1927-04-09 The Plainsman

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BANQUET
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JUNIOR CLASS
BANQUET
APRIL 19
VOLUME L. AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1927 NUMBER 27
JUNIORS WILL HOLD ANNUAL CLASS BANQUET ON APRIL 19
A.P.I. SUMMER SESSION WILL
BEGIN MONDAY, JUNE SIXTH
Many Additions To Be
Made to Regular Fac-culty
for Term
Monday, June 6, is the date thai
has been announced by Dean Judd,
director of the summer school and
dean of education, as the opening
date for the summer session of this
year. The dates of the summer school
this year it was stated will not in
any way conflict with the dates of
the R. 0. T. C. camps.
A large number of leading edu­cators
from various sections of the
country have been added to the teach­ing
staff for the summer session.
Among them will "be:
Dr. Eugene C. Branson, professor
of rural and social economics,. Uni­versity
of North Carolina; Dr. Philip
L. Cox, professor of education, New
York University. Doctor Branson is
well known throughout the United
States as an expert in rural econom­ics.
He has been on the Auburn
summer school faculty for two years.
Doctor Cox is also widely known in
educational work, having had a va­riety
of experiences in high school
teaching and administration, and -city
superintendents. He was a principal
of Lincoln experimental school of
Teachers' College, Columbia Universi­ty.
He is author of numerous edu­cational
papers, addresses and books.
He has degrees from both Columbia
and Harvard.
Other educational experts in addi­tion
to the regular members of Au­burn
faculty will include Prof. War­ren
E. Bower of the University of
Michigan; Prof. C. M. Bennett, pro­fessor
of Woodlawn High school,
Birmingham; Prof. W. L. Spencer,
state superintendent of high schools
in Alabama; Prof. James W. Watson,
superintendent of city school, Ope-lika;
Miss Georgia Wagner, superin­tendent
of public school music, Mont­gomery;
Miss Lois Weir, professor of
primary education, Mississippi State
College for Women; Miss Elizabeth
Gleason of Birmingham public
schools; Miss Daisy Parton, rural
supervisor, Calhoun county; Mi's. Ag­nes
E. Wilkinson, superintendent pub­lic
school music, Eufaula; Miss Grace
Gardner, Merrill-Palmer Nursery
school, Detroit; Miss Catherine Cor-ley,
Lee county health nurse; Prof.
Robert B. Mardre, Chipley, Fla.;
Miss Aileen Moody, Woodlawn High
school, Birmingham; Prof. Elisha
P. Pollard, instructor in chemistry,
Louisiana State University.
Dean Judd states that all summer
school work will be of the same high
quality as the work during the regu­lar
session, all courses offered being
of college credit. No review courses
for state examinations well be given.
The summer session will include
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YMCA WILL HOLD
ITS ANNUAL TAG
DAY ON APRIL 13
Money Received Is To Be Used
in Building Tennis
Courts
March 23 was formerly designat­ed
as the date for putting over the
Y. M. C. A. "Tag Day," but this date
has been altered and will come on
April 13.
The purpose of this event is to se­cure
funds for building tennis courts
for the use of students. Committees
have been appointed and are arrang
ing in detail the work for "Tag Day."
These committees will cover the busi­ness
section of town, as well as the
campus. A strenuous effort will be
made to secure an appreciable sum
for this construction work.
The drive will last only one day-
April 13. The minimum charge for'
tags will be 25c. The courts will
cost $11 each. As many will be con­structed
as funds are secured for.
These courts are to be constructed
on property belonging to the Y. M.
C. A., located between the Lambda
Chi house and Dr. Allison's home.
They are to be modernly equipped
with galvanized pipe-suported back­stops.
The courts are to be for the
use of the students at all times. Plans
of construction will follow the day
set for "Tag Day."
TEXT OF DEBATE
WITH U. OF FLA.
IS PRESENTED
M. Earnest and S. H. Lynne
Have Able Arguments
PROGRAM
Tiger Theatre
Monday, April 11
"THE TELEPHONE GIRL"
with Madge Bellamy, Holbrook
Blinn, Walter Baxter, May
Allison, Hale Hamilton
Tuesday, April 12
"TOO MANY CROOKS"
with Mildred Davis, Lloyd
Hughes, George Bancroft
and El Brendel
Wed. and Thurs., April 13-14
"CABARET"
with Gilda Gray, Chester Conk-lin
and Tom Moore
The biggest box office attrac­tion
of the Season
Friday, April 15
"EVENING CLOTHES"
with Adolphe Menjou, Louise
Brooks, Noah Berry and
Virginia Valli
Saturday, April 16
"HEAVEN ON EARTH"
with Rene Adoree and Conrad
Nagel
Declaring that the economic in­terests
of the country would be ad­vanced
by the introduction of the
five day week in industry, J. M.
Earnest, first speaker for the affir­mative
in the debate with the Uni­versity
of Florida in Gainesville, Fla.,
on Monday night. The text of Ear­nest's
speech follows:
Today we have arrived at the great­est
crisis of ' our industrial history,
hence no question before the Ameri­can
public is of more importance
than that which involves the settle­ment
of industrial organization.
Organized power ''and organized
labor have grown in power and de­velopment
until today they stand
as two colossal giants threatening
over American institutions and
American safety with their frequent
controversies.
This is perhaps the greatest ques­tion
confronting the public today
because it vitally concerns all the in­dustrial
population, which in itself
comprises about 40 per cent of all
those engaged in gainful occupation.
What vitally concerns, either indi­rectly
or directly, our natio.nal integ­rity
is therefore worthy of what stu­dy
and thought we may give it since
the prosperity of our nation is close­ly
coupled with the advancement
into the higher realms of our work­ing
class, and since they are the
consumer on whom farmers depend,
the field of profession and the life
of the business man.
The particular phase of this issue
which we are to discuss tonight is:
"Resolved that the five-day week
in industry would advance the social
and economic interest of the na­tion."
This is not a philanthropic
panacea gathered from the external
heavens above for the purpose of
debate, but is a realization which
personifies a scheme which is actual­ly
existent today. In basing our con­tentions,
we of the affirmative, main-continued
on page 6)
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
IS APPOINTED AT MEETING
REVISED HONOR
SYSTEM PUT UP
FOR FINAL VOTE
Two Thirds Vote of Student
Body Necessary for
Passage
EVERY
PICK A MAN
V0TE~AT
THE r.M.CA.
FIND THE OFFICE.-
5EEKE& WHO 15
WEARING NO MANS
COLLAR,
At a meeting of the Faculty and
Executive Council last week, a fin­al
plan was drawn up by which will
be decided whether the Honor Sys­tem
will continued or be disbanded
from the college.
Monday and part of Tuesday will
be given over to fully explaining to
the freshman the new plan as given
the the revised constitution. At the
convocation hour Tuesday a vote will
be taken from this class. On Wed­nesday
and part of Thursday the
plan will be discussed in the class
rooms of the upperclassmen and their
vote likewise taken at convocation.
Unless a two-thirds vote is given
in favor of the Honor System as pro­vided
for in the revised constitution
the system will be immediately taken
from the college and the former "po­lice
system" will be resumed.
The constitution as revised by this
joint meeting is printed in this issue
of The Plainsman. It should be read
and deliberated upon, so that a con­scientious
vote may be given when
the student is called upon next week.
Winners of Class Foot­ball
To Be Awarded
Gold Footballs
PLAYERS WILL
PRESENT LAST
SHOW OF YEAR
"Cabbages and Queens" To Be
Last Show This Year By
Auburn Dramatists
The Auburn Players will soon
make a final bow to the amusement-seeking
element when the latest com­edy
from the pens of Professor Ham­ilton
and Mrs. Herman Jones, "Cab­bages
and Queens," will be present­ed
in the home of the dramatic or­ganization.
The comedy deals with
royal life in a mythical Balkan king­dom
and concerns a stiff and old-fashioned
queen who becomes a giddy
young thing when she drinks a magic
concoction distilled from the juice
of cabbage. The play tells of war
between the older laws of conven­tionality
and the modern jazz ideas
of America. Beth Seibold plays the
role of Queen Philippa, the royal
lady who kicks over the traces, and
other roles are in the competent hands
of Catherine Hare, Mattie Mae Al­len,
Jane Springer, Dorothy Duggar,
Sara Ingram, Charline Baughman,
John Youngblood, Robert McKinnon,
Robert Hardy, Charles Moore, Rob­ert
Hobdy, Harry Moss and "Little
Square" Salter.
"Cabbages and Queens" is felt to
be a worthy successor to the highly
successful "Football Frolic." It will
be presented at the Hut Theatre,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
April 19, 20, and 21.
NOTED ALUMNUS
SUCCUMBS TO
APPENDICITIS
SCABBARD AND
BLADE PLEDGE
EIGHTEEN MEN
P l e d g e s A r e Commissioned By
" S w e d e " Mathisson
"Pop" Paterson's Uncle Dies
After Long Illness
•
James P. Paterson, known by all
his friends as "Jim" Paterson, of
Montgomery, died at an early hour
Monday. Mr. Paterson was the cap­tain
of the Auburn football team of
1923, and made a name for himself
while here as a good baseball player,
and one who loved clean sportsman­ship.
Mr. Paterson is the uncle of "Pop"
Eighteen juniors in the R. 0. T. C.
unit were recently pledged to Scab­bard
and Blade, national honorary
military fraternity. To be eligible
to membership in this society it is
necessary for one to be at least a ca­det
second-lieutenant. Consequently
it was necessary last Saturday to
commission the new pledges, which
ceremony was conducted by "Swede"
Matheson, captain of the local "L"
company.
The purpose of this fraternity is
to promote the efficiency of military
training throughout the R. 0. T. C.
corps in the country and to create
a bond of fellowship between the reg-
The Junior Class banquet commit­tee
have definitely announced their
plans for the annual Junior banquet.
The banquet is to be held in Smith
Hall on the evening of April 19.
Tickets for the event will be on sale
in a few days. The affair promises
to be the largest and best of its
kind held here for some time.
At a meeting of the Junior Class
held Tuesday morning in the main
building, it was decided by a vote
of the class to award to those men
in the class who played in the cham­pionship
football team, a small gold
football, in appreciation of their ser­vices
to the class.
. It was announced by Bolton Shotts,
class president, that bids would be re­ceived
for the painting of the class
numeral on the Ag. tank, this num­eral
to be a large orange and blue
"28." The numeral is to be placed on
the tank in.the near future, it was
stated.
The president appointed a nomi­nating
committee to submit to the
class a ticket to be voted on for Sen­ior
Class officers for next year.
Those on the committee are H. B.
Simms, Ben Rives, W. H. Gregory,
Jr., M. S. Kestler, and O. C. Thig-pen.
A committee to set a date for the
annual Junior Banquet, and to com­plete
plans for it, was also appointed.
On the banquet committee are Dooley
Gilchrist, Frank Malone, and Earl
Meadows.
It was stated that the election of
new class officers would probably
take place about the 15th of April.
The nominations for the various of­fices
will be announced in class meet­ing
next Tuesday and will be publish­ed
in The Plainsman next week. Vot­ing
will take place on Monday, April
18.
Paterson, who was elected to the
captaincy of the 1928 football team, j u i a r a r m y officers and the student
OFFICERS ARE
INSTALLED AT
A.S.M.E. FEAST
Mechanicals Have Good Time
at Auburn Inn
The student branch of the Ameri­can
Society of Mechanical Engineers
held its annual banquet, with instal­lation
of officers for the coming
year, Thursday night at the Au-
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DR ELLIOT WILL
MAKE ADDRESS
COMMENCEMENT
Noted Educator to Come From
Purdue University to Talk
to Graduates
Annual commencement address will
be delivered by Dr. Charles Edward
Elliott, president of Purdue Universi­ty,
according to information received
here today. Dr. Elliott, it will be
recalled, delivered an address at the
dedication of the new Ramsay Engi­neering
Hall in 1925. Due to the
expressions of appreciation of his
speech from the student body, the
distinguished educator has been in­vited
back and has accepted.
The story of Dr. Elliott's life is
largely the story of the progress of
education in the middle West. He
was born in Chicago on December 21,
1874. He received his B. S. degree
at the University of Nebraska in
1895 and was awarded the A. M. de­gree
from this institution two years
later. In the summer "of 1904 he pur­sued
his studies at the University of
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His death resulted from an attack
of appendicitis which followed a long
illness from heart trouble. At the
time of his death he was 44 years of
age.
Funeral services were held at the
Paterson residence Tuesday morning,
Rev. T. M. Fleming assisted by Rev.
H. V. Carson, officiating.
Surviving Mr. Paterson are his
wife, Ila Paterson, two sons, William
officers.
According to recent information,
the annual spring initiation, always
of much interest locally, will be held
next week-end.
The new pledges and their respec­tive
units are: Engineers—W. D.
Alston, S. G. Croom, R. O. Lyle, F.
M. Malone, L. S. Whitten and J. A.
Wilson. Field Artillery—B. T. San-key,
F. O. Miller, W. M .Burns, S. S
NOTED PROF.
TO LECTURE ON
ARCHITECTURE
Professor Eliot T. Putnam of Bos­ton
now noted practicing architect of
that city and a former professor at
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech­nology,
will lecture on the "Appre­ciation
of the Fine Arts" at 3 P. M.
Friday, April 15, in the main draft­ing
room of the Department of Archi­tecture.
Professor Putnam comes to
us while on a" lecture tour sponsored
by the American Institute of Archi­tects.
Everyone is cordially invited
to hear this distinguished speaker.
B., and Julius Porter Paterson, three i Tatum, P. A. Stephens, E. W. Root,
brothers, William, Haygood, and Wal-JG. J. Ellis, W. H.Gregory, J. B.
lace Paterson, and one sister, Mrs. Beard, N. C. Wood, R. B. Evans-, and
R. D. Wilson. R- R- H m -
DR. PETRIE DISCUSSES CHINESE
SITUA TIONA T CURRENT EVENTS
The Chinese problem was the sub­ject
of Dr. George Petrie's current
event lecture last week. He referred
to the rising tide of anti-foreign feel­ing
in China. He pointed out the
reasons for this and the difficulty
of finding a solution for the prob­lem
that would be fair and satisfac­tory
to both sides. Dr. Petrie said:
"The crisis in China is' at hand.
The Cantonese armies hold every­thing
south of the Yangtze river.
Harrassed by mobs, foreigners have
fled from one city to another down
the river to take refuge in the foreign
quarter of Shanghai, the great port
at its mouth. Here foreign soldiers
behind barbed wire entanglements
guard the most important conces­sions
in China, backed by warships
in the harbor.
Anti-Foreign Feeling
"There is no question that the feel­ing
against foreigners is wide-spread
and strong. It is not confined to the
part of China held by the Canton­ese.
It has spread also into North
China.
"This unfriendly attitude is no
sudden Chinese fad. For over eigh­ty
years it has been slowly growing,
as foreigners secured one special pri­vilege
after another. This rising
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PROGRAM
College Show
Monday and Tues., April 11-12
"MICHAEL STROGOFF"
With Ivan Moskine (Europe's
Screen Idol)
Jule Verne's masterpiece. Geor-geous
scenes—6,000 in great
cast—in full natural color
Wednesday, April 13
"SUMMER BACHELORS"
With Madge Bellamy, Allan
Forrest, and Matt Moore
Thursday, April 14
"THE BOOB"
With Gertrude Olmstead, Joan
Crawford, Chas. Murray
and George K. Arthur
Friday, April 15
"SEA TIGERS"
With Milton Sills, Mary Astor
and Alice White
Saturday, April 16
"HERO OF BIG SNOWS"
Rin-Tin-Tin, and Alice Calhoun
A Good Comedy and Good Mus­is
With Every Show
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Redus Collier Sports Editor
D. 0. Sikes Associate Sports Editor
Catherine Nunn Co-Ed Editor
John Thomas Humor Editor
R. C. Cargile Exchange Editor
REPORTERS
J. W. Randle„_'28 A.V.Blankenship '30
P. F. Crenshaw_'29 Rex. Sikes '30
C. R. DeArmen.'29 R. B. Kelso '30
J. B. McMillan-'29 K. Kimbrough—'28
Coke Metthews.,29 Chas. Howard—'30
J. W. Mills —.'30 V. Savage, Jr.—'30
J. D. Salter '30 B. B. C. Lile.—'30
G. N. Sparrow—'30 J. F. Mitchell-—'30
Harry Wise '28 L. A. Smith, '29
BUSINESS STAFF
H. C. Hopson Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
William Frank Advertising Manager
J. E. Barnes Circulation Manager
George Hann Ass't. Circulation Manager
W. M. Baxter Asst. Circulation Mgr.
Hershel Hatchett Mailing Clerk
A. V. Blankenship Mailing Clerk
H. W. Glover Ass't Advertising Mgr.
L. P. Dumas Ass't Advertising Mgr.
Someone once said, "I'd rather be de­scended
from an honest monkey than be
a journalist." 'Tis a quotation of much
merit.
The leading dailies are still broadcasting
a so-called student suicide craze. As far
as we are concerned there isn't any such-thing.
If there were we would be in­clined
to disagree with them concerning
the causes that they set forth. We are all
thoroughly human and the milk of human
kindness is yet with us.
Selfishness is the only thing sometimes
that stands between some folks and hap­piness.
Mid-semester reports will come out soon
and some of us will be buying railway
tickets. The honor societies have pledged
a number of new men and worthy. Chi­nese
complications are still in order. Base­ball
fans are beginning to buy peanuts.
In a few more weeks thousands of gradu­ates
will be given to the world. The flow­ers
are blooming and the birds still sing.
Yes, the world moves on.
Poor Richard said, "It is better to take
many injuries than to give one." He lived
a long time ago, yet his little saying still
has a great amount of truth in it.
FRATERNITY GROWTH
Each new day ushers in a new inven­tion,
a new author, a new statesman, and
a new leader of men. The wheels of in­dustry
are grinding continuously and the
titanic forces of nature have been har­nessed
to supply energy for their ever
ceasless task. Arts, Sciences, and Social
Status, have each reached a new level of
perfection, but are constantly striving up­ward,
ever onward. The world of today
is a progressive world. To keep pace with
its unprecedented progress all of its insti­tutions
must measure a new stride, must
reach out and grasp in order to attain
a new height of achievement and perfec­tion.
The fraternity is no exception!
Born of one chapter, a fraternity pro­ceeds
slowly, conservatively in its growth,
until the time co'mes when it shall have
established for itself a sound base on
which to rear its superstructure in num­ber
of chapters, ideals, and activities. The
foundation having been formed and found
to be solid the working fraternity then
"begins to stretch forth its hands in an ef­fort
to gain new chapters. New chapters
bring new men, new personalities with
new thoughts, and more recruits to aid
in the struggle for excellence, the strugle
in which pride and prejudice, must not
take part. There is a time for pride and
there is a place for it, but in the fight
for existence, in a world of revolutions and
reactionary forces, every organization and
every individual must at some time stoop
and come into contact with the muck and
the sorid part of life in order to realize
and to understand how precious, how no­ble,
and how honorable, right living is and
how much it seems to rest upon what has
already been established. This does not
mean that either an organization or an
individual should participate in the under
strata of society to better themselves, but
that they should by observation and sound
reasoning reach an understanding of the
things that are essential and non-essential
in raising their standards far above any
precedent.
When in the years of organization, the
fraternity has built on new chapters and
has expanded itself over the whole nation,
there comes a time when it will find that
their organization must become more com­pact.
The various chapters must become
more related, the chain must be strength­ened
so that it can withstand the heaviest
strain and be a peer among its fellows.
With an organization like this the max­imum
benefits can be derived, and the
world served with higher and more ca­pable
leaders.
JAMES P. PATTERSON
Auburn loses a very valuable friend
with the death of Mr. J. P. Patterson of
Montgomery. Mr. Patterson was one of
our best athletes in the old days when
football was young, and his family has
contributed much to the success of Au­burn
in her athletic relations with other
colleges.
His friends have described him. as, real,
loving, tender, generous, fearless, kind,
and as true as steel. Mr. Patterson was
one of four brothers to play under Mike
Donahue, and after leaving Auburn there
have been few games that he did not see.
His friendship will be sorely missed by
those who knew him. We join in tending
our sympathy to the family in this hour
of sadness.
BLUE RIDGE
Each year several representatives of
Auburn attend the Y. M. C. A. and Y.
W. C. A. conferences held at Blue Ridge.
This conference is valuable to the colleges
of the south in many ways. It is a great
force in creating a good feeling between
the institutions represented. The boys
attending fjnd out that Students from
their rival institutions are not all bad as
they heard they were during the football
season. The dining hall at Blue Ridge is
one of the best places to bring about this
friendship as the delegations give yells
for the other colleges represented. It
makes one feel good to have the spirit
of cheering the other fellow. A second
great benefit is the good that the indi­vidual
gets out of the trip. It is hardly
possible for one to spend ten days in a
more wholesome and Christian atmosphere.
Everyone attending has a high purpose in
mind, that of doing something for the
Christian, side of college life. A third and
important thing is the impression that
other schools get of Auburn. Practically
every school in the south sends represen­tatives
so naturally Auburn is better known
after delegates go back to their respective
colleges and remember how the "War
Eagles" rang out in the dining hall.
Ten days at Blue Ridge is one of the
most valuable ten days that a student
can spend during the summer months. You
should make your plans to go.
SUMMER SCHOOL
Probably no other southern college gives
such a summer school opportunity as Au­burn
does. The cousres offered are
varied and of exceptional value. One can
here take a few hours of work each sum­mer
and graduate in three years. The
faculty for this summer is one of the most
outstanding in the United States. It in­cludes
the most prominent educators of
the nation.
The social opportunities during the sum­mer
months are excellent. The students
get together twice a week at convocation
and are usually presented with a very at­tractive
program^ On Friday evenings
there is usually a dance in the gymnasium,
to which all students are invited.
Auburn is a -fine place to spend the
vacation months. The climate is never bad
and the town is located in close proximity
to the principal cities of Alabama and
Georgia. Summer school rates are very
low and there are plenty of places in Au­burn
for one to secure a room.
If you are planning to/attend this sum­mer
you should get in touch with the Dean
of the Summer School at once and let
him tell you about it.
LEGISLATURE ADVISED OF AUBURN'S
NEEDS
Dr. Dowell has advised the state legis­lature
regarding' appropriations which must
be had in order to maintain Auburn's
standard as a first class college.
The program of appropriations present­ed
by Dr. Dowell will present reasonable
progress to the growing needs of the
school. Besides some increase in the fund
for maintenance, the program proposes the
expenditure of new buildings, to be ex­pended
$250,000 annually for four years.
It also urged the need of at least four
substations for agricultural research, locat­ed
in the midst of several subdivisions of
the state, which nature has provided to
increase its adaptability to many uses and
to multiply its agricultural problems.
The unified educational program does
not provide for this research land and
equipment, which must be located in the
various sections of the State, and it has
had nothing to do with the work done at
the college.
The legislative committee was shown
the needs and it was left to them to find
the remedy. If provided for at the im­pending
session of the legislature, the four
stations proposed and several experimental
fields can be placed in operation early in
1928.
FRIENDSHIPS THAT ENDURE
"Am passing through on the Piedmont
Tuesday. Meet train if possible." Such
was the substance of a telegram received
recently by a student. He had,not heard
from the writer for over a year, but at
the unexpected moment the above message
was received.
We spend four years of our life behind
college walls, and little realize while we
are here the friendships that are being
formed. We may know every fellow by
name and some we may not know other
than by their faces. But when we have
taken our place in after life college w Em­ories
bring with them the thoughts of
those we knew while there and the won­derful
friends each of us had in every
fellow around us. Maybe those friendships
av;;-r.ot so pronounced, but a little te'e
gram like the one abovi or a card at
Christmas time; all are bur. manifestations
of friendship. They let us know, even
though miles may separate us, that that
old friendly feeling is there.
As college friends we must at some time
depart, as fades the. falling day. Each
of us must go forth to conquer in other
fields. And though we do this we do not
forget the pals we knew, and the college
we love, the beautiful memories of which
will ever be entwined about our hearts.
PREPARATION
Congressman M. C. Allgood visited Au­burn
the past week, and the Freshman
class had the good fortune to hear a short
but very interesting talk made by him at
the convocation exercises last Tuesday.
Mr. Allgood emphasized the fact that
Auburn is a spiritual as well as a mental
school. Auburn survives in a religious
and spiritual atmosphere and one attending
school here lives in that atmosphere.
The students here today are preparing
themselves for service tomorrow, for school
is but the preparation of the soil of one's
life before the seed have been planted.
Going through school is like going up­stream;
one must have grit, persistence,
and determination to make any headway.
The students who have worked out their
own problems are those who have attained
success, for success is dependent on the
solution of one's problems by himself. To
be able" to solve tlje difficulties which arise,
one must learn to concentrate* He must
also work to put forth the best that is in
him if he hopes to be able to get the best
in return.
(Note: This weeks issue edited by the
news editor in the absence of the editor.)
With Other Colleges
The "Class of '28" at the University of
Maryland gave their prom last week. This
dance was held at the new Willard Hotel
in Washington, and was attended by over
three hundred and fifty couples. They
were "snapped" by a photographer, and
their group picture made a striking ap­pearance
on the front page of The Dia-mondback,
student publication, last week.
* * * * *
A class at George Washington Universi­ty
recently waited fifteen minutes for an
instructor and then dispersed. The next
day the professor claimed to have been in
class because he had left his hat on the
desk. On the following day, upon enter­ing
the classroom, he was greeted with
rows of chairs occupied by hats, but not
one student. Our informant does not state
whether or not the professor left his hat
and went home.—New 'Student.
* * * * *
We were interested to note that the
heads of the University of California are
making the same kind of changes in their
honor system that Auburn is planning on
making. It is even more drastic in some
ways, than ours will be when we change
it. The_following is a correct copy of the
official notice given out by Dr. W. W.
Campbell, president of that great insti­tution.
"To make an examination valid it is
necessary that each pupil participating
therein shall, at the end of his examination
paper, write and sign his or her name to
the following statement:
"I hereby certify upon my honor that
I have neither given or received unauthor­ized
assistance in this examination.
"Any examination paper not closing with
this certification, will be assigned grade
'F'." •
* * * * * *
As the ballots come in, from the recent
vote at the University of Cincinnatti, on
the question of Co-eds' smoking on the
campus, the sentiment seems to be. over­whelmingly
in favor of giving them the
right to smoke where they wish. That
is what we call Democracy, if anyone hap­pens
to ask you.
"There is a sex war on at Oxford Uni­versity,
England. From time to time, the
Isis, the men's journal, comes out with an
indictment of the policy of harboring wo­men
in the ancient citadel of men. Even
since women have been admitted to the
University,, the men have been hostile.
"Jealousy is the motive of the men, the
women declare. Every woman at the
university is an honor student. So rigid
is the examination system that none but
the most intellectual girls pass the gaunt­let.
One Summerville girl recently said
that for the eighty vacancies at her college
last autumn there were 140 applicants. It
is extremely irritating to the men, many of
whom are content with merely the pass
degree, that they should be outshone intel­lectually
by mere women."—New Student.
* * * * * *
"Much excitement resulted on the Uni­versity
of Texas campus when the Honor
Council announced its intentions of post­ing
the names of those found guilty of
cheating in examinations. A' straw vote
was taken by the Daily Texan, revealing
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
¥ BLIND TIGER
In addition to the total number of hours
of work required for graduation from
Auburn, there are several "extra-curri­cular"
requirements. We can not tike thi
space to print all of them, but will try to
give a hint as to the true nature of these
said requirements. Among them are to
be found: eat three long tons of grits,
two tons of dead cow, one ton of "amal­gamated"
Bull, one dozen crates of 1912
cold storage eggs, hobo your, way to at
least one out-of-the-town football games,
catch a dozen rides to the capital city,
and Birmingham, and walk from Auburn
to Opelika, and know the first and last
lines of our "Alma Mater" song.
* * * * *
He—"What am I supposed to have
stolen?"
Policeman—"An automobile."
He—"All right, go ahead and search
me."—Ex.
* * * * * *
(A Modest Confession)
Charlie Apps was in Birmingham a few
days ago. While driving through the town,
loving very furiously, a cop yelled at him.
"Hey you. Why don't you use both
hands?"
Apps—"I'm afraid to let go the steer­ing
wheel."
* * * * *
Judge—"Before you are hung, do you
have a last request to make?"
Barber—"Yes, your honor, I'd like to
shave the prosecuting attorney just once."
—Exchange.
* * * * *
We have tried to find out who the stin­giest
people in the world are. After look­ing
at everything from several viewpoints,
we are inclined to give the honors to the
two Scotchmen who, after one of them had
dropped a nickel in the river, jumped in
and drowned in the attempt to salvage the
loss.
* * * * *
Meet in the park;
Hugs and kisses—
Two days later
Mr. and Mrs.—Ex.
* * * * *
"The Fireman's daughter may be a red
hot mamma, but it takes the Ice Man to
cool her down."—Davidsonian.
* * * * *
Coach Pitts, in Freshman Math.: "Now
watch the board closely, and I'll go through
it again."
* * * * *
Sonny: "Dad, what is a board of edu­cation?"
Dad: "Well, son, when I went to school,
it was a pine board."
* * * * *
Teacher—"Johnny, what are the two
genders?"
Johnny—"Masculine and feminine. The
masculine are divided into temperate and
intemperate, and the feminine into frigid
and torrid."
Alas! What next? A coed at the Uni-vesity
of Texas recently held up a bank.
Immediately after, a coed at the University
of South Dakota tried to hold up a bank
to get $24.00 that she needed to complete
her registration for the second semester.
THE PROPOSED HONOR SYSTEM
Editor, The Plainsman,
Auburn, Alabama.
Dear Sir:
Recently I had the opportunity of read­ing
over the proposed constitution of the
Honor Committee, which if passed will
provide for the signing of pledges on all
tests and examinations. I have also heard
the opinions of many of the students in
regard to the system proposed.
As one who has seen a great deal of the
functioning of various honor systems, and
as a student very much interested in the
success of a system of honesty at Auburn,
I wish to take this opportunity to present
to the students my sincere thoughts con­cerning
the proposed system here.
The proposed plan providing for the
signing of pledges is an effective plan.
It will eliminate the slighest trace of
cheating. The same pledges, modified to
some degree, are being signed by students
in other institutions of learning through­out
the South. At Washington and Lee
University, and also at the University of
Virginia, where Honor is the dominating
influence of the student body, pledges are
signed. They are reputed to have the
best and most effective honor systems
in the entire South. We can have one
equally as good. If a student does not
cheat he will not be afraid to sign the
pledge. The matter of turning up ones
best friend is no problem worthy of con­sideration.
A true friend is an honest
friend. If he cheats he is stealing from
you as much so as if he took your pocket-book
from your pocket.
Again there is the matter of the repu­tation
of the college. Should the honor
system be abandoned Auburn would get
the black eye and consequently this would
weigh much in determining the value of
the graduate's degree. A degree from
Auburn under the proposed honor system
would pass anywhere as a certificate of
108 students in favor of the plan and
384 opposed.
"The next move will be an amendment
to the honor system prohibiting this dis­ciplinary
measure."—New Student.
* * * * * =i:
Professor Roy Chapman Andrews, in an
address before the student body at Colo­rado
Agricultural College last week, told
of his adventures into the heart of Asia,
while there searching for the birth place
of man. According to his point of view,
Asia is the cradle in which Man was born.
He said that ten out of the thirteen types
of mammalians were found, and that they
proved beyond a doubt, the theory of the
origination of mankind. He also tells of
the finding of a nest of thirteen dinosaur
eggs. These eggs were millions of years
old, having been preserved by the extremely
dry weather in Central Asia. The eggs
were about nine inches in diameter.—R.
M. Collegian.
**.;.*'*"•*.*
One more body of University women at
Northwestern University are tired of hav­ing
the minor officer thrown to them as
sops. They are going out to wrest con­trol
of campus politics from the men.
Twenty-six of the twenty-seven sororities
have banded together to fight the frater­nities,
which, they charge, control all the
elections.—New Student.
W. E. McCurry, a premedical student
and member of the senior class at Furman,
has made good use of his scientific know­ledge
and inventive skill, and prepared a
medicine from watermelon seeds, which is
claimed to be a sure cure for high blood
pressure. This new medicine has been
tested on some of the men students at
Furman, and gave the desired results. A
sample of it was recently sent to the North­western
Medical College at Chicago, 111.,
for further tests.—Hornet.
* * * * * *
At the University of North Carolina,
the Literary Societies are discussing the
question: "Resolved: That it should be a
misdemeanor in the State of North Caro­lina,
to hug, kiss, pet, or otherwise caress;
this not to include engaged couples, close
kin, or first cousins."—Watchtower.
* * * * * *
Juniors and Seniors at the University
of North Carolina who passed their worlc
last semester will not be required to attend
class next semester. Class attendance is
purely optional for all except those who are
on probation.—Tar Heel.
NEW DEFINITION
When an unlicensed driver with one
arm around a girl drives a stolen car with
no lights and no number plates the wrong
way an o one-way street, and after run­ning
past two policemen crashes into a
police station— he's unlucky. — London
Opinion.
Miss Grey—When is Miss Smythe think­ing
of getting married? m
Miss Brown—When isn't she.—Tit Bits.
the real knowledge of the holder. It would
not be a troublesome matter for the grad­uate
to find employment. Employers arc
looking for the man with both education
and honesty.
"There is an honor in business that is
the fine gold of it; that reckons with every
man justly; that loves light; that regards
kindness and fairness more highly than
goods or prices or profits. It becomes a
man more than his furnishings or his
house. It speaks for him in the heart of
everyone. His friendships are serene and
secure. His strength is like a young tree
by a river."
Many students are learning through ex­perience
in the past few days what it
means to crib. If the new system goes
into effect, fear will do much to stop
cheating, and after a time the system
will be shown to be good. When this time
comes we can all be proud of our system,
and the helpful publicity will be sure to
follow.
The students who are men enough to
be guided by their own convictions of
truth, honor, and righteousness; who are
not afraid to stick to their deals, as taught
by their parents, their fraternal organiza­tions,
and their God; who profess to have
a loyalty for their Alma Mater, and do
have it; who are willing to put their con­fidence
in their friends and to go for­ward
without fear and with manly hearts;
these men will stand solidly behind the
proposed plan. Will you support it?
Very truly yours,
A STUDENT.
THIEVES?
Can anyone say that we have students
in Auburn that are thieves? But then,
can anyone say that we haven't? Last
week a text book was left in the Y read­ing
room while the owner was meeting
another class, and when he returned the
book was gone. A few days later this
student was looking through some books
that had recently been turned in at Bur­ton's
Book Store, and there ran across
his book. The clerk stated that she had
bought the book from a student. In iden­tifying
the book, the loser noted that the
front page bearing the name had been
removed.
According to sound reasoining, this is
a case of plain stealing. The man who
bears that reputation is not needed at Au­burn
; and furthermore, he is not wanted
here. He is a dangerous subject to the in­stitution.
Probably he didn't realize, upon
taking the book, that he would be expelled
from college if caught.
I am advocating that we students look
on these things with a more serious at­titude.
Is a text book worth taking a
chance or ruining one's reputation and
respect? I should say no. And in steal­ing
a text book, we ai-e stooping just as
low as if we were stealing Ford's millions.
Let us think seriously of little offenses
before we commit them.
The loss of the book doesn't mean so
very much to the owner, but think of the
reputation it is making for the stealer.
Editor The Plainsman:
Last week's issue of your paper carried
an article pertaining to Joe Givan and his
noted calf raising. I am in no position to
state who is responsible for the article,
but I would like to offer a few words in
defense of the parties concerned.
The article has been criticised in vari­ous
ways—first as a fault of the editor's
in admitting it to the columns of the paper.
This remark was made by one who looked
on the article as totally destructive criti­cism.
And again the article was classed
as being an open slam on the Agricul­tural
Extension Department.
I have concluded that the remarks were
in no wise directed against the extension
work in the least. It was merely a humor­ous
article directed against commonly
known "bull shooting" of the individual in
question. What student has been to Au­burn
who participates in shooting bull ex­tensively
but that has gained notoriety
in some form? Why shouldn't it be hu­morously
presented, without the blame
going to other sources?
By this we can readily see that the ex­tension
department is receiving no slam
whatever. And the editor is certainly no
object of criticism for printing the arti­cle,
since he understood that it was not
written in a critical spirit. We suggest
that the critic turn back and reread the
article, so that he may see why and how
the extension department and our able edi­tor
are not the object of any blur.
"Strong fyind makes a kite sail higher,"
the critic admitted. In that case, why
need the writer be criticised at all? If he
is raising the object of his discourse to
higher planes, why not let him go on with
the good work?
Let's be very careful with our rebuttals,
especially when we are criticising what we
suppose is in itself criticism.
THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
On to Blue Ridge-June 17-26-"The Land of the Sky"
25 Auburn Men Should Go to Blue Ridge;
If You Are Interested Call by the "Y" Office
A TRIP TO BLUE RIDGE
A trip to Blue Ridge this summer
will develop the four essential phases
of your life as will no other exper­ience
that you can obtain, and at the
same time you will help the Y. M. C.
A. by going to Blue Ridge as a dele­gate
from Auburn. The Mental, So­cial;
Spiritual and Physical sides of
your life are reached in a new way
at Blue Ridge.
A routine day consists of the fol­lowing
activities: First, in the morn­ing
we meet for a few minutes of
prayer, we next go to breakfast. Just
after breakfast we have a hill-side
address which is led by some distin­guished
speaker. The students are
then divided into discussion groups
to discuss more fully the subject that
has just been lectured on. The groups
secure the ideas of each individual
at the conference which gives each
person a chance to express his
views. Following these meetings
there is a speech delivered by some
noted lecturer such as Kirby Page.
After this there are several meetings
for editors of college publications.
After lunch the afternoon is devot­ed
to athletics. There is keen rivalry
between the teams of the different
colleges. The games with the moun­tain
climbing develop the body phy­sically
as nothing else can do.
Supper is the' happiest part of -the
day, the dining room is decorated with
banners and penants of every col­lege
represented. During the meals
each delegation gives their favorite
yell for their college. There is much
competition in trying to see which
can give the loudest and best yell.
When supper is over there is a
hillside address which ends a perfect
day at Blue Ridge, a day which is as
full and eventful as any you have ever
spent.
The following are some of the
books that are read and talked about
at Blue Ridge: "The Bible" the book
of books; "The modern use of the
Bible," "Fosdick and Facing Student
Problems," and "The Crash of Col-lor,"
which was the motto of the con­ference
in booklet form.
Personal interviews may be obta­ined
with any speaker at the confer­ence
and this is one of the greatest
chances that the conference gives.
They afford great contacts with the
great leaders, stimulate thought, give
information, develop poise, broaden
outlook, strengthen purpose, and help
you in many other ways.
A problem that may stare some in
the face is the face is the way to get
to Blue Ridge. One of the most en­joyable
ways is to go in an automo­bile.
This is also the cheapest way
to go, but there are many others if
you want to go bad enough.
The conference will prove a great
event in your life and if you are con­templating
a vacation this summer,
Blue Ridge should certainly receive
your consideration first.
THE SPEAKERS AT BLUE RIDGE
Last Summer at Blue Ridge sev­eral
speakers of national repute were
heard. Among these were Sherwood
Eddy, Mordeci Johnson, J. Stitt Wil­son,
Dean Graham of Oberlin and
others. Nor was it an accident that
that there was such an illustrious
group at that particular conference.
Among the speakers that attended
other conferences at Blue Ridge last
Summer were such men as Kirby
Page and Bruce Curry.
To those who are acquainted with
modern thought Sherwood Eddy
needs no introduction. Dr. Eddy
was the principal speaker of the con­ference.
He made five addresses be­sides
the different discussions and
interviews in which he participated.
This is exceptionally unusual, as it
is a hard matter to get a man of
Dr. Eddy's calibre for that period
of time. Among the subjects of his
addresses were such things as sex,
war, meaning of God, etc. These
addresses as well as his discussions
were all very frank and helpful.
" Mordeci Johnson is the president
of Howard University, a school sim­ilar
to Tuskegee, only dealing with
the more classical subjects. Dr.
Johnson gave us,an address on race
relations. In this he expressed some
very sane as well as practical views
on the race question in a search that
would do justice to any orator of
our own race. The negro's side of
this question was indeed interesting.
It is also of interest to know that
Mordeci Johnson was one of the
speakers at Milwaukee last winter, r
The subject of> prayer was dis­cussed
by Dean Graham of Oberlin
College. His ideals would be in­dorsed
by practically anyone who
gave the matter any thought, and
yet, he brought out new thoughts
that had not occurred to us before,
It was exceedingly helpful.
Some of us have heard of J. Stitt
Wilson, of the University of Calif­ornia,
since he visited the campus
some time ago. To those who heard
him, nothing more need be said. He
is a compelling personality, who de­mands
attention, and offers some­thing
worth-while after he has ob­tained
consideration. He has a keen
sense of humor; but humor is not
his sole field. He uses his humor in
a very subtle manner to illustrate
his point, in such a way as gives em­phasis
and keeps his audience in a
good mood. He stayed at Blue Ridge
a day and gave two addresses. These
two were really one theme. He
emphasized the expediency of ris­ing
above the material things of life
or into the "fourth dimension" as he
called it.
Considering this group of speak­ers
as a whole, it would be next to
impossible to obtain a finer group
anywhere for such a conference. And
yet that is what the Y. M. C. A. is
doing for all the conferences. There
were equally illustrious speakers for
other conferences held at Blue Ridge
last summer, and a brilliant group
of men will speak this summer. This
makes Blue Ridge worth while, even
if the speakers were the sole confer­ence.
But the other activities, with
the privilege of listening to some of
the greatest speakers in America,
makes the trip to Blue Ridge a real
opportunity, which is well worth any
effort.
A MEETING PLACE IN GOD'S
GREAT OUT-OF-DOORS
Blue Ridge is the Southern Y. M.
C. A. conference grounds and is lo­cated
in the western part of North
Carolina about fifteen miles from
Ashville. Blue Ridge is reached by
a picturesque motor road of beauty,
grandeur, splendor and scenic magni-ficance,
and presents opportunity for
a wonderful journey to the top of
Eastern America.
On the side of each road and trail,
flower and shrub, bush and tree,
scatter a profusion of rich color,
lending pleasing varieties of land­scape.
Laurel and rhododendron,
nourished in the rich primeval for
Robert E. Lee Hall, Center of Blue Ridge
ests, and fed by numerous streams
that wind their ways to the valleys,
purling through the grasses, chatter­ing
over the pebbles, cascading in a
feathery midst like a "downward
smoke" as they tumble over some
sheer precipice, everything displaying
the soft colorings of varied hued pat­terns
as can be made by millions of
black-eyed Susans, gleaming amid
starry commos and the larkspur of
many tints against the backgrounds
of ferns, while all runs a gleaming
of lichens and mosses as a darker
web in nature's master tapestry.
Aside from the stately mountain
splendor, which is not excelled on
the globe, it is a very ideal place for
our conference grounds, just out of
the buzz of our every day life and
where silence reigns, it is very easy
for us to lay aside the duties of eve­ry
day life and seek higher things
which are of more value and the only
things that really count in the end.
PLANS FOR AG.
CLUB BANQUET
ARE BEING MADE
One man
fells another
ATHLETICS
One does not lack for athletic
amusement at Blue Ridge. Ample
space has been provided for the sport
loving delegates in tennis courts,
baseball field, swimming pool and vol­ley
ball courts. Hiking is enjoyed
by a great many. Trails are cut
through dense undergrowth of the
mountains in this section of unsur­passed
natural beauty and lookout
points afford a panorama of country
beautiful beyond description. In such
a land delegates from the schools and
colleges of the South vie in contests
of physical skill and ability. Ten­nis,
baseball and swimming tourna­ments
are held and competition is
strong between the rival colleges. In
the summer of 1922 when the writer
was a delegate to the Southern Stu­dents
Conference our old rival, Ga.
Tech, sent a large delegation in which
were a number of their athletes. Why
can't Auburn send a splendid repre­sentation
this year. Auburn has a
cottage conveniently situated and ar­ranged;
The railroad fare will be
paid by the local Y. M. C. A. Why
not count yourself among the num­ber
to enjoy the sports this summer
in "the land of the sky?"
Plans are being made by the Agri­cultural
club to make this year's Ag.
Christian companionship, the leader­ship
afforded at Blue Ridge was an
inspiration to me to live a more
Christ-like life. I will never forget
the days that I spent at Blue Ridge
and look forward to my next visit
there."
—Sam Mosley.
Blue Rdige "the land where moun­tains
touch the sky" and "students
fear no longer to live the Christian
way." Ten days with Christian stu­dents,
fellowship that's unsurpassed,
and the religious atmosphere that
prevails at Blue Ridge will mean
more to a student than several weeks
spent in college.
H. G. McColl, Jr.
Ten days of the most enjoyable
and inspiring type possible in the
most beautiful country on earth.
Club Banquet, to be held April 15, the
best ever put on by the Ag. Club.
The Ag. Club banquet is an annual
affair and is always looked forward
to by Agricultural students and older
Ag men residing on the campus as the
outstanding event of the year.
This year for the first time in Ag.
Club history a dance will be an added
attraction to the evening's entertain­ment.
Besides the usual entertainment
accompanying the average banquet,
the program is made more interesting
and entertaining by the awarding at
this time the Gamma Sigma Delta
loving cup to the best all around jun­ior
in the Agricultural courses; and
the awarding of the Ag. Club diplo­mas
to seniors who have met the re­quirements
of the club.
The Club never fails to secure an
interesting speaker for this occasion.
At last year's banquet Senator Hugo
Black was the outstanding speaker
for the evening.
Tickets will be on sale next week
and all loyal Ag men are urged to
purchase a ticket for one or two
(two preferably) and be on hand for
their share of the evenings festivities
and entertainments.
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IMPRESSIONS OF BLUE RIDGE
Blue Ridge seemed to me a cove of
loneliness of mountains and clouds,
stars and birds touched by the hand
of God. The spirit is that of life.
In the beautiful atmosphere one real­ly
finds' that life is worth while and
there is something in the great uni­verse
for each one of us.
—Mildred Cheshire.
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Blue Ridge gives one more aspi­ration
to do the right things in life
a more enthusiastic way than any
place that I know.
Ten days at the Students Confer­ence
attending lectures by the great
leaders, hikes over the wonderful
handiworks of God and entering the
athletic activities in the spirit of riv­alry
will mean more than many
months of college work under less in­spiring
conditions.
—Royce C. Crawford.
While at the conference I realiz­ed
that Blue Ridge was a part of
God's "Great Plan."
—Rubye Russell.
My impression of Bludge Ridge is
"Be still and know that I am God,"
and, "I will lift up mine eyes unto
the hills from whence cometh all my
help."
—Alberta Procter.
"Blue Ridge was a revelation to me
of God's greatness. The Christian
fellowship of the assembly added
much to its attractiveness and ming­ling
with other southern college men
with the same ideals and purposes
was well worth the expenses incurred
while at Blue Ridge. Besides the
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PAGE FOUR . THE PLAINSMAN
SPORTS Tigers Off To Tech Relays SPORTS
Baskin and Snyder Again
Stop Tulane Green Wave
Tigers Victorious
Over Green Wave
In First of Series
To say that this is the time for
Tulane to think of the Tiger fun­eral
is a statement that can be easi­ly
proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
One has only to look through the of-fical
records for the past year for
the proof that the Tigers are really
stepping on the boys from the Cres­cent
City. When Pearce grabbed
those two points down there that
meant that Tulane was beaten, he
only started a long story. Since then
the Greenbacks have met the Tigers
seven times and have been clawed
seven times. The past week while
the flingers from skeeter country
were the guests of the Tigers at the
Village lair, Coach Hutsell was car­rying
on his work way down on the
Mississippi. The Plainsmen scored
an easy victory over the Tulane track
team in the first inter-collegiate
track meet to be held in New Or­leans
this season. The boys always
believe in starting anything off right
and they knew no right way except
to win. This they did, 72-40.
Baskin was the individual of the |
contest
WEEMIE BASKIN
burn, first; Creel, Auburn, second;
40 feet. Pole valut—Davidson, Tu­lane,
first; Creel, Auburn, second; 11
feet. 120 high hurdles—Baskin, Au­burn,
first; Davis, Tulane, second;
12.5 sec. 440 dash—Tamplin, Au­burn,
first; Lodriguez, Tulane, sec­ond;
55 sec. Two mile run—Monroe,
Tulane, first; Morrow, Auburn, sec­ond;
10 48 4/5.
Discus — Fraler, Auburn, first;
He entered six events and I Baskin, Auburn, second; 114.5 feet.
won three and placed second in two
others. The high jump, a new field
to him, was the only event that he
failed to place in. Tulane took the
whole show in this event. Snyder
won the 100 and the 220. His time
was 10 and 22 respectively.
One-Hundred yard dash—Snyder,
Auburn, first; Whatley, Tulane, sec­ond;
10 sec. One mile—LeBlanc,
Tulane, first; Duncan, Auburn, sec­ond;
4 45 2/5. 220 dash—Snyder,
Auburn, first; Thomas, Tulane, sec­ond;
22 sec. Shot put—Baskin, Au-
High jump—Ryan, Tulane, first;
Chamberlain, Tulane, second; 5-ft.
7.5-in. 220 yard low hurdles—Bas­kin,
Auburn, first; Beard, Auburn,
second. Time: 25 2/5 seconds.
Javelin—White, Auburn, first;
Baskin, Auburn, second; distance:
157 feet, 7 1/2 inches.
Broad jump—Hepworth, Auburn,
first; Beard, Auburn, second; dis­tance:
21 feet, 4 1/2 inches. Half
mile—LeBlanc, Tulane, first; Tam­plin,
Auburn, second; time: 2 min­utes,
9.5 seconds.
PLAINSMEN COP SECOND FROM
TULANE; FOURTH S. C. VICTORY
Fob James, Star First Baseman for I of the season, but it is doubtful. With
Fob out of the line-up, it is going to
go hard on Ebb, Ben and "Bullet"
who have played together in the in­field
for two years. But Wattwood
will be right there and if any can
take care of the vacant place, it is
surely he.
Auburn, Suffers Painful
Injury
Concluding the first week of ball,
the Auburn Tigers appeared very
good. Five victories out of as many
starts and four from S. C. foes upon
which we will have to depend for our
Conference percentage. But, a ser­ious
mishap befell the team in the loss
of Fob James, star first baseman for
two years. Very likely he will be out
for the remainder of the season.
"Lefty" Watwood of last year's "frat"
team will hold down the vacant posi­tion
unless Coach Morey sees fit to
make a change.
As usual, Auburn jumped in the
lead in the very first inning scor­ing
four runs when Ellis, Allen, San-key
and Wallis completed a trip
around the sacks. In the hit column
for the inning, Sankey registered a
double and E. James a single. In
the fifth frame, Allen sent a long one
to right and accepted a ruling of
three bases on the hit. Sankey then
singled to center, scoring Allen easi­ly.
The last run was scored by
"Rupe" Ingram. He singled to right,
went to third on passed balls and
came home on Hitchcock's hit to third.
On the mound, we see two new
pitchers for the season. Potter start­ed
things rolling but due to a sore
arm was relieved in the fourth by
Bill Lee. Lee pitched very well, only
allowing two men to get safe hits in
the last six innings. This was his
first appearance in a Varsity uni­form.
For the Olive and White, Por­ter
stood the total strain. After the
first inning he pitched air tight ball,
only allowing two scores and six
hits.
Ben Sankey led the batters with
three hits in four trips to the plate.
This is the second time Ben has ac­complished
this feat in one week. His
average looks mighty good for a be­ginning.
Incidentally, Sankey was the
only Auburn player to get more than
one hit and one of his was a double
at that. Sizeler, the Tulane catch­er,
led his mates with two bingles
out of three chances. He and Sankey
seemed to be right for the day.
Auburn lost more than a base­ball
game Saturday when Fob James
fractured his leg a little above the
ankle while sliding into second. It
is possible that he may be able to re­appear
in a uniform at the very last
TULANE:
Player, Pos.
Browne, rf
Warner, 2b
Baumbach, cf
Sizeler, c
O'Pry, lb
Putker, lb
Burns, ss
Crouere, If
Martin, 3b
Porter, p
McCloskey, x
Smith, xx
AB.
3
3
4
3
1
1
2
2
2
4
0
0
R.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
H.
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
PO.
1
2
1
3
3
8
1
1
1
0
0
0
A.
0
4
0
1
0
0
3
0
1
2
0
0
E.
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
Totals 25 0 4 21 11 3
x Batted for Crouere in ninth.
xx Batted for Martin in ninth.
AUBURN:
Player, Pos.
Ellis, cf
Taylor, cf
Allen, 2b
Smith, 2b
Sankey, ss
F. James, lb
Currie, If
Wallis, rf
E. James, c
Ingram, c
Hitchcock, 3b
Wattwood, lb
Potter, p
Lee, p
AB.
3
0
2
0
4
2
2
3
1
2
3
3
1
2
R.
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
H.
0
0
1
0
3
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
PO.
2
0
4
2
2
2
3
2
2
0
1
3
0
0
A.
1
0
3
0
4
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
E.
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
Smashing out eight hits and scor­ing
eleven runs in the first inning of
the scheduled two game series with
Tulane, the Auburn nine rode com­pletely
over all the visitors could
offer. Coach Morey sent his boys
in to win and they did not take much
time to cinch the bacon. Tulane, play­ing
their first game of the season
and patched up with quite a few
green players, was quite erratic in
the opening but afterwards settled
down and played fine ball. All of
their errors came in the first two
frames and the relief pitcher gave
up only three hits.
Akin came through in the first
with his second home run of the sea­son
and scored Ebb James ahead of
him. Pitcher McGhee, playing his
first game in a Varsity uniform,
slammed out the first triple to be
hit on the new field. Ebb James
started off strong, getting two sin­gles
in his only-two trips to the plate.
Wattwood, Smith, Currie, Ingram,
Wright and Taylor were other new
artists to represent the College. For
newcomers, they all did fairly well
and offer much promise as future
stars.
Auburn started off hard in the
first inning after Tulane failed to
register a man past first. Ellis flew
out to center, Allen singled, went to
third on the second basemans error;
Sankey going to second. Allen came
home, Sankey following and Fob
James went to second on another er­ror;
by short this time. Wallis went
out, second to first, and James went
to third on the play. E. James sin­gled
to center, scoring his brother.
James stole second, and came home
when Akin cleared off the whole
field with a home run over center
field. Hitchcock sent a long grounder
to short and was thrown out at first.
Tulane repeated her performance
of the first inning. Allen's fast play
featuring the half. He had taken
part in five of the first six put-outs.
Auburn, 5; Tulane, 0. McGhee tri­ples
to center. Ellis walks, steals sec­ond.
Allen knocks a hot one to third,
Martin miscues; McGhee and Ellis
home. Sankey then singles to right,
Allen taking third. Pat Browne
makes a bad throw in and Sankey
runs to second while Allen cirles the
other base. Fob James singles to
center, Sankey having stolen second,
comes home.- James proceeds to sec­ond
on a snappy steal and takes third
on an error by Warner and is re­placed
by Wattwood on the sack. Joe
Wallis then sends Lefty around when
he duplicates James' hit to right. E.
James singles and advances Wallis
Vienna High Goes
Out In The Finals
Fla. Hurling Ace
Shuts Out Auburn
In Second Game
For the first time since athletics
were initiated in Southern colleges,
an Auburn Varsity team bowed to
their opponents from the University
of Florida. And although it was
previously stated that Monday's game
was the best likely to be seen this
year, we will have to reform that
statement and now will say that the
two games on the campus with the U
of F. were the two best and hardest
fought games ever seen. Again it is
the same old story; namely, a pitch­ers'
duel. And this time our wor­thy
visitor Royal "Pretty Boy" Un-triener,
who hails from Pensacola,
had the honor of doing what his fel­low
cohort," "Tiny" Chaplin could not
quite accomplish. For Auburn, "Po"
Pat Moulton held the helm and did
exceedingly well in keeping the "Ga­tors"
from hitting him but was a bit
off in putting the pill over the exact
spot.
The total number of hits registered
for the game were only five and
Auburn claimed three of these. But
Florida was lucky enough to get four
men on the first sack on errors and
five obtained free trips by the walk­ing
method. No player hit more
than a single and no player register­ed
more than one hit to boost his av­erage.
A few more pitchers like
Florida brought up *here and the
Tigers wil have to do away with bat­ting
averages, it appears.
The only run of the game came in
the sixth inning when the "Gators' "
short-stop, Owens, was walked, and
went to third on a bingle by Provost
at the needed moment, after Bit Tur-to
third. Akin offered a beautiful
fly to deep center scoring Wallis and
allowing E. James to take second.
Hitchcock grounded out to short­stop
and Barnham retired the side
by striking out McGhee.
Tulane's runs came in the sixth and
eighth innings, one and two in the
respective innings. Auburn's twelf­th
score was the result of a single
and stolen base by Currie and a sin­gle
by Wattwood.
McGhee pitched an awfully good
game allowing three singles and strik­ing
out six. All of the runs scored
against him were the results of
passed balls which were quite numer
ous during the last few innings.
TULANE:
Tigers Lose Game
to Lions on Campus
Wednesday 8 to 6
The Tigers lost their second
straight game to the Montgomery
Lions in a game that was almost a
disgrace to the sport. This condi­tion
was brought about by the atti­tude
of the visitors. After getting
away to a comfortable lead early in
the game they started loafing, think­ing
that they were safe. Later when
the Tigers started hitting everything
that was offered and crossing the
plate quite often, the Montgomery
team started the killing time. This
was only interesting in that it was
peculiar by the different ways they
could manage to stall. That prac­tice
might be alright in their league
where a win means something mate­rially,
but for them to play an ama-tuer
team and stall them out of a
chance to win is in our estimation
an example of bad sportsmanship.
The team seemed to think it was a
good joke, but they at least have the
opinion of the Auburn students. We
are not used to that kind of baseball.
Of course ours was all to win and
nothing to loose and theirs was the
other way, but we still feel that they
should have been sports enough to
have played it out in a decent man­ner.
The most interesting point of the
game was the fact that "Buck" Ellis
got two hits. Now that "Buck" has
his eye on the old pill our stock has
taken a rise. All the boys were able
to hit yesterday too. The work of
some of the substitutes was all that
could be expected. Smith at second
handled seven chances without a
miss and got one hit. Wattwood, who
has been assigned at first since the
injury of James, handled twelve
chances perfectly. This big boy from
Alex City got a hit too. To Seremba
goes the autographed broken hat for
his spectacular stop of a hard hit
ball through his territory. It was
labeled a hit, but he tore the label
off when it got to him.
Auburn Wins Pitcher's
Duel from U. of Florida
In one of the best and closest games
to be played on the campus this sea­son,
Coach Morey's Auburn Tigers
came from behind to defeat the Flor­ida
"Gators" by the score of 2 to 1.
The visitors were in the lead for the
first seven innings but in the eighth
they allowed one run to be scored;
and lost the game in the ninth when
Juniors Take Rats
in Tow Upholding
Class Traditions
Running true to past traditions
and fighting every second of the
thirty-six minutes allotted them, the
Juniors of this year put a stop to the
hopes of the present freshmen on
having their numeral on either tank
for another year at least. The Jun­ior
line proved to be the bulwark
against which the freshmen were un­able
to gain consistently. To off
set this Haygood, the driving, twist­ing,
tearing, fullback of the Juniors,
never failed to gain when he hit the
line. He was a mountain on the de­fense
too. When a Rat managed to
get through the line he was soon sor­ry,
because when he did get through
he was always met by the battering
ram. The failure of the Rats' pass j l y in the vacancy left by Fob James
they failed to register and the Vil­lagers
put over a run with no outs to
end the tilt. For Auburn, "Cush"
Wood did the hurling. For Florida,
"Tiny" Chaplin performed.
If there was ever a battle of wits
by pitchei's, this surely was it. Not
a man was allowed to take a free
trip to first by either pitcher. Sev­eral
times each hurler threw ever
three balls and came back with three
strikes. Wood was touched for a
total of six hits, three being in the
second frame while his opponent held
the Plainsmen hitless for the first
five innings and only allowed four
in the next four. Chaplin was big,
in form, had plenty of steam, and
was an all-round pitcher. He looked
very much like our old friend, Sheri­dan,
of last year. This was the sec­ond
time Wood had entered the box
and his second victory, both being
against the best pitchers in the South.
He looks like a sure winner and we
hope he will keep in the habit.
Ben Sankey absolutely has the hab­it!
He is soaking the pill, as the
slang goes, for an average of 500 and
obtained two hits against Chaplin.
He was the only man to get more
than a single hit and one of these was
a triple, in the ninth when it was
most needed.
Lefty Wattwood performed perfect-
Player, Pos.
Browne, rf
Warner, 2b
Baumback, cf
Sizeler, c
O'Pry, lb
Burns, ss
Couere, If
Martin, 3b
Barnham, p
McCloskey, p
Smith, x
AB
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
0
2
0
R.
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
H.
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
PO.
1
3
2
2
5
2
0
2
0
0
0
A.
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
E.
1
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
Totals 28 6 8 23 12 4
SUMMARY:
Two base hits: Sankey. Three base
hits: Allen. First base on balls: off
Lee, 5; Potter, 1; Porter, 4. Left on
bases: Auburn, 5; Tulane, 8. First
base on errors: Auburn, 1; Tulane,
2. Struck out: Lee, 2; Porter, 3.
Double plays: Burns to Warner to
O'Pry; Ellis to E. James to Allen
to E. James; Hitchcock to Allen to
F. James; Sankey to Allen to Watt­wood.
Passed balls: Auburn, 1; Tu­lane,
1. Hit by pitcher: Lee (Cro­uere).
Sacrifice hits: Hitchcock.
Stolen bases: Sankey (2), Wallis.
Weather—Clear.
Attendance—2,800.
Umpires—Bridges and Johnson.
Although the Georgia boys failed
.to win the National championship
in basketball, the team that put them
out of the running was none other
than the new champions of the na­tion.
It will be remembered by all
who saw them play here in the re­cent
Cotton States Tournament what
a smooth working combination they
presented. They were a band of
fighters that were unrivaled for pep
and dash to the last whistle, regard­less
of the score. When the picking
of the All-Star five for the National
tournament came around it was only
to be expected that Captain Camp­bell
of Vienna would be in the line­up.
There he was too, along with
five other Southern boys. From 43
teams from all over the nation, this
All-Star team was picked and four
Southern boys landed berths and on­ly
one from other sections. Edward
Kawayski of Morton Hi, Cicero, 111.,
the winners of the championship, was
the only non-southern man on the
picked team. The others were Wes­ley
Carpenter, Batesville, Ark.; Alex
Rodgers, Florence, Miss. This should
give us more idea as to just how our
prep schools line up against those of
the other sections of the country.
Though the championship went to a
northern team, the southern boys
were in it to the last and the num­ber
of them that were picked as the
best men in the contest shows the
class of players they are.
Totals 22 3 2 17 9 6
x Batted for Martin in eighth.
AUBURN:
Player, Pos.
Ellis, cf
Allen, 2b
Sankey, ss
F. James, lb
Wallis (C), rf.
E. James, c
Akin, If
Hitchcock, 3b
McGhee, p
Smith, 2b
Currie, ss
Wattwood, lb, x
Ingram, c
Wright, c
Taylor, If
AB
3
2
2
1
4
2
2
3
4
1
1
1
1
0
0
R.
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
H.
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
PO.
2
3
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
9
0
1
0
A.
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
E.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Totals 27 12 11 18 9 2
x Ran for F. James at third in sec­ond.
SUMMARY:
Three base hits: McGhee. Home
runs: Akin. Wild pitches: McGhee.
First on balls: off McGhee, 5; off
Barnham, 1; of McCloskey, 2. Left
on bases: Auburn, 4; Tulane, 6. First
base on errors: Auburn, 3; Tulane,
2. Struck out: by McGhee, 6; by
Barnham, 1; by McCloskey, 2. Pass­ed
balls: Auburn, 5; Tulane, 1. Hit
by pitcher: McGhee, 1. Stolen bases:
Auburn, 6; Tulane, 0.
Attendance—3,000.
Weather—Clear.
Umpires—Bridges and Johnson.
ner had flayed out to right field.
Then Hitchcock fumbled Legano's
hard grounder and failed to get Ow­ens
out at home. The next two bat­ters,
Thrower and Helveston were
put out by the fly ball problem.
Auburn never had a chance to
score, never a man past the center
sack and never two men on the bas­es
at once. In the nine innings, only
two extra men faced Untriener. All
through the game he had the battel's
on their toes, wondering what variety
of curve was coming towards them
or would it be slow or fast. He nev­er
weakened nor did he become rat­tled
but stood his ground and gave
the best that he had whether he was
in a hole or not. As did Chaplin and
Wood the previous day, he allowed
only one man a free trip to the initial
sack.
As to fielding, Auburn was not at
her best. Four errors were chalked
up against four different players.
Florida, however, only made one mis-cue.
Her fielders were fleet and ac­curate.
Provost in right field for the
vistors led his mates in the outside
gardens with five put outs out of
five chances.
This game marked the first South'
ern Conference defeat of the season
but the day is young and Auburn has
a mighty good chance of coming
through. The next meeting wtih the
Florida boys will decide the tie. There
wil be three games played in Talla­hassee
on April 26, 27, and 28.
Auburn's next series will be with
the Tech "Yellow Jackets" in the
Capitol City this wfeek-end. Tech
has lost three Conference games so
far but before the week is over, we
hope she may be able to say that she
bowed to the best baseball team in
Dixie; Coach Morey's Tigers.
FLORIDA:
Player, Pos.
Oosterhoudt If,
Beck, cf
Owens, ss
Turner, lb
Provost, rf
Langano, 3b
Thrower, 2b
Helverson, c
Untriener, p
AB
4
3
3
1
3
2
3
3
4
R.
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
H.
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
PO
2
2
1
13
5
1
2
1
0
A.
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
4
4
E.
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Totals 26 1 2 27 11 1
(Continued on page 6)
attack was due to some brilliant in­terference
from the big boy too. He
was into everything every second he
was in the game.
The Rats presented a backfield of
broken runners that were hard to
beat, but they failed only because
their line could not hold for them to
get started. Several times they were
downed behind their own line. The
Rats had a pair of good ends and an
excellent center, but the rest of the
line was weak due to inexperience.
The Rats lost their chance to score
when they tried a fake pass from
place kick formation. With a line
that holds this would have worked
but the whole Junior line was back
into this play before it had time to
develop. Their other chance was on
a trick that failed to work, as Dogett
turned it into a gain for his team
by intercepting the pass.
The Junior offense was built
around the hard-hitting fullback
from Brewton. His line plunges
were always good for from one to
ten yards, and his fakes always serv­ed
to draw the defense away from the
play and let the other Junior backs
gain. The Junior counter came as
the result of a continued drive that
started near their own goal posts
and didn't end until the far goal was
crossed. Haygood gained quite a bit
of this ground but a long pass to
Alexander was the big light of the
drive. This was followed by a neat
gain through the line by Haygood
and then he faked through again and
let Copeland carry the ball over the
other side of the line unmolested. A
desperate try for the point after
touchdown failed only by inches. This
ended the scoring for the day, but
not the excitement.
This was perhaps the cleanest and
hardest fought games of the series.
There was nerver a time when the de­cision
was evident until the final
whistle ended the game. With only
one touchdown without the extra
point as a margin to work on the
Juniors were striving desperately to
keep the Rats away from their goal.
The Rats were just as desperate in
their efforts because they knew one
slip would tie the game and give a
better than even chance to win.
The championship team was coach­ed
by Pearce and Shoots while the
Rats were under the guidance of
Long and Ellis.
Line-ups: Juniors—Alexander and
Richardson, ends; Sitz and Scott, tac­kles;
Chambers and Pearce, guards;
Gregory, center; Haygood, fullback;
Moore, quarter; and Sims and Cope-land,
halves; Subs: Kenny and Wood
all, halves; Dogett, quarter. For the
Rats, Bethel and Nagley, ends; Moore
and Leach, tackles; Wooten and Stew-ars,.
guards; Green, center; Jones,
quarter; Bryant and Taylor, halves;
and Primm, fullback. Subs: Collins,
Daniles, Crawford. Time of quart­ers:
10:8; 10:8. Score 6-0, Juniors.
Referee, Papke.
at first. He had twelve chances and
made them all good. His batting eye
was a bit off, however, but every
ball player has his day, so they say.
Florida jumped into the lead in the
third frame, when Chaplin singled
over to second with one man out. He
went to third on Beck's single, after
Oosterhoudt had struck out and came
home on Owens' single to left. Turn­er
went out, second to first to retire
the side.
Chaplin had little trouble until the
sixth, when Akin singled to right but
he pulled out of this hole as he suc­ceeded
in doing in the seventh after
Sankey hit a Texas Leaguer to right.
But he failed to stand the fast go­ings
and in the eighth, Akin started
things off. He went to first on an
error by short, was advanced to
third when Wood was hit on the arm
by Chaplin. Then came one of the
feature plays of the game. Wood was
advanced to second and Akin went
to third on a double steal. Ellis was
touched out by the catcher, but
"Rough" Ed Allen sacrificed Akin
home on a hit to Chaplin who threw
to first. Wattwood then hit a hot
one to first which was pulled down
by Turner.
In the ninth, Florida could not get
the ball pass the out fielders and Au­burn
came to the bat with the score
tied, 1-1. Then came the fire works.
Sankey, the first man up, tripled
over the center fielders head and Joe
Wallis hit a Texas Leaguer to left,
scoring Ben and ending the game.
FLORIDA:
AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
4 0 0 1 0 0
3 0 1 0
Player, Pos.
Oosterhoudt, If
Beck, cf
Owens, ss
Turner, lb
Provost, If
Langano, 3b
Gamble, 2b
Sarra, c
Chaplin, p
0
14
0
0
1
1
1
Totals
AUBURN:
Player, Pos.
Ellis, cf
Allen, 2b
Wattwood, lb
Sankey, ss
Wallis, rf
Hitchcock, 3b
E. James, c
Akin, If
Wood, p
33
AB
4
3
4
4
3
2
3
2
1
1
R.
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
6 18
H. PO
0 1
0 1
0 12
2 0
1 3
0 1
0 1
1 2
0 0
14
A.
0
4
0
3
0
1
1
0
0
3
E.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Totals 26 2 4 21 9 1
SUMMARY:
Three base hits: Sankey. Two base
hits: Sarra. Left on bases: Auburn,
6; Florida, 6. First base on errors:
3. Struck out: by Wood, 6; by Chap­lin,
2. Hit by pitcher: by Chaplin
(Hitchcock); by Wood (Gamble).
Sacrifice hits: Allen; stolen bases:
Akin, Wood.
Weather—Sunny.
Attendance—2,750.
Umpires—Bridges and Johnson.
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tain that the country is partially
ready for the five day week, but in
its application to industry shall con­stitute
a five day plant week with
six days pay and not a five day man
week. I will uphold the economic
side of the question and in order to
accomplish this it is necessary that
we go back into history.
Early in the 19th century, the
predominating work day was from
sunrise to sunsqt, with mechanics
working twelve hours or more, tex­tile*
employees being less fortunate
for in the New England mills the
work period ranged from thirteen
to sixteen hours per day, and this
applied to men, women and children
as well.
The first short hour movement was
made by the journeyman carpenters
of Boston in 1825.
Following this between 1835 and
1840 there was a general movement
among the wage earners along the
Atlantic coast to establish a ten
hour day and their movement was
materially aided by the assistance of
President Van Buren, who in April
1840, proclaimed a ten hour day for
the Navy yard and other public es­tablishments
in Washington.
There was a gradual shortening of
the hours of labor to ten in practical­ly
all industries, although as late as
1865 there remained a number of
New England mills operating under
the thirteen hour regime.
Immediately after the close of the
Civil War, the National Labor Union
was organized and its conventions
declared in favor of the eight hour
day.
The work of their organization al­lied
with the tireless zeal of Ira
Stewart of Boston, brought about
the adoption of the eight hour day,
which was in practice in the Navy
yard, in Charleston, Massachusetts,
in 1842.
The convention of the American
Federation of Labor in 1882 summed
up the conclusions of labor's clearest
thinkers when they declared that the
progressive shortening of the work
day will not disturb, jar, confuse or
throw out of order the present wage
system.
Instead it is a measure that will
permanently increase wages, without
at the same time, increasing the cost
of production.
This declaration read in connec­tion
with the one made by the Ameri
can Federation of Labor in Detroit
in October, 1926, indicates that the
policy of that organization has been
evolutionary instead of revolution-
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ary, and that it has been based upon
experiences and the deliberate weigh­ing
of facts instead of depending
upon theories and academic conclu­sions.
The plea for the shortening of
the work week was instituted in 1908
with a remarkable victory for the
laborer, and in 1919 following its
frequent use, during the war period,
the five day, week stepped into the in­dustrial
limelight with a pleasing ef­fect
until today we find it in rather
general use in many of our indus­trial
organizations, the most notable
perhaps being the Henry Ford plant.
The opposition to the shorter work
period placed its main dependence
in economic argument. Output and
production increasingly, the point of
contention. During this expanse of
years what then has been the eco­nomic
results, the effect on the vol­ume
of production, of these reduc­tions
in the hours of labor from six­teen
and thirteen to eight hours per
day, and from six to five and one
half and at the present, in many in­stances,
to five days per week.
And primarily what will be the ef­fect
upon our industries as a whole,
should the five day week Become uni­versal?
Now if the experiences of
the past century and particularly the
past twenty-five or thirty years, are
a safe criterion the established an­swer
is both definite and reassur­ing.
When the American carpenters
first sounded their plea for a ten
hour day, multitudes of economists
and employees were greatly perturb­ed
for in a reduction of the hours
of labor it seemed to them would re­duce
the volume of production, in­crease
the price, and injure workmen
and the public alike.
However, when the ten hour day
became existent it was found that
production per man had increased
at an astonishing rate. Likewise
when the eight hour day came the
volume of production per man in­creased
still more, and where the
five and one-half or more recently
the five day week exists, the indi­vidual
workman produces in much
greater volume than his predecessor,
who labored twelve, thirteen or six­teen
hours per day.
It is probably a truism that the
workmen in our industries work at
a higher rate of speed and with ad­ded
intensity than twenty five or
forty years ago, but this does solve
the high increase in per capita pro­duction.
In their annual report the Nation­al
Industrial Conference Board state
that from 1921 to 1925 the volume
of production of manufacturing out­put
in the United States increased
62 per cent, while the number of men
employed increased only 14 per cent.
They further calculate that the out­put
of the average workman increas­ed
43 per cent from 1919 to 1923
alone.
The tremendous increase in the
capacity of our industrial establish­ments
to produce must contribute its
success largely to the employment of
scientific methods. Highly skilfull
technical engineers concentrated their
energies on eliminating all unneces­sary
work amd devising improved
methods. The mechanical, electri­cal,
chemical and efficiency engi­neers
began the study of industrial
processes.
Machinery, such as that invented
by Owen, entirely eliminated all la­bor
for his bottle making machine
which automatically drew the mol­ten
glass from the tank, placing the
finished product in a container.
Printing presses were improved un­til
they produced 50,000 newspapers
per hour. It was only a few years
ago that Frederick W. Taylor, the
so-called father of scientific manage­ment,
contributed his well formulat­ed
plan on the handling of pig iron,
which today makes it possible for
seven laborers, utilizing magnet lift­ers
to handle an amount of pig iron
per day which formerly required the
labor of one hundred and twenty-eight
men.
The U. S. Bureau of Labor Statis­tics
informs us that since 1914, the
workmen in the automobile industry
have increased their output 222 per
cent. This is supplemented by the
statement recently issued that Gen­eral
Motors with 2,000 less employ-automobiles
as in the year 1919.
ees in 1925 produced twice as many
Relying upon statistics published
by the Department of Labor, we note
that in the steel industry there has
been an increase of 50 per cent pro­duction
per man since the year 1914,
although during that time the eight
hour day has replaced the twelve
hour day which fomerly governed
one-third of its employees. We find
further that the net earnings of the
U. S. Steel Corporation for the first
three quarter period of 1926 was
over $52,000,000 which is much
greater than for any previous peace
time period.
From the same source we learn
that the per capita production in the
cement industry has increased 57.8
per cent since 1914. In the flour
milling industry the gain has been
39 per cent over the same period
and in the leather industry the in­crease
in the production per man
has been 34 per cent since 1921. In
1926 the production of coal per man
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in America was around four and one-half
tons per day, comp'ared with one
ane one-tenth tons per day in the
mines of England. From the lead­ers
of the garment and shoe indus­try
we find that were they to oper­ate
at full capacity for six months
they could produce more goods than
we could use or export.
Thus we see the effect of short­ening
the work period down to the
present day and the effect that it
has had on those industries which
produce the essential commodities
of life, or as President Greene of
the American Federation of Labor
says, that what seemed an innova­tion
in the 19th century did not
block the technical advance that has
put America in the vanguard of in­dustrial
progress. Mechanical inven­tions
were encouraged when the bur­den
of production was placed on the
machine, rather than the man.
Layout, machinery and mechan­ical
power have been geared to a
pace based upon human labor power
for an eight hour day. If perform­ance
must mesh into a higher gear,
the work period must obviously be
shortened. Reasoning from past ex­periences
the output will increase.
Individual wages should i'ncrease with
production but this does not neces­sarily
result in higher production
cost per unit since efficient manage­ment
will prevent this result.
Then what has been the effect of
these modern methods of production?
For one thing they have placed a
much greater strain in many instances
upon the workman's vitality and ner­vous
temperament. The engineer
driving the Century Limited at 60
miles per hour, with every sense al­ert,
becomes exhausted more rapid­ly
than the engineer of previous
years, to whom 30 miles per hour
was normal speed. Who would will­ingly
ride behind an engineer on
the Century Limited if for eight
hours he stayed in his cab, the safety
of the passengers depending upon
his alertness in picking up each sig­nal
that flashed into view.
The copious illustrations are in­finite,
men and women who work in
connection with modern high speed
processes, which require their con­stant
attention, work under a greater
physical strain than their predeces­sors
ever knew.
There is another phase of modern
production which must be duly con­sidered,
which is due to specializa­tion
and standardization methods new
in vogue in practically all of our
modern industries which determines
this factor, that the attendance on
automatic and semi-automatic mach­inery
where the same operation is
performed, hour after hour, and day
after day, has a tendency to numb
the mind and the body.
There is nothing to stimulate the
mind or the creative faculties. There­fore
just as much as the constant
alertness called for by some modern
methods of production, the repeti­tive
and monotonous character of
other work, calls for shorter hours
of labor. ,
Studies of women turning fuse
bodies in a munition plant show the
following results: Where working
66 hours a week, they turned out
100 units of production per hour,
when working 54 hours, 134 units
and when reduced to 45 hours per
week, 158 units. All this goes to
show that the element of fatigue is
an important factor in industrial
waste and that the maximum effi­ciency
of the human machine can be
only when rest periods allow ample
time for recuperation.
As regards the increase in busi­ness,
we must bear in mind that the
people who consume the bulk of the
goods are the people who make them,
that is the secret around which the
net work of our prosperity is built.
Where people work longest and with
least leisure, they buy the fewest
goods. No towns were so poor as
those of England where the people
from children up, worked 15 or 16
hours per day. They were poor be­cause
their over worked people soon
were out, they became less and less
valuable as workers, and obviously
since they earned less, they bought
less and less goods.
Now business is exchange of goods,
and goods are bought only as they
meet needs. Needs are filled only
as they are felt and they make them­selves
largely felt during hours of
leisure. The man who worked 15 or
16 hours a day desired only a cor­ner
to lie in and a hunk of food. He
had no time to cultivate new needs.
No industry could have ever been
built around him because he had no
desire except the most primitive.
Think how restricted business is in
those lands where both men and wo­men
still work all day long. When
in America women wtere released
from the supposed necessity of fac­tory
work and became the buyer for
the family, statistics prove that busi­ness
began an immediate expansion.
The American wife, as household
purchasing agent, has both leisure
and money, and the first has been
just as important as the second in the
development of American business.
The people with a five day week
will consume more goods than the
people of the six day week. People
who have more leisure must have
more clothes. They must have a
greater variety of food and more
transportation facilities. Hence in­stead
of business being slowed up,
it will be speeded up because they
consume more in leisure than in
their working time. This will lead
to more work, and this to more pro­fits,
and this to more wages.
• Therefore, it is plain that from
the standopinir of national and eco-onomic
progress, the shorter work
period is a desirable goal. It is also
plain that planning, invention and
persistence can find increasingly
better ways of doing the same job.
This makes it practical to set a defi­nite
goal, such as the American
Federation of Labor adopted in its
Detroit Convention, and then to mo­bilize
all the agencies that can con­tribute
to the realization of this
ideal.
The organized labor movement is
the standard making agency for all
labor, in America. It is the. only
agency that can speak for those that
work for wages and it is the custo­dian
of industrial experience and
craft skill, as well as the welfare of
those who use tools and handle the
materials of production.
Labor power is
factor in production. However
powerful and efficient machinery be­comes,
there is always need for hu­man
control and human judgment in
its use. Labor knows that if the area
it controls is widened by power and
machinery, it needs more vitality
and resourcefulness of mind and
body in order to keep pace with pro­gress
and remain master of produc­tion
process, instead of being con­trolled
by it.
In brief I have striven during the
past few minutes to show that the
five day week is sound and feasi­ble
in principle, that the history of
industry of this country has demon­strated
that a progressive shorten­ing
of the work period has not limit­ed
production, instead production has
increased at an amazing pace and,
lastly that it will increase the busi­ness
of our nation.
My colleague will prove to you that
the five day week will likewise ad­vance
the social interest of the na­tion.
Emphasizing particularly the nec­essity
for an educational program in
instructing the laborer in the worthy
employemnt of extra leisure accru­ing
to the workingman as the result
of the introducton of the five day
week, S. H. Lynne, second speaker
for the affirmative, presented a new
type debate, the hypothetical con­structive
speech. His address follows:
My colleague has presented you
with two distinct conclusions, drawn
from facts and statistics. He has
proved both the feasibility of the
proposed five-day week in industry
and the desirable business reaction.
He has not come before you a sup­plicant
laborer, begging a favor of
the capitalist and whining out the
trite plea, "we mqst have higher
wages, the cost of living is so dear."
He comes before you with no senti­mental
whimpering but with the
proud assertion of labor, "we ask for
no higher wages than our marginal
productivity warrants."
We have not, nor shall we, propose
a slashing reduction of the days or
hours of work in all industries. We
readily agree that some of them are
an indispensable^yet unready for such a change. In
some cases it is the fault of the en­terpriser,
he has neglected to save,
to substitute scientific specialization
for the cruder methods of produc­tion.
He has not added modern im­plements
of production. In other
cases, it is the fault of the laborer.
His psychology is such that, unless
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN
DR. PETRIE DISCUSSES
CHINESE SITUATION
AT CURRENT EVENTS
(Continued from page 1)
national feeling of resentment was
behind the Boxer uprising a quarter
of a century ago. That hostile move
ment was suppressed, but its cause
remained. The Chinese still feel that
their country is being exploited by
outsiders while they and their gov
ernment are treated as inferiors. They
can not understand why foreigners
while in China should not be subject
to Chinese laws and courts. Nor do
they see why the most prosperous
part of Shanghai, for example, should
not be under Chinese administration
as the rest of the city is.
"The Chinese leaders say that these
special privileges and concessions
must be given up. At the same time
they announce that they do not in­tend
to use violence to enforce this
demand. Their attitude, they as­sert
is peaceful. Diplomatic and
economic methods will be employed.
But can they control the Chinese
mobs, or even their own soldiers? It
is one thing to start an uprising, but
quite another to control it.
What Shall Foreigners Do?
"Many special privileges can be
given up promptly without serious
complications. But can the foreign­ers
afford to give up just now their
old privilege of extra-territorility?
Can they agree that hereafter for­eigners
in China shall be subject to
Chinese laws and Chinese courts just
as the natives are? Is it reasonable
to ask this until some Chinese govern­ment
is firmly enough established to
assure us that law and order will be
enforced, and that its regulations
will not be arbitrary and that its
courts will be fair and effective?
"The Chinese demand that all for­eign
quarters in cities like Shanghai
shall give up their separate govern­ment
and pass under Chinese admin­istration.
Can we be expected to
grant this until we see that the Chi­nese
can govern their own cities in
such a way as to insure security of
life, property and health?
"The special privileges have been
sanctioned by the Chinese themsel­ves.
They constitute the basis on
which thousands of Europeans and
Americans have come into China, on
which millions of dollars have been
invested there, on which great .indus­trial
enterprises have been begun.
If they are recklessly withdrawn, the
modern developement of China itself
would receive a setback, the extent
of which no one can now estimate.
"If we do not grant these demands,
what shall we then do? Can we pro­tect
our concessions there by an in­creasing
military force, without in­creasing
at the same time to a dan­gerous
extent the anti-foreign feel­ing
of the Chinese? It is a delicate
task to send just enough soldiers to
protect our people* and our property
there, and not enough to increase the
trouble which threatens them.
"The problem is a hard one. It
calls for the finest kind of diploma­cy,
for a firm hand, and yet for great
patience on the part of all concerned.
The result in China will have a far
reaching effect not only there but in
India and in the Philippines and also
in Russia." .
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AND
BY-LAWS OF THE AUBURN
HONOR SYSTEM
DR. ELLIOTT WILL MAKE
ADDRESS COMMENCEMENT
(Continued from page 1)
Jena and the following year took his
Ph.D. at Columbia.
Dr. Elliott was a teaching fellow
in Chemistry at the University of
Nebraska, 1895-7. Broadening out in
the education field, he became a teach­er
in the high school at Leadville,
Colorado, in 1897 and from 1898 to
1903 he acted as superintendent of
the schools in that city.
Resuming his studies, he became
a teaching fellow in Teachers College
of Columbia University. He served
as associate professor of Education
1905-07 and as professor of Educa­tion
from 1907 to 1916 at the Uni­versity
of Wisconsin. He became
Chancellor of the University of
Montana on Feb. 1, 1916.
Among his many activities, he has
served as adviser to various state and
municipal educational commission's.
He was one of the lecturers in the
summer session at Columbia Univer­sity
in 1907 and at the University
of Chicago in 1911. He is a member
of the National Society, Scientific
Study of Education, and Phi Kappa
Psi.
Dr. Elliott is quite a distinguished
author having published: "Some Phy­sical
Aspects of Public Education in
American Cities," 1905; "State School
Systems," 1—1906, 11—1908, I l l -
Article I. Name.
The name shall be the Auburn
Honor System.
Article II. Purpose.
The purpose of the Honor System
shall be to maintain a high stand­ard
of honor throughout the college.
Article III. Control.
The Auburn Honor System shall
be controlled solely by the students
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Article IV. Membership.
Section I. Personnel—The Au­burn
Honor Committee shall con­sist
of eleven members, as follows:
One graduate student, four seniors,
three juniors, two sophomores, and
one freshman. The members rep­resenting
the three upper classes
shall be elected on or before the fif­teenth
day of April in the scholastic
year preceeding the one in which
they are to serve. They shall tak#
the full duties of office on May the
first. The freshman and graduate
representatives shall be elected
sometime between the first and fif­teenth
day of October of the schol­astic
year in which they are to serve.
Section 2. Election of Members.—
The members of the committee rep­resenting
the Senior Class shall be
chosen from among the eight rep­resentatives
nominated by the class;
those representing the Junior Class
from among the seven representatives
nominated by the class; those repre­senting
the Sophomore Class from
among six representatives nominat­ed
by the class; and the member
representing the Freshman Class
from among four representatives
nominated by the class. All candi­dates
for membership on the commit­tee
shall have a scholastic standing
equal to that required for partici­pation
' in student activities and on
college teams.
Section 3. Vacancies.—Any va­cancy
that may occur shall be filled
by the class in which the vacancy
occurs by selection from four nomi­nees.
Section 4. Installation of Mem­bers.—
The members of the Honor
Committee shall be publicly installed
before the time of assuming the du-ties
of office. They shall take the
oath of office administered by the
President of the College or his repre­sentative,
from whom they will re­ceive
a commission bearing the seal
of the college and the signature of
the President of the College and the
president of the class which each
member represents.
Section 5. Oath of Office.—The
oath of office shall be as follows:
"I do solemnly swear that I will,
to the best of my ability, enforce the
provisions of the Constitution and
By-Laws of the Auburn Honor Sys­tem;
that I will make a thorough in­vestigation
of all violations brought
to the attention of the Honor Com­mittee;
that I will give to each cause
a careful hearing and render a con­scientious
and unbiased decision;
and that I will faithfully discharge
all other duties of office as a mem­ber
of the Honor Committee; so help
me God."
Article V. Officers.
Section 1. The officers of the
Honor Committee shall be a presi­dent,
a vice-president, and a secreta­ry,
who shall be elected in May by
the newly-elected Honor Committee.
Section 2. The president of the
Committee shall be elected from the
members representing the Senior
Class, the vice-president from the
Junior members, and the secretary
from the Sophomore members.
Article VI. Procedure.
Section 1. The Honor Committee
shall adopt its own rules of proced­ure,
elect its own officers (Art. V.),
define their duties, and keep its own
records.
Section 2. The Honor Committee
shall have disciplinary power over
all of its members. The following
may be regarded as sufficient cause
for expulsion from membership: Neg­lect
of duty, persistent tardiness,
continued absence from meetings, or
other conduct deemed by the Com­mittee
as prejudicial to the good
name of the body.
Section 3. Expulsion of a mem­ber
shall be by two-thirds vote of
the Committee.
1910; "City School Supervision,"
1913; "State and County School Ad­ministration,"
2 volumes, 1915-16.
The commencement speaker is one
of America's foremost educators and
a widely known contributor and lec­turer
on educational subjects.
Section 4. A quorum, consisting
of at least? eight members of the
Honor Committee shall be necessary
to conduct business.
Article VII. Government.
Section 1. The Honor System re­quires
that students refrain from
giving or receiving aid on tests or ex­aminations
or on work designated
by the instructor as work requiring
individual preparation.
Section 2. It requires that every
student report any case of dishon­esty
that comes under his observa­tion.
Section 3. It requires that on eve­ry
test or examination or on other
work designated by the instructor
the student shall sign one of the fol­lowing
pledges: „
PLEDGE ONE. I have neither
given nor received aid on this test
(or examination), nor have I seen
or heard anyone else giving or re­ceiving
aid.
PLEDGE TWO. I have neither
given nor received aid during this
test (or examination), but cheating
has been done and I will report full
details to the Honor Committee.
Section 4. It requires that the in­structor
report to the Honor Com­mittee
the name of any student who
signs Pledge Two, or who is unwill­ing
to sign either pledge.
Section 5. It requires that there
shall be no unnecessary talking or
disturbances during tests or exami­nations.
Section 6. It equires that, for con­venience,
students seat themselves in
alternating seats where possible.
Section 7. It requires that in­structors
shall turn over to the
Honor Committee examination or
test papers when, by comparison,
they show probability of dishonesty.
Article VIII. Duties of the Committee
Section 1. It shall be the duty of
the Auburn Honor Committee to give
hearings to all cases brought to their
attention, to render decision and in­flict
punishment in such cases.
Section 2. In case there is no wo­man
on the Honor Committee, the
Woman's Student Government As­sociation
shall elect a woman to sit,
with vote, on cases in why:h a wo­man
is defendant.
Section 3. Notifications of the de­cisions
of the Honor Committee
shall be given the President of the
Institution, the Dean of the College
in which the defendant is registered
and the Registrar.
Article IX. Power of the Committee.
Section 1. The Honor Committee
shall have the power to act in all
matters pertaining to honor in stu­dent's
academic affairs.
Section 2. It shall have the power
to inflict penalties for any violations
of the Honor System Constitution.
Section 3. The punishment inflict­ed
by the Honor Committee shall
vary from suspension to permanent
dismissal from the college.
Section 4. The action of the Hon­or
Committee, on cases, may be pre­sented
to the student body as an ex­ample,
but no names shall be men­tioned
unless included, in the penalty.
Section 5. A student receiving
any penalty from the Honor Com­mittee
shall have the right to appeal
to the Executive Council of the Fac­ulty.
Article X. Amendment.
This Constitution may be amend­ed
by a two-thirds vote of the Hon­or
Committee and ratifications by a
two-thirds vote of the student body,
provided the proposed amendments
are published at least one week be­fore
the vote of the student body is
taken. An amendment shall become
effective after approval by the Exe­cutive
Council of the Faculty.
Article XI. Ratification.
This Constitution shall become ef­fective
upon ratification by three-fourths
vote of the registered stu­dents
voting and ratification by the
Executive Council of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute.
By-Laws of the Auburn Honor Sys­tem.
Section 1. It shall be the duty of
the members of the Honor Committee
to remain at college until the comple­tion
of the second semester final
examination schedule.
Section 2. Instructors shall make
an immediate check of all second
semester final examination papers
and report any irregularities in pledg­es
to the Honor Committee before the
departure of its members.
Section 3. The Constitution and
By-Laws of the Auburn Honor Sys­tem
shall be published annually in
the "Freshman Handbook" and in
"The Plainsman" the week preceed­ing
each semester examination.
Section 4. The Honor Committee
TEXT OF DEBATE WITH U.
OF FLA. IS PRESENTED
(Continued from page 5)
satisfaction is attached to the reac­tion
of working, recompense, he will
have no incentive to expend his max­imum
energy. What we do propose,
however, is an educational plan along
the lines of vocational education to
convince the worker that it is possi­ble
for him, by diligent and intelli­gent
application of energies during
work hours, to increase both his
wages and his leisure.
It is not our contention that indus­try
should adopt the five-day PLANT
week. We do propose the five-day
MAN week, however, and believe
we have proved conclusively that
this will be a practical rather than a
sentimental innovation. Plants may
be, under this plan, in constant op­eration
for 168 hours per week, and
yet the "man" week should consist
of only 40 hours. This may be ac­complished
by the use of a series of
shifts as Ford operates them. Thus
the manufacturer will not lose be­cause
of the inactivity of his imv
chinery, and the laborer will have
earned two days of leisure without
injuring production.
The cruz of the argument, it seems
to us, is embodied in the question,
"What will be the effect upon the
wage-earner of increased leisure?"
Let us answer the question by ask­ing,
"Was the worker under the 12
hour regime a better citizen than he
is today? Was his home a better
place in which to live? Was he as
well informed? Were his children
as well educated? Could we improve
the CHARACTER of the mass of our
people by compelling them to work
so many hours per day that there was
little, if any, time for leisure, for
recreation and for self-improve­ment?"
We have some knowledge
of the deplorable conditions in those
countries where the mass of the peo­ple
continue to toil from sunrise to
sunset. The history of industry in
this country has shown that the wage
earner, instead of being injured by
additional hours of leisure and re­creation
has become a better citi­zen.
Leisure is the mother of Culture.
If my opponents aver that it is also
the father of Crime, they err, for
they confound leisure with idleness.
Leisure is the time at one's command
while idleness is that state of ones
being at time's command. Looking
into history, we find that the high­est
type of civilization prevailed
where leisure was prevalent. Thus
it was with Rome, with Greece, with
Babylon. How did they attain this
leisure': By driving hordes of slaves
to do all the work. We do not ap­preciate
this factor since the slaves
were human beings with human pos-shall
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of its term of office for con­ducting
such publicity as it considers
necessary.
Section 5. Members of the Honor
Committee shall cooperate with the
faculty in an effort to prevent
crowded class rooms during exami­nations.
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sibilities, but can we not make ma
chines our slaves, thus acquiring our
leisure at the expense of mechanical
rather than human organism? For
better this than machines make us
their slaves. The downfall of these
olden empires was due not to leisure,
but to oppression.
How then is the laborer to make
worthy use of his leisure? The ob
vious reply is he must be educated
to this point. Education should
equip the individual to secure from
his leisure the recreation of body,
mind, and spirit, and the enrichment
and enlargement of his personality.
This objective calls for the ability to
utilize the common means of enjoy­ment,
such as music, art, literature,
drama, and social intercourse, to­gether
with the fostering in each in­dividual
of one or more special avo-cational
interests.
Heretofore the high school has
given little conscious attention to this
objective. It has so .exclusively
sought intellectual discipline that it
has seldom treated literature, art,
and music so as to evoke right emo­tional
response and produce positive
enjoyment. • Its presentation of
science should aim, in part, to arouse
a genuine appreciation of nature.
The school has failed also to or­ganize
and direct the social activities
of the young people as it should.
Realizing this neglect, correction is
gradually being consummated. One
of the surest ways in which to pre­pare
pupils worthily to utilize leisure
in adult life is by guiding and direct­ing
their use of leisure in youth.
The school, therefore, should see
that adequate recreation is provided
both within the school and by other
proper agencies in the community.
The school, however, has a unique
opportunity in this field because it
includes in its membership repre­sentatives
of all classes of society
and consequently is able through so­cial
relationships to establish bonds
of friendship and common under­standing
that connot be furnished
by other agencies. Education, there­fore,
will tend to eliminate commer­cial
exploitation of the laborer's leis­ure
by defining pleasure, happiness
and life in new terms for him. The
effect of this leisure on society
would ultimately raise its standard
by its tendency to eliminate intol-lerance
and prejudice.
It is an economic principle that
the productivity of a worker increas­es
as his standard of living increases
and this same standard of living is
jointly responsible for the perpetua­tion
of differences in wages. By the
standard of living is meant the mode
of activity and scale of comfort which
a person has come to regard as indis­pensable
to his happiness and to se­cure
and retain which he is willing
to make any reasonable effort, such
as applying himself more dilligent-ly.
Can't you see how the creation
will raise the standard of living?
of worth-while wants during leisure
These wants soon become necessities
and he is willing to learn how to work
to better advantage in order to sat-sify
these desires. Hence his con­sumption
increases and his wages are
reverted to industry instead of pe-datory
enterprises. The benefits
accruing to industry are too obvious
to demand enlargement.
If the standard of living exercises
such a desirable effect on industry,
how much more vital is its relation­ship
to the general welfare of so­ciety?
Heretofore we have been in­terested
in the cultivation of indi­vidual
happiness and although we
have been partially successful in our
search, we have no.cause to be elated
for happiness does not summate. As
J. B. S. Haldane, eminent Cam­bridge
scientist and scholar explains
it: "The happiness of ten million
individuals is not a million-fold the
happiness, of ten. But the unani­mous
cooperation of ten million indi­viduals
is something beyond their
individual behavior. It is the life
of a super-organism and this cooper­ation
may be obtained only by rais­ing
the standard of living." Now
there are varying grades of coopera­tion.
There is that extreme or neg­ative
agreement, found especially
among slaves or oppressed laborers,
which merely recognizes a communi­ty
of interests and in which the in­centive
to progress is absent. The
other extreme, positive cooperation,
is the union of interests to advance
progress and raise the social status
of the element involved. The Ameri­can
worker falls under the latter
classification. The industrial history
of this country reveals the progress
he has made, first in maintains and
then in elevating his plane of social
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The incentive to this progress has
been the increasing number of leis
ure hours which his productivity has
justified. Without leisure, a high
standard of living would be an aes­thetic
theory for the laborer, if not
wholly impossible. The social in
terests of this country would not
be advanced by an increase in the
standard of living for a few indi
viduals, which might possibly result
from the continuation of the present
industrial system. To affect social
environment, the mass must be con­sidered.
If, therefore, the advance­ment
of the social interests of this
country is commensurate with the
raising of the standard of living and
if the standard of living increases
in porportion as the discriminating
wants of leisure are magnified, so­cial
progress is made possible only
through the provision of more, well-directed
leisure.
Our thesis, gentleman, is that the
social and economical interests of
this country will be advanced by the
introduction of the five-day week,
first, through a process of technical
instruction or vocational education.
The laborer will learn to apply his
energy more effectively. But, of
equal significance, he will learn that
the enterpriser or "enterpreneur"
has distinct rights as he has sacri­ficed
in saving to increase produc­tion.
He will learn also that he is
merely one step in the process of the
creation of utilities, that transporta­tion,
wages of management, and ma­ny
other factors must be considered.
Finally he will learn, that to justify
his extra day of leisure and the same
wage, he must concentrate on his
part of this production scheme, that
this innovation will be warranted
only by an increase in the facility and
skill with which he turns out his
share of the products.
Secondly, this change will be ac­complished
through an avocational
educational program. The laborer
will-be taught that to be effective,
leisure must be properly directed.
He may be taught the cultivation of
hobbies, such as the classification of
wild plant and animal life, photog­raphy,
writing, or any other diver­sion,
the pursuit of which would con­stitute
worthy use of leisure time.
The result of this process would not
only be to make the individual lab­orer
a better citizen, socially, poli­tically,
spiritually and culturally,
but it would also tend to produce a
similar desirable effect on the in­dustrial
class as a group.
Gentlement, we, of the affirmative
maintain that the shorter work week
is economically, industrially and so­cially
safe, sound and necessary.
FLA. HURLING ACE
SHUTS OUT AUBURN
IN SECOND GAME
(Continued from page 1)
AUBURN:
Player, Pos.
Ellis, cf
Allen, 2b
Wattwood, lb
Sankey, ss
Wallis, rf
Hitchcock, 3b
E. James, c
Ingram, c
Akin, If
Moulton, p
Wood, x
Currie, xx
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4
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3
3
2
0
3
2
1
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R.
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
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0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
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2
1
8
2
1
1
8
0
0
2
0
0
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0
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1
1
0
1
1
0
0
5
0
0
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0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
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1
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Totals 28 0 3 25 12 4
x Wood hit for Moulton in ninth,
xx Currie ran for James in eighth.
Umpires—Bridges and Johnson.
A. P. I. SUMMER SESSION
WILL BEGIN JUNE SIXTH
(Continued irom page 1)
courses for county and city superin­tendents
and high school teachers and
principals.
The summer school work will
comprise four divisions, namely, the
college, the normal school for ele­mentary
school teachers, who are
working for the issuance or extension
of certificates and for credit toward
college degrees; the graduate divi­sion;
and the senior high school divi­sion.
A model senior high school will
be conducted to enable high school
students to avail themselves of sum­mer
work and also to provide a dem­onstration
school for students in edu­cation.
OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED
AT A. S. M. E. FEAST
(Continued from page 1)
burn Inn. Quite a representative
group of students and several pro­fessors
were on hand at the appoint­ed
hour.
A. P. Francis, the chairman for the
coming year, was the last speaker
of the evening. He gave a few of
the plans which he hopes will be car­ried
out in the society during the
next year. Mr. Francis, as well as
the other officers, has shown a great
deal of interest in the society and a
successful year is expected under his
direction.
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