1927-05-21 The Plainsman

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TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
FAREWELL
SENIORS!
VOLUME L. AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1927 NUMBER 32
CLASS OF 1927 HOLDS ITS FAREWELL BANQUET FRIDAY NIGHT
PROF. ROY DIMMITT TENDERS RESIGNATION STUDENTS CLUB IS SCENE OF
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Goes Out With Class He | PRESENTATION
Came in With *
Singing his "Swan Song" with the
class with which he was initiated into
Auburn life, Roy Dimmitt, director of
student activities for the past four
years at the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute,
recently tendered his resig­nation
to President Spright "Dowell.
Mr. Dimmitt's departure will leave a
vacancy in the administrative depart­ment
that will be very difficult to fill.
Roy Dimmitt graduated from the
University of Missouri in the College
of Arts and Sciences, obtaining a
B.S. degree. Also a graduate in Edu­cation
from this university and did
post graduate work at Cornell uni­versity.
The retiring director has achieved
quite an enviable reputation in the
educational field. He taught at Mob-erly
High School and Columbia Nor­mal
Academy in Missouri, and from
there he went to the state normal at
Kirksville, Missouri, where he was a
teacher of Industrial Education.
He served as the director of Indus­trial
Education in the Birmingham
public schools for a period of eleven
years. For the next four years he
acted as the principle of the Ensley
High School in Birmingham. He
also served metoriously as the State
High School Inspector of Alabama.
Leaving Alabama temporarily, he
acted as Regional Supervisor of In­dustrial
Education for the United
States Government in eleven states
(Continued on page 6)
OF FLAG MADE
BY LEGION HERE
Dr. Dowell Accepts for School;
Mathisson Speaks for Scab­bard
and Blade
SCARABS MEET
IN OPELIKA AT
12 SATURDAY
Initiation is Held This Week
The Scarabs, an organization whose
purpose is to award recognition to
the ten outstanding men on the cam­pus,
initiated the following Juniors:
B. T. Sankey, Rosser Alston, R. O.
Lile, C. H. Feagin, Frank Malone,
J. B. Beard, J. C. Akin, H. C. Hop-son,
Ben Rives and Merritt Burns.
Professor C. A. Baughman was elect­ed
an honorary member. The initia­tion
banquet being field Saturday
noon at the Clement Hotel, Opelika.
These men were chosen because of
their qualities of leadership, scholar­ship
and general prominence on the
campus. The officers for next year
are: H. C. Hopson, president; R. 0.
Lile, vice-president; and J. C. Akin,
treasurer.
To the tune of the Star Spangled
Banner, Old Glory was elevated to
the top of the new flag pole near the
main building and then saluted by
twenty-one guns Tuesday.
Major John T. Kennedy, command­ant,
was master of the ceremonies.
Mr. Paul Rollin, Grande Chef de Gare
of the Forty-and-Eight Society of the
American Legion of Alabama, was
guest of honor for the occasion.
The new flag pole was a gift to
Auburn of Company L fifth regiment
of Scabbard and Blade. It was pre­sented
by J. C. Mathisson, Captain
of Company L. i
The flag which was raised on this
occasion was presented by H. G.­Grant,
Chef de Gare of the Auburn
Voiture of John H. Willis post of the
American Legion.
Major Kennedy made a short in­troduction
presenting Mr. Mathisson
who,gave a brief history of the ef­forts
of Scabbard and Blade and the
Engineer unit of the R. 0. T. C. in
moving and erecting the flag pole in
its present position.
Professor Grant told of the spirit
of fellowship and leadership attained
by the boys "over there," which gave
birth to the American Legion. The
Society of Forty-and-Eight of the
American Legion was organized to
carry forward this spirit and was
glad to have the opportunity of pre­senting
the flag to Auburn in com­memoration
of the Auburn men who
fought in the World War.
Dr. Spright Dowell accepted the
gift in behalf of the college. He com­mended
the efforts of the Society of
Forty-and-Eight and the Scabbard
and Blade in presenting the emblem
to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Comments of Visiting Girls on the Auburn Dances
Miss Mary Mitchell, Mont­gomery:
These commencement
dances are the best I've ever at­tended.
Weidemyer is incom­parable.
The boys are the same
old Auburn boys, and every­body
knows what ihat means.
I hope I have other such won­derful
times in store.
Virginia Hutcheson, Chase
City,' Va.: Cutest place there
ever Jias been or ever-will be.
Evelyn Howe, Jackson, Miss.:
My first, and hope it's not my
last dance at Auburn. Gee,
I'm having a wonderful time.
Here's hoping that I get to come
next year.
Elizabeth Boatrite, Birming­ham,
Ala.: I'm all for having
a good time and Auburn is the
place for supplying that demand.
Cute boys, good music, plenty
of pep.
Elsie Alston, Bsttitovr, Fla,:
My expectations were greatly
excelled. Auburn fully justi­fied
its name, "The Fairest Vil­lage
of the Plains."
Sara Stephens, Trussville,
Ala. ~(Howard College): Au­burn
is the most wonderful
place of all places, and the
dances are still more wonder­ful.
Frances Griffin, Villa Rica,
Ga.: This is my first time to at­tend
the Auburn dances. Weid-emeyer's
music would make any­one
happy?
Bunch Dunbar, Atlanta, Ga.:
These are among the best I
have ever attended here. I real­ly
can't express how wonderful
they are-; however they are the
grandest dances ever.
Helen Stuart, Montgomery,
Ala.: Can't possibly ever say
how perfectly marvelous the
dances are, especially with that
wonderful orchestra.
Anna Louise Rowe, Mobile,
Ala.: It is the best music I've
ever listened to. I'm enjoying
everything so much. Ripping
good dances.
Olive Gardner, Montgomery,
Ala.: It's a knockout. I'm
crazy about them. Music is so
inspiring. It is the feature of
the dance.
Punkie Sadler, Anderson, S.
C.: It's just something to this
Auburn, and Weidemeyer's got
every thing.
Lillian Johnson, Jacksonville,
Ala.: I'm all "fer" the dances;
the music is divine.
SUMMER SCHOOL
OPENS JUNE 6TH
FOR FIRST TERM
Changes in Regulations An­nounced
by Dean Judd
Peggy O'Neal, Birmingham,
Ala.: They are just wonderful.
I just can't express my thoughts
in words. The dances are be­yond
description.
Mary Francis Hicks, Tallade­ga,
Ala.: I think the dances are
grand. You know I do.
Edna Hearn, Opelika, Ala.:
I've never attended such won­derful
dances before. The mus­ic
is right up town.
BOVINES NAME
18 PLEDGES IN
CLASS OF 1930
Social Organization Announces
New Men
AUBURN UNIT OF
INFANTRY GOES
PERMANENTLY
PROGRAM
Tiger Theatre
Monday, May 23
^ r ^""LOST AT SEA"
with Huntley Gordon, Lowell
Sherman, Jane Novak, Na­talie
Kingston, Billy Kent
Schaefer, Joan Stand­ing,
W. R. Walling
Tuesday, May 24
"KOSHER KITTY KELLY"
with Viola Dana, Vere Gordon,
and Nat Carr.
Wed. and Thurs., May 25-26
" L A B 0 H E M E"
with John Gilbert, Lillian Gish,
Renee Adoree, Karl Dane,
Roy D'Arcy, and An All-
Star Cast
Friday, May 27
The LITTLE ADVENTURESS
with Vera Reynolds, Phyllis
Haver, Theodore Kosloff
and Victor Varconi.
Saturday, May 28
THAT MODEL FROM PARIS
with an All-Star Cast
The fifty-fifth annual commence­ment
at the Alabama Polytechnic In
stitute will mark the passing of in
fantry training in the Auburn R. O.
T. C.
The infantry unit was established
at Auburn in 1872 and after 55 years
of continuous existence will be sup­planted
by a field artillery unit.
From this time on Auburn will be a
field artillery unit, comprising a regi­ment
of three batalions with one bat­talion
of engineers. Auburn will
have the distinction of being the only
field artillery unit in the entire fourth
corps army area.
In answer to the question "why,"
Major John T. Kennedy has pointed
out that it is the policy of the War
Department to utilize to the fullest
army equipment on hand. "Auburn,
with its field artillery equipment," it
was stated, "is the best equipped R.
0. T. C. in the fourth corps area. In
round numbers the equipment here is
valued at three quarters of a million
dollars."
Here will be found, for instance,
eight 75 millimeter guns with cais­son;
one American 75; one British
model 75; one 4 point 7 inch gun;
one 155 millimeter Schneider Howitz­er';
one reconnaissance car; two 5
ton tractors; four trucks; one or­dinance
repair truck. And besides all
this, for the engineering battalion,
(Continued on Page 6)
The inter-fraternal organization of
"Bovines" takes great pleasure in pre­senting
its new pledges:
Phi Delta Theta: "Bush" Crawford,
Edward McKenzie; Alpha Tau Ome­ga:
J. E. Ware, George Brinson;
Kappa Alpha: Jimmie Parker, Allen
Rowe; Sigma Alpha Epsilon: Henry
Taylor; Theta Chi: "Bill" Pinckard;
Sigma Nn: Jack Boyd, C. J. Bean;
Pi Kappa Alpha: Ralpha Primm, Tom| activities for the past four years.
BISHOP DOBBS IS
UNABLE PREACH
ANNUAL SERMON
Dr. Johnson Will Deliver Ser­mon
Instead
Mr. Roy Dimmitt who has served
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute in
the capacity of director of student
Hendrix; Kappa Sigma: M. H. Dar­by,
"Duke" Hoffman; Sigma Phi Eps­ilon
: G. H. Cardin, Charles Worthing-ton;
Lambda Chi Alpha: R. J. Moody,
Jr., L. M. Deal.
The Bovine initiation will take
place at the Friday morning dance,
May 20. The method of initiation
will be unknown until the morning of
the dance.
An intermission supper will' be giv­en
in honor of the new members and
their fair partners Friday night. The
place and nature of this supper is
also shrouded by a veil of mystery.
The "Bovines" is an inter-fraterni­ty
organization for Freshmen. Its
purpose is to promote friendship, so­ciability
and scholarship. An aver­age
of 75 per cent is required in or­der
to become a member.
MAJOR KENNEDY
AND H. THORPE
ARE INITIATED
Society of Forty and Eight
Takes in New Members
Major John T. Kennedy, Captain
J. M. Garrett and Hugh Throp were
fully and duly Initiated into the Au­burn
Voiture of the Forty-and-
Eight society of the John H. Willis
post of the American Legion, last
night.
This was staged as a fitting climax
to the exercises of dedicating the flag
presented to the college yesterday.
It is rumored over the campus' that
Major Kennedy led the way through
"No" Man's Land" as only a true
soldier and good sport, such as he,
can.
To be eligible for initiation into the
Forty-and-Eight one must be a legion-aire
that has done outstanding service
for the Legion.
Baseball Team
Is Complimented
Auburn's Varsity and Rat baseball
squads were entertained Friday even­ing
with a barbecue, given by Moore's
Meat Market in Ag Hollow.
The feed was given to show the
boys that they appreciated the splen­did
playing that they had rendered
during the season.
During the course of the evening
a quartette composed of "Slick" Moul-ton,
"Pat" Moulton, Ed Allen and
"Cush" Woods gave several numbers.
Captain Joe Wallis, speaking for the
team, expressed their appreciation of
the courtesy extended to them, Mr.
Moore responding, in__ a few short
words, praising their great success
for the season. Mr. Moore said: "It
is only our humble bit in apprecia­tion
of the boys great playing for the
spring of '27."
Due to the illness of Bishop Dobbs,
who was to conduct the commence­ment
exercises Sunday, May 2*2, Dr.
] J. W. Johnson of Louisville, Kentuc-
! ky, will give the commencement ser­mon.
Dr. Johnson, originally from north
Alabama, was a member of the North
Alabama Conference. During the
last four years of this period he was
pastor of the First Methodist Church
of Birmingham. At the close of this
term he went to Louisville as pastor
of the Third Avenue Methodist Church
where he is now located.
NEW COMMITTEE
MEN ARE NAMED
ON SOCIAL BODY
New Method of Election Used
Following a newly devised plan the
members of the Social Committee have
been chosen this week, near the end
of the semester in contrast to having
elections in the fall of the following
school year.
The plan was adopted because of
the difficulties which arose from
new members of the committee as­suming
their duties without previous
preparation. The mid-term dances
resulted in such a success, in compari­son
with the opening dances that it
TASK ASSUMED BY RED CROSS
IS PICTURED BY DEAN PETRIE
Last week the Red Cross was the
topic discussed by Dr. Petrie in his
weekly talk on Current Events. "The
flood situation in the Mississippi val­ley,"
said Dr. Petrie, "steadily becom­es
worse. Never before has there
been in our country such need for
help. We are giving liberally, but
few of us realize what a task it is to
collect and distribute what is needed
by the sufferers. This great work is
being done by the Red Cross." Dr.
Petrie said:
"Every day adds to the destruction
wrought by the Mississippi flood. The
loss is already estimated at three
hundred million dollars, and the end
is not yet here.
• The Call for Help
"Never before in our history has
there been such need for help of all
kinds. Miles and miles of levies have
been worked on feverishly day and
night. As they gave way, those in
danger had to be warned and rescued.
More than a quarter of a million refu­gees
have been fed, clothed, housed.
The sick have been' cared for, the
well have been guarded from the dis­ease
so apt to spread under crowded
conditions. i
"As the waters subside, these exiles
must be restored to their homes and
given a chance to start life over
again. Houses, stock, seed, farm inv
(Continued on page 6)
Recent rulings of the State Board
of Education, with reference ^o is­suing
certificates, will greatly effect
th'e character of the attendance at
the Auburn summer session this year,
according to Dean' Judd, director of
the summer school. There will be no
students to attend that have just
graduated from high school, working
for pre-normal certificates. Neither
the first nor second class pre-normal
certificate will be issued. The low­est
grade cretificate issued requires
a full year at normal. This is class
B elementary certificate.
All of these changes will cut the
summer school attendance by about
one hundred students that would come
to Auburn from the recently gradu­ated
classes in high school.
Dean Judd hopes to make up this
loss through an increase in the num­ber
of regular students who will stay
through the summer.
Indications show that a larger
number of Auburn men will enroll
this year than ever before. Fortuna­tely
the R. O. T. C. summer camp
will close early enough for some of
the boys to get back to Auburn for
the second summer term.
A large number of students from
other colleges are expected this year,
such as Clemson, Mississippi A. & M.,
and Womans College of Alabama.
Every year greater emphasis is be­ing
placed by the summer school upon
graduate study. The number of grad­uate
students in summer session is
far greater than in the regular win­ter
sessions. There were one hun­dred
graduate students at Auburn
last year.
Dean Judd pointed out that "While
in the old days practically no stu­dents
attended summer school except
those who were behind in their work,
now many young collegians so thor­oughly
appreciate the importance of
time that they are resorting to sum­mer
study in order that they may
graduate in three calendar years."
Among the visiting faculty mem­bers
will be: Dr. E. C. Branson,
Kenan Professor of Rural Social
Economics, U. of North Carolina;
Dr. P. W. L. Cox, Professor of Edu­cation,
New York University: Dr.
W. L. Spencer, State Supervisor of
High Schools, Alabama; Professor
Warren E. Bower, University of
Michigan; Professor Lois Wier, Miss­issippi
State College for Women;
Superintendent Jas. W. Watson, Ope­lika
Schools; Mrs. Agnes E. Wilkin­son,
Supervisor of Music of Eufau-la
Schools; Miss Daisy Parton, Rural
school supervisor, Calhoun County;
R. M. Madre, Principal of high
school, Chipley, Georgia; Mrs. Mar­garet
Blair, U. of Georgia;' Miss Lil­lian
Jones, Fairfield, Alabama; Miss
Elizabeth Gleason, Birmingham school
system; C. M. Bennett, Woodlawn
High School, Birmingham; and Miss
Grace Gardner, who has been study­ing
a year at Merril Palmer School.
Any group of students not finding
courses announced for the Summer
session which they desire, may be
able to arrange with Dean Judd to
have these courses organized, if they
will report the courses which they
wish before the session begins.
Dr. Spright Dowell De­livered
Message to
Graduating Class
The Senior banquet, given Friday
night at the Students Club, was one
of the most attractive affairs of the
year. The hall was arrayed with
flowers, mingled with the class col­ors,
purple and gold.
Abe Robinson, president of the
class, presented Dr. Spright Dowell
as speaker of the evening.
Dr. Dowell opened his talk by com­mending
the senior class for their
work in college and expressing appre­ciation
in behalf of the institution
for their accomplishments while in
college. He spoke of the responsibi­lity
that now rests upon each, indi­vidually
to maintain a high standard
of life and uphold the honor of the
institution. In conclusion he further
emphasized the part that loyalty
plays in life—loyalty to one's self and
to his Alma Mater.
A feature dance by Miss Sarah
Claire Lurton closed the program.
Music for the evening was furnished
by Dick Yarbrough's orchestra.
Besides the two hundred seniors
and young ladies present, there were
present Dr. Dowell, Major Kennedy,
Miss Harris, Miss Dobbs, Captain
Cushman, Professor Grant,, Mr. Hom­er
Wright and Mr. Emmett Size-more.
NEW ANNUAL
EXCITES MANY
COMPLIMENTS
Ledbetter Uses New Motif
1927 Annual
in
The 1927 Glomerata made its ap­pearance
Sunday. The book, long
expected by the student body, ful­filled
all expectations. Fred Ledbet­ter
and his staff are to be congratu­lated
on the beautiful book they have
edited. The theme used is an Old
Colonial motif. This is a new dec­orative
motif for an Auburn annual,
and is beautifully developed. The
social side of Colonial life furnishes
the theme for the decorative scheme.
The printing is three color work, and
adds materially to the attractiveness
of the book. The cover is done in
dark blue and gold, with an antique
hand-tooled effect. The Glomerata
mirrors life at Auburn in detail; every
phase of college life is pictorially rep­resented.
The campus views are very
artistically presented. The art edi­tor,
R. B. Marsh, deserves much cred­it
for the beauty of the book. The
annual was made possible by the work
of Swede Matthison and the business
staff.
was evident that experience in the
line of work enables the Social Com­mittee
to function with greatest ben­efit
to the student body.
The members of the committee for
next year are: B. E. Meadows, chair­man;
M. S. Kestler, Merritt Burns,
H. C. Hopson, Bob Parker, E. A. Con-well,
Tom Boone, Noble Crump and
Otis McWhorter.
The
A CLUB AND
BAND SHOW
Extends to the
MEMBERS OF THE CLASS
OF '27
Hearty Good Wishes
and
Much Success in their
Chosen Lines of
Endeavor
It has been our aim to offer
you attractive and entertaining
programs. Your support has
demonstrated your loyalty.
We appreciate your patronage.
Au revoir.
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Published weekly by the students of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $2.00 per year (32
issues). Entered as second class matter
at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
STAFF
Rosser Alston - - - Editor-in-Chief
H. G. Hopson Business Manager
H. G. Grant -- Faculty Adviser
EDITORIAL STAFF
C. D. Greentree, '28 Associate Editor
R. C. Cargile, '28 Associate Editor
J. B. McMillan, '29 Managing Editor
C. R. DeArman, '29 - News Editor
L. A. Smith, '29 Assoc. News Editor
J. W Powers, '29 Proofreader
J. E. Taylor, '30 Proofreader
Coke Matthews, '29 Bulletin Board
Max Kahn, '28 — Sports Editor
Celeste Nesbitt, '28 Co-ed Editor
J. W. Randel, '28 Exchange Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 Humor Editor
REPORTERS
P. F. Crenshaw, '29 R. B. Kelso, '30
J. W. Mills, '30 K. Kimbrough, '28
J. D. Salter, '30 Chas Howard, '80
G. N. Sparrow, '30 V. Savage, Jr., '30
Harry Wise, '28 B. B. C. Lile, '30
Rex Sikes, '30 J. F. Mitchell, '30
S. S. Tatum, '28 J. A. Baird
BUSINESS STAFF
H. W. Glover Assistant Business Mgr.
Geo. Williams Advertising Manager
L. P. Dumas Ass't. Advertising Mgr.
W. M. Baxter Ass't. Advertising Mgr.
Geo. Hahn -- Circulation~Mgr.
A. C. Taylor Ass't Circulation Mgr.
Grady Mosley Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
The need of Auburn is more money
to buy a chariot. We can eliminate the
cranks and dispense with the self starters.
One should not neglect the personal
contact with one's fellow men for weeds
soon fill the unused path.
The average senior does not now but
soon will be brought to the realization
of the fact that he does not know as much
as other people nor as much as he him­self
knew at the age of sixteen.
This issue marks the close of the great­est
year for our college paper. Under the
direction of the retiring editor the quality
and arrangement of the reading matter
have been constantly improved. The edi­torial
comment has been constructive, in­dependent
and presented without fear of
losing sweet popularity. The expression
of the right, as the editor saw it, with
utter disregard to personal loss it not to
be looked on lightly. This fact alone
has raised the respect and admiration of
loyal Auburnites. The Plainsman has in
a larger way served its purpose this year
as fosterer of the Auburn spirit, chronicler
of student affairs and dispenser of news.
The new annual has made its appear­ance
and has been the source of much
comment. The cover design is unique, the
pictures on the whole are good and the
complete scheme executed in the colonial
manner is appropriate to a southern college.
The humor is quite fitting although daring.
We cannot rafrain from commenting on
the art—especially the cartoons. They are
exceptionally well presented and are al­together
fitting. The comic strip by De-
Beck, creator of Barney Google, is a pleas­ing
novelty. The staff is to be congrat­ulated
on their accomplishments.
AUBURN AND THE AUBURN SPIRIT
We have discussed and criticised the
honor system from many angles among
ourselves and from time to time expressed
our ideas in these pages. The Crimson-
White, student publication of the Univer­sity
of Alabama recently printed the edi­torial
which we quote intact below. It
in part conveys our own views and at
the same time sets forth the attitude of our
sister institution. Students are prone to
be fairminded. The sentiment expressed
in the comment "Auburn and Auburn
Spirit" is as true as if had been written
by an Auburn man. It gives us some
thing to think about during the examina­tion
period and when we go away for
the summer. The article follows:
We have always cherished a sincere
admiration for Auburn; it is very
probable that even the most bitterly
partisan Alabama alumnus cherishes
in secret the same feeling. Auburn
men^are good foes, and that's much
the same thing as good friends, in the
long run.
Not in the last admirable of the
Auburn virtues is her famous spirit,
a school spirit perhaps unequalled in
the south over as long a stretch of
years. The most recent manifestation
of that spirit is the condemnation by
the student body of the honor system,
open admission that it is a failure
and that something is needed to re­place
it.
When the honor system fails, it fails
absolutely. It is founded on intangi­bility.
Now some intangible things
are the strongest foundations in the
world, but conversely they can Nbe
among the flimsiest. And when the
system does fail, there is but one
resourse: frank rejection. This is not
a blot on the name of an institution,
as some will have it; there are innum­erable
personal factors entering into
successful operation of the system,
the most important being the necessity
for every student becoming respon­sible
for reporting infractions. That
goes against the grain of many na­tures,
as do other necessary adjuncts
to the system.
Thus it is with an emotion of the
liveliest respect that we take this
chance to express approval of the
forthright stand of our sister insti­tution.
AN UNJUST ACCUSATION
It is a peculiar trait of human nature
to write about that which we know little
and after a common fashion to follow
the line of least resistance which results
in the failure to do the proper amount of
investigation and research. Some are
prone to look upon one side of a ques­tion—
forgetting that there are others to
be considered.
The mother of a senior in one of the
large eastern universities accuses the in­stitutions
of higher learning as the cause
of a "weakness, littleness and mistaken
viewpoint" imparted to their products.
The writer says: ^>
"College has turned my son from
a good democrat into a bit of a snob.
His present mental attitude is any­thing
but decently democratic. And
aside from the moral cheapness of
snobbery, I feel that is it a thing Jie
must outgrow if he seeks business
success.
"He has an equally inflated notion
of his present, economic value. He
is a dawler and shrinks from 'hustle.'
I cannot imagine his plunging into a
job and working his head off to make .
good, yet that is the average employ­er's
acid test for an ambitious young
man. He has a confirmed habit of
academic leisure.
"He has a rigid and extravagant
standard of dress. He thinks he must
continue to clothe himself in the style
to which college has made him ac­customed.
"College has taught my son extra­vagant
and wasteful ideas of hospi­tality.
When he takes his first job,
he must learn that he can't relieve
boredom by spending from $30 to
$50 on one girl for one party.
"College has taught him absurd
ideas about "women. " He is without
the faintest conception of sexequali-ty.
He believes in the double stand­ard
not only of morality but of pro-periety.
He has notions which have
been imposed on, him by four years
of living in a man-made college world,
a world of, by and for men.
"College has given him many fine
things, I am sure. But it seems a
pity that it has also given him these
handicaps."
The writer accuses the college unjustly
as she sees the faults of the entire edu­cational
system in her son. Although the
young man may be representative of the
campus spirit of that institution one can­not
judge the whole by a minute detail
whether flawless or imperfect.
Her son belongs in that category of
Beau Brummels that are prevalent in all
institutions. These ultra extremists make
themselves so prominent that outsiders
are brought to believe that they are typi­cal
of the college. It is not a custom for
college men to go about the campus as
if dressed for tea. There is a time for
all things. Real students are seldom seen
on the dance floor nor can they be ac­cused
of being personal advertising bu­reaus.
We are not condemning social inter­courses
for that is a vital part f a college
education but we are pointing out that
there is a fallacy in holding up for ex­ample
this or that one in our little com­mutes
that were ruined by college. Some
are, but note those whose abilities and
talents have placed them in responsible
positions. The large majority are col­lege
men.
We must admit that that new spirt that
is prevalent today among students of
America is brought about by the chang­ing
times and conditions of the period in
which we live. College is not merely a
preparation for life but life itself. It is
natural to suppose that those things that
influence our present civilization leave
their impress on the college student. Ten­nyson
says: "The old order changeth
yielding place to new and God fulfills him­self
in many ways lest one good custom
should corrupt the world."
The reaction to a college education is
a personal matter. There are many fac­tors
that enter into the creating of the
right kind of attitude. If the college sys­tem
is a failure the methods in the home
and in the preparatory schools are inef­fective.
Notwithstanding these fallacies
the college man will continue to assume
positions of leadership over the untrained.
COMMENCEMENT
The happy days have come—the days
which many.have looked forward to when
their alma mater would put her stamp of
approval and send them on their ways
of accomplishment. Commencement is a
period of joy mingled with sadness, of
triumph and of another goal passed along
the great highway. Those who leave re­view
the past while the everwaiting throng
filled with anxiety and great expectations
stride forward to fill their ranks.
Life is a series of commencements; of
beginnings again. It is a part of the
evolution of growth. Happy is he who
has traversed the course with the satis­faction
that comes only with achievement.
Those who go forth are sent as true
ambassadors of the institution .and are ex­pected
to uphold those time-honored tra­ditions
so jealously guarded in the past.
We are at once reminded of the little
stanza which lends itself to the situation.
Ambition's mountains grow afar,
One air-built castles you've a lease;
So, hitch your wagon to a star,
But don't forget the axle grease.
—L. McL.
TO THE GRADUATE
Drive on to fortune and to work,
For you awaits a happy morn,
But keep in mind where dangers lurk;
The brakes are better than the horn.
—Detriot Free Press.
I
The world awaits your magic touch,
And to great deeds you should aspire;
Turn on the gas, thrown in the clutch,
But take along an extra tire.
—Canton (Ohio) News.
Throw away your wishbone,
Straighten up your backbone,
Stick out your jawbone
And step on the gas.
—Selected.
AN EDITORIAL
(By Dr. Frank Crane)
I am not one of those who run away
with catch words, and see red at a war
cry.
I am an incurable pacifist and utterly
opposed to that old system under which
the governments of the world still func­tion,
the system that renders rival armies
and navies a necessity.
But for all that I believe the army and
navy should be retained by every nation,
not so much as a defense, but.as furnish­ing
the best machinery of education.
I believe in military training not only
for every boy but for every girl.
This military training in no sense im­plies
to murder or developing the lust to
kill.
But it does imply certain things that
are of more necessity for youth than other
things that can be supplied eleswhere.
The child learns best, by military train­ing,
the meaning of discipline and perhaps
more souls are lost and bodies ruined by
lack of discipline than from any other
cause.
The child, by military training, has de­veloped
in him a sense of responsibility
and this is the core of good citizenship.
The child, by. military training, gets
practical and invaluable physical devel­opment.
He learns to make use of that tonic
which, more than any other, can put iron
in the soul—hardship.
He learns decision; and indecision is the
mother of all slobs.
He learns obedience; not only obedience
to his superiors but obedience to himself,
which is more important.
He learns team play; and after all, the
ability to cooperate is of more value to
the human being than the ability to com­pete.
If he learns "jingoism" and the bunk
about the glory of war and conquest, it is
not because this sort of rubbish is in any
wise essential to military training.
Military, training does not imply that
those who receive it shall become profes­sional
soldiers, but in a free democracy
every human being is a potential soldier, he
or she may be called upon at any time to
sacrifice fortune or life for the common
good, and perhaps the most important
thing in military training is the fact that
the youth has his budding ego properly
pruned, he is made to feel that there is
something, else in this world more import­ant
than his own private interest.
One of the cardinal paragraphs of my
creed is that every boy and girl in Ameri­ca
should be required to give at least one
H AUBURN FOOTPRINTS V
Rat Lion has. sent in a cry for help.
He wants to know how long the Seven
Years' War was? Can anyone assist him.
We have just received a special message
that Bill Mims has quit drinking his special­ly
prepared malted milk, and has gone back
to the kind that brings back childhood
memories. Well, Bill, dont worry too
much, for we all get Childish as we grow
older.
It seems that the sunshine has been too
much for the tender skin of Brother John
Garrett here lately, for he has changed
everything that lies near 'that skin you
call your own'. Wonder where he got
the idea anyway.
Stewart hap proved beyond a doubt
that he is a ladies' man. He went over
to Columbus a few weeks ago, and now
all the rest of. the boys who had girls
over there are looking for new girls. Keep
up heart, fellows, if you can't find a girl
for yourself, then go get a co-ed.
We have just learned that another Au­burn
student has gone bad and has started
for Columbus in earnest. He is our fair-skinned
Adrian. It isn't 'sweet essence of
Clementine' anymore, but rather 'Columbus
forever more.'
The report has gotten out that 'Red'
Arant was buried under an avalanche of
co-eds when the car in which he was riding
turned over instead of going around a
curve down near Brundidge last week.
The sneaking thought always comes that
possibly the driver forgot about the road
and tried intentionally to straighten out
the curve.
Bruce Harkins must surely have himself
intrenched firmly in the heart of at least
one co-ed for her to hug blankets and talk
in woifchipful terms about him in her
sleep.
BLIND TIGER
Upon receipt of our new Glomerata it
has been discovered that "Papa" Head
and Jimmy Herren have been sub-rosa
members of Phi Delta Rho all year. Here­to-
fore no one except their respective
roommates had been let in on the secret.
This is indeed a surprise to their fra­ternity
brothers.
* * lit * * #
First co-ed: "But don't you find that
horseback riding gives you a headache?"
2nd co-ed: "No, my dear, just the re­verse."
* * * * * *
He: "Why are you gazing so at the
stork?"
She: "I was wanting to see if he recog­nized
me."
* * * * * *
Many a girl who owns all kinds of cars
has had to walk home.
* * * * * *
Lady: "Are you the great animal
painter?"
Artist: "Yes, did you want to sit for a
portrait?"
* * * * * *
She was only a bar-tender's daughter,
but, oh, how I love her mug.
* * * * * *
"Some girls are like a pair of sixes."
"They're hard to shake."
* * * - * * *
"Look, you have eggs all over your suit."
"Oh, that's alright, it's my Easter suit."
* * * * * *
Example of the law. of diminishing re­turns—
the laundry.
* j ^ * * * *
A detour is the roughest distance be­tween
two points.
* * * * * *
Giving all the sidewalk to a woman is
courtesy; giving her all the road is dis­cretion.
* * * * * *
He: "May I hold your hand*?"
She: "Yes, we might as well start the
preliminaries now."
* * * * * *
Boss: That boy of yours is a chip off
the old block."
Father: So they tell me; and by the way,
another splinter arrived last night.
* * * * * *
Mother: "When I was young, girls never
thought of doing the things they do today."
Haven't heard from "Goofy" Nuchote in
two weeks. He must be sick.
A party of students journeyed over to
Martin's Lake a couple of weeks ago. They
brought back wierd tales of the giant
sea monsters inhabiting the lake; they even
lost their car. Personally we think that
is was possibly dazed and clogged minds
that made the woods turn around and the
spiders look like dragons.
If we hear any more about "Bones"
Vaughn hiding in the protective shadows
over near the library, he will have us
thinking that he is a veteran of many
campaigns.
There are indications that the price of
sugar will go up during the dances—the
Mississippi is flooding the Louisiana cane
fields.
At last the seniors have all returned from
the inspection trip. We understand that
this group of juice pushers, cartoonists,
stake drivers, grease wipers, convicts, and
Jew engineers, visited Montgomery, Mitch­ell
Dam, Birmingham, Muscle Shoals plus
(this means anything that yor wish
to insert). Red Edwards says that he in­spected
some private property while there,
but we have not been able to ascertain the
nature of this property. But William Hen­ry
Harrison Putnam says that she is blonde.
We also are aware that another group
of our worthy contemporaries was in Birm­ingham
also, attending a Y. M. C. A. con­vention.
After his experience there C. C.
Phillips has started giving lessons on the
Psychology of the Birmingham-Southern
Co-ed. Anyone desiring these can so ar­range
with Phillips.
But that is not all. From every end of
the campus the students of Psychology can
be heard singing the praises of the A. E.
A., and from the same source the students
of Sociology likewise discussing this august
organization in less complimentary terms.
Daughter: "Perhaps that's why they
didn't do them." •
* * * * * *
"I call my shiek Imagination."
"How's them?"
"He's always trying to run away with
tt
* * * * * *
A popular person is one who enjoys
being bored.
* * * * * *
"Say, Mae, got anything on your hip?"
"Yeah."
"What is it?"
"A freckle."
* * * * * *
A change of women now and then,
Is relished by the best of men.
* * * * * *
Many co-eds think they are getting
dates, when all they are prunes.
* * * * *
It appears that G. L. Kenny has been
holding something out on the boys here of
late. We were interested to note that he
received a letter recently, from Columbus,
which was signed "Mrs. G. L. Kenny."
Now, we are wondering if this is the DOT
we have been hearing so much about here
of late. Jar loose, Kenny. Let's be pals.
* * * * *
"It is reported that a certain fastidious
young lady in this town kneads bread with
her gloves on."
"This incident may seem peculiar, but
there are others:
"Now, we need bread with our shoes on.
We need bread with our shirt on. We need
bread with our pants on, and unless we
corral a few of the outstanding accounts on
our books, we will need bread without a
darn thing on, and this town will be a
Garden of Eden soon."
* * * * *
Cop: "Are you Owen Smith?'
He: "Yes, I guess so. I'm owing every­body
else."
* * * * * *
Halitosis has about passed out. The
spring crop of onions is here.
* * * * * *
Say, nigger, is that soot on your collar?
Gwan, man, dat's dandruff.
* * * * * *
What's in a name?
Is the name "bottle?"
year to the service of Uncle Sam.
Too many grown people are so deficient
in education that they do not realize the
supremacy of the claims of their nation
and of humanity upon them.
Military training might easily become
the very best means of developing the
civic nerve. And one great trouble with
the country is that too comonly this nerve
is atrophied.
In a current issue of the American
Magazine William P. Faunce, President
of George Washington University stated
that fifty per cent of the youth of the
nation who plan to enter college next fall
will achieve more if they go directly into
business.
Recent developments show that the hu­mor
editors of the Glomerata are prophetic
scribes.
With Other Colleges
Vassar College announces that women
may bring their husbands this summer
for a course on theory and practice in
home making.
President Frank of the University of
Wisconsin, has sent out 46,000 commence­ment
invitations to alumni. This repre­sents
the largest mailing list of alumni
in the history of the university, requir­ing
44,500 two-cent stamps and 500 five-cent
stamps for postage.
The senors of Brown University are to
have pipes and canes for senior week.
It has been estimated that the students
of the University of Pensylvania consume
about 50,000,000 cigarettes per week.
Co-eds of the University of Nebraska
complain of the shortage of "dates" this
year. Not that eligible men are scarce.
On the other hand, they outnumber the
co-eds. A survey of the fraternities dis­closed
that many young men students
have found that "dating" the co-eds is
too expensive.
The graduating class of King College,
Bristol, Tennessee, contains thirteen mem­bers
this year.
The residents of a dormitory at Colum­bia
University have posted signs over all
gas jets in the building asking students to
turn off the. gas when they have finished
committing suicide as the fumes are very
obnoxious to the men who are trying to
die by drinking poison. In another col­lege
students are required to check all
guns at the registrar's office because the
shooting at night disturbs those who may
want to sleep.
The suicides at Columbia are evidently
becoming a nuisance to the other students
there.
More than 300 students of Northwestern
paraded the downtown streets in an ef­fort
to interest the public in the election
to decide whether there is to be a Sunday
theater entertainment. They carried ban­ners
on which the following slogans were
printed: "Give us Sunday Movies," "Vote
'yes' tomorrow," "We give you football!
Give us Sunday Movies!"
Recently at the University of Ottawa,
a poll was taken to discover the sentiment
•of the student body with reference to
compulsory chapel attendance. It was dis.
covered that the students do not object to
the services, so much as to the method by
which they are conducted. Unanimous dis­satisfaction
was voiced at the present sys­tem.
The coming year will be the fiftieth for
the Yale Daily News, which is the oldest
college daily in the United States.
Students of Northwestern University
raised a private fund for the relief of
sufferers in the Mississippi flood region.
.Participation in University activities and
athletics tend to raise grades, according to
the dean of the University of California.
A ruling at Ohio State recently an­nounced
by the president prohibits the
"throwing of a freshman in the lake." Any
man so doing will sever his connection
with the university. This abolished the
Bucket and Dipper, whose duty it was to
punish miscreants in the freshman class,
usually by throwing them in the lake
which is in the middle of the campus.
Nine thousand women are at present en­rolled
in British universities.
As an aftermath to the big fight be­tween
the Cambridge police and Harvard
students last February, President Lowell
of Harvard, has asked the resignation of
four of the policeman for "unnecessary
brutality." Possibly they will be wanting
to arrest the Princeton football team also.
Auburn has twenty honor societies and
fraternities; the University of Georgia,
five and Georgia Tech, three. The organ­izations
in the two latter schools are hon­orary
scholastic orders.
According to a press dispatch on uniue
college traditions we learn that the average
student and faculty member of Oberlin
College, in Ohio, is a bicyclist. Each dor­mitory
and recitation building has its
bicycle rack.
Alumni of Stanford University show
their appreciation of their alma mater
by a most novel and extremely practical
method. A loan library has been estab­lished
which supplies free textbooks to
all students who are working their usay
through college.
The Gamecock of the University of]
South Carolina was one of the South's
first collegiate newspapers being started
in 1908.
THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
H A V E
C A M E L
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These moderns demand Camels
MODERN smokers are the most
critical ever known, and Camel is
their favorite. Why?
Camel is the one cigarette that
will stand up all day and as far
into the night as you care to go.
Modern, experienced smokers
know that they can smoke one
or a million Camels with never a
tired taste or a cigaretty after­taste.
Present-day smokers
demand goodness*, and find it in
Camels — the choicest tobaccos
grown and matchless blending.
That is why Camel is favorite in
the modern world.
If you want the choice of the
hardest-to-please smokers of all
time, if you yearn for the mel­lowest
mildness that ever came
from a cigarette—
"Have a Camel!"
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\
© 1927
COLLEGE BARBER -SHOP
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FLORISTS
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Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn
You Won't Have to Catch a Ride Home If
You Sell Us Your Old Books
Congratulations to the Class of 1927
Burton's Bookstore
That Comfortable Feeling—
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you have your clothes pressed at
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AUBURN PROF.
PUBLISHES TEXT
An important textbook on public
school supervision and administration
has been written by Dr. E. L. Mor-phet,
professor of Education and Ex­tension
at Auburn. The book will be
off the press within the next two
weeks and will be used in courses of­fered
by Dr. Morphet in the summer
school, June 6-July 15. The course
will be designed primarily for coun­ty
and city superintendents as well
as high school teachers and princi­pals.
Every phase of public school
supervision and administration, - in­cluding
buildings, finances, etc., will
be covered.
Dr. Morphet holds an A. B. degree
from Indiana State Normal College
and a M. A. and Ph. D. from Colum­bia
University. He is also joint au­thor
of "A Complete Bibliography
of School Buildings" and has conduct­ed
school surveys in New Jersey,
Florida and Texas. He has also
traveled widely, having taught in the
Philippine Islands.
ALPHA BETA CHI
GIVEN CHARTER
TO NATIONAL
The members of the local Alpha
Beta Chi, Auburn Band Club, were
duly initiated into the mysteries of
Kappa Kappa Psi, national honorary
fraternity for college bandmen, dur­ing
the past week. The initiation
banquet took place at the Thoams
Hotel. The honor guests of the oc­casion
were L. L. Johnson of Delta
Chapter located at the University of
Oklahoma, and Professor Baughman,
Chairman of the Committee on Hon­or
Societies, and H. D. Jones, Assist­ant
Director of the band.
Election to the organization is bas­ed
on scholarship, general musical
ability and personality. The frater­nity
fills a long felt need for award
of excellence in music.
The members are: Moreland G.
Smith, president; J. B. Merritt, Jr.,
vice-president; Rosser Alston, secre­tary
and treasurer; J. B. Leslie, L.
M. Bayne, J. P. Collins, L. B. Hall-man,
J. B. Jones, J. A. Lawley, P
M. Malone, R. S. Mosley, J. A. Naf-tel,
F. N. Perkins.
BAND MEDAL
IS AWARDED
The medal awarded to the member
of the Auburn Band for excellence
in music was presented to James
Booth Leslie at the annual concert
before the local Woman's Club in
Langdon Hall yesterday afternoon.
The award was made on the basis
yf improvement in musical perform­ance
during the four years, regular-ty,
promptness and dependability and
>n the value of the particular mem­ber
to the organization.
Mr. Leslie will receive a B. S. de­gree
in Civil Engineering this com­mencement.
He. is a member of the
Sigma Pi fraternity, Spades, Tau
Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Friendship
Council, Lieutenant (-3) Y. M. C. A.,
Treasurer (4) Band (1, 2, 3, 4) Vice-
President (3) President (4) Orches­tra
(4, 3, 2, 1) Radio Tigers, A. S.
C. E. and DeMolay Club.
NEXT ENGINEER
COMES OUT OCT.
The first issue of the Auburn En­gineer
will appear October 1st next
term. A number of improvements
have been planned for the eight copies
which will be issued, one of which
being plans for a thirty-two page
publication.
A competition will be in progress
for giving the Auburn Engineer mem­bership
in the Engineering College
Magazine Association. For eligibili­ty
in this association fifty per cent
of the engineering students must
subscribe for the publication. A
year's subscription is $1.00. The En­gineer
is anxious for the support of
the student body in making the col­lege
engineering magazine a member
of the association.
DR. C. L. BOYD
Doctor of Dental Surgery
and Oral Pathology
Tiger Drug Store Building
Upstairs
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CHANGES TO BE
HAD IN FACULTY
FOR NEXT YEAR
It has been announced that several
members of the faculty will be on
leave next year and that several oth­ers
are resigning. This list is nec­essarily
incomplete, as all the mem­bers
of the faculty have not disclosed
their plans.
The military department will suf­fer
the loss of three men—Captain
George H. Cushman, who has been
transferred to the Hawaiian Islands,
Captain Kenneth G. Althaus, who
has been detailed as instructor in the
Tank School of Camp Meade, Mary­land,
and Lieutenant Charles P.
Jones, who is due for foreign service,
probably in the Philippine Islands.
Miss Agnes Ellen Harris," Dean of
Women and State Home Demonstra­tion
Agent, will leave the first of
July to take up the duties of Dean
of Women of the University of alA-bama.
Miss Harris has a Master's
degree from Columbia University.
Professor Warren D. Garman, as­sistant
Professor of Mechanical En­gineering,
a graduate of Pennsylvan­ia
State College, who has been con­nected
with Auburn for the past four
years, will next year be at Yale as
a graduate student in Physics and
Mathematics.
Professor Hugh Grant, who has
served for the past four years as a
most efficient publicity agent for the
college, also teaching classes in jour­nalism,
will be next year in Washr
ington as personal secretary to Sen­ator-
elect Hugo Black. He will leave
June 1 and join Senator Black in
Birmingham.
Professor Milton Smith Osborne,
Assistant Professor of Architectural
Design, will be at Columbia Univer­sity,
where he holds a fellowship for
the coming year. Professor Osborne
is a graduate of Ohio State Univer­sity
and has already spent some time
in graduate study at Columbia.
Professor L. M. Ware, Assistant
Professor of Horticulture, will leave
Auburn July 15 to begin work for a
Ph.D. degree at Michigan State Col­lege.
He will be away from Auburn
fourteen months.
Professor A. J .Robinson, Instruc­tor
in Mathematics, will take gradu­ate
work at Emory University next
year.
Professor Hi. L. Tambling, of the
Department of Physics, will take up
commercial work with the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
of New York City.
AUBURN GRADUATES
SIGNALLY HONORED
Two Auburn graduates, Prof. A.
W. Reynolds and Prof. S. W. Owsley,
have been signally honored by re­ceiving
fellowships.
Professor Reynolds has received
fellowship in competitive scholarship
at the University of California. Only
10 such fellowships are offered at
the University. The followship does
not involve any teaching duties. Pro­fessor
Reynolds is a native of Clio,
Alabama. He was student assistant
in history at Auburn and later assist­ant
professor under Dean Petrie.
Professor Owsley, native of We-tumpka,
Alabama, now professor of
history at Vanderbilt University, re­ceived
the McGugghan traveling fel­lowship.
He was also connected with
the history department at Auburn.
WAPI FEATURES LECTURES
AUBURN ALUMNI
ARE TO RECEIVE
DEGREES MAY 24
Two Auburn graduates, P. H. Har-die
and B. V. Davis, who have made
good in the field of engineering with
two of the largest' companies of the
United States, namely: the Brook­lyn-
Edison Company, and the West-inghouse
Electric Company, will re­ceive
professional degrees at the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute at the
commencement on May 24.
Mr. Hardie received the B. S. de­gree
in 1921 and is now assistant
engineer in the research bureau of
the Brooklyn-Edison Company. The
director of research for this com­pany
has informed Dean Wilmore
that Mr. Hardie has handled his
work with distinction and he is a
very able engineer. He has repre­sented
the bureau on a design com­mittee
of the engineering department
which handles questions of mechani­cal
design in the construction of ad­ditions
to generating stations.
Mr. Davis received the If. S. de­gree
at Auburn in 1916 and is now
county engineer of Nash county,
North Carolina, in charge of main-tainance
and construction of county
highways and bridges. He has been
assistant state engineer of Fayett-ville,
North Carolina, and resident
engineer of the North Carolina state
highway commission. He also saw
service with the American Expedi­tionary
forces in France.
Mr. Davis will receive the pro­fessional
degree of civil engineer and
Mr. Hardie the professional degree
in mechanical engineering.
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Not content with broadcasting lec­tures
and discussions about subjects
on the earth, radio station WAPI
located here is preparing to broadcast
a series of lectures about subjects
in the air. Dr. Fred Allison, profes­sor
of physics of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, will deliver the se­ries,
one of which will be delivered
each Tuesday night beginning May
24. The subject that night will be,
"Our nearest neighbor, the Moon."
The subjects and dates of the oth­er
seven lectures follow: "Our Solar
System," May 31; "The Planet Mars,"
June 7; "Eclipses," June 14; "Com­ets,"
June 21; "Meteors on Shooting
Stars," June 28; "The Stars," July
5; and "The Milky Way and Other
Universes," July 12.
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AVERAGES OF 90
AND UP MADE BY
SEVERAISTUDES
Averages for the first term 1926-
27 show that fifty-four students had
an average of 90 per cent and above.
The following is a list of students
with averages:
E. F. Williams, 94.1; Harry A.
Wise, 90.6; S. L. Worley, 92.1; E. W.
Barclay, 92.6; C. F. Davis, Jr., 94.2;
E. H. Dimmit, 90.5; J. P. Glass, 91.4;
Laura W. Hulse, 91.3; J. W. Mills,
90.1; G. W. Mayo, Jr., 90.0; L. E.
Owen, 91.6; N. G. Strub, 90.9; T. S.
Winter, Jr., 91.8; T. D. Aldredge,
90.0; F. S. Arant, 92.5; G. B. Ash-craft,
Jr., 91.5; C. B. Herbert, Jr.,
90.3; W. J. Horsley, Jr., 90.3; F. P.
Jones, 91.0; Ira L. Knox, 93.7; W. B.
LaNicca, 91.2; W. D. Lucas, 92.3;
L. J. Maxwell, 90.4; F. O. Miller,
93.7; J. N. Nelms, 90.3; J. W. Ran­dolph,
96.5; H. A. Snow, 97.3.
N. O. Smyth, 90.4; Beth Siebold,
90.5 f Jas. D. Stewart, 90.4; Marion
Taylor, 91; E. A. Terry, 90; C. F.
Walters, 90.7; J. H. Weaver, 93.3;
J. P. West, Jr., 90.1; W. H. Putnam,
91.5; R. K. Posey, 96.6; P. M. Beard,
94.3; C. W. Bilbe, 92.1; L. C. Brac-keen,
91.4; D. C. Braddy, 90.6; T. W.
Bryan, 90*1; R. C. Cargile, 90; C. A.
Christensen, 92.3; H. M. Crane, 91.4;
A. M. Dunstan, 92.7; A. P. Frances,
96.3; Thelma Graves, 91.7; S. S. Hall,
92.8; L. B. Hallman, Jr., 91; H. M.
Hanbury, 92; S. W. Harbin, 94.3; W.
R. Hardin, Jr., 92.5; S. H. Lynne,
93.1.
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PAGE FOUR
THE PLAINSMAN
mif i m r*\
o a
Tigers7 Athletic Standing
Improves for Past Season
On looking back through the past
two seasons of sports, it is really
surprising to see just how far Au­burn
has advanced towards the lead­ership
of the Southern Conference,
•which at one time was undisputed
honor. What is the reason for this
sudden advancement? What new
means and changes in form have ad­vanced
this reform? There is but
one reason that is plausible and only
one cause. That reason is the new
rule. The rule of Coach David B.
Morey, who took over the athletic po­sition
as head coach during the sum­mer
of 1925. Since then, he has es­tablished
a new rule, a new method
and has formulated a new system.
By Coach Morey, the entire coach­ing
staff under him is meant. This
is declared to be the best all-round
coaching staff in the South. At head
of the staff, rides "King Dave," while
the assistant coaches are John Pitts,
Mike Papke, E. R. Moulton, "Buck"
Spinks, Wilbur Hutsell, and "Red"
Brown.
During the two years on the grid­iron
there are several very notable
features. It is true that we have
not won a Conference in this line
of sport but excusing all alibis, what
have we had to win them with? In
the year of 1925 only a very small
number of Varsity men returned to
take their places on the eleven. These
had to be coached a different method
of playing and the newcomers were
likewise instructed in a new system.
One they had never beore played
under. There was the same fault
this past season but these two years
of the same system has advanced the
aspirants of the team and next year
will see the largest number of regu­lars
returning since Coach Morey
came South. And the result will very
likely be the best team Auburn has
seen in the last decade. Morey's sys­tem
has worked itself into the brains
of the players and it is the only sys­tem
they know. The chance to prove
our metal will come at the proper
time. A glance at the results of the
football games for 1925 and 1926
will show that Auburn was not be­low
the average, which is more than
most S. I. C. teams can boast of.
In basketball, baseball and track,
Auburn has "already advanced to the
peak. For several years back her
track teams have been the foremost
in the South and the past two years
have been no exception to the rule.
On the diamond, it is different. The
difference being that where her teams
were on the failure list, they have
now passed the excellent list. Dur­ing
the past two seasons, a champion­ship
and third place remains as the
record of the Orange and Blue nine.
In the Gym game, Coach Papke's drib­blets
have been far from slouches.
'Tis again true that no cup for the
championship has been received but it
is also true that Auburn^had one of
the best teams in the Sputh this year
and the most feared team in the Con­ference.
On the court, the Plains­men
five set a record for the sea­son
with eleven straight conference
victories. Then, why not keep up the
forward march? What is to stop
the good work?
Next year will see more "A" men
returning in baseball, basketball and
track, than in any other Southern
college. Not a single regular will be
lost to the basketball five. And al­though
two of the subs completed
their course this year, there were
two subs that remained. Of the five
men that started every fray of this
season, not a one will leave. And
judging by their ability in the past,
which is the only manner in which
anyone may be judged, a champion­ship
cup should be their reward next
year. And the game will be far dif­ferent
next year from what it has
been in the past. Not but one dribble
will make things a good deal snappier
and along with other new rules not
quite so drastic, a much cleaner game
will be played. Coach Papke expects
one of the very best seasons on the
court next year.
As usual Coach Hutsell will have
a stellar track team. With the big
loss being in "Weemie" Baskin,. rec­ognized
as the best track star in Dix­ie,
holding that position, a hard blow
will be hit. But from this year's
"Rats," the most promising track
material in several years will fill the
gaps left open. And from the pres­ent
track team several record hold­ers
will return. According to Coach
Wilbur, himself, next year looks like
the best yet.
Last but not least by a long shot,
those old diamond stars will be back
once more. Only three losses and
pine letter men returning. And with
the excellent material that could not
quite .obtain a position in this year's
nine, ready to hold down the real
thing, nothing should prove too great
a barrier. Coach Morey has insti­tuted
an entirely new rule in base­ball
and from the showing of the two
teams that he has turned out at the
"Fairiest Village of the Plains," his
method is a first class one. Next
year could not be much better than
the present one but if it is possible,
you can count on those ball tossers
accomplishing it.
In 1928, the fair name of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, "Au­burn,"
should be on the lips of every­one
in the South that is interested
in sports and real athletics. The
prospects of the different teams have
been given in the rough and not ac­cording
to individuals. The individu­als
are no good without team-work.
The teams are not any better without
the LOYAL support of the student
body than the individuals are with­out
team-work! These prospects are
not merely hopes and prayers, they
are facts and statistics. Only one
thing is needed to help put things
over the top and that is the LOYAL
support of every student. Not a few,
but ALL! Not the Sophs and Rats
but the Seniors, Juniors, Sophs and
Frosh, at every pep meeting and at
every game.
RESULTS OF FOOTBALL GAMES
1925-1926
Opponent Opp. Aub. Year
Birm'ham Sou. 6 25 1925
Clemson 6 13 1925
V. P. I. 0 19 1925
U. pf Texas 33* 0 1925
Howard 6 7 1925
Tulane 13 0 1925
U. of Georgia 34 0 1925
Vanderbilt 0 10 1925
Georgia Tech 7 7 1926
U. of Chattanooga 0 15 1926
Clemson 0 47 1926
Howard 14 33 1926
L. S. U. 10 0 1926
Tulane * 0 2 1926
Sewanee 0 9 1926
U. of Georgia 16 6 1926
Marquette U. 19 3 1926
Georgia Tech 20 7 1926
RESULTS OF BASKETBALL
GAMES 1926-27
1926
Opponent Opp. Auburn
Howard 16 *32
Birmingham Southern 17 31
Georgia Tech 28 32
"Pat" Moulton to
Report to Boston
Red Socks in June
When "Pat" completes his scholas­tic
year at the "Fairiest Village of
the Plains," he will report to no oth­er
big league team than the Boston
"Red Socks." Pat was singled out
by the Boston scout as a very prob­able
find. Or in other words, one
that had enough stuff to make the
grade! So that is the lay of the land
and may Pat master it.
Pat has played on Auburn's base­ball
nine for three years, holding-down
the pitcher's mound most of the
time, although he did play in the
center garden his first year out. For
a record, he has won a good many
more games than he has lost and com-,
pleted his best year this present sea­son.
Besides his diamond work, he is
well remembered for his gridiron
talent. Many times, Pat has sent the
pigskin traveling far up towards the
sky in a beautiful spiral, to take his
team out of the danger line. His
punts were his greatest asset, al­though
his passing was far above the
average. On the football team, Pat
held down the job of quarter-back.
It is a sad day when we. bid Pat
goodbye. He will be sorely missed
on the varsity teams next year. But
as it is inevitable, we take great
pleasure in wishing him the very
best of luck wherever he may be.
Howard
B. C. A.
Mobile Y.
Tulane
Tulane
Georgia
N. C. State.
V. M. I.
Kentucky
B. C. A.
Georgia Tech
Opponent
Georgia Tech
Miss. A. & M.
Miss. A. & M.
Florida
Tulane
Tulane
Tulane
Tulane
Clemson
Clemson
Florida
Sewanee
Georgia Tech
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Vanderbilt
1927
21
44
19
33
52
49
43
41
35
32
28
Opp.
22
34
24
34
33
30
12
11
26
23
28
15
24
25
39
35
37
27
17
30
31
28
36
25
26
39
18
Auburn
20
31
27
51
42
33
35
50
45
45
40
46
42
23
34
31
Tangents from Sport Circles
Much interest has been arroused
on the campus this last week due to
a telegram received from Dr. San
ford, president of the Southern Con
ference, stating that there is no such
thing as a recognized championship
in the S. I. C. This statement is ab­solutely
true. The fault is in the lack
of interest displayed by the Asso­ciated
Press over the conference race
this season. For the past two sea­sons,
Alabama and Georgia Tech have
won the championship for the years
of 1925 and 1926, respectively. They
have been recognized as the champs
and have received publicity in all
Southern papers stating their leader­ship
and lauding their teams. But
this year it has been different. Yes,
we claim the championship. And no
one has disputed the fact so far. But
we are not getting any recognition in
the newspapers through the A. P.
The standings of all college baseball
teams has been written for and in the
near future it is hoped that an offi
cial announcement of the rated stand
ings of the different clubs may be
printed. Let's hope so, anyway, for
it is very probable that Auburn will
have the best percentage.
* * * * *
Clemson College is all-a-buz over
their prospects for a winning team
next fall. Their acquisition of' Josh
Cody, former subordinate of Danny
McGuin, head mentor of the Vander-
Sewanee
V. P. I.
N. C. U.
28
33
v28
35
38
15
BASEBALL RESULTS
1926
1926-1927
Opponent Opp. Auburn
Birmingham 13 7
Fort Benning 2 3
Fort Benning 12 14
Fort Benning 4 11
Fort Benning 1 5
Georgia ' 2 6
Loyola 5 6
Loyola 2 13
Tulane 4 2
Tulane 0 4
Michigan 5 8
Clemson 0 10
Clemson . 0 7
Georgia Tech 5 0
Georgia Tech 13 7
Howard 0 8
Sewanee 6 10
Vanderbilt 9 6
Vanderbilt 4 8
Birmingham Southern 0 2 -
Birmingham Southern 0 3
Florida 1 2
Florida 3 4
Georgia 9 1
Georgia 3 2
Oglethorpe 9 8
Oglethorpe 2 8
Mercer -4- 5
Mercer . 5 9
1927 (Champs)
Opponent Opp. Auburn
Birmingham 2 5
Georgia 6 7
Georgia 2 6
Tulane 3 12
Tulane 0 6
Florida 1 2
Florida 1 0
Montgomery 8 7
Georgia Tech 2-10
Georgia Tech . 5 7
Illinois 5 12
Illinois 10 8
Clemson -5 11
South Carolina 2 11
South Carolina 4 8
Florida 9 8
Florida 4 3
Florida 0 5
Vanderbilt 0 4
Vanderbilt 4 6
Clemson 2 6
Clemson 3 3
Vanderbilt 2 1
bilt "Commodores," has inspired them
sufficiently to even hope that he
will follow in the tracks of Wallace
Wade. Clemson has been far 'below
her old standards during the past few
years and sees a chance to change
things around. The Chapel Hillians
are the second opponents of Auburn
to obtain a new Head coach for 1927
football season. Good luck, Clemson,
except against the A. P. I. "Tigers!"
* * * * *
The third S. I. C. member that will
oppose Auburn next year with a new
mentor will be none other than Miss.
A. & M. When Tulane found her­self
without a head coach, they got
to work and obtained Bierman of the
Aggies. So far, the successor of Mr.
Bierman is not known* publicly. But
any acquisition will represent a
change in style and method. The
Aggies will surely lay for the Tigers
next fall, for they have been the los­ers
at our hands for eleven conse­cutive
games. Quite an honor for
Auburn! And we expect to make it
the twelfth!
Old "Dawg-face" Sheridan has sure
turned on the steam on his walk
through the Southeastern League.
Pitching his first credited game, he
shut out his opponent, allowing them
only three bingles. This proved to
his manager that he had the stuff
and knew how to deliver it. From
now on, it is expected that Dawg will
set the pace for the Selma hurlers.
* * * * *
So far, no All-Southern pick has
Baskin High Point Man
At S. Conference Meet
"Weemie" Baskin lived up to his
reputation again in the Southern
Conference track and field meet held
last week in Baton Rouge by amass­ing
the highest individual score. He
won first in the high hurdles, second
in the low sticks, third in the javelin,
and fifth in the shot put. Beard fin­ished
both hurdle races just behind
Baskin, as usual. These were the
only points the Plainsman scored, be­sides
Morrow's fifth place in the two-mile.
Snider, our fleet cinder artist, did
not compete, neither did White, both
having just recuperated from an at­tack
of mumps. Perhaps if these two
athletes had been in the meet the
final results might not have been as
they were. According to the times
shown, Snitz should have taken the
hundred and the two-twenty, these
times being 10.0 and 23.0 seconds res­pectively.
And surely White would
have placed in the javelin, a throw
of 189.2 feet winning it.
As things were, though, the meet
was won by the Louisiana State Uni­versity
Tigers, with 45 points. Geor­gia
Tech was a close second with 44
points. The Techmen led all the way
through, only being nosed out by the
Louisianans in the last event. L. S.
U. took only three first places, but
their strength lay in the ability of
their second rate men to come through
after seemingly losii% the event. Au-been
announced by either eoaches o r | b u r n pi a c ed fifth in the final stand-the
A. P. It is an absolute fact that i mg.
Three conference records fell, the
most notable of-which was the per-
Auburn will land at least two men
on the team and likely twice that:
number will get the jobs. Let's hopej f o r m a n c e of H a m m > T e c h s t a r ( in
so. Last year on Wallace Wade's j , e a p i n g j n t o n a t i o n a l f a m e w i t h a
mythical All-Southern nine, two Au- b r o a d j u m p rf 24 f e e t > n 3. 4 i n c h eg
burn players received the bid, Hitch­cock
at third and "Dawg-face" Sher­idan
on the mound. But this season
has produced many new stars. The
O'Dell, one of the members of Clem-son's
two-man track team, scored 13
feet 3-4 inches in the pole vault, al­most
a foot better than the old mark,
Ag s Baseball Team
Takes First Place
In Society Circuit
All the society loop games have
now been played, with the Ags in
possession of the bunting. Last Sat­urday
afternoon saw the tie getween
the Civils and Ags broken when the
Ags won against the Elecs, but the
Civils lost to the Architects, The
game scheduled for Friday afternoon
between the Architects and Elecs was
rained out, and has been dropped
from the schedule, as neither team
has a chance to win the pennant.
Final Standing:
more the better and we won't f e e } | w h i l e P r i t c h e t t > o n e o f N o r t h C a r o.
n " r t Una's iron lunged distance men, cut
the two mile record down to 9:57.
The Mississippi Aggies had their
usual well balanced squad, placing
third With 32 points and starring
Turner, who ran a close record quar-
| ter against the wind. North Caroli­na,
the defending champions, had
their usual market of distancers, but
lacked the balance to bring home the
verdict. Elliott repeated his splen­did
race of last year in the mile, win­ning
in hollow fashion, though he
did not approach his own mark, while
Pritchett in the two-mile and Harper
in the discus were individual win­ners,
Georgia Tech came very near win­ning
the meet. At the half-way point
they appeared certain winners.
Hamm won the hundred yard dash,
and his victory in the broad jump
made him runner-up to Baskin for
high point honors. The Yellow Jack­ets
had a well balanced squadron, and
theff early lead seemed impregnable.
Overhauling the Techmen was a
tough task, and it seemed impossible,
but L. S. U. was in to win. A tie
for first in the high jump and seven
points in the two-mile started the
ball rolling. Nesom and Morgan an­nexed
five more in the discus' and
Millet three in the broad jump. When
things boiled down to the javelin
throw, Tad Gormely discovered that
he had a chance and he took it. Holli-day
made the best throw of his life,
and to cap the climax, Burnett adde.J
the two points that tied and won the
day.
Vanderbilt's relay team, the only
entry from Nashville, came through
after a bad start in the four-lap
event, and with Mississippi A. & M.
in second place, Georgia Tech and L.
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PLAINSMAN'S ALL-SOUTHERN
BASEBALL NINE
First Team
Pitchers: Kain (Georgia), Untri-ener
(Florida), Creson (Vanderbilt),
Wood. (Auburn).
Catcher: E. James (Auburn).
1st Base: Turner (Florida).'
2nd Base: Owens (Florida).
3rd Base: Hitchcock (Auburn).
Short-stop: B. Sankey (Auburn).
Left field: Akin (Auburn).
Center field: Beck (Florida).
Right field: Shivar (Georgia).
Utility men: Lancaster (Vander­bilt),
Wattwood (Auburn).
Note; This pick is from Auburn's
Conference opponents only.
S. U. fought it out for third. Har-rell
sprinted down the home stretch
and took the coveted position from
his Tech opponent.
The 880-yard run was a thriller,
and Newman proved himself anoth­er
hold-over frOm last year by win­ning
after a neck and neck race with
Gess, of Kentucky. He failed to
lower his record though. The low
hurdle event was extremely close,
Austin of Sewanee barely beating
Weemie in the stretch.
Guy Nesom, the L. S. U. weight
star, had his hands fulls, but he won
the shot put with a throw much less
than his best mark of the year and
placed third in the discus. John
East did his usual stunt in the high
jump, tying Perkins of Tech, and
failing by three-fourths of an inch
to lower the record. Mitchell and
Calhoun, of L. S. U., furnished a
thrilling race when they rallied
strongly and fought it out for sec­ond
in the two-mile, Calhoun follow­ing
Pritchett over the line and net­ting
seven precious points for Louis­iana
State.
120-Yard Hurdles—Baskin, Au-burn,
first; Beard, Auburn; Brewer,
Georgia Tech; East, L. S. U.j Ben­nett,
L. S. U. Time 15.7 sec.
Shot Put—Newsome, L. S. U., first;
Nixon, Georgia Tech; Hood, Georgia
Tech; Helvey, Sewanee; Baskin, Au­burn.
Distance 43 feet 9 inches.
Mile Run—Elliott, North Carolina,
first; Berwick, L. S. U.; Mann, Miss­issippi-
A. & M.; Wright, Georgia
Tech; Brewer, Georgia Tech. Time,
4 minutes 27.2 seconds.
440-Yard Dash—Turned, Mississ­ippi
A. & M., first; Koontz, Georgia
Tech; Gress/Kentucky; Orr, Geor­gia
; Harrell, L. S. U. Time, 49.6 sec.
Pole Vault—O'Dell, Clemson, first;
Stewart, Georgia; Schoolfield, Se­wanee,
and Nash, Georgia Tech, tied
for third; Fontenot, L. S. U. Dis­tance,
13 feet 3-4 inches (new record).
220-Yard Low Hurdles—Autin, Se­wanee,
first; Baskin, Auburn; Beard,
Auburn; Sandlin, North Carolina;
Giersch, North Carolina. Time> 22
seconds.
Broad Jump — Hamm, Georgia
Tech, first; Clarke, Mississippi A. &
M.; Millett, L. S. U.; O'Dell, Clem­son;
Kysar, Mississippi A. &. M-Distance,
24 feet 11 3-4 inches (new
record).
Mile Relay—Ailey, Smith, fifance,
and Chesney, Vanderbilt, first; Miss­issippi
A. & M-; L- S- U.; Georgia
Tech. Time, 3 minutes 25.7 seconds.
Discuss Throw — Harper, North
Carolina, first; Helvey, Sewanee i
Newsome, L. S. U.; Morgan, L. S. U.j
Nixon, Georgia Tech. Distance, 133
feet 7 inches.
220-Yard Dash—McCrary, Geor­gia,
first; Cato, Mississippi A- & M-i
Whatley, Tulane; Ropey, Mississippi
A. & M.; McPherson, North Caroli­na.
Time, 23 seconds flat.
880-Yard Dash—Newman, Clemr
son, first; Gess, Kentupky; Elliott,
North Carolina; Rhmehart, North
Carolina; George, L. S. U. Time, 1
minute 59 seconds.
Two-Mile Run — Pritchett, North
Carolina, first; Calhoun, L. S. U-;
Mitchell, L. S. U.; Fickett, Georgia
Tech; Morrow, Auburn. Time, 9
minutes 57 seconds (new record).
High Jump—East, L. S. U., and
Perkins, Georgia, tied for first place;
De Martinea, Sewanee; Stewart, Ga.
Tech; Bennett, L. S. U., and O'Dell,
Clemson, tied for fourth. Distance,
5 feet 11 1-2 inches.
Javelin Throw — Holliday, L. S.
U., first; Fugate, Mississippi A. &.
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reading room, pool table and other
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BANQUET
About 100 guests attended the A.
S. C. E. banquet Saturday night, May
14. The large banquet room of the
Auburn Inn was well decorated for
the occasion with the society colors,
crimson and white. The walls were
arrayed with some of the work of
the "Vulgar Boatman." The music
was produced by the Senior Civil
Sixtette. s
Professor Callan, the toast-master,
had a joke to fit every occasion.
The first speaker was Professor
Nathan Mitchan, a graduate of the
class of '97. He told of his school
days at Auburn and stated that the
senior civil class' of '95 had only one
member.
Captain Althaus spoke briefly on
fostering the "Auburn Spirit." Oth­er
short talks were made by Lieuten­ant
Leitch, Mr. Herman Orr of Mont­gomery,
and Mr. J. M. Wolf of Opeli-ka.
Comments were made by memb
ers of the faculty.
A box of cigars was given to the
senior who told the best joke. The
prize was awarded to "Prune" Pruett.
regard to the repaying of Liberty
bonds, to withdraw the debt. They
further contended that the war was
America's from the beginning in that
our markets and trading were so
closly interwoven with European na­tions.
"Furthermore," they declared,
"It would be in accordance with
American ideals and is. our moral du­ty
for our own safety as well as that
of the allies."
The negative succeeded in convinc­ing
the audience that the debt should
not be cancelled by proving, first
that we would lose our national pres­tige.
"Since this is a case of a pure
business transaction," they content­ed,
"It should be considered as such.
The money is a loan to the European
countries and not a contribution."
They further declared that America
needs the money and should uphold
her rights in requiring payments un­til
the sum is repaid.
Notes of the Societies
ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION
HOLDS ELECTION
At a meeting of the Architectural
Association recently, Professor Big­gin
gave a brief account of his trip
to Washington, D. C, where he at­tended
a meeting of the American
Institute of Architecture. He also
spoke on the American Inter-collegi­ate
School of Architecture convention
in which Auburn was represented
for the first time. Out of ten schools
in the south, Auburn is among the
three that are now represented in
this conference.
The following officers for the com­ing
year were elected: M. G^JSmith,
president; G. C. Morgan, vice-presi­dent;
J. W. Williams, treasurer; and
R. J. Adams, secretary.
EPISCOPAL STUDENTS' CLUB
HOLDS ELECTION .
The Saint Paul's Club of the Au­burn
Episcopal Church held its last
meeting of the year Thursday even­ing.
Mr. and Mrs. William -Byrd
Lee were host and hostess at a buf­fet
supper before the meeting. The
election of officers for next year was
the principal event of the meeting.
The following officers were elected
to serve during the coming year: R.
O. Lile, president; E. F. Herzog, vice-president;
Dick Adams, secretary and
treasurer; S. G. Croom, George Staf­ford,
George Brinson and Frances
Hickman, members^ of the executive
council. _
All Episcopal students are eligible
for membership in Saint Paul's Club.
INTER-LITERARY SOCIETY
DEBATE HELD THURSDAY
At the convocation hour Thursday
the annual inter-literary society de­bate
was held, in which members of
the Wirt and Websterian literary so­cieties,
having been selected from pre­liminary
try-outs, were participants.
The judges, Miss Dobbs, Dean Judd
and Professor Parrish gave their de­cision
in favor of the members of the
Wirt society, composed of Roy Sell­ers,
and 0. H. Davis, who supported
the negative side of the question: Re­solved
that the European War debt
to the United States should be can­celled.
It has been a custom that the
names of the members of the society
winning the debate be engraved on
a loving cup.
The affirmative side was upheld
by G. H. Jester and A. B. Blanken-ship.
They explained fully how Eu­rope
is unable to pay the huge debt
to America and that it would not
affect America's financial status, in
and the joy-friend.,.
Prince Albert
WHEN my father was in college, "Put that in
t your pipe and smoke it!" was considered snappy
conversation. I'm ready to take this old line
literally when the talk centers around Prince
Albert. Because P. A. makes two of what I
like in a pipe.
All wise-cracking aside, P. A. is the money
when it comes to deep-down satisfaction in a
smoke. It's got everything! Cool as the trail
of the ice-man across the kitchen. Sweet at
vacation. Fragrant as a pine forest.
Think up your own similes. You'll write them
all in the column headed "Superlative Degree"
when you learn the joys of a jimmy-pipe and
Prince Albert. If you don't know this grand old
smoke, come around to my room and I'll give
you a load.
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A. I. E. E.
On Thursday night, May 5, the lo­cal
chapter of A. I. E. E. held its
last meeting for the 1926-27 session.
The old officers expressed their ap­preciation
for the cooperation and
splendid work rendered by the Elec­trical
Engineering student body dur­ing
the past year. The new officers
hope that those who have been inter­ested
in the society this year will
continue to come out next year.
The entire time for the program
was given to Miss Zoe Dobbs. Her
talk on the "Short Story" was a de­viation
from our regular program
topics and was thoroughly enjoyed
by everyone present. She brought
out the fact that the best short story
of recent -years was written by an
engineer.
Those members who have met all
the requirements for quality points
except on the program can get pro­gram
credit by writing two technical
articles and handing them to Tommy
Lynch or Paul Sandlin.
AG CLUB
The Ag Club met in Comer Hall
Wednesday evening. "Famous last
words" were enjoyed by all. Each
member of the departing class ex­tended
to the Club his best wishes as
to its success and left some sugges­tions
that will be well worth our
consideration during the coming year.
The seniors whose services will be
missed during the coming session are:
Messrs. Worley, • Herren, Hickson,
Bright, Stephens, Bryant, Bertram,
Matthews, Johnson, Ruffin, -Gulledge,
and Phillips. Mr. Phillips is our re­tiring
president.
Officers for the first semester
of next year were elected and are as
follows: President, G. S. Williams;
Vice-President, C. T. Thompson;. Sec­retary,
A. V. Culpepper; Treasurer,
M. T. Gowder; Cheer-leader, "Uncle
Bill" Walkley; Assistant cheer-lead­er,
"Rat" Scruggs; Plainsman report­er,
L. G. Brackeen; Librarian, E. G.
Diseker; Sargent-at-arms, W. W.
Johnson; and T. D. Allredge, Critic.
These newly elected officers are to
have full charge next Wednesday
evening. Let us hope that the past
year was only preliminary for that
of the coming year.
A. S. M. E.
The local branch of the A. S
M. E. held its regular meeting of the
semester Monday night. The pro­gram
was short but interesting.
Those taking part in the program
were G. B. Ashcraft who talked on
the code of ethics for engineers, and
L. L. Ingram who told of the develop­ment
of the areoplane. There were
several other short talks by the sen­ior
members, varying fro mengineer-ing
subjects to a word of farewell to
the society. The feature of the meet­ing
was a farewell talk by Professor
Garman. The society owes much to
Professor Garman and is going to
feel a great material loss with his de­parture.
The A. S. M. E. has recently es­tablished
an endowment fund known
as Major Maz Toltz endowment for
the aid of engineering students.
There have also been some scholar­ships
established for Mechanical En­gineers
in graduate work at some of
the leading colleges. Anyone inter­ested
in either of these can get fur­ther
details from Professor Garman
or from the officials of the Auburn
student branch.
WILSONIAN STAGE SNAPPY
MEETING
The Wilsonian Literary Society an­nounced,
at their weekly meeting,
Tuesday, May 10, the plans for their
spring social. The affair will be a
short hike, leaving the Main building
at 6:30 o'clock Friday evening, to
some nearby grounds where a picnic
dinner will be served. It was also
announced that the election of offic­ers
for next year would take place
at the next regular meeting.
The program rendered was as fol­lows:
"The Flood of the Mississippi,"
A. L. Allman; "The Motor Cars of
Tomorrow," W..P. Smith; "Altheas-ium
Beckons to our Youth," J. J.
O'Rouche; "Automobiles," C. D. Brad­ley;
"Booth Tarkington on Marriage,"
Viola Thorn. A large number of im­promptu
talks were given by mem­bers
of the society in order that more
could serve on the program for this
semester.
WIRT LITERARY SOCIETY
The Wirt Literary Society met in
Wirt Hall. Since next Tuesday night
night will be so near examinations,
a motion was brought forth that of­ficers
for the first half-semester, fall
of 1927, be elected. The following
were elected: S. S. Tatum, president;
H. O. Davis, vice-president; Miss
Grace Pinnell, secretary; T. H. Le-
Croy, treasurer; F. L. Tucker, re­porter;
and V. C. Culpepper. Im­promptu
speeches were made by Miss
Neida Martin, J. W. Stanton, J. P.
Lynch, and H. J. Christensen. It was
decided that all members who had
served on the program once be allow­ed
to write an article and turn over
to the secretary before Tuesday night
of next week, thereby qualifying for
quality points. The society adjourn­ed
until September, 1927.
RHO CHI INITIATES
The annual initiation of Rho Chi
was solemnized at the Phi Delta Chi
house on the evening of May 6. The
ceremonies were performed for five
initiates of this year. They were R.
E. Carpenter, T. T. Jennings, A. F.
Nickel, G. E. Threadgill, Jr., and
Ira Waites. The initiation was con­ducted
by Dr. L. S. Blake, J. P.
Roche, and L. B. Martin.
Rho Chi is a national pharmaceu­tical
fraternity, founded at the Uni­versity
of Michigan in 1922. Chap­ters
are maintained only in colleges
holding membbership in the AmT! -
can Association of Colleges of Phar­macy.
Zeta chapter was established
at Auburn in 1925.
SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB
BANQUET
The Social Science Club upheld its
reputation of being one of the most
active organizations on the campus
when 125 students gathered at Smith
Hall May 3rd for their first annual
banquet.
Dr. Clark displayed his ability as a
toast-master in introducing the speak­ers
and conducting the program. The
leading speaker for the evening was
Attorney William Samford of Opeli
ka. His subject was "The City of
Monte Carlo" of which he gave a very
detailed description.
President Scott gave a short his­tory
of the club and an outline of its
purposes; Professor Hugh Grant
spoke on "The Politician" in which
he pleaded for a change of public
opinion in regard to politics.
The program was of a varied na­ture,
from the gambling tables of
Monte Carlo to the Bible reference:
"As a man thinketh in his heart so
is he," the subject chosen by Dr.
Dowel 1.
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EPWORTH LEAGUE FIELD
FROLIC
Something new in the way of en­tertainment
is being given the leagu­ers
for their last social of the year.
All of the leaguers and their friends
are requested to meet pmomptly at
the church corner at 4 P.M. Satur­day
afternoon, May 14th. Be sure
to come dressed for an outing and a
good time. Miss Natalie Creel, the
third department superintendent, has
promised plenty of eats and also a va­riety
of good and new games. Ar­rangements
are being made for a
large crowd and especially are the
seniors invited for this is being ar­ranged
as a farewell for those who
have worked faithfully in the league
while here at college. An added fea­ture
of the frolic will be the com­pletion
of the tournaments which
have been going for the past two
months.
EPWORTH LEAGUE ELECTS
OFFICERS
On last Sunday night the ney lea­gue
union officers were elected for
the first semester of next year. One
of the largest crowds of the yeaar
was present and the enthusiasm ran
high. After several campaign speech­es
had been made, the following of­ficers
were declared elected. Warren
Moore succeeds Howard Head as Un­ion
president; Hugh McColl follows
Warren Moore as vice-president; Miss
Hazel Arant was elected secretary;
Miss Natalie Creel treasurer; and
Mr. W. T. Edwards Era Agent. War­ren
Moore makes his home in Au­burn
and has had quite a bit of ex­perience
in the league. The leagu­ers
are expecting great things from
the new cabinet for next year and
are optomistic over the results of the
election. This coming Sunday the
three different leagues will elect
their respective officers. Interest is
running high and large numbers are
expected.
"JOSH" CODY AT CLEMSON
Up in South Carolina at Clemson
College, "Josh" Cedy, one of Dan­ny
McGugin's assistant mentors will
handle the reigns next season. Clem­son
is depending on Josh to stage a
come-back for the Tigers. It may
be remembered that Wallace Wade
was also one of McGugin's scholars,
and the Carolinians are in the belief
that he may follow in Wade's foot­steps.
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN
TRAINING FOR
MILITARY DUTY
IS ESSENTIAL
By S. H. Lynne
"Military training is essential to
the full development'of a man's char­acter,"
according to a statement made
by Captain K. G. Althaus, adjutant
to the Professor of Military Science
and Tactics at Auburn, in an inter­view
here today. "It is only through
the practice of precision that a man
becomes regular in his habits," he
continued. "Especially is this true
of the average American youth. Now
it is a fact generally conceded that
the proper time to begin disciplinary
training is in the formative period
of a youth's life," he further stated.
Captain Althaus especially em­phasized
the many advantages accru­ing
to the individual who has receiv­ed
training in one of the many R. O.
T. C. units. According to the local
adjutant, "military training teaches
the proper respect for men in author­ity
and recognized leaders, stresses
precision and accuracy in the dis­charge
of duty, promptness and relia­bility
in meeting engagements, high
standards in manhood and morality,
and the ability to think clearly, log­ically
and analytically along with
other essential qualities that are fun­damental
in the development of lead­ership
so necessary at the present
time in our modern complex civili­zation."
The popular captain could not re­frain
from loyally supporting his
branch of the service, the Infantry.
He repeatedly brought out the point
that, in the final analysis, battles
are won or lost by the Infantry. All
other arms and all other units are
auxiliary to this arm of the service.
"It is an irrefutable principle of war­fare
that the Infantry must advance
to, attack and occupy a position be-
TASK ASSUMED BY RED CROSS
IS PICTURED BY DEAN PETRIE
(Continued from page 1)
plements, and many other things must
in some way be provided.
"All this has been, is, and will be
a huge task, the size of which is
scarcely yet realized.
The Work of the Red Cross
"Organizations of all kinds, state
and national officers, and thousands
of private individual have eagerly
given their money and their time in
this great emergency. But the guid­ing
force in the work has been the
Red Cross. Never before have we
seen so clearly the value of this or­ganization.
"In such a crisis it is on the scene
at once. It coordinates all the forces
that wish to help. It brings order
out of chaos. It inspires confidence.
It collects and distributes money and
other needful things promptly, hon­estly,
and without red tape. Long
after a great disaster loses its novelty
and passes out of the public mind,
the Red Cross goes steadily on with its
work, bringing things gradually back
to normal.
The Origin of the Red Cross
"The greatest wonder about this or­ganization
is that it is so recent an
institution. Caring for the sick nad
wounded has always been the privi­lege
of gentle and heroic women, and
nobly have they done the work. But
Florence Nightingale in Europe and
PROF. ROY DIMMITT
TENDERS RESIGNATION
(Continued from page 1)
for three years. The next trienial
was spent as the State Director of
Vocational Education for Maryland.
He has served as Professor of In­dustrial
Education at the summer
sessions of the University of Alaba­ma,
University of Mississippi and
University of Missouri.
Venturing forth on the journalis­tic
seas, he served as associate editor
of the "Educational Exchange," Ala­bama
School Journal.
Mr. Dimmitt served for a short
term as secretary of the Alabama
Educational Association.
The popular director has made quite
a name for himself as an author.
Among other publications are his:
"Evening and Part-time Schools in the
Textile Industry of the Southern
States" and Survey of Coal Mining
and Coke Industry for Virginia
State Board for Vocational Educa­tion.
He has mainfested his interest in
fraternal organizations through his
membership in the Kappa Sigma fra­ternity.
He is also a Mason.
Mr. Dimmitt has as yet made no
definite plans for the ensuing colle­giate
year, but will probably an­nounce
them at a later date. He car­ries
away with him the best wishes
of the men who have been so fortu­nate
as to be closely associated with
him while at Auburn.
AUBURN UNIT OF INFANTRY
GOES PERMANENTLY
(Continued from page 1)
400 rifles; 2 Browning machine guns;
one 37 milimeter guri; one infantry
Howitzer; as well as 60 riding and
draft horses, and small equipment—
a vertiable stage for a light war in
the event of an emergency.
The present R. 0. T. C. organiza­tion
was established at Auburn early
in 1917 in "accordance with the Na­tional
Defense Act of 1916. In Oc­tober,
1918, the organization was sup­planted
by the S. A. T. C, demob­ilization
having followed the signing
of the armistice, and the R. 0. T. C.
again established.
Since the reestablishment of the
R. 0. T. C. in 1916, the Auburn unit
has been rated "distinguished college"
by the War Department seven conse­cutive
times, a record, it is believed,
unequalled among the many R. O. T.
C. units throughout the United States.
Staff officers here are now ex­pecting
the annual rating from the
War Department, the inspection hav­ing
been made several weeks ago.
Those in charge of R. O. T. C. at
Auburn have been Col. F. W. Row-ell,
who served until 'he was assign­ed
for active duty in the World War,
Maj. E. T. Winston, Capt. Albert E.
Barrs, Maj. I, S. Spalding, who took
charge following demobilization of S.
A. T. C, Maj. John E. Hatch, and
beginning with this year, Maj. John
T. Kennedy, present commandant, all
distinguished army officers. Major
Kennedy saw service in China, the
Philippines, and also in France. The
staff* this year comprises 10 army
officers as follows: Maj. John T.
Kennedy, commandant, awarded Con­gressional
Medal of Honor for action
in Philippines and the Distinguished
Service Medal for service in World
War; Capt. George H. Cushman, Jr.;
Capt. Kenneth G. Althaus, awarded
decoration of French War Cross with
Palm and Belgium War Cross; First
Lieut. B. Leitch; First Lieut. Ben­nett
H. Bowley, Jr.; Captain B. C.
Anderson; Captain James M. Gar­rett;
First Lieut. Crowell E. Pease;
First Lieut. Charles P. Jones; First
Lieut. Wilson B. Higgins.
Many distinguished army officers
have received their military train­ing
at Auburn, notable among these
being Gen. Robt. Lee Bullard, who
commanded the first army corps in
France in the World War and Gen.
R. E. Noble of the Sergent-Gener-al's
Department, retired. The Ameri­can
Legion Post at Auburn is named
for the late John H. Willis, an Au­burn
man, one of the first commis­sioners
officers to be killed in France.
Clara Barton in America first caught
the public attention and showed what
could be done by organized and sys­tematic
efforts on a large scale.
"Then came the famous meeting of
delegates from many countries in
Switzerland and the organization of
the International Red Cross society.
"In the Franco-Prussian war it soon
found a field of usefulness and made
good in a convincing manner.
"American traditions were strongly
against any European entanglements.
But the appeal of the Red Cross was
clear and compelling. In 1882 the
United States joined the internation­al
agreement and we became a part
of the organization.
"The founders of the Red Cross
seem to have thought first about tak­ing
care of the sick and wounded in
war. But like all fine ideas, it has
far outgrown the first conception."
BASKIN HIGH POINT MAN
IN S. CONFERENCE MEET
(Continued from page 4)
M.; Baskin, Auburn; Burnett, L. S.
U.; Creech, Kentucky. Distance,
189.2 feet.
100-Yard Dash—Hamm, Georgia
Tech, first; McCrary, Georgia; Cato,
Mississippi A. & M.; Roney, Mississ­ippi
A. & M.; Whatley, Tulane. Time,
10.1 seconds.
SHORT HISTORY
0FCITYGIVEN
This interesting story was written
as part of the work in pournalism
under Prof. H. G. Grant at the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute.
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While in Camp This Summer We Solicit
YOUR PATRONAGE
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"YOURS FOR AUBURN"
(By Mrs. J. C. Lowery)
Auburn, Alabama, April 28.—In
1836 a small band of colonist from
Harris county Georgia conceived the
idea of settling a twon that after­wards
became known as Auburn
which is located in Lee county in the
eastern part of Alabama.
The ambition of the pioneers was to
make it an educational center. It is
interesting to know that one of the
leaders, John Harper, was a college
graduate. He was regarded as the
financier of the colony.
This little band of colonist came
to Auburn on horseback. In those
days horseback riding was the most
convenient mode of travel. There
were no railroads at this time.
When the colonists began their
settlement at Auburn they found the
Creek Indians living here. They
were so pleased with this section of
the country that they made a treaty
with the Indians and began trading
with them. The Indians immediate­ly
gave the colonists possession and
began moving toward Loachapoka,
Notasulga, and Tuskegee, a few miles
west from here.
Immigrants from North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Georgia poured
into the new town. After some
months of hard work and much
thought the town was surveyed.
Then arose the question as to what
the newly settled town would be
called, whether it would be called
Geneva or Auburn. Straws were
drawn for the two names and Au­burn
was chosen.
The name Auburn was taken from
Goldsmith's "Desserted Village" by a
young lady named Lizzie Taylor.
These interesting facts were re­vealed
to us by Mrs. W. B. Frazier
who is the oldest citizen living in
Auburn today. She gives to us the
history of some of the buildings that
were first erected.
The Masonic Female college was
one of the first buildings to be erect­ed.
It was a large two story struc­ture
where many young women were
graduated. Very close to this build­ing
was a chapel and in the basement
was a chemistry and botany labora­tory.
This building was finally mov­ed
to another lot. It was brick ve­neer
and today we have it as Lang-don
Hall.
Later a Methodist College for boys
was funded. This was in 1856. The
ground was laid off and the work­men
were ready to begin when it was
decided that the site was too far from
the center of the town. So it was
agreed to purchase the lot on which
the main building now stands. A
suitable building was constructed on
this site. But the Civil War was ap­proaching.
In 1861 the boys were
called to arms and the doors of the
college were closed.
During the war the college was
turned into a hospital. Today there
is a beautiful shaft raised to the mem­ory
of the young men who lost their
lives in the war and wrere buried in
the Auburn cemetery. This shaft
was erected by the United Daughters
of the Confederacy.
There were also several papers
published in the eraly days of Au­burn
according to Mrs. Frazier.
They were the Herald, Gazette, and
the Young Ladies Mirror. The lat­ter
was published by the young ladies
of the college. The three papers were
sent to the people of the state.
There is a very interesting incident
told to us by Mrs. Frazier which is
connected with the early history of
the Baptist church. During the war
it was full of sick and wounded sol­diers.
The little church which was
built of loge was blown down during
a storm. The roof rested on the
pews which prevented it from crush­ing
the soldiers. No one was hurt
and all were kept dry during the
night of the terrific storm.
Just before the Civil War, there
were about one thousand white peo­ple
and seven hundred negro slaves
living in Auburn and the immediate
neighborhood. There were not more
than six families who did not own
slaves. The settlers brought slaves
with them when they came to Au­burn.
On the whole the slaves were
treated kindly by hteir owners. All
were taught to attend church on Sun­day.
There were comedies as well as tra­gedies
those days. "One in particu­lar
I shall mention," said Mr. Fra­zier.
"The negroes never failed to
shout long and loud while in church.
In the first part of the services the
negroes would sway from one side to
the other. After becoming more
deeply moved they would sway back­ward
screaming and clapping their
hands. Son»e of the most pious ne­groes
when in church would go into
trances.." Mrs. Frazier further stat­es
that the crowd of negroes that
poured out of the church would re­mind
one of a gay bed quilt so va­ried
were their Sunday clothes.
Their marriage ceremony was often
performed by jumping the broom.
Generally it was performed by some
negro exhorter, and after the mar­riage,
which was always at night,
they would have a great supper.
"The building of the railroad
through Auburn," said Mrs. Frazier,
"created a bit of excitement." This
was in 1850 to 1852. Mr. Harper,
the man wljo had the contract for
building the railroad through this
section, did not live to see his great
work completed. The road was built
to West Point by slaves.
Before the building of railroads
the stage coaches were used. Most
of the citizens were men of means,
therefore, they owned their own ve­hicles
and travelled wherever they
wished to go.
Auburn has steadily increased in
population. Today it is a very at­tractive
town wits its paved streets
and white way. All the homes in
Auburn are accommodated with wa­ter
and electric lights.
In 1872 the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute was founded. It is now
ranked as one of the leading schools
of the South. In scope of work the
college covers a broad field, namely,
technical courses in agriculture, en-ginnering,
architecture, pharmacy,
veterinary medicine, agricultural ed­ucation,
home economics, and courses
in the basic subjects of mathematics,
language, history, economics, milita­ry
training, and physical education.
From these facts you can readily
see that Auburn is growing and the
educational ideals are quite an im­provement
over the earlier days.
Ayburn, popularly known as the
"lovliest village of the plains," is, in­deed,
a very desirable place in which
to live.
of the faculty. Those on the facul­ty
are: Drs. Ross, Parker, Allison,
Mr. Roy Dimmit and Miss Zoe Dobbs.
A campaign was embarked upon
to build four tennis courts on the
property between Dr. Allison's home
and the Lambda Chi Alpha frater­nity
house. Construction plans have
been made and the courts will be
completed by the opening of school in
the fall.
The Y. M. C. A., throughout the
year held a number of socials and
entertainments, the all-college hike
probably affording the greatest
amount of enjoyment. The organiza­tion
appoints committees to assist in
gettings students to Sunday School.
The committee cooperates with all the
organizations in the churches to fur­ther
their interests.
Evangelistic services are also
given each year by the Y. M. C. A.
Bishop H. J. Michel conducted the
services this year.
The Friendship Council, founded
at Auburn in the fall of 1921 by Mr.
J. W. Bergthold, then General Sec­retary,
is composed of the Y. M. C.
A. officers, student directors, one
colonel, two majors, twenty captains
and one hundred lieutenants. The
organization is not military except
in the names of the officers. Every
student in school is a member of the
organization and cooperates with the
officers in anything that stands for
the upbuilding of Auburn.
HUDSON & THOMPSON
Wholesale Grocers
Montgomery, Alabama
SOLICIT BUSINESS
OF
Fraternity Houses and
Other Student Organizations
Y. M. C. A. WORK FOR YEAR
SHOWS SPLENDID RESULTS
The records of the Auburn Y. M.
C. A. this year show a number of
accomplishments during the presi­dency
of J. M. Edwards.
Fifteen students attended Y. M. C.
A. conferences during the year, one
at Milwaukee in December, one in
Atlanta in January and two in Birm­ingham
last October and April.
A second feature sponsored by the
Y. M. C. A. is the discussion groups,
held each week for ten weeks in a
semester. The purpose of the groups
is to discuss each week a subject per­taining
to either the BiRle, social and
industrial questions or Christian
World Education. There was a total
attendance of 3,047 at these meet­ings
for the year.
A prayer group of eight met five
times a week at the Assembly Room
for daily devotion during the first
semester.
The Y. M. C. A. Cabinet consists
of twenty students and five members
"HOW" TEN DAYS AT BLUE
RIDGE
This is just an odd name for a
study course lasting ten days at Blue
Ridge. There will be hundreds of
different students learning "HOW"
to do something during this particu­lar
time.
The 'topic for discussion at Morn­ing
Watch, services held at Smith
Hall every morning by the Y. W. C.
A., this week is on Blue Ridge,
vesper services each evening of this
week are also devoted to this. If you
have the slightest dream of a trip to
Blue Ridge this summer, find out
more about the conference and make
your stay there more profitable and
pleasant.
Misses Hare and Cheshire gave a
very appetizing and lovely breakfast
to those interested last Tuesday
morning. We had the Holy Grail
services Wednesday evening which
beautifully symbolized that in being
of service to our fellow workers, we
are helping ourselves. Make your
plans to go to Blue Ridge and enjoy
the best ten days vacation you have
ever had.
Auburn R.O.T.C. Juniors!
Make Our Cafe Your Columbus Mess Hall
Post Office Cafe
Our Orchestra Specializes in Auburn Songs
105 Twelfth St. Columbus, Ga.
Truly American
"Waitresses" not Waiters
Y. W. C. A. INSTALLS NEW
OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR
Sunday evening at 6:00 o'clock a
very interesting Mother's Day pro­gram
was rendered at Smith Hall by
the Y. W. C. A. Several poems were
given by diffferent members and Rev­erend
Langston sang "The Mother of
Pearl."
After this program the new offic­ers
of Y. W. C. A- for next year were
installed. This was a most beautiful
service. The following poem by Al­len
Eastman Cross expresses better
than any other words the call given
to these new officers:
"Pass on the torch, pass on the flame;
Remember whence the glory came,
And eyes are on you as you run,
Beyond the shining of the sun.
Old Cabinet we take the torch from
thee
We must be true, we must be free;
And clean of heart and strong of
soul,
To bear the glory to its goal.
Lord of our life, to thee we kneel;
Maker of men, our purpose seal.
Sing glory, new members, to they
name—
Pass on the torch, pass on the flame."
THERE ARE NO FEATHERS IN OLD GOLD CIGARETTES
SO THEY CAN'T TICKLE YOUR THROAT
l.
Hi Spy, the Human
Ferret, crawled out of the
haystack, a beaten and
baffled man. " I ' l l tell the
cockeyed world that you
can't "find a needle in this
haystack," he declared.
"There's 8,932,158 cig­arettes
in that heap of
smoking enjoyment," he
announced. "But not the
sign of a cough in one of
them."
" I 'm going t o look for
something easy now," he
added, "a cough in an
OLD GOLD cigarette."
5.
" I 'm going back t o the
haystack," he continued.
" I may have overlooked
the needle,' b u t I 'm con­vinced
you can't find a
cough in a carload of OLD
GOLDS."
Eight days later, he
crawled out of another
pile . . . a pile of O LD
GOLD cigarettes.
OLD GOLD
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ITS THE SMOOTHEST CIGARETTE
NOT A COUGH IN A CARLOAD »»
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