1925-01-10 The Plainsman

              TO FO R THE AUBURN SPIRIT
Vol. XXVIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1925. No. 16
ALABAMA POWER CO. MAKES BIG DONATION
SPECIAL FEATURES
FOR JUNIOR PROM
TO BE BIGGEST SOCIAL
EVENT OF YEAR
Star Musicians
It isn't an everyday occurrence
that Auburn and the South has the
opportunity to be treated to such
a rare occasion as 'those who trip
the fantastic toe' will be treated to
on the 22, 23, and 24th d,ays of
January.
When the youthful Mr. Harold
Oxley and his Cinderilla Roof Gar­den
Orchestra step from the train
sometime during the day of the
twenty-secnd, Auburn will indeed
be 'honored with some of the best
music since the advent of the Min­neapolis
Symphony Orchestra last
year. This gala group of young
gentlemen will be found to be. gen­tlemen
well versed in their art and
musicians of the highest type.
On the evening of the twenty-second,
at the Alumni Gymnasium,
when Mr. Oxley pulls his bow
down we will have a treat long
looked forward to. Mr. Oxley plays
our popular music to symphonic
arrangements so as to make Alex­ander's
Ragtime Band sound like
the poet and the peasant and then
at the necessary and opportune
time he will burst forth with "ho­kum"
that hardly he himself would
take notice of. „
Mr. Oxley has recorded for the
Okey and Paramount phonograph
people and, has a wide reputation
of being one of Paul Speck's fore­most
orchestras, which is saying a
great deal as Mr. Specks distrib­ute^
one hundred and fifty orches­tras
in the United States and sev­enty-
five abroad.
HOME ECONOMICS
CLUB ENTERTAINS
HOME AGENTS
REGISTRATION FEES
FOR SECOND SEMESTER
Students will register for the sec­ond
semester on Friday, January
23. The fees are as follows for
residents of Alabama:
College Fees $32.50
Student-Activities Fee 7.50
Laundry (Men) 12.00
$52.00
Students in pharmacy (except
freshmen in the four-year course)
pay an additional fee of $10 and
students in veterinary medicine
pay an additional fee of $5, each
semester.
Non-residents of Alabama pay
an additional matriculation fee of
$25.00 for each semester.
DEATH OF AUBURN STUDENT
Members of the student body
and others will regret to hear of
the dealth of Louis Flowers, a Jun­ior
in Electrical Engineering. He
was killed during the holidays
when a team of mules, which he
was driving, became frightened
and threw him from the wagon. His
home is Ozark; Ala. Flowers was
liked by all who knew him.
jnior Class as well as the
pllege suffers a great loss
h.
Sixty Guests Present
On last Tuesday night a Lunch­eon
was tendered the visiting Home
Demonstration Agents by the Au­burn
Home Economics Association
at the Tea Room. The luncheon
was given in honor of the fifty or
more Home Demonstration Agents
who are here taking a three day
course in Extension work.
Miss Henrietta Thompson very
capably filled, the office of toast-master.
Short talks were made by
the following special guests: Dr.
Dowell, Miss Harris, Dr. Petrie,
Mrs. Ross, Dr. Ross, and Mrs. Clara
Ellen Yarbrough. The guests were
favored with several musical se­lections
and other features. A de­lightful
course was enjoyed and a
very pleasant evening spent bjj| the
sixty or more guests present. .
MUSICAL COMEDY
ROSETIME COMING
JANUARY 13TH
Under Auspices of Wo­man's
Club
Glomerata Beauty Contest
The selection of the seven girls
for the Beauty Section of the 1925
Glomerata will be in the form of
a contest. Any one wishing to en­ter
a girl's picture may do so for
an entrance fee of $5.00, with the
assurance that this picture will ap­pear
in the Senior Favorite Section
if it does not win a place in the
seven page Beauty Section. (Pro­viding
that this section is not full.)
For .a fee of $3.50 any Senior
may place a picture in the Senior
Favorite Section. (As long as
there is space in this section.)
All pictures entering either of
these sections must be turned in to
the Glomerata Board before Febru­ary
1st, 1925.
FACULTY MEMBERS
ATTEND SCIENTIFIC MEET
Six members of the faculty at­tended
the American Academy of
Science held in Washington dur­ing
the holidays. The Academy is
held each year during the holiday
season and is attended by the fore­most
educators of the country and
matters of importance in the edu­cational
world are dealt with.
Dr. Allison, Professors L. S.
Good, F. E. Guyton, C. L. Isbell,
Dr. W. A. Gardner, and Dr. Cov­ington
were the members of the
Auburn faculty attending the Acadr
emy.
VIOLIN AND PIANO
RECITAL IN LANGDON HALL
The music lovers of A^uburn were
given a real treat last Tuesday
night, when they had the oppor­tunity
of hearing Misses Christine
«nd Ruth McCann render a very
fine program of violin and piano
compositions. The music was great­ly
enjoyed by all present. The
program was composed entirely of
classical or semi-classical selec-ons.
It is to be hoped that a program
of this type may be heard here
quite often, in the future.
A sparkling musical comedy,
"Rosetime," will be presented at
Langdon Hall in Auburn on Tues­day
night. It will be given by the
Wayne P. Sewellt Lyceum and Pro­ducing
Co., of Atlanta, Ga., under
the auspices of the Literary De­partment
of the Woman's Club.
The leading role of Rose Per­kins
will be taken by Mrs. Fred­die
Scott Lipscomb, whose lovely
soprano voice will add much to
the success of the production. The
other members of the cast are: Pat
Moulton, who will take1 the leading
man's part, Jerry Brown; "Snake"
Vaughan, who is expected to shine
in the part of J. Dillingham Jones;
Mrs. John Jackson will take the
part of Mile. Jacqueline Deauville,
the French Vamp; the part of Ma
Perkins will be taken by Miss Mary
Martin and Pa Perkins will be the
inimitable Prof. Baughman; it is
known that r"Skeet" Meadows, in
the role of Props. O'Riley will
make quite a hit; Babe Brunette
will be played by Miss Margaret
Lane who has always charmed her
audiences in character parts; Geo.
Kernodle will portray Percy Pea-body,
the rising young scenario
writer; and the part of Squint
Smith will be taken by Dryden
Baughman.
A beautiful chorus composed of
pretty girls and other characters
complete the cast. The opening
scene is a garden chorus, compos­ed
of eight attractive girls in gay
costumes with eight young men.
(Continued on Page 6)
EXTENSION SERVICE
HOLDS MEETING
DURING HOLIDAYS
Over Two Hundred Men
And Women Attend
The Annual Winter Farmer's
and Farmwomen's Conference was
held in Auburn during the week.
December 29 to January 2. The
Conference was called and held
under the auspices of the Agricul­tural
Extension Service. The ob­ject
of the Conference was "to
work out and adopt an agricultur­al
and farm home program for Ala­bama."
The gathering was a re­plica
with a number of improve­ments
of a like meeting held here
last year.
The Conference was attended by
County Agents, Home Demonstra­tion
Agents, Women County Work­ers,
Farm Organizers, Industrial
Leaders, and Agricultural Experts.
Each county in the state was rep­resented
by County Agents and
Home Demonstration Agents, and,
in addition, one farmer from each
county sent to the Conference by
the Farm, Bureau. Women repre­sentatives
were present from the
thirty-six counties in which the
Demonstration work has been or­ganized.
A total of over 200 men
and women were in attendance for
the meetings.
The subject matter discussed and
reported on by the various com­mittees
(the committees being se­lected
from among the delegates)
were: Field, Propagation, Fertiliza­tion,
Pasturage, Animal Husband­ry,
Agricultural Engineering, Plant
Distribution, Entomology, Organi­zation,
Marketing, Cooperative
Buying. The subjects discussed by
the women were: "The Standard
AUBURN TO HAVE MOST POW
ERFUL BROADBASTER
IN THE SOUTH
PLANS BEING MADE FOR NEW RADIO BUILDING
The donation of the broadcasting station WSY, by the Ala­bama
Power Company to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, makes
it possible for Auburn to have one of the most powerful and com­plete
stations in America. The new broadcaster will operate on
one thousand watts and will probably be located in a special radio
building. Educational and musical programs will be broadcasted
regularly for the benefit of America's huge radio audience. Mr.
Victor H. Hanson, trustee of the institution and publisher of The
Birmingham News, officially offered the set to the college as a gift
of the Power Company.
Examination Schedule
January 16th To January 22nd
A. M. Examinations begin 8:30 a. m.
P. M. Examinatiins begin 1 p. m.
SCHEDULE
Professors concerned will select period for"! subjects not arranged for
below. This applies particularly to one-hour subjects and to those
which meet on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15
7 p.m. Current Events.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10 (First hour subjects, 8 to 9)
A. M. FIRST HOUR subjects which meet daily, or on Monday, Wed­nesday,
Friday.
P. M. FIRST HOUR subjects not scheduled Friday morning.
- SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 (Second hour subjects, 9-10)
A. M. SECOND HOUR subjects which meet daily, or on Monday,
Wednesday, Friday.
P. M. SECOND HOUR subjects not scheduled Saturday morning.
MONDAY, JANUARY 19 (Third hour subjects, 10-11)
A. M. THIRD HOUR subjects which meet daily, or on Monday, Wed­nesday,
Friday.
P. M. THIRD HOUR subjects not scheduled Monday morning.
TUESDAY JANUARY 20, (Fourth hour subjects 11-12)
A. M. FOURTH HOUR subjects which meet daily or on Monday,
Wednesday, Friday.
P. M. Freshman Chemistry Lab. 103, and, subjects which conflict.
English 401 (begins 3 p. m.)
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, (Fifth hour subjects, 1-2)
A. M. FIFTH HOUR subjects which meet daily, or on Monday, Wed­nesday,
Friday.
P. M. FIFTH HOUR subjects not scheduled Wednesday morning.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 (Sixth hour subjects, 2-3)
A. M. SIXTH HOUR subjects which meet daily, or on Monday, Wed­nesday,
Friday.
P. M. SIXTH HOUR subjects not scheduled Thursday morning.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23
Second semester registration. The late fee will be collected after
January 24.
Class work, second semester, begins 8 a.m. January 20 (Monday).
HOME AGENTS GIVE
SCHOLARSHIP
Established In Memory of
Margaret Duncan
The Margaret Duncan scholar­ship
for a girl student at the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute has
been established by the home de­monstration
agents of Alabama. A
decision to award a scholarship
in memory of the daughter of Prof.
L. N. Duncan, director of the ex­tension
service, who died in Nov­ember,
1924, was made by the
home demnstration agents1 who are
in session here this week. They
called on Prof, and Mrs. Duncan
in a body and notified them of
their decision.
It will be a loan scholarship of
at least $250 each year and will be
increased until it amounts to
$1,000.
•—Montgomery Advertiser.
Farm Home," what it should be,
how supported, etc., The Recom­mendations
made by the women's
committee will be published in "An
Agricultural and Farm Home Pro­gram
for Alabama." The develop­ments
of the meeting by the vari­ous
other committees will be pub­lished
in a hand book with plans,
suggestions, and, detailed informa­tion.
Prof. L. N. Duncan, of the Ex­tension
Department, was in charge
of the men's meetings and Miss
Agnes Ellen Harris, dean of wo­men,
was in charge of the women's
meetings.
The men delegates were housed
in the Roys' Dormitory and the
women delegates in Smith Hall.
All were given their meals in
Smith Hall. For those delegates
not staying in the dormitories,
rooms were provided in private
homes and fraternity houses. It
was necessary to hold the confer­ence
during the holidays in order
to care for the delegates as ade­quate
facilities arc not available
during the regular school session.
Mr. Irving Patrick, editor-in-chief
of the Plainsman during the term
of 23-24, is seriously ill in the
South Highlands Infirmary of Bir­mingham.
"Pat" has many friends
in Auburn, all of whom wish him
a speedy recovery.
The Alabama Power Company,
one of the largest and most pro­gressive
companies of its kind, in
the south, is one of Auburn's great­est
benefactors. The company has
already made several generous do­nations
previous to this one and
have six scholarship students on
the college roll.
The donation of the set to the
institution is a fact of which Au­burn
is justly proud as it will
rank Auburn among the first in
the scientific development of ra­dio
communication. Auburn is in
fine shape to use such a gift to a
great advantage as the radio de­partment
of the college, under the
supervision of Prof. Arthur St.
Charles Dunstan and headed by
Mr. Malcolm Wilder, is one of the
most progressive of its kind in the
south. Laboratories for experi­mental
research, in both transmit­ting
and receiving, have been re­cently
completed and are ready to
be used in the advancement of the
science of radio. The department
also owns one of the best and most
widely known experimental relay
stations which is a member of the
American Radio Relay League and
is daily handling a number of mes­sages,
free of charge, for those who
wish to send them. With the ad­dition
of the equipment of WSY,
combined with that already being
used by WMAV, the radio depart­ment
will be one of the foremost
in the country.
WSY is widely known throughiut
the United States as they broadcast­ed
many good programs during
their period of operation. It was
operated on 500 watts. WMAV,
which was donated by The Bir­mingham
News, also has a host of
friends throughout the country. It
operates on 750 watts. These two
powerful sets will be combined in
the radio department here and re­built
into one 1000 watt super-broadcasting
station.
The design and construction of
this super-broadcaster will be en­gineered
by Mr. Malcolm Wilder,
under the supervision of Prof. Dun­stan,
head of the Electrical Engi­neering
Department of the institu­tion.
Mr. Wilder has a great deal
of experience along radio lines and
is well fitted for the task. He for­merly
operated an amateur station
of his own and also did commer­cial
radio telegraphic work at sea
for several years.
Auburn is very fortunate in ac­quiring
this generous gift and is
deeply grateful to the Alabama
Power Company and friends in­terested
in the donation.
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CONVERSATION
What student has not fallen into its snare? Is there a lad who
has not tasted its bitter dregs? The monster we speak of is the sly,
lurking, binding, fastening demon the "Bull Session." It is our opin­ion
that this monster is in a great way responsible for the majority
o* failures in colleges of today. Many students with good intentions
and great dreams of the future have had them blasted by this much
famed evil. Doubtless bright careers have ended in a "Bull Session."
You are bound to come in contact with them. It all depends on
whether or not you can evade the temptation to attend them too
often. They are so much easier to sit through than a lecture or a
study period, that they are indeed a sore temptation to the average
student. These sessions not only do very little good but they are
liable to do a great deal of harm for they are the best propagators
of false ideas, reports and opinions.
Let's wage a war on them. Make an amendment to your con­stitution
and join an "anti-bull session league."
The Plainsman wishes all of its friend.s a happy and prosper­ous
New Year.
We note that "crams" rhymes with "exams."
Seniors, '25, is now on the calendar as well as the tank.
JOB—A big question.
THE NEW YEAR
Ring out the old. Ring in the new. We are now living in the
New Year. Th* beginning of a year is always a time of great op­timism,
a lime of good resolutions and a time of general good feel­ing.
Has it affected you that way? Do you see any difference in
your mode of living since the twelve o'clock hour announced the
arrival of '25.
The New Year is the time to use the trash basket. Throw away
all those things which have worried you in the past. Clean up the
junk. Take stock of yourself. Find your biggest trouble and try
to remedy it. (This is not given for advice but is simply an effort
to try to cause someone to think.)
The term is not half over but let's begin the sprint. An Auburn
student body can hold it to the end. Get behind your institution in
every way possible. When any trouble comes up, make your deci­sion
and act accordingly, always having in mind the importance of
acting in such a way that will not cause you or your Alma Mater
trouble. Anyway the New Year is ours. Let's make it a big one.
IF ANYONE HAS
Got married,
Borrowed a stamp,
Made a speech,
Bobbed a bank,
Bought a Ford,
Sold a dog,
Lost her wallet,
Gone fishing,
Broken her neck,
Committed suicide,
Shot a cat,
Been away,
Come back home,
Taken a vacation,
Been in a fight,
(Jot licked,
Made a bad bet,
It's news.
Send it to the Editor at once! .
—The Howard Crimson.
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FACULTY WHO'S WHO
PROF. A. ST. C. DUNSTAN
Virginia has been the original
home of many distinguished men
and of many of our best known
and best liked professors. Profes­sor
Albert St. Charles Dunstan is
not, by any means, the least of
these.
He was born at Fredericksburg
of people who were originally from
England. His father was a min­ing
engineer for a number of Eng­lish
and American companies and
travelled a great deal over both
North and South America. The
son received his early education
in the public schools of Fred,er-ickshurg
and Roanoke, Virginia,
and the H. W. Griggs Academy at
Monte vallo.
The instinct of a man who has
the spirit of Auburn though he
may never have even heard of that
spirit, perhaps, brought him to the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute for
his college education. He received
his B. S. degree in 1889 in Civil
Engineering. During the next year
after graduate course he was
awarded the degree of Mining En­gineer
and of Civil Engineer the
following year. Graduate courses
at Johns Hopkins University and
the University of Chicago further
added to the knowledge which is
so abundant that even a student
marvels.
His first position was Professor
of Higher Mathematics at Scotts-boro
College, 1892-93. He then be­came
Associate Professor of Elec­trical
Engineering at the University
of Kansas. In 1899, Auburn had
the good fortune of seeing him re­turn
as Professor of Electrical En­gineering,
where he has been ever
since.
Besides "drumming" engineering
into hardheaded students, Profes­sor
Dunstan's work has taken him
into many fields. He was, at one
time, consulting electrical engineer
for the Kansas State Board of Char­ities,
electrical engineer for a num­ber
of cities and private compan­ies,
southern representative of the
American Engine Company, etc.
He has had a number of articles
published, in "Electrical World,"
"American Journal of Science,"
"Atrophysical Journal," etc., and
edited a magazine on engineering.
He has been an active member of
the American Institute of Electric­al
"Engineering and innumerable
other societies, a fellow in the
American Association for the Ad­vancement
of Science, and was, forj
a time, interpreter and translator
for the electrical world, being able
to speak several languages, among
which are German, French, Polish
Cecho-SIovakia and Russian.
The following statement comes
from an engineering student and
seems to be the sentiment of all
who know him. "He is a great
professor and can surely hold the
attention of his class. He is liked
by every and all students who ever
had any contact with him at any
time."
THE BULLETIN BOARD
9:30 A.
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7:00 P. M.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10
8:15 P. M. Auburn Radio Club, Club Room, Engineering Building.
Co-ed Basket-ball vs. U. of Chattanooga, Gym.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11
Sunday School, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Epis­copal.
Church Services, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Epis­copal,
Catholic.
Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, "Y.W." Hut.
Epworth League, Methodist Church.
B. Y. P. U., Baptist Church.
Christian Endeavor, Presbyterian Church.
Church Services, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian.
MONDAY, JANUARY 12
Auburn Players, 4th Floor Main Building.
Freshman Literary Society, 3rd Floor Main Building.
American Society of Civil Engineers, Eng. Building.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Eng. Bldg.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13
Varsity Basket-ball vs. Fort Benning, Gym.
Rosetime, Musical Comedy, Langdon Hall.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14
5:00 P. M. Home Economics Club, "Y. W." Hut.
7:00 P. M. Chemical Society, 2nd Floor Main Building.
Veterinary Medical Association, Vet. Building.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15
EXAMS!
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10
MORE EXAMS!
EXCHANGES
THE PIKER
He: "Just one kiss, please."
She: "If I let you kiss me once,
you'll want to kiss me again."
He: "No, I won't."
She: "Then you don't deserve to
kiss me at all."
—King College News.
Just after the apple hit him on
the head, Sir Isaac Newton became
suddenly serious.
"I realize the gravity of the sit­uation,"
he said.—Ex.
Correct this sentence: "Yes, doc­tor,
I do feel pretty bad, but I don't
want to miss any of my classes."
—The Reflector.
The heighth of laziness: to break
a cigarette in two so you will not
have to draw the smoke so far.
—Ex..
The automobile increases by
leaps and bounds; the pedestrian
decreases in spite of leaps and
bounds.—Judge.
Curl: "So Freddie proposed to
you on a postcard—did you ac­cept?"
Curls: "No, do you think I'd
marry a man who didn't care two
cents for me?"—Beanpot.
A FOOL THERE WAS
A fool there was and he stayed up
late,
Even as you and I,
And all he did was procrastinate,
Even as you and I;
He left his work to meet its fate,
Until Exams made him hesitate,
The highest he got was 68,
Even as you and I.
A fool there was andi he studied
late,
Maybe as you, not I,
He'd never loaf or dissipate,
Maybe as you, not I;
His Prof, he tried to imitate,
Alibies he'd never relate,
The lowest he got was 98.
It may have been you, not I.
—The Wildcat.
An Irissman upon landing in
America was met by two Ameri­cans
who said: "Mike, did you
know Satan is dead?"
"Satan dead?"
He gave them a penny. When
asked why he did so, he replied,
"I always contribute to orphans."
—The Collegian.
She: "Papa, what always makes
a man give a woman a diamond
ring?"
Her Father: "The woman."—Ex.
"Look here waiter, is this peach
or apple pie?" asked Bradley Ma­son.
,
"Can't you tell from the taste,
Sir?" asked the waiter.
"No I can't," answered Bradley.
"Well then," said the waiter,
"what difference does it make."
—The Blue and Gray.
AS YOU WERE
Buster Keaton tells this one.
For his new Metro-Goldwyn pic­ture,
"The Navigator;" which is
coming to the Post Theatre on Sun­day,
more than 300 negroes were
used as cannibals. In one scene
they were supposed to jump from
the deck of the ocean liner char­tered
for the picture. .
Buster divided them into five
classes and when the signal for
(Mass B came' to jump, one lone
California cannibal remained on
the deck.
"Don't you know what Class B
means?" asked Buster.
"Yessir, I does," came the reply,
"It means Ise goin' to BE here
when the others dive, and Ise goin'
to BE here when they comes back."
—Infantry School News.
Fresh Laws: "That's the short
for "you may call again."
"Is it true that in the air service
you are retired as a colonel after
fifteen years?"
"No, after two years you are re­tired
as an angel."
—The Davidsonian.
Fresh Laws: "I sure like my
girl. Every time I go to see her
she gives me the Y. M. C. A. when
I leave."
Greazer Austin: "Whazzat?"
Gloco: "Tell me, dear, if I prom­ise
never to mention it to a soul,
will you give me just one, long
lingering kiss before we part?"
Djer Kiss: "I should say I won't
—but I guess I will."
—The Davidsonian.
The old lady was timidly in­specting
the stock of spectacles.
"How much are these?" she ask­ed,
selecting -a pair.
"A dollar and half, madam."
"And how much without the
case?"
"Well, the case makes little dif­ference.
Suppose we say $1.45."
"What? Is the case only worth
five cents?"
"Yes, Madam," firmly.
"Well, I'm very glad to hear it;
it's the case I want."
And, placing a nickel on the
counter the dear old lady took up
the case and walked timidly into
the street, while the optician gasp­ed
for breath.—Pittsburgh Chron­icle.
Salesman (teaching her to drive)
—"In case of an emergency, the
first thing you want to do is to put
on the brake."
Hopeless—"Why, I thought it
came with the car."
—The Technique.
Raising the Ante.—She: "A pen­ny
for your thoughts."
Mr. Staylate: "I was thinking of
going."
Her father (at head of stairs):
"Give him half a dollar, Viola-it's
worth it!"—Tit-Bits (London).'
First "Rat": "Where is the show­er
bath?"
Second "Rat": "I haven't found
out yet—I've only been here a
month."
—The BulJ Dog.
0, MIN.
"My daddy's taller than yours,"
boasted Billie.
"He isn't retorted Jack, indig­nantly.
"My daddy's so tall he has
to stand on a chair to put, his col­lar
on!"
—Colby White Mule.
SHE KNEW ABOUT SHIPS
Sold Sailor—Yes, mum, that's a
mon-o-war.
Lady—How interesting! And
what is the little one just in front?
"Oh, that's just a tug."
"Oh yes, of course, tug-of-war,
I've heard of them."
—Bucknell Belle Hop.
THE COW
There is an
Animal that has
Four legs just like
Most animals;
And it has a tail,
And perhaps it
Has some ambitions,
But it is a
General failure,
For you never saw
This animal,
Which is a
Cow,
Dance, did you?
And, surely it can't
Skate or walk
A rope. In
Fact the cow
Lacks all senses
Of Grace and
Charming curves
So important
To other animals.
But the cow is
Just prosaic,
And I am not
Very optimistic
About the } •
Cow.
HURRAH FOR CRIME
He—How are you going to vote,
my dear?
She—In my green velvet walk­ing
suit with a hat to match.
—Dartmouth Jack o' Lantern.
He-—-You should see the new
altar in our church."
She—"Lead me to it!"
—Boston Transcript.
Mr. Killian: "Son, were you a
very good little boy at church this
morning?"
Ira: "Oh, yes, father, a man of­fered
me a whole plate full of
money and I said: 'No thank you.' "
—The Blue and Gray.
WHEN SOMEONE REALLY CARES
When you meet some disappoint­ment,
And you're feelin' kinder blue,
Or your plans have all got side-swiped
Or some friend has proved un­true.
When you're toilin', prayin', strug­g
l e ' ,
At the bottom of the stairs,
It's like a smile from Heaven
To know that someone cares!
Someone who appreciates
Who knows when someone tries
One who seems to understand,
And so can sympathize.
Someone who when far away
Still wonders how you fare,
Someone who never can forget,
Someone who really cares.
It sends a thrill of rapture
Through the framework of your
heart,.
And it stirs up all your feelin'
'Til the tear1 drops want to start.
For this life is worth a livin.'
When someone your troubles
shares
Life is truly worth a livin'
When someone really cares.
This world is not all sunshine
Many days dark clouds disclose,
There's a cross for every joy-bell,
Ami a thorn for every rose,
But the cross is not so grievous,
Nor the thorn the rosebud wears,.
And the clouds have silver linj,
When you know that
cares!
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Opelika and Auburn
IN AUBURN TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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Carrollton Hens Keep to
Lead in Auburn Egg Race
A pen of 10 White Leghorn hens
owned by F. A. Rew, Carrollton,
Ala.., held first place at the end
of the ninth week of the national
egg laying contest or demonstra­tion
in progress here, according to
an offical report made by John E.
Ivey, head of the poultry depart­ment.
Another pen of the same breed
owned by W. J. Hagood, Town
Creek, Lawrence county, held sec­ond
place. The 10 hens belong­ing
to Rew laid 340 eggs in nine
weeks, and those belonging to Ha­good
had laid 319 eggs.
Third place was held by the
Happy Poultry Yards, of Memphis,
Tenn; the fourth by The Great
Southern Poultry Farm at Line-ville.
Mrs. Alice T. Peart, of Lox-ley,
Baldwin county, held fifth
place.
The five highest pens are White
Leghorns, and the sixth is a pen of
Buff Orpingtons owned by Judge
Sam High, of Ashville.
In his report Mr. Ivey called at­tention
to the fact that production
the ninth week was almost ex­actly
that of the eighth week, des­pite
the fact that rain fell every
day and the hens -were kept in
houses all the time.
There are 96 pens of 10 each in
the contest, and at the end of the
ninth week they had laid 15,584
eggs. Production during the\ ninth
week was 2,569 eggs.
Alabama Hens Top New
York Poultry in Egg Laying
Save Money on your Board
at the
Students Club
and Dining Hall
3 Meals Per Day $20.00
2 Meals Per Day $16.00
You also get the choicest of
foods cooked by chefs of long ex­perience.
Special Attention To Feeds And Banquets
If egg laying contests conducted
in Alabama and New York are fair­ly,
representative, Alabama is a bet­ter
Poultry state than is New
York. On Nov. 1, 1924, a contest
was started here and at the New
York College of Agriculture, andi
reports to date show that the Ala­bama
hens are far ahead of the
New York hens in production.
A report received by John E.
Ivey poultry specialist here, for
the eighth week of the New York
contest shows that 1,000 hens in
that contest laid 1,060 eggs dur­ing
the eighth week, while 960
hens in the contest at Auburn laid
2,576 eggs. Not one of the New
York hens made 100 per cent,
while 22 of the Alabama hens
scored 100. The percentage pro­duction
in New York was 15.1,
compared with 38.33 per cent
here. The highest pen in New
York produced 35 eggs, while the
highest in Alabama produced, 49.
This is accepted by Mr. Ivey as
further evidence in favor of poul­try
and egg production in Ala­bama.
—The Birmingham News.
Freshman Lit. Society
Holds Live Meeting
Right after the holidays when
everyone was rather tired, and not
at all enthusiastic about things
scholastic, the Rat Literary Socie­ty
held one of their best meetings.
It was of course, rather hard to
present a regular program after
everyone had been away from the
college for so long, yet a clever
impromptu program was enjoyed
by all. Such interesting things as
"How did she treat you during the
holidays?" and "Where were you
at one A. M. last January the
first?" were the subjects under
discussion and some very humor­ous
replies were made. All were
particularly interested in a talk by
Professor Evans in which he told
about his trip to Richmond, Phila­delphia,
and historical points of
interest. There will be a meeting
next week, and as the program
committee has promised one of
their best programs to finish up
the semester, we ask everyone to
be present.
ALUMNI NEWS
A. B. Hall, '19, is now principal
of Geraldine High School of De-
Kalb Cotinty for his third consecu­tive
year.
E. M. Creel, '24, is connected with
the Extension department.
W. H. Bostick, '24, is teaching
vocational agriculture at Eclectic,
Ala.
R. M. Powe, '24, is located at
Lynn, Mass., where he is taking a
General Electric Company practi­cal
course.
R. L. Simpson, '24, is also with
the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing
Company.
F. K. Stockelbcrg, '24, is located
with the Havana Electric Com­pany,
Havana, Cuba.
Wilsonian Literary
Begins Work Promptly
The Wilsonian Literary Society
met last Tuesday night, and al­though
there was no program a
considerable amount of business
was handled. The committee on
the coat of arms and Society col­ors
reported, and, submitted a de­sign
for a seal and the colors as
purple and gold. The color reso­lution
was read in the form of an
amendment and will be voted on
next meeting. Another commit­tee
made a request that all mem­bers
look out for unofficial notices
on the bulletin boards and else­where.
Everyone is asked to come
next time as it will be the last
meeting of the semester and the
new officers will be elected. Its
the last meeting, lets do things-up
in fine, shape by a large attend­ance.
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For The Dances
TUXEDOS
and Assessories
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What 'will you remember
from your college training?
Alton Brick Company .
Alton, 111.
Binghamton Brick Company
Binghamton, N. Y.
Central Clay Products Co.
(Distributors MACK Paving Brick)
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Cleveland Brick & Clay Company
Cleveland, Ohio
Clydesdale Brick & Stone Co.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Coffeyville Vitrified Brick&Tile Co.
Coffeyville, Kans.
ColHnwood Shale Brick Company
Cleveland, Ohio
Francis Vitric Brick Company
Boynton, Okla.
Georgia Vitrified Brick & Clay Co.
Augusta, Ga.
Globe Brick Company
East Liverpool, Ohio
Hfsylvania Coal Co.
Columbus, Ohio
Hocking Valley Brick Company
Columbus, Ohio
Independence Paving Brick Co.
Independence, Kans.
Metropolis Paving Brick Co.
Pittsburg, Kansas
Metropolitan Paving Brick Co.
Canton, Ohio
Mineral Wells Paving Brick Co.
Mineral Wells, Texas
Moberly Paving Brick Company
Moberly, Mo.
Murphysboro Paving Brick Co.
Murphysboro, 111.
Nelsonvillc Brick Co.
Nelsonville, Ohio
Peebles Paving Brick Company
Portsmouth, Ohio
Purington Paving Brick Company
Gales burg. 111.
Southern Clay Mfg. Company
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Springfield Paving Brick Company
Springfield, III.
Sterling Brick Company
Olean, N. Y.
Streator Clay Mfg. Company
Streator, 111.
Thornton Fire Brick Co.
Clarksburg, W. Va.
Thurber Brick Company
Ft. Worth, Texas
Toronto Fire Clay Company
Toronto, Ohio
Trinidad Brick & Tile Company
Trinidad, Colo.
Veedersburg Paver Company
Veedersburg, Ind.
Western Shale Products Company
Fort Scott, Kans.
Westport Paving Brick Company
Baltimore, Md.
AS THE YEARS go
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much of the material
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— B U T — b e sure
you don't forget the
FUNDAMENTALS!
Ground yourself so
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A good boy may not become a
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When a man makes a mistake
in marrying he is as much asham
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tion bet.
Fault-finders are disgusted, when
tliey bump up against perfection.
Short Stories.
Genius.
She (sarcastically, out walking)
—This reminds me of Robert
Louis ,Stevenson's "Travels With
A Donkey."
He—"Yes, I do feel like an
author tonight."—Colorado Dodo.
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15 Commerce St.
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Good Clean Rooms
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Also an Apartment for light
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SHE RECOGNIZED IT
The old lady came out of a half
doze as the train approached a
station. "Where are we, Bobby,"
she asked.
I don't know, grandma."
"But didn't the conductor call
out some thing just now?"
"No, grandma, he just stuck his
head inside the door and sneezed."
"Bobby," she exclaimed, "quick,
help me with these things! This
is Oshkosh."
—Railway Life.
Lots of the boys that were some­what
doubtful are now absolutely
sure that there is' no Santa Claus.
The cross word, puzzles are well
named. One is always having to
cross the room or the hall to ask
about some word that is beyond
his comprehension. "Governor"
Bradley claims to be the cross
word puzzle king, but wi believe
that Jack Stockelberg runs him a
close second.
Students Lunch and Recreation Room
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You have taken your fun where
you have it
You have roamed and ranged in
your time
But if you don't study for exams
You will have to pay the fine.
A TRADEGY
Deep in the jail, out of sight
Many long days will be put
Het not only ran over the red light
But also the traffic cops foot.
Hush little sock don't you cry
You will be on your feet bye and
bye.
A man walked out of a twenty
story building today and was not
injured in the least. Sure, he
walked out on the ground floor.
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A COMPLETE LINE OF HARDWARE
It is surely too bad that the
exams start so soon, for lots of the
boys came back with enough bull
about what they did during the
holidays to last at least three
weeks of continuous bull parties.
Archie Shaffer wants all of his
supporters to know that all reports
of his having withdrawn from the
race for May Queen are untrue,
and that he has even selected his
costume while at home during
the holidays so you see that it is
up to you to give him your sup­port.
A blindfolded man could easily
tell that he was in Auburn. All
that he would have to do would
be to try to get some water or step
out into the street and mire up in
the mud.
There are lots of us who think
that we ought to either get sonte
copies of the Blind Tigah or a
dollar and a quarter back.
If Santa left anybody anything
that he dosen't want he can dis­pose
of it at the dormitory for
male students. Cicero Muse is tak­ing
the collection to send to the
perishing swamp rabbits of Asia.
A girl masquerading as a boy
ran away from home. The local
newspaper came out with these
headlines the following day.
Flees In Fathers Pants.
It is too bad that so much sleep
will have to be lost this month.
It is hard to tell which will cause
more sleepless nights the exams
or the dances. We bet that the
Seniors will all vote in favor of
the exams. Maybe some of the rest
will too.
Little bits of powder and little
bits of paint oft times make the
Coed,s look like just what they
ain't.
Lots of us had forgotten that
there was such things as grits but
we remembered it again as soon
as we sat down to an Auburn meal.
There is a man in the moon the
sailors say. And how do they
know? Well they have been to
The electric light company will
mop up for the next two weeks.
They ought to give special rates
during exams.
It is quite noticeable that self
made men often feel a little too
proud of the job.
Caesar cried the clerk as
girl bandit rushed out.
the
THE
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ADVICE AND ACCOMODATION
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
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Presbyterian Church
Start the New Year by attending Church
Mr. Miles will preach
11:00 A.M. IDEALS 7:30 P.M. "SO BIG"
ID
Auburn Baptist Church
Regular Services
11:00 A. M. 7:30 P. M.
We are for Auburn always
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Piercing the Great Divide
West of Denver is the Continental Divide; hemmed
in behind it is an undeveloped district twice as
large as Maryland. That fertile area the new
Moffat Tunnel will open up.
General Electric mine locomotives are carrying out
the rock, and G-E motors are driving air compres­sors
and pumping water from underground rivers.
The conquests of electricity on land and sea, in
the air and underground, are making practical the
impossibilities of yesterday. It remains only for
men of ability to find new things to do tomorrow.
Thus does Opportunity of 1925 beckon college men
and women toward greater things as yet undreamed,
and to a better world to live in.
The General Electric Com­pany
includes many special­ists—
engineers who know
about tunnels; engineers
who know about street light­ing;
engineers who know
about the electrification of
factories. These men are
helping to build the better
and happier America in
which you will live.
If you are interested in
learning more about what
electricity is doing, write
for Reprint No. AR391 con­taining
a complete set of
these advertisements.
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THE PUUHgjjAjj
AUBURN ATHLETES
MADE GOOD
RECORD IN 1924
r
Fine Showing Made
Against Strong Opposi­tion
In All Branches
While only one championship
Li was won by the Tiger cohorts dur-
~ , ing the year 1924, still the Auburn
representatives made a good name
for themselves and kept up the old
Tiger tradition of fighting it out
to the finish, no matter who or
how strong the opponent might be.
The basketeers, captained by
Fred Hahn, got off to a good start,
and captured several hard fought
games in the beginning of the sea­son,
but as the year wore on, the
cagemen wilted under the heavy
schedule and, were obliged to bow
' to Georgia, Tech, and others. When
hte Atlanta tournament rolled
around, the Tigers were doped to
drop out in the first round, but
the Auburnites gave the dope buck­et
a gentle push, and pounced up­on
the Techsters and administered
unto them a hearty trouncing.,
This upset brought together for
the first time in several years the
Auburn and, Alabama teams. Some
•were inclined to view this turn of
» events with alarm, and spoke va­guely
of riots, bloodshed, and the
like. However, the fears of the
pessimists were groundless, for,
although the Tigers were beaten by
» a substantial score, they fought
hard and played like real sports to
the end, while the 'Bama men dis­tinguished
themselves throughout
the game for their clean and sports­manlike
playing.
While the Varsity basketeers
were carrying on, the inhabitants
of the Zoo were dabbling in the
cage game also, and right well did
^ t h e y uphold the, reputation of the
school. Going up against some
strong opposition, Cutey Brown and
her playmates enjoyed a season of
unmarred defeat, and were declar­ed
Southern Champions for the
second successive year.
When springtime came and the
' young man's fancy lightly turned
to baseball, etc., the Tiger diamond
artists found a new coach at the
i helm. While Ned Cole's team was
not a great success, as far as games
won and lost were concerned,
some good players were developed
who give promise of making the
the Tiger combination a winning
»- one this year.
Meanwhile the tracksters, under
the guidance of Coach Hutsell, were
enjoying a very successful season.
M Three strong teams were met and
fethc Tiger cinderpath artists were
W returned victors in every one. Geor­gia,
Georgia Tech, and Tulane were
the* victims of the Auburn prow­ess.
In the big S. .1. C. meet held,
in Montgomery, the Tigers made
an excellent showing, but were no
- match for the powerful Mississippi
Aggies team. Some unlucky breaks
and accidents prevented the
Orange and Blue runners from
amassing a much larger score.
With the return from the summer
vacation, everyone bent their ef­forts
toward producing a cham­pionship
gridiron squad. The goal
was not reached however, though
for a while it looked as if the
Tigers were going to be right
around the top somewhere. Not
%. an enemy score was rung up in the
first five games, and only one tie
marred the perfect record of the
Plainsmen. V. P. I. was the team
to knot the count, while Howard,
Birmingham-Southern, Clemson and
L L. S. U. fell before the march of
L t h e Tigers.
W The vicious schedule undertaken
L- by the Tigers now began to tell on
them, and the Auburnites were
forced to bow in the last four
contests , all of which were
d M a r d fought. The ferocity with
• t t c h the Tigers fought off their
B y ^ s is shown by the fact that
• f e t defeat was by a 13 to
^ L ' h c of Vander-
I SPORTS
TIGER CAGEMEN DROP
PAIR TO GREENIES
Bill McKinney Shines For
Tigers In Both Contests
While the student body of Au­burn
were more or less joyfully
taking up their school work after
the Christmas vacation, the Tiger
basketeers were down in the City
of the Sacred Pelican, absorbing
Iwo beatings from the Greenie
cagemen. In the first game the
Louisianans rolled up 33 points to
the Tigers' 18, while the score of
the second contest was 45 to 31.
For their first defeat, the Tigers
can largely thank Carl Lind, the
Greenies' captain. The Tulane
leader was all over the floor and
broke up the Auburn attacks short­ly
before they started.
Bill McKinney proved, to be the
Shining light for the Auburnites.
He not only proved to be a good
all-around player, but had a good
eye for the basket, scoring exactly
half of the Tiger points. Wallace
also held up the family rep by
playing an excellent game at for­ward
and ringing up four more
markers for the Tigers.
The game was rather dull at the
beginning, as both teams were so
determined not to let the other
score, that they did not give much
attention to the offensive depart­ment.
At the end of the first half
the score stood 10 to 5, in favor
of the Orleaneans.
With the beginning of the sec­ond
half, the five man defense be­gan
to loosen up in favor of a
little more offensive work. Un­happily
the Tulane bunch became
a little more offensive than the
Tigers, and therefore began to ring
up goals with alarming rapidity,
although Bill McKinney would slip
in an occasional long shot for the
Auburnites.
In the second affray the Greenies
started off with a rush, scoring
three goals before the game was
well under way. After this the
Plainsmen tightened...up somewhat,
but were unable to do much scor­ing,
the first half ending with the
score 23 to 10 in favor of Tulane.
The old Tiger rally was staged
in the second half, and for a time
it looked as if the Auburnites
would sweep the Greenies aside.
However, the local defense stiffen­ed
and the Auburn offensive died
down, after giving the Tulane co­horts
a bad scare.
Captain Lind again playedi a good
game for the victors, but the out­standing
performers for the New
Orleans school were the Hennican
brothers. Ellis at forward pre­sented
his team with ten points,
while "Bugs" at the guard posi-
(Continued on Page 6)
hilt. This is not a lopsided score
by any means, especially when it
is considered that one of the touch­downs
in this game came as a re­sult
of a recovered fumble.
As the year gradually drew to a
close another team trotted out to
defend the Auburn colors, this time
on the open roads. The cross­country
team, composed largely of
new and inexperienced men, met
the veteran Georgia combination
and held them to a 25-30 score. In
the Birmingham Athletic Club road
race the Tigers placed fourth
against the leading teams of the
South, quite an achievement for a
green aggregation. A real star
seems to have been unearthed in
the person of Shorty Morrow, who
finished sixth in the Birmingham
race, beating ouj Ritcher, the for­mer
champion. Morrow has won
the first cross-country letter to be
awarded at- the school, and as he
is only a sophomore, some great
things are expected of the sawed-off
one before he leaves.
CAGE MENU FOR 1925^
December 17 Mercer, Macon, Ga.
December 18 Albany Y., Albany, Ga.
January 5-0 Tulane, New Orleans.
January 13 Fort Benning, Campus.
January 17 Georgia Tech, Campus.
January 23 Naval Air Sta., Pensacola, Fla.
January 24 . Spring Hill, Mobile.
February 7 Georgia Tech, Atlanta.
February 9 - Georgia, Athens.
February 12 Fort Benning, Fort Benning.
February 14 Birmingham A. C, Campus.
February 19 - Georgia, Campus.
February 27 S. I. C. Tourney, Atlanta.
Pending — Birmingham A. C., Birmingham.
Pending Mercer, Campus.
CO-ED MEETS
CO-ED TONIGHT
AUBURN CAGEMEN
HAVE TOUGH MENU
Thirteen games, with two more
pending and the S. I. C. tourney
are on the Tiger's schedule for
the 1925 cage season. It is to be
hoped, that the two pending games
will be officially decided upon,
for it is asking a great deal of a
team to go through with a thirteen
game schedule.
Six conference games are in
store for the Auburnites: Tulane,
Georgia, and Georgia Tech each
having two dates. The Alumni
Gymnasium will be the scene of
four conflicts: Fort Benning, Geor­gia
Tech, B. A. C, and Georgia all
paying a visit to the village during
the winter. It is possible that
Mercer will also call upon the Au­burnites,
but this game is not def­initely
arranged.
Several trips of varying length
are in store for the Plainsmen.
RAT CAGE
PRACTICE STARTS
Wednesday afternoon at three
o'clock the gymnasium swarmed
with the applicants for positions on
the F'reshman basketball team. No
greaF- number of the same kind of
uniforms donned the First Year
Hopefuls. Although it is too early
to make any rash predictions, we
may safely say that this year's
quintet will compare favorably
with that of any of our rivals and
that's not "baloney." Coach Cole
received the large delegation with
with open arms and; a smile of
gratitude.
To be sure there was enough
human flesh in the old Gym. to
enrapture any true lover of sport.
There were tall boys and short
boys, large boys and small boys,
fat boys and lean boys, well built
boys and boys out of proportion,
indifferent boys and boys nervous
The first was to Georgia, where t p t h e p o i n t o f p r o s t r a t i o n . i ? | f a ct
Mercer and Albany were met, both there was hardly a single type of
games being lost by close margins.
Then the Bunkermen travelled to
the Mardi Gras City, where the
strong Tulane aggregation was en­countered,.
In the latter part of
January another trip will be made
to the Gulf Coast, Mobile and Pen­sacola
being listed as the stopping
places.
A most important journey will
be made in early February, when
the Tigers stage their second
"March through Georgia" for the
purpose of meeting Georgia Tech
and the University, in Atlanta and
Athens respectively. Then the Au­burnites
will, jog over to Fort Ben­ning,
where the infantrymen will
be met.
The Plainsmen will leave home
for the last time on February 27,
when they again sojourn to the
sister state to the right, this time
to enter the lists against the flow­er
of the South. Last year the
American youth absent from the
assembly. There was one point in
common, however, and that was
the "Where.am.I-at" expression
which was plainly evident on their
eager countenances.
As usual the High School stars
will come in for a great part of the
expectancy, but it is our advice to
watch the "green rats"; they will
be quite a novelty, for rodents of
that peculiar hue are very rare.
The date of their first home ap­pearance
will be announced, later,
together with a complete schedule.
Bats, get behind your team and
show a little post-season pep.
Plainsmen lasted one game longer
than expected, the Yellow Jackets
losing to the locals in the first
round of the tournament. How­ever,
the strong 'Bama bunch stop­ped
the Auburnites on the follow­ing
night.
Speaking Of Sports
With the big intersectional games been the savior of football, in, that
now over, King Football can be
pronounced, officially dead, and
King Basketball can be acclaimed
as the Ruler of Sports.
Although Thanksgiving is sup­posed
to be the official date for
the demise of the Gridiron Ruler,
the old boy hung on a long time,
and didn't really breathe his last
until New Year's Day.
At that, the disputes over rules
and All-American teams, to say no­thing
over the various post-mortem
excuses for the failure of various
teams will probably last well into
the baseball season.
Several reformers have been
croaking about the forward pass
and some have gone so far as to
say that a touchdown resulting
from this variety of attack should
count only three points.
To our unsophisticated minds,
this looks to be the heighth of fool­ishness.
The forward pass has
the smaller teams have been plac­ed
on a more even footing with the
larger ones. /
While it is harder to push aside
an opposing team and buck one's
way over for a touchdown than
to flip a short pass to somebody
out in open territory, it must still
be remembered that a successful
pass calls for some real brainwork
and teamwork.
A great deal of brawn is requir­ed
for a steady driving offense, but
a light, heady team can more than
hold its own by means of the aerial
Damsels of Chattanooga and
Auburn To Battle At Gym
The Alumni Gymnasium, after a
comparatively quiet summer and
fall will resound with war-whoops,
battle-songs, and cries of "No Quar­ter"
tonight. For the fair repre­sentatives
of the University of
Chattanooga will, stage an invasion
of Auburn, and the Zooties will be
right on hand to repel boarders.
Fierce indeed will be the con­flict,
for the ordinarly quiet, de­mure,
and lady-like inhabitants of
Smith Hall will become regular
Tigresses on the Gym floor, and
throw all laws of etiquette and de-corum\
to the four winds when de­fending
the honor of the Alma
Mater against outsiders.
After enjoying two undefeated
seasons the Coeds tripped up in
the very first'game this year, bow­ing
to the Ladiy Petrels shortly be­fore
Christmas. The Auburnites
showed some good team work in
this game, but were unable to
overcome the great individual play­ing
of >Iiss Nichols, that young
lady gathering sixteen of the twen­ty-
two points amassed by the
Georgians.
As a result of this defeat the Co­eds
are going about with blood in
their eyes and promise to make
Chattanooga pay for the indignities
suffered at the hands of Oglethorpe.
Just how calmly the Tennesseans
will take this remains to be seen.
The game is certain to be an in­teresting
one, as the Co-eds have a
veteran team) while the visitors are
also bringing down a strong aggre­gation.
This contest will start the
local cage season, and will be the
first of several campus games, the
Co-eds taking part in three, while
the Varsity will appear in the re­maining
four.
attack. In the last analysis, the
forward pass is simply a triumph
of mind over matter, and by even­ing
up the teams has brought foot­ball
to heights of popularity never
before reached by the gridiron
sport.
The first game of the local cage
season should be a humdinger.
Oglethorpe has proved to the Co­eds
that they are not invincible,
and therefore they should put out
some real basketball. In fact, it
will be entirely necessary to do
so, as Chattanooga is bringing
down a strong team.
Next Tuesday, unhappily the
thirteenth, the Varsity will make
their first local appearance of the
season.. The Tigers—have found
the going rather rough in the
opening games, but expect to make
a new start with Fort Benning
here.
SOLDIERS TO
BATTLE TIGERS
NEXT TUESDAY
After the Benning game, the
Georgia Tech Jackets will be met
here a week from today. Coach
Bunker has a new team here this
season, but they are certainly get­ting
plenty of experience. They
ought to be able to act like sea­soned
veterans by the time the S.
C. I. tourney rolls around.
Co-Ed Record
Dec. 13, Auburn 18 Oglethorpe 22 Atlanta, Ga.
Jan. 10, Auburn vs University of Chattanooga Campus
Jan. 24, Auburn vs Oglethorpe Campus
Jan. 30, Auburn vs Howard Birmingham
Jan. 31, Auburn vs Birmingham-Southern Birmingham
Feb. 13, Auburn vs Piedmont College (Pending) Campus
Feb 20, Auburn vs Piedmont College Demorest, Ga.
Feb. 21, Auburn vs Chattanooga University Chattanooga
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Infantry Bringing Strong
Team From Benning
After four unsuccessful attempts
to bring home the proverbial bacon
from as many road games, the Au­burn
cagemen will play their first
home game of the season on next
Tuesday. For opponents the Tig­ers
will have the Infantry team
of Fort Benning, and they are ex­pected,
to be quite worthy ones, too.
Although the Tigers have been
a bit slow getting started this year,
.here is plenty of good material
on the team, and and when the
newer players receive the proper
amount of collegiate experience
the team will be hard to head.
The two McKinneys, Wallace and
Bill, have been doing some great
work, while Hall and Long have
also been showing up well. Taken
as a whole the greatest handicap
of the team is the lack of height,
but the Plainsmen are more than
making up for this with their
scrappy work.
Only three letter men of last
year will be on hand when the Tig­ers
take the floor next Tuesday,
;hese being the. two McKinneys and
Barks. Captain Hahn, Duke, Har­rison,
and Creel have joined the
ranks of the departed heroes, leav­ing
an aching void in the Auburn
ranks.
Just what lineup Coach Herb
Bunker will send in at the begin­ning
is not certain, but it is be­lieved
that the two McKinneys will
be found at forward, Hall at cen­ter,
with Gray and Long holding
down the guardi positions.
Fort Benning is sending down an
unusually strong team this year
and the Tigers will have to step
lively to keep ahead of the Dough­boys.
No less than three of the
five are former West Pointers,
while the remainder are tried and
true veterans of the court.
Included in this trio of former
Pointers are McQuarrie and Smy-the,
two All-American football
players, who are equally proficient
on the gym floor. George Smythe,
Army quarter who dealt so much
misery to Auburn when the Tiger
griddiers invaded the North, will
be seen at forward. NHe is said to
be a whiz at the cage game, and
certain it is that he will show
plenty of speed if nothing else.
McQuarrie, the other All-Ameri­can
gridiron star, is said to be
pure, unadulterated arsenic on the
floor. This all-around, athlete plays
either center or guard and is equal­ly
proficient at both departments.
Among the members of the past
year's West Point class is a young
man who is held by many author­ities
to be one of the greatest cage-men
ever to leave the Academy. He
is Dabezies, who plays center, and
who has a deadly eye on the bas­ket.
Other members of the Infantry
aggregation include FVanz and
Kgelstrom, who also shine on the
gridiron; and Nehf, Pearson, Buck
and Dwyer. In the opening game
of the season the infantrymen took
in tow the Lee County Athletes by
a score of 40 to 25. While the
losers were not a college team,
they had a combination not to be
sneezed at, including the three
James boys, Murray Hoffman,
•Knight, Vickery and others. If the
Soldiers could do that well in the
opening game with little or no
practice, it is easy to be seen that
Auburn has plenty of work in store
for them.
That Benning will bring down
a well coached bunch is evident
from the fact that their mentor is
Joe McKenna, former Notre Dame
star and captain of the team in
1916. If the Blues have been able
to absorb any of that Notre Dame
system, then all hands had better
watch out for trouble.
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THE PLAINSMAN
STATE BANKERS TO
HOLD MEETING HERE
A special called meeting of state
Bankers will be held in Auburn
January 23. The meeting was call­ed
by Ulay W. Black, of Georgia-na,
chairman of the Agricultural
Commission of the Alabama Bank­ers'
Association for the purpose of
a one day session and conference
of the Extension Service, the Farm
Bureau, and also to act on agricul­tural
matters of importance.
It is expected that there will be
over 70 bankers from the various
parts of the state, at least one of
which will be from each county.
D. H. Otis, of the American Bank­ers'
Association, will be present
and be will speak on subjects of
vital importance to the bankers and
farmers of the state.
MUSICAL COMEDY
"ROSETIME" COMING
(Continued from Page 1)
Picture Show Program
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10
6:45 P. M.
"Peter Pan."
MONDAY, JANUARY 12
0:45 P. M.
"Beauty Prize," Metro Picture.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13
8:00 P. M.
"Rosetime," Musical Comedy.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14
6:45 P. M.
"Charity Ball," Metro Picture.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
No Shows—Exams.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17
6:45 P. M.
"Manhattan," Paramount Picture.
Every Cross Word
Puzzle Worker Needs
A DICTIONARY
BURTON'S
BOOKSTORE
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Throughout the play the novel
dances, catchy music, pretty songs,
and beautiful costumes blend to­gether
and add to the attractive­ness'
of the show, with its "peppy"
lines.
Rehearsals have been in pro­gress
for the past ten days and
each person taking part displays
talent as well as ability so" that the
two coaches say that they are very
enthusiastic over the success of the
play. They are Miss Helen Shelby,
of Charleston, Mo., and Miss Ze-
Dene Home, of Barnesville, Ga.
Mr. Sewell, himself is expected to
be present for the presentation of
the show Tuesday night.
Proceeds from the play will go
partly to the scholarship fund of
the Literary Department, of which
Mrs. Frederick Biggin is the Chair­man.
The admission prices will be
thirty-five cents for children, fifty
for adults, and seventy-five for re­served
seats. This musical comedy
is expected to be one of the biggest
successes ever given in Auburn.
AUBURN CAGEMEN
DROP PAIR TO GREENIES
(Continued from Page 5)
THE NEW COLLEGE CAFE
One of the most pleasing sights
to greet those coming back to Au­burn
from the holidays was the
new College Cafe which was open­ed
for business last Saturday, be­ing
operated by Mr. F. A. Rogers,
an Alumnus of Auburn. He is con­ducting
the place on the basis of
high quality and cleanliness, and
if the present be used as a baro­meter
for the future the College
Cafe will be synonymous for qual­ity
and cleanliness of the highest
type obtainable. As an Alumnus of
Auburn, Mr. Rogers is extending a
most cordial invitation for all Au­burn
students to come around, and
make themselves thoroughly at
home.
Mr. Rogers has thoroughly reno­vated
the place so that it could
hardly be recognized.- He has ar­ranged
it so as to be especially de­sirable
for all banquets which can
be held in absolute privacy. This
feature has long been needed by
Auburn and we congratulate Mr.
Rogers on the plan.
tion crept up the floor often enough
to ring up ten more. Peggy Flour-noy,
of gridiron fame, also managed
io ring up five baskets.
Again Bill McKinney was the
shining light for the Tigers. The
Tulane five man defense meant no­thing
at all to this young man, eight
field goals and two foul* being the
sum total of his evening's efforts.
Hall played a good game at center,
and dropped the ball through the
ring five times.
Summary—First Game:
TULANE (33) AUBURN (18)
Lind (3) F. W. McKinney (4)
Hennican (5) --F Evans (1)
Webb F. B. McKinney (9h
Wittenberg F.
Lashley (2) F.
Morgan (4) C. Hall
C. Long
Hennican (5) G Gray (1)
Wilson (4) G. --Long (3)
Mason l.G.
Odom G.
Laut'nschl'g'r (5) G.
Davidson (5) --G.
Summary—Second Game:
TULANE (45) AUBURN (31)
Davidson (4) . F . W. McKinney (2)
E. Hen'c'n (10) F. B. McK'n'ey (18)
Wittenberg F.
Lashley F.
Mason ..F.
Flournoy (10) --C Hall (10)
Wilson (4) C.
Odom (1) C.
Lind (6) G Gray
Laut'nschl'g'r _-G Long
J. Henican (10) G.
White G;
Webb - - . G.
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anxious to keep his department on
a level with the other departments
of the paper. All activities should
be written up for', the paper. It
needs them. All the societies on
the campus are kindly, but urgent­ly,
requested to see that their re­porters
turn in the news prompt­ly.
The Plainsman represents the
Auburn student body. See that it
represents you. If you type your
report, then double-space it. All
contributions are gratefully receiv­ed
at room 4, under Langdon Hall.
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"Let's Get Together, Gang"
SPEED
Professir Roe, our widely known
Spanish professor.eiided his Xmas
Holidays with "some speed. He be­ing
anxious to return to Auburn
after a visit to the North Carolina
foot hills, cranked up his flivver
and was off. Everything was O.
K. until he reached the city of La-
Grange, where he was met by a
special committee from the city
council requesting that he remain
over as a guest of that City. Per­haps
it was his determination to
make the three hundred or more
miles in one day that led to his
speed but he must have failed to
notice the signs along the newly
built pavement in LaGrange, there­fore
this special committee took
it upon themselves to inform Prof.
Roe of their advice. It is rumored
that the city is much pleased with
the generous donation made by
Prof. Roc during his stop-over.
Said the violin to the harp:
"You're nothingvbut a big lyre."
We have opened a
new cafe for Auburn
men. A clean, up to
date place where you
may have the most
wholesome of foods
while you lounge.
Make Yourself At Home
Foreman A. Rogers
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