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VOL. XXXIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 16, 1925 NUMBER 15
DR. 1LLER WORKS OUT NEW
PLAN TO RECLAIM OLD OIL
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Experiments in Labora­tory
Successful; Use in
Future Predicted
Demonstrations here indicate that
old crank case oil of automobiles
which has been regarded fit for noth­ing
may be reclaimed and used again.
Dr. C. D. Miller, who is engaged
in research work in the department
of agricultural engineering of the ag­ricultural
College of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, has succeeded
in working out a-method of reclaim­ing
or laundering old oil at a cost
estimated by him at less than five
cents a gallon.
In studying the problem, Dr. Mil­ler
found that oil does not "wear out"
by use in a crahkease, and neither
does it change it's composition. Some
losses occur mechanically and by ox­idation,
but the oil itself remains
substantially the same as it was be­fore
used. It is rendered unfit for
service by contamination with other
f "substances, such as carbon and other
. | solids, and certain constituents of
I * gasoline.
The removal of these substances is
all that is required for its successful
reclamation. This can be done by
pouring the oil into "a tank, adding a
'washing powder, blowing steam
through it for about three hours, al­lowing
it to settle, and then drawing
off the oil from the top, leaving the
foreign substances, both solid and
liquid, -m the bottom.
When treated this way the steam is
partly condensed, dissolving the
washing powder which has the prop­erty
of loading down carbon and
other solid particles in the oil with
a film of the solution, causing them
to' coagulate somewhat as casein coag­ulates
in milk when it curdles. This
causes the solid particles to settle
,o the bottom of the container form-ig
a layer of sludge or muck be-tw*
4s»^iifr oir "and the solution. The
uncondensed portion ' of the steam
carries the gasoline away with it as
vapor.
On the efficiency of this method,
Dr. Miller says that four quarts of
oil as it is drawn ordinarily from a
crankcase should return three quarts
of oil-as good as new.
While the practical juse of this dis­covery
remains to be determined,
Dr. Miller predicts that many garages
and service stations will take advan­tage
of it.
ONE ACT PLAY GIVEN
BY CHAPTER OF U.D.C.
On Tuesday evening of the past
week, the Admiral Semmes chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
of Auburn, Alabama, staged a one-act
play, which scored quite a success.
The play was the work of a Montgom­ery
woman, Miss Toccoa Cozart, who
had been requested by that chapter
to write a play for them, based upon
some incident of the Civil war. She
took an incident involving General
Joseph Wheeler's command, in the
last stages of the war in South Caroli-
"na. The drama proved quite thrilling
and mystifying to the large and ap­preciative
audience.
The near tragedy of the play was
seved by the irresistible comedy of
Lthe critical situation, and the scenes
vere handled with the usual master-
("ful technique of the author.
|The cast of the play was composed
pitftely of local talent, of which there
jfs a wide range from which to select
Auburn. Since the performance,
liss Cozart has received enthusiastic
tianks for her literary effort.
Architectural
Slides Shown at
High School
The Ancient History Class of the
High School was recipient of a lec­ture
and slide demonstration by Pro­fessor
Frederick Child Biggin, head
Professor of Architecture of the A.
P. I.; at the department of Architec­ture
last week. Prof. Biggin empha­sised
the wonderful civilization of
ancient Rome after its peak showing
and telling how this master piece of
man was finally destroyed. He show­ed
slides of one of the greatest of
ancient cities, Pompei, with its pre­served
streets, sculpture, art, build­ings,
and literature. This age of to­day
is indeed fortunate that Pompeii
was preserved by the ashes of the
volcano Mount Vesuvius. The stu­dents
were shown the advantages a
student of ancient history has over
one who never makes a study of this
history. -J -
The Ancient History is taught by
Prof. E. J. Tillman of the high school
faculty, and thanks are "extended to
Prof. Biggin for the time and interest
he consumed with the high school.
STUDENTS ASKED
HOW MUCH TIME
THEY STUDY NOW
At the various divisional convoca
tions held last week by the Deans of
the respeceive courses a new system
of determining the amount of time
each student spends in preparing his
lessons was introduced. Large cards
were given out to each student allow­ing
him room to write horn many sub­jects
his course includes, the number
of hourse he takes and how much
time he spends in their preparation
both in recitation and in the labora­tory.
There are some subjects in
the curriculum that require less study
than others but still the same number
of semester hours credit is given.
It is the purpose of the faculty to
cut the credit for some subjects that
require little preparation and to give
more credit for some subjects that
require considerable preparation. In
other words say for instance French
is a three hour subject and Sopho­more
English is also a three hour
subject, but the general consensus of
opinion gives twice more time spent
in the preparation of French than
spent in preparing English, then more
semester hours credit will be given to
the subject of French.
It is generally agreed by the facul­ty
that all were honest in telling the
time they spent in preparing their
lessons as the committee was kind
enough not to ask them for any
names to be signed.
AUBURN HIGH TEAM
IS FETED BY CLASS
The football team of the Lee Coun­ty
high school, which made a unique
record under the direction of coach
"Slick" Moulton, was feted by the
senior home economics class. The
room was made to represent a foot­ball
field by having goal posts at
each end and the floor marked off
in yard lines, the walls being deco­rated
with pennants made of crepe
paper, representing the eight differ­ent
teams played during the season.
Covers were laid for twenty-four
on a long table which ran through
the center of the room, the table
being decorated with a large basket
of white chrysanthemums, minature
ILLUSTRATED TALK
DELIVERED BY PROF.
ALLISON ON PHYSICS
"Electric Current" in a Vacuum
is Subject of Excellent
Address
Last Wednesday night Professor
Allison of the Physics Department
gave an illustrated lecture to the pro­fessors
and towns people and those
of the students who were there, on
the phenomena of an electric current
in a- vacuum. The lecture was de
livered in non-technical terms as far
as~was possible and was as many put
it "better than a picture show". We
feel though that this simile is hardly
doing justice to Dr. Allison and wish
to say that apart from the excellence
of his talk, we feel that he was doing
something that was of great benefit
.to the public at large. There are
many phases of learning that the ave­rage
man cannot look into due to the
lack of time and it would be a good
thing were every department .in col­lege
to present at least one public
lecture a year on their particular sub­ject.
In the short talk that preceeded the
actual demonstration, Dr. Allison
pointed out that the age in which we
live had not discovered all the .things
that were to be known. In fact in
1895 most of the physiciasts thought
that all the laws of nature had been
discovered and that all future dis­coveries
would lie along the path of
perfection and accuracy. However
the young scientists of that day were
dissatisfied with some of the explana­tions
offered them, and began re­search
along different lines. As a
result of this we now have the X-ray,
the Electron theory, and relativity.
Dr. Allison then went back to the
year 1895 and showed us by actual
demonstration the development of the
discharge of electricity through gases.
The two leads from a high tension
spark coil were connected to two
wires inserted through the end of a
long tube. The spark coil was then
turned on and the air gradually ex­hausted
by a rotary oil vacuum pump.
First the long streamers appeared,
then the triations common to Crookes
tube, and finally as the air became
very rare inside the X-rays appeared.
He then went on to show that the
X-rays are waves moving in a straight
line as they will cast a shadow, and
that the streamers that first appear­ed
are streams of electrons as they
can be deflected by a magnet. From
this beginning, Dr. Allison showed us
how the X-ray tube was developed
and how it was perfected.
In connection with the atom he
pointed out that we are surely liv­ing
in an age of wonders, for the
electron small as it is, has been weigh­ed
and measured and its electric
charge determined.
That there is still room for the
ambitious physiciast was amply shown
by the phenOmona that are still un­accounted
for. No one is as yet
sure that there is an ether that per­meates
everything, and if there is an
ether what is it composed of?
In a short discussion after the lec­ture
Dr. Ross pointed out that Au­burn
was one of the first institutions
to use the X-ray after its discovery.
Practical use of this apparatus was
made at this college within two
months after its discovery was an­nounced.
A bullet was located and
withdrawn from a mans leg where it
had lodged for some two years.
In closing let us thank Dr. Allison
for his kindness in giving this, lec­ture
and express our hope that he
will enlighten us on other subjects
complicated nature at some future
date.
footballs, etc. All decorations were
made by the applied arts class of the
high school under the direction of
Miss Jennie Mcintosh. Prof. J. A.
Parrish is principle of the high school.
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ALL-COLLEGE HIKE SCORES
A BIG SUCCESS SATURDAY
Students Vote
On World Court
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Is Awarded Cup
The Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
was awarded the Interfraternity Cup
for the highest average in grades du­ring
the 1924-25 school year, at the
last meeting of the Interfraternity
Council. The average made by the
twenty-five members of the frater­nity
was 80.6 and represents the high-been
awarded.
For two years the cup has been won
by the Sigma Nus, and had they been
awarded the cup this year it would
have become the permanent proper­ty
of that Fraternity as the Council
rules that the Cup will be awarded
tinder these conditions permanently.
The Kappa Alpha Fraternity placed
second this year.
SENIORS OF W. C. A.
PRESENT PLAY AT
TUSKEGEE MONDAY
The Belle of Barcelona, a musical
comedy in three acts was presented
by the Senior Class of the Woman's
College to a large and appreciative
audience in Tuskegee last Monday
night. In addition to the music the
execution of the individual parts was
excellently done and rounded out an
afternoon of genuine entertainment.
BAPTISTS HOLD
ANNUAL EXERCISES
In a most fitting and unique man­ner,
White Christmas exercises con­sisting
of a pageant and song service
was presented to a large audience
at the Baptist Church Sunday evening
SENIORS GRANTED
REQUEST TO LEAVE
EARLY FOR HOME
The request of the Senior class as
a part of the Senior Privileges made
to the Student Council and favorably
passed on by the Executive Council
grants the Seniors permission to be
excused for the Holidays beginning
noon Thursday, December 17. This
gives the Seniors two additional days.
All classmen are required to return
January 4 to resume classes.
Underclassmen will be excused for
the holidays Saturday, December, 19.
First semester examinations for all
classes will begin as scheduled in the
catalog, January 15, 1926
at eight o'clock.
A pageant showing the humble
birth of Christ and in celebration pf
his birthday which is the most sacred
of all holidays was presented. A
chorus choir furnished the music
which was appropriate to celebrate
such a great holiday. Mrs. Mayo
sang a solo and Misses Eloise Floyd
land Elizabeth Mardre sang a duet.
A reading, "Why the Chimes Ring,"
was given by Miss Louise Burkes.
This Christmas program was pre­sented
by the Fidilis 'class . of the
Sunday School assisted by the Baraca
class. Miss Lorene Parrish had
charge of the music.
Christmas exercises are always
held at the various churches on the
last Sunday before the college closes
for the holidays in order that the
students may participate.
SANTA CLAUS TIME HERE; THE
MERRY OLD GENT TO BRING JOY
TO HEARTS OF EDS AND COEDS
For nearly two thousand years
there has occurred on the twenty-fifth
day of December of every year a
festival or holiday known as Christ­mas
Day. While we have seen no
presidential proclamations - ordering
the holding of Christmas Day we have
every reason to believe that the Day
will happen as usual this year, as
it has not missed fire for a long time
and seems fit to go on for a long
while yet.-
For the adults there is the old-time
"Spirit of Yuletide" which, transla­ted
into English, means "Spirit of
Give and Take." The two weeks
previous to the well known twenty-fifth
are spent in feverish anxiety
rushing from shop to shop spending
all the available funds on presents
and other bait with which to entice
an even better present from the vic­tim
the following year. The said
presents are carefully wrapped up
a few days before the Big Day and
consigned to the overworked and
slightly profane Postoffice employees,
and then the Givers sit back and fer­vently
pray that the Other Party
spends as much on their present.
But for the good little boys and
girls there is a more beautiful Christ­mas.
The young children are not
burdened with the necessity of giv­ing,
but have only to go through the
delightful exercise of taking, which,
after all, is the chief joy in the life
of the average person today. There
is no Christmas Shopping Rush for
the American child, his preparation
consisting of a polite letter of request
to Santa Claus and the hanging up
of a stocking on the mantle—if there
be any mantles left in these day of
steam heated apartments.
Since the visits of Santa Claus
are supposedly conditional upon the
good behavior of the little boy or girl,
there is usually marked improvement
in the general conduct in the averege
American household throughout the
month of December. This improve­ment
has been noted around the cam­pus,
as both the he-students and the
she-students have become more and
more dignified and decorous as va­cation
time approaches. For one
thing they have stayed on the straight
and narrow path more rigidly in the
past few days, although some have
suggested that the systems of barbed-wire
entanglements now surrounding
the walks and driveways may have
some bearing on the improved con­duct
of the students. Moreover, the
students have shown their good be­havior
by attending classes more re­gularly,
although unregenerate per­sons
have suggested that the double-continued
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Freshman and a portion of the up-perclassmen
voted on the Harding-
| Hughes-Coolidge~ phase of the world
court during the past few days. Pro­fessor
John Ward explained the
meaning of the term at the Freshman
convocation, after which the students
were given a chance to vote. The
vote showed that approximately 70
percent of the students were in favor
of this phase of the world court.
Similar ballots were taken at the
Tuesday and Thursday night current
event classes. The results were al­most
the same as that of the Fresh­men.
Out of the total number who
voted, there were about 200 opposed;
this was about 30 percent of the num­ber
who voted.
Colleges all over the United States
are expressing their ideas of the Wor­ld
court by voting.
Sophs Defeat Rats in Tug
o'War; Co-ed Football
Game Features
ALGERNON BLAIR
SPEAKS TUESDAY
CONVOCATION
"You may>xpend your energy and
money but your learning will remain
with you forever, as the world->P£-
quires trained skill and efficienoy* to
acquire perfection," Algernon- Stair,
prominent business man, contractor,
and philanthropist of Montgomery de­clared
at the convocation exercises
for upper classmen. Mr. Blair was
introduced by Dr. Spright Dowell,
president, Alabama Polytechnic Ins­titute,
whi refeiTed to the speaker
as the "lofty type of Christian gen­tleman."
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The speaker chose for his subject
the certainty of the laws of nature,
saying that regardless of our actions,
nature will take its course. There
is no such thing as failure for per­sons
who handle themselves and their
affairs with a reasonable amount of
care and common sense. He em­phasized
the fact that nature never
loses count and that persons get out
of life just what they put into it. He
quoted the statement that all the
trouble in the world today is caused
by breaking the Ten Commandments
and the multiplication tables. The
speaker used many Biblical refer­ences
especially from the book of
Ecclesiastes.
"The thing most in my mind is
that all life is interesting, and we
get about what is coming to us. Life
is made easier by safety, and there
is no such thing as failure if we han­dle
ourselves with safety and self
control. We should be thankful that
the return of the seasons is a certain­ty,
as it is hard to imagine how hope­less
this world would be if we were
uncertain about the laws of nature.
All people have to face the ultimate
end of their work in this life, so
why not make your work the best that
your ability affords? Failure to live
up to our capabilities spells ruin.
The many1 opportunities of today
make this no quitting time for you
and me. One's endeavors should a-chieve
the most possible under the
circumstances.
There is a silly notion that reli­gion
is intended only for age and not
for the rising young generation. God's
laws are not hindrances and limita­tions,
but act only as incentives to
cause one to do nobler and greater
things of life. God is the source of
all joy and all duty, and you must
always remember there is a just God
ruling this world, disregarding wheth­er
we like it or not."
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With the billion dollar Auburn
band leading the way to the well
known tune of touchdown Auburn,
the student body, professors, and
friends hit the happy trail shortly
after the village clock had tolled the
eventful hour of two, toward the
scene of the greatest event of the
year, the all college hike. In all re­spects
Auburn resembled the deserted
village of the plains, which is preva­lent
during the football season and
the Christmas holidays, and it is
doubted if a single individual remain­ed
in town to share the fate of being
the most lonesome person in the
world.
After an appetizing hike of less
than two miles the crowd assembled
at the never to be forgotten spot
to proceed in the festivities of the
evening that will never die in the
memories of the participants the long­est
day they live, for they will always
remember this as the day of days
when all troubles were cast aside
and the joyous side of life was en­joyed
to the utmost.
The first of the numerous stunts
performed was the sack race engaged
in by our famous Rats, who demon­strated
that we have other iracksters
at Auburn besides Varsity track mas.'.
The next TsvfeRt,-the suit ease race
capped the climax of the day as far
as speed was shown, and also for ike
enjoyment of the spectators. We
learn new things every day, but this
race showed us how Co-eds and Au­burn
students can pack a suit case
if the occasion demands same, put
on and take off clothes and run like
Nurmis. It indeed, would not be a
surprise to find some of our Co-eds
short some of these weeks. It is
hard to conceive of a peaceful town
like Auburn being the home of Jack
Dempsey and Tom Gibbons but it was
learned much to our surprise that
such was the case, as was .proven in
the boxing match that followed. ' In­terest
in this sport grew intense as
the mighty battlers swung effective
rights and lefts to the cranium and
thoraic regions of their most worthy
opponents.. After three gruelling
and exciting rounds the fight was de­clared
a draw.
The event that is looked forward
to each year by the Freshmen and
Sophomores is the annual tug-o'-war.
True to tradition the Sophies carried
away the bacon again this year. This
required considerable time before it
finally got underway as each class
spent muct time digging trenches for
footholds, and it was found that the
Sophs had tied their end of the rope
to a tree. After a display of brute
strength following a rally and deter­mined
resistance the Sophs merciless­ly
drug the slimy Rats across the
pond giving them their required Sat­urday
night bath. They met cold de­feat
again when the Sophs again tri­umphed
in a pillow fight, their rep­resentative
knocking the Rat in the
pond on two occasions. Thc^lC^t
event provided by the faculty allowed
the students to laugh in real earnest­ness
as the profs, were really funny,
and we did not have to go through
the custom of laughing at some of
the Profs old sorry jokes merely be­cause
most of the Auburn Profs are
susceptible to "boots." The net re­sult
of this faculty pie contest was
the ability of the students to ridicule
the Profs without fear of fonring out
and the ability of one Prof to con­sume
pie showed that he evidently
has swiped pies from mother's pantry
when he was a youth. The Rats
again proved the thrill in the Cracker
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TELEPHONE NUMBER 238—W
ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT
How many of us take advantage of our
opportunities when they are given? Doubt­less
very few of us avail ourselves of every­thing
that comes our way. When a person
is gifted with a mind to seize every op­portunity
that comes their way and use
it towards their own advancement, then
said person shows the marks of brilliance
and intelligence. What is„ it that prompts
a person^o act on the spur of the moment
making the very best out of life. This
desire to accomplish great things in life
is caused by the individual's own initiative,
which dictates to them not to stop at the
minor things of life but to push on into
the wilderness of life seeking to accomplish
the higher and nobler deeds which are
prescribed for us.
You as students of Auburn availed your­selves
of the opportunity that was thrust
into your face by entering college. Of
course there are a few students of Auburn
that enter college merely because their
parents insisted upon it, but it. is with a
spirit of gladness to say that these men
are in the minority. The great majority
of the men at Auburn are here to acquire
an education, to go out into the world and
do something great, something that is really
constructive.
After leaving this dear old college as
graduates we must go out into the world
and dedicate our lives to some useful pro­fession,,
some thing that will benefit hu­manity
and cause the uplift of this mighty
race. It we accomplish this in life then
we have acted ifpon the spur of the mo­ment
by seizing our opportunity.
In years to come and we pause to look
back over the years and take inventory
op what we have done, shall we be pleased
or dissatisfied? This is left for each stu­dent
to decide for himself. We can make
our lives an earthly paradise if we will
only manage right and keep steady at good
honest work. We are only put in this
world for a brief span of years, but during
this time we can accomplish many things,
and when the Divine One sees fit to call
us, it can be said "here lies'one whose
name will perpetuate the greater things
of life."
DO WE ACCORD OUR PHYSICAL SELF
FAIR TREATMENT?
In most cases we certainly don't give
our bodies the treatment that they justly
deserve. In as much as this article is not
intended to scold the reader because he eats
too much or doesn't follow the rules laid
down by the physicians, it is high-time to
let the purpose of this article be known.
Every year at Auburn there are in the
neighborhood of 150 men that take part
in varsity, scrub, and freshman football
out of the total enrollment of 1500 stu­dents.
This means that only one tenth of
the total number compete for football hon-*
ors. Now that the football season is over
one can enjoy the hour by watching the
numerous boys that play this game in the
afternoon. The writer of this article had
an opportunity of being in the southern
part of the town last week and was sur­prized
to see the number of boys in that
locality playing the great game of games,
football. Later it was learned that there
are numbers of boys that play the game
in the afternoon but never make their
appearance on the local gridiron, Drake
Field. There are boys that belong to this
afternoon league that can punt as well
as the best of them, and one would really
be surprised at the ability some students
possess at drop kicking and placement
kicking. There are boys that show real
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COMMON SENSE
(With apologies to Thomas Paine)
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing."
—Alexander Pope.
But what about a little honor. A little
Honor when you want it; a little" cheating
when that suits you. "No man can serve
two masters." ARE YOU A MAN? Then
stand up on the legs that the good Lord
gave you and say so.
Are you a cheat? Then "go your way
and cheat, for a cheat is without honor and
there is nothing stopping you. But let
all men pray that you will soon be on your
way, for there is no place in Auburn for
a cheat.
The Honor System totters in the minds
of many. Is it or is it not worth while?
What a human comedy! Here we have
fifteen hundred students that are noted
for their college spirit. Fifteen hundred
students that can get behind a football
team as no other students can. FIFTEEN
HUNDRED STUDENTS WHO CAN PUSH
THEIR TEAM TO VICTORY AND WHO
HAVE NOT ENOUGH FIGHT IN THEM
TO UPHOLD THEIR OWN HONOR. A
sad outlook for the younger generation!
Some say that the Honor System does
not work, and therefore it should be done
away with. A wise decision. Do away
with it. Have every student watched like
a convict. Go home and tell that fine old
Mother and Dad that they fyave done away
with the honor system at Auburn. Be
sure to tell them that YOU were too weak
to uphold it. Tell your friends that you
did away with the honor system at Auburn.
Don't be embarassed if they ask questions;
they are only wondering.
There is a growing opinion in Auburn
that the Honor System is a joke. It is
just an opinion. There is more cheating
going on now under the Honor System than
there would be under the other system.
There will be still more cheating in the
future IF YOU do no more than you have
been doing.
Of course the Honor System is a failure
right now. Why? Because of this. Can
jemember when, in the last five years,
every student on the campus has been an
active member of the Honor Committee.
Can you remember when a majority of
them have been? Can you remember when
you were? There is the answer, the crux
of the whole matter.
Men, we appeal to you as loyal Auburn
students, as men apd women that are so
imbued with the Auburn Spirit that they
can fight with a team from defeat to
victory, as college students setting out on
the path of life from the finest Alma Mater
in the world; we appeal to you'to do some­thing;
something definite, something de­cisive.
DO YOU OR DO YOU NOT
WANT THE HONOR SYSTEM IN AU­BURN.
Think about it and then ACT.
A STATE INTER-COLLEGIATE PRESS
ASSOCIATION
From thevnumerous papers that have
reached us during the past few weeks we
have read accounts of Inter-collegiate Press
Association meetings. But we have failed
as yet to see an account of such a meeting
in Alabama. Why? North Carolina,
South Carolina, Mississippi and Florida as
well as other sister states have press asso­ciations,
its members being representatives'
of college papers. .
The benefit to be derived from such an
organization cannot be doubted. In the
states where they have been organized
splendid progress has' been made. It af­fords
a means whereby the students can
assemble and discuss problems that they
meet with, blend ideas and discuss methods
of dealing with them.
In Alabama there are three state insti­tutions
and at least four A grade colleges
eligible for membership. The journalistic
schools in the state have made rapid pro­gress
during the past three years and much
interest is being manifested in this work.
Just at this time the organization of an
inter-collegiate press association would be
in step with the rapidly growing journalism
field.
THE FOOTBALL COMPLEX
Football is crowding baseball for place.
Ten years ago the average kid knew all
the statistics of big league baseball. To­day
the average kid is not necessarily an
authority on big league statistics. But he
knows football statistics. He is an au­thority
on the life and times of Hon. Red
Grange.
The high schools did it. Every high
school in the state has its football team
and coach, and many grammar schools
have baby teams, but no coaches. The lit­tle
fellows brought the football virus home
and injected it into older members of
their family and that's how the football
complex came into being. The colleges
inoculated the high schools. It is an end­less
chain. From babies to grandparents
people are football fans. Hence the wide­spread
interest in the exploits of Red
Grange.
—W. T. Sheehan in Montgomery Advertiser
shy of the practice field their entire four
years at Auburn. What holds these stu­dents
back? Is it that they are bashful,
it certainly isn't because they are scared
or lazy because their ability on the many
sand lots discredits these facts. It has
often been said that the best football play­ers
don't go out for the sport at all,-and
never take advantage of their chance of
making a letter. Of course the same can
be said of the other sports, where there
are men that would make good prospects
but who never go out for practice at all.
If our physical body is so constructed
that we are well built, and are good strong
healthy men, then do we accord ourselves
the right treatment if we don't compete
for a sport. When a man has a good
strong healthful body and has the proper
coordination between his brain and his body
then he is a good subject for Auburn's
renowned teams. Fellows, you know such
men c*n be found on our campus that
don't accord- their bodies the right treat­ment
by availing themselves this oppor­tunity.
Wouldn't it be fine if Auburn
was like Notre Dame where about three-
"fourths of the students compete for a
major sport. Coach Rockne believes in
real he men and in giving each and every
man an equal chance. They talk football
and play it.
are three ways in which this country might
be involved in case of war.
First let us suppose that some great pow­er
went to war as did the Germans in 1914,
with the firm determination to conquer
the world. In that event; this country
would certainly plunge again into one of
the worst and most expensive wars that
they would ever be "called upon to enter.
But would that be wholly due to the fact
that they belonged to the World Court.
Can you faithfully say that a war of such
gigantic proportions as this would surely
be, and with such a barbaric aim would
not engulf the United States were it a
member of the World Court or not. Would
not this country again come to the aid of
democracy as it did in the last war of this
type. What difference then would its
membership in the World Court make ex­cept
that it would provide for immediate
and concentrated action.
In the second place let us suppose that
some country with bi»t medium power went
to war and that country was in Europe.
They went to war against the decrees of
the World Court and the European diplo­mats,
wishing to maintain the already shat­tered
balance of power in Europe, decided
that the World Court should suppress this
outburst. They would naturally call upon
the United States to send men and supplies
to quell the war. So our boys would march
off to be killed and that the balance of po­wer
in a foreign country might be retained
signs of making good players with the to the benefit of that country. That is a
right kind of coaching, but they remain kv*ery nice picture but there are two objec­tions.
How many countrys of medium
power can you think of in Europe.? Fur­ther
is the maintenance of the balance of
power in Europe of any value to' this
country or not. We believe that a
glance at the Import and Export sheets of
this country will show people that it makes
a very great difference.
The third and last way in which a war
in Europe would affect this country would
be in case a very small country were to
break the covenants of the World Court
and make war upon its neighbor. _ In such
an event what would be the use of sending
forces from this country to quell a war that
could be stopped within two or three weeks
by those members of the peace court who
were in that vicinity. It would neither be
economic nor practical.
You will notice that in all these supposed
wars that we have outlined, we have sup­posed
wars that we have outlined, we have
supposed that they originated in Europe.
This was not because we thought that Eu­rope
was the worst country in the world.
On the contrary it was merely because the
worst pest in the world, the soap box orator
insists in pointing out and emphasizing that
this will be the source of all our trouble.
In a way he is right although not in a way
that he thinks that he is right. There are
five other continents other than this conti­nent
of North America. Asia, a land of
vast hordes, • untrained and disorganized.
Should they become organized and openly
declare war on the world, it will be a war
of such gigantic proportions that this coun-
Judge: Have you anything to say, pri­soner,
before sentence is passed upon you?
Prisoner: No, your lordship, except that
it takes very little to please me.—Annapo­lis
Log.
History Teacher: "I shall give a test to­morrow
and don't be surprised if I should
ask for dates."
Sweet Young Thing: "Don't think you
get one from me."
"A woman is at the bottom of every­thing,"
moaned the farmer, as he pulled
his wife out of the well. — Notre Dame
Juggler.
Wherever we turn these days we are
faced with the constant question of what
the United States is going to do about the
Worid Court. It is a live question and is
worthy of everyone's notice and deserves
the able thought of every student on this
campus. Does this country wish to belong
to such an organization as a World Court?
It will be noticed in a brief survey of
the various other college publications that
come to pur attention that every college
of any note is taking a vital interest in
this question through general discussion
groups and debates. It would seem as
though there were room for something
of this kind in Auburn.
But to start the ball rolling we can
give an informal discussion of this ques­tion
ourselves. The world court is primari­ly
a grouping of the important nations of
the world, for the purpose of eternal peace
or as near an approximation of it as pos­sible.
It is natural enough that such a
group must have the power with which to
force the rest of the world to peace. That
however is the clause in the World Court
idea against which this country objects.
i
Let us go back in History a little and
' compare a similar situation with the one
that now faces us. When the Articles of
Confederation were in force and were the
ruling power as far as the National Govern­ment
of this country went, no one had any
respect for them. Why? Because the cen­tral
government had no power with which
to back .up their laws. Is it not surprising
then that the country who had once had a
weak government, with disasterous results,
should now wish to create another body
with the same defect. The World Court
would be no better than the Articles of
Confederation were it created without po­wer.
,
Now grant for a minute that this country
were to join some such body as the world
court and that they were to have supreme
power and all be bound to help each other
out. How would that affect the peace and
tranquility of the United States? There
try would be drawn in willy-nilly. Africa,
a comparatively unknown land of small
tribes and many colonies. To accept Af­rica
as a source of war in itself, that is not
taking into account the possibility of hos­tilities
between the colonies or the powers
that own them, would be looking a long
way in the future. Too far even, for
the greatest statesman of our time.
Australia, a staunch and powerful unit of
Great Britain with very little possibility of
going against the wishes of the Mother
country as far as war is concerned. South
America: Here we come to a pecular
phase of the policy of this country. The
Monroe Doctrine is still in force and would
we are sure be well supported by the people
of this country as it was in the Venuzela
Dispute. This doctrine was formulated to
prevent the invasion of an American coun­try
by another power. So we are left with
the fact that were a foreign country to in­vade
an American country the United, Sta­tes
would go to war, World Court or no
World Court. What then would be the
disadvantage in belonging to a peace body
in this direction. Thus the only other
continent that we have left is Europe and
as we have already shown there is only one
real chance of this country being drawn
into a war that she did not want to go into
in that sphere of international complica­tions.
Are not the benefits to be derived
from the World Court great enough to out­weigh
this disadvantage.
We realize that the arguments that have
been set forth in this column are but a bare
outline, and that many of them are not
strong, but our main idea was to create a
public interest in the subject and we hope
that those of you who have read this will
discuss the question among our friends.
In connection with the public discussion
of this question we are reminded of an
old Indian legend that we once heard.
There was a certain tribe of Indians that
held a yearly race to determine who was
the best athlete in the tribe. At dawn the
chief would send the runners on their way
and would instruct each as follows: Let
those who reach the plains bring back a
certain grass that grows only there, as a
token of the distance that they have run;
let those who reach the foothills bring back
a certain flower, and those who reach the
mountain bring back a certain shrub. The
young men set out and at noon several re­turned
with the grass of the plains. Later
returned the ones who reached the foot­hills
and still later those who had reached
the mountain. Just as the sun was setting
one young man returned in the last stages
of exhaustion, but carried no token with
him. "Where is your token" asked the
chief. The brave drew himself up to his
full height and said,"I have no token, but
I have seen the ocean from the top of the
mountain". Woodrow Wilson saw the
ocean and gave his life to blaze the trail so
that others might see it too. Let us hope
that in this modern day and age every
student will help blaze the trail to the top
of the mountain so that all may see the
"ocean", the hope of eternal peace.
% WITH OTHER COLLEGES %
For faking his name a freshman at
Bucknell was forced to wear a double sign
—the front giving his name and the rear­most
one giving the name he used. A
false face worn on the back of his head
augmented his disguise.
A chewing gum penny slot machine of
the latest model has been installed in the
Physics building of McGill University.
Other departments seem to be envious of
this up-to-date "improvement."
The co-eds of Bradley Polytechnic are
holding a "suppressed desire" dance for
co-eds. only. Each frolicker will reveal
her unexpressed wishes and dress exactly
as she wishes, regardless of fashion, taste
or modesty.
In South American universities, students
must take either a street car or a motor
bus from one class to another, due to long
distances between buildings. The time
between classes is often two or three hours.
A class at the University of Oklahoma
conducted a test to find the favorite word
of the students and discovered that "home"
received first place.
The Charleston dance craze caved in the
floor at the gymnasium of the State College
for Women here last night. Nearly 500
girl students of the college were prancing
furiously in attempts to learn the new
dance when the floor collapsed with a
loud crash.
The Field Artillery Sophomores, now
learning the temperaments and peculiarities
of horses are forming the Prince of Wales
Club. The object of this organization is
to further horsemanship and to develop
a greater attraction between the rider
and the ridden (?). Anyone who has
made a hasty descent from his steed is
qualified for membership. For further
info concerning this select club, see Billy
Bond.
Are you backward or can you come up
to these few qualifications:
Do you stand by and let th\j more
polished snake make a big hit?\ Can
you get by on the dance floor aK^rell
as on the drill field? Is your voice
better suited to giving commands than
compliments? Does your "line" limp
and sound shopworn or threadbare?
Can you maintain an unintelligent coi/ •
versation with the dubbiest deb or
charm the most callous crab.
Two students at Boston College with
names exactly alike have wrought such
havoc in the university records that the
registrar has taken the liberty to give
them middle names. Each had been christ­ened
by Harold Cohen.
Original names for dances appeared In
the Oregon University paper with an­nouncements
of a coming "Journalism
Jam" and a "Junior Jazz Jinks."
Lehigh has one of the most unusual
mascots of any football team in the coun­try.
It is a mud turtle which was discov­ered
making its 'way across the muddy
field during signal practice. He was im-
'mediately adopted and christened "Knock-em".
After each game the score is carved
on his shell.
At California Tech they have an annual
"Garter Day." Only five freshmen were
found to wear them. One man was ultra-collegiate
by wearing only one garter.
Dr. D. E. Phillips, professor of psychol­ogy
at Denver University, declares that
co-eds do not see education as a training
for a career. "Not one out of ten expects
to get a job. Nine out of ten plan to end
their careers at the altar. Which all goes
to'prove college is the greatest matrimo­nial
bureau on earth."—The Flat Hat.
Applicants for admission to Dartmouth
beginning with the class of 1930 must
qualify without entrance conditions. In
the present freshman class 525 members
qualified without entrance conditions of
a group of 638 who were admitted by
special certificates.
A student recently appeared on the cam­pus
of the University of Colorado with 30-
inch oxford bags. Later he was found
unconscious and the trousers waving from
a nearby tree.
In one of the classes, as in the others,
they have elected three men to represent
the new honor board. It was decided to
take a secret vote as that would take up
more time and otherwise save the candi­dates
embarassment. The total /.number
in the class were about thirty-five but
when they began to count the votes they
found that they had to stop when th
reached the seventy-fifth because the h<j
was up. Do not forget that" they
voting for "An honor man."
The topic of controversy on the campj
between students these last few day!
Whether or not Alabama has a good foot­ball
team and if they should go to thej
coast for an intersectional game.
Common judgement will tell us that
person will not try to murder you unles
you have done something to arouse hi
or her temper against you. This yei|
thing happened on "Toomer's Qqrnerg
other day and I have not beert at
figure it all out yet. Jake Walker/
friend were peacefully crossing at TOO*L^_^
when suddenly a "Ford" car whips dowl
the street and makes for the boys withj
sure fire intention of running over the*
It was ony quick movement that savl
the fellows. Think it was the same Fd
car that Swede Mathison has been look]
lately.
W. D. Horton wants to know if therel
anything that a respectable family woul
rather have than a Civil Engineer.
There is only one thing wrong with this
new code in the Honor System, whereby
there shall be three representatives in each
class. That is that in some classes of
only a few students, there will be no one
to watch over.
1 The only thing that saves the day for
the Glomerate pictures this year is ithat
under each picture will be^jSaced your
respective names, otherwise there would
be no recognizing your own "mug" how­ever
bad. I
A retired business man 76 years old has
entered the University of Boston as a
freshman.
Both the lower and upper classes werej
in for a sufprise this week when they lamp­ed
the big announcement on the various
windows in town. "All Freshman RulesJ
Will Begin to be Enforced." The fresh-"
men were highly indignant and the upper
classmen were inclined to take this an- .
nouncement as a bad joke someone was
trying to pull by dusting up the windows
so. Time only will show whether or not
this is the true case. .
A PUZZLING CASE
Not long ago there gathered fifty schol­ars
from the remote corners of an empire, ^
a goodly number of the assembly were
thieves—but not very slick thieves. One
day while the crooked scholars were rob­bing
a victim they were trapped and hailed
before a judge. Whereat, being in fear
of their necks, they presented the judge
with resolutions to the effect that:
1. We have been crooked and the
worst part of it is that we have
been caught, we are embarassed.
2. Being scholars and not ruffians,
we think w e deserve another
chance.
3. Hereafter we will be good boys,
law-abiding and upright, if you will
let us go this time.
4. We will tell everybody that we have
reformed and that we will not
steal any more.
5. We are desirous of apologizing
•f our victim.
The case had been puzzling the j !
and as he saw no other solution he
that the resolutions were staisf acto>
ing: "I don't see anything else-to
The funny part about the story to
if we had been in the judges shoes,
would not have known what to do
—Red and
THE PLAINSMAN
He Preferred The Ride
(j/lERNARD was every inch a Swiss,
JD from his knowledge of cuckoo
clocks to his skill as a yodeler. So
on his first visit to New York, his
cousins watched with some amuse­ment
his amazed delight as the Otis
Elevator whisked them to the top of
one of the highest buildings. They
looked forward to witnessing his
thrill as he stepped out on the bal­cony
which overlooked the vast pan­orama
of lower New York.
To their disappointment he seemed
tc lose interest as s o n as they left
tiL -tor.
"Look down", they said to him,
"You've never seen anything like
this in Switzerland!"
Bernard shrugged his shoulders.
.•.' AS is all very well, but my rwn
mountains are much higher. If .ya
don't mind, I'll spend my afternoon
going up and down in those elevators.
It is not the height of these buildings
which I find impressive; it is the fact
that we don't have to climb to the
top of them!"
THE ^METROPOLITAN BUILDING, New York, is one of the earlier tall build­ings,
but its dignity and pleasing lines make it a favorite, and it is hard to
realize that the top of the tower is some six hundred feet above the side­walk.
In the tower portion of the building there are six (6) Otis Gearless
Traction Machines, running at 600 Feet per Minute. In the main part of the
building, the old high pressure hydraulic elevators are being replaced by twenty-nine
(29) Otis Gearless Traction Micro Drive Elevators of the latest type.
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Offices in all Principal Cities of the World
O M P A M Y
S. A. M. E. HOLDS
REGULAR MEETING
the wa%)ut since then they have in-ci
eased eyh y e a r . The speaker also
told sometfitg 0 f the operation of the
canal and nfetioned the landslides
which at timSt have been a hindr­ance
- > tn'e operation of the canal.
I \ Alston gave a humorous
The J reading V, t h e entertainment of the
The local branch of the Society of
HSiflKrMtoEEr Engineers held
their regular meeting Monday night
in the Engineers' Lecture room
attendance was good and an interest- .society.
ing program was presented. j Following^ t a , k g t h e r e w a g &
J. M. Edwards started the program | discussion of %., r u i s e > i n w h i c h aU
with a talk on "The Panama Canal members °* t k ^ \ e t y were invited
l i t e r Ten Years." He explained how
revenue obtained through uae of the
has increased since
to
~*'c»nal
the war.
net earnings were not at first Thus
spected on account of I 1 -)^
The
as had^seen e»
take. This
sometime after the
definite plans will ^ ^
adjourned the * ^ ^
will be taken
ys and more
until
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extends the seasons greetings
wishes its students
A Merry Christmas
MISS ALICE CARY
WEDS CAPT. PICK
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One of the most beautiful weddings
ever witnessed by the people of Au­burn
was that of Miss Alice Cary,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Cary,
to Captain Louis A. Pick of New
Orleans. The ceremony, the Episco­pal
Service, was performed by Rev.
R. W. Miles, of Richmond, Virginia.
The Presbyterian Church, where
the wedding took place, was decorat­ed
in southern similax, palms, chry-santheums,
and cathedral candelabra.
Preceeding the ceremony Mrs. Mar­garet
Blair played Mendelsshon's
"Wedding March". This was follow­ed
by "All for You", sung by Mr.
Burgoyne, a violin solo by Mrs. W.M.
kskew, and "At Dawning" by Mr.
oyne. All of these were accom-by
Mrs. Blair.
ridal party was composed of
villMelia Daniel Mellen of Knox-
HernV as Maid of Honor, Mrs.
bride, Vmaker, the sister of the
Dorothea*, 0 f Honor, and Misses
ibrough, a \ ciara Ellen Yar-niaids.
^aV Hare, as brides-served
as b^Ujjjjgtt, Althaus
were Major Hk T h e U8he rs
Captain JacksonX, C u s h m a n>
Lieutenant Higd^n t L e i t ch,
Shoemaker, the bri<
ented the ring in the1
and Mellie Hatch
JThe bride was given in
her father, Dr. Cary.
Miss Cary has been for «
A popular member
body of the A. P. I
Pennants
Pillow Tops
Table Runners
Fine Stationery
Pen and Pencil Sets
Novels
Auburn Seal Xmas Cards
n Page 3.
MR. DLNCAN GOES
Burton's Bookstore TO MEMPHIS MEET
PARTICULAR PEOPLE PICK
The
PICKWICK
.The Proper Place to Dine
MONTGOMERY., ALA.
Mr. Duncan, director of the'exten­sion
service, was in Memphis, Tenne­ssee
last week attending a meeting
of the trustees of the American Cot­ton
Growers Exchange which is pro­bably
the largest or next to the lar­gest
exchange in the world. Mr. Dun­can
was called to this meeting to con­fer
with the trustees of the exchange.
This exchange is over the head of all
the states exchanges.
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Professor Duncan announces that
the new Auburn Radio Station will
be ready for operation by the middle
construction of station, studio and
tower is going on at a rapid speed at
present.
The test programs will be sent out
during the first of January and the
regular programs will start to cir­culating
the middle of the month if
all the plans are carried out.
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VICE-PRESIDENT OF
FARM ASSOCIATION
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m SUITABLE FOR
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Childhood days "were lived over again
a;- toys and gifts such as tops, horns,
miniature mandolins, dolls, etc. were
given out by Santy Claus. The
Christmas atmosphere was further
accentuated by the decorations of
holly, mistletoe, and branches of fir.
About seventy-five young people en­joyed
the fun and games which were
directed by Miss Mildred Locke.
Following the social Saturday night
a special Christmas program was giv­en
Sunday night at the regular meet­ing
of the League. Dr. Dowell ex­plained
in a brief and interesting
way what the true spirit of Christ­mas
really meant. Miss Dobbs then
gave a reading and told a true story
illustrating the spirit of Christmas
giving. Mr. Rosser Alston spoke for
a few minutes on the place of beauty
in Christmas gifts.
The first meeting after Christmas4
holidays will be on January 10, at
which time officers for the next sem­ester
will be elected and every Leagu­er
is requested to be thinking who will
be the best ones to direct the activi­ties
of the League for that semester.
Leaguers are also reminded that the
efficiency contest will close on Janu­ary
17.
Mr. Edward A. O'Neal, President
of the Alabama Farm Bureau, was re­elected
vice-president of the Ameri­can
Farm Bureau Association which
met in Chicago last week. Mr. O'|
Neal was nominated for president
and received the support of the en­tire
south and in one ballot the
Indiana delegation supported him.
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WILSONIANS HOLD
CHRISTMAS MEETING
of the
She is a
The Wilsonian Literary Society
held its final meeting for the year
1925, last night in room 301 of the
Main Building. Due to the proximi­ty
of Christmas the program was gi­ven
over to a Christmas celebration.
After the reading of minutes and the
calling of the roll, the president,
G. B. Phillips appointed a committee
of three consisting of Rowe Johnson,
Miss Annamerle Arant and S. R. Gib­bons
to grade and supervise the pap­ers
that will be handed in later by
the society members. President Phil­lips
allowed S. H. Lynne a few min­utes
in which to-allow the society to
decide on a definite time for the de­clamation
contests to be held in Lang-don
Hall. The Wilsonian declama-ors
decided on January 26 as the log-
1 time to conduct this contest as
SIGMA NUS GIVE FEED
ON SATURDAY NIGHJ
Saturday night the Sigma N
hosts to their friends at a
on the lawn adjacent to
home. Two large tables wei
with turkey, fruit, sandwiches,
and countless other tempting
Punch was served and smokes
passed around.
A short address of welcome was"Bx- sho*
tended by Bill Paterson, and grace
was said by Professor Robinson, of
the faculty.
After the feed the guests
REGULAR BOARD
A U B U R N I NN
Three Meals $24.00 Two Meals $18.00
BREAKFAST 7:15 TO 8 : 30
..j^uld follow the semester exams
ber of the Kappa Delta oro / * V a m p l e t i m e f o r preparation.
Captain Pick was located tart J ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
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worthing new about Christ-dowW
amused the society
emphsjj wit' which oversha
a t the local port but is now station*
a t New Orleans in charge of the In-tersectional
canal extending
New Orleans to-the Subine River.
The :r^QSS^SSU^ —be- He
ding were: Mrs. Jonn wr»»» i
of Athens, Ga.. Mrs. Will Hardie of
Mobile, Miss Bertha Horn of Iowa.
Miss
and happiness seems to have died in
recent years, which evidently indi­cated
that the speaker doesn't believe
in Santa Claus. The spirit of Christ­mas
is the joy o f knowing Jesus and
we should celebrate it accordingly.
The best real things are the things
which we can't see, this being the
case with Santy Claus. Miss Lottie
Story made a Christmas recitation
which was delivered in a very pleasing
manner. The last numbr on the pro­gram
was handled in a splendid man­ner
by the most lowliest of creatures,
a Rat, Feagan by name. He read
numerous letters that various mem­bers
of the society had written to
Santy Claus. To attempt to repeat
some of the letters read would be
quite out of the question as it is im­possible
to repeat the high points of
what Rat Feagan said. Last J. M.
Edwards spoke very favorably of the
ight's proceedure and urged all mem­bers
to be more punctual in thir at-tendanc.
The society then adjourned with a
New Year's resolution to make the
society even greater and better dur­ing
the year 1926.
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boys are all right if they
committee on egg laying contests of
the American Association of Instruct­ors
and Investigators in Poultry Hus­bandry.
This information was re­ceived
from Dr. L. F. Payne, Pres-
Whlte MuleTideht of the Association, Manhattan,
"Why didn't Brown cry out when
he sat on the hornet?"
"He felt it beneath him."
—Harvard Lampoon
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NEW APPOINTMENT
Professor John E. Ivey, head of
the Poultry Department here, has
been officially notified of his appoint­ment
as a member of a permanent
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This Appointment came to Profes­sor
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contest art Auburn. Although
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in contests, and
birds were of nond
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ipt breeds, the
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Cordelia Mellen of KnoxvUle, Christmas ren* 0 f people,
Miss Mildred W ^ t o j e t
Story which cou^L i t ig
long the path o f ^ . t m as
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J„ ^ fpel that I power of holding the
Tenn., Mr. Reuben Payne of Knox-ville.
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Christmas was . ~ ~ , ~ byl«History of Christmas
Christmas tree which was given *\
[the Epworth League
s L d ' y night. He pointed out that the spirit
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TIGERS HAVE TWO COEDS WIN FIRST
GAMES FOR WEEk\ TILT OF SEASON
Panther* and Bulldogs to be Met ': Repulse Rats with Terrific Slaughter;
on Successive
Days
Powell and Tucker Star
With games with Howard
Birmingham-Southern booked for
Tuesday and Wednesday nights, re­spectively,
the Tiger cagemen, under
the tutaledge of their mentor, Coach
"Mike" Papke, have been busily
ccupied in polishing over the rough
spaces that still remain after three
weeks of nightly activity.
The new Tiger five will possess
something which has been missing
on the previous squads. This comes
in the nature of considerable more
height, weight, and last but not least,
speed. There are four six footers on
the floor, these - being Sam Hall,
"Speedy" Snyder, "Jelly" Akin, and
H. L. Cummings. Those who are
not conspicuous for their loftiness
atone for any deficiency in that line
by a superabundance of speed. The
diminutive member of the squad and
While admiring thousands looked
and i o n the Tiger Co-eds began their bas-
EAST TO MEET WEST
IN SAN FRANCISCO
ket ball season most auspicious last
night by routing the Rats by a 36 to
11 score. Until the last quarter the
game was lopsided, one-sided slow,
and otherwise uninteresting, but the
action commenced in the fourth per-iod
and waxed warm for the remain-!
der of the game.
Miss Rubye Powell, captain cou-j The smiling countenance depicted
rageous of the 1926 Smith Hall var-[ just above is none other than Mr.
sity was the outstanding star of the! "Shorty" Morrow. It might be well
game, playing a-dazzling game both
SHORTY MORROW
on the offense and defense and con-tributing^
a^grand total of twenty
Coach W. A. Ingram's galaxy of;
all-American football stars arrived I
here yesterday and went through
their opening practice against the
Indiana University squad in the In-diana
University Memorial Stadium.
The team will train here the rest of
this week and will leave December
20 for San Francisco where they are
to meet the pick of the west Dec.
26 in an intersectional, amateur ben-^
efit "grid battle for the Shriner's j
Hospital for Children, San Francisco.
Ingram's players, chosen from
leading educational institutions of the
east, middle west, and south and in­cluding
such stars as Garbisch,
CASUAL COMMENT
Several teams are booked on the; The Tiger basket
new Tiger football schedule that have i games this week will
not appeared on the grid menu of i holiday period. The fir1
the'> Plainsmen for several years.'the new year will be pH
Though the complete schedule has j Tech comes to the campus'
j not yet been given out by the athletic iary 9th.
authorities it has been officially an-|
nounced that the Bengals will scrap j Football appears to have grown to
it out with Mike Donahue's Louisiana I uch proportions that the general pub-
State Tigers at Crampton Bowl in j lie will not be satisfied with but two
Montgomery on October 16. The | playing periods of two months dur-
CLIFF MORROW
points to her Ream's credit. Bessie [annual B. A. C. road race in Birm-
Drake and LuciiTe, Totty also did ! ingham. In performing this feat the
to mentionat this instance that "Shor­ty"
left in the neighborhood of fifty j Slaughter, Wycoff, Farwick, was ad­men
strung out behind him in the | mitted by sports writers here to be
the most outstanding collection of
some effective work.^While the one
and only Big Six playedSher usual
ponderous game. >•
Tiger fleetfooted artist finished
fourth in the general meet and third
in the Southern Conference lists.
For the losers Tucker was^he
brightest star, scoring eight of *he
Another of Tiger town's track ar­tists
is Cliff Morrow who wound up
next to brother "Shorty" in the re­cent
Birmingham road meet. The
combined efforts of these two kins­men
were highly instrumental in
landing the Tigers in a place in the
generally recognized gridiron aces . sun in the standing.
ever brought together for training \ .
as a team.
Montgomerians will have opportunity
I to see the Moreymen perform on two
j occasions in the Capitol City as an­other
game is booked with the Moun­tain
Tigers of Sewanee on October
30th.
one who is making a strong bid is e l e v e n points and missing enough^
Frankie Bogue, and the Springhiller I S ° a l s t o win half a dozen games.
more than makes up for his lack of J o hnson and Ingram, although handi-height
by'proving himself a veritable c aPPe d °y a lack of height, put up a
parcel of energy. good game for the Fro6hettes also,
Speed in handling the ball a n d
w h i l e Creel did some excellent defen-ability
to work the floor, xhave T)een s i v e W ° r k ' B o t h t e a m s shovfed ple!
points which seem to-have been given i t y ° f p r o m i s e a n d s o m e f a s t b a s k e t"
the most consideration. However, a I b a " 'S p r o m i s e d i n t h e f u t u r e » e sP
few kinks have developed in the art a " y l f t h e C ° ' e d s C a n r i d thems^ves
of defence and Papke is dusting'off °f t h e h a b ' t o f s t a n d i n S i n <»*n m o u "
the boys in this line. Another thing
in which the Tigers have seen plenty
OXING CLUB IS
NOW ORGANIZED
HOLLINGSWORTH
HOLES-IN-ONE
sport, the gentle art of
The eastern squad made an im­pressive
physical appearance in their
navy blue jersies- with gold letters,
and gold head gears. The word
"EAST" was emblazoned in gold a-cross
the chest of each player. The j General Business sunk a hohr-in-one ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ ^ ^
19 men on Ingram's roster averaged;on the second hole at the Auburn i b e t w e e n t h e M o u n t a i n T l g e r and the
J. B. Hollingsworth, a Junior in
The Plainsmen met the Donahue
outfit a couple of years ago and
defeated them by a field goal, the
trusty toe of "Clabber"' Williams
turning the trick. The Baton Rouge
boys will make two journeys to Ala­bama,
the other trip being when they
go to Tuscaloosa to feature the an­nual
homecoming day at the Capstone
with the Wademen.
ation. Hence the professional varie­ty.
Very few days are allowed to
pass without news appearing in print
about so and so signing a lucra­tive
contract. ,,
The Alabama Crimson^
best teams ever turned out o r i \ jftu"
thern gridiron, will leave soon to tac-
I kle the pride of the west. The Wash­ington
Huskies ,who have lost non
I and tied but one game that shoul
j have been theirs by a couple of touch
' downs are slated to meet the Wade
j men on New Year's Day "before on
of the largest crowds that ever tu:
ed. out for suchyf^*\itersectional a
fair. Mearni wwhh;ii,l>e _ i':am of
fisticir*ts has made its entrance into i
list of campus sports, and will!
take its place with tennis, golf,
other forms of athletic activity
class and barnyard football, and all
1194 pounds in weight. j Golf Course Thursday evening. Hoi- | T i g e r o f t n e p i a j n s w a s a great oc-
The roster included the following: lingsworth made the shot with a 155 casion. The two elevens severed re-Slaughter,
Edwards, Hawkins, Mich­yard
drive and it was a mid-iron | lations a number.of years ago. Some
igan; Wycoff, Georgia Tech; Gar­bisch,
Farwick, Army; Fisher, Marks,
of service lately,is the art of foul
_s.hpo.ting.
The first real action for tJie squad
eame during the past wedk in the
form of a trio of scrimmages, the
opposition being furnished by an ad­mixture
of several bright lights of
opposing forces put «m a good dem-the
frosh and a / f ew scrubs. The
le fvarsi
indulged in by a sport loving student j I n d i a n a ' - S l o a n ' D r a k e ; Dilweg, Mar­quette;
Ekberg, Davis; Mahan,"West
Virginia; Chase, Pittsburgh; and In-game
on one occasion handled the
referees job with perfection, calling
and sounding his whistle with sten-torium
blasts that hushed even the
comments of his fellow A Club mem­bers
who were disposed to find fault
with the officiating at times. What
shot, the first iron hole-in-one shot
to be made on the local course.
The newly elected member of the
Hole-in-'One Club has only been going
out for the game for three weeks and
during this time has developed into
a first class follower of the green.
Only two hole in one shots have
Weissmullers are Jeft without their I ma&e - The Indiana University coach • been made on the course previous to
favorite athletic activity only because f°u n d his men in good condition fol- the one made by Hollingsworth. Capt-thed
wonder while a goallPfs being | body.
shot. The introduction of the new sport,
Mr. Bull McFaden, wh^f once play- j campusly speaking, leaves but one
ed football for Auburn/and who is J other popular sport out in the cold, i Coach Ingram was well satisfied
reputed to have seen a basketball \ The missing form of activity is swim-!w i t n the *i r s t work-out, which con-gram,
Navy.
ming, and the erstwhile Ederlys and s i s t e d i n s iSn a l d r i n a n d H?ht scrim-of
Auburn's most hectic battles hstre
been against the Tennesseans.
Two games have been boked for
the Magic City. One is 'v-* Howard
on October 9th.
an x'
a t4
stars jig the east will journey to the
lanjj where men are men and tackle
a similar team from there. The old
game is being prolonged long after
the time of its usual burial and seems
as though it will outlive its useful­ness.
The «Jhiee r has not !
by die
Why can't Auburn have a swim.
ming team?^ We have two adequate
been announced by,*»e menuists. p o o l s . These pools have been fiUed
Lo the Kast Lakers .-rf-%^-%*- **ter| during the s n m m ^ ^ tH mloT^lj
"e C t S S U p p l y w a s no* so plentiful as it is 1
* p r e s e n t - However, it would re- - I
The Tigers will pay thi
having had them on Dr/^ F i e l d for /at
the past three years
onstration, the jVarsity crew being .,, „ , . . , ,„.
f n „ „ . . , / . ,. with the average playing of the Ti-forced
to exterfd itself to come out
on the long tndl of the score. These
skirmishes hajfe been instrumental in
getting the/members of the squad ac­customedho
working together as the
work before this time had been of
the jjjmiminary variety.
- ' Those who will make the trip to
the Magic City are forwards, Captain
Bill McKinney,,"Buck" Ellis, Frankie
Bogue, George Evans; centers, Hall
and Snyder; guards, Akin, Kaley,
Slaughter, and Gray.
These two games will end the year's
basket work of the Tigers and prac­tice
will be discontinued until after
the holidays. On January 9th the
first game of the quartet scheduled
for the campus will be played when
the Papkeites will tackle t'he Georgia
Tech Yellow Jackets.
gerettes and the magnificient offici­ating
of Bro. McFaden, the meeting
was a successful all round, and it is
expected that the capacity crowd will
be repeated at the next engagement.
Official Box Score:
it A" CLUB INITIATES
The annual initiation of football
members into the Auburn "A" club
was celebrated last week when, thir­teen
neophytes dressed in gaudy gar­ments
made their last round of the
qualifications for ^heir credentials
to don the football insignia. The
list included: Bolton Shotts, John
Granger, Dave Mims, Manager, "Red"
Roberts, cheer leader, Eldon Pruitt,
""Fats'* McNeil, Hodges, Frank Tux-worth,
"Pop" Paterson, Frankie
Bogue, Abe Robinson, Murray Hoff­man
and Douglas Newsome.
The football initiation this year in
charge of "Buckshot" Williams and
"Square Jaw" Salter, is an annual
Varsity
Powell (20)
Drake C8)
Totty (8)
Nunn
Price
Betts
Pos.
F.
F.
C.
G.
G
G.
Score by period's:
Varsity: 8
Rats 0
4 16
2 0
Rats.
Tucker (8)
Ingram
Johnson(3)
Thompson
Creel
8 . . . 36
• 9 -_-ll
of lack of facilities. When the water
supply becomes great enough to per­mit
the filling of the two large pools
lowing competition and in a few in- L. A. Pick and Dot Fulghum having
stances coaching during the 1925 < each performed the miracle but not
season. He anticipates plunging at with an iron shot. Hollinsworth
which have been idle through the I o n c e i n t o scrimmage and engaging! is the only student having ever per-fige
quire a large number of B T U to I
school year, those who are swimming­ly
inclined may have their say.
At a recent meeting of the devotees
of the squared circle, plans were
discussed with a view of actually
getting the idea of a boxing club un­derway,
by kindling the interest in
the student body.
The following officers were elect-in
heavy work against the Indiana' formed the hole in one impossibility,
freshman and varsity elevens during j Hollingsworth will be the recipient
the remaining five days of the week, of clubs, balls, ginger ale, golf ap- Tl8'el'|p
Just who will
Tigers in the ai
affair on D j / f 6 " ' h a s n o t yet (heat the water
been a n n o / , ' f °U g h Jt w i " P™- dozen . . . „ ,
Ibably b e / 7 f " e n d t h e C 1 * ™ I known ability
Carolinians
homecoming dav li • «, " "*"'* W h e " t h e W e a t h e r
? d 8 y r W a r m l t would not be necessary to
We have at least a
m e n i n college who are of
in the water and there
parel, razors and countless other
articles awarded to those making the
Hole-in-One Club.
tor, "Boozer" Pitts; trainer, "Mike"
Papke.
Quite a number of other colleges
11 ha\re already organized such clubs.
Aside from reaching a greater num­ber
of students and giving a variety
were representing various and sun- o f sports> t h e p u r p o s e o f t n e n e w or_
dry characters, but each candidate
was a show in himself. "Fats" Mc-
Indiana's Big Ten gridiron outfit
seemed to enjoy tackling the Ail-
Americans and were on thir toes
watching the development of fine
points of the game as the all-stars; are the names of O. H. De
showed their football form. ! and G. Howell, All-Cotton Sta
The eastern team has a great quar- who participated in the to
ed: president, E. J. Honeycutt; vice j tet of punters in Wycoff, Garbisch, at Auburn last spring
president, Frankie Bogue; secretary | Martineau, and Ekberg. If points \ these Coach Brown will
and treasurer, W. D. Stewart; direc-jare won by the toe route, however, ber of other attracting
they will be as the result of place from including Fj
kicks. Ingram is short on drop kick- Addison McGhee,
ers but is exceedingly long on place
kickers. "If we ever put Garbisch
ime.
0WB US a ' ^ dozens of others who ^
I come aquatic ss^jaarrss.. AA number''of
e-ingham-
Southern does not »». L ? " 8 8*" ^ c r e d * W n s f c u e l i o n i„
Vau
on the Tiger schedule. It is
known who will be substituted
Place of the Hilltoppers.
aP-,the art and require each graduate
(negotiate a certain distance in the
water before he or she is handed a
I sheepskin.
<l.nPr,p|o t h„ l h „ ..Clab|)ai.„- w i | jt. .end |, a*.,*, ft, n p r l e h ls
The candidates to the "A" Club
ganization is to aid in the art of
defense by developing the body while
promoting a coordination of the mind
p.nd muscle.
Neil, who was abruptly snatched out
of the scrub football ranks after the
injury of Robinson and Paterson at
center, and assigned to duty at cen-
., £~2i. v J U-IJ. i has already gone into action at the
ter, on the eve of the Vanderbilt '-.'"•>
... . , , , . gym where the members will spend
game, with a portable phonograph | a j *
, ., , j . , , , » iiibout three weeks after the holidays
and the usual coat and stubble face | '•
played the part of an organ grinder.
It is reported that the new club
"Dizzy" Pruitt, comediene de luxe,
was on the other end of the rope
playing the monkey.
Placards adorned the backs of the
gridders instead of the jersey numer­als
of a few weeks past. "Pop"
Paterson, of Montgomery, varsity
center, bore a placard reading "I
starred at Sidney Lanier," while
Frank Bogue, varsity quarter, wore
the cardboard saying "If I play we
win." Tuxworth played the part of
in ironing out all of the stiff points
before donning a glove. After the
aspirants are thoroughly conditioned,
elimination matches will take place.
to
. - H I sf>es C ^ T ' ! ^ P e n e t r a t i " e the last enemy l i „ e ' ! g 'Ve Us a vi<*ory over Vanderbilt
circles with L a ^ e s , Crossville, placekiVlf.no. +u , ' o J l'
Kite, Marshal L L thr° U g h t h e SeC° n d ° n t h e l i s t Of point scorers
u, uu the forty-five yard line of Smith, Daf, M ^ l S ^ f ^ ?***»**¥ ^ J ™ ^ ^ ^ ^ "P e a " G r ^ e -
- Candidates are 1 " ; r \ f e r t 0 U C h d ° W n ' h a S t H ^ ^ "*"« « «~
managed to gather a total of 33 t h e e n e m y ^ a l on three occasions
Montazuma, Ga. S a f L e n ^ ' ^ *%*""* °f the a n d ^ ^eat ability to feast
' Buffallo; W. K. Bartle 1 T "" f 0 r W a r d f l i p s * one Frank
our western opponents," says the
Indianna coach, "we're sure of three
points". We have a line that can as
hold and behind such a line Garbisch | 4
will be invincible. He ordered a
shoe with a kicking toe, and you caj
count on him using it in this gj
ville.
A
B.
w> Fla.; W. R. Arnold Se-L " " U n a U a n o o ^ a Place kick artist I ! ™ r t n ' Gren h a d his touch-i
G. Howell, Marshollville enWe d the scenery behind the T a g a i n S t V" P- *. Vanderbilt,
LARGE RAT
OUT FOR
Herbert, Greenvilee; R C " ^ , . t i m b e w - °n t h r e e occasions1 l l ^ *h e S a i d s c o r e s ^ving the tali
&uiey, Montgomery; F R Yar'l g t 0 t e d t h e o v a l over "*"& t o t a l o f 1 8 p o i " t s.
' Atlanta, Ga.; J. T . o g l e t r e e j l " ! 6 f l ' ° m ^ »** P ° i n t s w « e 0thers who.made touchdowns
jnion Springs; F. Dubose, M ^ r * ! ™ * r'S»lt oi a ^io of field I G ^ e r , Salter, Taxworth, " s p S
r;i"_' Z M c G h e e ' Maeon, Ga.; R. B.
Kite, Marshallville, Ga.; C. H. The
Booth, pia y(
scoring record of each man
event of interest among the student!a n expert golfer, while Hodges was
body and townspeople. With" plenty ' his colored caddy. Numerous other
month of February and will probably
occur just before basketball games.
Prizes will be awarded to those who
prove the most adept in the various
weights.
Thirty-four men now comprise the j to
club|. Another meeting will be an­nounced
later, and all who have an*
bitions to pack a powerful wallop
r e Phoenix City; W P w„ A e , ' I ™yer Tea»'
sniroL \ vn.-K. Woods, Selma- hir-n-s
p ^ e A. L. Smith, Dawson; F E MZ' W ms- B i r m i neham-Southern
c°uit. Mount Hope; S. A Sturd ^ " ' ^ ^ ^ - C l e m s on
isw^rJu,.,. J ' °' A- ^turdivant, Mo- Willianw—v- A
*•> W. M. Avery, Five P^-*-- . . I W l l n a"is—Vandy
Clayto
(and Harkins with one each.
given below:
were
:s
answer
5wn
ed the
l^irge
wieldy.
sorrel j
*nswer- bjje . w M -«»«iit,
• The|B . £ & £ S * * « ^ n t s ; M. Iwilliams-Howa'rd
ld" Williams-ss.
Williams-s>"
P. I Greene—V. P. j
of originality and circus-like costumes
the event has grown to be a tradition were in evidence as the ceremonies
on the Auburn campus.
"layouts" fitting for the occasion,
progressed.
As in the case
' j are quite a fe
These matches are planned for t h e [ f o r h o n o r s on
In the neighoojJnewhat Z T ' C , a y t o n ' B^mingham; E. M Ad i« „
.'jpmewhat un- amS( Jr>> M ' • * Ad- W,llmms-V. P. I,
i t e d t h a t the crossville- J B J ' " A< V , n e s . Williams-Tech
1 apply shears Brinson M i; ' ^ L e e d s ' P-the
near future. i r n ; ; e , ' E - P a , m ' F a i r f ^ . - ! Greene v ,
materiiaali iiss sseenp-- Bt irming*h a*m*;' AWu b u r nR> TW„ . H. YI 0ouunn«g. Grree,n—^Tec"h ^
deadwood the Tigers I c R P ,Lee' Dothan; Gran^v r.
at bids fair tn *ot« A . ""'pita, H. L. JIullin c„- i
"rn; C. G. Wright Trov r ' BirminBham
' " ' - ' P o r t e r , Hueytown- J I ft C. Tnxworth-'
Hartselle; j . D. ' £ £ * ! * * * * ^ ^ " H o w a rd
, +( ( t ,C B. Willie •.J f c C r ° r y ' Akron;'
gets underway under the tur**—
to no other outfit ir
have ample opportunity to devi
their socking ability when t h e j r ' d e d In the list of those out^C R
-v. p. r.
South ern
ams, Dothan.
Mike" Papke.
Totals —
Total
19
1
4
1
7
1
6
6
6
6
6
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6
6
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- A I I P f l N V A f " A T l f i N C Bouldin> Ju<fce of the State Supreme
FUK IHIO OtMEaTER|llam L Siber*. head of the MobUe
I Port Development Company, Rev.
N. B. McLeod of the Methodist Chur­ch
at Troy, Rev. C. R. Jenkins of St.
Lues Methodist Church of Columbus,
Ga., Algernon Blair, Contractor and
philanthropist of Montgomery, Sen­ator
J. Thomas Heflin, United States
Senator from Lafayette, and W. C.
Woodall, one of the leading Journa­lists
of the south, editor of the Indus­trial
Index, from Columbus, Ga.
The student body is deeply indebt­ed
to the college for the wonderful
speakers presented at convocation
this- year. If all profit by the les­sons
that have been presented it will
be a much better bunch of students
at the A. P. I. Good practical les­sons
have been given that will be of
direct benefit in later years. There
have been a variety of speakers from
all walks of life presented bringing
us messages from their field of work j
and advising along what channels to
pursue our later life endeavor.
The Speakers at chapel this sem­ester
include Dr. J. M. Brodie, Lee
these articles, of apparel on the cam'
pus, or else the students are expecting
a stormy January and February, to
say nothing of the spring months.
Most of the Co-eds, when questioned,
would close their eyes and sigh lan-geurously
(can it be possible.)
As a great many of the older stu­dents,
who have passed the Santa
Claus age and are beginning to swap
gifts, are doubtful as to the appro­priate
gifts to send out, it is believed
that a few suggestions in that line,
will be welcomed. If it is for her
(always spelled with a capital in the I
advertisements) a handkerchief or a!
box of candy is suggested as being)
highly original and unusual. It it is
for him—ah!—there is nothing that
warms the male heart more than a
necktie or two and a set of socks.
Nothing can equal the mellowness
and sheer bliss that pervades a man's
soul when he opens his Christmas
(known to the Romans as Xmas)
packages and finds therein about
three flaring neckties that would de­light
the eye of a Zulu chief and
about six pair of socks of a variety of
colors and of a size that is either
outrageously large' or appallingly
small. i
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Santa Claus Time Here: The
Merry Old Gent to Bring Joy
To Hearts of Eds and Coeds
A. MEADOWS GARAGE
Auto Repairs Tires Tubes
Cars for Hire—U Drive 'emv
Gas Oil
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cut rule has had its effect on the
i increased attendance.
Most of the students become sud­denly
reticent when approached as to
their Christmas wishes. However, a
surprising number, when asked the
4hing that they most preferred from
inta, replied their chief desire was
boot. There seems to be an
scarcity of this article, or
But, taken all in all, Christmas
is a great day, and we wouldn't swap
it for the Fourth of July or Labor
Day either. And Christmas Day has
an effect on the student, too. Each
Christmas he is filled with the good,
old spirit—and, alas, in some cases,
the good old spirits—and received
also a large enough dose of Christian­ity
to last him until New Years Day
and sometimes a week or two longer.
A«d, on the other hand, there is the
greater benefit derived from the fact
that the most famous twenty-fifth of
the year is surrounded on each side,
and 'thus gives the Ed and the Co-ed
plenty of times to repent his (or her)
sins of the past year, and to think of
newer and more original ones for the
coming season.
AH College Hike Scores
A Big Success Saturday
Upchurchs Store
Dry Goods, Shoes}^tions
Auburn, Alaba,
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( Continued from page 1)
eating contest, which was won by a
sorrel topped Rat.
* Last but not least of the stunts
was provided by our world renowned
girl students, in other words "Zoo-ites"
in the form of a ferocious foot­ball
game. This proved one of the
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most interesting events of the after­noon
with both teams showing a
great deal of pep and drive. All of
the participants were outstanding
stars and it is hard to pick the most
sensational player of the day. Both
teams showed a little lack of offen­sive
work but they played wonderful
ball on the defensive. If an all Co-ed
team were selected there is little
doubt that Auburn would have a good
representation, as plenty of speed is
posessed and plenty of avoidupois
could be given.
The real and genuine fun came
hen the eats were given out, each
ifire having an equal distribution.
jay that the students partook of
•s bountifully would be using
noderate term, as they ate,
id then continued eating.
coming of evening the
itudes gradually made
o the lovely village,
„io«Iiianka t o the Y -M
joy, plea"™
ment.
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ample room for all batteries, battery charger
eliminators and every accessory that could po:
sihly be used in connection with a radio set. Tfc
useful and attractive console cabinet is pries
at only Forty Dollars.
/The Freshman Masterpiece five tube radio
receiver is known all over the world as the
"WONDER SET." It's-ease oi operation,
it£ distance getting ability and mellow tone
h&ve- spread happiness and education in
hundreds ol thousands of homes in every
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People who could easily afford to spend three
and four times the cost of a Masterpiece for a
radio receiver, have signified, in no uncertain
terms, their decided preference for one of
these "WONDER SETS." To satisfy this
insistent demand we were induced to en­case
them in cabinets of rare beauty—fine
enough for the most exquisite home.
The Franklin Model, illustrated above, is the pride of
the Freshman line. This receiving set, with built-in
loud speaker, is encased in a i. heavy five-ply genuine
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HONOR COMMITTEE of the Honor Committee have stated inquire your fortune?
evening of real
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\~0PELIKA
During the past few days all the
classes have elected committees of
three to assist the Honor Committee
in carrying out the program of the
Honor System. These committees
are to make talks in the classes du­ring
the year and help solve prob-
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Phone 155-W
About four o'clock
morning thieves crashed
glass windows at Gibson's"
caped with a thoroughbred
and a plaid Lumber jack. Th^Contract and Repair Work
bery occured as the Piedmont p«
the vandals thinking that the
would not be heard but the operate!
at the telephone office was awakened
by the noise and evidently frighten­ed
them away when he turned on the
lights. . ._.
The robbery is one of a series that
have occured in OpelikJ during the
past month supposedly, as the-rob­beries
in Opelika have been earned
out in a similar manner. The loss
was partly covered by insurance. ,
that the supposition by a few that
these class committees are a part of j
a system of spying or policing is en-tirely
untrue. These committees I
tire, to assist in making the system a I
success by keeping the matter before
the student and Helping induce that
spirit which is so essential to the |
Honor System.
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Poet—At a single stroke.
"Of your pen?"
"No; of my paralytic uncle."—
He: How I long to go away and
hide, completely cut'off from the res*
of the_world!
She: J'ever try a telephone booth?
—Penn. Punch Bowrf
ftarmacy
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THE PORT OF MISSING MEN
The port of missing men,
Men lost like ships at sea
Shall ever be
Unknown.
| The port of missing men,
Like trails lost on the land
Shall ever stand
Unknown
The graves of missing men
Are marked with crosses which
Use to the skies
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Like towers which mount high
To the stars
In some far land
The lost men stand
And, hopihg, wait for the last
Like ships unmanned
long call
And wait, and wait, and wait,
Unknown
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F O R T H I S Y E A R H A S C. Helms; Lieutenants M. H. Hurt,
LARGE ENROLLMENT *§*•**£$%£*
J. C. Collins, W. H. Putnam, W. N.
The Friendship Council has an un-: 3 c n ( j ( w. P. Caine, G. R. Lawson,
usually large enrollment this year. j B Williams, J. Mansfield, L. L.
and every thing has started to funct- F e r r e t t ) w j Allen, A. W. J6nes,
ion in the best possible manner. The> c JJ fjecroy, S. R. Morris, S. ll.
Normal Discussion groups are held j Long, J. M'.Feagin, J. C. Youngblood,
each Monday night under the direc-jT R Ba n ] tS0B; D. P. Jones, J. L.
tion of Rev. A. B. Davidson, and all j Tucker, R. G. Bkwnfield, E. F. Hert-student_
problems that have a direct j z o g > R o w e j0hnsofr, C. J). McLeod,
bearing upon the campus life a r e | F r e d Buckalew, G. B. Phillips, V. C.
discussed. These discussions are held j Helms, Warren Moore, Lud>w Holl-for
the benefit of the Captains a n d j m a n i Ro s s e r Alston, Ray Stain, W.
Lieutenants who conducrthe regular j F Wright, H. C. James, C. (3. Quails,
Bible groups later in the week, and j H - G. Wilcox, H. L. Tucker, R. C.
by attending the normal groups they whitson, M. T. Gowder, Gerald D.
are able to carry on the Bible dis­cussion
work more vigorously. The
Friendship Council under the direc­t
i o n of the Y.M.C.A. has just put
&ver one of the best all college hikes
ever staged or pulled at Auburn. It
is hoped that the work which the
Council has so energetically started
will continue throughout the year.
Salter, T. G. Audrews, f?. S. Strick­land,
Joe Palmer, Marvifa, Guin, C.
C. Phillips, L. H. Stinnett, J. E.
Hydrick, M. B. Smith, F. E. (Buttram,
A. P. Francis, H. M. Ashhurfet, J. S.
Griffin, J. D. Stewart, M. F. Heavers,
C. N. Worthington, E. T. Bright, H.
A. Bess, J. H. Price, W. R. Hardin,
R. E. Smith, R. D. Yarbrough, {L. W.
The personel of the Friendship Perry, T. L. Mosley, W. B. MclPonald,
Council this year includes the fol­lowing
members: Colonel C. B. Bur-goyne,
Majors LV,L. AWridge.and
S. Arantv.Geptains W. B. LaMcca,
Redus Collier, Roy , Sellers', A. V.
Culpepper, S. P. HarreVi,' L. F. Mc-
Connell, and B. C. tSoode.
M. Edwards, Royce Crawfoffd, F. I Cook McKay, '18, is with the Phil-
IP. Jones, C. M. Kearns, J. M. H/erren,
•J. F. Thompson, S. R. Gibbons/, E. R.
[Moulton, O. T. Ivey, R. S./Mosley,
D. 0. Sikes, A. C. Gill, Ro?} Kuyken-
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adelphia Rapid Transit Company.
"Ed" Shirting, '24, is selling Real
Estate in West Palm Beach, Florida.
^Si imm
Before Leaving Auburn
make that final investment
\ri good appearance—
ALUMNI NOTES
Before a gathering of General
Electric test men and members of the
Edison Club at Edison Club hall on
Saturday night, November 21st, Mat­thew
S. Sloan, president of the Brook-lyn
Edison Company, one of the
largest of public utility companies in
the country, and himself recognized
as an outstanding figure in the elec­trical
industry, declared that he attri­buted
his success in the industry to
the knowledge he had gained while
on the General Electric test course
a number of years ago. He further
said that at the present time he had
in the employ of the Brooklyn Edison
Company 37 graduates of the G-E
test and he wished that there were
many more.
The meeting Saturday night was
the first event to be held by the G-E
Test Alumni Association and was
largely attended. A program of en­tertainment
was given in addition to
Mr. Sloan's speech.
Uptm his entrance to the hall a
large group of graduates of Auburn
Polytechnic Institute, from which Mr..
Sloan graduated, gave a series of
Auburn cheers and songs. A medley
of "Yankee Doodle" and "Dixie" was
played by the orchestra.
"Doc" Fendley, George Ricker and
Chandler Ricker dressed in Hawaiian
costume and playing steel guitars
were the first of the entertainers.
They were followed by Robert Dun-lap,
champion dancer of Scotland,
who danced to bag-pipe music furn­ished
by J. D. Grinell. Dunlap later
danced an Irish jig and-a buck and
wing.
The Edison Club quartet sang a
group of numbers during the night
and the club orchestra played on
numerous occasions. Fendley and the
Ricker brothers again appeared, this
time in blackface, and gave a musical
sketch that brought forth great ap­plause.
Mr. Sloan was introduced by C.
W. Stone, manager of the Central
Station Department of the General
Electric Company. In beginning his
remarks Mr. Sloan told of the place
for the younger men in the electrical
industry today. He then recounted
some of his experiences while on the
G-E test course. He declared that
he felt that there was no limit for
men of ability in this industry and
that a great future was before them.
Their special training fitted them for
conquest of the industry, there being
a large field yet untouched, he said.
Later, he told a number of humorous
stories.
A. B. Moore, a member of the asso-siation
and an accomplished violinist,
played several classical selections
with "Doc" Fendley as the accompan­ist,
and then both men entertained
with selections on violins made of
ciger boxes.
-Two boxing bouts, with G-E test
men as the participants, closed the
program and refreshments in the
form of doughnuts and cider were
served as well as cigars and cigar­ettes.
—Schenectady Works News.
Look over our suits, top­coats,
slickers, hats, shoes
and furnishings. They're
truly collegiate and they
will make that reception at
home perfect.
AUBURN-MM
R. D. BOWLING '26 MANAGER
Frank Samford, '14, is connected
with the executive offices of a bene­ficial
insurance company in Phila­delphia.
Fred H. Cutts, '19, is manager of
the Adair Reality and Trust Company
of Philadelphia, Penn. Mr. Cutts
writes that since graduation his time
hits been spent in the East, with the
exception of a few visits home, and
that he is planning in the near future
to visit Auburn.
These men made the Orange and
Blue famous in the Quaker City, hav­ing
formed an Alumni Threesome.
Although the association is not as
large as other organizations, they
are meeting with the same success as
the others are.
T. E. Whatley, graduate in Agricul­ture
'25, is teaching science and
coaching athletics at Smith Station,
Lab
Lightning
SOME of the men
at Clark Univer­sity
mentioned it first.
"Doug surely lives in
the Lab," they re­marked.
Later, too,
at Worcester Poly­technic
Institute, in-
D.ugia, F. itftwr structors made the
same comment. - And Douglas F. Miner,
himself, agrees' that he did—and does.
That makes it unanimous.
"Big league lab work" was his aim as
he turned to Westinghousc after graduation
in 1917. But not until his return from
overseas service two years later could he
settle down to the lab. Now—at thirty-three—
he's in charge of experiments at
our Engineering, High Power, and High
Voltage Laboratories, with a stafFof twenty-five
to direct.
He can unleash artificial lightning of
5,000,000 horsepower in 5/1000 of a
second. At
his bidding the
world's largest
single-unit trans­former
will step
current up to a
million and a
quarter volts.
He has dem­onstrated
the greatest artificial arc on record
—fifty-five feet in length. To further his
experiments a single generating plant,
capable of producing on short circuit a
million horsepower, has been erected.
There is a practical reason for these
i super-tests—for this equipment in advance
of what the world uses now in its daily
work. This, for instance, is frequently
the attitude of a Central Station customer:
"Of course your apparatus meets our
needs today—takes every test to which
we can put it now. But what of 1950?
Will this insulation stand the load we will
/ j T The question is sometimes asked: Where do young men get
> \ when they enter a large industrial organization? Have they
opportunity to exercise creative talents, or are they forced into narrow
grooves?
This series of advertisements throws light on these questions. Each
advertisement takes up the record of a college man who came with the
Westinghouse Company within the past ten years, after graduation.
use then ? And how many volts will these
arresters bear?"
They come to Miner for the answer.
He gets it from the laboratories. He pro­duces
under a roof the same condition!
which nature, or time, may be holding in
store for Westinghousc equipment.
Such is the pioneering of Westinghouse
Laboratory Engineers. They are "experi­menting
in the tomorrow"—the step be­tween
research and application.f They
are finding growth, reward, /congenial
work, while following a ben/r for trying
things out. /
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Westinghouse
T. N. Nesbit, '25, is connected with Beets at Rockey Ford, Colorado. He
Moore and Handley Hardware Com­pany,
of Birmingham, Alabama.
has a joint arrangement with Dr. G.
H. Crowbs, of Michigan State Col­lege,
part of work being done there
"Fatty" Samford, '25, Secondary!and part at Cornell. He is also
Education, is teaching and coaching working for a higher degree.
at Lineville, Ala.
"Dopey" Doughtie, '25, is caking
a post graduate course and teaching
Electrical Engineering at Yale.
"Dopey" was a member of the tennis
team and substitute of the basketball
team at Auburn* Since being at
Yale he has made the Varsity Bas­ketball
team, playing in two games
already.
Dewey Stewart, '22 Agriculture, is
working on Mosaic Diseases of Sugar
"Jelly" Self has begun to take.;
quite a bit of interest in radio late
Bright prospect for the dealer.
to this the
enlarged, the
tended, an
of earth
the
A>PPly has been I of S
oils and Soil Colloids."
Both of these
published
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Dr. Pterre is based upon work which
he did at the University 0 f Wisconsin
CONTRIBUTIONS be°ehe amet0Auburn
AG. LITERATURE
Mr. Pate is based
That by
, . . uP°n work done by
hi mhere at Auburn.
"Square Jaw" Salter h;
ized the announcement
ment, the marriage
Christmas.
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The Store on the Corj
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We Sell The
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Edwin Morriss, graduate in^
cultural Education '24, is
Vocational Agriculture at
Try
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"Doug" Knight is of
managing a packing pg
bus, Georgia. / to
^asting
•"Feny" Crav
his football
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T E N FLAVORS
Banana, Ginger Ale, Lemon
Lime
™ ' Bottled by
Chero-Cola g g g j CompMy
The initial unit in a proposed pav-1
« g program in Auburn has been com-
, Peted It is M i I l e r A y e n u ef
[Mock long, running between College
I and Gay streets.
The cost of this paving wUl be ap­proximately
$2400.00 and will be paid
(by the property owners.
This is the beginning of a p a v i n_
(Program which will p l a c e A u b u r n .«
J the city class, according to Mayor Ce
el Yarbrough. P l a n s h a ve
- a d e to pave Mitcham avenue, a part
street and a part of Gay street.
This Moil mclude the business par
town. Improvement bonds will be
[voted to pay the cost of the work
In discussing improvements that
have en made in Auburn during the
Past three y e a r s Mayor Yarbrough
H that fourteen miles of sidewafk
had been put doWn, six concrete cul
verts have been put i„, a n d t w o n ew
Greets had been opened. b a J £
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Students Cooperative Diriing
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Meals will be served
at 7:15 a. m . 12:15 p
and 6:00 p. m . P' m.
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