1925-02-28 The Plainsman

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Vol. XXVIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1925 No. 22
SUPERVISOR
AGRICULTURAL ED.
CONVO. SPEAKER
Interested in Development
of Resources
Mr. Robert D. Maltby, supervisor
of Agricultural Education in twelve
southern states and connected with
the State office at Montgomery, was
the speaker at Convocation on Feb­ruary
19.
' Preceding his talk Scripture
Reading was conducted by Rev.
Holmes. After this a few moments
were devoted to the observation of
the eightieth birthday of Dr. J. H.
Drake as mentioned elsewhere in
this,issue.
The speaker was introduced by
Mr. Dimmit. Mr. Maltby is very
S much interested in the develop-i
ment of resources in the South
stating that the greatest resources
- of the country lie in Dixie. Voca­tional
Education is a great benefit
-- to the south and Auburn is playing
a large part in this undertaking.
He also stated that he believed that
with regard to relative numbers,
the largest percent are now attend­ing
college and the percentage will
decrease in the future years, since
the* High Schools' are more and
more fitting their graduates for
life work. It seems that the col­lege
will not always j ^K the sup­port
of the states, h a ^ i l l be for
only the most select class. The
college men will be the leaders and
will not be placed on the firing
line.
The idea of the selection of life
work as' early as possible was em­phasized.
Mr. Maltby entered Vo­cational
Education work in 1906 as
a teacher in one of the schools and
has succeeded to the point where
he has been placed as supervisor
of several states.
GUEST OF HONOR
Phi Kappa Phi Initiates
Beginning at 6:30 on the even­ing
of February 19, twenty-three
students were initiated into 'the,
local chapter of Phi Kappa Phi
National Honor Fraternity. The
initiates were elected at a recent
meeting of the chapter, composed
of about forty faculty members
and a few resident members. This
fraternity is a national organiza-for
the purpose of encouraging
scholarship and original study
among students. Members from the
upper fourth of the senior class
who have attained an average of
eighty-five or more are eligible.
Immediately following the cere­monies
which were very impres­sive,
a banquet was given at the
Auburn Tea Room. Professor
Baughman acted as toast-master
for the evening, explaining cer­tain
points about the fraternity to
new members and introducing
speakers. Mrs. Hicks, Ikerman,
Young were called upon to
peak as representatives of the va­rious
courses represented by the
initiates; -Among the other speak­ers
were Mrr. Hixon, Prof. Fullan
and Dean J^id.
The following members of the
Senior Class were initiated: L. T.
Agee, Lysbeth Fullan, Mrs. H. B.
Hicks, Mrs. McDonald, J. M. Dean,
Emily Hare, E. E. Hale, W. L. Ran­dolph,
C. C. Smith, A. S. Hodges,
W. A. Young, R. L. Reeder, J. W.
Fant, E. F. .Williams, J. G. Hieber,
GENERAL BULLARD
DELIVERS ADDRESS
Lieut. Gov. JVC cDowell and
Board of Trustees
. Preienir ~ -,
Gen. Robert Lee Bullard
Purnell BUI To
Benefit Auburn
Insures Funds for Experi­ment
Station.
The passing of the Purnell bill
by congress last week will prove
to be one of the best assets Au­burn
has or will have for some
time to come. The bill provides
for each Agricultural Experimental
college in the U. S. to receive next
year $20,000 to be used in research
work. This amount will be in­creased
by ten thousand dollars
each year until the sum received
by each institution will reach the
$60,000 mark. According to these
figures in 1929 Auburn's allotment
from Federal sources will about
equal the amount that is now be­ing
received from both Federal and
State sources. This will certainly
be a^ boost to the experimental sta­tion
and provide for a greater ex­pansion
into the unknown realms
of science and securing a better
knowledge of thei little that is now
•known about some of our every­day
problems.
Through the backing obtained
from this much needed financial
support the experiments carried
on here should be of much help
to the farmer and others concern­ed.
WHERE HE "ACTS UP SOME."
I am twenty-five cents.
I am not on speaking terms with
the butcher.
I am too! small to buy a quart of
ice-cream.
I am not large enough to pur­chase
a box of candy.
I am too small to buy a ticket
to a movie.
I am hardly fit for a tip, but—
believe me, when I go to church
on Sunday I am considered some
money.—The Christian Evange­list
(St. Louis).
J. A. Ikerman, R. A. Betts, H. F.
Schwekendiek, Max Ford, W. B.
Wood, R. J. Barefield, A. L. Scott,
A. E. Duran, A. Yt McConnell. Dr.
Fred Allison was initiated as fac­ulty
member: ,
Stating that there are bolshevis­tic
elements which tend to under­mine
the very foundation of our
government, (Jen. Robert Lee Bul­lard,
of world war fame and pres­ident
of the National Security! Lea­gue,
urged his audience to watch
for and support an adequate pro­gram
of preparedness. He stated,
that thel best way to meet these at­tacks
was through American Pa­triotic
Societies.
Gen. Bullard also added that at
the early age of nine he selected
for himself the name of Robert
Lee, which he said was .sufficient
refutation of the stories in the
Brooklyn Eagle and Literary Digest
which quoted him as saving that
he was a follower of Sherman
rather than Lee.
Lieut. Gov. McDowell paid trib­ute
to "Alabama's most distinguish­ed
son, Gen. Bullard." Mr. McDow­ell
spoke in the absence of Gov.
Brandon.
Preceding the addresses by Gen.
Bullard and Lieut. Gov. McDowell,
invocation was conducted by Rev.
N. B. McLeod. My Country 'Tis of
Thee and the Alma Mater song
were sung by the »!idienc<\ The
benediction was rendered by Chap­lain
E. P. Smith.
Auburn was indeed lucky to
have such a distinguished son as
her guest of honor for these annual
exercises. She is proud to claim
Gen. Bullard as her own.
PRESENTATION OF COLORS
Christian Endeavor
Last Sunday night we decided
to take steps next month toward
establishing a Christian Endeavor
Society in Opelika. It was not
stated what the first move should
be, but this will be given out at a
later date.
This week is the week of prayer
for Colleges and Thursday morn­ing,
the 26th, at 6:45 A. M., a short
prayer service will be held in the
Sunday School room of the Pres­byterian
Church, to pray for the
cause of education.
Next Sunday night, March 1st,
our subject will be "The Cost of
Friendliness."
NEW YORK CHAPTER
DAUGHTERS OF ALA.
PRESENT COLORS
T. D. Samford Accepts
Colors for Institution
In Honor Gen. Bullard
The colors of the Nation are held by S. D. Peterson, Colonel En­gineers,
while the colors of the Institution are held by J. A. Beaty,
Adjutant, Infantry Battalion, of the Auburn R. O. T. C. In the back­ground,
from left to right, may he seen General Robert Lee Bullard
and Lieutenant Governor McDowell. To the extreme right is Mr. T.
D. Samford who, as a trustee, is accepting the colors for the institu­tion.
AEROPLANES TO BE
USED TO DUST COTTON
Business Mgr.Confers With
Auburn Officials
For several years aeroplanes
have been used experimentally at
Tallulah "Boll Weevil" Station, La.,
but probably the first time in his­tory
has this been placed on a
commercial scale. / This year a
commercial company organized
under the state laws of Delaware
have contracted to dust a mini­mum
of 40,000 acres in Georgia
and are negotiating with officials
at A. P. I. in regards to commer­cial
dusting in Alabama
GROUP PICTURES
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3
10:00 A. M.—Agricultural Club, Ag. Building.
~ 10:30 A. M.—Vet. Med. Asso., Vet. Building.
11:00 A. M.—Home Economics Club, Girls' Dormitory.
11:40 A. M. Freshman Class, Langdon Hall.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 3
1:30 P. M.—Freshman Literary, Langdon Hall.
2<00 P. M.—Wirt Literary, Langdon Hall.
2:30 P. M.—Websterian Literary, Langdon Hall.
3:00 P. M.—Wilsonian Literary, Langdon Hall.
3:30 P. M.—Friendship Council, Langdon Hall.
4:00 P. M—Executive CounclirMain Building.
NOTE Nothing will prevent this schedule from working perfect
but a rain storm or utter absence of co-operation.
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 6
' 10:00 A. M.—A. I. E. E., Engineering Building.
10:30 A. M—Radio Club, Engineering Building.
11:00 A. M.—I Tappa Key, Engineering Building.
11:30 A. M.—A. S. C. E., Engineering Building.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 6
1:30 P. M.—Pharmacy Society, Chemical Building.
2:00 P. M.—Chemical Society, Chemical Building.
2:30 P. M.—A. S. M. E.—Langdon Hall.
3:00 P. M.—Architectural Association, Main.Building.
3:30 P. M.—Dramatic Club, Main Building.
4:00 P. M^—R. O. T. C. Instructors, Main Building.
BOARD TRUSTEES HOLD
SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING
Five Tear Course in Archi
ture Recommended
/
The Daughters of Alabama, oj
New York, presented Auburn wit
National and Collegiate colors
the exercises conducted by the Aj
burn R. O. T. C. preceding,
speech of Gen. Bullard and
exercises in Langdon Hall
Monday. President Dowell p^
ed and read letters fror
Sarah K. Herbert, founder
society of Daughters of
of New York, and from Mj
tin T. Sands, president
ciety. The colors were pre
with appropriate ceremoni|
the drill field in the presd
Gen. Bullard, Lieut. Gov. Mc
President Dowell, members1
board of trustees and memjl
the Governor's staff.
Col. T. D. Samford acce
colors in behalf of the col
General Bullard made thi
tation to the color bearers]
R. O. T. C. Unit. Follow!
presentation, the band plaj
Star Spangled Banner, aftej
the R. O. T. C. Unit_pasJ
review.
On each staff is mounte
engraved as follows:
"Presented in honor of Gene
Robert Lee Bullard to his
Mater, the Alabama Polyti
Institute, by the Daughters^
bama in the city of Nejt
February 22, 1925."
Following the exercises in
Langdon and Smith Halls on Feb­ruary
23, the members of the Au­burn
Board of Trustees convened
for their semi-annual meeting.
Lieut. Gov. Cbas. McDowell pre­sided
in the absence of Gov. Bran­don.
Dr. Dowell said in his report:
"In spite of an unsuccessful foot­ball
season, on the basis of win­ning
games and other unexpected
developments, the work of the
present season has been highly
gratifying." He also called the at­tention
of the board to the serious
limitations under which the col­lege
operates. By a comparison
with other colleges of practically
the same enrollment} Dr. Dowell
showed that the annual appropria­tion
was far below standard and
that required for the proper up­keep
of the buildings and equip­ment,
and other expenses. The fol­lowing
is quoted as a close to his
report: "I cannot close this report
without expressing to you) my pro­found
appreciation of the confi­dence
and support you have given
me consistently since you named
me president. No experience of
my life has been more gratifying
than the dignified and discriminat­ing
way in which you have han­dled
the acute situation that has
arisen in recent months. Your uni­fied
and voluntary action has in­spired
me with new zeal and de­votion
for the work at Auburn."
The Board of Trustees unani­mously
approved the following rec-
(Continued on Page 6)
Freshman Literary Sock
The Freshman Literary Sen
passed an amendment to its conj
tution last week changing its na1
to The Evans Literary Socij
This name was chosen after
siderable thought and it is hq
that the society will progress^
even greater extent, under ,
name. This name is not1
effect until the beginning
next September.
Part of the regular weekly^
gram will consist of short parj
graphs brought in by members
the society in which they set fori
their ideas on "What's in a Literar
Society?" Paragraphs will
printed in this column every weeJ
The last meeting of the societj
was given over entirely to business.1
Plans for a social in the near fu-'
ture were made, and by the sound
of things everyone is going to have
a good time. There will be a reg­ular
program at the next meeting
and fun for everyone. The more
the merrier.
WHAT'S IN A LITERARY SOCIETY'
Thr e is an alertness of mind
created that will help you througu
the rest of your life. When you
are suddenly confronted with the
proposition of getting up before a
body of students and telling them
what you know about a certain
subject in a way that they can un­derstand,
you receive a ^grta.
training that no classr^
give'you. When you
pective employer wha|
and how well you cl
employ the training <
received in a Literarl
is all very simple if y\
THE PLAINSMAN
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Institute, Auburn, Ala.
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STAFF
W. E. Glenn Editor-in-Chie!
W. A. Young - - Business Manager
\ Editorial Staff
E. D. Ball - Managing Editor
R. A. Betts - - News Editor
W. D. Horton - - -- Sport Editor
E. F. Williams -- - - Bulletin Board Editor
Emily Hare - '— Co-ed Editor
Dryden Baughman - Exchange Editor
Grace Gardner - - Faculty Who's Who Editor
W. D. McLaren - Kampus Kickoffs Editor
H: F. Schwekendiek Activity Editor
A. E. Duran - Alumni Editor
S. H. Lynne Asst. Sports Editor
Business Staff.
J. F. Thompson --- --- Asst. Business Manager
C. D. Ebersole . . - Advertising Manager
1: Graf - Circulation Manager
C. B. Burgoyne Asst. Circulation Manager
I REPORTERS
!
Georgia Thoraas B. F. Kurtz
Alberta Proctor C. D. Greentree
B. \Y. Creel Dorothy Duggar
hn Thomas W. E. Hooper Joe Young
Ul contributions to THE PLAINSMAN must be mailed or handed
the Plainsman office by not later than Tuesday night of each
Articles must be double spaced typewritten. Clubs and socie-tiat
meet on Tuesday night may make special arrangements for
| r articles. The office is in room 4 under Langdon Hall.
THE HONOR SYSTEM
vt's abolish the Honor System?
lr opinion it is. We give as the reason that at present the Au-iHonor
System is practically a farce. No one seems to con-p
a t they are a part of it and consequently are "hands off" the
[affair. According to reports the constitution is being violated
"ter time and the offenders are none the worse off. Practically
cases turned into the honor committee are by faculty men who
i as evidence papers that are similar enough to convict (faculty
^ers do not turn in cases that come to their observation, as this
students' place according to the const tution.) Students have
Ceard to boast of how they CHEATED on examinations. If this
enough to warrant its abolishment it is surely indestructible.
In our opinion this is the greatest# problem that has faced the
[institution in many years. It is u p ' t o us as students to save the
[reputation of Auburn by changing these conditions. They cannot be
anged by one person or one small group of persons; there must be
cooperation of the entire student body. If Auburn students are
lanly-enough to put an honor system across, if they have not
enough sense of honor to support it, it is our opinion that it should
be abolished. This is in no way discounting the work that is being
done by the Honor Committee. They are men who have the Honor
, System at heart and are trying to make it work. The fact that six
students have been sent from the institution for dishonesty during
the past examinations is evidence that they are at work. They lack
greatest thing of all—THE COOPERATION OF THE STUDENT
IBODY: '•
What is going to be done? Something MUST be done and done
liuick. Are we going to be men of honor?
Keenon, Crump, Freret, Jones, T. W., Naftel and Beavers. A number
of members of the class also display their musical talents in the
Glee Club. They are: Johnson, Wise, Boyd, Crow, Crump, vBlake
Parker and Bankson. In the Mandolin Club we find: Russey, Fon-tille,
Moulton, Foy and Jones.
We find the best drilled soldier of last term to be "Capt." Staton,
a member of the Junior Class. .""
Among the journalists of the Junior class we find E. D. Ball,
managing editor of The Plainsman, W. D. Horton, sports editor,
Grace Gardner and Dryden Baughman. Messrs. Burgoyne and Thomp­son
are members of the business staff. Third year men also have a
good part in the work on the Glomerata and the Alabama Farmer.
Juniors are well represented in all branches of college activities
such as literary societies, Dramatic Club, etc. They are a very ac­tive
part of the college.
The enrollment at present is two hundred and eighty-five which
includes about twenty women students.
The spirit of the entire class is fine. They have a big part to
play and are playing it well.
College students like things
"short and snappy." Perhaps it
was a realization of this fact that
prompted the writing of "Plane
Trigonometry" by Prof. Crenshaw
of the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
and Prof. Derr of Southern
Presbyterian University. This book,
which was published and came in­to
practical use about a year ago,
has been of material aid to the stu­dent
wandering through the mazes
of that mathematical wilderness.
Professor Crenshaw, who was one
of the foremost factors in the writ­ing,
editing, and publishing of this
small volume, is a member of the
faculty at A. P. I., and an alumnus
of the institution. Hey was born at
Greenville, Alabama, and received
his early education in that town.
Birmingham and, Montgomery. Fol
lowing up this secondary education
he came to A. P. I. and, graduated
Is such a request justifiable JK 1889 w i t h a B s d e g r e e a nd
"with tiighesf honors," a disfihe^
ti'on few attain. In the next year
the degree of Mechanical Engineer
was awarded him. His profession
is teaching and from 1891 to date
he has been connected with the
Mathematics Department of this
institution, climbing from step to
step until at present he is head of
the department.
This gentleman has that quality
found in few teachers, that is, the
ability to teach the most of his
particular subject with seemingly,
the least effort for all parties con­cerned.
A visualization of the
problem before the student and the
best way to meet it with the elimi­nation
of all unnecessary detail
seems to be ever in the foreground
with him. Courses under him and
contact with him are a pleasure
*and a delight to all who have the
good fortune to be placed in such
a situation.
Y. W. C. A.
Anyone wishing to express their opinion on the subject of The
jpor System may do so by mailing to The Plainsman by Tuesday.
5 must be signed and of course of a publishable nature.
THE JUNIOR CLASS
The Junior Class has recently become an important figure on
the campus in that they came out victors in the recent class football
games. They will have the distinction of placing the '26 on both
tanks next year.
C. B. Burgoyne, president of the class, is from the Gulf City.
"Buck" has discharged his duties of office nobly since his election
and is always ready to do anything for the good of the institution.
.-He may also be credited with being quite a,luminary on the grid­iron
since the class games.
"Buck" No. 2 is in the form of "Buck" Spinks, Vice-Presilent of
the class, whoJ hails from Thomas ville, Alabama. He holds the end
position on the Tiger Squad nobly.
The position of Secretary is held, as it should be, by the Wise
man of the class. Wise has shown wonderful ability in the art of
making friends. Frank Russey holds the position of Treasurer while
the Historian is the w U known Mr. James Jenkins who is majoring
in history.
The Junior Class is justly proud of the fact that eleven of their
members are wearing the orange "A". These men are: McFadden,
Self, Spinks. Williams, Green, and Market in football, Stewart, Mau­ry
and Self in baseball, McKinney and Gray in basketball, while Nel­son
earned his! on the cinder path.
Other Junior football luminaries are: McEldery, McCulley, John-
Honeycutt, McNeill, Mims. As candidates for baseball other than
men- we find Johnson, Williams and Cochran. On the path
j[elson we find Joe Young, Belcher, and Staton. Along with
and Gray, Evans made a fine showing on the Tiger quin-fcid
the Junior Class well represented on the band roster.
es Juniors may feel proud, of the fact that the well known
lor, Frank Russey, is one of their fellow classmates. Other
(of the band are: Jones, Bilbo, Brown, Fontille, McConhell,
Three student representatives
leave Auburn on Friday to attend
the important State Executive
Meeting of the Y. W. C. A. which
is being held at the University of
Alabama, this week-end. The State
Chairman^ of college Y. W. C. A.
is an Auburn student, Emily Hare,
and she will preside at the Execu­tive
meeting.
Representatives from nine col­leges
in the state will be present
at the meeting. Plans and polic­ies
for the yeai of 1925-26 will be
formulated. A national Y. W. C.
A. Secretary, Miss Katherine D.
Lumpkin, whose present head­quarters
are in Atlanta, will at­tend
and will report the meeting
to the National Y. W. C. A.
Alabama has taken a great step
forward in Y. W. C. ., it is thought,
in its organization as a state,
which toolj place at the State Con­ference
held in Auburn in October,
1924. Since that time material
progress has been made in Y. W.
C. A. work in the various colleges.
With a unified program of action
it is posible for Y. W. C. A. to be­come
a real force in the colleges
of the state and plans for High
School extension work may be
formulated at the coming execu­tive
meeting.
Each college is allowed only two
representatives to attend this ex­ecutive
meeting. The two stu­dents
who will represent Auburn
are Alberta Proctor, of Scotsboro,
and Dorothy Duggar, of* Auburn.
Emily Hare of Auburn will attend,
representing the State as State
Chairman.
i-ri&a of Home Economics Instruction
at Auburn. ,
The large dining room of the hall
was elaborately decorated in the
patriotic colors. 'Great baskets of
red and white carnations, tied with
blue tulle, adorned the tables. Above,
the door in the background floated
the flag of our country, waving pro
tectlngly above the head of one of
its greatest war heroes.
Tables were shaped in an open
rectangle, in the center of which at
four tables forming a cross, sat the
guest of honor and other distinguish­ed
visitors. The Hon. T. D. Samford,
DR. J. H. DRAKE REACHES
HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY
Preceding the regular Convocation day program, February 19, a
few minutes were devoted to the honor of Dr. J. H. Drake, who on
that day reached the eightieth year of his life. Dean Petrie explain­ed
the occasion, giving a few of Dr. Drake's characteristics. Dr.
Drake has been a staunch citizen and college worker since his
early years. He is the only per-son living who was connected
with the" college at the time he to ok charge as physician.
In spite of the fact) that "Doc" has seen eighty years pass since
he came into this world, he is Still very active, healthful and cheerful.
During the fifty-three years or more that he has been connected with
the college as its physician he has never missed a day in his duties.
But "Doc" is not only known by every Auburn student and
Alumni, for he is widely recognized throughout the state for his
medical knowledge and skill. He has an unwavering belief in what
is right and every Auburn man has 'the utmost confidence in him,
Hats off to you, Doctor, we hope that you live to see the century
mark of your life pass before you retire from the wonderful servi
of faith and love which you have and are now imparting to Aubui
men. ^.^ „<-- —
Luncheon for Gen.
R. L. Bullard
A feature of the celebrations held
in Auburn in honor of Washington's
birthday was the lovely luncheon
given for General Roibert Lee Bullard
the honor gnest of the day, at. Sinitli
Hall. The luncheon was served by
the members of the Large Quantity
Cookery Class of the Alabama Poly
technic Institute under the efficient
supervision of Miss Dana Gatchell
of Opelika, served as toastmaster for
the occasion.
Attractive favors, cannon cigars
and g*un carriage mint boxes con­taining
red and white mints, were at
each place. Large green palms and
graceful, trailing fern fronds added
to the beauty of the flower decora­tions.
The patriotic color scheme anil
plan was carried out throughout the
elaborate seven course luncheou
which was served. Especially attrac­tive
was the fruit entree, shaped and
colored in a beautiful replica of the
American flag. The guests were
charmed with the beauty and tasti-ness
of the luncheon and gave a rid­ing
vote of thanks in appreciation of
the work of Miss Dana Gatchell and
her pupils.
(Music was furnishecL, by a portion
of the college orchestra and was
enjoyed by the g"uests during the
entire luncheon. The orchestra was
placed in the hall of the building,
which was gaily festooned with crepe
paper streamers of red, white, and
blue. )
A guest list of about one hundred
and fifty people were present at the
luncheon, including relatives and
friends of General Bullard, the Presi­dent
of the Alabama Polytechnic In-i
stitute, the Lieutenant tGovernor of two gorgeous flags were unfurled and
the State, many members of tic
Board of Trustees of the institution,
a large number of alumni, visiting
officers from Fort Benning, the
Governors staff, some of the A. P. I.
faculty members, a selected group of
A. P. I. seniors, and other visitors.
In addition to speeches by General
Bullard and President Spright
Dowell, effective and interesting talks
were made by the following distin
guished guests: Senator John Rogers.
Col. 'R. B. Barnes, Mr. Paul Halev,
Mr. Harry Hertzfeld, Mr. Noah Ren-fro,
General Hartley Moon, Mr. Fran­cis
Hare, Mr. Atticus Mullins, Dr
Smith, Mr. M. W. Howard, Dr. C. 3.
Yarbrough, Lieutenant Gov. Charles
S. McDowell, Dr. George Petrie, and
Dr. B. B. Ross.
This luncheon marked the close of
an interesting and successful day,
which started with a review by the
R. O. T. C. unit, on Drake field in,
honor of General Bullard. At this
time the military unit was presented
with two beautiful flags, one bearing
the seal of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, and the other being the flag
of the United States of America.
These were given by the Daughter
of Alabama of the City of New York
in toonor of General Bullard, "Ala.
bama's most distinguished son.*
Although early in the-morning,-in <9
dication
cloudy
from behi
re that the day would be
ainy, the sun came out
the clouds just as th«
stayed o*ut to brightly shine upon the
rest of the auspicious day, which was
continued with exercises in Langdon
Hall and concluded with the lovely
luncheon in honor of General Bullard.
El
Alabama Polytechnic
Institute
"AUBURN f t
"The oldest college of Agriculture and Engineering in the South
and with a National reputation."
Suitable employment for every graduate.
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Wife (reading paper): "One of
the prisoners in this penitentiary
has published a poem."
Hubby: "Remarkable; how is
it signed?"
Wifie: "Just signed 'By the Bar­red.'
"
Ed: "Say, do you know why
firemen wear red suspenders?"
Co-Ed: "No; Why?" '
Ed: "To hold up their pants."
—Technique.
"Your wife says she only asks
for pin money."
"Yes; but the first pin she want­ed
had twelve diamonds in it."
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A VALENTINE
Your eyes are as blue as the blue
sky above you,
And your figure, my dear, it's di­vine;
Your lips are delicious—ye gods,
how I love you.
You go to my head, dear, like
wine;
Your voice is so tender, so soft,
and carressing
"Tit thrills my poor heart to the
core—
But here is a question that's some­what
distressing
I wonder, my dear, if you snore.
—Morgan Blake.
Tom: "Hary- ate something that
poisoned him."
Jim: "Croquette?"
Tom: "Not yet, but he's pretty
sick."
She—"Now what are you stop­ping
for?"
He (as car comes to halt) "I've
lost my bearings."
She—"Well, at least you are
original. Most fellows run out of
gas." —Idaho Yarn. ->
• NOT ENOUGH TONE
Storekeeper—"I don't bike the
ring of this half-dollar."
Customer—"What do you want
for fifty cents—a peal of bells ?"-
The purple Cow.
Watch Watt's
Barber Shop Window
For Authentic Showings in
Snappy Spring Styles
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A JOKE OF GRANDMA'S DAY
Years ago when Bob Taylor was
governor of Tennessee, an old ne­gro
woman came to see him at the
executive mansion and said:
"Marse Govenah, I suttenly does
want my Sam pardoned."
"Where is he, auntie?" asked the
governor. .
"Ouf~at de pen," was the reply.
"What is he in for?"
"Stealin some hams."
"Did he steal them?"
"Yes, sab, he she' did."
"Is he a good nigger, autie?"
"Lawdy, no, sah; he's a turble
wuthless, no-count nigger."
vThen why do you want him
pardoned?"
- 'Cause, sah, we's plumb out of
ham ag'in."—Johnsonian.
NO FINGERPINTS
"Safety first," remarked the de­tective's
son as he donned rubber
gloves to raid the jam closet.—The
American Legion Weekly.
THE RECEIVING END
"Is Mrs. Mortensen in?"
"Yes. But she is't receiving to­day."
"I am. I'm the rent collector."
WHENCE "SATIATED."
Teacher—"Robert, give me a sen­tence
using the word 'satiate.'"
Bobby;—"I took Mamie Jones to
a picnic last summer and I"ll sa­tiate
quite a lot."—Boston Tran­script.
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IN 1925
The great axe sped downward
severing the heart of the tyrant
sovereign, which rolled in the
sawdust at the foot of the block.
"There, said the mighty heads­man,-
"He ain't gonna reign no
mor."—Bull Dog.
DAUNTLESS ECLIPSE
Iron Mountain, Mich., January
24.—(9:0$ a. m.)—Despite fog and
j generally cloudy conditions, the
jsun was in complete eclipse here
almost on the -exact schedule fore­cast
by scientists From a news
item in the Pittsburg Chronicle.
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WITHIN THE LAW
"When you grow up, Dorothy,
how many children are you going
to have?" an old lady asked a teB-year
old girl.
"I don't know yet. What is tne
legal limit?" replied the daugh­ter
of the ardent trout fisherman.
—The Hornet.
Ed (in motor car): "This con­trols
the brake. It is put on quick­ly
in case of emergency."
Co-Ed: "Oh, I see. Something
like a kimono."'
—The Pointer.
RIGHT UP-TO-DATE
A man was spending a night at
a hotel in a small Southern town,
and when going to his room for
the night he told the .porter he
wanted to be called early in the
morning.,
"Say, boss," replied the porter,
I reckon |yo' 'ain't familjiar wid
dese heah modern inventions.
When yo' wants to be called in de
mawin' all yo' has to do is to
press de button at de head of yo'
bed. Den we comes up an' calls
yo'."—Everybody's.
FRANKER THAN MOST
Gantz Bros.' Garage—Dodge
work a specialty.—Classified Ad.
in the Boston Herald,.
FRATS ON PROBATION FOR
POOR SCHOLARSHIP
Because of a recent ruling at
Chicago University, providing
penalties for fraternities who
make a poor showing in scholas­tic
work. Alpha Tau Omega has
been refused the right to initiate
during the winter quarter, and
Sigraa Chi Fraternity has receiv­ed
the penalty of no social privi­leges
for the winter quarter.
Both fraternities had permitted
their averages to fall to a (G-) lev­el
for the autumn quarter.
This policy of fraternity proba­tion
aims to bring up the scholas­tic
standing of fraternities. The
University), of Minnesota and sever­al
other institutions have made
such rulingr this fall.
—The New Student.
FED INK
Lost—A fountain pen by a young
man, full of ink. Return to Re­view
office.—Classified ad. in the
Towanda Review.
| Homer Wright
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DRUGGIST
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COULDN'T FOOL HER
Pop—"Jist think these ruins are
2,000 years old/'
Mop—"Aw gwan, it's only 1925
now."—The Purple Cow.
"Church was out early last
night. Wasn't it?"
"Yes."
"What was the trouble?"
"Someone blew an auto horn
outside and the male quartet was
all that was left."—Moonshine.
THE NEEDFUL KNOWLEDGE
He—"Know anything about In­dia?"
Him—"Delhi is the word you
want. I solved that one last
night."—Life.
Mr. A.' is an ambitious
young man; he knows the
importance of a good ap­pearance
in business' and in
school.
Mr. A. has to make his
allowance go a long way,
but he says:
"Money spent in Carter's
Sanitary Pressing Shop is a
good policy."
Phone 96
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"Is there a word in the English
language that contains ali the vow­els?"
"Unquestionably."
" "What is it?"
"I just told you."—Boston Tran
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Opelika and Auburn
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The Store on the Corner
Service ' Satisfaction
Robertson's Quick Lunch
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
The Best That Can Be Bought
Served As Well As Can Be
Served
15 Commerce St.
Montgomery, Ala.
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SPORTING GOODS
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For The Best
EATS
Particular People Pick
THE
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Good Clean Rooms
$4.00 per Student
Also an Apartment for light
housekeeping
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Auburn - - - - - Alabama
KAMPUS KICKOFFS
Boot Riley must have obtained
his previous military training in
the "boy scouts, judging from his
conduct at one of the recent re-views.
Among the annals of those who
have staged comebacks we suggest
placing the name of Bulky Powell.
Wonder if there is, anyone who
doesn't get tired of going to school
about this time of the year? Won­der
why we can't have spring holi­days
and extend the semester about
a week, lots of schools are wise
enough to do it.
. Pat says that he rates at trie-Wo­man's
College just like interest does
at the bank.
If anyone thinks that Seniors
send out invitations just to get
presents they are quite mistaken,
for the invitations cost much more
than the presents; do and a college
man ought to be a better business
man than that, says Bo Salzman.
According to the latest reports
from M. S. C. W. Mr. Garner is in
great demand.
What we will be telling our
grandchildren—No, my boy, I can't
afford, to get you another aeroplane
just now so you will hav^ to make
the old one Wist you another sea­son.
LOST
One round mule
Round as a ring
Nine years old
Eight in the spring
One eye out
One eye glass
Three white feet
One of 'em brass -
Head bulged out
Ribs caved in
And he's a. darned good mule
For the fix he's in.
Wonder why Byron wore such
a long) face during the recent mili­tary
functions?
Love is two fools after each other,
School is one fool after lots of
others.
Eat onions and avoid, Spring
Fever.
She met me in the moonlight,
Her name was Imogene,
The moon hid behind the clouds;
Now ain't nature mean. .
It is rumored that Hooker threw
his knee out of joint when he
tried to show the freshmen ^how
Gilda Grey did her stuff.
Billie Cooper says that he is civil
since he dropped from the herd
of architects.
Who was it that said that some,
people, were so tight that every
time they batted their eyes, their
toes turned up at the end.
It-is said that a student eats one
thousand pounds of bull and grits
during his career here.
Wil] you marry me? asked he,
and yet he knew that she could
never take a joke. Nerve plus.
Speckled Beauty—A freckled fac­ed
girl.
It is rumored that Mr. Toonier
lost a. nickel behind the large mir­ror
in his drug store. We don't
know whether he found it or not,
but we do know that he had the
mirror down.
Yes, he slept--on the pool table
and got all balled up.
ALUMNI NEWS
'93—J. S. Robinson, who grad­uated
in the 1893 class of electri­cal
engineering, is now chief con­sulting
engineer for the Southern
Cities Power Company, with head­quarters
in Chattanooga.
'05—W. B. and J. H. McGehee,
of the Pharmacy Class of 1905, now
operate the McGehee Bros. Drug
Stores, one of the largest and most
up-to-date drug companies in Mont­gomery,
Ala.
*17—F. K. Simmons, Electrical
Engineering '17, is Chief Industrial
Service Engineer for the Black-stone
Valley Gas and Electric
Company at Pawtucket, R. I.
'21—J. S. Powell, Civif Engi­neering
'21, with the Champion
Bridge Company at Fort Lauder­dale,
Fla., is enquiring for more
young Civil Engineers.
'2J—W. C- Morris, Civil Engi­neering
'23, is Assistant Engineer
with the Missouri Pacific Railroad,
headquarters in the Chemical
Building, St. Louis. His address
is 6116 Ezel Ave.
'24—W. E. "Wheeler Bill" Chap­man,
C. E. '24, is now a Civil En­gineer
for the Central of Georgia
Railroad, located at Savannah, Ga.
He was recently on a county sur­vey
of Coosa County. He was mar­ried
on January 4, to Miss Burnice
Nolen, daughter of Hon. J. Wilson
Nolen of Alexander City, Ala.
PROBABLY
The lion and the lamb'had just
lain down together. "As for me,"
remarked the lion, "I should like
to be called at 7:30 in the, morn­ing."
Said the Iamb: "Don't
bother to call me; I'll proably get
up when the lion does."—Detroit
Free Press. »
DISCOUNT THAT COUNTED
In American bookselling cir­cles
it is customary to allow a
discount to publishers, .authors
and, personal friends. When Mark
Twain once visited a bookshop he
chose a book and said, to the assis­tant:
"Now, as a publisher I am en­titled
to a discount of 50 per cent.
As an author I am also entitled to
50 per cent., and as a friend of the
proprietor I should get 25 per
cent. Now, what's the price of the
book and what do I have to pay
for it?"
The assistant did some rapid
figuring and handing over the
book, he said:
"I guess we owe you 75 cents.
Here you are. I hope we may
have your further patronage."—
Jugend (Munich).
REASSURANCE
" ~"i—wish- -you could assure me,"
said a nervous oldi lady, approach­ing
the captain of an excursion
boat, "that this vessel would be
able to come safely through a
storm."
"Lady," proudly ass : led, the
grizzled skipper, "this ol 1 craft has
come safely through .^o many
storms that half her timbers is un-j'inted."—
American Legion Week­ly.
TAKING NO CHANCES
"So you wish to leave to get
married, Mary. I hope you have
considered the matter seriously?"
'Oh, I have, mum. I've been to
two fortune-tellers and a clairvoy­ant,
and looked in a sign-book, and
dreamed on a lock of 'is 'air, and
I've been to a-medium and a astero-logist,
and, they all-iell me to go
ahead, mum. I ain't one to marry
reckless like, mum."—London Op­inion.
THE
First National Bank of Auburn
ADVICE AND ACCOMODATION
FOR EVERY COLLEGE MAN
Any Financial or Business Transaction
Albert Thomas, '04, Pres. G. Herbert Wright, '17, Cashier
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Presbyterian Church
Mr. Miles will preach
A. M. "Keeping The Faith"
P. M. "Tom Erown at Oxford"
7°)
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11 A. M. " A Challenging Task"
7:30 P. M. "How Your Sins Will Find You /
Out"
March 1—A Cordial Welcome To All.
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UPCHURCH'S STORE
DRY GOODS, SHOES AND NOTIONS
The Big Store With the Little Prices
Dry Goods—Ladies Ready^o-Wcar—Shoes
HAGEDORN'S—Opelika's Best Store
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THE PLAUBMAH
MARSHVILLE WINS COT­TON
STATES TOORNEY
Georgia Boys Monopolize Prep
Classic
Georgia teams took hold of the
Cotton States Tournament this
^year and came very near turning
it into an All-Georgia affair. The
Cracker State sent over some
strong Prep aggregations this year,
and had it not been for the fact
•that several Georgia teams elimi­nated
each other, there might
have been more than two peach-growing
teams in the finals. Sad
to relate, not a single Alabama
Jeam managed to defeat a Georgia
aggregation, thus giving the dear
neighbors quite an edge, in prep
• basketball, at least.
Thursday's games showed that
there were several teams enter­ed
that were good cage combina­tions,
while there several others
Jhat were not so good. However
the teams all put up good battles
and did their very best, which is
about all that can be asked of
my bunch. In the very first
game, the Montgomery-Bell outfit
rang up the highest score of the
tourney, registering a 52-11 vic­tory
over Dadeville.
There were two other lopsided
games, in the first day's play-off,
but in one of them, at least, the
margin was not so great as the
score might indicate. We refer
to the Berry-Wetumpka. contest,
whfitf"e the Alabama boys iplayed
a good floor game but absolutely
could not shoot. After holding
the Berrymen to a 5 to 0 score in
the first half, the Wetumpkans
went td pieces and went down un­der
a 32 to 4 count. This Berry
team by the way made an excel­lent
impression on everybody
[present fot their clean, hard play-
Ling. Seldom has a more sport-
Imanlike bunch visited the Plains
[and the Berry School if to be con­futed
on their team,
lay aiiglii Lc £Vii called the
day of upsets, since three of the
four games went contrary to gen­eral
dope. The one consistent
(Continued on Page 6)
SPORTS
Georgia TakesTig-ers
in Tow, 3 7-21
Richardson Goes Wild as
Bulldogs Dedicate New
Building
The Tigers journeyed over to
Athens last week to assist the
Georgia Bulldogs in the dedication
of a new $40,000 basketball build­ing.
Those who attended said
dedication were treated to the
sight of one Mr.'Nolan Richardson
going wild, with the result that
the Plainsmen were sunk under a
37 to 21 score. In fact, the Tigers
were butchered to make an Athen­ian
holiday.
To make the game a real Athens
celebration, Coach Stegeman start­ed
a team composed entirely of
residents of the city of culture.
However, this combination did not
go so well, and at the end of eight
minutes the Tigers found them­selves
on the long end of a 4 to 0
score. With their team strength­ened
by some judicious substitu­tions,
the Georgians pulled up on
the Tigers and left them behind.
Then the McKinneys got busy and
evened up the score once more and
brought the game to even terms.
However, about this time the Mr.
Richardson started to go wild, and
the further the game advanced the
wilder he got. However, he was
far from wild in the sense that a
baseball pitcher is wild, for he
possessed most remarkable con­trol,
sinking eight field goals for
a grand, and at the same time, sor­rowful
total dt sixteen points.
While Mr. Richardson was doing
!he dirty work, Messrs. Morton and
vv'iehrs were helping to keep the
Tiger score within bounds. This
they did well, although they were
not able to keep the two McKin-
(Continued on Page 6)
Speaking Of Sports
THE WINNING COACHES Rats Invade Alex
City Saturday
Greenies Out To Revenge Berry
Defeat
NOISY GRISHAM
Line
The two gentlemen depicted
above are no less than the win­ning
coaches of the 1925 football
season, Messrs. Noisy Grisham and
Pea Greene. Mr. Grisham was the
guide, philosopher, and friend of
the linemen while the renowed
Greene instructed the backs in the
intricate art of advancing the ob­late
ellipsoid. That their instruc­tion
j*as__not__without effect is
PEA GREEN
Backfield
shown by the fact that the Jun­iors
were not scored on in the
two games, and that they also
showed a powerful offense all the
way through. While the Grisham
and Greene combination was one
which proved most successful, all
of the class mentors showed a
great deal of ability in the coach­ing
line, and as a result, the class
games were better played than
they have been in some time.
With the coming of the baseball
season, the various ex-Auburn ball-tossers
have started off to training
camps to get the old batting eye
sharpened up and the old soup-bone
limbered.
Ed Shirling is getting about the
best trip of any of the baseball
alumni. The old. Tiger fullback
has packed up and gone to Califor­nia,
where he will be in training
with the Portland (Ore.) outfit.
The Pacific Coast League is pretty
fast company, but we believe that
Ed will get along alright, especially
if he carries along the bat that
broke up the Blue Ridge League
last summer.
Charlie Gibson has gone to Terre
Haute/ after a season as reserve
catcher on the Athletes. Although
Charlie was not used much with
the "A's" he made a good impres­sion,
and it is Relieved that a sea­son
or two in the minors will just
aUoufjmake him fit for regular
work in the big show.
University of Alabama. 'Bama, by
the way, has quite a delegation up
in the big show.
Speaking of athletic alumni from
Auburn, there have been dispatches
to11 the effect that "Rip" Major has
been very favorably spoken of as
head football coach at Duke Uni­versity.
Major has been making
quite a reputation at Wofford and
all Tiger supporters are pulling for
his promotion.
The coaching berth has been left
vacant by Howard Jones, who
leaves Duke for Southern Califor­nia.
The job of handling the North
Carolina gridders will be an impor­tant
one, since Duke is taking great
strides in athletics.
"Fox" Howe, who punted so
sweetly for Auburn year before
last, was in Auburn during the
week end as coach of the A. M. I.
team, which was entered in the
Cotton States Tourney.
Diamond Artists
Hard at Work
"Bed" Griffin's Cohorts Prepar­ing
for Hard Season
All-Class Team Chosen
Juniors Lead With Six Mem­bers
on Mythical Eleven
The Rats are off again, this time
to Alexander City where they meet
the High School aggregation. This
contest promises to be a real test
for the Plainsboys as the High
School quintette is reported to be
especially strong. Although the
Orange and Blue Rodents have been
trailed by Old Man Hard Luck all
season there is yet time to avenge
past defeats. The Rats have a very
artful group of basket ringers and
future varsity prospects but they
haven't been able to hit their stride.
When they do catch up on their
long due tossing some poor team
is going to sweat blood and all in­dications
point to Alex City High
as the victim.
Last Saturday night as a prelim­inary
to the finals of the Cotton
(Continued on Page 6)
ALL COTTON STATES
TEAM PICKEO
Three Georgia Teams Contribute
Five Leading Players
JUNIORS COP CLASS
CHAMPIONSHIP 1
' 2 6 to Grace Water Tank for
First Time
When the St. Louis Browns made
a clean sweep of their pitching
staff this winter they announced
four of their 1924 hurl-
1 remain on the payroll,
these happened to be Geo.
I, old Tiger star.
While Grant was used largely in
relief capacity last year he made
such a good impression as) a salva­tion
expert that it was decided
that his services would be bene­ficial
to the cause of the club.
Incidentally, another of the
pitchers to be retained was Win-
1, last year's sensation from the
Since this has just about gotten
to be an Alumni column this week,
'', m i ^ ^ r well be mentioned that
Gene Creel, basketball and track
star of the past few years, was a
visitor at the Plains during the
weekend. And so was Charlie Dud­ley.
After Ihis week-end the old bas­ketball
will be -?-"?r"ntly laid
away, and baseball and track will
be taken up in earnest. In other
words springtime, sweet spring­time,
will be here soon, and with
it w*ll come March winds, April
rains, and the usual late straw­berry-
killing freezes. On with the
game I
Once again the welkin around
Auburn is ringing with that sweet­est
-of music—the sound of club
meeting horsehide. For the Tiger
diamond artists have been indulg­ing
in batting and running prac­tice
for the past week, and are
busily engaged in getting the old
batting eye sharpened up.
It is expected that Coach Cole
will start his crew off in the
fielding end of the game by next
Monday, and, therefore, everybody
should be able to see some snappy
infield work ere another week has
rolled by. Just now the infield
that seems to have the inside track
consists of Wallis at first, Griffin
at second, Allen at short, and Stew­art
on the hot corner. However,
these men have yet to clinch their
places, as there are several prom­ising
candidates out for every po­sition.
Just who will compose the out­field
remains a mystery. Jelly Self
is pretty sure of one berth, while
Market or Sitz will probably take
care of another. However, it is a
toss-up between Moulfon, Booth,
Steen, and others for the center
garden.
A great leal of attention has been
paid to the gentle art of socking
them out for the past week or so,
as the Plainsmen were woefully
weak in this department last year.
C. O. Stewart was the leading bat-bmith
last year, and his average
was not far above the three hun­dred
mark, and he was the only
batter in the charmed circle. Sev­eral
of last year's defeats can be
explained in this fashion! #
In addition to the hitting tnd
the Tigers are being trained in the
art of picking 'em up and putting
The Junior team has a very large
representation in this year's All-
Class team, the third year class
having six representatives on the
mythical eleven. Three of the
Freshmen were selected as out­standing
players, while the Seniors
and Sophomores had. two each.
---Four men received a unanimous
vote and therefore the choice of
captain is a difficult one to make.
However, it is believed that Fats
McNeill would be a logical choice
for this position, as the Junior
pivot man was undoubtedly one of
the outstanding players and was a
star from beginning to end in both
games. He played every minute
and should get some consideration
on that account.
The other men receiving a unan­imous
choice were Pearce of the
Rats, Ralph Sitz of the Sophomores
and Trammel of the Juniors. Nel­son
of the Juniors, and Wood of
the Rats, also received a unani­mous
vote, but the votes were di­vided
between quarter and half.
"""As is the custom, the team was
selected from the votes of the Class
coaches. Only five picks were
turned in, but this was plenty as
the selected players proved, to
have "a pretty clear majority.
The coaches making the picks
were Feny Crane, E. McFaden, C.
E. Greene, E. E. Williams, and W.
B. Grisham.
'em down. In other other words,
more proficiency is being sought
in the base running department.
The Plainsmen are getting down to
real business now as the first tilt is
less than a month off. Fort Ben-ning
will be the first team met,
and the place of meeting will be
Gowdy Field.
Whenever several teams get to­gether
to discuss their merits in
any branch of sport, it is custo­mary
for the experts and near-ex­perts
to select the five leading
players, and call it an All-Some-
^thing-or-Other team. Anyone who
followed the Cotton States Tourn­ey
closely will appreciate what a
Herculean task it would be to se­lect
five players from such a ga­laxy
of stellar luminaries as ap­peared
in the recent series of
combats.
However the aforementioned ex­perts,
real and synthetic, got to-gother
and picked their All-Cotton
States Quintette, which they hold
up to the world as the ne plus
ultra of Southern Prep Cage Tal­ent.
And to tell the truth this
combination would be exceeding­ly
hard to beat.
The All-Cotton States team, as
selected, is as follows, Forwards,
Howell, Marshallville, and Mat­thews,
G. M. A., Center Drew, Mar­shallville,
and Guards, Eaton, of
G. M. A., and De V aughan, of Mon­tezuma.
The two forwards on
this team were the high scorers of
the, meet, Howell leading with for­ty-
seven points, and Matthews
coming second with forty-three.
As there were many good players
taking part in the tourney, there
are, of course, some real stars om­itted
from the line-up. In fact
another team almost as good as
the first could, be formed from
Carrol, Sidney Lanier, and Eaton,
Montgomery Bell, at forward, An­derson
of Berry, at center, and)
Dishman, of G. M. A. and Sturde-vant,
of Berry at guards. And
that is only one of several good
combinations that could be ob­tained
from the teams taking part
in the tourney.
"If at first you don't succeed,
try, try, again," hath said some
man of wisdom, and in the words
of Shakesp'are, that man of wis­dom
hath said a mouthful. For two
years the Class of '26 entered the
final games in an effort to bring
home the championship bacon, and
for two years they were returned
losers. However, on this, the third
successive try, their efforts were
successful and now the mystic
symbols '26 will take the place of
the '24 which has ruled on the
water tank for so long a time.
When the big game started Fri­day
it looked as if the Rats were
going to shatter the sweet cham­pionship
dreams of the Juniors.
After the ball had been fumbled
about from side to side for about
half a quarter, the Rats managed to
hold on long enough to carry the
fight deep down into the Juniors'
territory. However, the Junior line
held manfully and the Rat offen­sive
died and with it perished
their only real threat of the game.
As for the Junior offensive, it
seemed to be strangely lacking.
The '26 backs seemed to have a
perfect horror of holding the ball,
and therefore the fumbles were as
numerous as flies at a Fourth of
July picnic. Every now and then
the Juniors would show some
real form, but there would usually
come the inevitable fumble be-for
the offense had lasted long
enough to give any real trouble.
Then, in the second quarter,
came the thunderbolt. Nurmi Nel­son
had just gone in as sub quart­er
and on the first play, took the
ball from Fats McNiell and start-ed
for right tackle. The Rat tack­le
braced himself and lunged for
ihe Auburn Flash. However, when
he made :*>e tackle, Nelson was not
there. In fact he was a consider-,
able distance beyona that point.
For Mr. Nelson was at that mom­ent
engaged in one of the most
furious sprints ever seen on
Drake Field, and he did not
slacken his pace until he bad
crossed the goal line for the first,
last, and only touchdown of the
game.
Despite this setback, however,
the Rats fought manfully, but were
unable to overcome the lead. To­ward
the end of the game the Jun­ior
steamroller got under way
once more, and it looked as if
another touchdown was imminent,
but the Frosh defense braced up
in the shadow of the goal, and the
drive was stopped.
While Nelson's dash was of
course the outstanding play of the
afternoon, there were several
other men who contributed some
good work to the cause. Fats Mc-
Niel played his usual game in the
line, while Captain Aldridge and
Singleton showed up like veterans
at guard and tackle respectively
and Hart, out on the wing, contri­buted
largely to the holding of the
Rats.
Messrs. McFadden and Crane
had a well-coached Rat team out
on the field, their main fault being
lack of ability in the kicking line.
Andrews and Pierce played a
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All-Class Team
Left End Trammell Juniors
Left Tackle R; Sitz Sophomores
Left Guard - Pearce Freshmen
Center McNeill (C) Juniors
Right Guard Aldridge -- Juniors
Right Tackle - ...Reeder Juniors
Right End Hart Juniors
Quarterback ......Nelson < Juniors
Right Half - ...Wood -•- Freshmen
Left Half - Woodall Freshmen
Fullback Evans ----- Seniors
Honorable Mention: Guard, Johnson, Juniors; Tackles, Pearce,
Freshmen, and Russell, Seniors; End, Garrett, Freshmen; Halfback,
Campbell, Seniors; Fullback, Lynn, Freshmen.
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THE PLAINSMAN
JiOARD OF TRUSTEES HOLD
SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING
(Continued from Page 1)
ommendations made by President
Dowell: .
That a'five year course in archi­tecture
be authorized, successful
completion of which to carry with
it the degree Bachelor of Architec­ture.
That authority be given to
collect a semester fee not to ex­ceed
ten dollars from students in
Architecture and Architectural En­gineering.
That authority be given
to collect a semester fee not to ex­ceed
seven dollars and fifty cents
from students taking courses in
Home Economics. That a vote of
thanks be tendered the Alabama
Power Company for the recent gift
of radio station WSY to the college.
That a special committee be ap­pointed
to consider from the finan­cial
point of view the advisability
of adding or eliminating certain
courses. That the board consider
ways and means of promoting
Fraternity Row. That a special
committee on the completion and
opening of Erskine Ramsay Engi­neering
Hall be appointed to con­sist
of Victor Hanson, C. M. Sher-rod
and T. D. Samford, with Ers­kine
Ramsay to sit as honorary
member of the committee.
MARSHALLVILLE WINS COT­TON
STATES TOURNEY
(Continued from Page 5)
team was Montgomery-Bell, who
beat Marist in a hard game, 36-22.
Marshallville continued their
march toward the Cup by an 18
12 victory -over their old rivals,
Montezuma. Lanier suprised the
crowd, by beating Dekalb 25 to 15,
in a game where there were fouls
galore, while G. M. A. showed
her real strength by beating Berry
23 to 13.
For the semi-finals Saturday the
dopesters decided that the G. M.
A,-Montgomery-Bell game would
be a toss-up, while Marshallville
would trounce Lanier by a rather
substantial margin. This proved
to be exactly the case., The Col­lege
Parkers and Nashvilleans
fought a pretty battle, one of the
prettiest ever seen in Auburn.
Three times did the Tennesseans
forge ahead, and three times did
the plucky Georgians come back
and knot the count. When the
time was up the score stood at
22-all, but in the extVa five minu­tes
the Cadets forged ahead and
wrested a well-earned 24-23 vic­tory
from the Montgomery-Bell
aggregation.
In the final game, the G. M. A.
team was either a bit stale from
the furious game of the afternoon
or else the Marshallville team was
decidedly "right" for the South
Georgians swept through the Ca­dets
for a 29-10 victory. Think
not for a mome.nt, however, that
the losers did not fight, for fight
they did, as they had all through
the tourney. However, they could
not stem the irresistible Marshall­ville
Tornado, and therefore were
obliged to give way to the Peach
Belters. And so ended the 1925
Cotton States, one of the best in
the history of the Tournament.
GEORGIA TAKES TIGERS
IN TOW, 37-21
(Continued from Page 5)
neys entirely in check. The Mo­bile
duo scored sixteen of the
Tigers' twenty-one points and oth­erwise
managed to make them­selves
obnoxious to the citizens of
Athens.
Summary:
Georgia (37) Auburn (21)
Kilpatrick F. W. McKinney (7)
Morton-(4) F. B. McKinney (9)
Harris C. Hall
Mell G. Long (2)
Forbes (2) G. Gray (2)
Substitutions: Georgia, Richard­son
(16) for Morton, Morton for
Kilpatrick, Wiehrs (7) for Harris,
Huguley (7) for Mell. Auburn,
Ware for B. McKinney, B. McKin­ney
for Ware, Kaley (1) for Hall,
Barks for Kaley. Field Goals, Geor­gia
17, Auburn 7. Foul goals, Geor­gia
3 out of 6, Auburn 7 out of 15.
RATS INVADE
ALEX CITY SATURDAY
(Continued from Page 5)
States Tournament the Auburn
Freshmen and Berry High School
tied up in one of the most inter­esting
contests of the strenuous
week-end when the latter defeated
the Kittens 20-14. Berry High
which had one of the strongest
teams in the tournament maintain­ed
an early lead from start to finish,
leading their opponents; 10-3 at the
beginning of the second half. At
this juncture Buck Ellis and "Wil­lie"
Burns were called in to stem
the tide. How well they-strove
may be seen by the perceptible
rise in the score. Buck Ellis is a
brilliant forward and should go
far next year on the Varsity. He
has been responsible for more goals
than any other green-clad warrior,
being closely trailed by Ebb James,
plucky captain of the Frosh and
Buck's running mate at forward
The rise of "Willie" Burns at the
guard position has been little short
of phenomenal. In the last few
games he has "displayed a pleasing
tendency to break up dribbles and
block would be ringers.
In the Berry game the Rats were
very noticeably deficient in their
pass work, having little or no re
gard for team work. This condi­tion
seems to' be d,ue mainly to the
lack of practice as well as to the
apparent lack of training of the
Tiger Cubs.
JUNIORS COP
CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP
(Continued from Page 5)
great game at guard, while Maury
and Jackson were also topnotch
performers iri the line. In the
backfield the Rodents had two
capable performers in Woodall
and Wills.
Summary:
Juniors (6) Rats (0
Kinzer LE Maury
Reeder LT --^--- E. Pearce
Aldridge LG T. Pearce
McNiel C Jackson
Johnson i RG Andrews
Singleton RT Jones
Hari RE Garrett
McElderry QB Wills
Patterson LH Woodal
Mims RH Oakley
Carrol FB Lynne.
Score by Periods:
Juniors 0 6 0 O.-1--6
Rats - . 1 . ' . 0 0 0 0 0
Touchdown, Nelson. .Substitu­tions:
Juniors, Trammel for Hart,
Nelson for McElderry. Rats, Mos-ely
for Maury, Kinser for Mosely,
Macher for T. Pearce, Weaver for
Jackson, Bacheen for Andrews,
Peddie for Jones, M. Smith for
Woodal, L. Smith for Oakley,
Copeland for Lynne, Burkhalter
for Bachen. Referee Harkins, Um­pire
Brice. Headlinesman Spinks
Timekeeper Pitts.
Websterians Meet
The Websterian Literary Socie­ty
met on Feb. 24 amid a deluge
of enthusiasm which swept every
member before it like a towering
wave of an angry sea tosses the
best efforts of man. Miss Georgia
Thomas opened the program with
a Bible reading. A Relation of the
Life of George Washington was
very well given by Miss Thelma
McGinty, the time and occasion
causing much interest in the sub­ject.
Miss Alberta Proctor spoke
on The Many Different Languages
of Today. The Troubles of Har­vard
was the subject of Mr. O. T.
Ivey's talk.
Business was then taken up, the
chief item being the membership
contest. Mr. H. A. Small read the
requirements for the contest as fol­lows:
Ten points to be given fori each
new member.
One point to be given for atten­dance
each time.
Two points to be given, for each
service on the program.
Four points fine for failure to
serve on the program wheij placed
thereon.
After some discussion of these
points, they were adopted and the
meeting adjourned.
Montgomery-Bell
High Scorer
In Tourney
Runs Up 1 2 1 Points in
Three Games.
Montgomery-Bell Academy, semi-finalist
in the recent Cotton States
Tourney, was high scorer in the
meet with a total of one hundred
and twenty-one points. Marshall­ville
as second with one hundred
and three, being the only other
team to break the century mark. G.
M. A., the runner up, came third
with eighty-seven markers.
The Nashville boys also had the
high-water mark for a single game,'
socking.the Dadeville outfit to the
tune of 52 to 11. Montezuma with
thirty-eight points against Pickens
County was the second team, in
this respect.
Gordon Howell, brilliant forward
on the Marshallville team, was the
individual high scorer with forty-seven
points, more than eight of
the entering teams were able to
muster. Fats Matthews, whose sen­sational
work contributed largely
toward the success of the G. M. A.
team, was second with forty-three
markers.-
The Tournament scores are as
follows:
THURSDAY'S GAMES
Montgomery Bell, 52; Tallapoosa
County, 11.
Montezuma, 38; Pickens County,
21.
Marist, 22; Dora, 17..
DeKalb County, 31; Alabama Mil­itary
Institute, 8.
Marshallville, 26; LaGrange, 15.
Berry, 32; Wetumpka, 4.
Georgia Military Academy. 30;
Lee County, 23.
Sidney Lanier, 16; Five Points,
12.
FRIDAY'S GAMES
Montgomery-Bell, 36; Marist, 22.
Marshallville, 18; Montezuma, 12.
Sidney Lanier, 25; DeKalb Coun­ty,
15.
Georgia Military Academy,. 23;
Berry, 13.
Georgia Military Academy, 24;
Montgomery-Bell, 23.
Marshallville, 30; Sidney Lanier,
15.
Marshallville, 29; Georgia Mili­tary
Academy, 10.
kg. Club News
FEBRUARY 18
The program was opened with
J. A. Naftel's talk on "Forest De­vastation."
The speaker gave some
measure of the depletion of our
national forests by the woodman's
axe, by fires, and by insects.
Prof. Burns gave a very inter­esting
discussion on t h e subject of
"Swine Production." A number of
hog marketing suggestions and; >six
outstanding advantages of hogs
over other classes of livestock were
presented by Prof. Burns.
W. G. Killough, in speaking on
the "French War Debt," contrast­ed
the American and French view­points
with reference to the pay­ment
of France's four billion dol­lar
debt owed to the United States.
A. W. Jones gave a brief but in­teresting
discourse on "Forage
Crops."
" The rest of the meeting was turn­ed
over to business matters.
Prof. Ivey will be the principal
speaker at the meeting to, be held
on February 25.
INSPIRED RELIGION
A little girl returned home to
her parents after taking her music­al
examination. They asked her how
she had got on.
"Very well* I think," she an­swered.
"What was the examiner like?"
"Quite a nice man—and so re­ligious."
"Religious. ' How could you
tell?"
"In the middle of one- of my
pieces he put his head in his hands
and said, 'Oh, heavens. Oh, heav­ens,'
very reverently."—The 'Meth­odist
Recorder.
Wirts Meet Monday Night
The Wirt Literary Society met
on Monday night for its regular
program. Business was first tak­en
up, after which the program
was rendered. The first number
on the program was a talk by Mr.
Elder on "The Commemoration of
George Washington." This was
followed by a debate, Resolved that
the Ku Klux Klan is beneficial to
the United States. The affirmative
was supported by Brown and Smith
and the negative by Kinzer and
WeSt. The last ^ named speaker
substituted for Davis who was ab­sent.
The subject was thoroughly
discussed by b6th sides, and so well
did each side present its arguments
that one was in great doubt as to
which one was right. The judges,
Cason, Elder, and Josey, after some
deliberation, announced the deci­sion
in favor of the affirmative.
f here were several visitors' pres­ent
and,J it is hoped that they will
come in increasing numbers.
Y. W. C. A. State-Rep.
At a special called meeting of
the Auburn Y. W. C. A. held at
Smith Hall recently, Dorothy Dug-gar,
of Auburn, was elected to the
important office of Auburn's State
Representative. She will attend
the State Executive Y. W. C. A.
meeting held at the University
this week-end but will nil tak;
up her regular duties of o f ire un­til
the other Y. W. C. A. officers
are elected.
The office of State Represen­tative
is practically a new one,
having been formulated in Oc­tober.
At that time, Alberta Proc­tor,,
was elected to the office. Its
importance as an office is as
great as that of the president of the
organization. By its holder, the
college is known throughout the
state and works with the state as a
unit. '-
Dorothy Duggar is a junior at
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
and has beep, prominent i i t t t i e ac­tivities
of the college. Site is tak­ing
ther course in architecture, is "a
member of Kappa Delta. Sorority,
and is now president of the Au­burn
Players and of the Auburn
chapter of the National dramatic
fraternity, Theta Alpha Phi. She
has been on the Y. W. C. A. cabi­net
for the past two years in var­ious
capacities and is unusually-efficient.
If you want the
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Websterians Stage Debate
Tuesday night, February 17,
the Websterians met at their
usual meeting hall. Due to the
absence of the president, Miss
Kernodle,. Mr. Lynne acted as
president. One of the main
features of the program was a
debate, Resolved that' riches
cause more crimes than pover­ty.
Mr. Deason and Mr. Stev­ens
supported the affirmative,
While the negative was taken
by Mr. Kernodle and Mr. Stew­art.
After a very hot debate,
the appeal to the society, by
Mr. Kernodle and Mr. Stewart
and a very pathetic appeal to
the emotions of the society by
Mr. Deason, the negative won
the decision of the judges.
DEPARTED
A society has been 'formed,
each member of which has to sow
a packet of flower seeds along
country roads. We presume that
motorists are expected to stop
long enough to pluck blossoms for
a wreath to lay on each fallen
pedestrian.—London Opinion.
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