1927-01-17 The Plainsman

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JOURNALISM
CLASS
VOLUME L.
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
II I • HI M1HI 1111
AUBURN, ALABAMA, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1927 NUMBER 16
COLONEL BIBB GRAVES I P W ^ T E D GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA
STUDENT ENGINEERS URGED
TO DEVELOP PERSONALITY
K. WEISIGER OF
ATLANTA TALKS
AT CHAPEL HERE
ENGINEERS PRESENT
High Official of South­ern
Bell Gives
Good Advice
Mr. Kendall Weisiger, head of
the personnel department of the Sou
thern Bell Telephone Co., with head­quarter*
in Atlanta, Ga. was the
speaker at the upper-classmen con
vocation. Mr. Weisiger was intro
duced by Dean J. J. Wilmore, dean
of the engineering students as a man
prepared to talk to Auburn students.
Mr. Weisiger said, "Not long ago
one of the trustees of a great mid-western
university conceived the idea
that there should be greater oppor­tunities
for genius in the business
world. So, together with the dean
of Engineering, he visited a number
of captains of industry for the pur­pose
of soliciting their aid in creat­ing
such opportunities.
Upon presenting his idea to a num­ber
of employers of technical men,
he was not long in finding that indus­try
was already well equipped with
geniuses of the type that could devel­op
mechanisms and industrial pro­cesses,
but that it was very much
concerned with finding among col­lege
graduates men with well devel­oped
personalities.
He also found that there was a
dearth of men who could accomodate
themselves to the necessities of busi­ness,
who could bring new ideas to
bear upon business problems, who
could supplement, in an advantage­ous
way, the efforts of industry to
improve human relations, and who
could also furnish that type of abili­ty
which could be delevoped into in­dustrial
leadership.
So, the trustee and deans returned
to the university with a new concep­tion
of the responsibility of the char­acter
and personality of its students,
in addition to its long recognized res­ponsibility
of developing them in
scholastic attainments.
When the representatives of indus­try
come to the colleges in search of
graduates to become future- engi­neers,
salesmen with a technical
background, research men, and men
for positions of executive leadership,
the professors have almost universal­ly
been amazed to find that these
men from industry were not confin­ing
their selection to the small group
of men who had made exceptional
scholastic records.
(Continued on page 6)
PROGRAM
Tiger Theatre
Monday, January 17
"THE CRUISE OF THE
JASPER B"
Rod La Rocque, Mildred Harris
Pathe News and Comedy
Tuesday, January 18
"EXIT SMILING"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with
Jack Pickford
Comedy and Aesop's Fable
Wednesday and Thursday,
"SORROWS OF SATAN"
with Adolphe Menjou as Satan
Ricardo Cortez, Carol Demp­ster
and others
Comedy. 15c and 35c.
Friday, January 21
"VALENCIA"
With Mae Murray and
Lloyd Hughes and Roy D'Arcy
Comedy
Saturday, January 22
No picture booked yet but a
good one will be on.
COL. REID B. BARNES
A prominent lawyer, a statesman
and a true citizen, who died at his
home in Opelika January 7.
COL R.B. BARNES
DIES AT HOME
Former Trustee of Auburn
Ends Brilliant
Career
DR. ALLISON
READS PAPER
TO PHYSICISTS
Auburn Professor Presents Re­sults
of Research Before
Meeting
Colonel Reid B. Barnes, alumnus
and former member of the Board of
Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, died at his home in Opelika,
January 7. His death came as a re­sult
of an attack of the heart.
Colonel Barnes was one of Alaba­ma's
leading lawyers, a statesman,
and a true friend to Opelika and Au­burn,
and to all who knew him. He
was born in Dadeville, October 8,
1856. After attending the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, he entered the
University of Virginia. He practiced
law for a short time in Atlanta, Ga.,
and later moved to Opelika where he
entered partnership with his brother,
Gus Barnes. Colonel Barnes has
lived in Opelika ever since, and at
the time of his death, he was the
senior member of the firm, Barnes
Walker and Barnes, composed of him­self,
Jacob A. Walker, and his son,
Reid B. Barnes, Jr.
Surviving are his widow, two sons,
Gus Barnes and Reid Barnes, Jr.;
four daughters, Mrs. V. P. Cherry,
Mrs. Orrin Brown, Jr., Misses Celeta
and Ruth Barnes. Funeral services
were held Sunday afternoon at Rose-mere
cemetery.
REGISTRATION IS
SCHEDULED FOR
JANUARY 28-29
Registration for the second semes­ter
begins at 8:15 A.M. Friday, Jan­uary
28, and closes at noon Satur­day,
January 29. Students who wish
to register before Friday should see
the Accountant and Dean.
Registration is not completed until
cards are approved by the Dean.
An extra fee of $5.00 will be
charged- thereafter for each day reg­istration
is deferred, the maximum
charge for late registration being fix­ed
at $10.00.
Absence from class on or after
January 31, due to late registration
on the part of first semester students
will count the same as other absences.
No exception will be made to these
regulations.
College Fees
Fees for residents of Alabama:
(Men) $52.00
(Women) $40.00
Special Fees
Students in architecture and arch­itectural
engineering and in pharmacy
(except freshmen in the four-year
pharmacy course) pay an additional
fee of $10.00 and students in veteri­nary
medicine pay an additional fee
of $5.00 each semester. Students of
home economics pay an additional
fee of $7.50 each semester.
(Continued on Page 6)
Dr. Fred Allison, head of the phys­ics
department, Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, was one. of three represen­tatives
from southern institutions on
the program of the American Physical
Society in Philadelphia during the
Christmas holidays. More than sev­enty
papers were presented by the
leading physicists of the United
States.
Dr. Allison's paper related to the
investigation of "The Lag in the
Faraday Effect behind the Magnetic
Field of Force." The digest of Jhe
paper follows:
The investigations recently carried
out by Dr. Allison in the Physics De­partment
of Alabama Polytechnic Ins­titute
which are described below were
undertaken with the purpose of find-out
whether two phenomena, which
for years have been thought to occur
simultaneously, really do take place
during the same identical intervals of
time; that is, whether one effect hap­pens
before the other by an almost
infinitesimally small time. The phe­nomena
referred to are those asso­ciated
with what is generally known
as the Faraday effect, discovered
many years ago (in 1845) by the
celebrated British scientist of this
name. Faraday found that when a
beam of plane-polarized light is passed
through certain liquids which are in
a magnetic field, the plane of the
polarized light traveling in the direc­tion
of the lines of magnetic force is
rotated through a definite angle, de­pending
upon the liquid and the
strength of magnetic field. Since a
a magnetic is produced by an electric
current, Faraday's discovery demon­strated
for the first time that there
is a relation existing among electric­ity,
magnetism, and light.
The magnetic field in Allison's ex­periments
is thrown on and off by the
discharges across a spark-gap in an
electric circuit. The question was,
whether the liquid assumes its pro­perties
of magnetic rotation instan­taneously
upon removing the magnetic
field; in other words, whether the
Faraday effect lags by a very small
instant behind the magnetic field of
force which causes it. Not only this
but the further question arose, wheth­er
the lag varies for different colors
or for different wave-lengths of light.
It is^ found by Allison that there
is a definite lag of the Faraday effect
behind the magnetic field for each
color or wave-length of light, and
that this lag always changes when the
color or wave-length of the light is
varied. This lag is found always to
increase as.the light is changed from
the red through the intermediate
colors of the spectrum to violet. Ex­pressed
in slightly different language,
(Continued on page 6)
CONFERENCE
IS MISQUOTED
DELEGATESAYS
Declares Action of Theological
Students Attributed to
Conference
The tendency of the southern press
to play up the alleged action taken
on the race question, at the National
Student Conference, held recently at
Milwaukee, will lessen the interest
that the South will have in such con­ferences
in the future, according to
Royce C. Crawford, general secretary
of the Auburn Y. M. C. A. who has
just returned from the conference.
"The North does not understand our
referring to a stinging editorial that
race conditions fully, and it needs
educating along these lines, Mr.
Crawford continued, "But," he said,
referring to a stinging editorial that
appeared in a nearby daily, "as long
as such false comment is fed to the
people of the South, ami the actual
facts withheld, there will be a notice­able
lessening in the interest that the
southern people will take in these
conferences."
The action of slightly more than
100 theological students preliminary
to the conference was accepted and
quoted as the findings of the confer­ence,
by the above mentioned news­paper,
declared Mr. Crawford.
Contrary to popular belief, there
were few "Yes" or "No" resolutions
offered, but in their place there were
three or four alternatives upon which
the delegates could vote. This ballot
indicated that a majority of those
present were in favor of racial equal­ity,
but upon the question of war, the
majority seemed to &e rwilling iff-**
support some wars but not others.
Comparatively few signified unwill­ingness
to support any way.
Mr. Crawford expressed the hope
that in the future more southern stu­dents
would be able to attend these
meetings so that the section where
the real race problem exists may be
heard from.
AUBURN PARTICIPATES IN MONSTER
PARADE ON STREETS OF CAPITOL CITY
GREETINGS, GOVERNOR!
WE THANK YOU
The members of the Beta Theta
chapter of the Sigma Nu fraternity
wish to express their appreciation for
the many courtesies extended them
by the citizens and students of Au­burn
after their disastrous fire.
WE THANK
the regular Plainsman staff,
,most heartily, for resigning in
our favor for a week in order
that the class in Journalism
might have a chance to put the
knowledge we have gathered
during the past semester into
practice. While one week can
only give a faint idea of "how
it is done," we shall go back to
the classroom with a better idea
of the game of journalism.
Plainsman, we thank you.
ALL ALABAMA
REPRESENTED
AT INAUGURAL
LEGION IS PRESENT
New Governor Is Sworn
in by Chief
Justice
GOV. BRANDON RETIRES
Other High State Officials
Take Oath of Office
at Capitol
COLONEL BIBB GRAVES
JOURNALISM
PROGRESSES
AT AUBURN
In addition to his publicity work
for the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute,
Professor Hugh G. Grant teaches
two courses in journalism. Both
courses are elective for juniors and
seniors, one being general and the
other agricultural in nature. The
purpose of this work is to encourage
and train young men and women to
enter the journalistic profession.
Practical application of theory re­view
in the text is the main objective
of both courses, in which connection
the students have viewed the local
printing shop and its operation and
visited modern newspaper plants.
Several men prominent in the news­paper
work of the South have ad­dressed
the classes during the last
three years.
Journalism is a profession to which
such outstanding figures in American
history as Benjamin Franklin, Hor­ace
Greely, Henry W. Watterson,
James Gorden Bennett, Charles A.
(Continued on page 6)
NEW MEMBERS
INITIATED BY
PHI KAPPA PHI
AUBURN BAND TO PARADE FOR GOVERNOR
The famous Auburn Band was or­ganized
thirty years ago by Profes­sor
M. Thomas Fullan. Up to 1897
military ceremonies had been carried
out with the assistance of the drum
corps, composed of ten students, who,
after practice, fell in line and furn­ished
drum beats for the batallion.
Professor Fullan submitted his
plan to the college president, Dr.
Wm. Leroy Broun, who heartily
agreed that Auburn should have a
band. A campaign was put on and
funds were raised to buy the neces­sary
instruments.
Before the instruments arrfved, the
twenty boys who had volunteered for
the first "tryout" became impatient.
One of this group located an old
tuba which had seen strenuous ser­vice.
After several applications of
soap and water, lye and steam, a
half bucket of dirt was removed
which rendered it "fit." It was
christened Jenny Lind which was later
changed to Jency. She was exceed­ingly
popular. Afternoons and even­ings
the boys would line up to take
(Continued on page 6)
Elaborate initiation ceremony was
staged here for the students recently
elected to Phi Kappa Phi, national
honor society organized for the pur­pose
of encouraging scholarship and
original study among students. Prof.
C. A. Baughman, secretary-treasurer
of the society, wasMn charge of the
arrangements.
The students initiated all of whom
have made very high grades, entitling
them to membership, follows:
J. B. Barnes, Ozark; Redus Collier,
Decatur; J. M. Edwards, Tuskegee;
W. B. Fisk, Montgomery; S. W. Har­bin,
Luverne, H. W. Wood, Veto; J.
M. Herren, Tallassee; F. H. Ingram,
Opelika; Rowe Johnson, Alex City;
I. L. Knox, Chattanooga, Tennessee;
J. B. Leslie, Troy; S. H. Lynne, De­catur;
L. B. Martin, Enterprise; J.
N. Nelms, Birmingham; J. C. Mathis-son,
Birmingham; Alberta Proctor,
Scottsboro; W. H. H. Putnam, Birm­ingham;
G. L. Scott, Longview; J.
D. Stewart, Florence; J. C. Street,
Anniston; J. W. Thomas, Birming­ham;
Ruth Warren, Opelika; S. L.
Worley, New Hope; W. G. Wooten,
Siluria.
TEN JUNIORS
SELECTED BY
BLUE KEY FRAT
On last Tuesday night the Blue
Key Senior National Honor Frater­nity
held its annual Mid-Term elec­tion
of Juniors. At the first meet­ing
after the Christmas holidays on
January 4 a large number of Juniors
were nominated, and at the last meet­ing
ten out of the number were se­lected.
The following members of the Ju­nior
Class were, extended bids:
B. T, jSankey, W. W. Paterson,
Frank Malone, Dick Evans, Earl
Meadows'Bolton Shotts, J. B. Beard,
Ben Rives, H. Fulwiler, Jr., H. C.
Hopson,
Auburn will be represented at the
inauguration ceremonies of the new
governor of-Alabama, to be held in
Montgomery on Monday, January 17,
by its band and a company picked
from the ranks of the R. O. T. C.
unit, according to plans made known
by the college authorities earlier in
the week.
Taking part in the all-day exercises
which will be the most elaborate in
the history of Alabama inaugurations,
will be the Auburn Band of forty-five
pieces, in full uniform, and a
company picked from the juniors and
seniors of the Infantry and Engineer
units of the R. O. T. C. Eighty
men will compose this company,
which will serve as the color guard
for the national and regimental
colors.
The streets in the line of march
will be cleared of vehicles to make
way for the parade. The march will
end at the capitol, where the oath of
office will be administered to Colo­nel
Bibb Graves. The east wing of
the building will be the scene of the
ceremonies.
The, 167th Infantry, Alabama Na­tional
Guard, better known as the
Mobile Rifles, will attend as a unit.
More than 175 automobiles, decorat­ed
for the occasion will come down
from Birmingham under the auspices
of the American Legion, of which
Governor-elect Graves is a • charter
member. Merchants along the line
of march have been requested to have
their flags oat.
Following the public exercises, the
inauguration banquet will be held at
the Exchange hotel, according to the
committee at work on plans for the
day. The banquet is scheduled for
1:30 P.M. and will be informal, ad­mittance
being by card.
Simultaneously with the banquet
for the newly installed governor,
Mrs. Graves and Mrs. W. C. Davis,
wife of the lieutenant governor, will
be the guests of honor at a dinner
at the Montgomery Country Club.
Admittance is by card.
The public will be invited to at-
(Continued on page 6)
PROGRAM
College Show
Monday, January 17
"THE MIDNIGHT SUN"
Laura La Plante with cast of
more than 500
Pathe Comedy
Tuesday, January 18
No show
Wednesday, January 19
FOX PICTURE
Fox Comedy and Fox News
Thursday, January 20
No show
Friday, January 21
No Show—Examinations
Saturday, January 22
"THE LAST FRONTIER"
With William Boyd, Marguerite
De La Motte, Jack Hoxie,
Gladys Brockwell, Frank
Lackteen
Fox Variety and Comedy
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J. H. Salter Editor-in-Chief
F. A. Smith Business Manager
H. G. Grant-- ...Faculty Adviser
EDITORIAL STAFF
Dorothy Taylor Associate Editor
W. H. H. Putnam Asociate Editor
N. O. Smyth Managing Editor
R. B. Simms Sports Editor
S. H. Lynne Proof Reader
J. B. Page .--—- - News Editor
Katherine Nunn Co-ed Editor
E. G. Salter \ Humor Editor
R. B. Evans Bulletin Board Editor
L. O. Reese Exchange Editor
W. B. Hitchcock _- Associate Sports Editor
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Jeter, E. J. Tillman, R. H. Wills, C.
R. Stevenson, W. H. Moss.
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H. W. Glover Ass't Advertising Mgr.
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OUR RESPECTS, COLONEL GRAVES
According to the state law a new ad­ministration
for the state of Alabama will
be inaugurated in Montgomery on Monday
morning. At that time Colonel Bibb Graves
will be formally installed as the chief
executive of this commonwealth and at
the same time he becomes Chairman of
our Board of Trustees, a position which
we highly respect and one which requires
a man of forcible intellect.
The new governor has been identified
for a number of years with the political
life of Alabama and while in this field he
has built for himself a reputation of hon­esty
and integrity. In no campaign in
which he has participated has his character
been attacked or besmirched by his oppo­nents.
He has held himself aloof from the
petty practices of cheap politicians and the
honor which he attained when the citizens
of the state voiced their confidence in him
last August is a just reward for his strict
adherence to the ethics of politics.
In addition to his political life, Colonel
Graves has rendered valuable services as
an officer x of the United States army,
where he reached a high rank through his
persistence and devotion to duty. Through
his common touch with his subordinates he
became a thorough student of his fellow
man, arriving at a sympathy of understand­ing
approached by few.
All indications point toward a successful
administration with Colonel Graves at the
helm. We at Auburn are confident that
he will prove a friend in need to this insti­tution
and our sincere wishes for his success
throughout the four years of his incum­bency
will be exceeded in spirit only by
our fidelity and loyalty of obedience.
GOV. BRANDON AND BOARD RETIRE
With the inauguration of a new governor
in Montgomery Monday, Auburn officially
will say farewell to Governor William W.
Brandon, members of his personal staff,
and Dr. John W. Abercrombie, who retires
as State Superintendent of Education. Both
Governor Brandon and Doctor Abercrom­bie,
as members of the Auburn Board of
Trustees, have been frequent visitors at
Auburn and they, as well as members of
. the governor's staff, have always been
welcome here. The governor and the state
superintendent of education have attended
many trustee meetings during the past
four years and they have helped to shape
the institution's policies. They have been
our guests also at banquets and at military
reviews. We shall miss them and as they
retire to private life we wish for them the
best success.
COLONEL REID B. BARNES
The many friends of Colonel Reid B.
Barnes are mourning the loss of this great
Opelikan, who died January 7, at his home,
following a short illness.
Colonel Barnes was a great leader, a
prominent lawyer, and a most loyal citizen
of Opelika. He was not an office-seeker,
but a true patriot, who was at all times
ready to help his country and fellowmen.
Colonel Barnes was loved by all who knew
him and though his spirit has passed, his
great name will continue to live.
COLLEGE—PRO AND CON
A great deal of discussion has been
created, pro and con, by an article in the
January issue of Success Magazine by one
who is denominated as "a prominent exe­cutive."
This individual says in part:
No college graduate need apply to me
for a job. He will not even get considera­tion.
I have had my fill of college grad­uates,
and have made an absolute rule
against hiring college men:
1. Because of their naive notions about
business—or their prejudices against the
business world.
2. Because of their laziness, irregular
hours, desire for much time off, and their
casual attitude toward their work.
3. Because of their constant desire for
undeserved raises in salary in order to
maintain the false standards of life they
learned at college when they lived on
their fathers' money or bluffed their way,
or went into debt.
4. Because of their ingrained notion
that they are of a different breed and
therefore should be treated differently
from the non-college workers.
5. Because of their lack of ability to
think, to make reasonable and practical
deductions.
6. Because of their pleasure-loving hab­its,
fostered at college, which seriously in­terfere
with their tackling a job in an
earnest manner.
7. Because of their unwillingness to
start work at a salary that they are worth.
8. Because of their tendency to leave
as soon as a little more money is offered
them; in other words, because of no sense
of apprenticeship and of growth by degrees
on merit.
And he concludes with the charge that
college men "can't forget their college or
deflate their snobbish exaggeration of the
worth of their diploma. The showing of
the graduate contrasts very poorly with
that of non-graduates. I know: I've been
watching them for years."
The Birmingham News writes: "Where
a minority offend the sensibilities and
practical viewpoint of business men, the
majority, who have acquired an education
and a profession, are justifying college
education."
It seems that the author of the article
has slightly misjudged the college grad­uate,
or probably he has not judged him at
all. He has dared to take an extremely
narrow view, basing his opinion upon sev­eral
of his own experiences and using no
reason whatever. While making such an
unbalanced statement, this individual might
as well add that colleges are useless orna­ments,
and that the vast appropriations for
their support are totally wasted. Certainly
his opinion needs more explanation and
more backing.
First, he speaks of the graduates' preju­dices
against the business world. We do
not know where he found this thought,
but we won't argue about this statement,
as he gives so much proof to back it up.
Then our dear friend goes on to say
that college graduates are lazy—as if it is
not natural for some individuals to be
lazy, graduate or pot. We venture to say
further, if our energetic friend were a
John D., that probably he would not over­exert
himself with work.
Many individuals desire a larger salary
than they are worth, but getting it is a
different thing. College graduates are
no worse about this matter than non-col­lege
graduates.
As for the notion some have that they
are of a different breed, we can be fairly
safe in saying that those who have this
fault did not get it at college, but it was
taught to them at home or elsewhere be­fore
coming to college.
Statistics prove and great business men
affirm that the college graduate has a
much better reasoning power than the
average non-college graduate.
All of us enjoy some pleasures in their
proper place and at the right time, but
we think our friend is a little "off" again
when he specifies that College Graduates
have "pleasure-loving habits." He must
have read "The Plastic Age" and formed
a bad opinion of our "lazy, pleasure-loving
college graduates."
It does not seem that college graduates
are unwilling to start at the bottom and
work up. Thousands are doing it today.
Any intelligent and worthy business man
does not object in the least if an employee
of his resigns his job for a bigger and
better place. It would be foolish to feel
otherwise.
Don't misunderstand us. College grad­uates
are not perfect by any means—far
from it, but who is?
College graudates may be divided into
two classes—those who are sent to college
and those who have a definite aim. We
admit that the former might be typical, in
part of the type mentioned above, but
they are in the minority, and as for the
latter, most of them will succeed, in spite
of the fact that a few who are opposed
to college graduates will not give them
jobs.
Oftentimes one runs out of something
to say and begins knocking somebody^—this
time it happens to be the college graduate.
Say what you may about him, but the
world is with the college graduate, and
is ready to *rgue his side of the question
any time and anywhere.
We cannot help but notice the efficiency
of our Auburn Fire Department at the
recent Sigma Nu fire. We hear the Sigma
Nu's want to show their appreciation to the
Fire Department in some manner. It is
rumored that they will give a special house-warming
party with Fire-chief Simms as
the guest of honor.
* * * * *
We also hear that the city council is
contemplating recognizing the services of
this branch of our local civil service by a
$5.00 commission for each fire that they
extinguish. Before long we may expect
to see the fire department parading the
streets with a placard similar to this:
Send your fires to us. Only $5.00. Special
consideration given college buildings.
Office hours 1:00-5:00. Other times by
special appointment. Fraternity day, Dec.
24. Come early and avoid the rush. We
must be notified a week in advance»for
fires costing over $5,000.00. Yours for
bigger and better fires. H. B. Sims, fire-chief.
* * * * *
Fire-chief says that he will not go broke
any more. When he runs out of money
he will simply start a few fires.
* * * * *
We understand the Fire Department is
also asking for a new truck. We object
to this needless expenditure of money.
The old truck may be repaired. To put
it in first class running condition we would
suggest that the siren be jacked up and a
new truck be built under it.
* * * * *
We notice that our new white way is
almost complete. Doubtless the lights' on
the corner of Magnolia Ave. and College
street will serve as beacons for students
lost in the mud in front of the dormitory
on some of these rainy nights.
* * * * *
But, Fred Ledbetter says that the Ar­chitectural
Department's reputation for
burning the midnight oil (Beg your par­don,
we mean electricity, what ever that
is) is still safe. But Rowe Johnson con­tends
that the light in the Ag bottom
has the longest non-stop record of any on
the campus. We have not investigated
the matter, but we judge that this will be
a warm contest.
* * * * *
We hear that Willie Frank has invented
a-new reducing drug. He engaged "Rat"
Hahn and "Little Square" Salter to pose
for a before and after advertizement. It
worked out nicely, except the photograph­er
broke his camera. He then resigned,
as all insurance companies refused him in­surance
on the new one. Willie would
like to sign up an interprizing photogra­pher.
* •* * * *
»Rat Ellison wants to know what kind
of a captain Lieut. Jones is. If any of you
know of any dumber rats we will appre­ciate
it if you will tip us off.
* * * * *
We were discussing the Milwaukee con­vention
with several of the returned dele­gates
and we find that, as usual, at such
conventions there was the radical element
that was opposed to all armament, all war,
and who advocated social equality for the
races. Of course they did not say social
equality, but from the wording of their
findings nothing else could be meant. And
yet, this same convention, apparently to
appease the indignation of the southern
delegates, resolved that the white race is
superior. If this is so, why try to make
another race its equal? Satisfactory so­cial
intercourse can be had only among
persons who are approximately on the
same plane. But nevertheless we can see
that there are no grounds for the suprem­acy
of the white man, except to the ex­tent
that he has advanced civilization more
than any other race, and we can see no
logical reason for his denying any other
race their chance for the fullest develop­ment
of which they are capable; but so­cial
equality is entirely a different matter,
and the more serious minded people of all
races are opposed to it.
Their discussion of war was the biggest
farce in a way of the whole convention.
They made the claim that all war is un­christian,
because of the commandment,
"Thou shalt not kill." But, with a literal
interpretation of this commandment, as
they evidently take, we must also declare
capital punishment unchristian. We might
also deprive our policemen of all weapons
as they might kill someone. It would
also be unchristian to fight in defence of
life, property, friend or relative, mother,
sister or sweetheart. Someone may be
killed. Or in short, we would be submis­sive
to every kind of outrage that might
be committed.
We must have the police to protect us
individually, and that protection is worth­less
unless it is efficient. Even so our
armies and navies are our protection from
foreign aggression, and they are worth­less
unless they are to be used, when nec­essary.
There would never be a counterfeit dol­lar
if the real dollar was worthless. Yet
all nations, when engaged in war declare
that they are fighting a defensive war.
These counterfeit "defensive wars" would
never be called if defense were not legiti­mate.
* * * * *
And, as a rule, the men who are op­posed
to war, armies, R. O. T. C, etc., are
the men that have never seen a soldier.
All of us can say more about what we
know nothing of.
* * * * *
We do not want you to mistake us for
militarist. We do not want war. We feel
that is is the last argument that we should
use, but until the golden rule is applied
universally, there will be greed and inter­national
jealousy in the hearts of all rul­ers,
and sooner or later someone will give
vent to it. We have our freedom, our
American institutions, our priviledges as
American citizens. We enjoy prosperity
in safety. We have the Bible translated
in English and the priviledge of worship­ing
God as we see fit. All of these bene­fits
were bought by the blood of martyrs
and patriots. If these things were worth
fighting for, to acquire, they are worth
fighting for to keep.
* * * * *
"Oh thus be it ever,
That the free man shall stand,
Between his loved home
And the war's~~desolation.
Blessed with victory and peace,
May this heaven rescued land,
Praise the power that hath made
And preserved it a nation.
And to conquer we must,
When our cause, it is just;
And this be our motto:
"In God is our trust"
And the Star-Spangled Banner,
In triumph shall wave,
While the land of the free,
Is the home of the brave."
BLIND TIGER
In Recorder's court with a cross-eyed
judge, three negroes are brought in for
gambling.
Judge to first negro: "What is your
name?"
Second Negro: "John Brown."
Judge: "I was not talking to you."
Third negro: "I did not say anything."
Here's to the doughboy and his arms,
Fall in, men, fall in;
Here's to woman and her arms,
Fall in, men, fall in.
If the folks who dictate women's fash­ions
aren't careful, they'll work themselves
out of a job some day. „
Another Don Juan on the campus. J.
N. Shepard, the boy with "such pretty
eyes" has received more than twenty tele­phone
calls during the past week. Watch
out Zoo!
"How's your wife, Mike?"
She's terrible sick."
"Is she dangerouB."
"Naw, she's too weak now to be dan­gerous."
If Queen Bess and Sir Walter were to
pull their act today:
Walter (sweetly): "Bess, dear, your feet
are getting wet."
Bess (the true co-ed): "So's your old
mantle."
Miami, the Florida Beauty, says: Pete
Spinks is so dumb he thinks Djer Kiss is
an invitation for a petting party.
Kindly Old Man: You don't make a prac­tice
of smoking, I hope.
Co-ed: No, sweet papa, I'm outa that
stage."
"Has your suit two pair of trousers?"
"You bet—one pair for me and one pair
for the wife."—Judge.
Prof. Clark: Why was Columbus so
anxious to discover a new world?
Rudyard Semmes: I think he was look­ing
for a place to park.
B—achelors
A—re
C—haps
H—aving
E—nough *
L—uck
O—r brains to
R—emain
S—ingle.
—Judge.
People who live in glass houses shouldn't.
"And what did the dean do when you
BOOK REVIEW CONDUCTED BY
MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY
Edited by John B. Clark, A.M., Ph.D.,
Professor of Economics
Vitamines Essential Food Factors
Harrow
E. P. Dutton & Company, New York
Bread is truly the staff of life, yet
"man cannot live by bread alone." He
must be provided with a diet that is pro­perly
balanced as to proteins, carbohydrates
and fats, and dispersed throughout with
minerals and vitamines.
When one it attacked by one of the
many ill which the human flesh is heir to,
and approaches a doctor for an examina­tion
and treatment, he usually finds that
he is suffering from infection and must
have his teeth or tonsils removed, or else
he has eaten something which he should not
have eaten, or has failed to eat the kind
of food that is required for his physical
threw your arms around his neck."
"He put me on prohibition."
—Williams Purple Cow.
"When Betty got married we gave her a
shower."
"Yeh? I'll bet her husband was glad
to get her all nice and clean."—Penn State
Froth.
"I'll knock you for a rho."
"Phi on you! Beta dime you can't."
—Louisville Satyr.
"Harvey Pate and Rat Green are always
fortunate in catching rides."
"They ought to be. Their faces would
stop a train."
Louis: What do you do for exercise?
Hazel: Oh, I let my flesh creep.
She: Are you a freshman?
Rat Little: No, I just wear the hat be
cause it is becoming.—College Humor.
Miami had a date Friday night.
"My, but Sarah Hall is self important."
"How so?"
"She even thinks the ocean is waving at
her."
Soph: What would a cannibal be who
ate his mother's sister?
Frosh: I'll bite on that; what?
Soph: An aunt-eater, of course.
—Princeton Tiger.
Miss Proctor: (to high school pupil)
"How long can a person live without any
sense?"
High School Student: "I don't know.
How old are you?"
(By Gooch's Best Girl)
Twinkle, twinkle, little hair,
How I wonder what you air,
Up above your lips so brave,
Why in the devil don't you shave.
Rat Pipkin: "Yes, love-making is the
same as it used to be."
Wylie: "How do you know?"
Pipkin: "I just read about a Greek
maiden who sat and listened to a lyre all
night long."
Rat Miami: "Did I make myself
plain?"
Upper Classwoman: "No, God did
that."
(Definitions, by Frances Hickman, in
Intelligence Qui*)
Beauty—A buy-product.
Marriage—Marriage is an institution,
Marriage is love, love is blind. Therefore,
Marriage is an Institution for the Blind.
Pin—The only thing that lets its head
keep it from going too far.
Puppy Love—That which leads to a
dog's life.
Optimism—Worry on a spree.
Optimist— A man who doesn't care what
happens just so it doesn't happen to him.
Optimist—A woman who thinks that
everything is for the best.^and that si
is the best.
Home-Stretch—Making a fifteen-dollar
a-week allowance go around.
Floating Debt—A poor life saver.
Courtship—A bow knot that marriage
pulls into a hard knot.
Rat Wooten says that Hann is no bear
if he did come out of the woods.
Gibbs:—"Aw, you came from so far back
in the sticks they use black-face 'possums
for yard dogs."
Miami:— "That's alright. I don't have
to swing across the river on a grape vine,
to get to my home, like you do."
DEFINITIONS IN COMPARATIVE
Liver—An infernal organ of the body.
Skeleton—Something with its insides on
the outside and its outside on the inside.
Stomach—An ambitious organ that is
never satisfied. It hurts when it is full,
and it hurts when it la empty.
well being. The questioa of properly feed­ing
oneself is a very complex problem.
There are few people, it seems, who are
altogether satisfied with their present
dimensions. One-half of the human race
is trying to get fat, and the other half is
trying to get thin.
To the strong, the weak, the fat, the
"skinny," and others who are interested
in nutrition as it applies to man, I would
recommend Dr. Harrow's book, entitled
"Vitamines." Dr. Harrow discussed this
scientific subject in a very practical man­ner.
Some of the more interesting chap­ters
are: Calories, Mineral Matter, Amina
Acids, Vitamines, Vitamines and Beriberi,
Vitamines and Rickets, Vitamines and
Scurvey, Vitamines and Pellagra. Includ­ed
in the appendiz is a table listing the
foods which are comparatively rich in the
different vitamines.
J. C. GRIMES.
Statistical Method
Dr. Harry Jerome, Univ. of Wisconsin
Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Did you ever try extracting the signifi­cant
truths concealed in masses of numeri­cal
facts? It is an art, and a most
interesting, instructive, and likable art, as
Dr. Jerome reveals when he expounds it
in his book, Statistical Method.
By making even a superficial considera­tion
of the character of present-day eco-mics
and social conditions,. one becomes
convinced of the growing necessity of per­fecting
devices for interpreting masses of
numerical facts.
Modern science demands that its theories
be based on facts; statistical method com­prises
the means for finding these facts.
It is an essential tool, a fundamental agency
of special interest to the student of hu­man
activities, and useful to students and
workers in many fields—in the social
sciences, in biology, in applied psychology,
in educational methods, and in business.
A survey of modern tendencies confirms
our belief that business is becoming more
and more a matter of scientific procedure.
Look at the modern business institution.
It is subject to influences world-wide in
their ramifications. If the business exe­cutive
is to keep in touch with the trends
in his own business today, and with the
movements of the business world in gen­eral,
he is forced to call statistical method
to his aid.
How does the business man make a study
of general business conditions? Certainly
through the use of statistics, the best
available statistics presented in the most
effective manner, revealing trends in
prices, movements in interest rates, and
indices of business activities such as pig-iron
production and railroad tonnage. The
student of statistical method can tell the
business man what he wants to know—the
amount of unemployment, the amount of
new construction, trends in the speculative
markets, and all those things which indi­cate
commercial tendencies, and serve as
an indication of the most probable move­ment
in future business conditions.
Statistical method is finding an increas­ing
use in the scientific analysis of social
phenomena; and arguments supported by
statistics are found necessary by both labor
and employers in winning the support of
public opinion. Departments of public
.administration use statistics and statistical
methods to reveal conditions of public
interest, to test compliance with statutes,
and to guide the conduct of departmental
duties.
These are just a few of the reasons
why you will find Professor Jerome's pub­lication
most useful in your work no
matter what its character. The efficient
executive in every line of endeavor is com­ing
to depend upon reliable statistics pre­sented
by the best statistical method. This
has been responsible for the publication
of a number of books on this subject.
Many of these books, however, are too
mathematical for the average man to com­prehend.
Dr. Jerome seems to have writ­ten
with this circumstance in mind. His
book is free of complicated mathematical
explanations, yet it treats the subject in
• a way to furnish a foundation to the stu­dent
for further study in mathematical
statistics.
Such a book is finding favor of students
of economics and all social sciences be­cause
of the considerable space it devotes
to methods of statistical investigation, anal­ysis,
and graphs. Of especial value are the
several chapters devoted to time series,
including index numbers, barometers, and
business cycles, which are at present of
paramount importance in economics.
The many meritorious features of this
book which urged us to call it to your
attention, have led us to adopt it also as
a textbook for the new course in Business
Statistics which the Economics Department
is offering to Auburn students next semes­ter,
opening January 31.
Whether your interest in s t a t i c al
methods relates to its application to bus­iness,
social, or economic problems, you
will find Dr. Jerome's book illuminating
and distinctly comprehensive.
J, MYRON HERREN.
THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
BULLETIN BOARD
Langdon Hall, the college chapel at Auburn, scene of student "pep"
meetings on the eve of football games as well as convocation periods
featured by addresses by prominent speakers. While this is an attrac­tive
building from an architectural standpoint it is entirely inadequate
for present needs in view of the fact that it will seat less than one half
of the student body of 1600 students.
SOCIETIES HOLD
JOINTMEETING
A. I. E. E. AND A. S. M. E.
A joint meeting of the A. E. M. E.
and the A. I. E. E. was held in room
200 Ramsay Hall for the members
of both societies to hear Mr. Weisi-ger,
personal manager of the South­ern.
Bell laboratories located at At­lanta,
Ga. *
Mr. Weisiger talked on the earliest
telephone invented by Graham Bell,
including its improvements and in­ventions
that led to the perfection
sf the modern telephone.
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The telephone industry slowly de­veloped
from the first, but in re­cent
years has made rapid strides as
evidenced by phantom circuits, Pupin
loading coils and carrier systems.
Improvements on telephones and
phonographs and some of the appar­atus
used in other professions includ­ing
medical instruments all came
from the study of sound by scientific
methods in the Bell Laboratories.
The A. I. E. E. will meet at the
regular time Wednesday night, 7:00
o'clock. However, next semester the
time of'meeting will,be on Thursday
night, 7:00 o'clock.
CO-ED NOTES
At a call meeting of Chi Delta Phi
Wednesday afternoon, the folowing
girls were elected to membership:
Leonora Hooper, Mamie Mathews,
and Hazel Arant. The initiation of
Sunday.January 16
At the several Churches: Sunday
School 9:30; morning services 11:00
a. m.; Young People's organizations
6:30; and evening services 7:30p,m.
Y. W. Cabinet meeting, Y Hut 1:30
p. m.
Y. M. cabinet meeting, Y. M. C. A.
1:30 p. m.
Monday, January 17
Y. Normal meeting, Y. M. C. A.»
6:30 p. m.
Auburn Players, Y Hut, 7::00
p. m.
S.-A. M. E., Engineers room base­ment
Main building, 7:00 p. m.
Pharmaceutical Association, Phar­macy
building, 6:45 p. m.
Evans Literary Society, third floor
Main building, 8:00 p. m.
J Tuesday, January 18
' Wirt, Websterian and Wilsonian
Literary Societies, their respective
rooms, third floor Main building,
7:00 p. m.
Alpha Phi Epsilon, 8:00 p. m.
Wednesday, January 19
A. I. E. E., 7:00 p. m., room 200,
Ramsay Hall.
Ag. Club, Comer-Hall; Architectu­ral
Association, second floor of Main
building; Chemical Society, Chemis­try
building; and V. M. A., Veteri­nary
building, 7:00 p. m.
Friday, Jauary 21
A. S. C. E., room 109, Ramsay Hall,
7:00 p. m. •
the newly elected members will oc­cur
within the nexffew days.
Sunday evening at Smith Hall the
women students witnessed a scene of
unique beauty but yet a pleasant oc­casion,
when Mrs. Toomer presented
to the women students at Smith Hall
an electorical percolator from the
Woman's Club, in behalf of their
kindness shown them in providing
them with a club room. Eula Hes­ter,
president of the woman's student-government,
received the gift.
Black coffee was then served to
about.one' hundred guests.
One man fells another
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AG. CLUB NEWS
State Chemical laboratory, built many years' ago, and utilized for
general chemical analysis work for the state. The work carried on in
this little building is indicative of the service rendered the entire state by
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. It is said that the analytical work has
netted the state more than $3,000,000.
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THE TOGGERY SHOP
CO-EDS TAUGHT
TO DRESS WELL
"Girls, in what ever business you
may follow it pays to be well dressed,"
said Miss Agnes Ellen Harris, dean
of women, to the class in costume de­signing
today. "The highest salari­ed
woman in Alabama was once a
Home Economics Student."
Miss Henrietta Mary Thompson,
instructor of Home Economics, is
teaching these girls what it means to
be well-dressed. Both Miss Harris
and Miss Thompson are in favor of
costume designing being made a re­quired
course.
The students in this course are
now at work on their last problem,
making spring coats. Lovely blues
and tans, green, gray, and red will
soon be seen on the campus. Warm
winter blouses, dresses for evening,
street, and school wear have been
made.
The beauty about this course is
that the clothes are originally de­signed
by the girls themselves. Old
fashions and modern styles are used
as references only. After the design
is drawn, the material is.draped on
the form. Patterns are not used.
Clothes must be suitable to the
wearer, whether she be of the in­genue,
dramatic, or athletic type.
They must also be appropriate to the
occasion.
Miss Eula Hester, president of the
Woman's Student Council, will grad­uate
at the close of this term. Miss
Hester is a graduate of the Florence1
State Normal, and is one of our most
lovable students. She has accepted
a position as County Demonstrator
of Pike County, and will be located
at Troy.
L. G. Brackeen gave an interest­ing
discussion on "The Weather of
1926". He reviewed the crop his­tory
of 1926, and showed the influ­ence
of the weather on the various
crops of the United States. The
weather was very favorable to the
southern farmer but was not as fav­orable
to the western and northern
farmer. Brackeen brought out the
fact that the weather caused a loss
of more than a half billion dollars to
the crops and property of the United
States in 1926.
"The-American Farmer Wakes Up"
was ably discussed by H. G. McCall.
He brought out the fact that the
American farmers are now produc­ing
crops much cheaper than former­ly
by the use of labor saving machi­nery.
Many farmers are now using
tractors on their farms to good ad­vantage.
However the southern far­mers
are using less machinery than
.those of any other section of the
country.
E.V. Smith discussed the Illitera­cy
Problem of the South in Relation
to Women. He showed that there
are thousands of illiterate women in
the South that can neither read or
write. This makes them feel as if
they were cut off from the world of
affairs. Much has been done by the
Day and Night schools to teach these
women to read and write but many
of them will not go to these schools.
The demonstration agents are also
helping the illiterate women to learn
much.
The Outlook of the Hog Situation
fpr 1927 was presented by H. C. Allen.
"An epidemic of hog cholera in the
main hog-growing belt", he said, "is
now causing the farmers much con­cern;
the corn crop is also short in
the corn belt. These two things
make the outlook for the 1927 prices
to remain high."
Miss Margaret McNeil gave an
interesting- talk on "The College
Needs the Factory" which was writ­ten
by J. J. Davis, United States
Secretary of Labor. She reviewed
Davis' life in a brief way and showed
how he learned to see the working
maris' point of view by actually work­ing
in. a steel plant. Davis* idea of
a college education is that it should
give a man the ability to stand on
his own feet for himself, but every
man should have some specific occu­pation
or trade in which he is an ex-
WEBSTERIANS
HOLD MEETING
The Websterian Literary Society
vheld its regular meeting Tuesday
night. An enthusiastic crowd was
present and a good program was ren­dered.
Miss Mattie Mae Allen made a very
interesting talk on persons having the
power to say "No" when "No" should
be said, and not living a life of "Yes-sirs",
everything accepted as said.
She said one of the supremest of hu­man
virtues is the ability to live
above the little "white lies" that are
sometimes told and to have the power
to say "No" when we mean "No."
W. E. Collum gave a very instruc­tive
talk On the State Commission
of Forestry of Alabama, outlining the
conditions- of our forests, and also
the duties of the commissioners for
each year.
The qualities of salesmanship was
discussed by J. P. Howard. Mr.
Howard said the art of salesmanship
will always be needed, no matter
what business we expect to pursue.
The folowing are some of-the quali­ties
we should possess in order to
make a good salesman: The power
to use simple language; truthfulness,
pleasant thoughts in meeting people;
always looking on the happy side of
life; and showing an interest in our
fellowman. ,
Miss Ruby Strain gave a very hum­orous
and interesting account of
Charlie Chaplin and his homelife,
debating An the question, "Should
a Genius Marry?" She used as her
arguments that the wife of Charlie
Chaplin was very unhappy, because
of the eccentricities of Charlie, and
it seems that Charlie is not altogeth­er
as happy as he could be, for it is
rumored that he will sue for divorce
soon.
The subject "Friendship" was very
interestingly discussed by Mr. Fred­erick.
His talk made us all want to
have more friends and to be a real
true friend to everybody.
Miss Rhodes spoke on "Why Go to
College?", forming as her conclusion
that we should go to learn to live,
to grow, and to serve humanity.
Mr. Tidwell explained to us the
conditions existing in Mexico today,
while D. F Johnson spoke in a very
entertaining way on the "Synthetic
Method of the Production of Oil,"
explaining that oil is not as exhaus­tible
as some expect.
Our next meeting will be held next
Tuesday night. Everybody be pres­ent
and bring a new member with
you. Let's grow and show Auburn
we're here!
Miss Catherine Hare left Wednes­day
for the University of Mississippi
at Oxford, Miss. Miss Hare is rep­resenting
the local Chapter of Kappa
Delta at the installation of a new
Chapter at this college.
Prepare for the Worst—
A Conklin Pencil, a
Board Clip and a Dic­tionary
will help you
make a better grade
on examination.
Burton s Bookstore
DR. C. L. BOYD
Doctor of Dental Surgery
and Oral Pathology
Tiger Drug Store Building
Upstairs
pert.
E. VG. Disker talked on "Seven
Farm Advantages." Among these
were: The farmer never starves to
death; the farm offers the opportun­ity
for creative work; farming is a
many sided occupation; the exercise
of the farm is healthy; and the farm
is free from city vices and evils.
Jokes given by R. O. Armstrong
were enjoyed very much.
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INVITATIONS ARE MAILED FOR
COTTON STATES TOURNAMENT
It is with much interest that we
notice the invitations of Alabama
Polytechnic Institute to.the various
prep schools over the south. Each
year Auburn sponsors a tournament
whereby the best cage teams over the
south meet and battle to see just
who has the bes£ quintet in the sun­ny
south.
The date of the tournament has
been announced as February 17, 18,
and 19, 1927. These games are play
ed in the local gymnasium and al­ways
draw large crowds. Last sea­son
the cagesters from Georgia Mili­tary
Academy won the cup emblema
tis of the Cotton States Interscholas
tic Basketball Championship.
The regulations for those entering
the tournament are:
Classification—No instutite having
a classification above that of high
school shall be eligible^ to enter its
team.
Entries—The number of teams com­peting
is limited to sixteen. These
teams will be selected and invited the
week preceding the Tournament.
Conditions—Eight ylayers shall
constitute a team. Players must be
eligible according to the Interschol-astic
regulations of the State Asso-
Maroons Win First
of Series Played
Here This Week
The Mississippi Aggies won a
thrilling game in the last few minu­tes
to play here Monday night when
they defeated the Tigers by a thirty-four
to thirty-one count. This game
opened the season for the Tigers on
the home court and is the second
game of the season, they having suf­fered
defeat at the hands of the
Georgia Tech quintet in Atlanta last
Saturday night.
With one minute to play the Tigers
were leading with a one point mar-
. gin. W. E. Meredith was fouled
while shooting a_ field goal and with
the two extra points going good the
Aggies won. The Tigers led the Ma-doons
throughout the contest but
were unable to retain their lead in
the last few minutes of play when
the Mississippi team gave their eve­ry
effort for a victory.
For Auburn, Akin, who has been
transferred from guard to forward,
played a spectacular game and fin­ished
the game with scoring honors
with twelve points while his closest
rival was DuBose, center, with six
points to his credit. On the defense
Eb and Fob James stood out as a
first class pair of guards, both follow
ing the ball well and always fight­ing
with a never say die spirit.
W. R. Meredith, who substituted
for Berry in the early stages of the
game, at forword, led the Maroon
dribblers with eleven points, Ricks
came through with eight points while
Barry and Hartness connected with
the basket three times each. The
Mississippi guards also played a
stellar game in defending their goal.
. The Tigers showed a lack of team
•ork and condition at times which
was due to the short time in which
they have been practicing, though
at times they gave an exhibition of
real form. With the careful tutor­age
of Coach Mike Papke, who is a
most capable instructor in the school
of basketball, the Tigers should
round into one of the best teams in
the conference.
Auburn's next game is with Flori­da
next Saturday night.
MISSISSIPPI A. and M. (34):
Berry, F ; Ricks, F ; Bryant, C; Jones,
G; Hartness, G.
The lineup:
AUBURN: (31) Ellis, F : Akin, F ;
DuBose, C; E. James, G; F.
James, G.
ciation from which they come. An
entry fee of $6.00 will be charged
each team. No entry will be accept­ed
unless accompanied by fee.
Trophies — The President's Cup,
emblematic of the Cotton States In-terscholastic
Basketball Champion­ship,
will be awarded the winning
team.. The "A" Club Trophy will be
awarded the team finishing second.
Special Trophies will be awarded the
semi-final teams.
Medals—Gold and silver medals
will be awarded each member of the
teams finishing first and second.
Members of semi-final teams will be
awarded bronze medals.
The right to reject any entry is
reserved.
Entries close with W. H. Hutsell,
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama, February 11, 1927.
TANGENTS FROM
SPORT CIRCLES
This column was well pleased and
at the same time somewhat sadden­ed
by the results of the opening game
of the basketball season of the Plains­men.
The lid was prised off in At­lanta
last Saturday night with Geor­gia
Tech furnishing the opposition
for the Tigers. The final count of
the game was 22-20 with Papkes
charges on the small- end of the
score. This Tech victory came only
after five minutes of extra play.
The score being knotted 20 all at the
end of the game. Auburn follow­ers
are not downcast over the re­sults
of this game for they feel that
if the local boys. can do as well in
the opening games they can come
through with several victories 'ere
the season closes.
"JELLY" AKIN
"Jelly" Akin whose picture is shown
above is well known to Auburn sup­porters
for his activity on the basket­ball
court as well as being a star
performer on the diamond. -"Jelly"
played a guard position on the cage
team last season and in spite of it
being his first year on the team he
covered himself with glory, This
year Coach Papke saw fit to shift
"Jelly" to one "of the forward posi­tions
and in games to date has proven
one of the team's best offensive
threats. We are expecting the com­bination,
Ellis and Akin at forward
to prove one of the strongest offen­sive
threats in the conference this
seanson. "Jelly" is-an aggressive,
rangy lad who runs the floor well
and has a very keen eye for goal
shooting.
Akin is a junior in the school of
secondary education where he is prov­ing
his ability as a student as well
as in other campus activities. His
home is in Notasulga, Alabama.
The jinx followed the Tiger Quin­tet
over the week-end and was pres­ent
Monday night at the gymnasium
when Auburn bowed to the cagest­ers
from Mississippi A. and M. by the
oscre 34-31. This stinging defeat
came after the Tigers had led -the
Mississippi boys practically the whole,
game. This series with the Aggies
was doomed to have a better ending
and the wearers of the Orange and
Blue came through with a victory.
The score was equally as close as
on the night before; 27-24 being the
final count.
Papke has his men hard at work
in preparation for the coming game
with University of Florida, the game
is to be played in the Plains and will
probably draw a large crowd of spec­tators
as the Auburn boys are mak­ing
quite a hit with local people.
stars of the horsehide by charging
them with various forms of gambl­ing.
Just what the outcome of these
charges will be is hard to predict but
the nation as a whole seems to be
quite interested.
Tiger Cagesters
Lose to Techsters
in Thrilling Game
In what proved to be a thrilling
game throughout the Tech quintet
defeated the Auburn cagesters by the
narrow margin of two points. Never
was there more than a three point
difference in the score and it was
only after an extra five minutes of
play that the Tech Yellow Jackets
were able to gain the verdict. Au­burn
started off in a whirl and had
the Atlantahs 4-1 before they hard­ly
realized the game was in progress.
Hearn, Tech center, proved the un­doing1
of the Viliagei-s, this lanky
Georgian ringing up a total of 16
points for his team mates. DuBose
was the high score for the Plains­men.
The pivot man scoring 11 of
Auburn's 20 points. The inexperi­enced
Tigers lost some of their advan­tage
by fouling. E. James and Du­Bose
being eliminated for excessive
fouling. When the whistle sounded
the end of the game the score stood
20-20. The extra five minutes prov­ed
to be too much for the Auburn-ites
and Hearn rung up the two
points that won the game for Tech.
The lineup and summary was as
f olows:
AUBURN: Ellis, F, 2; Akin, F,
0; DuBose, C, 11; E. James, G, 3;
F. James, G, 4; Total 20.
TECH: Wilder, F, 0; Player, F,
4; Hearn, C, 16; George, G, 2; Jame­son,
G, 0; Total 22.
Substitutes: Auburn—Mullins for
E. James. Hall for DuBose. Howell
for Akin.
TIGERS EVEN SERIES WITH A .
& M. BY WINNING 27 TO 24
To round out a busy week for the
cage artists Snider is sending the
boys of Lee County High against the
Opelika quintet. We are hoping the
lads* will come through with a victo­ry.
Auburn Rats Lose
to Tech Freshies
We regret very much that the co­eds
had to cancel the series they had
arranged with the co-eds of Universi­ty
of Alabama. This series might
have meant much toward resuming
athletic relations with the Crimson
Tide.
In one of the most thrilling fresh­man
games ever witnessed on the lo­cal
court, the Georgia Tech fresh­man
emerged victorious over the ba­by
Tigers here last Saturday night,
the score being 27 to 25.
The Auburn freshmen got away to
an early lead but were overcome by
the Tech Rats in the second half in
spite of a desperate effort on the
part of the Tiger Cubs. Both teams
suffered from a tendency to take
FOB JAMES
Fob James who is known by all
Auburn students is the gentleman
pictured above. Fob is playing his
second year as a member of the
Auburn cage team and is proving
himself a most formidable defender
of the Auburn basket. In spite of
his lack of avoirdupois James makes
the game hot for opposing forwards
with his ability to follow the ball and
his dogged determination. No mat­ter
how the score stands whether in
his favor or not he always puts up
a hard fight- until the last crack of
the pistol.
James is one of the best all around
m
athletes on the campus. He plays
first-base on the base-ball team and
when on the gridiron plays an end
position. Lee County high school
is where he received his prep school
training and while there proved
himself to be one of the best basket­ball
players in the state. Fob has
another season on the varsity and
before this sentence is served should
be one of the greatest guards in
Southern basketball.
Fob is pursuing a course in secon­dary
education and is a member of
the Junior class. He is a resident of
Auburn where he has lived for many
years. Keep your eyes on this true
Auburn student for the next two
seasons.
The Auburn Tiger cage outfit re-versed
the proceedings of Monday
night's Auburn-Miss. A. & M. game
and won by a score of 27 to 24. Mon­day
night it was the visitors to get
away with a three point lead and
Tuesday night the Auburnites retal­iated
with three points as a margin
for victory.
The score sheet indicated at the
close of the game that the Tigers
were successful in eight field goals
in the first half, and connected up
with ten field goals, in the second
half with four free tires being reg­istered
in eight attempts.
Captain Bryant, center on the Ma­roons
was easily the star on the los­ing
aggregation. Bryant is a big
rangy lad, who runs the flood well,
sticks fast on defensive and his shoot­ing
eye was keen for successful shots
Tuesday night. He was slightly in­jured
near the close of the game,
which necessitated his retirement.
Jones and Hartness came through
with a fine exhibition of basket
guarding Tuesday night after a bril­liance
performance Monday.
The entire Auburn-team went the
full forty minutes without substitu­tion
and turned in the best game of
the season. E. and F. James played
a jam up game at guard and from
present indications ,the twins will
develop into a neat pair of basketball
custodians as the season progresses.
DuBose at center covered the floor
well and counted four points. Cap­tain
Ellis and Akin, the forward con­tingents,
played a stellar brand of
basketball, the former getting seven
points while the latter came through
with eight points which was Au­burn's
highest count.
Lineup and summary:
AUBURN (27): Elfish F; Akin, F;
DuBose, C; E. James, G; F. James,
G.
MISS. A. & M. (24): Berry, F;
Ricks, F ; Bryant, C; Jones, G; Hart­ness,
G.
The same night Auburn varsity
was losing to Tech by the two point
margin, Coach Brown had the rats
trying to stave off the second defeat
at the hands of Georgians. The re­sults
were quite as disasterous as
those in Atlanta. The Tech Frosh
nosed out a 27-25 victory over Brown's
rats. There was a fine array of
talent presented by Brown and he
should have little trouble in whip­ping
a winning combination together
before the season is far advanced.
The co-eds have also been going
through a hard training schedule for
the past week preparing to adminis­ter
a defeat to the girls from Birm
ingham Southern College. The fair
athletes from the Magic City defeat­ed
the Co-eds last season and Till­man's
outfit is primed for revenge.
The game is to be played here next
Friday night.
It seems that young baseball as­pirants
should have little trouble in
getting into the big league this
soring. Landia has conceived the
idea of clearing out all of the old
MIKE PAPKE
Auburn's basketball team is well
under way on one of the most stren-ous
seasons it has faced in many a
season. The cage artists are under
the tutorship of Mike Papke, pictured
above. This coach of athletes came
to the Plains as an assistant to King
David Morey in the fall of 1925 and
after assisting in the duties of de­veloping
an eleven, he took over the
reins as basketball coach. The first
season was not so successful from a
standpoint of victories and defeats
but a new system was installed which
bids to give excellent results in the
future. Papke came to the Plains
after having finished a brilliant ath­letic
career at Middlebury College.
Here he was a three letter man of no
little renown and he is continuing his
aggresive policy as coach. Thus far
Papke's cohorts have lost two games
against one' victory but each of the
defeats was by a margin of two
points. In time of victory or in time
of defeat, Papke has the undivided
support of the Auburn student body
and there will always be a large
crowd present to cheer his charges
on jn all the home played games. We
wish you much success Mike.
long shots, although this was caused
partly by the airtight defense of both
teams. Noo ne man was able to
make a large individual score, Ward
of the Auburnites being the high
man with nine points, being closely
followed by Eaton with eight. Ad­ams
substituting for Ward at for­ward
played a splendid floor game,
as did Clark, while Collins, Auburn
guard followed the ball well.
Eaton was the outstanding player
for the Jacket outfit, while Heeke,
Golden, and Nichols also played stel­lar
games.
Joe Bert, flashy Auburn guard,
had to leave the game due to a sprain­ed
ankle and will be out indefinitely.
His duties were taken up by Cullom,
a Mississippi lad who performed in
a creditable manner.
Lineup and summary:
TECH (27): Nicholls, F ; Oltz, F;
Heeke, C; King, G; Meares, G.
AUBURN (25): Clark, F; Ward,
F; James, C; Collins, G; Burt, G.
Substitutions: Tech freshmen—
Coker for Nicholls; Eaton for Oltz;
Lemon for Heeke; Warner for Mear­es;
Golden for King.
Auburn freshmen — Chamblee for
Clark; Adams for Ward; Hogan for
James; Stoutenborough for Hogan;
Cullom for Burt. Referee, Moulton
(Auburn).
Auburn Hi Boys
Practicing Hard
Coach Snider is putting his squad
of basketeers through a strenous
week of driling in the art of ringing
goals and preventing opponents from
doing the same thing. The high
school boys are taking on the quintet
from Opelika next Saturday night,
and expect to come through with a
majority of points. Running paral­lel
with the varsity luck, the cagest­ers
from the high school have been
nosed out of two close games this
season. Columbus defeated Snider's
cohorts in the opening game of the
season for the local lads by the score
of 23-30. Following this defeat by
such a close margin, the Lee Coun-tians
came back and took the small
end of a 23-22 score against Fairfax
Hight.
Snider has some excellent though
somewhat inexperienced material out
for the cage team. Among the most
talented and Captain Tamplin, Ellis,
Fincher, Hatcher and Floyd. Ellis
seems more adept at tossing the ball
in the basket while Tamplain is show­ing
the most stuff on the defensive.
Whether the quintet from the high
school land high in a won and lost
column or not it is an assured fact
that Snider has done much to add
to the ability of the boys to play a
leads-up game and they have the
fight so typical of their mentor when
he is wearing the football togs of
A. P. I.
Husband and Wife
On Varsity Teams
The Varsity and Co-ed basketball
squads of Auburn represent a very
unsual case in that of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank DuBose. Mr. DuBose is a
star center on the varsity squad,
while Mrs. DuBose holds down a for­ward
position on the co-ed team.
Frank is from Macon, Ga. He at­tended
prep school at Lanier High
school of that city and was one of
the outstanding athletes turned out
by that school. He took part in foot­ball
and basketball. Since coming to
Auburn he has made his numeral in
freshman football playing an end po­sition
and was also center on the
freshman basketball team. DuBose
has starred in three basketball con­tests
that Auburn has played this
season. He played every minute of
the two games with Mississippi A.
and M., and a greater part of the
Tech game. Although only a Soph-
Coeds Play B'ham
Southern Friday
Gene Tillman has been putting the
soeds thi-ough a strenous week of
practice in preparation for the com­ing
game with the coeds from Birm­ingham
Southern. The iocal girls
have their heart set on avenging the
defeat handed them by this same
team last season.
It seems that the Auburn coeds
have plenty of skilled players and a
team than can encounter the best in
the south this season so every one
is expecting an Auburn victory Fri­day
night. The probable lineup for
the coeds will be: Price and Creel,
guards; Johnson center and Tucker
and Floyd forwards. B'ham Sou.:
Whistenant and Guthrie forwards,
Armstrong c«nter, Quigery and Can­non
guards.
The schedule for the remainder of
the season is as follows:
January 29, Jacksonville Normal,
Jacksonville.
February 3, Howard, Auburn. .
February 12, Athens College, Ath­ens.
.February 17, Woman's College,
Montgomery.
February 25, B'ham Southern,
Birmingham.
February 26, Howard, Birming­ham.
- t
March 4, Jacksonville, Auburn.
omore big things are expected from
him this year and greater things in
the remaining two years of his col­lege
life.
Mrs. DuBose was formally Miss
Bessie Drake. She is a native of Au­burn.
This is her second year on
the co-ed team and is one of the main­stays
on the forward department.
She is a senior in Secondary Educa­tion.
Mr. and Mrs. DuBose were married
last summer and are making their
home in Auburn at the present time.
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LOCAL SCHOOL
OF ENGINEERING
GETS PORTRAIT
Just recently the local Engineering
School received a framed portrait
of Mr. Benjamin G. Lamme, which
bore the following inscription:
"In my thirty-five years of work
witby the Westinghouse Company I
have seen many young men grow
from pupils to assistants and asso­ciates.
This has been one of my
greatest pleasures. I have {aimed
to instill in them fundamental ideas
of engineering honesty and honor,
square dealing and fair fighting—
that there should be pride in accom­plishment
and that arue engineering
means advancement of the art for
the benefit of mankind."—B. G.
Lamme.
Mr. Lamme was one of the out­standing
men in the field of engineer­ing,
and he was an inspiration to
the young men who came under his
instruction. A brief biographical
sketch of Mr. Lamme's life follows:
Benjamin G. Lamme was born on
a farm near Springfield, Ohio, in
January, 1864. He graduated from
Ohio State University in Mechanical
Engineering in 1888, having been out
during the year '86-87 on account
of his father's illness and death.
He entered the employ of the West­inghouse
Company in 1889, about a
year after graduation, at the munifi­cent
salary of $30.00 per month.
Scarcely six months after entering
the employ of the Westinghouse
Company, he calculated the electri­cal
design of the double reduction
gear railway motor which was put
on the market early in 1890.
In 1892, Lamme began work on the
inductin motor and produced the
first successful distributed winding
motor of this type. In 1892, Mr.
Lamme designed great polyphase
generators for lighting the World's
Fair. He also designed the synchron­ous
converter, large induction motor
and other machines which were ex­hibited
at the Fair. At this same
time, he was designing railway gen­erators
whose performance startled
the engineering world.
About the year 1895, he conceived
the idea that led to the development
of the well known type "C" induction
motor with the squirrel cage rotor.
His great work on the synchron­ous
converter, however, he regards as
his greatest achievement. For years,
he fought the battle for the synchro­nous
converter almonst single handed.
He won out, and this is now the ac­cepted
machinery for converting al­ternating
into direct current.
Mr. Lamme's ability to analyze
character and his interest in young
men are among his strongest char­acteristics.
For years, he made a
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DR. TIDWELL TO
ASSUME DUTIES
NEXT MONDAY
Dr. R. E. Tidwell who becomes state
superintendent of Education Monday,
is a veteran in the educational service
in Alabama. Incidentally he was the
only candidate for high state office
who did not have opposition. Upon
assuming this office he will automat­ically
become a member of the Auburn
Board of Trustees and will have a
great deal to do with the fortunes of
Auburn for the next four years.
Doctor Tidwell was born in Blount
county and was educated at Univer­sity
of Alabama, Harvard and Colum­bia
Universities. He started his edu­cational
career in Birmingham as
principal of Ensley High School, re­signing
to take charge of the schools
of Tenessee Coal, Iron and R. R. com­pany.
Later he was called to Mont­gomery
as director of Institutes and
was the first man to receive the ap­pointment
as Assistant State Super­intendent
of Education, his present
position. He received a 'tremendous
vote for State Superintendent in the
recent election.
Doctor Tidwell made Phi Beta Kap­pa
at the University of Alabama. He
is a Shriner and a member of the
Kappa Sigma fraternity.
FARMERS WILL
CUT ACREAGE
A large reduction in cotton acreage
will be made in Alabama in 1927 ac­cording
Ito reports of agricultural
workers, bankers and business men.
Extreme low prices that have pre­vailed
throughout the season are res­ponsible
for the probable cut.
Thousands of farmers have not
been able to pay their debts. Not
since 1920 has there been so great a
scarcity with farmers. Their buy­ing
power has reached its lowest ebb
since 1920 with debts made in mak­ing
the crop in 1926 still on the book.
Banks will not finance the farmers
in planting the cotton crop the size
of the past season.
Many farmers will plant more hay
and feed crops and add live stock to
their farms. Farmers in every sec­tion
have expressed their intention
of growing hogs, dairy cattle, poultry
and truck crops to surplant farm in­come
in place of low price cotton.
In this way they can have enough
money to buy their clothes and other
necessities. There is a chance for
greater profits to be made by follow­ing
this schedule and in this way
cotton will prove a blessing in dis­guise.
It will prove to the farmers
that there are other ways of making
a living other than raising cotton.
With every farmer raising his own
feed stuff and buying more live stock
he will make the cream, meat and
eggs he sells prove a greater profit.
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PROGRAM FINE
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study of the young men who came
to^the Westinghouse Company from
colleges all over the country. His
analysis of their ability and char­acteristics
was of the greatest bene­fit,
both to the young men themsel­ves
and to the Company. He took
a great interest in the students and
devoted a large part of his time to
them, in discussing their problems
and in giving actual instruction in
his design school.
Mr. Lamme received the highest
honors from the American Institute
of Electrical Engineers, in being
elected one of the two members from
that body on the Naval Consulting
Board during the world war and be­ing
chairman of the Inventions Com­mute
on that Board. Some years
ago, he was also awarded the Edison
Medal by the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers for his engineer­ing
achievements. All of these were
in consequence of his work and abi­lity
as an engineer; he was in com­petition
with engineers only. Mr.
Lamme died in August 1925.
If anyone imagines that football is
a dead subject now that the gridiron
rompers have been packed away in
mothballs until next September, he
reckons without the Auburn Players.
That persistent aggregation will tell
you that football is anything but dead
and they will prove it to you on Feb­ruary
tenth, at Langdon Hall when
they stage their annual musical show.
Last year in "Collegiately Speaking",
they poked fun at college spirit and
Charleston. This year they poke fun
at everything but particularly at
football.
This year's musical comedy puts
Auburn on the stage. There is a
scene at the railroad station called
"September Morn", with the stu­dents
arriving for school, all on foot.
There is a scene in Ag Bottom, anoth­er
in the bleachers at a football
game and still another on Toomer's
Corner. Songs and dances will be
featured by our local Galli Curcis
and McCormicks, to say nothing of
Auburn's own Al Jolson. You did
not know we had a horde of frenzied
Charlestonians in town either, but
the Players proved that we had. This
year the Black Bottom is the dance of
the hour. Who knows but that there
will be a contest featuring that Terp-sichorean
orgy before the show is
over? Many of the stars of the past
football season will prove to Auburn
that footlights spur them on to great­er
triumphs than does the glint of
the sun on the pigskin. What would
you think, for instance, of a play
with "them papers", the hidden jew­els,
"Dizzy" Pruitt as the Countess,
"Red" Roberts as the dastardly vil-
The Wirt Literary Society had a
very fine meeting Tuesday night in
Wirt Hall. The members all express­ed
themselves as enjoying the program
very much.
Mr. R. L. Hightower made a speech
on "Humanizing War." Mr. High-tower
said that war is a dreadful
thing and that there are many ways
to get killed. Gas is probably the
most humane way and it does not
cause the terrible suffering that shells
cause. He told of the experience of
an officer who has been shell shocked
in France.
Clyde Brown spoke on "Reorganiza­tion
of Engineering Department at
West Palm Beach, Florida". ' He said
that the engineering department now
consists of 193 men. They have 15
draftsmen and a special drafting
room.
E. V. Smith spoke on "Life of
Longfellow." Longfellow is one of
America's greatest poets and was born
in Maine. He later settled in Cam­bridge
and was professor of English
at Harvard. He soon gave this up
and devoted himself to writing.
"Song of Hiawatha" by Longfellow
was ably described by Clyde Thomp­son.
Thompson said that this poem
is one of Longefllow's best.
John K. Moore spoke on "Compul­sory
Military Training." Moore ably
pointed out the danger of a nation
becoming too militaristic, and said
that the greatest danger is that it
leads youth to take war for granted.
War training is not the best way to
bring peace and Moore gave Germany
as an example. He gave some very
strong points against compulsory mil­itary
training and brought them out
exceptionally well.
Miss Julia Price gave a very inter­esting
reading entitled, "The Land­lord's
Daughter." It was enjoyed by
everyone.
The critic, Miss Bertha Bethune,
said that the program was fine and
that she had no criticism to make.
The society will elect officers next
Tuesday night who will serve until
April 1st. Everyone come prepared
to elect some good officers.
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Something new in the way of en­tertainments
will be presented by the
Epworth League Union this coming
Saturday night, Janui-ary 15. The
new treat will be in the form of a
vaudeville and will make Keith's
circuit throw a jealous fit. This is
the one big outside attractions of the
semester given by the league and it
is hoped that all of the leaguers and
their friends will turn out to witness
this frolic of the year. The program
has been well prepared and variety
is a most conspicuous part of the en­tertainment.
Care has been taken to
put together a group of Auburn's
best entertainers together on one
program. A part of the program
which is given below will speak for
itself and needs no further adver­tisement.
Among the vocal solos will be some
of the best talent of Auburn's Glee
Club, namely, Moreland Smith, "Bul­let
Strong and Hugh Francis. Along
vocal lines, there will also be a quar­tette
intermingled with yodelling by
Hugh Francis. The band also comes
among whom are Ludlowe Hallman
with his orthophonia, Ton Allen with
his saxaphone, and "Louie" Bayne
with his popular step dancing and
saxaphone yodelling. Those who at­tended
the Forum minstrels last year
will remember the great hit that
Louie made with his negro imperson­ations
and clarinette. Bob McKin-non
assisted by L. M. Martin will fur­nish
one act of the vaudeville which
will consist of harp and guitar selec­tions.
Coupled in with this will also
be a few of Mac's own vocal selec­tions.
Those of us who attended
Y. M. C. A. stunt night last year will
read with pleasure anticipations the
notice that Rosser Alston will
render several of his selections via
the charcoal route. One act known
as "Musical Moments" will be presen-lain,
Ben Sankey as the vampish vil-lainess,
Pat Moulton as a lil-pure
hero and Frank Tuxworth as the vir­tuous
heroine? Sounds impossible,
doesn't it? Of course it does—there­fore
its true. Put away two bits and
a dime and invest it at the Football
Frolic.
A special Peake line
for College Men
With two pairs of
Trousers
Made to our specifications
by Learbury, in fabrics and
patterns that had the O.K.
of college men in the East­ern
schools before t h ey
were made up. At thirty-nine
dollars t h e y offer
value heart-warming even
to the chap who A.B.'d in
Scotch spending.
Second Floor—Louis Saks
•
s&LOUIS SAKS&*
2nd Ave. and 19th St., Birmingham, Air
ted by W. C. Ellis, Jr. and Sam Mos-ley.
The former will perform on the
mandolin while the latter handles the
fiddle. Other popular features of the
vaudeville will include Banjo num­bers
by "Slick" Moulton accompanied
by Mrs. "SJick". Also there will be
guitar numbers by Peley Grant and
a black face act by R. B. Hobdy.
Remember the place—Methodist
Sunday School auditorium, the time—
Saturday night January 15th at 8:00
P. M.-^the event—a vaudeville, pre­sented
by the Epworth League. Tic­kets
may be secured from any of the
leaguers or may be bought at the door
Saturday night. Tickets will sell for
15 and 25 cents and a good time is
assured all who attend. Come
JOURNAL PLANT
TO BE VISITED BY
AG JOURNALISTS
STATE NURSERY
BEGINS WORK OF
REFORESTATION
The Agricultural class in Journal­ism
will be the guests of Mr. John
Paschall, managing editor of the At­lanta
Journal, Saturday afternoon.
The class composed of twenty-four
members will be accompanied by Prof.
Hugh Grant, instructor. The mem­bers
of the class will make a tour of
the entire plant of the Journal in
order to get first hand information
in regard to the publishing of a large
paper. Approximately twenty-five
students will make the trip.
Forest planting was begun by thirty
Alabama farmers in 1926, says a
statement issued by the Commission
of Forestry. The young trees used
for this purpose were received from
the State Forest Nursery in Sumter
County.
As a rule, the rough lands of Ala­bama
will reforest themselves without
artificial planting. However, it often
may happen that seed trees of desir­able
species. are not present on the
land or that ground is already large­ly
peppered by undesirable kinds of
growth. In such cases it frequently
pays the landowner to resort to the
planting of seedlings of the particu­lar
kind of tree that he wishes to es­tablish
on the area.
The policy of the Comission of
Forestry is to issue to farmers with­out
charge sufficient seedlings of suit­able
species to plant from one-half
acre to one acre of ground. Planting
stock in excess of this amount will be
furnished to landowners at the ac­tual
cost of production. The State
Forest Nursery was established only
in June, consequently the amount of
planting material grown to date is
not very large. The plantations
made by* farmers during 1926 are lo­cated
in Bibb, Chilton, Shelby and
Perry Counties.
Next Door to Post Office
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Auburn, Alabama.
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ROSEMONT GARDENS
FLORISTS
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
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Cigarettes
Drug Sundries
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN
MONDAY
Laura La Plante
The Brilliant Denseuae
in a most fascinating story
of a beautiful dancer in
the Russian Imperial
Ballet
She was great in
"Poker Faces"
She is Glorious in
"THE MIDNIGHT SUN"
Super production
30c admission
WEDNESDAY
Complete
FOX PROGRAM
T i t l e s t o be Announced
L a t e r
LANGDON HALL
25 cents
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMS
Morning examinations begin at
8:30 a .m.; afternoon examinations
begin 1 p. m.
Instructors will please hand in
grades arranged alphabetically and
showing dates of absences. Also al­phabetical
list showing semester
grade of each student.
SCHEDULE
Professors concerned will select
period for students not arranged for
below. This applies particularly to
one-hour subjects.
Thursday, January 20 •— 11-12
Current Events for Freshmen. 7 p.
m. Curent Events, Sophomores, Jun­iors,
and Seniors.
Friday, January 21—(First hour
subjects 8-9.) A. M., First hour sub­jects
which meet daily, or on Mon­day,
Wednesday, Friday. P. M. First
hour subjects not scheduled Friday
morning.
Saturday, January 22 (Second hour
subjects 9-10.) A. M. Second hour sub­jects
which meet daily or on Monday,
Wednesday, Friday. F. M. Second
hour, subjects not scheduled Satur­day
morning.
Monday, January 24 — (Third
hour subjects, 10-11.) A. M., Third
hour subjects which meet daily or
on Monday, Wednesday, Friday. P.
M., Third hour subjects not schedul­ed
Monday morning. 7 P. M. Fresh­man
and Sophomore Wednesday-Sat­urday
ROTC Sections.
Tuesday, January 25 — (Fourth
hour subjects, 11-12.) A. M. Fourth
Hour, subjects which meet daily, or
on Monday, Wednesday, Friday. 1-3
P. M. Freshman Chemistry Labora­tory
103. Also English 401. 3-5 P.
M. Sophomore History (all sec­tions.)
Wednesday, January 25 — (Fifth
hour subjects 1-2.) A. M. Fifth
hour subjects which meet daily, or on
Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Also
Freshman Drawing. P. M. Fifth
hour subjects not scheduled Wednes­day
morning. Also Freshman En­gineering
Problems.
Thursday, January 27 — (Sixth
hour subjects.) A. M. Sixth hour
subjects which meet daily, or on Mon-
MOORE'S MARKET
CHOICE
MEATS
THE COLLEGE PICTURE SHOW
A GOOD COMEDY
WITH EVERY SHOW
6:30 to 10:30
Monday—Wednesday—Friday—Saturday
BENEFIT OF
THE AUBURN BAND
GOOD MUSIC
STUDENT ORCHESTRA
PLAYING EVERY SHOW
Thursday and Friday
NO SHOW
Account of Examinations
STUDENT ENGINEERS URGED
TO DEVELOP PERSONALITY
(Continued from page 1)
While scholarship is not to be dis­counted,
and while many of these
men from industry have, as their
first requirement, the performance
of better than the average in scholar­ship,
they are more particularly con­cerned
with the personality of the
student than they are with his scho­lastic
rating.
Just why then are these men from
industry so much interested in the ex­tra-
curricula activities of the student?
Why is it that they want to know
about the student's health, his experi­ences
in financing himself through
college, his connection with social,
religious, military and athletic activi­ties,
and his occupational experiences
before coming to college, during va­cations
and after college hours?
The answer is that they are endea­voring
to predict the student's future
performance on the basis of his past
accomplishments, and that application,
and leadership, and ability to get al­ong
with fellow students, and with
college authorities are all to be taken
as indications that the student will
readily translate these relationships
in college to similar relationships in
the business world.
Let us suppose that the university
were to install a thoroughgoing per-sonel
office; what sort of standards
would it be likely to set up as a basis
upon which to judge the personality
of the student? There are nine
groupings of more or less attributes,
that are generally conceded as being
of importance in connection with the
rating of personality, and that may
be considered as constituting a rating
scale by which the personality of
college men may be roughly judged:
1. Physical vigor, health and free­dom
from impairments.
2. Appearance, attractiveness, bear-acter
appear in this scale of values
and why does it not come first in the
list? Character is an all too inclus­ive
term to use in this connection
but the reflections of it will be found
to appear all through the list.
Physical vigor furnishes much of
the stuff that aggressive character
is based upon—courage, stamina, self-confidence.
(Upon reflection one
could imagine an ideal situation in
which a perfect physical being, with
a proper conception of acceptable
standards of human relations, could
become a perfect moral being.)
- Appearance, bearing and approach
all indicate character to the keen ob­server—
the external being but the
reflection of the internal.
Industry, earnestness and applica­tion
to duty are all character traits.
The man who works diligently at
something worthwhile, whether with
his hands or with his head, is follow­ing
nature's plan and is playing his
part in the great game of life. And
so the list might be exhausted but
lack of space permits.
Our reactions to various situations
are based upon habits, and insofar as
good habits may have been inculcat­ed
in youth, just so far may one's
traits of character be expected to
manifest themselves.
But we should not rest upon such
a conclusion.! Character can be de­veloped
and reshaped in the light of
better and broader knowledge of what
is ethically and what is socially ac­ceptable.
Moral conduct, in the thinking of
many, constitutes the entirety of char­acter.
But morality is a product of
the times, what is considered moral in
our generation may be thought of as
immoral in some future generation.
The spiritual aspects of character
are well recognized as being good for
all time, one's spiritual life may also
be deepened and integrated into one's
personality as maturity may add to
COLONEL BIBB GRAVES
INAUGURATED GOVERNOR
OF STATE OF ALABAMA
ing, approach and care of the person.
3. Industry, earnestness and appli- one's store of knowledge,
cation to duties.
4. Judgment, clear thinking, and ad­aptability.
5. Initiative, resourcefullness and
enterprise.
6. Ability to command the respect,
loyalty of others.
7. Reliability and sense of honor.
8. Ideals of service, unselfishness.
9. Technical ability in line with the
subject of specialization.
But you may ask, where does char-day,
Wednesday, Friday. P. M.
Sixth hour, subjects not scheduled
Thursday morning.
Friday, January 28 and Saturday
morning, January 29, Second Semes­ter
registration. The late fee of
$5.00 will be collected after noon,
January 29. Class work, second se­mester,
begins 8 a. m. January 31.
A student is not registered until
cards are approved by his dean.
Absences from class on and after
the opening day of the second semes­ter
due to late registration on the
part of first semester students, will
count the same as other absences.
PAUL A. KING
FANCY
GROCERIES
Phone 24
Auburn, Alabama
Engineering students will do well
to remember that the supplying of the
material needs of life is but a sum
total of human requirements. The
needs of physical body and the spirit­ual
life of an individual have their
scheme of things, and the well round­ed
engineer will need to develop these
aspects of his life as well as to pro­tect
himself in the technicalities of
his career.
The tendency of high specialization
in technical work makes it highly
important that engineering students
should broaden themselves along cul­tural
and spiritual lines in order to
fortify themselves against the nar­rowing
influences of this specializa­tion,
and to equip themselves for hu­man
relationships of business and so­cial
fields. The engineer may well
take cognizance of the future when
his business usefulness will begin to
decline, and when he will be fortunate
if he can fall back on his early cul­tural
training as a means of enjoy­ment,
and satisfaction during his de­clining
years.
The trend of technical education
gives away slowly to liberalizing
subjects that tend to broaden the
student's outlook on life and prepare
him for a fuller and a richer life ex­perience.
The college has a direct
responsibility in the development of
the physical, social, spiritual and ec­onomic
aspects of the student's life;
all with a view of correlating these
things with his desire for knowledge
and his intellectual curiosity and his
ability to think for himself, to the end
CLEARANCE SALE
We offer 20 to 30 percent
Reduction on all Bostonian
Shoes and Arrow Colored
Shirts. This includes all New Stock.
G I B S O N '
MEN'S WEAR
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(Continued from page 1)
tend a reception given in honor of
the chief executive on the mezzanine
floor of the Exchange hotel from
seven to nine Monday evening.
The formal inauguration ball, to
which the public will be invited will
follow. Evening dress will be re­quired.
This, the committee says,
will round out the most brilliant in­auguration
ever given an Alabama
governor.
When Colonel Graves becomes gov­ernor
he will become ex-officio pres­ident
of the Board of Trustees of
Auburn. In addition to the govern­or,
the board will consist of Dr. R.
E. Tidwell, new state superintendent
of education, and ex-officio member
of the board, C. S. McDowell, Jr.,
Victor H. Hanson, W. H. Oates,
T. D. Samford, P. S. Haley, H. D.
Merrill, Harry Herzfeld, Oliver R.
Hood, Charles Henderson, J. A. Rog­ers,
C. W. Ashcraft, and B. L. Shi,
secretary.
AUBURN BAND TO PARADE
FOR GOVERNOR GRAVES
(Continued from page 1)
their turns at her. Thus, did this
old horn nurse the baby band and
was used by beginners for several
years.
In the spring of 1898 the Cadet
Band of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute became a reality and a cred­it
to its name. Since that time it
has rendered music for the entertain­ment
of its friends from Oklahoma
across to Washington, D. C, down
to the southern waters of Florida.
At the end of the 10th year the
Grand Reunion of Musicians met in­augurating
Band Day, a day of mu­sical
entertainment to be held at each
succeeding commencement of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
During the years of '11, '12, '13,
and '14 the band continued to grow
and at this time was found not only
a renowned clarinetist, but a great
football star. This man is Paul R.
Bidez. During the World War he
directed the famous 167th Regiment
Band of the Rainbow Division and
led his band across the Rhine playing
"Touchdown Auburn." In the year
1917 Prof. A. L. Thomas was direc­tor
of the band and it improved
rapidly under his able leadership. In
1918 the membership of the band
reached fifty-two. On the 24th of
October, 1918, the entire band and
student body was mustered into ser­vice.
First Sergeant Jack Gorher
was placed in charge of the band and
served very faithfully. In the fall
of 1919 Mr. Bidez returned to
Auburn.
During '23 William Wood of Mont­gomery
put on a drive to raise funds
with which to purchase uniform for
the band. The funds were raised and
the beautiful uniform, in which the
band now appears, were purchased.
The band serves the college as no
other organization on the campus,
taking the part of a regimental band
in the Military department, playing
concerts for entertainment of guests
of the college, encouraging college
spirit on the campus and doing its
part at all football games by filling
the zephyrs with the famous "Touch,
down Auburn," and "Glory, Dear Old
Auburn," the strains of which bring
back to all Auburn men memories of
their college days and cause them to
yell with the enthusiasm of a college
boy, "Eat 'Em Up Tiger!"
The band holds the distinction of
being the only college band to func­tion
throughout the year. It is main­tained
for students who desire to
study and learn music and to fill
the position of Regimental Band in
the military organization.
Loafing is getting so expensive that
the only solution is more work.
the typical college graduate may take
his place in society, not only well
equipped in his field of specialization,
but as a man to be looked up to, as
a person of good judgment, and as a
person who can furnish that leader­ship
which society will always need
and which, at this particular time
is so necessary in our good southland.
GRIFFITH USES
NEW METHODS
D. W. Griffith is known as the
only director without a script or sys­tem.
"True art is creative thought,"
says Griffith, "and cannot be express­ed
by a typewriter if intended for
reproduction in pictures."
Most directors first read the story
to be filmed and its screen treat­ment.
Then they study the script,
a technical splitting of the story in­to
numbered scenes. From this script,
costume departments draw their de­signs
and art departments build the
sets.
Only Needs an Outline
—This is too systematic for Mr.
Griffith. When he has ah outline
suitable for /picture. purposes _ he's
satisfied. The creative work then
begins.
That's the way it worked with
Marie Corelli's story, "Sorrows of
Satan," which comes to the Tiger
Theatre on Wednesday and Thurs­day,
when filming it at Paramount's
Long Island Studio'. After consulta­tions
with John Russell and Forrest
Halsey, well known writers, a treat­ment
of the story was worked out in
the form of a thirty page synopsis.
The art department began design­ing
sets and "D. W." chose those
he thought that Best expressed the
story's spirit.
Menjou Given Screen Test
Even Adolphe Menjou, with his
varied experience, underwent a rig­orous
screen test and had long con­ferences
with Mr. Griffith.
This process covered more than
two months. It was a long task, but
it illustrates Mr. Griffith's methods
of approaching a big production.
As it proceeded, Mr. Griffith, vis­ualized
his story in detail. He be­came
thoroughly familiar with the
capabilities of his principal players,
—Menjou, Ricardo Cortez, Miss
Dempster and Lya de Putti,—and re­modeled
his scenes to make most ef­fective
use of their talents.
That's the reason D. W. Griffith
never uses a script. He creates as he
proceeds.
AUBURN BANKS
ELECT OFFICERS
FOR NEW YEAR
REGISTRATION IS SCHEDULED
FOR JANUARY 28-29
(Continued from page 1)
Non residents of Alabama pay an
additional matriculation fee of
$25.00.
If the student wishes the special
laundry service which is optional, an
additional payment of $3.00 is neces­sary.
.
Have Exact Change
The Accountant requests that stu­dents
have the exact change ready
when fees are to be paid.
Ticket Books
Athletic ticket books will be given
each student who registers.
Registration Precedure
All members of the Faculty not
assigned to special work will assist
the Deans with registration.
Students are requested to write
legibly, using a fountain pen if pos­sible.
In filling out class cards write only
the second semester course numbers.
These are the even numbers.
Back work to be repeated should be
scheduled first.
Rooms for Registration
January 28 and 29, Main Building
ENGINEERING, room 301, third
floor.
GENERAL, room 213, second floor.
x HOME ECONOMICS, room 100,
first floor.
EDUCATION, room 312, third
floor.
AGRICULTURE, room 212, second
floor.
VETERINARY MEDICINE, room
211, second floor.
CHEMISTRY and PRE-MEDICAL,
room 207, second floor, south end.
PHARMACY, room 205, second
floor.
Committee on clstss Cards: Profes­sor
Killebrew, Chairman. All class
cards will be collected and placed in
room 209 for sorting by the depart­ments.
B. L. SHI, Registrar.
At the annual meeting of the stock­holders
and directors of the Bank
of Auburn the same officers and the
same board of directors were reelect­ed.
S. L. Toomer is president, Dr. C.
A. Cary, vice-president, and W. D.
Martin, cashier. Emel F. Wright was
elected assistant cashier, this being
the only change in the personnel.
Prior to the meeting of the stock­holders
the bank had an open house
Wednesday afternoon, commemorating
the 20th anniversary of the' bank,
over 200 friends were present, among
them being several prominent bankers
and business men of Opelika. Refresh­ments
were served.
During the directors meeting, Mr.
Martin was given a vote of thanks
and appreciation for his excellent
work-' The directors are S. L. Toom­er,
W. D. Martin, B. L. Shi, Dr. C.
A. Cary, E. Sizemore, Dr. B. B. Ross,
C. L. Hare, Thos. Bragg, Dr. C. S.
Yarbrough and Clifton ones.
• Officers for the First National
Bank of Auburn have been selected
for the ensuing term, according to
announcement today of bank officials.
C. Felton Little succeeds Prof. A. L.
Thomas who resigned as president.
Prof. W. W. Hill was elected vice-president,
G. H. Wright, cashier, W.
D. Steele, assistant cashier, Prof.
Albert Thomas, chairman of the
Board of Directors.
In recognition of Professor Thom­as'
splendid work as president the
Board of Directors adopted resolu­tions
expressing their gratitude.
JOURNALISM PROGRESSES
AT AUBURN
(Continued from page 1)
Dana and Joseph Pulitzer have lent
a halo of prestige. It is the aim of
these and similar courses to train
embyro journalists and equip them
with a thorough understanding of the
ethics of the newspaper game.
Work in the course during the
first semester has consisted in report­ing
convocations, interviewing prom­inent
campus characters, reading
copy and thorough drills in the basic
rules of the game.
SATURDAY
An Epic of t h e West
" T H E LAST FRONTIER"
A t h r i l l i n g P i c t u r e of t he
Last S t a n d of t he
I n d i a ns
in t h e day of Buffalo Bill
LANGDON HALL
25 cents
DR. ALLISON READS
PAPER TO PHYSICISTS
(Continued from page 1)
the Faraday effect in the rotation of
the plane of the polarized light lags
behind the magnetic force by an in­creased
interval of time as the wave
length of the light becomes shorter
and shorter.
These time-lags are intervals almost
infinitesimaily small, and the fact
explains why a number of experi­menters
in recent years have sought
such a time lag and have failed to
detect it. These intervals are only
a few billionths of a second long. The
method of their measurement employs
as a timing device the distances which
light travels during the intervals in
question. Since light travels 186,000
miles, or around the world about
seven and a half times, in one second,
it is possible with properly designed
and controlled apparatus to measure
these very small instants by the time
required for light to travel a distance
of only one foot or more.
The nature of light, electricity and.
magnetism is yet to be perfectly un­derstood,
and the discovery that the
interactions between the electric and
magnetic forces and the plane of po­larization
of the light are not instan­taneous
but show a measurable lag
for the various colors, may, it is
thought, contribute something to the
elucidation of the fundamental na­ture
of these phenomena.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF AUBURN
Advice and Accomodation
For Every College Man
Any Financial Assistance or Business Transaction
C. Felton Little, '04, President
W. W. Hill, '98, Vice-President G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier
YOU ARE WELCOME
9:30 A. M. Sunday School
11:00 A. M. The God of the Christian.
6:30 P. M. Christian Endeavor
7:30 P. M. Oases in Life's Desert.
AUBURN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
"THE BARBER"
TIGER BUILDING: AT THE SIGN:—
The Pretty Barber's Pole.
WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO SERVE YOU.
IF YOU PLEASE? "CALL AGAIN."
"THE BARBER"
P.S.—
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value. Ask THE BARBER.
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