1926-02-12 The Plainsman

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Feb. 15 Last Day
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This Week
For Class Ring
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOL. XXXIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1926 NO. 20
BAND OFF FOR MOBILE TO
MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION
Will Reach Bay City This
Afternoon; Forty-five
Men Make Trip; Bidez
in Charge
The band entrained at nine o'clock
this morning for Mobile where they
will play during the Mardi Gras Cele­bration.
The Auburn Band was ex­tended
an invitation by the Carnival
-Officials and will be their guests
while in the Gulf City.
The Mardi Gras festival is an an­nual
event in Mobile and it is an
event of wide interest. Parades are
held during the days of the carnival
period and are participated in by the
leading bands of the South. Floats
representing the various organiza­tions
of the city also participate.
The band will arrive in Mobile
Friday evening in time to take part
in the opening celebration and will
be seen in action during the entire
time, taking part in the parades Sat­urday,
Sunday, and Monday. The
return trip will be made either Mon­day
night or Tuesday morning.
Under the direction of Instructor
Bedie Bidez the band has developed
into one of the leading musical orga­nizations
in the Southland and their
selection to represent Auburn came
as a recognition of their achieve­ments.
It is understood that the
Alumni in the Mobile territory aid­ed
in making the trip possible.
Including Instructor Bidez and
Frank Russey, Drum Major, the fol­lowing
men made the tr^^;:C««l^lrtSfr
J. B. Leslie; J. P. Keeaigki,«ij-,$jf.
Cnimyj L. F._Freret; M^::^^^i
^izemorV; E. R. flJBlifrsJftfo
Alford; Trombones: J. B. JoihSif
H. D. Jones, G. N. Pulley; R. T.
Routledge; J. B. Helms; Altos: R. T.
Butler; L. F. McConnell; J. F. Leckie,
Basses: C. M. Smith; J. W. Stanton;
R. S. Moseley; P. E. Fitzpatrick;
Baritones: J. A. Lowley; L. B. Hall-man:-
Drums: R. Alston; F. N. Per­kins;
G. F. Metcalf; Saxaphones:
P. E. Fontille; T. D. Allen; R. D.
Yarborough; B. A. Rives; S. S. Ro­mano;
M. G. Smith; Clarinets: R..L.
Foster; J. D. Neeley; W. T. Benson;
M. B. Clayton; G. P. Bilbe; L. M.
Bayne; F. P. Jones; F. M. Malone;
M. F. Beavers; J. A. Naftel; Bas­soon:
R. Y. Brown; Flutes and Pic­colo:
F. C. Collins.
Auburn's New Sport
A new sport has taken its place
among those on the campus who
are athletically inclined. The writ­er
spied a group of eds dexter­ously
winding a cord around a red,
white and blue object same ed
giving the object a fling, thence
a moaning. We dug up from our
memory thoughts of top spinning
in years long past and associated
these thoughts with the sight be­fore
us. We hied ourselves to the
department store down the street
to purchase one but the manage­ment
apologized for having sold
out the day before but advised
use that he would have a gross
in the following day.
Thus returns top spinning. Horse­shoe
pitching lasted a long time
but finally gave way in favor of
another form of amusement. Who
knows but what we will soon be
on our knees venturing cleaners;
venturing knucks, jumping the
rope, and what not?
NOTICE TO SENIORS
STATION WAPI
INSTALLATION
IS COMPLETE!
Final Tests Being Made By
Western Electric Engineer
Open February 22
Station WAPI, the new Birming­ham
News radiophone broadcasting
station of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute has been installed here and
will be on the air at an early date.
An engineer of the Western Elec­tric
Company, from whom the sta­tion
was bought, is now here going
over the installation and making final
tests with a view to turning it over
to the College as a finished job.
The present plan is to run test
programs beginning within a few
day and prepare for the formal open­ing
on the night of February 22nd.
The new station is a modern 1000-
watt Western Electric Station and
is equipped with the latest inventions
and improvements in radio broad­casting.
It will be as large as any
other broadcasting station in the
South; and will have an advantage
in that it is the newest and the most
modern. It was bought with the un­derstanding
that it will be heard 130
miles from Auburn under the worst
conditions which is day time in the
summer. At nights and under nor­mal
weather conditions the station
will cover a radius of several hun­dred
miles; but particularly Alabama
There will be an important meet- which state it was installed to serve,
ing of the Senior Class on Tuesday Radio telephony had its beginning
February 23. The purpose of this a t Auburn during the "Greater Au-meeting
will be to elect one of the I burn", drive of 1922 when Victor H.
following men to fill the vacancy Hanson, publisher of the Birming-on
the Student Council caused by the ham News and of the Montgomery
.graduation of T. E. Phfilipe. The Advertiser, presented •»» station to
coBeM .as a contribution. Th>
In loving memory of Dr. John Hodges Drake, who for
f i f ty three years ministered to the sufferings of the stu­dent-
body; whose devotion to duty was unsurpassed,
and who was esteemed and respected by friends who
were legion. Truly a great and noble character whose
deeds stand before us as an incentive to urge us on to
greater and nobler things.
AUBURN MEN MOURN DEATH
OF DR. JOHN HODGES DRAKE
EULOGY OF LATE
SURGEON AT LIONS
CLUB BY PETRIE
B e l o v e d Physician
Passes Away Friday;
Had Served Auburn
for 53 Years Eugoly of the Late Dr. John
Hodges Drake, college surgeon at
Auburn for fifty-three years, by Dr. All Auburn was saddened Friday
George Petrie, dean of the Graduate night when the news of the death
School, featured the weekly lunch-1 of Dr. John Hodges Drake
eon of the Auburn Lions Club. All
SECOND 'A' CLUB DR. J. A. DILLARD
DANCE BE HELD
SATURDAY N1TE
C0NV0. SPEAKER
FOR THURSDAY
To Be Held After Game With | Birmingham Pastor Delivers
Birmingham Athletic Inspiring Address to
Club Upper Classmen
There will be an "A" Club dance j "A wise man of today will believe
in the Gymnasium Saturday, begin-, in God regardless of any conflicting
&;;'if«»p«rv-:iL''•*.' by *he engineers '
Rememb«r the time and place: i t ! of Electrical Engineering, "under the
to 12 Tuesday F e n r l s r f - • * j » 2 « . direction of Prof. A. St. C. Dunatan,
A. D. in the auditorium of Brown and was operated for * period of two
Hall. All Seniors are expected and. years,
urged to attend. Continued on page 6)
r.ing at 9 P. M. and ending at 12
Music will be furnished by the col­lege
orchestra.
This will be the second "A" Club
dance of the present session. The
former dances of the year have been
so good and so well conducted, that
if the present attitude of the students
theories, and this man will consult
the book of God for information that
can never be found in science," Dr.
J. A. Dillard, pastor of the South
Side Baptist Church of Birmingham
declare'd at the convocation exercises
for upper classmen here Thursday.
The speaker told of his native
AUBURN RAT EATS
27 ESKIMO PIES
Exemplifying the haleness and
heartiness found in the average Au­burn-
student Gilmore Brownfield of
Opelika, Ala. Wednesday afternoon,
von what is thought to be a record
in eating Eskimo pies. This young
Opelikian established a record of eat­ing
27 of the ice cream and choco­late
products in 21 1-2 minutes.
Brownfield, a crimson-topped
freshman accomplished the feat to
settle a controversy that had arisen
amongst a group of his fellow stu­dents.
He entered upon his long dis­tance
task of consuming the pies
with a time limit of eating 27 pies
in 27 minutes, but before the fresh­man
pie eating contest had passed
its mid stage it was evident that the
feat would be finished with consi­derable
time to spare. The fresh­man
went about his task in a calm,
dignified, every day manner that
won keen admiration from the score
and a half boarding house patrons
that had gathered in the down town
confectionery to witness the pie-consuming
contest.
A search of the records, reveals
that young Brownfield is a title hold­er
in his particular dish. Later re­ports,
indicate that the young title
holder is going about his daily col­lege
duties as usual but has received
re challenge for a pie eating bout
up to a late hour tongiht. It is also
reported that Auburn is in the throes
of a temporary pie famine.
DR. PETRIE SPEAKS ON
GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE
"Declaring that the man who ex-. attributed to Lee. He was said to
I
ercises the greatest good for his' have been the handsomest man in
many more dances in the future.
• Mrs. .7. II. I)rn\<- and fawiliy wish
to express their heartfelt apprecia­tion
for the many kindnesses and
Announces Promotion
country today, is the one who preach­es
good ideas and also lives them,"
Dr. George Petrie, Dean of Gradu­ate
studies, stated in his eulogy to
General Robert E. Lee, before the
the United States Army, probably
being in his prime during the Mexi­can
War. General Scott, under whom
he served in Mexico said he was the
finest soldier in America. He was
class in Current Events. "These words in every sense a military man, who
partly sum up this great southerner, ] knew how to do this best,
the greatest living force in the south
who had such a wonderful person­ality
that his mere presence was!
greater than words."
"When the war between the states
broke out, General Robert E. Lee
was offered the command of the en-jtire
union armies, which he refused
The greatest influence in a mans saying that he owed allegiance to his
character is his parents, and Lee in­herited
the combined qualities of a
fiery spirit from his father and the
gentle and tender spirit from his mo­ther.
These combined qualities
made Robert E. Lee's wonderful per­sonality
and showed his never dying
faith in duty.
"Lee showed his kindness and
flag, but the allegiance to his native
state Virginia was dearer. This fine
Christian gentleman faced the great­est
crisis in his life undisturbed
which is a marvelous accomplishment
in its self. He started that duty to
his native country was the foremost
thing in the American language.
"As far as greatness in battle is
gentleness to his invalid mother concerned, no military commander
whom he showed every consideration.: of the north could possibly approach
He carried her to the carriage so Lee in greatness nor any of his own
that she could get out in the open southern comrades,
and get fresh air. In every respect
he was a pal to his mother, and
what finer influences can come to
a man than the gentle influences of
a woman, and a mother. With the
firey spirit of his father and the
kindness of his mother, his body was
made of iron tempered by tender­ness.
With such a body he could
work all day and not get tired, for
his five feet, eleven inches was every
bit a man.
"This great man did not dodge
"Lee was kind and considerate of
the feelings of others, living the
peoples affairs and facing their dan­gers.
He was never boisterous, but
was quiet and unassuming above all
being noted for his simplicity and
modesty. He possessed a most won­derful
memory remembering the
names of thousands of the men un­der
his leadership. In all of his great
military deeds he gave the credit to
Stonewall Jackson, accepting none
of the praise for himself. He had
continues, Auburn bids fair to have home in Virginia and of his decision
j to come to Alabama seven years ago
land adopt it as hi*- own state hy
1 choice.
"There have been many things
1 at have discredited the Bible, but
till we believe in it all the more.
The Bible makes mention of the four
corners of the earth but still it is
courtesies, extended them by the j a p r o v e n f a c t t o d a y t h a t t h e w o r ld
faculty, students, and townspeople; fa r o u n d There is also a statement
during their recent bereavement. |t h a t t h e s u n w a s s t o p p e d b y o n e of
' ~~ | the Biblical characters, but modern
w l l i i t f l rV O e D & r t m C n t science proves that the sun does not
revolve, being stationary, and that
the earth revolves around the sun."
The wise man of today and yester­day
was the main topic of the speak­er.
"As we read the newspapers of
today we see certain statements cre­dited
to smart intelligent men, and
as we give them thought it is hard
to conceive that they would make
such foolish utterances. Henry Ford
i recently made the statement that he
'believed in the reincarnation of the
soul, while on the other hand Luther
Burbank says that he doesn't believe
in the life here after. It is indeed
hard to realize that a man of Bur-banks
ability would make such an
utterance merely because he thinks
there is not room for all the souls of
the dead. He should stop to consi­der
that a new universe has recently
been found by a scientist that is so
large and so far away that it would
require light travelling at the rate
of 186,000 miles per second, one mil­lion
years to reach it.
"Ones ears must always be open
se as to grasp the teachings of na­ture
if he considers himself a wise
man today. He must believe that
what ever plan God adopts is the
Fifteen promotions were announc­ed
in the Military Department by
Capt. K. G. Althaus, adjutant. Four­teen
of the promotions are in the
field Artillery and one in the In­fantry
Unit.
The order as issued read as fol­lows:
1. Upon the recommendation of
the officer in charge of the Field Ar
tillery Unit the following promotions!
of cadet officers are effective this
date: To be Cadet Captains; Ivey, |
O. T. and Young, J. L. To be cadet
first lieutenants: Jenkins, J. M. ;
Honeycutt, E. J.; Kinzer, W. L.;
Spencer, H. G.; Hill, G. H.; Corne­lius,
F. O.; Spann, M. S.; Killian, D.
W.; Salter, G D.; Howie, L. W.;
Pruitt, J. D. Virgin, C. W.
2. Upon the recommendation of
the officer in charge of the Infantry
Unit the following promotion is an­nounced
effective this date: To be
cadet captain, Ray, P. T.
By order of Major Hatch,
Kenneth G. Althaus,
Adjutant.
Approved by the President.
social as well as business activities
were dispensed with by Lion Presi­dent
Kenneth Althaus. A solemn
service was instituted as a triubute
to the beloved surgeon.
Doctor Petrie, close friend and
associate of the deceased physician
for more than thirty years, spoke
feelingly of Doctor Drake's character
and great service to humanity.
"Doctor Drake," the speaker de­clared,
"was absolutely free of that
academic restraint found so often
among college professors. He was
so very very human, a wise counse­lor,
a guide, and a friend. Many of
Alabama's well known statesmen as
well as leading men in the medical
professions, I happen to know,
sought Doctor Drake's advice on
many different occasions. He was
extremely sympathetic, a man who
put into practice the great principles
of democracy, for all men to him
to him were on a plane."
"Doctor Drake also had a very
keen sense of humor, a wonderful
artistic touch. He was the only man
at Auburn who could describe for
one the plot of a moving picture. In
every sense of' the word he was a
real scientist, a humanistic scientist
who believed that science is not an
end in itself but only a means -to
the end of making life sweeter and
finer. He also had that rare thing
we call 'balanced judgment.' That
is why every college president who
presided over Auburn always called
him in for consultation."
His passing was in keeping with
his life. A remarkably vigorous man
physically, he died as he had hoped
that he would die—just a slight
warning a few months ago, giving
him the opportunity to wind up his
affairs and then practically without
pain, death."
LIONS CONTINUE
DRIVE FOR POST
OFFICE BUILDING
became
known. Dr. Drake died while listen­ing
in on his radio. He became sick
and passed away within a few minu-utes
after being stricken, the end
coming peacefully at eight thirty o'­clock.
Funeral services were held
Sunday in Langdon Hall. All col­lege
exercises were suspended Sat­urday
in respect to the leader.
Death brought to a close a long
and useful career of service to his
fellow man. Dr. Drake has been
college surgeon at Auburn since the
college was founded and would have
been 81 years old on the nineteenth
of February. For fifty three years
he has ministered to the sufferings
of Auburn students and he did not
miss reporting at his office a single
time until about three months ago.
Dr. Drake was a favorite of the
students and scores of alumni who
have gone out from Auburn. He has
come in contact with every alumni
and student of the institution and
was loved by all. Hundreds of mes­sages
of condolence and floral de­signs
were received from former and
local students when the news of his
death was made known. The esteem
in which Dr. Drake was held by the
alumni was farther exemplified
Monday when I movement was got-ten
underway to erect a fitting me­morial
in his honor. An alumni;
whose name was withheld by request,
signified his intention of supporting
the movement by stating that his
check for $5,000 would be given.
Dr. Drake was married twice, the
first time to Miss Mary DowdelL of
Auburn and the second time to Miss
Mary Jones. He was a member <$f
Wheeler's Cavalry during the Civil
War and was a native of South Car­olina.
He was a Mason and Knights
of Pythias. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Mary Jones Drake; one
sister Mrs. William J. Samford, of
Opelika; one daughter, Mrs. Mary
Askew, of Auburn; one son, Richard
H. Drake, of Birmingham, and three
grand-children, John Hodges Drake,
of Ohio; William Driver Drake, of
Chicago, and Williaw Askew, Jr., of
Auburn.
Just a little warning to the Rats
that
work but on the contrary selected such a wonderful personality that his
the hardest jobs. Probably his great-! mere presence was greater than
est hobby was riding horses, and even: words could express. After the war
in these moments of pleasure he al- he was a friend to the enemy, al­ways
rode the wildest horses.
"It is indeed difficult to tell of
though defeated, but by no means
conquered."
nmrifcTj-* T-/\ T» « *¥*« I w i s e an<* g 0 0 (* P ' a n - A w ' s e m a n ^^
W AKIN I N t l 1 U R A T S believe in God regardless of any out­side
influences, he must consult the
good book as it contains things never
persist in breaking the Fresh-' found in science. There is a whole
man Rules and Regulations. The I world of things that science can never
Senior Class has decided that these I hope to touch. Take for instance
rules will be enforced now and for-1 ones personality, how can science
ever more, so if you are a wise Frosh ever attempt to reach it also with
you will heed this notice. Reread the what instruments can a mothers love
rules sb in case you have let them i be measured?
slip your mind you can recall them "For a man to be considered wise
as it might save you trouble and em- he must reach the conclusion that
harassment. The Vigilance Com- j the foundation of all philosophy is
mittee will start working regularly j founded in faith and that nothing can
and all violators will be punished ac- be proved. AH science is accepted
cordingly. Will you be the one to | by faith and not by sight in the same
have your nam* turned in as a law
breaker?
manner that you accept religion.
He is indeed a foolish man that denies
During the progress of the Lions
Club meeting, the matter of a new
Post Office was again brought up by
Lion John Ivey who is chairman of
the civic committee.
The Lions Club brought this busi­ness
before the members last week
and resolutions were drawn up and
sent to the congressman from this
district. Senator Oscar Underwood,
and Representative Henry Steagall.
This Lions Club is the first civic club
to sponsor this movement for a new
Post Office at Auburn and it is hop­ed
that the other civic organizations,
townspeople, as well as students will
lend their earnest cooperation to this
resolution. At the last convocation
exercises of the Auburn student
body, slips of paper were distributed
so as to enable all the students to
sign in favor of the new building.
the fundamental principles of science
and religion merely because they
can't be proved.
"All things of a religious and
scientific nature lead to Jesus Christ,
as the whole universe is summed up
in this divine one. The infinite pow­er
that produces things must be less,
equal to, or greater than us, we
know it can't be less, nor equal, so
it certainly is greater.
Preceeding Dr. Dillard's address,
Dr. Dowell administered the oath of
office to W. W. Pate, the new honor
man for the graduate students.
JOHN DENS0N TO
HEAD MEMORIAL
FUND COMMITTEE
John V. Denson of Opelika, form­er
president of the Auburn Alumni
Association, has been named chair­man
of the Alumni committee,
which will direct the raising of
funds for the establishment of a
fitting memorial to the late Dr. John
Hodges Drake, college surgeon for
fifty-three years. Mr. Denson was
appointed by Judge William H. Sam-ford
of the Court of Appeals, the
President of the Auburn Alumni As­sociation.
He has agreed to serve.
The memorial project was pro­posed
at a meeting this week of the
Auburn chapter of the Alumni As­sociation,
of which Dr. B. B. Ross
is president. The resolution, pre­sented
by Prof. C. L. Hare, was un­animously
adopted following receipt
of a letter from an anonymous ad­mirer
of Doctor Drake, who pledged
$5,000.
Judge Samford upon the receipt
of the communication of Doctor
Ross, took immediate action, stating
in his letter to Mr. Denson that
"the matter calls for immediate and
vigorous action if it is to be accom­plished
promptly." Mr. Dension pro­bably
will organize his forces within
the next few days, it was stated.
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Illinois on a trip to Chicago; this professor
noticed that one student passed him smok­ing
and in a few minutes another passed
him in a hurry. The last student that
passed him overtook the first one and
touched him on the arm to remind him
that he was smoking on the campus. This
brave threw down his cigarette at once.
Why couldn't the Auburn student be as
thoughtful?
One thing that is very aispleasing to
observe is the new coat of reddish brown
paint that Langdon Hall and the corners
of other college buildings are receiving
daily from the use of the tobacco weed.
Th^ not only creates an unpleasant sight
but is most unsanitary.
Are such practices carelessness and for-getfulness
on the part of the students?
We should be more considerate and clean
up these things to the extent that people
will know we are not only gentlemen but
loyal Auburn men.
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THE PASSING OF DR. DRAKE
The grim reaper ha* «een fit to bring
to a cfase the last chapter in a noble and
unselfish life. .Volumns may be written
and the lives of great men eulogized
throughout the ages but the deeds of Dr.
Drake will stand as a monument equalled
by only a few and surpassed by none.
The passing of our friend and advisor
marks the passing of a gentleman <of the
old school, one whom every Auburn man
loved and respected. -He has seen Auburn
men come and go. -He has seen the college
in its infancy with a mere handful of stu­dents,
and he has seen it grow from 100
to the present enrollment.
Dr. Drake understood boys and he knew
them as well as they knew themselves. In
the changing order from 1872 never once
was there a ripple in his association with
them. At the funeral exercises in Lang­don
Hall were gathered men from every
class, members of classes of fifty years
ago, and members bf the present classes
to pay their last tribute to the man they
loved.
SMOKING IN BUILDINGS
Among the many things that the stu­dents
of Auburn used to adhere to very
closely was the rule, or rather precedent,
not to smoke in any college building nor
on the campus. They not only refrained
from doing such a thing but were more
considerate in where they deposited their
tobacco juice.
A number of the alumni of the insti­tution
were in Auburn last week on a visit
and looking over the various improvements
of the college since they had graduated.
One of them remarked that smoking was
prevalent in the buildings and it was a
sight to see how careless the boys were
about throwing cigarette stubs on the
floor. Another one of these men said
that he used to be afraid even to smoke
near one of the college buildings and on
the campus or in the summer time when
school was not in session, he did not dare
' to smoke in any building. It was not
so much the fear of being shipped or re­ported
and receive so many demerits but
a rule enforced by every one for the good
of the college and for protection against
fire. If a student saw another smoking
in any of the college buildings he reminded
him of the fact. Such a rule, if you pre­fer
to call it, was rigidly enforced then
and by the students too. Why cannot
£he present Auburn student refrain from
smoking in the various college buildings
today?
The students of the University of Illi­nois,
which has an enrollment that greatly
exceeds Auburn's, do not think of such
a thing as to smoke even on the campus
nor in the college buildings. Last fall an
Auburn professor visited the University of
A RAT SYSTEM
A "Rat" is a "Rat" everywhere but at
Auburn the rat system is about the easiest
and less evident of any system in the en­tire
south. Freshmen can be heard on
every corner complaining of a few whacks
of a paddle whereas they have nothing to
complain of. They do not know that they
are trodding a velvety path here in com­parison
with the paths being passed over
by their less fortunate friends in other
colleges. Auburn has a rat system which
may be favorably compared with lightest
systems of the smallest universities. Tech­nical
colleges are made up of hardier men
than other kind of college. These men
are taught that, "things worth gaining are
the gains, and not 'the husks." Most tech­nical
colleges have strict rat systems and
the rules are rigorously enforced.
One of the leading polytechnic institutes
in the south has a system, the value of
which any man will attest to after he has
experienced it. He would not .take any­thing
for the lessons he, learned yet he
would not go through the same system
again for a thousand dollars. The Fresh­men
are lined up in a file of about five
hundred on the second day of the session.
The line is formed on the right edge of
any walk. They are then told that their
name shall ever be prefaced by the term,
"Rat," that their classmates are "brother-rats,"
that they must hold their shoulders
back until a match can be held between
the shoulder-blades, heads up, arms swing­ing
stiffly, chin in, eyes to the front, fin­gers
distended, and drive on! These rats
must cut all corners at right angles, they
must run errands for upper classmen,
take cold showers at the mere request, and
never talk back or gripe. They live in
barracks and consequently have their rooms
torn up at any time convenient to a so­phomore.
At that institution a rat never
sleeps on bed springs, he speaks to every­one,
and when he enters the room of a
sophomore he slides in at attention. He
obeys every rule or he walks any number
of rat punishment tours of one hour each.
Under a system of this kind a new man
soon makes real friends among his own
classmates, and the class becomes unified
and spirited. The timid become stronger,
and those who own the world soon realize
that a man is man, and that they rate
the same the world over.
We have a comparitively easy system
here at Auburn. The rat rules are good
ones if they are enforced. The seniors
recently took some kind of action in re­gards
to the system, and Tuesday the Vigi­lance
Committee met. Upon asking one
of the rats who were present what hap­pened
he replied, "Nothing." From this
then, the freshmen should realize that
they're getting off very lightly and should
stop the griping.
LITERARY SOCIETY WORK
Why is it that there is no more interest
taken in Literary Society work than there
is at this place? This writer sees that
there is an imperative need for more So­ciety
work here. One doesn't have to go
far to hear the students absolutely Mur­der
the English language. It seems that
the students are trying to invent a new
language altogether. There is absolutely
no excuse for this being so. If there is
any set of people that should have the
complete and correct use of the Mother
Tongue, it should be the students of the
colleges of our nation. This better use
of the English Language is being fostered
in the various Literary Societies on the
campus.
The writer knows of one Society in
particular, which is very severely criticiz­ing
its members for the butchering of the
Mother Tongue. Then this should be of
great benefit to the members of this so­ciety.
This should be the one great aim
of the Literary Societies.
The above mentioned society is also
fostering another good movement. This
Is the expression of "AUBURN GRIPES"
by some capable member of the society
every meeting night. This is good in that
it lets the students know what the others
are not especially liking in Auburn, and
also makes the students take more interest
Jin the work, as it !;ives them a freedom
of expressing their own views and opinions
on the various topics of the campus. It
makes for a more Democratic feeling on
the campus, also.
( Let's all get behind the Literary So­cieties,
and try to help them to put over
these good ideas, and get them before the
people.
A COUNTRY CLUB
Within the last year or so there have
been many persons about Auburn who
have advocated an expansion in the re­creation
facilities of the town as a whole.
Just recently this feeling seems to have
crystallized in the desire for a Country
Club. There are many of course who do
not desire such a thing. They believe that
there are already too many diversifica­tions
for the student. This article how­ever
does not intend to dispute this atti­tude.
The theme lies in another direction,
mainly the centralizing of existing recrea­tion
activities.
At present there are activities of every
kind to be found in Auburn. They lie
scattered up one street and down another.
We are not deriving the full benefits that
can be reaped from keen competition of
the group as a whole. Tennis is one ex­ample
of this non-cooperative spirit. Near­ly
every fraternity has a tennis court of
some kind but very few fraternities are
represented in the annual tennis tourna­ment
put on by the Tennis Club. Why is
this so. Mostly because the facilities at
the command of the Tennis Club are not
great enough to permit of a large tourna­ment
in which all groups shall be repre­sented.
This is not the fault of the Tennis
Club, nor is it the fault of the individual
players who wish to participate. It is due
to the fact that there is no place where
a large number of matches may be played
at once. ,
As we go down the line of activities of
this college we are more and more im­pressed
with the desirability of a Country
Club. We have a fairly good golf course,
but with attention and funds it could be
made infinitely better. We have a good
swimming pool, but no water. This de­fect,
we suspect could be remedied if the
water were bought and paid for by a com­mercial
organization. Coming down the
line to Billiards, we suspect that the col­lege
authorities would be far better pleased
to have the students play billards at a
Country Club than in a private organiza­tion
run on a strictly cash basis. They
would, as the saying goes, know where
we were.
One of the greatest benefits to be de­rived
lies in the direction of dancing.
Many a person has said, and with consi­derable
truth, that the Gym is not a very
artistic place in which to have a dance.
It is a mighty good place to be sure but
there are better. In view.with this idea
we can see the dances held at the country
club, where there would be a fitting set­ting
and ample facilities. On top of all
these concrete benefits we have that in­tangible
something that comes to one only
through association with others, namely
poise. There is no doubt but that a Coun­try
Club would start a new social era in
the Village of the Plains, and Auburn
would cease to be merely a very good
Technical school and would go far to-
Vards becoming an educational and social
center such as Harvard and Yale.
At the very outset of such an idea as a
Country Club, one must stop to consider
the ways and means by which such a thing
would be possible. It would, of course,
be most desirable to have such an enter­prise
handled by the college, both in for­mation
and in continuation. But that
might be a function that the college would
consider to be beyond their jurisdiction.
In. such a case one can always fall back
upon local enterprise. The Lions Club and
the Rotary Club of Auburn have always
had the interests and advancement of this
town at heart. Under their financial guid­ance
a paying proposition could be made
out of a Country Club. If both of these
sources do not feel that it is in their
power to do anything definite, we have al­ways
the cooperative plan to consider.
Many a plan that did not seem feasible
to the individual or group has been put
over on such a basis.
Imagining for the moment that a Coun­try
Club were in existance at Auburn, let
us consider the specific benefits and re­sults
that could be expected. First of all
there would be a great increase in local
competition. Cups, banners and prizes
would secure all atheletic competitions at
the Country Club. That is all competi­tions
that were not strictly a part of the
college functions, such as the football
games. This centralization would secure
an awakened interest in atheletics. It
would stir the individual to participate in
games. Every fraternity could have a
tennis team, or golf team. Each group
would have contests within itself to tle-termine
its best representatives, who would
play at the general tournament at the
Country Club. Thus we have the Country
Club at the top sending out feelers for
men of atheletic prowess.
The second benefit would be a closer
union between faculty and student. Too
many of us are prone to think that the
professor is a machine which reads and
interprets out text-books, but if we could
go out upon the golf links and get soundly
beaten every once in a while, we would
have a different attitude towards teachers
in general.
The third, and perhaps the greatest be­nefit
would be along the lines of Greater
Auburn. It may be sad and all that but
several authorities upon the matter have
stated that in these days a man will not
go to a college just because it has a fine
acedemic course. For good, or bad there
are other things that enter into a person's
choice of a -college these days, and one
of the greatest of these is the social life.
Looking at this subject in a strictly com­mercial
light, it would be good business
for Auburn to have a Country Club, and
looking at it from the point of view of the
student it would be the finishing topch
to an institution that is already well known
and loved.
Judge: "Now describe to the jury how
you struck the victim. "
Prisoner: "Well, I picked up a big stick
and hit him on the nose."
Attorney (interrupting) : "How thick
was the stick?"
"Well, sir, I can't exactly tell."
"Compare it with something so the jur>
will know how thick it was."
"Offhand, I should say it was about as
thick as your head."—Blue Stocking.
Number 5: I understand your roommate
was kicked out of school.
Number 6: Yes, the Students' Council
saw him looking at a crib at a furniture
store—Brown Jug.
Pardon, but what is it to be "college
bred?"
It is to roll into a lot of dought after
four year loaf.—Columbia Jester.
3J BULLETIN BOARD %
Friday, February 12.
7:00 P. M. College Picture will feature
"Infatuation". Comedy.
Saturday, February 13.
2:30 P. M. Class football game.
7:00 P. M. "For Sadie's Sake" Educa­tional
Comedy. "The Road to Yesterday,"
Cecil B. DeMille's latest super picture pro?
duction. Two Shows.
Sunday, February 14.
9:30 A. M. Sunday School Services at
the Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal and Pres­byterian
Churches.
11:00 A. M. Church services at the above
churches.
Christian Endeavor at the Presbyterian
Church.
League at the Methodist Church.
7:30 P. M. Evening services at the above
Churches.
Monday, February 15.
6:30 P. M. The Normal Class of the
Student Friendship Council meets at the
Y. M. C. A. lecture room.
7:00 P. M. The American Society of
Civil Engineers meets in the old engineer­ing
building.
7:00 P. M. The Society of American
Military Engineers meets in the R. O. T. C.
room in the Main Building.
7:00 P.' M. The Evans Literary Society
meets in Room 300, Main Building.
Tuesday, February 16.
7:00 P. M. The Wilsonian, Wirt, and
Websterian Literary Societies meet in their
respective rooms in the Main Building.
7:00 P. M. The Student Architectural
Society meets on the Second Floor of the
Main Building.
7:00 P. M. Dean Petrie's class in Cur­rent
Event meets in the Engineering Au­ditorium.
Wednesday, February 17.
7:00 P. M. The American Society of
Electrical Engineers meets in the old En­gineering
Building.
7:00 P. M. The Pharmaceutical Society
meets in the Pharmacy Building.
7:00 P. M. The Student Agricultural
Club meets in the Ag Building.
Thursday, February 18.
7:00 P. M. Dean Petrie^s class in Cur­rent
Events meets in the Engineering
Auditorium.
H Ye KoLTum «
On Being Recognized.
There comes a time in the life of every
individual when his heart swells with pride
and he throws his chest out and his head
swells. One might characterize this feel­ing
by the saying "Aint it a grand' and
glorious feeling." New as to the cause of
this feeling there is no saying. Many peo­ple
have it merely because they think they
have done something, but the more gen­eral
cause is when someone takes notice
of you and puts that notice in print. Call
it vanity or what you like, but there is
something definite that happens to any
man the first time that he sees himself
favorably commented upon in print. Thus
it was with us when we saw The Alabama
Polytechnic Institute and Dr. Gardner fav­orable
commented upon in a scientific ar­ticle
in last weeks Saturday Evening Post.
Vanity.
Several days ago we heard a Sophomore
express himself in this manner, "I want
to be an Engineer because in Engineering
one takes the raw materials as Nature
presents them and moulds them into the
form in which your mjnd presents them."
That is a pretty broad statement and will
bear looking into.
The first thing that comes to mind is
that little poem called Ozymandias. In
this poem it is pointed out that the works
of Nature are all enduring and will even­tually
obliterate the works of man, no mat­ter
how sturdy they are. Looking at it
in that light it is a rather dreary outlook.
But is there no goal to be aimed at in this
world other than that of permanence.
When we stop to think about it, we realize
that old dame Nature is a great deal older
than man, and we see how foolish it is to
think that we can build better than Nature.
Using the words of Lincoln, "Can water
rise above its source." Man builds with
Nature, and as would be expected, his crea­tions
or formations return to their source
in due course of time.
That, however is not the way in which
an engineer looks at things. It may be
the nature of the beast, or it may be the
nature of man as a whole, but it is cer­tain
that an Engineer glories in the crea­tion
of material objects. To the Engineer
there is a certain expression of a well for­mulated
hut unexpressed creed in the sky­line
of New York City. Masses of stone
and steel piled one on top of another. All
that he sees will pass away in time, but
-ight now it is there, a living breathing
example of his power to harness Nature.
The Nature lover sees God in the flowers,
the trees and the eternal hills. The En­gineer
sees God in the material and short
lived bridge, power house, or building.
Shall we call it Vanity then, when the
Engineer looks with pride upon his first
great work. Rather would it be better to
j
call it joy at being able to rear such an
edifice to his God.
Most everyone was knocked speechless
this week when the Vigilance Committoe
rounded up some material and gave a little
exhibition down at the "gym." We did
not believe it until we went down and sew
it with our own eyes. The only trouble
was that there was not enough material
on hand and that that was on hand ran
out too soon.
Kenneth Wilkins has at last met his
match and is about ready to pipe down
when his conqueror takes the floor. An
exhibition was given the other night at
the picture shown when Kenneth was
afraid to say a word for fear that he would
i>e checked off.
I don't know what to think of anyone
who uses a monkey-wrench to take a
wire. Haynie takes Electrical Engineering
I think but that sounds too much like a
Civil to believe that he is any thing else.
Swede Mathison is looking fine and
hearty these days and really seems to be
in training for this big race that he is
going to run some times within the coming
months. If Swede will just stay in there
and fight 'em off he ought to have a rake
off when the Junior class holds their elec­tion
the last of this scholastic year. Most
part of this campaign is still a secret but
am sure will all clear up if only given a
little time.
No man is original in affairs of the
heart.
We all know from past (also present)
experiences that an upper classman can
beat a Rat for varied and sundry reasons
but did we ever think of the ways that
same Rat could beat us. Come to think
of it there are not very many ways that
a Rat can get back at you, still there is
one way. Take your best girl away from
you. This was the case that Goode had
to come up against. Seems that a Rat
has been giving Goode much misery lately
and from all I can hear, seems to getting
the upper hand.'
The re-exams hit us this week and I
noticed that very few were the number
that did not pay the Registrar a visit-aad
get one of those slips. At least one, some
more.
The Vigilantes.
Be it known to all and sundry that the
Vigilance Committee has at last come to
life and functioned. We thought it dead,
but fear that there are some freshmen
who will dispute that idea. Better late
than never, to be sure, but let us hope
that it will not be so late next time.
If the Committee has at last functioned
it would seem as though the Senior class
had made a decision to retain the rat rules.
There has been much argument of late,
pro and con, on this subject, and there are
many good points on either side, but to
us there seems that there is one cardinal
principle that must not be overlooked. Be
freshman. To lay aside the Rat rules is
to forget the principle, and to forget that
principle is to have* no freshmen. And
what, we ask, would College be with no
Freshmen.
By the time this issue comes out the
question will have been decided. Whether
or not the Band will get to go to Mobile
for Mardi Gras. This has been the main
topic this last week and reports change
every day.
Andy Stone is getting to be a regular
"cheese hound." Almost any night you
ean pass the cafe and he will always have
the first table on the left always reserved.
Usually he has company because he does
like company, you know. As I said a few
weeks ago, Stone takes the cake for both
regularity and proficiency when it comes
to handling the women.
Not every caveman is a miner you know.
A time saver for the busy college boy:
Have socks that you can put on from either
end. The laundry sees that this is made
possible.
It is amazing how many Catholic stu­dents
will be registered at Auburn this
week. How come? We ask. Madri Gras is
being held at Mobile,- Pensacola and New
Orleans this week and the only way to be
excused is to go up and see the Registrar.
As this is a holiday for Catholic and Epis­copal
it will be convenient to say that
you belong to either of these religious. .
S WITH OTHER COLLEGES %
NOTABLE ACQUISITION
The University of Michigan has ac­quired
the historical papers of Major Gen­eral
Nathaniel Green and Major General
Sir Henry Clueton. The purchase involved
the expenditure of more than $75,000. The
Green collection is second only to the
Washington papers which are in a public
depository in the East.
All Seniors at Harvard who are in good
standing have been granted unlimited
cuts by the faculty. This Regulation,
which goes into effect after the mid-year
exams, is in accord with Harvard's program
of a gradual extension of freedom. Hith­erto
this privilege has only been accorded
a "Dean's list" of exceptional students.
—New Student.
local papers stated that the University of
California, through the. student executive
council, has refused to sanction the second
foreign trip of the university glee club.
They give as their reason the fact that the
club's program included jazz and vaude­ville,
which, they say, "would not fairly
represent the university."
A Japanese student at the University of
Wisconsin speaks 13 languages. He speaks
Japanese, however, less frequently than
the others.
A news item appearing in one of the
Two football scholarships will be estab­lished
at the University of California as
provided by the will of the late Andrew
L. Smith, who was head coach at that in­stitution.
$10,000 has been provided. The
scholarships will go to men on the football
squad.—Ex. •
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THE RLAINSMAN Pag* 3
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J u ( J ^ / J nL JL pass an examination requiring
you to list all the superiorities of vitrified brick as a
paving surface. It takes a star memory to keep all
of them in mind. Only the most important are in­cluded
below.
MERCER GLEE CLUB
PROVES BIG HIT
A Book for
Road Scholars?
It "The Construe'
tion of Vitrified
Brick Pavements"
is not already a text-bookinyourcourses,
let us send you a
personal copy. It is
an accurate and
authoritative hand­book
of 92 pages
which you will
want to preserve for
reference after grad­uation.
Playing to a full house the Mer­cer
Glee Club performed in Opelika
last Friday night. The program was
presented in three acts and was filled
with spice and action throughout the
performance.
The production was presented with
the members as seamen aboard the
S. S. Greater JWercer. Individual se­lections
were rendered by various
members of the crew interspersed
with appearances of members of the
"Black Gang."
The second part was a scene in
the Palace of Mirth at the present
time. Between the acts Marvin
Pfcarr,' a "jolly gob" furnished ir­repressible
entertainment.
The closing scene was laid in Hong
Chong, China, and Was titled "the
House of a Thousand Shivers." The
entire performance was well organi­zed
and furnished an evening of ex­cellent
entertainment.
DEMONSTRATION
AGENTS MEET
Urges Students To
Go To Blue Ridge
Mr. J. J. King, of Blue Ridge, N.
C, spoke to the normal group about
Blue Ridge and it's possibilities last
Monday night. He urged that a num­ber
of Auburn students should at­tend
the Y. M. C. A. conference to
be held at this place in June. A num­ber
of scholarships and jobs are to
be offered this summer to the stu­dents
who can go, and it is hoped that
Auburn will be able to send a large
delegation to the conference this
year.
Mr. King also told about the great
work Y. M. C. A. has been doing
and the tremendous growth of this
organization. This great organiza-money
to build a college at Nash-tion
has plans on foot to raise enough
ville so that they may be able to
turn out more trained and efficient
leaders for the Y. M. C. A. work.
This college is to be called Southern
College, and is to be located near
Vanderbilt and Peabody Colleges.
'Ask your barber for SILKITON."
P A V E M E N T S
O U T L A S T
\ V I \ C , BRIO
T H E B O N D S
VETERINARIANS
HOLD BANQUET
The annual banquet of the Auburn
Veterinary Medical Association was
featured here last night with address­es
by Dr. John W. Adams, of the
University of Pennsylvania; Presi­dent
American Veterinary Medical
Association Dr. Charles Murray,
of Iowa State college, and Dr. E. L.
Quiman of Chicago. And C. A. Cary,
dean of the veterinary college at Au­burn,
was toastmaster and President
Spright Dowell welcomed the visit­ing
veterinarians to Auburn.
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N E - H I
TEN FLAVORS
Grape, Orange, Peaci, Lemon
Strawberry, Cream, Rootbeer
Banana, Ginger Ale, Lemon
Lime
Bottled by
Chero-Cola Bottling Company
Opelika
The banquet marked the culmina­tion
of the third annual veterinary
practioners' short course which is
held annually at Auburn under the
direction of Doctor Cary. More
than sixty prominent veterinarians
from all parts of the country were
present, in addition to students en­rolled
in the college at Auburn. James
G. McKee, of Auburn, president of
the Auburn association, welcomed
the visitors on behalf of the associa­tion.
The feature of the address by Doc­tor
Adams, president American asso­ciation,
was his reference to the de­velopment
of the veterinary profes­sion.
He said that the decrease in
number of veterinary students was
not to be the cause of pessimism, that
it had actually resulted in a broad-:
ening of the profession itself in that
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The Junior class met in room 301,
Main Building last Tuesday. The
report of the ring committee was
received in which the contract with
the ring company was read. The
class has adopted a standard ring of
the same design as the Senior rings
except they are not as heavy. The
ring will have the following words
and numerals on it: Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, college seal, class
numerals, 1927; distinguished college
and two eagles.
There is a movement on foot to
adopt a standard class ring for the
college and to make this ring the
only ring to be bought by future
classes. It is hoped that this move­ment
will materialize and mean
something in a way to help old Au­burn
men to be able to tell a ring
of his alma mater.
These rings can be ordered now
through Mr. J. P. Atherton. All
Juniors are eligible to wear one the
second semester.
North Alabama Home Demonstra­tion
Agents held their regular winter
session in Birmingham during Tues­day
and Wednesday of this week.
The South Alabama Agents are hold­ing
their conference Thursday and
Friday of this week.
These conferences will bring the
agents of different parts of the
state together and they will discuss
plans for another year. During
these conferences the state is divided
into North and South sections but
when the summer conference meets
the agents from all parts of the state
will attend the same conference at
the same time.
Auburn college is sending repre­sentatives
to these conferences. Those
who are attending the meetings are
Professor L. N. Duncan, director of
extension service, Miss Agnes Ellen
Harris, dean of women, Miss Helen
Johnson, Miss Elizabeth Forney, Miss
Elizabeth MauMin, Miss Pearl Jones,
Miss Certie Reynolds Miss Josephine
Eddy and Professor Ivey.
PROF. RUTLAND
MAKES ADDRESS
AT WEBSTERIAN
'Ask your barber for SILKITON."
'Ask your barber for SILKITON."
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Auburn, Alabama
with the substitution of the automo­bile
for the horse, veterinarians had
broadened their scope of activities.
Doctor Adams was one of the famous
football centers of the great team in
the University of Pennsylvania in the
early days of football when Pennsyl­vania,
Harvard, and Yale, and Prince­ton
constituted the "big four."
Doctor C. A. Cary, widely known
throughout the United States as a
leading member of the veterinary
profession presided in his usual hap­py
manner. Other members of the
group introduced by him included
Dr. B. B. Ross, Dr. Clyde Daly, Dr.
F. B. Cook, Dr. R. S. Suggs, Dr. I. S.
McAdory, Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen, state
veterinarian of Georgia. Major John
E. Hatch and Lieutenant Charles P.
Jones of the Auburn Field Artillery
Unit also responded.
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"Literature and its relation to
the community," subject discussed by
Professor Rutland of the English de­partment,
to the Websterian Literary
Society Tuesday night. Upon the re­quest
of the program committee Mr.
Rutland agreed to outline, the re­lation
of literature and the reading
of it, to the community. A large
crowd of Websterians were out and
enjoyed the lecture by Mr. Rutland.
"The way to learn to think is to
have more than one opinion before
you," says Professor Rutland. He
goes on to make plain that the way
to get these opinions is to read lit­erature
voluntarily. "Teachers can
tell you the answers but they cannot
think for you" states Mr. Rutland.
"Culture and education come from
individual and private reading and
thinking."
The establishing of libraries by
communities is an intergal part in
the elevating of the educational sys­tems
of the respective communities.
There are very few towns in Alaba­ma
that own a library says Mr. Rut­land.
Only the larger towns have
one so, stress upon the smaller vil­lages
obtaining and using one was
the emphatic part of Mr. Rutland's
talk.
Four members of the Websterian
will give their ideas of "An Ideal
American," for the next program.
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Jungaleer Diamond Prospects Best Since 1921
J. P. McARDLE, JR., Sports Editor. SPORTS
TIGER DIAMOND SQUAD TO
START FIRST PRACTICE SOON]
.AH But Four Men Return From Our TLast Year's Squad; i
Eleven Graduate From Rodents
Giving up but three men and getting in return 11 promising performers
from the Freshman ranks, is what the Tiger baseball squad has done this J
year. The presence of these men, who starred last spring on Kirk Newell's
rodent outfit, and the cream of last year's varsity squad, causes prospects,
which haven't been any too brilliant for the past three years, to appear
unusually good. /
The roster this spring will be minus the names of "Rough Ed" Allen,
" E d " Griffin, "Swede" Sitz, and Ellis Austin, the latter having recently
put his cognomen on the pay roll of the St. Louis Browns. Nine letter men
are returning to the fold, these being "Geechie" Stewart, the future cap­tain,
Lefty Hughes, Joe Wallis, Pat Moulton, Joe Market, Dick Maury, "Dog
Face" Sheridan, "Bozo" Self, and Steen
Former Rat players who are ex­pected
to turn in some good work
for Skipper Morey are Hitchcock, the
James twins, Aken, Sankey, Ellis,
Wood, and Potter.
The future Tiger team indeed, ap­pears
to be about as classy as the old
machine of 1921. It will be remem­bered
by the old timers that the squad
of '21 after leaving a notable record
in southern intercollegiate baseball
sent up such performers as Ollinger,
Grant, Johnson, Gibson, Barnes,
Fulghum, Richardson, and Sherling.
Seven of these left the Village to
report to big league outfits while the
eighth signed the pay roll of a A. A.J
team.
Mike Donahue's old outfit left a
mark for future tossers to shoot at,
are seven who stand out among their
mates as those most likely to make
good. In this group we have Market,
Moulton, Sheridan, Hughes, Potter,
Wood, and Hardwick. The latter
trio graduated from the frosh ranks. '
It is impossible to say just who j
will be the regular workers on the!
mound as each of these men appears]
about as good as any of the others.
Joe Market who has performed both
in the box and in the gardens seems
to be a good prospect in view of his I
work during the summer. Market is
a good hitter and may be used in
TIGERS PRIMED !
FOR CUBBERS
Plainsmen Drop Four
Tilts
Road
Who
"PEA" GREENE
is coaching the present
one of the gardens, in case of nee-;champs, the Seniors, in their quest
ecgjty. I for another class football champion-
Pat Moulton, is another of the j s p"
pitcher-outfielders. It is said thatj
I he seemed last year to have difficulty
but did not impress with his hitting,
and the Mobilian will have to stick [9? l a s t y e a r i n A u b u r n > "G e e c h i e"
did not hit up to snuff last year large-
, .. ,, i i the Gulf Citian is going to stick to
and it appears as though we are pre-! ,* S ! in throwing across the field. Stewart
. . , ,.,., , ,. ,,. I the mound work this time. Moulton • .
pared to do a little shooting this ' . , ,.; ifa h a r d M t t e r a n d s m a r t base_
*,.;*. AH ~f +i,:« ;„ ,-„ >„u« „* «,„ performed m the outfield last yearj
trip. All of this is m spite of t h e | ^ + ^ ^ . _ _ ^ ^ ^ \lunner< and s h o u l d g 0 g r e a t i n t h i s>
fact that last year the Tigers am-massed
but one victory in the con­ference.
Since the departure of the mem­orable
Charley Gibson, the Tigers
have been woefully weak behind the
platter. Quite a number of enter­prising
maskmen have essayed the
task of filling the shoes of Gibby,
but none were able to approach the
half way mark, the lack of a good re­ceiver
being in a large measure re-
^ n s i b l e ' for'the "iii~suc«'sr,oT1ne'; "Dog Face" Sheridan, once the who was the leading hitter of Ne-
Bengals. ' premier performer of Tiger mound- well's freshmen, pounding the apple
However, last year's frosh have men, was handicapped by trouble f ° r a n e a t average of .459. Within
sent- to the fore a young receiver' with his wing for some time. Last.al! probability he will.be at the hot
to the .chunking department if Mb ex­pects
to land a job with the Morey-men.
Wood and Potter are two
hurlers who worked well with the
Freshmen last year, winning practi­cally
all of the more important
games. These two should go good in
the faster company. Hardwick is
Returning to the Plains some­what
the worse in, the line of de­feats,
the Plainsmen are working
hard for their second game ~6f the
season on the home court when they
will meet the fast B. A. C. Blues.
The Birmingham outfit after run­ning
up an impressive string of vic­tories,
proved that they were not
unbeatable, the other day when they
dropped a hotly contested battle to
the Alabama Crimsons.
While on the road last week the
Tigers were wolloped four times. The
victors being Georgia, Virginia Mili­tary
Institute, North Carolina State,
and Kentucky. Though the Tigers
were beaten in all four of the con-'
tests a word or two might be said
in their favor. A team making long
jumps and playing four games in a
five day period is biting off a nifty:
chunk especially when tackling some I
( •••'•'-:-'"'u'•""••".- ••>! :•••":••• 'v: :•'>:'• ':' A" Club Cop COTTON STATES
Opening Game TOURNEY IS TO
BEGIN THURS. Spinks And Maury Real Stars
As Notasulga Goes Down
In Defeat Fifth Annual Event Sponsored
By Coach Hutsell
•BULL" McFADEN
Senior Class line coach who is in-of
the best teams in the conference. • structing his charges in the art of
The Tigers have staged all of their stopping the thrusts of the Rats, whom
conference battles in the courts of the Seniors are to meet
their opponents with one exception,, February 16.
when the Tech Yellow Jackets were
trounced here early in the season.
Out of seven conference games play­ed,
six have been on the road.
Starting off their trip, the Tigers
dropped the first game to Georgia
at Athens, the score being 49 to 28.
old
Tuesday,
RATS LOSE ONE
TO POETS SAT.
ly because Coach Cole caused him
to change his natural stance at the T h e B u l l d o ^ s maintained *eir
plate. The Sylacauga product d i d p i n x o v e r t h e T i g e r s a n d w e r e s h o ot
most of his swatting in spurts and i n * t h e m t o Perfection, with the Ti
fell far short of the .300 mark.
The Brownies Fight A Hard
Game But Lose
Hitchcock at Third
The hot corner is the only position
gers always on the short end of the
count. McKinney and Ellis did the Coach "Red" Brown's Tiger ro-also
a recruit from the ranks of the on the diamond that at the present
frosh. time appears certain. Hitchcock,
best work for the Plainsmen. Seven- dents dropped their first game of
teen fouls were called during the the season Saturday when they were
contest. bumped to the tune of 46 to 32 by
Following the Georgia game the the Sidney Lanier Poets of *the
Papkeites moved over into Virginia Capitol City. Most of the contest
and were trounce by the Cadets, 41 was fought out in the territory of
to 25. The score was close during the Tigers, especially in the first half Co-Eds again lost a basketball game, s e n tatives to Tigertown.
most of the'game. However, in the when the Poets grabbed a safe lead t h e victors this time being the Pan- A m o n g the schools which
The newly organized "A" Club
basketball team made their debut Many of the outstanding prep
Inst Tuesday night, their opponents school quints in the southland will
being the strong Notasulga high out- be in the Village on Thursday, Fri-fit
The locals showed real abil'ty aay, and Saturday of next week, the
in the cage line and downed the visi- .csion being the fifth annual Cot-tors
20 to 19, the game being much tan States Tournament. Though the
closer than the score would indicate. i try list is not yet ready for publi-
On being interviewed, Messrs. jution, it is probable that teams re-
"Buck" Spinks and Dick Maury both eventing the states of Alabama,
broke down and sobbingly confessed Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and
to being the individual stars of the Florida will journey to the Plains
game. Being chivalrous and big- to compete with one another for the
hearted, however, this noble pair re- various trophies offered by the Ala-fused
to take all the credit for the bama Polytechnic Institute,
victory, and admitted that Dug New- Plans are virtually completed for
some and C. 0. Stewart and one or the annual get-together which is
two others had some small share in sponsored by the athletic department
tho winning of the game. of the college with Coach Wilbur Hut>
The "A" cagers have gone on re- sell as master of ceremonies, and if
cord to the effect that they are pre- is expected that this week's event
pared to take on any quinette able will far surpass any of iU predeces-to
stand the gaff, and will play at a sors.
time and place to suit the conveni- Invitations have been sent to the
ence of the opponent. The games leading instutions in the cotton
will be staged under the Marquis of states region, many of these schools
Queensberry or catch-as-catch-can having already sent in their accep-rules
with hitting below the belt pro- tance. As the tournament is limited
hibited. All teams that labor under tp but sixteen entries and other
the impression that they are basket-. m e e t s are on tap for the same' week
eers are included in this challenge, end, it is impossible to get all of the
and the "A" men will take on any- leading teams in this section, but
body, anywhere, anyhow, from Green- Coach Hutsell has been working hard
land's Icy Mountains to India's Coral to get the entries lined up, and the
Strand and way stations. list and schedule will be announced
in the near future.
The Cotton States Tournament
which is one of the biggest of its
kind in the South, has always at­tracted
wide attention throughout
this, and other states with many out­fits
striving to fill a place on the
entry blanks.
The records of many of the oat-standing
squads have been duly si
by Tiger authorities and each
Running true to form, the Auburn w i l l s e n d o n e of fts leading re]
Coeds Lose One
to Pantherette
Coach Williams' C h a r g es
Swamped By Fair Visitors
From Magic City
have
who appears to have the makings of spring, however, the Bengal hurler j corner. Hitchy was also -a nifty f i e l d - l ^ ^ p a r t of ^ s e c ( m d h a , f t h e o y e r t h e h . a d v e r s a r i e s . In t h e s e c - thefettes of Birmingham-Southern. m a d e credible records in past tour-one
of the best mittmen ever to work j began to show improvement and got er, and should go great with the p l a i n s m e n a c q u i r e d a m a n i a for ond canto, however the Tigers be- The battle was nip and tuck through- n e y s a n d w h o a r e a i m o s t certain to
out in a Tiger unie. This man, who some good games out of his system. Morey machine. j fouling with the result that the Vir-'gan to get more basketball out of out» ^ e Pantherettes nipping all Ti- b e entered in the coming affair are
should strengthen the Tiger machine His souper was responsible for the j Shortstop, vacated by "Rough Ed" j g i njans tossed in a number of free their systems arid as a result, tallied Se r rall»es in the bud and tucking Marshallville High, winner of the
at least 50 percent, is Ebb James, Tiger's lone conference victory last Allen, will see two prospects in the throws. These donations coupled a majority of their points during this a w a v a n e a t v i c t ° r v» 34 to 7. event ia s t year, Montgomery Bell of
who came to the Freshmen vlast season. Sheri#n should go great persons of "Kangaroo Buck" Ellis w l t h a n u m b e r of field tosses enable' semester. j T h e M l s s e s Whisenant and Arm- Nashville, University High of Atlan-spring
from Auburn High, and whose this year, especially with James to land Sankey. Sankey performed t h e Cadets to run up the score in
brilliant all around performance be- do the encouraging. Hughes is a fast more or less regularly last year witlr t h e ia s t f e w mj n u t e s of the game,
hind the mask became the talk of the ball twirler, who appears to have^he Freshmen, while Ellis did not get E l l j s a n d H a u d i d the best work for
campus. I worlds of stuff, but lacks that essen-
Jame. Ha. Injured Shoulder |t i a l element which is a most impor-
James, however, sustained an i n - l t a n t requisite—control.
jured shoulder towards the latter
half of the football season while
First Base a Real Problem.
hip chance until the latter half of t n e plainsmen.
the campaign. When Buck did get: A g a m e followed Saturday even-his
opportunity he made good with i n g w i t h the N. C. Staters. Three
a bang and became second to Hitch-; c I a y s of travelling evidently had its
A real problem that Morey will t cock in batting, with an average of ^ e f f e c t o n the Tigers, for the oppo-working
with the frosh pigskinners.' have to face ere the first game gets -.435_ Ellis did not have an error I aition assUmed the lead in the-early
Ebb did not become a full fledged [ underway will be at the initial sack, j alongside his name throughout the | s t a g e s a n d h e l d o n throughout. The
Sophomore until the end of last se-j There are three men who seem at whole campaign. It may be that j SGOre a t the end of the first half was
mester. The extent of the injury present, to be equally qualified for Sankey will be used at short and, 23 to 11 in favor of the Carolinians,
is not known, but an x-ray photo the job. Joe Wallis, who held down; Ellis sent to the outfield as the s e r - j A s h o r t r a n y i„ the second portion.
strong were the chief factors in the t a a n d Sidney Lanier of Montgom-
The Tigers fought every centimeter d o w n f a U o f t h e Tigresses, other fac- e r y . T h e I a S t named team defeated
of the battle but the superior pass t c r g b e i n g t h e a l l . a r o u n d SUpe r i o r i ty t h e T i g e r R a t s t h e p a s t w e e k.
work of the literary boys coupled o £ t h e S o u t h e r n t e a m a n d t h e s e e m . The g p o i l s o f w a r w m b e t h e P r e.
with their unerring aim at the bask- i n g i n a b i l i t y o£ t h e l o c a l a t o d e t e r - s i d e n t > s C u p t o b e g i v e n t o t h e win-ets
spelled .defeat for the Brownies. m i n e a c c u r a t e l y t h e l o c a t i o n o f the n e r s , the "A" Club Cup to go to the
Fouls were frequent on both sides, b a s k e t g T h e t w o B i r m i n g h a m I a d i e s r u n n ' e r s u p a n d i n d i v i d u a l m e d a l s of
the Tigers being very liberal in giv- mentioned above experienced no g o l d > s U v e r > a n d bronz to be given-ing
the Poets free chances to regis- s u c h d i f f i c u l t y > h o w e v e r > SCOring t h e m e mbers of the first, second and
ter of which the Capitol Citians did thirty-two points between them. Had third and fourth place teams respec-not
fail to take advantage. Two of t h e s e t w o b a s k e t e e r s been out of the t i v e i y.
the Plainsmen were ejected from U n e . u p ) t h e A u b u r n i t e s m a y h a v e | p ^ ^ w i n n e r s of the tourna-the
fray for excessive fouling: won> a s t h e r e s t o f t h e Birmingham-'ment are 1922, Tech High; 1923,
was shot recently, and it will not be ! the sack last year will be back and' vices of any of this pair are too val-; enabled the Tigers to come within! Carroll of the Poets was the Southern team accumulated but two
long before it will be definately de-'will have to scrap it out with two ! liable to be lost. a trio of points of knotting the count,' individual star of the game, the P°mts.
Georgia Military Academy; 1924,
Simpson High; 1925, Marshallville.
cided whether or not the new star. others who will fight tooth and toe. The leading candidates for the out-j but the Staters proceeded thereafter speedy Lainerman registering 15 F r o m t h e very outset the visitors j »
will be able to take his regular place'nail to-be allotted the station. The field berths are Self, Steen, Williams to draw away fast. Dickens was high points. Kaminsky was another lumin- began to score points, and when the the basketball code by visiting play-behind
the bat. James was advised'competitors of Mr. Wallis will be and Booth fr^m last year and Akin,'p..int man for the opposition with'ary of the Montgomerians, playing f , r s t h a I f ended there began slowly ers.
tt> remain aloof from athletics for at'Nappy Hodges, a frosh of three years' formerly of the Freshmen. It is pro- f 17 points while Ellis led the Tiger all over the court and tallying 10 t o d a w n o n the multitude assembled, | Whisenant did most of the scoring
I ago, and Fobb James who took his bable that Hodges, Ellis, or Maury! talliers with an even dozen.
While enjoying a day of rest the
least a year.
In case the services of James are orders from Kirk Newell last season, j may heed the call of the open spaces j
not available this year, Morey will j Wallis appears to be the best hit-; later in the campaign,
have to look among some of those
who did the work last spring. Among
these are Maury, McDonald, and iters last season, missing this mark by j the grade. His judgment of a fly I turning the trick, the Wild Cats an- nicely and sinking enough for 11
markers. Frank Du Bose played his t h e insidious fact that mayhap the in the initial semester, but gracefully
usual brilliant game for the Tigers Ma&ic Citians had the better team, stepped aside in favor of Armstrong-
Tigers moved over into Kentucky and stacked 13 of the Bengal points T h e score was sixteen to two at the in the second half, throwing only
ter of the three, though IIR did noti Self, who is a veteran of the past to talte on the University Wild Cats, alongside his name. Howell also t i m e , both of the local points coming enough goals to keep in practice.
enter the charmed circle of .300 hit-! three seasons, should be able to make | Again the boys were humbled. In turned in some good work, piviting a s a r e s u l t of major infringements of] (Continued on page 6)
Strong. Dick Maury, who did the: but two points. James and Hodges I ball leaves nothing to be desired, the nexed their ninth straight victory points. Booth played his usual
bulk of the work in rear of the!are both superb fielders but it i« not:only apparent weekness of the Jef- and their fourth successive confer- scrappy game until removed
plate, showed an abundance of hit-[safe to say whether the two in ques-:ferson County lad being the avor-jence win. The score this time was
ting strength, but appeared woefully tion will turn in the stick work ofjdupois which handicaps him some-; 35 to 26. The Tigers fought on even
weak when it came to chunking them I Wallis. James hit well with the frosh | what by slowing down his speed. | terms with the Kentuckians through
to the stations. Also Dick's working! but it is not likely that he will main-of
the twirlers left room for irn- tain the pace when with the Varsity.
Akin is a speedy product of the the first half, and when the whistle
Newellites and ought to go great in sounded they enjoyed an 18-17 lead.
The game, which was played at
the Lanier gymnasium, was featured
by clean playing throughout and at­tracted
a large crowd.
provement. However, observers of James and Hodges have better field-'the big Tiger outfield. "Jelly," aside When the second section got under- Sidyen-Lanier (46) Auburn R. (32)
the Mobilian's work during the sum- ing averages than Wallis and both from being a good go getter in the way the Tigers'ran their lead up Kaminsky (10)
mer months state that Maury is a' are portsiders. An interesting affair outfield does far better than ordinary several additional points after which Carroll (15)
much improved ball player this time, indeed, will be the battle between with the bludgeon, and it is fairly safe', the referee began to call fouls with Andrews (4)
and some even venture to say that this trio. to say that the Notasulga product regularity. Aided by the large num- Collins (8)
James will have the scrap of his life! The other positions in the inner | will be cavorting in either left or ber of fouls of which the majority Newcomb (1)
in dethroning him. It must be ad-,works are somewhat uncertain, center at the opening game. [were in their favor, the Kentuckians Substitutions:
mitted that Maury caught some very though there is a wealth of good ma-j Booth, Steen, and Williams are staged a comeback and swept the for Kaminsky;
good games along the tail end of {terial for each. In all probibility the|candidates who did not play regular- Plainsmen to defeat. Andrews; Price for Collins. Auburn
form and Rats, Ogletree for De Vaughn, De
Mullins (6)
Howell (11)
Du Bose .(13)
Booth
De Vaughn (2)
Lanier, Adams (4)
Snyder (3) for
thje campaign. And his batting is not keystone will be covered by Captain j lj tyst season. Steen played in a Both teams were off
to be sneezed at.
As far as hurling is concerned the
Tigers have it in abundance. There
C. O. Stewart who covered third last! majority of games, however, and was didn't hit the basket often. A large Vaughn for Ogletree, Ogletree for
year. It appears that the Sylacauga j well up in the hitting column. Booth f crowd numbering about 5,000 wit-. Booth,
will go better at the second sack as| (Continued on page 6) Inessed the game. Referee: Wells, (Alabama)
32-16
31-17
32-28
37-21
27-44
17-19
30-33
31-52
28-49 •
36-43
25-41
26-35
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353-397
HOW THE TIGERS STAND
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THE PLAINSMAN P*f• 8
<c The question is sometimes asked:
Where do young men get when
they enter a large induttrial organi­zation?
Have they opportunity to
exercise creative talents, or are they
forced into narrow grooves?
This series of advertisements
throws light on these questions. Each
advertisement takes up the record of
a college man who came with the
Westinghouse Company after grad­uation
and within the past ten years.
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Arrest that Bolt
THE Sales Department was
talking in emphatic and easily-understood
language. It was say­ing,
"We want action."
At Westinghouse, action in many
cases is another word for research.
JOSEPH SLEPIAN ^nd reSearch works toward selected
goals. In this case the goal was for new apparatus
to make unchained lightning more respectful of
power plants, lines and equipment.
Today, as a consequence, the electrical industry
is the beneficiary of the "Autovalve Lightning
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service and universal utility never dreamed of be­fore.
Behind that picture you find Joseph Slepian.
With two degrees from Harvard, he started
training in our East Pittsburgh Shops in 1916.
A year later he entered the Research Department.
- This was the lightning arrester situation which
Slepian took into the research camp: There were
two different types of apparatus. One, called the'
multi-gap, was used chiefly on poles of distribu­tion
circuits. When lightning struck, it frequently
caused transformer troubles and damaged equip­ment.
For high-voltage application there was
the cumbersome electrolytic arrester. Its per­formance
was good enough. But it required con­stant
attention; was costly of upkeep; and could
not be used on poles.
When Slepian perfected the Autovalve Arrest­er,
the demand was so great that orders could not
be filled. It was entirely new. One type of ap­paratus
solved the whole problem—no more
costly care. It stands up indefinitely, whether
used on poles or on the ground—sufficient
reasons for yearly sales exceeding $2,000,000.
Such results may depend as much on a phase of
an engineer's past training as on his immediate re­search.
Take the radio horn which gives the natural
tone to Radiola sets. . It was Slepian's mastery
of mathematics, in which he specialized at Har­vard,
which contributed toward that big advance
in the early days of loud-speaker popularity.
The man with "hidden reserves" is constantly
finding them called upon to "climb peaks and cross
mountains" in institutions like Westinghouse*
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MEMBERS CHURCH
[CHRIST ORGANIZE
Members of the Church of Christ
have organized a Bible Class which
meets every Sunday morning at
0:45 o'clock in the Masonic Hall.
The method of presenting the lesson
taken from the Bible, is the same as
that used by most all Christian
churches of the state.
The ladies, namely Mrs. Davis,
Copeland, Owens, Parish, Earnest
and Robinson, who belong to the
Gospel of Christ and college custo­dian,
to secure a place in which a
Bible class could meet. Members
of the Masonic lodge agreed that a
class could meet in their hall if the
class was organized. Mr. Copeland,
Earnest, Davis and Pope held a con­ference
in which they decided to call
a meeting of the members of the
Church of Christ if they cared to
organize a Bible class.
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CREDIT FOR THIS
Not so many days ago an alumnus
of Auburn was relating his experi­ences
while in college. This man
graduated here about twelve years
ago, when demerits were awarded
for each rule broken. At mid-sem­ester,
this young man had received
103 demerits, which was almost
enough to ship him; so to keep his f a t h e r ^ him ^ fae
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Milton T. Smith of Bankston, Ala­bama,
took it upon himself to get
the names of the members and notify
them to be at the meeting.
The meeting was called and the
class organized. W. D. Copeland
was elected superintendent, Miss
Alma Bentley secretary and P. O.
Davis teacher.
Members who have enrolled in the
class to date are as follows: Adams,
Thurston, Bailey, C. T., Brackeen,
L. G., Brackeen, L. O., Bentley, Miss
Alma, Betts, Miss Carolyn, Crum, W.
C, Copeland, F. E.t Copeland, D.,
Denton, J. R., Earnest, J. M., Earnest
Miss Louise, James, H. C, Livingston
J. P., Miller, F. O., Nation, D. C,
Riley, Miss Mamie, Root, E. W.
Rudder, W. H., Smith, M. T., Sudduth
J. R., Williams, E. F., Wilson, R.,
White, H. P., White, J. M., Mc-
Person, H. C., Pitts, J. S. and West,
P. M. Besides the regular college
students who meets the class there
are a number of town people and
college workers who attend the class
every Sunday. These people are Mr.
and Mrs. Copeland, Mr. and Mrs. P.
O. Davis and Mr. Pope.
All who wish to attend the class
are invited to be there every Sun-!
day. The invitation is especially ex­tended
to the people who are mem­bers
of the Church of Christ and
father and mother from learning the
fact he slipped up to the post office
and secured his report. He opened
the letter and erased the three, and
left only ten demerits. His fattier
seriously reprimanded him and told
him that this must not happen again,
and that ten demerits was entirely
too many. At the end of the sem­ester
he received 83 demerits, and
again to his gladness, he slipped to
the post office, secured the letter,
and again erased the three, leaving
only eight demerits this time. His
i doing
better, but that there was still room
for improvement.
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A short but instructive program
was .rendered at the Wilsonian Li­terary
Society on last Tuesday night
in their regular meeting room, 301
Main Building. Due to the absence
of some of the members on the pro­gram,
the entire hour was not con­sumed.
"Counting Noses in the Forest and
a Tennessee Turkey Hunt" was giv­en
by C. C. Phillips. Phillips told
about our game reserves and the
enormous cost to the government to
keep these reserves. Some steps had
to be taken in order that our wild
game be preserved from the care­less
and indifferent hunters. The
game is slaughtered by the wholesale,
pigeons shipped to market by the
carloads, but many other wild beasts
of the forest have been slaughtered
in such large numbers that they al­most
fail to exist. In addition to
the destruction of the game, a num­ber
of the hunters are careless and
start forest fires that destroy a large
number of trees and forests each
year. One great hunter, Mr. Rob-bins
from Tennessee, went on a big
turkey hunt into the mountains of
Tennessee where he killed the larg­est
turkey known in the United
States.
E. P. Campbell told about "The
Misconceptions of the South." He
emphasized the fact that the South
has had an unparalleled growth in
the last half century. The South
now leads in the production of elec­tricity,
growing of agricultural pro­ducts,
manufactures cotton into cloth
cheaper than the North, in the pro­duction
of minerals, and in the manu­facturing
of these minerals into
finished products. The negro pro­blem
has been more fully solved in
the South than in the North.
George Hann in his usual way en­tertained
the society with a bunch
of good jokes. Hann put several
good ones dver on the boys. Report
of the critic was received with en­thusiasm
as he emphasized the im­portance
of being at the society
on time. The society started on time
with only a few members present,
although it was interrupted by late
comers who did not wait for the
speaker to get through with his
speech. It has been requested that
all late comers wait on the outside
until the speaker on the floor finishes
and sits down.
Visitors have a cordial invitation
to set and listen in with the other
members. All members on program
are requested to be present or if
impossible for them to serve let the
chairman of the program committee,
Gerald Salter, know so that he can
put some one else on program. It
is hr-rd to get e^ery member on pro-garm
and in order that every member
may have a chance on the program
every program must be full.
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Mr. Burdine, who is in charge of
the College Corner of our Bir­mingham
store, will be in Auburn
Monday and Tuesday, February
22-23. He knows what the well
dressed college men are wearing
and he will have a beautiful line
of truly collegiate apparel for you
to make your selection from.
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No leader on either side in the strug­gle
between the states, north and
south, in the sixties approached Ro­bert
E. Lee in the matter of achieve­ment,
Dr. George Petrie, dean of the
graduate school, declared in an ad­dress
to students, commemorating
the birthday of the Confederate
chieftain.
Depicting the life of Lee, Doctor
Petrie drew from intimate reminis­cences
he had from conversations
with men who knew Lee personally,
Doctor Petrie is himself a native of
Virginia, birthplace of the general of
the Confederate armies.
"Overtures were made to Lee to
remain in the Unior service and be­come
supreme commander of the
union army," the speaker declared.
"In fact General Scott pleaded with
him to remain in the United States
army with the promise of reward.
But Lee returned to'Arlington and
in an upstairs room at night he
fought it out with himself and his
God, his final decision being that he
should stand by his own state, Vir­ginia.
He threrefore sent in his
resignation and later became the
head of the Confederate forces."
"All through the momentous con­flict,
Lee played the part of a great
magnanimous man. 'Duty', Lee said,
'is the sublimest word in the English
language.' He himself lived the part.
Lee took the blame for the failure
to support Pickett in his famous
charge at Gettysburg, refusing to
censure those immediately under him
who were directly responsible."
In closing, Doctor Petrie described
the surrender at Appromatox, paying
tribute to the nobility displayed
there by Lee as well as the magna­nimity
exhibited by General Grant
who allowed the Confederate general
and his men to return to their homes
even with their horses. Doctor Petrie
also referred to the kindness and
gentleness of spirit as indicated in
Lee's treatment of his invalid mother.
He said Lee had the fiery spirit of
his father combined with the tender­ness
of his mother, making a great
personality.
"The subject of my lecture today
will be the king of England."
"He isn't a subject."
—Yale Record.
Prof:
Stude:
Prof:
"What's a parasite?"
"Me?"
"Yes, now name another."
—Cougar's Paw.
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behave better when paddled from
the rear. — Orange and Blue.
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s When it's the night of
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before starting you thank
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So this night, as you
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Home Economics Club
Hears Interesting Talks
The Home Economics Club met
January 28, 1926. Special music
was rendered by Misses Lucile Totty,
Allye Hughes, and Pertice Tucker,
accompanied by Mrs. Blair.
Interesting talks were given by
members attending the Home Eco­nomics
Conference held on January
| 23-3 in Montgomery. Miss Mildred
j Locke gave a summary of Mrs.
! Goodspeed's lecture on Aims of the
i
Home Economics work in high
schools. Miss Anna Laura Crawley
outlined the program as it was pre­sented
at the conference. What the
Home Economics Association is ex­plained
by Miss Alma Bentley.
COEDS LOSE ONE
TO PANTHERETTES
(Continued from page 5)
This pair displayed a nice passing
game, while Cottingham and Quigley
did sturdy work at guard.
For the Tigresses Tucker and
Drake were the outstanding perform­ers,
if any, the latter scoring the
only field goal amid tremendous
cheering. Tucker played her usual
wild and wooly game, and did much
to relieve the dreary monotony of
the steadily falling Southern field-goals.
The Auburnites fought hard
throughout the game, and really made
a very respectable showing in the foul
department, scoring thirteen mis-cues
to eleven for the visitors.
Line-up:
AUBURN Fg Fl G Fc Tp
'7
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Tucker, f 0 4 2 4
Powell, f-c 0 1 3 1
Drake, f 10 0 2
Totty, c 0 0 2 0
Creel, g 0 0 2 0
Price, g 0 0 4 0
Totals 1 6 13 7
B HAM-SOUTHERN Fg Fl G Fc Tp
Whisenant, f 7 4 2 18
Crane, f 0 0 0 0
Guthrie, f 10 0 2
Armstrong, c 7 0 3 14
Cottingham, g 0 0 2 0
Williams, g 0 0 3 0
Quigley, g 0 0 1 0
Totals 15 4 11 34
Referee: Ebb James.
"Ask your barber for SILKITON."
• • • 4
STATION WAPI INSTALLATION
IS COMPLETE
( Continued from page 1)
In 1925 the Alabama Power Com­pany
presented to the College, Sta­tion
WSY which had been operated
in Birmingham several years. This
station was installed and has been
operated some since last fall.
In order to take advantage of the
opportunity afforded by radio
broadcasting to render service a com­plete
1000-watt Western Electric
station was bought last fall by the
Extension Division of the College,
and has been installed in connection
with the gifts from Mr. Hanson and
the Alabama Power Company. With
this equipment the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute is perhaps the best
equipped institution in the United
States for radio teaching, research,
and broadcasting. All three lines of
work will be conducted.
The new equipment was installed
on the experiment station grounds
C
which is one of the best elevated lo­cations
in Auburn. The broadcasting
equipment is installed in a concrete
house designed for this purpose and
located on the experiment station
grounds. On either side of this
house are two steel towers extending
200 feet into the air. The new studio
is on the third floor of Comer Agri­cultural
Hall. It was designed by
experts with a view to getting the
best effects and the best results in
broadcasting.
Tentative plans are to be on the
air at least four nights a week from
the beginning, and gradually increas­ed
until one or more programs are
run each day.
The programs will be entertaining
and instructive, including all kinds
of music and lectures by members
of all divisions of the faculty. Of
peculiar interest will be the lectures
*iy the better known members of the
faculty among them being President
Spright Dowell, Dr. George Petrie,
Dr. B. B. Ross, Prof. L. N. Duncan,
Prof. J. J. Wilmore, Miss Agnes El­len
Harris, Prof. A. St. C. Dunstan,
Dr. C. A. Cary, Prof. M. J. Funchess
Prof. M T. Fullan, Prof. Zebulon
Judd, and many other members of
the faculty. Special programs will
be arranged by the students. Stu­dent
songs and yells which make a
strong appeal to all Auburn men will
be broadcasted.
Along with these, educators, edi­tors,
and leaders •in industries and
public life over Alabama will be heard
from time to time over Station
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START FIRST PRACTICE SOON
"I got a cracked rib."
"Pretty tough!"
"I'll say she was!"—Green Onion.
The fire is out, girls, roll up your
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•vuis(hebeauty of the Scarlet Tanager
(Continued from Page Five.)
is an excellent fly-chaser but his hit­ting
is doubtful.
"Kangaroo Buck" Ellis performed
in the outfield of the Frosh last year
before he was sent to second to bol­ster
the inner works of the yearlings.
The former Simpson satalite should
aid the hitting strength of the big
Tigers if used in the gardens. Joe
Market, who occupied right field last
year, may be returned to his old po­sition.
Joe filled the bill acceptably
last spring, and was one of the lead­ing
hitters of the Colemen.
The addition of so many Freshmen
of last year to the Varsity squad will
unquestionably "make" the Tigers of
1926. Eleven of the men who soak­ed
'em out for a grand average of
.308 last spring will now be eligible
for varsity duds, giving the Tigers
quite a boost in playing strength and
perhaps bringing the squad to its
former place in the sun in conference
baseball.
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Candidates for Debating
Team Have Tryouts Soon
The candidates for places on the
Inter-collegiate Debating Teams as­sembled
two weeks ago and were as­signed
subjects for the tryouts which
will be held next Monday night.
The debates are under the personal
direction of Professor H. L. Hamil­ton
of the English Department. He
has had quite a bit of experience in
the instruction of students in all
branches of forensics and with the
material on hand should fashion a
rather formidable team.
Three debates have been scheduled
for this semester, all of which are
to take place on the campus. The
dates have not been definately deci­ded
upon, but it is probable that
they will take place the latter part
of March.
Florida will send her team to de­fend
the Negative side of the ques­tion,
Resolved: That Congress should
pass uniform marriage and divorce
laws. The local team was defeated
last year in Gainesville so this year's
contest will be stimulated by a thirst
for revenge.
Mercer's team will attempt to
prove: That the elective system now
in vogue in our colleges has not re­sulted
in a superficial college edu­cation.
For several years Mercer has
had what is considered the best team
in Southern college circles.
The debaters from the Hilltops of
the Magic City will affirm: That the
government should control the edu­cational
systems of the states with
a Secretary in the Cabinet for that
purpose. It is understood that the
Birmingham-Southerner's have debat­ed
this subject on a number of oc­casions
so a lively argument is prom­ised.
It is hoped that there will be a
full attendance at all three events
although it will not be compulsory,
growing in the South and Auburn
The interest in forensics is constantly
should not lag behind in the proces­sion.
These debates are being sponsored
by Phi Delta Gamma, forensic fra­ternity.
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Prof.: What color is best for a
bride.
Stude: I would prefer a white.—
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