
are views of the lighting fixture dis­plays
in the rear of the reception
room. W. B. Catlett is president of
the W..B. Catlett Electric Company,
which he established twenty-five
years ago in a small way, while H. H.
Smith, one of the best-known fix­ture
men in the South, is vice-presi­dent."
•
From the columns of the Thbmas-ville
(Ala.) Disgrace, weekly journal­istic
clarion of Clarke County, with a
circulation of at least twenty-five,
when it does not rain, price $3.00 per
year with three cans of Scotch King-
Snuff thrown in, conies the following
charge against certain members of the
Plainsman Staff:
"While we do not want to criticise
a paper or its policies unjustly, we
feel that the Plainsman, Auburn
school publication, has as its business
manager, a man who is extremely
crooked. As proof of this assertion we
mention the fact that our prominent
townsman, Soapy Phillips subscribed
to the paper mentioned, and did not
receive the first issue. The manager's
name is Fitz Thompson, and we per­sonally
believe he is a dangerous
crook and that he is not the man for
Mr. E. D. Ball, the editor of the pa­per,
to be associated with in any
way."
We were at a total loss to find out
just how the Disgrace found this em­blazoned
on it:
E. L. Tucker, publisher, editor-in-chief,
managing-editor, circulation
manager, business manager.
Earl Tucker, janitor and printer's
devil.
| The following clipped from the
social column will also be of interest
to Auburn men:
C. W. Phillips; of the State High­way
Department, came to town last
week. Mr. Phillips reports that the
: new highway will be completed by
jthe fall^f 1943. / '
For Sale^ Stove wood, stages and
staple goods, Bargains in gjffents sec-i
ond hand clothing. La/Pete De
I Spinks. Trading Palact. I
Earl Tucker was hostess to : ..c
members of the Debutantes club on
i Monday evening l)ast. <J)n leavling
every one expressed themsC^fes as
having had the most thoroughly en"»
' joyed evening of their career. A liv­ing
tribute to Mr. Tucker's ability
as a host. The guest were as follows:
Soapy Phillips and friend; Pete
Spinks and Friend; Earl Tucker and
friend; Fatty Dunning and friend.
Mr. Fatty. Dunning entertained
the elite of the conimufirtg^ i
candy pulling and break down
square dance on last Saturday night.
Guests were same as attended Mr.
Tucker's party, expression of the
wonderful time had ditto.
A New
Parker Pen
—At a New Price
*X.7S
with Larger Point and Rolled
Gold Band, #3.50
BOTH styles with 14K gold
point, made bjr Parker
Duofold craftsmen who make
the famous over-size pen at $7.
Otherpens at $2.75 and $3.50
have only nickel fittings—step
into your favorite store and
see the difference in your favor
if you buy a Parker.
© 1925 Hart Schaffner & Mane
^he college man has some smart ideas about
his fall clothes
HERE THEY ARE
TROUBLE BREASTEDS are going to be popular with young
*^ men this fall; a very definite type of two and three but-ton
model. You see k in the picture. A broad shouldered,
easy hanging model. Hart Schaffner &. Marx have produced
it just as college men want it; in the right colors-and fabrics.
We've priced it just the way young men want it—to give lots of value.
Two and three button single breasted ityles: everything right; extra trous­ers
with every suit.
$35.00 to $45.00
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