1925-01-17 The Plainsman

              TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
Vol. XXVIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1925 No. 17
REGISTRATION OF
STUDENTS SECOND
SEMESTERJ 924-25
January 23-24, 8:15 A.M.
To 12 M. And 2:00 P.M
To 5:00 P.M.
Fees for a resident of Alabama
are .$52.00 for the second semester.
Students in Pharmacy (except
freshmen in the foup*'year course)
pay an additional fee of $10 and
students in veterinary medicine pay
an addtional fee of $5 each semes­ter.
Non-residents of Alabama pay
an additional matriculation fee of
$25.00 for each semester.
The Accountant urges each stu­dent
to present at his desk check
/for the exact fee. If the student
wishes to pay cash he is requested
to have the exact change. This
will prevent delay and confusion.
"All students are expected to reg­ister
for the second semester on Fri­day
and Saturday, January 23-24.
A 'late fee is charged for registra­tion
at a later date. Students who
wish to leave Auburn for the week
end may register before Friday if
permission is secured from the
Registrar's office. The Committee
on Registration urges all students
to register promptly Friday and
Saturday and thus lend their co­-
operation in the organization of
t \ e college work for the second
semester. Classes meet as sched­uled
Monday, January 26, 8 a.m.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
All members of the Faculty not
assigned to special work assist the
Deans with registration.
Each student will secure regis­tration
cards from the Accountant
and in the registration room will
receive class cards, course of study
and instructions as to registration.
Each stuflent should print name
on cards or write legibly, ' using
fountain pen if possible.
In filling out class cards write
the second semester course num­bers
only. These are the even
course numbers.
Back work to be repeated must
be scheduled first.
Women students entering for the
first time will confer with Dean
Harris, room 309, before complet­ing
registration.
1. Freshmen pay fees in room
102 and register in room 100, first
floor. "New students report to the
Registrar.
2. Seniors, Juniors, and Sopho­mores
go to second floor, pay fees
and report to the Deans for reg­istration,
as follows:
Graduate Students: room 303,
third floor. >
ENGINEERING: room 301, third
floor, north end.
GENERAL: room 306, third floor.
HOME ECONOMICS: room 309,
third floor, south end.
EDUCATION: room 312, third
floor, south end.
AGRICULTURE: room 213,-sec­ond
floor, south end.
VETERINARY MEDICINE: room
207, second floor.
CHEMISTRY, PHARMACY, PRE-MED:
room 211, second floor, south
end.
ARCHITECTURE: room 203, sec­ond,
flooj*. *
Class Cards: Prof. Crenshaw,
Chairman, room 209.
All students must have their Ath­letic
Books validated during the
registration period. If this is not
done the book will not be good
during the second semester.
HONOR CONFERRED
UPON AUBURN MAN
IN CINCINNATI
W. M. Billing, B. S., Auburn '16,
has been elected Assistant Secre-tary
of the Wm. S. Merrell Comp­any,
Cincinnati, the oldest manu­facturers
of pharmaceutical pre­parations
in the United States and
one of the largest in' the world.
Dr. Billing joined the technical
staff of the Wm. S. Merrell Comp­any
some three years ago as~ a
biochemist. He was soon put in
charge of "the Biochemical Labor­atory
and is now Chief Chemist of
the establishment, having general
supervision of the chemical and
research work. After leaving Au­burn
Dr. Billing took a post-grad­uate
course at Columbia Univer­sity
before taking up his work at
Cincinnati. He later pursued his
studies in the University of Cin­cinnati
in connection with his
work in the Merrell Laboratories.
In 1922 he' married Miss Marland
Laverne| and has a delightful home
in Hyde Park, one of the fashion­able
suburbs of Cincinnati, the rul­ing
genious of which is familiarly
known by "his friends as "Josh
Junior" who is now a little over
a year old.
A. o. In. t.
On Monday night, the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers
met in the Engineering Auditorium
for its regular meeting. Although
there were only a few out, the pro­gram
was given. Dean Rupert Tay­lor
was the whole program and a
good one it was. The speaker gave
a very interesting lecture, inter­spersed
with quotations from lec­tures
given by some of the most
prominent engineers and educators
of the present day.
The next meeting will be soon
after the beginning of the second
semester. At that time a commit­tee
will report on the question of
quality points. All Mechanicals
come o.ut and join us, we need you I
Freshman Literary
Society News
The Freshman Literary Society
held its regular meeting Monday
night, January 12th. The program
was one of interest and it was well
prepared. All the members who
were on the program seemed to
have put quite a bit of work on
their part.
Miss Story read several of the
poems of Alfred Noyes, which
were enjoyed very much. Mr. Ed­gar
Root added to the program
quite a bit with his presentation
of Thackeray's Diary and the
Christmas Bookman. Mr. Green-tree
gave quite an interesting talk,
the subject of which was "When
is a citizen not a citizen?" He
brought several facts before the
members that were known by very
few of them if any at all. Mr. Nor-ris
gave a splendid talk on a topic
of current history, The Ex-Kaiser's
Denial of War Guilt. Mr. Staton
told us something about the Honor
System and explained its workings
and what it meant. Taken as a
whole the program was very good.
On account of exams there will
not be a meeting next week. There
will be one just after exams, how-ver,
and all members are requested
to be present as there will be an
election of officers for the next
term. ~~
ROSETIME ENJOYED
BY LARGE CROWD
LAST TUES. NIGHT
Proceeds Will Go For
Scholarship Fund
The presentation, on Tuesday
night, of "Rosetime," the musical
comedy which has been looked for­ward
to with such eagerness, was
in every way a justification of the
anticipation. Its production was
pronounced one of the greatest of
Auburn's dramatic successes.
The leading role, Rose, was tak-en
by Mrs. Freddie Scott Lipscomb,
whose lovely voice delighted the
audience. Pat Moulton was the
loving and affectionate lover who
adored her through poverty and
fame and at last brought her back
to the little rose covered cottage
when the roses were in bloom. The
part of Pa Perkins was attractive­ly
interpreted by Prof. Baughman,
who is so successful in parts of
that kind. Playing opposite him
was Miss Mary Martin in the role
of Ma Perkins, which she carried
off to perfection.--.
The story was woven about the
arrival of an amusing and inter­esting
movie troupe, who engaged
Rose and led her to fame and for­tune.
J, Dillingham Jones, the di­rector
of the company, was none
other than "Dizzy" Pruitt, who
was so successful in this part that
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FRESHMAN MEMBER
STUDENT COUNCIL
TAKES OFFICE
By Or. Dowell
Dr. Spright Dowell, as President
of the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute,
on last Tuesday installed the
Freshman Representative of the
Men's Student Council. The man
upon whom this honor was con­ferred
is W. M. Burns, of Dothan,
Ala., formerly of Montgomery.
The oath was administered by
Dr. Dowell as follows: "1 do sol­emnly
swear that I will to the best
of my ability enforce the provi­sions
of the Constitution of the
Men's Student Council; that I will
make a thorough investigation of
all breaches of discipline, or other
violations of a gentleman's code of
honor, brought to the attention of
the Student Council; that I will
give to each cause a careful hear­ing
and.render a conscientious and
unbiased decision; and that I will
faithfully discharge all other duties
of office* as a member of the Men's
Student Councilj s© help me God.".
In administering the oath Dr.
Dowell si»id,' "No recognition you
will receive while at Auburn can
be of more genuine worth or be­speak
more fitness; I congratu­late
you on being selected to this
honor and charge you to the faith­ful
performance of its duties."
CHAPTER "SPIKED
SHOE" GRANTED TO
AUBURN TRACKMEN
Through the efforts of Joe L.
-Young, a member of the varsity
W. M. BllfflS IS Installed I1 ™* team and a well known Ag.
man on the campus, and "Bobbie"
R. L. Locke, captain of the track
team,, there has been established at
Auburn a chapter of the National
Collegiate Society of Spiked Shoe.
This honor society is composed of
track and cross country men and
had its origin at Columbia Univer­sity.
While the society is com­paratively,
a young one it is now
spreading - rapidly throughout the
larger" northern colleges, plans be­ing
under way now to install socie­ties
at Rutgers, M. I. T., Johns Hop­kins
and others.
.Until Joe saw the need of such
an organization here at Auburn it
was a local society of the track
and cross-country men at Colum­bia,
but being interested in the Au­burn
track team and feeling that
in this manner he could bring hon­or
and credit to his institution and
teammates, he secured the cooper­ation
and approval of the officers
of. the society at Columbia together
with the track letter men at Au­burn,
for the encouragement of
this becoming a national organiza­tion,
and today it is receiving most
decided interest in some of the lar­ger
Northern colleges. At the pres­ent
national headquarters have not
been definitely established but the
proposition is to be submitted to
Mr. Gustavus T. Kirby, the big gun
behind the Intercollegiate A. A. A.
A.
Should the proposition meet with
the approval of Mr. Kirby national
headquarters will be established
and new chapters will be installed
in proper style. The Auburn chap­ter
intends to take every step to­ward
establishing a chapter in many
of the^ Southern colleges. In the
meantime any track or cross coun­try
men interested in establishing
a chapter at their institution, it
will be well -for them to correspond
with the president of the Auburn
society, Marius Marquis, or Joe L.
Young, secretary-treasurer, for they
have the future of the society at
heart and •will be more than pleas­ed
to get in touch with any inter­ested
trackmen of other institu­tions.
DR. PETRIE GIVES
INTERESTING TALK
ON WORLD COURT
Upper Classmen Hear
Subject Discussed At
Convocation Period
Above is the first cross word puzzle published by The Plains­man.
It is the results of the efforts of our Cross Word Puzzle ex­pert,
Mr. John Thomas, the answer will be published in the next
issue along with a second of the saries.
VERTICAL
1. A prof, of highway engineer­ing.
HORIZONTAL
I. A prof.'s ruckname.
5. Something you ride.
7. After the noonday eats (ab).
9. An ancient writer.
II. Initials of the best school in
the world.
12. Chemical name for lard.
13. The first letter in tide alpha­bet.
14. Central High School (abb).
15. A. personal pronoun.
17. Something every business
wants.
18. Quick to learn.
20. Unnecessary part of love.
21. Part of a window. i
23. A small snake of Egypt.
24. Architectural Engineering
(ab).
25. Establish (ab).
27. University of Virginia (ab).
28. Past tense of send.
29. What exams are at present.
' 30. A name that applies to Yale.
2. University of Edinborough.
3. A legal term meaning the
place of the seal (ab).
4. An exclamation.
6. A kind of grain.
7. Initials and nickname of a
Chemistry Prof.
8. A southern state.
10. Bases.
11. The molding around a door.
16. Call letters of a broadcasting
station in Dallas, Texas.
18. A soft drink.
19. A river in northern Italy.
21. To observe.
22.- Permit.
24. Official tide of Dr. B. F.
Thomas (ab)<
26. Toward.
RESOLUTIONS
Whereas Ernest Lewe Flowers
was a member of the Junior Class
at the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
during the session 1924-25;
~ Whereas while at home during
the Christmas holidays his life
came to an untimely end;
Whereas he was a most popular
member of his class and much be­loved
by his fellow students;
Therefore, we, the members of
the Junior Class, offer the follow­ing
resolutions:
Resolved: First, that, the Junior
Class has suffered a severe loss in
the passing away of Ernest Lewe
Flowers.
Second, that, we extend to the
members of his family and friends
our deepest sympathy and commit
them to the care and keeping of an
alwise Heavenly Father who alone
can give comfort in such an hour
of bereavement.
Third* that, a copy of these reso­lutions
be sent to his family and
a copy be published in both his
home paper and the Plainsman.
C. B. BURGOYNE, L. SPINKS,
O. F. WISE, Committee.
On January 8 at the regular Con-voation
for upper classmen, the
usual custom of bringing some out­standing
speaker from the outside
to talk to the students was turned
aside, and Dean Petrie, one of the
best known men of Auburn, hon­ored
the audience with a talk on
The World Court.
Dr. Petrie opened his talk by
stating that the period near the
Xmas holidays was fitted for such
a subject since Christmas day wasv
the day upon which the Prince of
Peace was born. He treated the
subject in somewhat the following
manner: At the close of the reeent
great World War there was much
rejoicing throughout the world as
a result of the arrival of peace
once more. From that time there~
has been a renewed vigor by the""-
most influential men to find some
method whereby Peace could be •
assured to the World at all times
in the future. In spite of this and
other things there has been hard­ly
~s v\onth in the six years -sine**",
the Armistice was signed in which
some, war has_not been in pro­gress.
Even at the present time
some believe that another world
war is not far off. If such a war
occurs, it will be more destructive
than the recent one. Weapons will
be morel deadly and many new in­ventions
for the destruction -bl
mankind will make their debut.
After such a war there would be
more crippled, total disabled and
diseased men than in any past per­iod.'
Industry would experience
ruins never before foreseen, and
there would be a general epidem­ic
of crime, suffering and disorder^
Some are doubtful as to whether
civilization could survive if such
should happen.
Dr. Petrie then asked if there
was any method by which war
could be prevented. He quoted
some as saying that preparedness
is the only method. Of course
every nation should be prepared
for such an emergency, but war
will not be prevented by such
methods alone.
One of Mr. Hardings noblest acts
was when he called the Confer­ence
to consider the problems of
the-Pacific Qcean and disarmament
A second such conference will no
doubt be called in the near future
to consider the question of further
disarmament and to limit such prep­arations
as should, be limited. But
all this will not prevent war, per­haps
if all the nations should,act
as gentlemen settling their difficul­ties
by arbitration and dealing with
a nation acting as a "roughneck,"
in the proper manner, then peace
would be a certainty.
Suggestions for such a move­ment
has been tried in establish ing-the
League of Nations. The Laag-**
ue should be a piece of ma­chinery
whereby difficulties be­tween
nations could be cleared be­fore
resorting to war. It should
also stop aggressive nations when
they make war on nations not to
blame. The League is not perfect,
but it is now working,, and most
nations of the world are members.
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On account of examinations, The Plainsman
will not be published next week. The next issue
will be out January 30th.
THE CROSS-WORD PVZZLE
It has come at last. At first we did not notice 'them" much/but
like bobbed hair, they grew more and more popular until we had to
sit up and take notice. We now. take pleasure in presenting our first
^ Cross Word Puzzle. As students seldom have anything to do pre­vious
to term exams, we believe that our puzzle will be indulged in
by the majority | of our rea'ders.
As you work this puzzle, think of the lesson that can be drawn
from it. Had you ever thought that your estimation in the eyes of
your friends was determined largely by the words which you use?
If a person always uses words that fit, he is usually looked on with
much more respect than one who is forever saying things that do
not fit. Use the cross word puzzle as an example and try to use
words that will fit vertically as well as horizontally. There is a ver­tical,
as well as a horizontal side to every question. Give as much
thought to your words as possible before speaking them. If you" feel
that you are the vertical type, consider that words that will please
you may not fit the horizontal.
Religious Education
The spread of Religious Educa­tion
in the colleges and other insti­tutions
of the country within the
past few years has been phenome­nal.
This is a natural conse­quence
of the growing recognition
of the value of such elements of
culture and enlightenment for any
career, and particularly those who
have a vital interest in the moral
and religious welfare of the com­munity,
state, and nation, of which
they are a part. Although courses
of this nature are not in the regu­lar
curricula of the college at the
present, students have the oppor­tunity
of taking several courses
this year as electives.
The following courses in Religi­ous
Education will be available for
juniors and seniors as electives
during the second semester: 102
Two parts—(a) Principles of Re­ligious
Education.
This is really a course in edu­cation
in religion and morals,
having as the chief subjects for
study, first, the theory, second
the child, third, the institutions,
and fourth, pTc^ecjJ,c.
(b) Organization and Admin-stration
of the Sunday School.
This is a practical application
of the principles of the preceding
course as found in the modern
[organizations and administration
[of the Sunday School in every de-
Itail.
103—The Teachings of Jesus.
The purpose of this course is to
live the principal elements incor-porated
in Christianity. It includes
a study of -the Palestinian back­ground,
the origin of Judasim, the
Jewish parties, the religious social
and political conditions of the
Jews at the time of Christ's birth;
the teachings of Jesus on the var­ious
topics, and his attitude to­ward
the worship, customs, etc.,
of his day, as presented in the rec­ords
of the New Testament.
10(5—History of the Hebrews.
The purpose "of this course is to
trace the historical development of
the Hebrew people in the several
aspects of their life from the be­ginning
of their existence to the
final destruction of all vestiges of
a Jewish state in the early part of
the second century A. D.
Since this work is not included
in the regular schedule of courses it
is my desire to adjust the schedule
of these courses to the satisfaction
of as many as possible of those
who wish to take the work. How­ever,
I should like to avoid the
necessity of dividing the classes if
it can thus be arranged. The fol­lowing
is a tentative schedule
which will be adhered to as much
as possible, but I feel sure that we
can arrange a satisfactory time for
those students who have a partial
conflict with other courses.
102—Mon., Wed., and Fri. 3-4
P. M.
103—Tues. 3-4, Thurs. 3-5 P. M.
106—Tues. 1-3, Thurs. 2-3 P. M.
Present room assignment 304
Main Building.
A. B. Davidson, Instructor,
[ FACULTY WHO'S WHO j
Miss Agnes Ellen Harris
Miss Harris believes that she is
different from men, in that she is
so modest about giving informa­tion.
Statistics prove otherwise,
however, as the "embellishments"
in the following, come from other
sources.
The life of this gracious woman
began, as she said, a long time ago
"in a little house that is still liv­ing."
This little house is locatel at
Cedartown, Georgia. Her journey
to fame was soon started, as with
Cicero, Rome (Ga.) was the scene
of her first triumph when she grad­uated
from the high school located
there. In search of other fields
to conquer, she arrived at Milledge-ville,
Georgia State College for Wo­men.
After two more years she
went to Oread Institute at Worces-ter,
Massachusetts, where she con­tinued
to delve into the mysteries
of so called domestic science. Af­ter
due pressure had been brought
to bear by "those who know best"
she returned to the Georgia State
College for Women for graduation
in 1902. Not content with this
meagre education some of her sum­mers
were spent at summer schools
in Knoxville and Columbia Univer­sity
until she received her B. S.
from the latter in 1911. Since then
work for a M. S. degree has been
very nearly completed at the same
institution.
She made her debut into the cold,
cold world in a country school
near Milledgeville and continued
on her rise on the ladder of fame,
rung by rung, through the public
schools of Madison arid. Macon,
Georgia, the "Agricultural school at
Douglas, and head of the Home
Economics department at the Flor­ida
State College for Women . at
Tallahassee. From 1909 through
the next ten years she devoted her
time and energy to the develop­ment
and organization of the Ex­tension
work there. Strange to
say, her original inspiration and
outlook in that work came through
her co-worker here, Mr. L. N. Dun­can.
A leader and a worker by
nature, she became the leading
light in improvement, education,
and development from all stand­points
in the rural districts, her
work taking the form of the intro­duction
of Home Demonstration in
that section.
A year's leave of absence from
the aforementioned work during
the war period in the War Office
of Extension, United States• depart­ment
of Agriculture, 1)egan her Na­tional
career. Except for an in­terval
of one year when she was
state supervisor of Home Econom­ics
in the State Department of
Education of Texas, her services
were with the U. S. Department of
Agriculture as Field Agent. At this
most important post her duties con­sisted
of traveling over the nation.
Auburn then became the lucky
possessor. Miss Harris has been
doomed it seems, from time im­memorial
to worship at the shrine
of Vesta, the goddess of the home.
To keep the fires burning brightly
and wholesomely in the homes of
Alabama is her ambition. She is
a mighty force in aiding them to
grow brighter and more beautiful­ly
so that they may outshine all
others. From her position as Dean
of Women at the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute and Home Demonstra­tion
Agent of Alabama she is able
to reach down and help the strug­gling*
student and also to reach out
and draw in those more or less for­tunate.
Honors come to those who strive
to help. Miss Harris has long been
an active member of the National
Home Economics Association and
was recently on the committee for
reorganizing that body. She is now
chairman of the committees on Liv­ing
Costs in the League of Women
Voters and Rural Life of the Ala­bama
Parent-Teachers Association.
She has been Chairman of the Home
Economics Division of the Associa­tion
of Land Grant colleges and on
committees of the National Federa­tion
of Women's Clubs. "These
are," by her own statement, "not
worthwhile." We wait impatient­ly
for the work she considers
worthwhile, for it will be accom­plished
as she is not merely a
dreamer, but a worker and a doer.
THE BULLETIN BOARET I
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 17
7:30 P. M. Varsity Basketball vs. Georgia Tech, Gym.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18
9:30 A. M. Sunday School, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian,
copal.
11:00 A. M. Church Services, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian,
copal, Catholic.
6:30 P. M. Epworth League, Methodist Church.
B. Y. P. U., Baptist Church.
Christian Endeavor, Presbyterian Church.
7:30 P. M. Church Services, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian.
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY
Exams. '
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22
9:00 P. M. Mid-year Dances begin, Gym.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23
8:15 A. M- Second Semester Registration begins.
CONVINCING THE LAW
Reveler—It's all ri', constable. I
'sure you I'm not sho think as you
drunk I am.—Ex.
He was down on all fours search­ing
for something. A passer-by
stopped and watched his antics for
a moment and then asked him.
"Lost something, stranger?"
,"Yup, I sure did, hie, I loshed
a quarter down at the other cor­ner,"
replied the scoflaw, still
searching industriously.
"My gracious man, why don't
you go up there and look for it,
what are you doing on this cor­ner?"
"Well, ya see there's no light on
that corner."—Ex.
"Shiek" Taylor: "Is this a first
class restaurant?"
Waiter: "Yes, but we'll serve you
just the same."—Brown Jug.
A tramcar had just started when
two women) rushing from opposite
sides of the street to greet each
other, met right in the middle of
the track. There they stopped and
began to talk.
The car stopped, too, but the
women did not appear to realize
that it was there. Finally, the driv­er
showed that he had, a saving
sense of humor. Leaning over the
front of the car, he enquired:
"Pardon me, ladies, but shall I
get you a couple of chairs?"
Father was always losing some­thing
or other. His slippers could
never be found, his pipe, he de­clared,
was never where he put it
down, the newspaper had a way
of flying off of its own accord.
On Wednesday afternoon he lost
a book he was reading, and this
made him very cross.- He iamped
around turning the whole house
upside down, and at last found it
in its proper place—the bookshelf.
"At last, here it is!" he exclaim­ed.
"I wonder why it is that one
always finds a thing in the last
place in which one hunts?"
"I expect, dad, it's because when
we find a thing we stop hunting
for it," remarked his young son
quietly.
A. I. E. E. HEARS
AUBURN ALUMNUS
The local branch of the Ameri­can
Institute of Electrical Engineers
held their regular meeting on Jan­uary
7. After a few remarks by the
chairman, Mr. R. A. Betts, .the
speaker was introduced by Mr. R.
J. Cooper.
The speaker was Mr. G. A.
Wright, an alumnus of Auburn and
also a former resident of the Vil­lage.
At present he is a salesman
of traction equipment for the West-inghouse
Electric and Manufactur­ing
Company.
What the Westinghouse is and
does, was the subject of the speech.
The speaker began by giving a
brief history of the company. He
told of how it had risen until to­day
it employs 50,000 people. Next
he spoke of the company's products
and of their distribution over the
world. That the Westinghouse
Company was the first to estab­lish
a radio broadcast station with
a regular schedule, was brought
out. In speaking of the organiza­tion
Mr. Wright divided the com­pany
into four main sections,
namely, engineering, manufactur­ing,
sales and- service. Each sec­tion
of course had sub-divisions.
The speaker told how each of these
sections functions. As a conclus­ion,
he hoped that many of the Au­burn
students would get positions -
with his company. .
Mr. Wright's speech was of in­terest
to all and especially to sen­iors
who hope to work for this
company.
A. S. 0. E. MEETS
Epis-
Epis-
EXCHANGES
Professor: "This lecture is apt
to be somewhat embarrassing. If
any men or women care to leave
they may do so.
Student: "Professor, may I in­vite
several of my friends?"—Ex
"Is your son college bred?"
"He ought to be—he's had a long
loaf and used plenty of dough."
— —Ex.
The teacher was giving the class
a lecture on "gravity."
"Now, children," she said, "it is
the law of gravity that keeps us
on the earth."
"But please, teacher," inquired
one small child, "how did we stick
on before the law was passed?"
HOT AIR
"How did you get 'your cold?"
"Got Chile on the radio last
night."—Puppet.
p|dio
V
She: "Stop this minute or I'll get
out and walk."
He: "But, Mary—"
" She: "Aren't you ashamed of
yourself, arid after I've known you
so long, too?"
He: "But—"
She: "You needn't explain—
you're not a gentleman."
He: "But this darned horse won't
go unless I use a whip."
—McGill Daily.
SAFE PLACE
"How can I keep my mince pies
free from -juvenile raids?" asks the
mother of a large family. Lock the
pantry door and place the key
under the soap in the boys' bed­room,
is my advice.—The Passing
Show (London).
ONE CREDITOR WHO WAS
NOT DEMANDING PAYMENT
Kinston, Nov. 26.—He was a col­ored
farm tenant. He was in. debt
to his landlord and certain time
merchants. He was a product of
the tenant system. He owned his
soul but not his soles. He stood
on a corner arid heard; the Salva­tion
Army singing! hymns. Then a
tambourine was held out to him.
He ignpred it. "Just can't, he said,
repeatedly. "You owe it to the
Lord," he was told. "Yes, I know
it, but He ain't pushing me like the
rest," he said.—Raleigh (N. C.)
News and Observer.
The regular meeting of the A. S.
C. E. was held last Monday night,
the mid-year election ' of officers
taking place. Mr. J. B. Carter, of
Athens, was elected president for
•he coming semester, while Mr. S.
W Harbin was chdseu Vi- c- Presi­dent.
Herbert Spencer is the new
Secretary and Treasurer, while W.
D. Horton was made Plainsman re­porter.
Mr. Carter takes the reigns of of­fice
from A. L. Scott, who served
efficiently during the past semest­er.
The program committees have
not been appointed as yet, but the
names of the members will be made
public before the time of the next
meeting.
Prior to the election, several in­teresting
talksywere made, the one
which held the audience most en­thralled
being Mr. Yancey's dis­course
on "The Aid of Civil En­gineering
to the Bootlegging Indus­try."
Every member paid strict­est
attention to the talk and Mr.
Yancey is to be congratulated on
his choice of a subject.
The program was completed by
other short talks by the various
members on topics ranging from
swamp draining to map making.
The next meeting will be called on
Monday, Jan. 26, and it is hoped
that a goodly assemblage will be on
hand.
0 Chemist of Skill, investigate!
Answer this quiz of mine.
1 think I know what Carbonate,
But where did Iod4ne?
—Lehigh Burr.
Photographer: "Do you want a
small or a large picture?"
Jerry Reeves: "Small, please."
. Photographer: "Then close your
month."
WORSE THAN A CROSS-WORD
The following note was left on
the desk of a social settlement
worker) in Cleveland. It is intend­ed
to be English. It is a message
which was taken down just as it
sounded) to this foreigner, who did
not know how to write English cor­rectly.
"Mrs. Goltmeus galtop ans sezet
suns jukom hom pliz galerop sez no
mer howlytagonbi sez galerop."
The meaning of this is: "Mrs.
Goltmeus called up, and says that
soon as you come (jukom) home
please call her up. Says'no matter
how late it's going to be, says call
her up."—The Christian Evangelist
(St Louis). I
REFERRED TO THE JURY
There is a certain youngster
who isn't going to be subpenaed
as a witness any more by a certain
attorney. One case is enough to
lose.
ness stand, when the lawyer start­ed
in to examine him.
"Have you ah occupation?" ask­ed
the attorney.
"Nope."
"Don't you do any work of any
kind?"
"Nope."
"What does your father do?"
"Nothin' much."
"Doesn't he do anything to sup­port
the family?"
"Odd jobs once in a while."
"As a matter fact, isn't your
father a worthless fellow, a dead-beat
and a loafer?"
"I don't know," the witness re­plied.
"You better ask him; he's
sitting over there on the jury."—
C. E. W., The Christian Evangelist
(St. Louis). - '-
The local youth was on the wit- Passing Show.
FORESTALLED
"Yes, I got the better of my wife
last night."
"How was that?"
"Admitted I was wrong before
she had a chance to argue."—The
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EXCHANGES
"She's engaged? Why, she used
to be a regular piece of ice."
"Well, he's a professional skat­er."—
Life.
/
"Shall I tell her that she is the
first girl I ever kissed?"
"Sure, but don't prove it."—Life.
"Gee, there's an awful lot of girls
stuck on me."
"Yea, they must be'an awful lot."
—Minn. Ski-U-Mah. ,
Captain (harshly)—Button up
that coat!
Married recruit (absent minded-ly)—
Yes, my dear.—Va. Sniper.
Our idea of a dumb man is one
who strikes a match at midnight
to see what time it is by the sun
dial.—Va. Sniper.
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Telegram to friend—Wasshout on
line, cannot come.
Reply—Come anyway, borrow a
shirt.—N. Y» Medley.
"Did Arthur get down on his
knees when proposed to you?"
"No, he couldn't; they-er were
occupied."—Ex.
PROFESSOR, HOW COULD YOU?
We once knew a professor who
was so absent minded that one
night when it came to retire he
pulled down his trousers and laid
the window shade on the chair.
—The Howard Crimson.
A freshman sent a poem to a col­lege
editor who had little use for
verse. In returning the poem
whose title was "Why Am I Alive?"
the editor replied, "Because^ you
sent it by, mail instead of bringing
it in person."
—The Howard Crimson.
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"How do you get so many
girls?"
"Oh, I just sprinkle a little gaso­line
on my handkerchief."
—C. C. N. Y. Mercury.
ONE ACT PLAY
Old man (seeing boy vainly
reaching for bellT—"May I push it
for you, sonny?"
Small boy—"If you please, sir."
Old man pushes the bell and boy
yells: "Now run like the dickens."
N — Ex.
YOU TELL 'EM
A chorus girl could make a for­tune
if she were a centipede.
. —Ex.
"SITTIN' PRETTY"
"I vant a nice easy chair
mine husband."
"Morris?"
"No, Jacob." —Ex.
for
"What noise annoys an oyster?"
"The clock striking the death
knell on midnight, August 31, fol­lowed,
by the tearful bellowing of
September morning."
—Ex.
We are for Auburn always
HOLLINGSWORTH & NORMAN
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FALL IN.
"Major, I'd like to have the hon­or
of your company this evening."
"Company, sir? Company! I
command a battalion 1"—Ex.
Prof. Hixon in Thermo: "Mr.
Whigham, what is steam?"
Steel-arm himself: "Yessir, 'Fes-sor,
it's water gone cwazy with the
heat." ,
ALL-AMERICAN TEAM
The sport editor of the Industrial
Collegian picks two all-teams and
he believes them to be truly All-
American! So here goes:
First Team
L. E. Tube of Colgate
L. T. Hills of West Virginia
L. G. Graves of Wash. &, Jeff.
C. Badlands of'S. D. State
R. G. - - - - Locke of Yale
R. T. Cathedral of N. Dame
R. E. Stick of Williams
Q. Shades of Wmi £-.Mary
R. H. (c) Lifer-'of Penn
L. H. Rivers of Washington
F. Cyclone of Kansas
L. E.
L. T.
L. G.
C. -.
R. G.
R. T.
R. E.
Q. --
R. H.
L. H.
F. --
Second Team
(c) Blizzard, of N. Dak.
Hamm of Armour
Cactus of Texas
.Swamps of Florida
Smoke of Pittsburgh
Pines of Arkansas
Plains of South Dakota
... Breeze of Chicago
Mosquito of Minnesota
Henry of Detroit
.Hunchback of Notre Dame
—Blue Stocking.
Father—"You were out after ten
last night, weren't you, young
man?"
Son—"No, pop, only one."
Ex.
Here lies * the remains of a radio
fan,
Now mourned by his many rela­tions;
He went to a powder mill, smoking
his pipe,
And was picked up by twenty-one
stations.
—Ex.
The shades of night were falling
fast
As through the park a bootlegger
passed;
He carried bottles filled with gin,
And they were safely packed with­in
Excelsior! Excelsior.
—Ex.
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No. 76, A. F. & A. M.
Meets each Second and Fourth
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Phone 72 Opelika, Ala.
TOOMER DRUG CO.
The Store on the Corner
Service "*""""' Satisfaction
We have heard that Blucher
Cooper intends to write a little
song entitled "Gome here to me
or I'll coma after you." Blucher
says that red is his favorite color
and that he would follow it any­where.
Trembling Tommy, better known
as Tommy Jones, has a very pec­uliar
fault. A certain girl says
that when he kisses anyone he
trembles like a leaf. Of course
we don't know just how true this
is, but far be it from us to doubt
any one's word.
She—Do you like "A kiss in the
Dark"?
He—SureT Better than any­where
else. - <<
Particular People Pick
THE
PICKWICK
The Proper Place to dine
MONTGOMERY, ALA.
We hear that Governor Bradley
has fallen in love with Norma
Shearer, of motion picture fame,
and that he intends to try to get
a job in the studios when his
course here is completed. Air cas­tles
are- alright and Barnum was
right.
Auburn boy had been drowned in
the mud.
Tis a good thing that the laun-dryman
gets paid whether the
work is satisfactory or not. Other­wise
he would starve to death.
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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
C. Felton Little, '06, Vicc-Pres. W. D. Steele, Ass't Cashier
No Oswald, when an owl blinks
it is no sign that he needs a pair
of glasses. v
We wonder if thesse boys who
get married as soon as they finish
college realize that they are (Joub-ling
their expense and half their
income.
The newest pest is a crossword
puzzle fiend.
Auburn is blue enough withomt
having blue laws.
• - - - t
What do you
do Sunday
Morning?
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$4.00 per Student
Also an Apartment for light
housekeeping
Apply Mrs. Christ
Red Russell says that he in­tends
to stay away- from cows
from now on, and he will not as­sociate
with anyone that partakes
of bran in any form.
As sure as the vine grows around
the stump
I could love you if you weren't so
plump.
ALUMNI NEWS
Capt. Pick is reputed to have
made a hole in one on Auburn's
famous golf course. We don't
know so much about golf terms,
and he may have been talking
about making a hole in one sock
for all we know. We know that
Pea Green makes them that way
all of. the time.
We wonder why cheese sand­wiches
are such a favorite just be­fore
exams.?
COAL in any quantity Deliver«d
For your convenience an office is located in
the Auburn Cafe, orders placed there, will
receive our prompt attention.
Mason Transfer,
Coal & Supply Company*
Phone 9103
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• - - - - ?
Somebody stole my gal will be
said more than once during the-danceg.
Marnest Killgore says that it is
better to have loved and lost than
to never have loved at all. Bulkey
Powejl will agree, from experience,
that he is right.
Pattillo says that the expensive
orchestra will probably knock him
out of the automobile that he in­tended
to buy after the dances. If
he bought many tickets he could­n't
buy a cup of coffee.
I will not address you as gentle­men
my friends, for I know you
too well, said the Professor.
If hair tonic was what it is
cracked up to be many a . man
would have a fur lined stomach
since prohibition.
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WRITE
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MONTGOMERY
I loved her in the Springtime
And I loved her in the fall
But last night after the dance
I loved her best of-all.
Lots of people think that we
have a barber college here too af­ter
they see one of the boys who
has obtained a haircut here.
D. M. Chambers, '24, is located
at Chicago with the Western Elec­tric
Company.
H. Cobb, '24, is at Milwaukee,
Wis., with the Allis-Chalmers Man­ufacturing
Company.
B. A. "Bohunk" Bates, '24, is
working around Selma for the
State Highway Department.
Lucius B. Howell, '24, is with
the Tennessee Bridge Company,
Nashville.
J. P. Horn, '24, is now employ­ed
by the Daugherty Company at
Bartslesville, Okla.
J. C. Hays, '24, is with the Mo­bile
and Ohio at Jackson, Tenn.
W. B. Goodwyn, '24, is also work­ing
for the State Highway Depart­ment
with headquarters at Mont­gomery.
RECENT GIFTS
TO THE LIBRARY
Steinmetz Graf is trying to start
a new fad in haircuts. He calls his
new creation the Cullman Bob. The
easiest way to copy it is to get a
soupbowl and a pair of shears and
tell your roomate to do his stuff.
ALDEN DRUG CO.
OPELIKA'S GREATEST DRUG STORE
Opelika, Alabama
Terrible Turner had to get sick
so he could catch up on some work.
Odd but true.
Isn't it funny how a rat will wish
he was a Senior until he gets to be
one; then he will wish that he was
i
anything else.
One thing that would never sur­prise
us would be to hear that an'
Last year the Southern Bell Tele­phone
and Telegraph Company
presented several valuable books
to the library. They have recently
added to this collection the follow­ing:
McMeen & Miller. Telephony.
Waddell & Warrington. Ad­dresses
to Engineering Students.
U. S. Bureau of Standards. Tele­phone
Service.
These books are along the line
of the history and science of tele­phone
engineeringj and are of spe­cial
value to students who are con­sidering
electrical engineering as a
profession.
Other recent gifts are:
Clary,,Martin. Facts about Mus­cle
Shoals, from Howell & Graves.
McLaughlin. History of the
American Nation, from Prof. At­kinson,
Auburn, Alabama.
Illustrated History of the Univer­sity
of Nevada, from the Univer­sity
of Nevada.
From a former professor in the
Veterinary Department.
Journal of Comparative Medicine.
9 volumes.
American Veterinary Review.
Smith. Manual of Veterinary Hy­giene.
Strangeway. Veterinary Anat­omy.
Yeo. Manual of Physiology.
Humane Society Leaders of
America, from the American Hu­mane
Association.
Beck. Constitution of the U. S.,
from George H. Doran Company.
Three books on industrial chem­istry,
from R. L. Thompson, an
Auburn student.
Life of William Pluirer Jacobs,
by Dr. ThornweljUJ-acbbs, from Dr.
John Dillard.Jacobs, Atlanta, Ga.
0
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Presbyterian Church
Mr. Miles will preach
11:00 A.M. WITNESSES
7:30 P.M. Gen. Lee After Appomatox
°J
Auburn Baptist Church
Regular Services
11:00 A. M. 7:30 P. M.
THREE MEAL BOARD
$22.50 per month
Beginning January 6th
Mrs. Dowell's Tea Room
GET A DR1VE-IT-Y0URSELF
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MONTEITH'S
Where Friends Meet
Auburn _ _ _ _ _ Alabama
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"Let's Get Together, Gang"
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is a world criterion. Each year finds the American business building
anticipating even more remarkable developments in the near future.
Certainly modern invention—modern engineering skill and organiza­tion,
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TIGERS AND
TECH TO CLASH
SATURDAY
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Jackets Bringing Down A
Powerful Aggregation
Smarting from the five succes­sive
slaps administered by various
cage teams, the Tigers are await­ing
the arrival of the Yellow Jac­kets
of Georgia Tech, on whom the
Plainsmen expect to wreak the re­venge
for past indignities. The
Tigers have taken a very praise­worthy
stand on the matter, and
it would give all of the Villagers
untold joy to see the Jackets go
down into defeat, but all hands re­alize
that wreaking revenge on the
visitors will be a' rather large as­signment
for the Plainsmen.
Even though defeated last Tues­day
night, the Tigers looked good,
and, with additional development,
should have a topnotch aggrega­tion.
In ability to hold the ball
seems to be their greatest trouble
just now, although there are some
flaws in the defense which must
be remedied before tournament
time.
The succession of strong teams
- which have been met by the Tigers
since the beginning of the season
has helped to give the younger
members of the squad their bap­tism
of fire, and already they are
showing muchly improved basket­ball.
Long, Hall, and Evans have
all made rapid strides since the be­ginning
of the season, and are be-ginnin"
to fit in with Gray and( the
two McKinney boys in the forma­tion
of a real machine.
BilLMcKinney continued to show
his flashy article of basketball in
the Fort Benning game, although
a bad arm hindered his shooting
. somewhat. Gray also put up a
crackerjack performance and show­ed
that he has developed into a
steady, reliable defensive man.
Wallace McKinney put up his us­ual
game, which is the same as
.saying that he was all over the
floor and that he broke up the
enemy attacks frequently and did
some good shooting on his own ac­count.
The Plainsmen are awaiting the
arrival of the Tech team with some
trepidation, especially since they
have learned that Mr. Wycoff has
turned his attention to the cage
game. Wycoff has left some pain­ful
memories among the Auburn
ranks and everybody is wonder­ing
if he is going to act as harshly
in the cage game as he has acted
in other lines.
Tiger supporters still remember
last Thanksgiving Day, when the
! ' SPORTS
feM.—
CAPT. PICK JOINS
HOLE-IN-ONE CLUB
Engineer Officer Wields
Wicked Mashie
Captain L. A. Pick, erstwhile V.
P. I. gridiron luminary, automatic­ally
elected himself member of the
famous Hole-in-One Club, compos­ed
of those who wield a wicked
stick, and also, it is whispered, a
trusty horse-shoe.
The couj) de golf came about last
week when the popular captain
was resting from his arduous du­ties
as guide, philosopher, and
friend to the Engineer R. 0. T. C.
students by shooting a friendly
match with one "Pea" Green. The
match had progressed evenly and
it looked as if a dead heat was on
hand. Green teed off with a cork­ing
good drive almost to his name­sake,
and looked to have a good
chance for a two or three at most.
Then up stepped our hero with his
trusty mashie, addressed the tiny
pill and swung. Straight as the
proverbial arrow dad the pellet
wend its way to\vard the green,
and on its arrival bounced and
rolled into the cup without further
delay.
Mr. Green, on seeing his good
work gone for naught, is reported
tq have sunk peacefully and quiet­ly
into an adjoining ditch, while
the captain registered joy,' peace,
happiness, and amazement in turn,
or possibly vice-versa. It is re­ported
that Captain Pick is seeking
a championship match with Mr.
Jones, but up to a late hour last
night this rumor had. not been con­firmed.
mighty Doug defeated the Plains­men
practically single-handed. And
they are not forgetful of his last
trip to the Village, when as a mem­ber
of the Freshman baseball team,
he manufactured a couple of clouts
that are still talked about.
Just what will be the outcome of
the game, is of course, still an un-certainity.
The Tigers, on the sea­son
record, are doped to be on the
losing end by a rather substantial,
margin but itJ is about time for the
dope bucket to be pushed over.
The Jackets can look for plenty of
opposition when they strike the
Village, the only matter perplexing
the Plainsmen at present being
whether or not the opposition will
be sufficient to calm down the
much—feared Tornado.
Speaking Of Sports
Well, the new year was started
off right, at least as far as home
games are concerned. The first
-1925 game in Auburn was won by
a comfortable margin. Encorel
Whatever is said about the Co­eds
they surely cannot be accused
of failing to put plenty of pep in­to
their performances. The Ogle­thorpe
game was a wild one, and
there probably ^won't be another
such roughhouse down at the Gym
until the Junior Prom comes.
Captain Pick has demonstrated
that 'the mashie is at least as
mighty as the sword.
[ Albany Y, who barely managed
to beat Auburn by the margin of
one point, gave Georgia a much
more substantial defeat. Now, if
comparative scores only meant
anything.
"Pea" Green had better stick to
'football or else pick his opponents
a bit more carefully.
We have with us this week-end
the Yellow Jackets of Tech.
• /-One way to win a basketball
me would be to make the other
forward, and the center pledge
themselves to make a field goal
every time Bill McKinney drops
ona through the basket. Then what
scores we would havel
If that system had been used
during the Tulane series, the Ti­gers
would have amassed a grand
total of eighty-one points, besides
some possible markers from the
guards.
Coach Wilbur Hutsell has been
elected a member of the advisory
board of the basketball rules com­mittee
of the N. I. A. A. This ap­pointment
comes as a recognition
of Mr. Hutsell as an authority on
the cage game, and congratulations
are in order.
The chief form of athletic diver­sion
in Auburn for the next few
days will be that of burning the
Midnight Madza.
An old prep~ school habit has
been revived among some of the
students at ye institution, namely
that of whistling, catcalling, etc.,
while an opponent is taking a foul
shot*; The free shot is awarded
the player for some fault on the
other side, and courtesy to the
Co-Ed Record
/ -
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Dec. 13, Auburn 18 Oglethorpe 22 Atlanta, Ga.
Jan. 10, Auburn 25 Oglethorpe 7 Campus
Jan. 24, Auburn vs Oglethorpe - Campus
Jan. 30, Auburn vs Howard Birmingham
Jan. 31, Auburn vs Birmingham-Southern Birmingham
Feb. 13, Auburn vs Piedmont College (Pending) Campus
Feb 20, Auburn vs Piedmont College Demorest, Ga.
Feb. 21, Auburn vs Chattanooga University Chattanooga
TRACKMEN ORGANIZE
SPIKED SHOE SOCIETY
'Duke" Marquis President
Of New Order
"There is nothing new under the
sun" quoted the mighty Solomon,
and indeed there are no intentions
on the part of the writer to dispuU
the truthful prophecy of that noble
individual but with the coming of
the New Year with its many intro­ductions,
assets, etc.. there comes
new to Auburn the "Spiked Shoe."
Not only is it new to Auburn but
to the entire South, for nowhere
throughout its extent is there to be
found another such organization. So
Auburn can now boast of the only
organization of its kind in the
South and the second oldest chap­ter
in the world.
To christen the initial meeting
of the society, held a short time be­fore
Xmas, officers for the coming
year were elected. With the new
year and the new society come
new men as officers who probably
never before have made their de­but
in such roles.
For the first president of the so­ciety
and the one upon whom the
future progress of the Auburn so­ciety
largely depends was elected
Mr. Marius de Shay Marquis, the
most consistent scorer on the track
team', having-never failed to place
in a single meet whether confer­ence
or dual within the three years
that he has been a member of the
team. Duke, as he is sometimes
known, is the kind of man that
lets his actions speak louder than
his words and it is just such a man
that the society needs for its lead­er
during the period of its infancy.
Duke represents Auburn in the
high and low hurdles, high jump,
and the pole vault and is the most
dependable scorer Coach Hutsell
has in his aggregation.
For vice-president and the right
hand man of the president was
elected W. B. "Noisy" Grisham, and
a better man could not have been
found,, for he is a duplicate of the
type found in the president, and
not only have his actions spoken
for him in football, to where he
was mentioned for All-Southern,
but in track also, for he is yet to be
defeated by an Auburn man when
it comes to- heaving the weights.
As secretary and treasurer, the
society electe'd Joe L. Young, a
man who has spent one season
hurdling fences for Auburn both
high and low and while he has not
crowned himself with the glories
obtained by the others of the so­ciety,
he has the interests of the
society at heart and we can only
wait to see what the future holds
for him in the way of laurels.
Aside from the officers of the
society there are others who are
as worthy of mention, and interest­ed
in the future of the organization.
Those completing the role of the
society are Martin, W. R. the sprint
and middle distance king, Nelson,
L. L. the flash demon of the Tiger
team, and White, M. V., otherwise
known as "Hot Shot" for he truly
visitor demands that he be allowed
to take his shot without being dis­turbed
by an outburst of braying.
Fortunately the percentage of of­fenders
is small, but of course their
actions show up. Actions of loud­mouthed
minorities generally do.
COTTON STATES TOUR­NAMENT
HERE FEB.19-21
Prep Stars To Perforin In
Local Gym
Plans have been completed for
the Fourth Annual Cotton States
Basketball Tournament, to be held
on February 19-21, inclusive. This
is an invitation meet for interscho-lastic
cage teams from the leading
Southern schools.
The holding of this meet was in­augurated
in 1922, it being at that
time, the only tournament of its
kind in the South. At first the
only states represented were Geor­gia
and, Alabama, but last year Ten­nessee
sent in two entries, Chatta­nooga
Hi, and Montgomery Bell, of
Nashville.
Two Atlanta teams captured the
honors at the first Cotton States
Meet, Tech High winning with
University High the runner-up. At
the following meeting, Georgia
teams again led the field, with
Georgia Military Academy in the
van, and University High again oc­cupying
the runner-up position.
Last year, an Alabama team finally
manged to get in the money, the
flashy Simpson Tech sweeping
everything before them, with the
Georgia Military Academy coming
second after a hard fight.
Interest in the tournament has
been increasing steadily since its
inauguration, and as a result it has
been decided to limit the number
of contesting teams to sixteen.
While-it would be very desirable
to have every team making appli­cation
down for the tourney, the
length of time required for the eli­minations
would keep the players
from their classes for several days.
Sixten is the ideal number of teams
for a short meet, it having been de­cided
that three days would be the
maximum time devoted to the tour­ney.
Entry blanks are now being
mailed to the leading prep schoo
cage teams of the South. Out of
the applications that are returned,
the sixteen leading learns are se­lected,
and invitations are mailed
to these sixteen aggregations. The
selections are based on the all
around work gf the teams and con-
(Continued on Page 6)
is a warm one with the pill.
The purposes of the society are
three-fold* namely:
1. To encourage track activities
on the campus.
2. To encourage interest in the
College among high school track
teams.
3. To act as an honor society
for those whose major athletic in­terest
is track.
The requirements for member­ship
are:
1. Candidate must be voted on by
the entire society and must be
elected unanimously.
2. Candidate must either be a
Junior or a letter man. ^
3. Candidate must have a gener­al
average of at least 75 percent for
the time he is in college prior to
period of eligibility for member­ship.
4. Candidate must be a partici­pant
in worthy college activities
and must fill the usual require­ments
for character and personali­ty.
COEDS GET
SWEET REVENGE
Oglethorpe Defeated 25-7
Saturday
Even like the lowly worm, if
we can be pardoned for using the
simile, did the militant Co-eds turn
last Saturday evening. Shortly be­fore
the Yuletide holidays, the
denizens of the Zoo sojourned to
Atlanta and returned smarting from
a 22-18 defeat. Then the fair mem­bers
of the Oglethorpe quintette
came down, to the Plains to repeat
their triumph, and, were forced to
depart with a lone field goal and
a few fouls to their credit, while
the Plainswomen were garnering
25 points. "
To Mary Tamplin must go the
honors of the evening. The Au­burn
forward shot five goals from
every possible angle and also play­ed
a brilliant all around game. Buby
Powell and Olive Gibbons ably as­sisted
Miss Tamplyn in her goal
shooting, g arnering three each,
while Captain Libba Young found
time to come up the floor once or
twice and register for her team.
"Big Six" playing stationary guard
put up a noble defensive game and.
broke through several times and
repulsed the enemy with heavy
loss.
Miss Nichols, of the visitors, who
was the big noise in the Atlanta
battle, played an excellent game,
but was unable to find the basket,
except in the matter of shooting
fouls. Miss Hollingsworth played
a nice game at forward and had
the honor of registering the lone
Petrel goal. The entire Oglethorpe
team, while greatly outclassed,
played a hard and courageous
game, and kept the fight going un­til
the last minute.
"Fight" is an appropriate word,
for both teams went at their work
viciously and played as \ if the
championship of the world and
adjoining territories was at stake.
In fact, the male members of the
audience were quite appalled at the
firceness with which the so-called
weaker sex went about the busi­ness
of basketball. Several times
the aforementioned male spectators
were obliged to turn their heads
away when some of the damsels,
with shrill war cries, attempted to
demolish their opponents. The bat­tle
was refereed in fine style by Mr.
Bill McKinney, who deserves great
credit for risking his life and limb
amid the army of battling Co-eds.
McKinney awarder the fight to
Auburn, saying that the Zooties
had won all four rounds.
Summary:
Oglethorpe (7) Auburn (25)
Hollingsworth (3)-F.Tamplin (10)
Hatcher F Powell (6)
Smith F Drake (1)
F. Toddy
Nickols (4) C Gibbons (6)
Grady G Young (2)
Mitchell G Price
Thompson G Nesbitt
Oglethorpe 1 1 2 3— 7
Auburn 4 5 12 4—25
SOLDIERS
COME, SEE AND
CONQUER
Buck Stars As Benning
Crew Downs Tigers
The Auburn Blues were render­ed
last Tuesday night by a very
efficient quintette of Infantry
Blues, the recital taking place at
the Alumni Gym. One Mr. Buck
took the leading role in the per­formance,
being ably assisted by
Messrs. Smythe, Dabezies, Franz,
and McKenna. A perfect rendition
was made diffcult by the interfer­ence
of the Plainsmen, but in spite
of difficulties, the Soldiers persist­ed
in singing the "Blues" and in
the end, had made the Tiger sup­porters
very blue indeed by ad­ministering
a 30-27 beating to the
Auburnites.
At first it appeared that the
Plainsmen were going' to register
their first victory of the season, as
they jumped into an early lead,
and, with the game still a young
thing, found themselves on 1he long
end of a 10-3 score. About this
time the Benning players located
the basket and began dropping the
ball through with distressing rap­idity,
the count being knotted in a
short time.
For the entire first half it seem-er
that neither side could maintain
a comfortable lead. The Tigers
showed flashes of real offen­sive
power, but could not suffi­ciently
curtail the activities of the
abovementioned Mr. Buck, who
went mildly insane and insisted on
caging six field goals before he
could be stopped.
Bill McKinney did the bulk of
the Tiger offensive work in the in­itial
period, thp flashy forward
playing an excellent floor game, be­sides
caging four beautiful shots.
Bill's brother, Captain Wallace,
came up from his guard position
in order to shoot a couple, while
Hall contributed the only other
field goal.
Evidently firm believers in a
quick getaway, the Soldiers caged
one almost before the crowd knew
the second half had started. Da­bezies
slapped one to Smythe;
"Dutch" tossed it in the Basket;
all very simple and easy. After
this, however, the scoring did not
come very regularly. Unhappily,
what scoring was-done was mainly
.marked up on the Benning side of
the ledger.
A furious attack was unleashed
by the Soldiers, but they were un­able
to register as many points as
in the first half. Bill Gray was
playing a superb game at guard,
and generally managed to break
up the thrusts. The Tigers, being
on the defensive most of the time,
were unable to ring up many points
for themselves. Several times, to
be sure, they did find themselves
in temporary possession of the ball,
biit Franz, of the Soldier^, who was
playing a truly magnificent game,
would manage to break up a ma­jority
of the Tiger attacks.
Fort Benning, in winning the
game, showed a powerful combina­tion
witl) a really brilliant passing
game, and showing good shooting
(Continued on Page 6)
CAGE MENU' FOR 1925
December 17 '•--'- Mercer,. Macon, Ga. ^
December 18 Albany Y., Albany, Ga.
January 5-6 Tulane, New Orleans.
January 13 Fort Benning, Campus.
January 17 --- Georgia Tech, Campus.
January 23 - Naval Air Sta., Pensacola, Fla.
January 24 Spring Hill, Mobile.
February 7 Georgia Tech, Atlanta.
February 9 Georgia, Athens.
February 12 - Fort Benning, Fort Benning.
February 14 Birmingham A. C, Campus.
February 19 Georgia, Campus.
February 27 S. I. C. Tourney, Atlanta.
Pending ...:.. Birmingham A. C., Birmingham.
Pending .Mercem Campus.
6 THE PLAINSMAN
COTTON STATES TOURNAMENT
HERE FERRUARY 19-21
(Continued from Page 5)
stitutc the cream of Southern prep-school
basketball talent.
The final details of the tourna­ment
are now being worked out.
Officials oT high standing will be
in charge and provision for the en­tertainment
of the visiting teams is
being arranged for. Entries
for the tourney will close on
Feburary 14, and the selection of
the leading teams will be made.
Each team will be allowed to enter
eight players.
No institution with a rating
above that of high school will be
eligible for the meet, while the
eligibiltiy of the players on the va­rious
teams must conform to the
rules of the association to which
they belong.
There are several excellent tro­phies
at stake. The winning team
will receive the President's Cup,
while the runner-up will be given
the Alumni trophy. 'Special tro­phies
will, be given to the two los­ing
teams in the simi-finals. In­dividual
medals of gold, silver, and,
bronze will be awarded to the win­ner,
runner-up and losers in the
semi-finals.
With the number of participat­ing
teams increasing every year,
the standard of play is gradually
increasing, and the Cotton States
Tournament now ranks as one of
the real basketball classics. The
team which comes through un­scathed
against the stiffest oppo­sition.
obtainable must be an organ­ization
of the highest caliber, and
can lay very definite claims to the
championship of this section.
Harold Oxley and His Cinderella Orchestra Who
Will Play for the Junior Prom
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(Continued from Page 5)
ability. The entire quintette play­ed
topnotch basketball, and it
would be difficult to pick an out­standing
star. If any one player
stood above his teammates, it was
Franz, while Ruck was pure arse­nic
when it came to putting them
in from all angles. Mr. George AU-American
"Dutch" Smythe, who
seems to be at his best when; play­ing
Auburn, played a brilliant
game, while Dabezies and McKenna
were performers of no mean abil­ity,
the former's style being some­what
cramped by the fact that he
committed three fouls in the be­ginning
of the game.
Two Rills, McKinney and Gray,
were the shining lights for the Tig­ers.
A good fight was put up by
the entire team, and they have no
reason to feel ashamed of a beat­ing
by a team of Renning's caliber.
The game was exceptionally fast
and hard fought from beginning to
end, the visitors making a good
impression with their clean and
sportsmanlike work.
The summary:
Fort Benning (30) Auburn (27)
Buck (13) F Evans (2)
' F Doughtie
Smythe (8) F. B. McKinney (9)
Dabezies (c) (7)-C Hall (8)
Franz (6) G Gray
McKenna (2) ..G.W. McKinney (6)
G -. Long (2)
ROSETIME ENJOYED BY
LARGE AUDIENCE TUES. NIGHT
(Continued from Page 1)
he is about to decide to leave col­lege
and go on the stage. The
French Vamp, Mile. Jacqueline
Deauxville, was played by Mrs.
John Jackson, who charmed the
audience with her winning man­ner
and lovely songs. George Ker-nqdle
had a leading and difficult
HKractt-r part as the "scenario
writer, Percy Peabody, and he
threw the audience into gales of
laughter with his clever acting.
The two leading comedy parts
were taken by Miss Margaret Lane,
who took the part of Babe Bru­nette,
and "Skeet" Meadows, who
was the property man, Props.
O'Riley. They had very attrac­tive
lines, and performed them
well, singing several peppy songs.
Dryden Baughman as "Squint"
Smith, turned the camera until it
was feared his health would be en­dangered
and his wife anct six
kids would be left widowed and
fatherless.
The choruses of eight girls and
eight boys were very attractive and
made quite a hjt with the appre­ciative
audience. A feature wood­en
soldier drill was given «J»y the
boys. The" girls had seven differ­ent
changes of costume, all of
which were very effective. The
butterfly, the vamp, and the heart
costumes were especially attractive
and served to set off thrf beauty of
the girls.
Beautiful sets, in the rose gar­den
of the Perkins, and in Holly­wood,
added to the effectiveness
of the production, and made a
background for the iovely cos­tumes.
The musical hits of the play
were: "Home Town Girl," "Rose,"
"Look for the Silver Lining," and
"The Sweetheart of the Screen."
The Vamp song and its effective
costuming was also received with
much applause. a
Mrs. Biggin, the president of
the Literary Department, and the
other officers of the club, express­ed
themselves as very much pleas­ed
with the success of the play
and the size of the gate receipts.
They declared themselves thor­oughly
satisfied with the results of
the week's work andi wished to
express appreciation to all those
who spent time and effort on the
show.
The show was directed by Miss
Helen Shelby and was put on by
the Wayne P. Sewell Producing
Co., of Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Sewell,
himself, • and several of the most
important coaches were in Auburn
for the production and expressed
themselves as very much pleased
with the talent and interest shown.
The proceeds of the play will go
mainly to the scholarship fund of
the Literary Department of the Wo­men's
Club.
ed the plan and recommended it,
to all nations. There is no direct
connection between the two how­ever
except that they are working
towards the same goal. In the' old
Court the members did not meet
together but in settling a dispute,
the nations involved were allowed
to select Judges from the
members to settle the questions.
The new court meets as one
and will act upon the problems of
any nation whether a member of
the Court or not. The Court desir­es
the U. S. to become a member
and lend their moral support and
contribute the small share that
would be required to finance the
court. When the members of the
League are choosing the members
of the Court, the U. S. would be
allowed to have representatives to
sit in and take part in the selection
I though not members of the League.
The problem is, "Do we favor such
a plan, and will we become a mem­ber
of the Court."
DR. PETRIE GIVES INTERESTING
TALK ON WORLD COURT
(Continued from Page 1)
Many prabfems have been settled
by it and much trohble averted.
The second movement is the
World Court. This is the oldest
method and has a double o r i g i n -
being an outgrowth of the old
Hague Arbritration Court and an
endorsement of the League of Na­tions.
The League appointed a
committee to d.raw up such plans
•whereby peace could be assuredi
and the plan drawn up was the
World Court. The League endors-
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chicken feedt"
Smart Clerk: "Candy or corn?"
—Ex.
THE
College Picture Show
Operated by the College
for the entertainment of the
student body
ALL THE BEST PICTURES
booked promptly after
release date
Ten piece STUDENT OR­CHESTRA
plays regularly at
every show.
ALL EMPLOYEES ARE
STUDENTS %
Four programs per week
Regular program begins
at 6:15 P. M. and runs con­tinuously
until 9:30.
Epworth League
The Epworth League held their
first meeting of the new year at the
Methodist Church last Sunday
night, January 11. Dr. Spright
Dowell spoke on "Friendship."
The following new officers were
elected: W. F. Williams, President;
Miss Reatrice Norris, Vice-Presi­dent;
Sam Mosley, Secretary; Dan
Sikes, Treasurer; A. E. Duran, Era
Agent and Publicity.
The League meets every Sunday
night at 6:30 in the Methodist
Church and you are extended a
cordial invitation to attend, espe­cially
those students whose church
preference is Methodist.
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