To Foster The
Auburn Spirit THE PLAINSMAN Tonight is Stunt
Night
VOL. XXXIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 1926 NO. 19
HUNDRED GIRLS
AT MID-YEAR
JUNIOR PROM
Favorable Mention Made Of
Students Conduct Much
Improvement Shown
The Junior Proms were the most
successful and orderly dances held
in Auburn in recent years is the
consensus of opinion and concurred
in by the Social Director and faculty
members in charge.
Especially was the work of the
Social Committee commendable according
to those interviewed. Earl
"" Pride, President of the Committee
and his associates were instrumental
in making the dances successful
through their cooperation with faculty
members in charge.
The Interfraternity Council tendered
its support to those in charge
and aided materially in the success
of the dances. The Student Council
contributed in maintaining the high
standards set'throughout the dances.
The main entrances were handled
ably by Pete Mclntrye and Fats McNeill.
Bill Perryman, secretary of
the Social Committee had charge of
registering the girls.
The, out df town girls numbering
approximately one hundred were
from various sections of the Southland
and constituted one of the
largest assemblages of visiting girls
here for the dances in a number of
years. The visitors were housed in
the S a mgiNg|j gbmnLf|CMFWY
the Sigma Nu, Theta Chi, and Lambda
Chi Alpha fraternity houses. The
houses were chaperoned by Mr. and
Mrs. Collins of Birmingham, Captain
and Mrs. Anderson, Prof, and Mrs.
Homer Gentry. Captain and Mrs.
Althaus, Coach Hutsell and Captain
and Mrs. Cushman were chaperones
"In my opinion they were the best
dances we have had," was the statement
made by Miss Zoe Dobbs, Social
Director, who had direct charge
of the dances. Miss Dobbs declared
that the conduct as a whole was
above reproach and expressed her
appreciation for the way in which
the various organizations cooperated
in making the dances a success.
The following is a list of the girls
who attended the dances and the
boys who invited them:
Miss Janice de la Croix, Mobile,
Ala., W. W. Moore; Miss Catherine
South, B'ham, Ala., Jack Lloyd;
Miss Merle Brooks, Montgomery, Ala.
John Garrett; Miss Alice Alfred, Mobile,
Ala., F. D. Bogue; Miss Mary
Hammerly, Tuscumbia, Ala., J. L.
Pollard; Miss Mildred Johnston,
Jasper, Ala., William R. Gray; Miss
Mildred Jackson, Florence, Ala., E.
S. Maples; Miss Eula Martin, B'ham,
Ala., C. J. Snooks; Miss Emily Plum-
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mer, Jackson, Miss., W. R. Gray;
Miss Elizabeth Ray, Spring Hill, Ala.,
Dick Maury; Miss Ruby Gilmore,
B'ham, Ala., Murray Hoffman; Miss
Mary Chitten Anderson, Union
Springs, Ala., B. P. Burkhalter; Miss
> Emily Reynolds, Montgomery, Ala.,
R. L. Foster; Miss Clara Stone, De-cature,
Ga., J. R. Gillette; Miss
Sara Catherine Taylor, Montgomery,
Ala., M. S. Kestle; Florence Buck-ner,
Columbia, Tenn., D. D. Mims;
Miss Dorothy Cook, Montgomery»
Ala., A. G. Garrett; Miss Laura
Collier, University of Alabama, J. C.
Kirk; Miss Ruth Duncan, Montgomery,
Ala., W. J. Grant, Jr.,; Miss
Yolanda Gwyn, Atlanta, Ga., E. P.
Baker; Miss Mary Clare Harwood,
TWO PRIZES FOR
PERFORMANCES
ON STUNT NITE
u
Ten Dollars To Winner Of First
Place, Second Place Award
Is Five Dollars
The two prizes to be awarded the
winners of the All-College Stunt
night were contributed by prominent
Auburn business men and business
houses. The $10.00 prize for the
first award and the $5.00 prize for
the winner of second place takes the
place of the Business Mens' Cup
which has been awarded to first
place winners in the past.
The contributions were received
from the following: Bank of Auburn;
C. A. Jones; Upchurch's Store;
A. Z. Carter; Avery Pressing Club;
L. Z. Thrasher; Mrs. L. L. Dowdell;
Miss Emma Godwin; A.' Meadows;
W. D. Copeland; Auburn Garage;
J. G. Beasley; W. E. Mason; J. M.
Arant; L. B. Yarbrough; Burton's;
Orange and Blue; Lee Taylor; Auburn
Priting Company; Tiger Drug
Store; Homer Wright; J. W. Wright;
H. D. Reed; H. A. Jolly; G. F. Collier;
Student Supply Shop; College
Cafe; Dr. C. L. Boyd; A. J. Hill;
Varsity Barber Shop; B. G. Hall;
First National Bank; J. T. Hudson;
Moores Market; E. C. Dean; A. C.
Gill; W. L. Morman. /
AUBURN PLAYERS TO
STAGE CHARLESTON
CONTEST ON FEB. 18
Auburn must bow its head to the
march of progress. In recognition
of this fact,.the Auburn Players are
going to award a handsome loving
cup to that student who most successfully
ties bis body into the knots
required of the accomplished Char-lestonian
and who best exhibits the
gyrations of that mad, fantastic
dance. There are no requirements
other than the ability to disjoint one's
members while he keeps time to the
latest jazz shuffle-song.
This contest will take place on
the night when "Collegiately Speaking,"
the super-snappy musical show,
will be presented at Langdon Hall,
February 18th. The competition is
open to anyone in Auburn, members
of the audience as well as people
who are taking part in the frenzied
musical show.
Applications for the competition
must be mailed to the Auburn Players
before noon of February 18th.
The winner is to be decided by the
applause of the audience and the cup
is to become the permanent possession
of the winner. Watch for the
cup, which will soon be on display
in a local shop.
Remember: "Collegiately Speaking'"
— Langdon Hall — February
eighteenth! Win that cup!
Y" MEN GUESTS
AT BANQUET
ON FRIDAY NITE
Important Topics Discussed
And Plans Made For
Future
CITY OF AUBURN
ADVERTISES FOR
AUBURN ASS0. FIRE VISITS
MEMBERS MEET AUBURN HOME
BIDS ON PAVING IN BIRMINGHAM $1500 DAMAGE
Contract To Be Let About February
24; 24,060 Square
Yards To Be Laid
The second Y. M. C. A. banquet
of this year was held at the Touchdown
Dining Hall on last Friday
night, January 29. A number of the
lieutenants and captains were present
on this occasion. •
C. B. Burgoyne, president of the
Y. M. C. A. was toast master. Mr.
Burgoyne gave an outline of the
future plans of the Y. M. C. A. There
are to be held eight discussion groups
this semester and a week of evangelistic
services. These services will
be conducted by Rev. Vance of
Nashville Tennessee, and are to be
held the week of April 26. A go to
Church and Sunday School Sunday is
to be fostered by the Y. M. C. A. in
which it is hoped that every student
on the campus will attend church
and Sunday school.
The matter of discussion groups
was discussed by R. C. Crawford.
R. S. Mosley gave some interesting
information in regard to all College
Stunt Night which is to take place
Friday night. He urged that it was
important that every organization
should be represented by some good
stunt. A prize will be awarded to the
organization which pulls off the best
stunt. L. L. Alldridge gave a brief
report of the work done by the Blue
'division while J. B. Stewart gave an
account of the Orange division.
The Obligations of Christian College
students was forcibly brought
out by Rev. E. W. Holmes. He emphasized
the fact that Auburn ought
to adopt the slogan "Auburn for
Christ." Dr. Dowell spoke just a few
words to the friendship council be-jdu<> i o t he
fore the dismissal by Rev. McNeal.
R. D. Yarbrough and F. Boyd furnished
music for the evening.
A booklet has been published by
the City of Auburn advertising for
bids on the paving project to be
started within the next month. Sealed
bids will be received until February
24. The work calls for the
paving of College Street from the
station to the main entrance of
the campus, Magnolia Street from
College to Gay, and Gay from the
corner where the Kappa Sigma
House is located to connect with
the highway which'will be paved by
the state.
The work consists of the following
approximate quantities: 24,069
square yards concrete paving; 7,005
lineal feet curb and gutter; 7,900
cubic yards of grading and storm
drainage. Plans and specifications
are on file in the City Hall.
George L. Moulton has been retained
as Engineer of the project and
the bids will be received by Mayor
Yarbrough.
INFANTRY UNIT
HAS NEW CLUB
LARGE RAIN FALL
HERE IN JANUARY
Ashurst's Group Wins
Discussion Contest
Auburn had a large rainfall during
January this year, although it
was 2 inches less than that of last
year during the same month.
Last year the rainfall during January
was 11.9 which was far above
normal. One single day there was
9.85 inches rainfall during the same
month. The greatest fall for one
day was 2.8 inches.
During the month there were 18
cloudy days, 10 clear days, and 13
rainy days. The temperature was
below freezing on 9 days in January
this year while last year there
were 8 days below freezing.
Among the many organizations on
the campus, the Infantry Club is
probably the baby one in age. A
few weeks ago the members of the
infantry unit met and organized an
Infantry Club which is to meet
every other Monday night after the
first show.
The first meeting since the club
was organized wa^ .held, at the infantry
room <m lastMonday night.
Although the attendance was small,
" set i ^ ;*h*meeting WM
not so mil advertised to those
concerned and to the late hour, a
number of items of interest to the
club were transacted. Due to the absence
of the members of the committee
which was to draw up the constitution
and by laws this item of
business was postponed until the
next meeting. Captain K. G. Althaus
spoke to the club on the future
plans for the club. He informed the
club that he was planning to organize
a baseball club for the unit and hoped
to be able to put one over on the
various teams that the club might
go up against at camp this summer
and here at school with the other military
units.
Plans To Place Auburn In
American Association Of
University Women
Loss From Rough Handling By
Students Is Greatest; New
Equipment Added To
Truck
The Southern Regional meeting of
the American Association of Uni- Fire of unknown origin partially
versity Women held in Birmingham destroyed the residence of Mrs. E,
during the past week-end was attend-J L. Martin at 142 Gay Street last
ed by Mrs. Lee Miles president of i Tuesday ^morning at 9:32 A. M. The
the Auburn Branch; Miss Zoe Dobbs, i property damage is estimated at ap-
Miss Dana Gatchell, and Miss Agnes proximately $1500; $500 due to fire
EVOLUTION IS
SUBJECT TALK
CONVOCATION
Prof. Biggin Stresses Need Of
Technical Training And
Outside Study
Ellen Harris. The meeting was held
at the Southern Country Club the carelessness of the Auburn stu-and
water, and the remaining due to
and was attended by members of the
Southern Association.
Previous to the meeting Miss Eleanor
Boswell, secretary of the association
visited Auburn and inspected
the work for women here. She divided
a lecture at Smith Hall and during
her stay here was entertained by
members of the Auburn branch.
Efforts are being made to establish
a branch at the college here.
Plans are being executed to effect
dents. The fire department was
greatly handicapped in reaching the
conflagration due to the condition
of Pumper No. 1. As soon as the
fire fighters reached the scene they
laid two five hundred foot lines of
hose, and in a short time the flames
were under control. The fire was
discovered by the students of the
I Auburn Grammar school who turned
in the alarm shortly after the fire
started. The loss was partially
this and if successful the college covered by insurance. This house
will be eligible for a branch within | formerly occupied by the S. P. E.
a short time. | fraternity.
During the Birmingham meeting \ *
a luncheon was given the mem- j The article in regard to the recent
bers by the Auburn branch, presided f j r e brings to our attention a very
over by Miss Dobbs.
The association is composed of
graduates' of colleges and universities
that maintain certain standards
of education and ideals.
LIONS VOTE DOWN
WHISKER MOTION
_ At the last meeting of the Lions
Club, a very unique resolution was
put before the members for adoption,
it being introduced by Lion
H. G. Grant and provided that all
Lions should grow moustaches.
The resolution in brief provided,
that all Lions and members in keeping
with the emblem the king of beast
ir. the jungle, should grow proper
whiskers. It further required that
al! members cultivate a moustache
immediately, and if any Lion failed
it would indicate that he willfully
refuses, or is incapable of growing
one. In either case said Lion is ineligible
for membership to the club,
or at the least fined or assessed.
Telegrams were read from the International
Lions Headquarters in
Chicago, stating that they approved
the movement for whiskers for all
A SLIGHT ERROR
Each year the Friendship Council
through the Y. M. C. A. has weekly
Bible discussion groups, and at the
end of each semester a prize is offered
to the best attended group.
H. M. Ashurst's group won the prize
this year for the most representative
group and the prize consisting of
a free ticket to the semester banquet
was given each member of the
Pulaski, Tenn., W. C. Wall; Miss j group. The group that won the cov-
Pauline Johnston, Columbus, Ga., eted honor is a- group of company F
Jack Crane; Miss Therisa Knight,
Columbus, Ga., Pat Moulton; Miss
^"'•"'ilius kby, Brunswick, Ga., R.
E. Pride; Miss Jimmie Morrow,
B'ham, Ala., G. L. Burns; Miss Eloise
McKiren, Montgomery, Ala., Chas.
Ingram; Miss Julia Napier, Decatur,
Ga., C. L. Bothwell; Miss Maxine
Pepperman, Montgomery, Ala., Warren
De Bardeleben; Miss Mary Patterson,
Columbus, GaS William New;
Miss Louise Stribile, Montgomery,
fAia., Henry Kendall; Miss Rhona
I (Continued on page 6)
of the Orange Division.
The members of the winning group
are: H. M. Ashurst, Lieutenant, J.
M. White, G. W. Bland, Herschel
Rogers, H. P. White, G. H. Jester,
Claude Hankjnson, J. H. Copeland,
R. J. Matthews, J. H. Studevant, and
R. S. Schaeder. J. B. Stewart is the
captain of the company.
All the members of the Friendship
Council joined in extending congratulations
to the winning group, as
it is a very distinctive honor to win
in a Bible contest.
The splendid feature story published
in last weeks issue of this paper
on "Doc I've Got A Pain," failed
to credit the author of the story.
It is with regret that this error was
made, but with pleasure to announce
that the story was written by J. P.
McArdle of the Journalism Class of
last year. Mr. McArdle spent considerable
time gathering data on
this subject as a part of the required
work in the course taught by
Prof. Hugh G. Grant.
In keeping with Captain Althaus' i Lions.
Seniors Sign Now
For Invitations
All seniors desiring invitations
must give their order to a member
of the Invitation Committee
before February 15. Samples are
on display at Homer Wright's and
the Tiger Drug Store.
If unable to see the samples at
the above places see Paul Ausley,
A. T. O. House; F. P. Jones,
Dorm; and Borden Jackson at the
Lambda Chi House.
plans, the president appointed an athletic
committee. J. M. Booth, Murray
Hoffman, and Julian Steen were
appointed to serve on this committee
and to work out a program of
sports for the club. An entertainment
for the club here and at camp.
S. H. Lynne and Bob Rountree were
appointed to serve on this committee.
The Infantry Club was organized
by the members of the infantry unit
so that they might promote good fellowship
among themselves and to
discuss problems that confront the
unit from time to time.
A realization of some kind of organization
for the unit and at camp
during the summer has come to light
at last, and too, to be better able to
participate in the various activities
which take place from time to time.
At the same time such a club helps
to promote good fellowship among
the students. The club meets every
other Monday night after the first
show and the next meeting will be
held on the night of February 15
after the first show.
Captain Thomas Jackson announced
that some recognition would be
given for attendance. An absence
from drill attendance would be erased
and in the case of a person who had no
absence there would be some points
added to the grade of that person.
The following officers have been
elected for this semester. Guy Burns',
president; J. E. Robinson; vice-president,
and Julian Steen, secretary-treasurer.
A motion was presented to table
the resolution but it was voted down
and put before the society for their
ratification After much deliberation
the resolution was voted down by a
very small majority.
To cap the climax Lion, "Pete"
Gentry proposed that the sponsor of
the movement be fined 50 cents,
but Lion Grant refused on the
important fact. Chief Sims of the
Auburn Fire Department submits to
the State Fire Marshall a report of
the property damage after each fire
that the department reports to. The
fact that the Auburn Students destroyed
about twice as much property
as the fire and water is certainly not
an enviable record. Fires are inevitable,
and since the students are
practically the only protection that
hazard, we should not let this pro-the
towns people have against this
cedure be repeated.' The most of this
was caused by rough handling of
furniture* and removing windows,
light and plumbing fixtures in such
a condition that they were rendered
practically useless. It is requested
that in the future, more care be
taken in removing valuables from
that not more than six people ride
burning buildings, and above all,
on the engine at one time.
The Auburn Fire Department
wishes to express it's appreciation
to the Florence Fire Department for
the Siren and other equipment that
they recently donated the local department.
It is earnestly anticipated
that some worthy citizens of Auburn
will realize the lack of equipment,
and follow the noble example of
the Florence Department.
grounds that such a fine was a violation
of the constitutional rights
of an American citizen. A trial will
be held at the next meeting to determine
whether Lion Grant shall
be fined. Lion Gentry was appointed
the prosecuting attorney while
Lion P. O. Davis was made the attorney
for the defense.
SPECIAL ANDRE-EXAMINATIONS,
SECOND SEMESTER, FEB. 8 TO 13
Students who were absent from A passing re-examination grade will
the first term examinations and those
.who made grades from 50 to 59
should prepare to stand during the
week of February 8 to 13 as schedule
below. Conditioned subjects
must be repeated in class unless a
re-examination is passed within six
months after the regular examination.
Only one re-examination will
be given.
be recorded as 60.
SCHEDULE
Monday A. M. Horticulture, P. M.
English, Farm Management.
Tuesday February 9, A. M. History,
Pharmacy, P. M. Mathematics.
Wednesday, February 10, A. M.
Education, Foreign Language, High-
| way Engineering, Electrical Engin-
A1I students who now have "con-1 eering, P. M. Zoology, Entomology,
ditions" should take re-examinations Drawing and Machine Design,
or arrange to repeat in class. Tuesday, February 11, A. M. Home
Students must secure a card from Economics, Physics, Veterinary Me
the Registrar and notify the Instruc- dicine, P. M. Chemistry.
tor concerned. A, fee of $2.00 for
each examination is charged but the
maximum cost is fixed at $5.00. A
student will be excused from his
regular class work which conflicts
with this examination schedule.
All re-examination grades, whether
passing or failing, should be
reported promptly to the Registrar.
Friday, February 12, A. M. Agronomy,
Civil Engineering, Surveying,
Physical Training, P. M. Architecture,
Agricultural Engineering, Mech.
Engineering, Heat Engines.
Saturday, February 13, A. M., R.
O. T. C, P. M., Animal Industry Botany.
B. L. SHI, Registrar.
Stressing the need of more technical
training as a basis for reaching
God through scientific research, Professor
Frederic Child Biggin, head
of the department of architecture,
used as the keynote for his talk to
the Freshman at their convocation
exercises last Tuesday.
Professor Biggin was presented by
President Dowell, who told of the
rapid strides that have been made
in the department of architecture
since Professor Biggin has assumed
charge. Dr. Dowell further stated
that a department grows according
to its leader, who must fulfill all the
qualifications of a well educated man
of culture.
Professor Biggin told of the lack
of humanizing studies and of the
narrowness of technical training in
our modern schools. Auburn being
no exception to the rule. He further
related how the colleges confine
themselves strictly to the studies required
in the four year curriculum,
getting no knowledge of outside
studies. The need of a man being
broader than the immediate studies
in his course and to be well versed
in all the sciences was essentially
stated as a necessity to a well rounded
man.
"All scientists know that research
is the foundation of all knowledge
and although we can not reach God
by actual contact we can get nearer
tc him by scientific research. The
laws of the entire universe are learned
through continued research. We
mnst look back into the
past and p&nt out that tfck
has behind it as much as tt ha* *»
front of it.
"There has been considerable talk
over the origin and distribution of
plant and animal life and today no
definite conclusion has been reached
as to their beginning. Some say
that the first life began in Mongolia
while others say that it began in
Africa. It is very necessary to study
that part of the world which deals
with geography, as the world has
under gone numerous changes since
its creation. For instance some
scientists don't believe that the
oceans have always existed, also it
is a known fact that coal exists in
Alaska, but for the making of coal,
giant ferns are necessary, but today
no such vegetation exists in
Alaska. In regard to the oceans
not always existing the United States
government is making extensive experiments
to prove or disprove this
theory. Man in his beginning has
lived in numerous climates as he
does today, and he has followed the
lines of work which best suit his taste.
When the men of past ages are
studied we are able to learn about
their methods of living and learn
their date but many of the inscriptions
are unable to be read. If according
to scientists, the continents
were once connected it is perfectly
possible that there was an interchange
of the races. The American
Indian affords a most wonderful
study as he is supposed to be Mongolian
in extraction. It is a known ° -
fact that our coast lines are changing
and some consider it possible
that the continents are not fixed but
are only floating.
The speaker discussed the evolution
trial in Dayton, Tenn., very
briefly, stating the legislators in
that state are trying to stop the tide
from rising so as to learn true facts.
"The difference between a scientific
theory and law, is when facts are
learned and not proven it is a theory,
but when these facts are proved it
is said to be a law. In as much as
evolution is a law, theories are very
essential for science to continue.
Evolution in the true sense of the
word merely means growth or orderly
development backward or forward.
Continued on page 6)
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The 1926 News Loving Cup, awarded
annually by the Birmingham News to the
citizen of Birmingham who has done outstanding
work in philanthropic and civic
enterprises was awarded to Mr. Erskine
Ramsay, philanthropist and capitalist. The
Plainsman joins with the throngs in congratulating
Mr. Ramsay in receiving so
deserved an honor, and the News for its
award in bestowing the honor upon Mr.
Ramsay.
Probably no other individual in the
State has done as much for education
in Alabama as Mr. Ramsay has. During
the past year our new Engineering Building
made possible by him and named in
his honor was opened. Similar donations
have been made to the University, Wo-mans
College, Montevallo, Birmingham-
Southern and Howard College by Mr.
Ramsay.
THE DANCES
A number of favorable comments have
been received from faculty members and
other individuals directly connected with
the dances held recently regarding the
conduct and attitude of the students. Auburn
men are to be commended for their
conduct, although not perfect, a marked
improvement has been noted.
• It is our belief that the time is near
when a mutual understanding between the
faculty and students.may be affected and
more dances will be permitted. The dances
just past were an exemplification of
the fact that we can and are capable of
conducting ourselves as true Auburn men,
and so doing merit the confidence of the
faculty and be granted permission to have
week end and fraternity dances.
We are not advocating the inauguration
of a round of social entertainments that
' would, distract and hamper the students
in their work. The town is not large
enough to permit such a program and it
would not be consistent here, but we do
'believe that the restoration of "A" club
dances and fraternity dances to be held
on week ends would tend to broaden and
elevate student life in Auburn. Social activities
are limited and dances, when properly
conducted will furnish more genuine
entertainment than any other form of activity
for the student body.
did not have back bone to enforce them
and as a result the Rats do as they please.
Several articles have been published in regard
to the way the Rats are acting by
breaking all the rules. The writer of the
former articles had just about reached the
conclusion that if the rules were going to
be half way enforced that they might just
as well be abolished: If any campus activity
is to function properly if must have
the backing of all the classes and especially
the Senior class. To date the Senior
class has utterly failed to perform their
duty in regard to the Rat rules and many
students have suggested that they be dis-contigued.
It has been said by many including
some of our most representative
professors that this year's Senior class is
the saddest one that ever struck Auburn
and it seems that up to date that this
is about the true situation. Of course
there are some members of the Senior
class that do not believe in the Rat rules
and if this former small number has reached
a majority it is best to have the regulations
stopped. The rules were adopted by
the various classes several years ago and
the Seniors in those days saw to it that
they were enforced but the class of '26
has failed utterly in their inherited task.
There are men in the class that believe
in the Rat rules and would like to see them
enforced but it seems that they are minus
a leader, why could not the president of
the class assume the leadership? To date
the vigilance committee has not functioned
mainly because the Senior class has not
backed it.
Now that the Seniors have decided to
start things anew' by enforcing the rules
it is hoped that they will remember this
through out the year. One half of the
year has been wasted and the Freshman
have been allowed to run at random, which
was entirely the fault of the Seniors by
not getting behind the movement. It was
rumored through out the campus that
articles have been written to abolish the
rules entirely as they are a farce, but now
that the upper classmen have taken a
stand in regard to the matter these articles
will be withheld.
If the Seniors are sincere in what they
passed on, the majority of the student body
would like to see the vigilance committee
working next Tuesday for the first time
this scholastic year. If the Seniors are
only joking with us, as they have done in
the past, why not do the right thing by
discontinuing the rules? After the Seniors
started the fire last Tuesday, one of the
members of the class parked himself on
Toomer's Corner to See how many Rats
he could catch violating them. In the
short time of ten minutes he secured the
names of about two dozen Freshman, to
be turned up to the right authorities.
Will these Rats be punished as they should,
or will they go free as they have in the
past? The class of '26 can partly redeem
themselves if they will strictly enforce
these regulations the rest of the year.
What do you intend to do about it Seniors,
do you wish to be considered the most
lenient and careless Senior class that ever
left Auburn? Let your answer be not in
words, but in actions and results accomplished.
In your every day life as you go about
from place to place and see a cross section
of society you make your criticisms
whether good or bad. In some places you
will find men that are minus the power of
expression in a good sane selected manner.
In other words these men can't express
themselves with out letting a vulgar
or common word leave their lips in ^practically
every sentence that they utter.
What is more disgusting than to hear a
man" that is so unrefined and his vocabulary
so small that Be can't express
himself with out swearing or taking the
name of the Lord in vain?
When we enter college we found every
thing so much different from what it was
when we were in high school, and we have
to quickly make the right adaptation of
be lost,in the whirl. In similiar respects
when we leave college and go out in this
world to make our way and fight our little
battles, things will be different and
we will have to quickly decide which is
the right road to travel and continue it
regardless of all obstructions. If we are
lead astray the path of failure looms in
the background and a life of preparation
in wasted.
It is easy to picture the members of a
graduation class on the banks of a large
river, the sea of life, some will easily swim
the stream regardless of the swift currents
and under tow, while others will be
lost in the attempt. The ones that weather
the gale arid swim across to the other
bank will be the successful ones in life,
while the ones that let the- current carry
theni under will be the failures. The main
thing that a college course prepared a
man for is to be able to successfully cross
the stream, if they fail in this all is lost
regardless of the academic record that
one has made. The individual can play his
part besides preparing his lessons by creating
culture, refinement, and a personality.
«5 BULLETIN BOARD i: Auburn Foot Prints
Friday, February 5. %
7:00 P. M. College Stunt Night, Langdon
Hall. Everybody out and enjoy the
fun.
Saturday, February 6.
7:00 P. M. College Picture Show.
i Sunday, February 7.
9:30 A. M. Sunday School Services at
the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and
Episcopal Churches.
11:00 A. M. Church Services at the
above churches.
3:00 P. M. Y. M. C. A. meets at the
"Y" hut.
6:30 P. M. B. Y. P. U. meets at the
Baptist Church. Christian Endeavor meets
at the Presbyterian church. League meets
at the Methodist Church.
7:00 P. M. Regular evening services at
the above churches.
Monday, February 8.
6:30 P. M. Normal Class of the Student
Friendship council meets at the Y. M. C.
A. lecture room.
7:00 P. M. The American Society of
Civil Engineers meets in the old Engineer-
• ARE THE SENIORS SINCERE?
At the class meeting of the Seniors
last Tuesday they voted unamiously in
favor of enforcing the Freshman rules
in the future. Of course this is one of
the best moves that they could make but
do they really intend to enforce them?
The only way to find this out is to wait
and see. This is not the first time that
the Seniors have voted or agreed to make
the Rats walk the chalk line by adherring
strictly to the rules. Needless to say they
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO CROSS THE
STREAM
When a man enters college an entirely
new epoch starts in his life, he meets new
friends, has to respond to new situations,
and in a large way his entire life is changed
for better or worse. It is with regret
that some men who enter college, do not
make the right adaptation and some have
to depart. For the men that survive the
tedious work a certain kind of evolution
starts both in a physical, mental, and moral
way. In the beginning it must be understood
that the writer's conception of
evolution means growth whether it be
backward or forward. In this process of
growth the individual changes his entire
idea of life and when his alma mater releases
him, he is confronted with the task
of putting these ideas into concrete form.
There are men that manage to survive all
exams and thrive along with the survival
of the fittest but in reality they do not
fit in with the college life. When these
men get out in life as college graduates
they do not fulfill the expectations that
the public expects of them and as a result
college men are judged by these few.
There will be certain men that will
pass all their work, in fact make a good
academic record while in college but in
after life fail completely. What is the
reason for this? The logical answer is
that there was some thing minus in their
college curriculum.
Many educators have said that besides
having a college degree a man must be of
refined and cultered manners to make a
success in life. If this is true, then there
are many of us that will make a complete
failure in life due to the lack of refinement
and culture.
"CAMPUS TOPICS"
In discussing the problems that confront
us on a campus of today we realize that
they can be discussed from many points
of view. Suppose for a moment that the
students get sarcastic when they are blamed
for indulging in the evils and sins that
exist on then- campus and say, "Why
blame us, are we not chips off the old
blocks?"
A freshman coming to college lives into
action his home training. Is his home to
be judged by his actions? We have heard
that since mere babes so why depart from
it now. If we are tired of being cussed
and discussed about this and that why not
refer them to the home address? To adjust
the evils of the campus why not jump
on the generation of '98? We have lived
under their guiding influence for the
past twenty years and the home training
is instilled in us so deep that we cannot
possibly get away from it, in fact it is
part of us and manifests itself in our
personality and ethics of living. The executives
making the rules for our campus are
not half so narrow minded as some may
think because by inspiring us to higher
ideals they- are laying a foundation for
the future campus.
This article is not intended to be taken
too seriously because the Auburn post office
may get congested with outgoing mail,
but only to refresh in our minds the fact
that by indulging in sins, cribbing included,
we cast a shameful reflection upon
our dear mother and father who have
sacrificed so much for us. Certainly no
one cares to do. this and maybe this will
be food for a thought.
Love and Marriage
He was introduced to me and called
me-—"Miss Mabel."
Half an hour later, he called me—
"Mabul."
1 He took me out and called me— "Kid"
During our engagement, he called me—
"Sweetie."
On our honeymoon, he called me —
"Tootsums."
Six months "after the marriage, he called
me —"Dear."
After five years, he calls me—"Hey,
you! —Brown Jug.
Famous Last Words
"Aw, it's away down the track."
"Madam, I have here a beautiful set
of encyclopedias which should—"
"It's rusty. It won't shoot."
"I ain't got no cards up my sleeve."
"It's' good stuff. I know the guy I
bought it from."
"Sir, I positively refuse to marry your
daughter."
"It must be empty Gimme a match and
I'll look."—Georgia Cracker.
Fond Wife: "Will, do you know you
haven't kissed me for eight days?"
Absent-minded Prof.: "No? Dear me,
how annoying! Who have I been kissing?"
—Tid-Bits.
ing Building.
7:00 P. M. The Society of American
Military Engineers meets in the R. O. T. ;
C. room in the Main Building.
7:00 P. M. Evans Literary Society meets
in the Main Building.
Tuesday, February 9.
7:00 P. M. The Wilsonian, Wirt and
Websterian Literary Societies meet in their
respective rooms in the Main Building.
7:00 P. M. The Student Architectural
Society will meet in the Main Building.
7:00 P. M. Dean Petrie's class meets in
the Engineering auditorium.
Wednesday, February 10.
7.00 P. M. The American Society of
Engineers meets in the old Engineering
Building.
7:00 P. M. The Pharmaceutical Society
meets in the Pharmacy Building.
7:00 P. M. The student Agricultural
Society meets in the Agricultural Building.
Thursday, February 11.
7:00 P. M. Dean Petrie's class in current
events meets in the Engineering Auditorium.
Do You Know
/
While wandering about the campus in
search of proof of the popular theory that
we are decended from monkeys, the occasional
sight of a Rat cap brings to our
mind the Whole subject of evolution. Are
we what we are because we are that ,or
are we what we are because we used to
be something else.. Tis a deep and momen-tus
question, as all can see. But the Rat
is not so deep and we can present evidence
that, in that line, at least, there is
evolution. Witness this excerpt from the
McGill Daily:
COLLEGE LIFE IN THE LAST CENTURY
TAME
The hairless visage of the puny freshman
would show great astonishment if the
class of '49 should rise out of their graves
and confront him. In those days, the collegian
was a man of middle age, usually
married and in possession of a good old
Victorian family. Our professors today
still call worldly youths of the sophomore
class "college men."
With all their years, however, they did
not enjoy the personal liberty of present
day scholars. They lived inside of the
college and the strictest discipline was
enforced by the vice principal. As punishment,
both fine and confinements were
used. Except for a conservative restriction
placed on these punishments, the students
were at the mercy of their professors.
They could not come into the college after
ten o'clock at night and if they remained
outside very strict measures were taken.
Their dress had to be sober and neat,
without any superficial adornments. It
is quite possible that the geometric sweaters
of brilliant hue, and the multi-coloured
socks seen on the campus today, are revolts
against this rule, and like most revolts
have carried themselves so far that
they have reached the absurd.
Mother's pet, who protests against the
unfair and embarrassing initiation at McGill,
would be surprised to hear that in
the rush of '40 freshmen were expected
to entertain the whole college by giving
them a supper. These suppers were very
simple and consisted mainly of beer and
biscuits. They entertained themselves by
telling stories and as beer was inexpensive
a good time was had by all. The elaborate
and expensive banquets given by
the freshmen of '29 are not enjoyed as
much as those simple feasts.
It is really strange how things can
change in so short a time. Now take Red
Roberts for instance. It used to be so
that you could always find the center of
attraction, among a bunch of boys, would
be Red. WeTiave to take into consideration
the fact that things change with time,
however. The foot ball season came
along Red was our cheer leader and the
results is a sweater with one of those
things that delights the feminine eye, an
orange "A" Red's audiences have changed
and instead of a "group of rough boys"
gathered around him, he can only be seen
trying to fight loose from a bunch of
femmes. Something must be done to rescue
Red before it is too late.
An upper classman standing on Toomer's
Corner the other day, caused quite a bit
of excitement among the Rats, when they
saw him making notations. We wonder
if this could be the "Vig" committee on
the war path once more.
V
It will not be long before AuburV^will
be equipped with one of the best Fire
Departments in the State. This week
two water tanks were put on and one of
the front tires was pumped up. All this
new work was done on Fire Truck No. 1.
Massaging lame backs, escorting ministers'
daughters to dances, and furnishing
blood for transfusion were among the
student occupations listed by those who
are working their way through Brown
University.
Pomona College in California has adopted
a group-college plan, similar to that
of Oxford and Cambridge in England.
It hopes in this way to make it possible
for college students to have all advantages
of attendance at a large institution
and at the same time all the personal
benefits of life in a small college.
One large library and one large athele-tic
field will serve all colleges in the
group. Certain courses will be open to
students of all groups. But students will
live in the college in which they enrolled
and' will have all their college life in it.
—The American Campus.
Notre Dame nas two football captains
for next.season. In the election for captain
of next year's eleven, Half-back
Thomas Hearndon and Quarter-back Eugene
Edwards were tied for the position,
therefore both will act as captain. They
will not both take the field at the same
time however.
Two University of Alberta freshmen
staged a fake murder behind one of the
dormitory buildings. Guns were fired and
a trial of red ink was left in the snow
leading to a nearby thicket. Two posses
of police'were summoned, and when the
boys found that the affair was being regarded
seriously they confessed. They were
both brought to court. The murdered boy
was heard to swear voluminously.
Sororities of The George Washington
University have taken up a novel sport
for girls. A cup is given by the Pan-Hellenic
for the sorority which wins the bowling
tournament which will be held as an
annual event. Well, girls, don't get
splinters in i your fingers.
We now have, as they say in Freshman
English, presented our introduction and
it only remains to give the body of the
thesis and we will be ready for the conclusion.
If brevity is the soul of wit then
the conclusion is the end of the body.
(So is your old man)
Although this is a not a personal column
we feel that there are some things that
should be printed' here by popular request.
That these things pertain to persons
in particular merely shows that those who
wish to know do not strictly adhere to
their own business. Nevertheless Mr. Crew
Sellers complains that he has three words
do not rhyme, form a slang expression,
or misbehave themselves in any way (As
far as we know,) yet they are inseparable.
To wit: Fats Guy, Notasulga. We would
appreciate an early reply to this question.
Some hour or so after the above question
was asked Mr. Guy came to our sanctum
with a most pitiful expression on his
face. Fearing maltreatment we retreated
to the fartherest corner. Nothing happened
and Mr. Guy remained with the grieved
expression on his face. He had he said
I
Another distressing result of the automobile
craze was revealed at the University
of Rochester when the freshmen were
given their physical examinations. More
than one sixth of the class had deformed
shoulders from the habit of holding the
left arm on th» window ledge of a car.
The Oklahoma A. and M. College has
a zoo. The inmates are: a white 'possum,
a black skunk, and two coyotes. The
addition of an eagle has recently been
made. The artimals have been donated
by students and faculty members.
While inspecting the Harvard campus
visiting students from Germany noticed
a long line of parked flivvers. Great was
found distinct evidences of dirty work at
the cross roads. "What," he cried, "did
Susie do to Crew," Please reply postpaid,
Mr. Sellers.
In the course of acquiring an education
at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, one
sees and nears of many queer things. It
is even said that when we are freshmen we
feel many queer things. But the queerest
of all of these has just come to pass.
One sometimes talks in their sleep, and
boys have even been known to sleep in
class, but never before have we heard
a boy talking back to a professor and
telling him that he was wrong when he was
fast asleep in his class. S' wonderful.
Who said a large majority of girls weren't
as dumb as they looked? They were
right because they couldn't be.
Lawrence Judkins is always out golfing
but it so happens that he is always playing
for fun because he never counts the score
when it runs above seventy, which is
.ather frequent.
Heard on the golf course.
Pearson: Did you do it as good as par
today? /
Staples: Yes, you see Pa can't play very
well.
L. P. White says that Mineralogy is
about the rockiest course he has ever
been through.
The "bungalow girl":—Shingled in
back, painted in front, and has no attic.
A few of the Rats got quite a kick
out of life the other day and they didn't
have to go "out of AuburTitir' get tfeltrnVS"?-
What, oh, an extra freight train ran
through without being scheduled.
The puzzle. What course is it in school
that the prof considers to be the only one
and sees to it that you have enough reference
work on the outside to amply repay
those three and one third credit
hours, from twenty-five .actual hours. This
class is held in one of the buildings between
Langdon Hall and the Main Gate
on the main path and is not a campus
course.
Swift calculations. Three typhoid serums
should be. good for at least good for
three days on the sick list and by good
luck might net six days. It is worth trying
any way.
Oswald Thigpen might tell some that
:-ie obtained that black eye by running into
some ones knee but looks like he must
have been trying to throw some one out,
and failed.
M. T. Walker had quite a trip last Saturday,
from all reports, but we see he is
still navigating this week.
Reports come from down the way that
Bewig is getting to be a regular slicker,
but not only that, the fair lady holds him
up as a model of "that Adonais like countenance."
We have heard nothing of this
and would like to get further particulars.
We all remember how we used to, in
our child close hood days of course, get an
"Annual" and pick out the best looking
girl we could find. We would then drop
her a line and see if we were lucky enough
to get an answer. Girls must do that
same thing because Forney Ingram received
one of that type letter the other
day but we did not find out whether or
not Forney satisfied the maiden. ON TO
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YOU OUT THERE INGRiyf.
'Till Later.
their astonishment when they learned that
the cars belonged to students.
"Who in Germany would think of such
a thing?" exclaimed one. "Never would
a student dare to"come in a car while his
professor walked. Arch! But in such a
wealthy country, such a wealthy country
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Wilsonian Literary
Society Holds Meeting
The Wilsonians held their regular
weekly meeting in room 301 of the
main building. After the reading of
the minutes of the last meeting, the
president appointed the following
committee to get up a stunt for the
society for stunt night:
Gerald Salter, chairman, S. L.
Morrow, Elta Majors, F. Cornelius,
J. M. Earnest, and C. C. Phillips.
"Rumblings below the Rio Grand"
was given by- John Hydrick. John
brought out the fact that Mexico
dissatisfied with the United States
ir. regard to the failure of the United
States to recognize the new
Mexican government. G. B. Phillips
spoke on "Electric Farming on the
Increase." Phillips emphasized the
use of electricity for time saving on
the farm. Many of the electrical
' appliances and home conveniences
are coming into use on the farm.
"The "main draw back to the farm-
' er is the rate." said Phillips. "The
rates for rural districts are much
higher than for the urban districts.
One solution remains for the farmer
and that is where the power companies
figure that they can string
transmission lines in the rural districts
and furnish power at a small
profit to the farmer, they will electrify
the farm. Seventy five per
cent increase in agriculture has been
brought about through increased
farm power and electricity.
"The relation of electricity to
dairy farming has grown in prominence.
Electricity furnishes power
to run churns, milking machines,
cream separators, to heat water and
sterilize milk vessels, and for refrigeration,
this will give better sani-
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tation. Can the farmer use enough
electricity to make electricity economical
to the power company?"
"Eight years with Wilson" was presented
by E. T. Bright. This is the
first one of a series of articles on
Wilson and his works by Mr. Houston.
Due to the fact that Wilson broke
the precedent of speaking to Congress
ir. person instead of having his
speech read, Congress was embarrassed.
Mr. Wilson had a wonderful personality
that won him many friends
so we are told.
Susan Lipscomb gave reasons
".vhy the west dislikes New York."
Miss Lipscomb emphasized the fact
that i New York was an American
city although the population was
made up of ninety per cent foreigners.
Wall Street is controlled and
run by American people. New York
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The first meeting of the A. S. M.
E. for the second semester was held
last Wednesday night in the New
Engineering Building. A rather small
group was present as is the general
rule on revival of activities after
the examination period.
No special program was offered, it
having been thought better to have
a general discussion of business for
the future good of the society.
Parts of a report by Dr. H. G.
Tyler, a member of the committee
or Relations with Colleges, on student
chapters in the West were read.
This report was made on 15 of the
leading colleges and universities in
the West, and collectively the societies
proved to be doing very good
work. Dr. Tyler came to the conclusion
that the farther he went
from New York, the more interest he
found in the student chapter.
Plans were made for the recp-tion
of W. H. Kavanaugh, who is
also a member of the Committee on
Relations with Colleges, and is to
visit the Auburn Student Chaper
probably some time in March. We
hope our plans will mature as we
want to make the impression that this
chapter really deserves.
A new plan of reminding the members—
and Mechanicals—of meeting
night has been started — WATCH
FOR IT!
is noted for her music while Hollywood
is the center of movie land.
"Topics in brief" was given by W.
H. Phipps in which he emphasized
that Henry Ford was preserving the
old homesteads of many notable
writers and also is building and collecting
curioes for a museum. The
report of the critic was heard. The
critic emphasized the necessity of
starting on time and instructed the
sergeant at arms to take care of the
door and not to let any late comers
in until the speaker had finished.
Be sure to come out on time and
bring a friend next Tuesday night
at seven o'clock.
The General Electric Company,
as of December 3,1924,
had 37,716 stockholders, of
whom 45 per cent were
women. The average number
of common shares held
by stockholders was 55. In
ownership, policies, past and
present activities, G-E is unselfishly
dedicated to the
cause of electrical progress.
A new series of G-E advertisements
showing what electricity
is doing in many
fields will be sent on request.
Ask for booklet QEK-1.
This giant hydro-electric unit weighs 750 tons and consists of a vertical shaft
hydraulic turbine attached to an electric generator delivering 52.000 kilowatts
at 12,000 volts.
Bigger Generators—
Cheaper Electricity
A 70,000 horsepower hydro-electric unit recently installed a t
Niagara Falls utilizes the same amount of water as seven
former 5,000-horsepower units, yet does t h e work of fourteen
such units. And it saves 700,000 tons of coal yearly for t he
nation.
As more and still more uses are found for electricity, larger
and more economical generators are installed. At t h e power
plant, as well as a t t h e consumer's end, important changes and
startling developments have steadily reduced the cost of
electricity for light, power, and heat.
And wherever electricity has blazed its trail—in towns, cities,
industrial centers, and rural communities—comfort and progress
have come to stay.
Generating and distributing electricity concern the technical
student. But electricity's application in the betterment of
industry, t h e professions, and home life concerns every educated
person. Cheap electricity means many startling achievements
today, but countless and unbelievable possibilities
tomorrow. <
I4DII
GENERAL ELECTRIC G E N E R A L E L E C T R IC C O M P A N V S C H E N E C T A D Y N E W Y O RK
E X C H A N G E JOKES
See: Mabel may be a yard wide—but
she's all wool..
Saw: You said it. If you open your
arms for a kiss, she's warranted not to
shrink.—Pennsylvania Punch Bowl.
"Go away and leave me alone."
"How much do you want?" —Cornell
Widow.
Father: My son is some student.
He studies all sorts of foreign languages.
Neighbor: Yes, what languages does he
study?
Father: Just the other day I got a bill
from him for Latin, $20; for Greek; and
Scotch, $78.—Phoenix.
She. had just been kissed. "You will
pay for this," she stormed. "I'll tell my
father and he'll—"
"But, dear—" he started to object.
"Sh! Here he comes now." — Bradley
Tech. v
Prof: Where did Lincoln get his knowledge
of human nature?
Bright Stude: Following a mule.—Clem-son
Tiger.
"Jane lost her job in the grocery store
because she wouldn't do what the boss
asked her."
"What was that?"
"He asked her to lay some eggs in the
window."—Cornell Widow.
Statistics reveal that for every girl who
leaps from a car at midnight, 15 others
ought to, but don't.—Mountain Eagle.
It was midnight at the zoo
The lights were burning low
The lion said to his little cub
Oh, I love you so.
We doff our hats to William N.
The gent without a peer
Who wouldn't touch our little gin
But gobbled up our beer.
Up, up, up slugard, up
The sun is high in the sky
Thus spake the mother
To the tiny house fly.
All hail to Hank, the college shiek
Whom all the women adore
What if they had seen him last week
Scrubbing the kitchen floor.—Sky-by-night.
"I had a dream last night."
"Well—"
"But the heat woke me up.—Davidson-ian.
A man was an inmate at the hospital
for mental cases. He sat with a fishing
• pole and line, letting the hook hang down
into a flower bed. "How many fish have
you caught?" asked an attendant who
passed. "Your'e the ninth," was the prompt
reply. Davidsonian.
A TRAGEDY IN FOUR ACTS
Senior
Deep wisdom—Swell head.
Brain Fever—He's dead.
Junior
False fair one—Hope fled.
Heart busted—He's dead.
Sophomore
Went skating—'Tis said.
Floor bumped him—He's dead.
Freshman ,
Milk famine—Unfed.
Starvation—He's dead. — Stimulator.
He: May I call this evening?
She: Oh, I'd be tickled.
He: I'm not that kind of a boy.—Dartmouth
Jack o'Lantern.
Kappa Sigma fraternity is starting work
on the new $130,00 chapter house at the
University of Iowa.
"Mandy, put some more ashes on your
sidewalk, 'cause yo' daughter sho' am slipping."—
Clemson Tiger.
A woman looks into a man's eyes for
love—and a man looks around to see if
the coast is clear.—Clemson Tiger.
Colored Mammy: "Ah wants a ticket
Florence."
Ticket Agent: (after, ten minutes)
looking through railway side): "Where is
Florence, madam?"
Mammy: "Settin' ober dar on de bench,
suh."—Mountain Eagle.
Prof: —"I'm tempted to give you zero."
Stude—"Yield not to temptation."—
Davidsonian.
He: "Have you ever let any other man
kiss you?"
She—"Never, Henry—only a few college
boys."—Davidsonian.
A two-word story that tells just an awful
lot:
Date,
Gate.—Bull Dog.
One member of our staff wired home:
"Father, send check, I am broke."
The answer came back:"So's your old
man."—Technician.
/ Father: Son,-you have been keeping
late hours.
Son: No, Father, I haven't been keeping
them; I've been spending them with
the sweet woman.—Stevens Stone Mill.
Lehigh: I lost a lot of money once.
Valley: How come?
• Lehigh: I >proposed to a wealthy girl
and she refused.—Lehigh Burr.
Dad: Well, my boy, any college debts?
College Stude: Nothing sir, but what
with diligence, economy, and stern self-denial
you will able to pay.—Hullabaloo.
He: "Did you break your New Year's
resolutions?"
Other He: "No, the stuff was broken
when I got it."—Cold and Black.
"There's a town in Ohio named after
you."
"Which one?"
"Marblehead."—Centre Colonel.
He: what would you say if I threw you
a kiss?
She: Lazy, Lazy.—Clemson Tiger.
Bill: There's John.
Bilious: No, t'aint.
Bill: That's his shoes, hat and girl.
Bilious: Then it's his roommate.—Centre
Colonel.
"I lost my wife at sea."
"My poor friend! was she taken by a
wave".
"No, by a life guard."
Jawn: Oh, I say, it's raining out.
Jock: Naw, that's just the wave length
of the grape fruit I'm eating.—Minn.
Ski-U-Mah.
A hug, a kiss, a squeeze or two,
And then you hold her hand.
And wonder what else she's gonna do,
— — Ain't Nature grand! — Clemson
Tiger.
Yes, son; women still have figures
everyone can see that.—Blue Stocking.
He: I wonder why they say love is the
greatest thing in the world?
She: You're got me. Notre Dame Juggler.
What could be more passionate than an
eight-arm octopus loving a giraffe with
nine-feet of neck?—Clemson Tiger.
Hubby (on phone)—So, honey, I'll be
busy at the office and won't be home till
late.
Wifey—Can I depend on that?— Cumberland
Kick-Off.
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Plainsmen Drop
Two To Tulune
Greenies Nose Out Tigers In First
But Win Second Handily
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The Auburn Tigers finished on
^he short end of the fourth consecutive
time when they dropped a pair
of contest to the Tulane Greenies
in New Orleans Friday and Saturday.
The first game went by a score of
33 to 30 while the second affair was
di;opped by a margin of 52 to 31
in favor of the Greenies.
Fouls and more fouls were responsible
for the first loss. The Tigers
actually chunked a dozen through
the netting while the Tulaners were
tossing 9. However, in the second
half the Plainsmen weer waging such
a rumpus to climb atop of the leading
Tulaners that the Papkes were
quite fond of fighting the green
jersied bunch, and as a result the
Crescent Citians did not fail to toss
in the free offerings. In fact they
liked it so well that no member of
the squad declined the signal honor
of sinking at least a pair of attempts
accept the renowned "Peggy" Flour-r.
ey who failed to sink any of the donations.
Wilson in four of the free
chunks while Mason, Hennican, and
Brown, sank a trio each.
The New Orleans crowd assumed
the lead early in the game and held
on doggedly throughout the first
half, the end of the half finding the
Greenies enjoying a 16 to 12 advantage.
The Tigers came back in
the second half and began to give
a real exhibition of basketball by
penetrating the opposing basket for
enough points to take the lead soon
after the whistle. However, they let
their anxiousness run away with
their good sense and fouled enough
of the Greenies to enable, the Cres-cent
Citians to more than match them
point for point in the tallying game.
The second game played Saturday
evening was not so close as the first,
the Greenies winning the contest by a
majority of more than 20 points. The
Greenies jumped into the lead soon
after the start and were never in
danger of being overhauled. At the
close of the first half the score
stood 30 to 23 in favor of the
Greenies. Several times did the Tigers
pull themselves together in an
effort to overtake the fast tallying
New Orleanians but their brief spurts
always ended before hardly a dent
could be made in the long lead of
the opposition.
Mason, a new comer in the Green-ie's
lineup was the individual star of
the game. Mason showed ability to
toss the oval into the basket from
all angles, his proficiency in this
line being responsible for 8 of the
field goals that went into Tiger basket.
Wilson, Henican, and Morgan
also strutted their stuff by each
chunking four through the netting,
while Flournoy got three.
For the Tigers captain Bill Mc-
Kinney played his usual good game,
caging seven attempts from the field.
Back Ellis also showed a good eye
for the basket.
First Game (Friday)
Mobile 't Trims
Tigers Last Week
The Tigers dropped the first
game of the road trip southward,
v-hen they were met and defeated by
the fast Mobile Y outfit in the Gulf
City. Score Mobile 19, Auburn 17.
The game waxed fast and furious,
es-pecially toward the latter stages
when the competition began to grow
keener. The Plainsmen were hampered
somewhat by the small court
and by the fact that the baskets were
built against the wall so as not to
allow a certain freedom of movement
while under the netting.
The contest was rather slow at the
start with neither side exhibiting any
marked tendency to find the hoops.
The Plainsmen gradually helped
themselves to a small margin of
points and at the close of the first
half found themselves on the long
end of a 12 to 6 score.
With the opening of the second
portion of the game the Mobilians
began a strong offence and the lead
accumulated by the Tigers began
to dwindle like money in an oil stock
investment. At one time during the
last half the Tigers still held to a
lead of 15 to 10, but as the minutes
began to wane the Gulf Citians
tacked on enough extra points to
grab the decision by one field goal.
Hall of the Tigers was the outstanding
performer of the floor.
"Kangaroo Buck" Ellis was another
Tiger to show to good advantage.
Both men played a good floor game.
HOW THE TIGERS STAND
32-16
32-17
32-28
37-21
27-44 -
17-19
30-33
31-52
28-49
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
Howard
B'ham-Southern
Georgia Tech
Howard
B. A. V.
Mobile Y.
Tulane
Tulane
Georgia
N. C. State
V. M. I.
Kentucky -
Georgia
B. A. C.
Georgia Tech
December 16
"December 17
January 9
January 11
January 11
January 23
January 28
January 29
February 4
February 5
February 6
February 8
February 12
February 13
February 19
Birmingham
Birmingham
Campus
Campus
Birmingham
Mobile
New Orleans
New Orleans
Athens
Raleigh, N. C.
Lexington, V&.
Lexington, Ky.
Campus
Campus
Atlanta, Ga.
266-279
The Tiger Cubs
Nose Out Marion
Many Prep Schools
Be In Tournament
Freshmen Receive
Their Numerals
The Rifle Team
Starts Practice
Tiger Batterymen
Are Called Out
The first call of the season for
Morey's 1926 baseball squad came
Monday afternoon' when about fifteen
pitchers and catchers 'turned
out at the gymnasium.
The receivers were excused for
several days but the pitchers started
lobbing them to each other Wednesday,
as it takes more time to get
Twenty-three of Coach "Bed"
Brown's Freshman squad, of 1925
were last week awarded numerals
for service performed on the rodent
football squad. The list includes
14 linesmen and 9 backfield performers.
The following are those who received,
sweaters wi ththe
ceived sweaters with the bright numerals
of 1929 across the face: ends,
J. C. Wattwood, A. McGhee, R. Ingram,
and F. DuBose; tackles, H.
J. Carter, R. Turner, R. Howard, W.
E. Cunningham, L. L. Scarborough;
guards, J. Webster, *C. Densmore,
C. C. Sellers; centers, E. Logan,
"Red" Jackson; quarterbacks, J. L.!
Hartselle; halfbacks, J. D. Mc-|
Crory, J. Mosely, R. Spann, E. James
F, James, M. J. Fisher; full backs,
C. Porter, F. McClain.
Tigers Hit Road
Again This Week
After returning from playing a
a corps of hurlers in shape than i t | t r i o of games along the gulf coast,
| Coach Papke's basketeers enjoyed a
couple of days in Tigertown before
hitting the road again. On the pre-
The Auburn rifle team, which has
been practicing on the new range
in the attic of the main building for
the past couple of weeks, is now
beginning to take definite shape. A
list which at first included 75 candidates
for the squad is now nearing
the desired limit of 15 or 20 which
will represent the school in a number
of rifle contests to be held in
immediate future.
The first meet in which the rifleers
will train their eyes on the targets
will be with Boston Tech on February
20. This will be followed by
the Co-Area shoot which will take
place about March 10. There will be
another meet early in March in which
the Engineers only, will participate.
This will be for the Engineer Tro-lK i nS' f 5
p h y Bowes, f 0
Matches with other colleges are
being arranged, and it is planned by
rifle enthusiasts to have the art
recognized as a minor sport on the
campus.
Cadets Lead for First Half But
Game Ends 20-17 in Favor
Tiger Rodents
In a hard fought contest that was
closely waged throughout, the Auburn
Freshmen defeated the Cadets
of Marion Institute at the gymnasium
Saturday evening.
Aided by the all around good work
of Mullins and Booth, the Brownies
and were headed but once through-assumed
the lead from the start,
always kept within close range of
out the contest, though the Cadets
tieing the count. The first half
ended with the rodents on the small
end of a 10 to 9 score.
Soon after the second half got:
underway Mullins and Howell be-1
gan to sink enough field goals andj
foul shots to give the Tigers a
goodly advantage which they main-!
tained to the end.
Mullins and Booth were the lead-]
ing performers for the rodents,
while Howell played a nice floor
game. Henderson and King did the
best work for the Cadets.
The lineup.
It is expected that some of the
best prep school talent in the Southland
will be represented here this
month when the Cotton States Tournament
gets underway. Plans for
this, the fifth annual such event are
getting underway rapidly, and it is
expected that the coming event will
surpass any previous one which has
been held in the Village.
The records of many of the prospective
tournament teams are now
being brought to light and each
section will send one of its leading
representatives into the fray.
Class Football
Practice Starts
Pick your favorite, gentlemen, for
the annual campus clashes are now
upon us. Dignified Seniors, stately
Juniors, lordly Sophomores and last
and least, the lowly rats. All^ in
a merry scramble for the opportunK
ty to be the ones to pay several dollars
for the privilege of seeing their
numerals painted in box car letters
on the Ag tank.
The present senior class, or the
class of '26, has enjoyed the privilege
of paying for the paint to scribble
on the coveted numerals and also
seeing that the future freshman class
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Mullins, f
Howell, f
Ingram, c
Booth, g
DeVaughn, g
Vines, g
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Among the outfits which have ta- pays for enough paint to erase theirs
ken leading parts in past tourneys is [and repaint the senior numerals on
the tank, as it is distinctly a freshmen
custom to adorn the tank during
the early months of the year
and suffer accordingly.
Just how the games are going to
turn out is a matter of conjecture as
the respective class line ups are
subject to considerable change every
year. The present seniors had the
honor of getting the verdict last year
after being runners up the two previous
times. In the dim, distant
past, when the class of '25 was of
the lowly freshman variety, the twenty
-sixers were humbled by the medium
of a long forward pass chunked
by a member of the then senior class.
The present Seniors are somewhat
Totals 9 7 20
MARION
iMontazuma. To date the Georgians
! have ammassed a total of 17 victor-j
ies against 5 defeats in the 22 games
in which they have engaged so far.
[This squad under the tutorship of
W. E. Queener, won the championship
of the peach belt region last
year and wound up their season by
finishing well up in the Cotton
States tournament, being nosed out
by one point in the final moment
of play by the ultimate winners,
Marshallville High.
Some of the quints met by the
fast Montazuma five thus far are
Mercer Rats, Albany High., Fort
Valley, Georgia Military College, I
Richland High and various other high I
class prep teams.
The Atlanta prep school league
is another circuit which always presents
a strong contender for the
trophies. The Cracker City has many
I.
Fg FIG Fc Tp strong outfits including Marist, Tech
not expected that the regular squad
will start work until some time during
the latter part of the month.
TULANE Fg FIG Fc Tp
Henican, g 1
Mason, f 3
Morgan, c 3
Flournoy, g 1
Wilson, g 0
Brown, g 1
Totals 9 15 8 33
Second game (Saturday)
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McKinney, f 2 0 3 4
Ellis, f 2 2 4 12
Hall, c 3 1 3 7
Akin, g 2 2 3 6
James, g 0 1 0 0
Gray, g 0 0 0 0
McKinney, f 7 0 0
Ellis, f 3 1 3
Hall, c 2 1 2
Akin, g 2 1 2
James, g 0 1 0
Totals 12 6 14 30
Totals 14
TULANE
Henican, f
Mason, f 8 4 2
Morgan,, c 4 0 2
Flournoy, g 3 1 2
Wilson, g 4 0 1
Ford, g 0 0 0
Brown, g 0 0 0
Menville, g 0 1 0
Davidson, f 0 0 0
Odom, g 0 0 2
Martin, g O 0 0
6 31
Fg Fl G Fc Tp
4 0 0 8
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sent trip they are to play four conference
games in a five-day period,
which is quite a nifty chunk to
tackle in view of the fact that they
will be galavanting all over a quartet
of states to do it.
After winning the first four games
on the schedule the Tigers proceeded
to drop the next four by the wayside,
there-by making it an even
brake for the season so far. To date
victories are recorded over Birmingham
- Southern and Georgia Tech,
while Howard has been humbled
twice. The Tigers started their losing
streak when they tackled the fast
B. A. C. outfit in Birmingham af-ter
enjoying a long layoff due to
exams.
While in the Gulf City where
they met the local Y. M. C. A., the
squad again met defeat. The margin
of defeat was very slight, however,
and the Tigers were handicapped
by playing on a very small court.
Over in New Orleans the following
evening the Bengals dropped a heart-
0, breaker to the Tulane five. The next
1: day the Greenies sewed things up
Ojin the earlier stages of the contest
O^and left no doubt as to who the
tacked on.
The games that the McKinneys
will play during the five day road
period are all of the conference variety,
and it is for this reason, if for
no other, that the Plainsmen are
anxious to make a good record. Playing
a quartet of games while jumping
around between contests is no
cinch job for any team.
The first part of call for the Tigers
is Athens, at which town they
are due to meet the strong Georgia
clan Thursday evening. It is planned
that the squad should arrive in
the Georgia City in time to see the
Bulldog outfit swing into action
against the Atlanta Athletic Club
which boasts of another good aggregation
this year.
Georgia seems this year to have
one of its usual teams. The Bulldogs
slipped up during the first of
the year and permitted the Techst-ers
to register a victory over them,
but the Athenians came back last
Saturday to trim their ancient foe-men
by a close score.
The crowd of basketeers seems
to have been quite. fond of Tiger
meat in the past couple of years
Crawford, c 0
Shiller, c 0
Todd, g 1
Green, g 0
Henderson, g 1
Totals
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
1 2 High, Georgia Military Academy,
°; Boy's High, and Marietta. Two
9l champions have come from that lea-
°*gue, these being Tech High in 1922
21 and Georgia Military Academy in
0 j l 9 2 3 .
3 ! Coach "Emma" Emerson's Mont-
— jgomery Bell outfit of Nashville is
n lone of the most prominent squads
hard, hit by the .fact—that .several. Qf
their stars of yesteryear will be missing
when the whistle blows. Among
these is "Fats" McNeill, who for
the past two' years has been a bulwark
in the center of the line.
"Nurmi" Nelson is another of last
year's dependents is not eligible this
trip, due to the fact that the speed
exponent was included on the varsity
squad last fall. Aldridge will not
be eligible for the same reason.
The loss of these men we be somewhat
of a blow to the chances of
the present champs to repeat. How-over
to make a bid for tournament j eVer, the squad will gain a good man
will be a different tale. ! honors. This outfit is so far, in the
The Plainsmen bid goodbye to the u n d efeated class, and includes among
fair city of Athens late Thursday i t s v i c t i m s Hume-Fogg, who last year
night and make for Raleigh, N. C . , . n o s e d t h e ge l l b o y s o u t o f t h e s t a te
where they are booked to match their: championship. The Nashville outfit
skill with the North Carolina State j h a s b e e n engaging the leading club
quintet. The hardest trial of t h e | t e a m S ( a n d o n l y r e c e n t l y held the
entire trip will be the quick jump p o w e r f u i Nashville Ramblers to a
•from Raleight to Lexington, Va.,
where the V.
Saturday.
M. I. five will be met
in "Fats" McCulley, who was not in
last year's lineup .
The Freshmen always are the dark
horses in class football as the lowly
rodents always produce good outfits.
The Freshmen may be considered
as strong contestants this year,
and the other classes will have to
step lively if they expect to down
•list in the semi-finals last year by
After the go with the Virginians; Georgia Military Academy, when one
the McKinneys will enjoy a hard of the potential soldiers sank a foul
earned rest over the Sabath while i shot just as the final whistle blew, to
enroute to Lexington, Ky., where j give his mates victory by a lone point
Kentucky will be taken on. This margin.
will be the first time in a number Coach Charley Scott, who used to
of years that a Tiger team has met, function in the Tiger backfield once
representatives of the Blue Grass upon a time, reports 8 victories and
State. j no losses for his Darlington Prep
The conference tournament in quint. The lone representative of the
Atlanta this year will not be an open
one as has been the case in the past,
but like our'own little Cotton States
affair, it will be limited to 16 teams,
with those who have made the best
records during the season being
picked to display their wares in the
annual pow wow.
at least, for the Athenians have rung The Tigers, therefore are especial-up
some rather large scores against ly anxious to fatten their winning
0
Totals 23 6 9 52
ultimate victors would be, sending
the Plainsmen back to the Village
with their fourth straight defeat
Tiger teams during this period. Both
games played by these two last year
were won by comfortable margins by
the Georgians.
The Tigers are admitted this year
to have one of the strongest teams
that have cavorted on the gymnasium
floor in several campaigns and
it is hoped that the story this time
percentage on the- coming trip in order
that they might be among those
selected.
The Auburnites always have been j when the first games get underway,
a good tournament team. Last year Charley Dudley, former all-South-
28 to 18 score. The Emerson crew
was scratched off the undefeated the boys who have enjoyed several
months of tutoring under Coach
Brown. Twenty-three of these boys
got frosh numerals but there are
enough left over to make a pretty
good eleven.
The strength of the lowly rodents
will be enhanced considerably by the
presence of their new product, Butler
who is reputed to be capable of doing
several things and doing them
well. We have heard several things
about the new rodent and are curious
to see him in action.
The first game for inter-clash supremacy
will be next Tuesday, when
the Seniors kick off to the Rats, or
vice versa. This contest ought to
be a humdinger with the champs
tackling the leading contenders. The
Juniors and Sophs mix matters on
the following day.
On February 22, which is, aside
from being Washington's birthday,
the day on which all of the students
Continued on page 6)
Village, namely Lee County High, is
having another of its good seasons
and it is hoped that the local school
will be represented. Another good
outfit is "Hard Boy" Pruitt's Nota-sulga
outfit which gave the Tiger
rats a stiff scramble recently.
The date for the opening of the
tournament is being looked forward
to by many of the leading outfits
in the south, and the local gymnasium
is expected to house its greatest
array of prep school basketball talent
after dropping two games to Tech
by rather large scores the Bengals
pulled a surprise triumph over the
Cracker outfit at the tournament.
era Tiger cheer leader will again
handle the refereeing . end of the
game. Charley, who was a star in
a Bengal uniform once up a time,
has been the supreme arbiter in all
of the previous tourney held here
and will handle the coming games
in his own inimitable style.
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Don't put off till tomorrow what you can
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AG CLUB PRESENTS
ALL-STAR PROGRAM
ing the Honor System during the
recent exams, in which he stated
that the seniors in Ag backed the
Honor System 100 per cent.
The Ag Club held'its first program
of the semester in its usual snappy
manner Wednesday night in the auditorium
of Comer Hall.
0. C. Helms, the new \president
called the meeting to order, and announced
that the chairman of the
program committee, C. M. Reams
had arranged for an "all star" program
for the first meeting of the
club this semester.
F. S. Arant headed the list of the
"all stars", and in a short talk commended
the Ag students for support-
It was first announced that L. L.
i Aldridge would speak on, "Why I
Will Become a Great Military Cap-i
tain," but he changed his mind and
gave a short talk on "Satsumas Oranges
in Alabama." The next num-
! ber on the program was a discussion
1 of the proposed plan for "accredited
hatchers and flocks in this state."
Someone has said that the modern
packing houses are so efficient that
nothing is lost when a hog goes
•through but the squeal, but accordi
n g to L. F. McConnell even this is
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AFFECTS RECEPTION
The spirits of radio fans have
been dampened during the past
week, crae to a leaking transformer
which has not been located. The defective
transformer causes in artificial
noise when the ear phones or
loud speaker are put into operation
and throwns out the voice of the air.
It is impossible to operate a set within
a mile radius of the transformer
with success.
The leak is thought to be in the
central part of town as those sets
located here are affected most.
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just as supple and soft as it is at the end
of your shave with Williams Shaving
Cream. Big 5-oz. bottle 50c; at all dealers'.
F O R B E T T E R S H A V I N G - W I L L I A MS
The Auburn Players weekly meeting
was held- Monday night and its
most important feature was the reading
of the play "Duley" which is to
be given this spring.
The try-outs for the play were
held during the meeting but the
i cast has not been fully selected as
yet. All members of the club are
eligible for parts in the play and
if they desire to try out must see
Mr. Hamilton within the next few
days.
A discussion of the road trip which
is to be taken by the cast of the
play "Your'e Next," preceded the
tryr-outs. The cast is to leave about
February the twenty-second and is
to present the play at eight or ten
places including Andalusia, Brewton
and other towns and cities along this
route.
It takes about 1,500 nuts to hold
an automobile together, but any one
can scatter it all over the landscape.
-The Outlook.
saved when cattle are slaughtered today.
He enumerated some of the byproducts
from cattle which are so
necessary to human life and comfort
today.
J. B. Stewart discussed the "present
status of Muscle Shoals," while
I. S. Johnson in his usual touching
manner delivered an "Ode to the
Cow". Prof. W. E. Sewell, an old Auburn
student and a new addition to
the faculty, responded to the invitation
of the president with a short
talk.
HONOR SYSTEM AT
WASHINGTON & LEE
i
Nestled among the Blue Ridge
Mountains of the state of Virginia
in the southern extreme of the Shenandoah
Valley is a j little college
town, Lexington. It is a place noted
not merely for its history, but it is
the seat of V. M. I., "The West Point
of the South," and Washington and
Lee University, "The Nursery of
American Leadership."
Every college has its aims and
ideals. Washington and Lee is rich
in its history, its traditions, and its
customs. Manhood made the University,
such manhood as is symbolical
of Generals George Washington and
Robert Edward Lee. Such manhood
made it thrive and fixed it permanently
as one of the greatest educational
institutions of all time.
Manhood as typefied by the founders,
the faculties, and the student
bodies of Washington and Lee," means
right is might, truth is a virtue to
uphold, honorable convictions are
things to fight for, and HONOR is
the keyword to success in all walks
of life.
The first thing a W. and L. man
will tell one about is his horor system.
He has a right to praise it. It is
something wonderful and it is sacred
to every man who ever attended
Washington and Lee. The daily papers
from Maine to California have
praised it. The system in itself is
not complex. The students merely
sign a pledge on all written "quizes"
stating, that they have neither given
nor received help. There are no
committees of three from each class
to enforce honor and in fact there
is no need of such. There is an
honor committee whose duty it is
tc try the few cases coming before
it. When a man is found guilty he
has severed his connections with his
college for all time.
The "Honor-Store" at Washington
and Lee is a room about twenty by
fifty feet, situated in the main academic
building. It contains stationary,
toilet articles, and confection-aries.
Money boxes containing
change are sitting at different places
on the counters. The student waits
upon himself and makes his own
change. The honor store has been
a source of income for "The Generals"
for years, and it demonstrates
real honor. Men support it, not
weaklings ! !
The writer is a former Washington
and Lee man but Auburn is his
lma Mater. There are several
former W. and L. men on the campus
whose delight it is to tell you of W.
and L. honor. The honor system at
Auburn is in its infancy. It should
be fostered with care and supported
by every student and every faculty
NORMAL GROUP HAS
MEETING AT Y.M.C. A.
PARTICULAR PEOPLE PICK
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Hot Dogs, Cold Drinks,
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All Kinds of Sandwiches
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Grape, Orange, Peacl, Lemon
Strawterry, Cream, Rootbeer
Banana, Ginger Ale, Lemon
Lime
Bottled by
Chero-Cola Bottling Company
Opelika
The normal .group met Monday
night in the Y. M. C. A. assembly
hall. Rev. Holmes led the discussion
which was "how shall we meet
the time of testing." There were only
a few of the many discussion groups
that had representatives present.
It is hojjed that every lieutenant
will organize a discussion group this
semester, and will not only organize
one but do some real work. There,
are to be eight discussion groups this
semester. The last one will be on
March 22.
The following subjects will be discussed
this semester:
How shall we meet the time of
testing? February 1.
How shall we choose our life work?
February 15.
Is Campus Popularity worth
seeking? February 8,
Blue Ridge. February 22.
How can one be sure of Jesus?,
March 1.
What is prayer?, March 8.
How is a christian student different?
March 15.
How can group life be made Christian?,
March 22.
There will be a contest on this
semester, and the group that makes
the highest grade will be given free
tickets to a big banquet to be given
at the close of the discussion groups
in March of this semester.
member. The students must think
more seriously, of their individual
honor. The faculty members are
cooperating, but springing a quiz has
a dangerous tendency, and at all colleges
possessing a working honor
system the quizes are written upon
the board and the Instructor leaves
the room until the next class.
Serious thinking, cooperation of
everyone connected with Auburn
and the pride with which men hold
their honor, are three essential factors
which will determine whether
or not. any honor system, however
simple, can long endure.
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And Gives Him the
Speed and Character in
Penmanship that Helps
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The fen with the 25-Year guaranteed
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WE don't mean that the
Parker Duofold will
put a man on the golden
throne,although it helps him
to get there. But the same
keen instinct that makes men
successful, prompts them to
pay $7 for this sure-fire classic
when they could buy
slacker pens for half the
money. Step to the nearest
pen counter and choose
your point.
THE PARKER PEN COMPANY
Duofold Pencils to match the Pens: Lad}, $3
Oixr-tlzejr., $3.50; "Big Brother" Ooersia, $4
Factory and General Offices
JANESVILLE, WIS.
Jack Wiatt, '24 is connected with
the Havana Railway; Light and
Power Company and is located in
Havana.
Emily Hare, '25 has Deen appointed
Y. W. C. A. Secretary of the
State Normal at Emporia, Kansas.
Frank Stockelberg is connected
with a Power Company in Santiago.
Frank was a member of the class
of '24.
Jack Stockelberg after receiving
his C. E. degree in summer school
returned to Panama City, C. Z.,
whfere he is engaged in Civil Engineering.
Vincent Scalco, '23 and now connected
with the Chemistry department
recently acted at Cupids command
and is now happily married and
living in the Village.
Samuel L. Wilson, ex-Auburn, is
a member of the Woodlawn High and
Howard Summer School.
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Let's back the Honor System.
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Call 9109
Collections Daily
"One Day Service"
Students Cooperative Dining
Club
serves only the best foods. Superintended
by a lady who is an expert dietician, managed
by coach "Red" Brown.
3 Meals $20-00 per month
2 Meals $16.00 per month
Meals will be served at 7:15 a. m. 12:15 p. m.
and 6:00 p. m.
USE KRATZER'S ICE CREAM
Your Local Dealer H a s It
For your parties and feeds ask your local dealer to
order from us. Our products are Pasteurized, using best
ingredients, therefore necessarily PURE.
KRATZER'S
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STUDENT SUPPLY SHOP
fj^Mej "Distinctive^ Shop"
Printed programs for banquets will help
you remember your school friends in later
years.
AUBURN PRINTING CO.
Printers Publishers
Phone 46
Stationers
WILDER TALKS ON
NEW RADIO STATION
Several good talks featured the regular
weekly program of the .A. I.
E. E. last Wednesday. The feature
of the evening was given by J. M.
Wilder, on the intricacies of the new
radio station WAPI. He gave us a
plenty of first hand, information
about his "pet," as he has been the
driving power of the new project.
Other talks were made by Redus
Collier, on the recent merger of the
two largest power companies in the
South, the Alabama Power Company
and the Georgia Railway "Light and
Power Company. W. L. Garlington
also gave a short outline of the advantages
of aerial photography in
planning power transmission lines.
W. H. H. Putnam made a short talk
or. the longest span of electric transmission
in the world, which is 6241
feet in length. The variety of the
meeting is due to the energy of our
new vice chairman, J. M. Edwards,
who is on the jump all the time fcr
good snappy programs. Come out
and see. for yourself.
GLOMERATA STAFF
HARD AT WORK
HUNDRED GIRLS AT MIDYEAR
JUNIOR PROM
The fact that the 1926 Glomerata
is taking on proportions is evidenced
by the work being done in the Annual
office. Arrangements are being
made to have all the material in
the hands of the printers and engravers
before March 15. All pictures
and copy for the publication
must be in the hands of the staff
before Feb. 15, in order to get the
material to the printers in time to
have the book come out before commencement.
Should the work go on
uninterrupted the books will be delivered
about the first of May.
A representative from White's Studio
was here Monday and Tuesday
making pictures of the R. O. T. C.
organizations and a few late individual
pictures for class sections.
Proofs have been received from the
Printers on a number of the organization
pictures and campus scenes
and from present outlook the 1926
Glomerata will exceed all previous
Let Us Sell You a New Ford
A. MEADOWS GARAGE
Auto Repairs Tires Tubes
Cars for Hire—U Drive 'em
Gas Oil
Phones 29-27
Continued from page one)
Merriweather, B'ham, Ala., G. L.
Burns; Miss Charlotte Jones, Annis-ton,
Ala., H. K. McCall; Miss Sarah
Morris, Athens, Ga., John Illyes, Jr.;
Miss Hazel Smith, Montgomery, Ala.,
Gordon Mallory; Miss Claire Storas,
Montgomery, Ala., Murray Hoffman;
Miss Neel Woodall, University of
Alabama, E. S. Maples; Miss Olive
Taylor, Montgomery, Ala., Housten
Garmen; Miss Dorothy Davis, B'ham,
Ala., Ted E. Phillips; Miss Louise
BeDell, Atlanta, Ga., Gordon Mallory;
Miss Virginia Bickerstaff, Columbus,
Ga., A. P. LeMay; Miss Mary
Brinkskelle, B'ham Ala., Gordon Self
Miss Dorothy Dee, B'ham, Ala., Jack
Llyod; Miss Barbara Carter, Florence
Ala., John West; Miss Lucile Jones,
Tuskeegee, Ala., Joe Rocke; Miss
Lois Holman, LaGrange, Ga., A. Robinson;
Willie Maude Robinson, La-
Grange, Ga., J. L. Young; Miss
books. The 1924 and 1925 Glomer-atas
were awarded the Art Craft
Guild Cup for showing the greatest
improvement over previous yearbooks.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
ROBERTSON'S QUICK LUNCH
The Best That Can Be Bought
Served A* Well As Can Be
Served
15 Commerce St.
Montgomery, Ala. t _
AUBURN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Hear — Dr. Geo. Lang — at
the Morning Service.
Come to Sunday School 9:30 a. m.
—and—
Christian Endeavor 6:30 p. m.
Make Our Store
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Drinks •?• Cigars
Cigarettes and
Drug Sundries
Orange & Blue Confectionery
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Christian Endeavor
Enjoys Social Friday
The Christian Endeavor Society
had a very enjoyable social on the
evening on Jan. 29. It was a real
pleasure to have several members
of the Epworth League present. The
next social is being planned for the
next Friday after Valentines Day;
New officers were elected last
Sunday evening great things are
being planned and next Sunday will
feature the first. The regular program
will be cut short due to the
various committee conferences. Each
student present will go to the conference
in which he is most interested
so as to be assigned a definite
piece of work.
It is hoped that each student in
Auburn who has ever been connected
in Christian Endeavor work, or who
is interested in getting in a real live
non-deriominational Christian young
pfoples organization will be present
Bunch Dunbar, Atlanta, Ga., Doug
Newsome; Miss Mary Gosnell, Sheffield,
Ala., R. E. Pride; Miss Beth
Baldwin, Jacksonville, Pla., Robert
Parker; Miss Margaret Bostwick,
Atlanta, Ga., J. M. Booth; Miss Anne
Christie, Jacksonville, Fla., J. M.
Booth; Miss Ora Douthit, B'ham, Ala,
S. C. Patten; Miss Jaunita Grover;
J. L. Russell; Miss Mary Lee Grish-am,
B'ham, Ala., B. H. Saeger; Elsie
Hicks, Atlanta, Ga., F. E. Pussey;
Miss Ruth Ledley, Atlanta, Ga., F.
E. Russey; Miss Edyth Matthews,
Atlanta, Ga., J. M. Booth; Miss
Frances Orr, B'ham, Ala., P. C.
Ausley; Miss Inez Patten, B'ham,
Ala., Richard B. Evans; Miss Margaret
Whittle, Atlanta, Ga., B. S.
Gilmer; Miss Sue Snooks, Gainsville,
Ga., C. C. Pearson; Miss Paulyne
Terrell, B'ham, Ala., C. M. Leland;
Miss Martha Varner, West Point,
Ga., J. P. Johnson; Miss Marie Clay,
Ft. McPherson, Ga., C. H. Booth;
Miss Hilda Webb, B'ham, Ala., C. A.
Smith; Miss Margaret Thomas, Atlanta,
Ga., T. W. Crump; Miss Elizabeth
Shannon, B'ham, Ala., Mer-van
Nabors.
THE
COLLEGE
PICTURE SHOW
Operated by the
College for the en-tainment
of the Student
body.
All the Best Pictures
booked promptly
after release date.
Student Orchestra
All employees are
Students.
Regular program
each night during
the week.
Shows begins promptly
at 7:00.
NEW BROADCASTING
STATION COMPLETE
MAY & GREEN
Men's Clothing «
Sporting Goods
Montgomery, Alabama
at the Presbyterian church at its
next meeting. The next meeting will
be held Sunday evening, Feb. 8, at
6:30 o'clock. Come prepared to
pick out your committee and to be
assigned a pleasant job.
Auburn radio broadcasting station
will be inspected and tuned by a representative
of the Western Electric
Company during this week.
The station is complete and will
be sending out regular programs by
the first of next week, according to
report given this afternoon.
The engineer who is to inspect and
tune the station will be in Auburn
o/i Thursday of this week. It Will
probably take two days for inspecting
and tuning the station. After
the work is complete, Auburn will
be represented in the air.
BIG CLEARANCE SALE
HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX 2-
PANT SUITS, WILL BE CONTINUED
ANOTHER WEEK. GOOD
CLEAN MERCHANDISE AT BIG
REDUCTIONS
1
CLASS FOOTBALL
PRACTICE STARTS
(Continued from page 5)
enjoy a holiday by marching out in
the sun to have a sham battle on
the Ag hill, is the day for the final
game which decides the class superiority
footballically speaking. The
winners of the two previous games
will meet in mortal combat on Drake
field.
The officials for the games will
be as follows: referee, Slick Moul-ton,
umpire, "Boozer" Pitts; head
linesman, "Bed" Brown; timekeeper,
Sgt. Moxham.
The respective coaches are Seniors,
"Bull" McFaden and "Pea"
Greene; Juniors, "Buck" Spinks and
"Clabber" Williams; Sophomores,
"Jelly" Self and "Sea,Cow" Turner,
Freshmen, Abe Robinson and Frank
Tuxworth.
Let's back the Honor System.
DR. THOS. B. MCDONALD
Dentist and Oral Surgeon
Office over Toomer Drug Store
Phone 49
Auburn, Alabama
EVOLUTION IS SUBJECT
OF TALK AT CONVOCATION
(Continued from Page, 1)
Every thing that does not obey the
laws of nature dies and all things
must advance one way or the other.
Evolution is the fundamental
law of the universe which comprehends
death as well as birth. Darwins
idea of the descent of man is purely
a theory and he does npt suggest
that man sprung from the apes by
any means. He suggested that there
was a possibility that man and ape
had a common ancestory in the ages
gone by, and that man evoluted forward
and the ape backward. No
honest teacher will ask a student to
accept this theory, but only to consider
it in a broadminded manner.
Unless we want to strangle research
our faces must be set against any
thing that attempts to bar theory,
and before the laws are passed let
us remember that if a theory is
wrong it will soon be discredited. The
state of Alabama is making strides
toward furthering research by not
having a Evolution Law.
BURNS & STACY
Licensed Student Electrician
Anything Electrical
Contract and Repair Work
Phone 1S5-W
Meter School Gets
Praise By Expert!
' • ' •
The recent Meter School held at
Auburn has received favorable com-1
ment from the Memphis Power and
Light Company, of Memphis, Tenn.
A letter was written to Professor
Dunstan stating resolutions adopted
by the Southeastern Section National
Electric Light Association. The letter
and resolutions are quoted in
part below:
At our Meter Committee meeting
held in Auburn a resolution was
unanimously adopted in regard to
the meter course which j)(ou held.
It is a pleasure to me to communicate
this resolution to you which is
as follows:
Whereas, the meter school has
now been jn session for a period
sufficiently long enough for us to
see the results will be all that could
be desired; in other words, it is evident
that good work is being done;
therefore, be it resolved by the meter
committee of the Southeastern
Section National Electric Light Association
that we extend these gentle
men our sincere appreciation of
their work, well done, and request
them to plan to hold the school again
next year and be it further resolved
that the chairman write to Prof.
Dunstan conveying this resolution to
him and through him to the members
of his staff who have been instrumental
in making the school a success.
W. A. GENTRY,
-Chairman- Meter'Committee,
Southeastern Section N. 12. L. A.
GIBSON'
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tion are in the aggregate about $35,- cent of eggs per day for the laying
000,000 less in 1925 than in* 1919 hens.
but some two million-dollars greater
than in 1924. The latter is due to,
The lollowing is not without sub-the
higher unit price of the various .
tlety. A man came home to the wife
of his bosom in the wee small hours
and proceeded to disrobe. "John,
said his wife, "you haven't got your
underwear on. You were wearing it
when you left this morning, I'm perfectly
sure."
Her spouse glanced down for a moment,
puzzled and guilty. Then like
a flash, came the inspiration, "Good
God," he said, "I've been robbed."
—London Mail.
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Both in numbers and value there
has been a very marked decrease in
cattle and hogs since 1920 according
to a report just issued by F.
W. Gist, agricultural statistician, following
the annual livestock report
of the United States department of
Agriculture. The decrease in hogs
has been heavier than in cattle, the
latter including milk cows which have
more nearly held their own than
have cattle of beef types. The number
of all cattle on Alabama farms
on January' 1, 1926 was 70.8 per
cent of those found by the' census
of 1920 while the number of hogs
on farms the first of this year was
only 51.9 per cent of those found
six years ago. Apparently this trend
downward has been . somewhat continuous
since 1920, and seems now
to have been arrested by recent
higher prices of both cattle and
hogs. Alabama lost 101,000 cattle
during the last year and during the
same period lost 69,000 hogs. The
trend in hog numbers seems to have
scmewhat abated in certain portions
of the state, a slight increase in the
number on farms in the southeast
district having occurred in the past
twelve months.
The aggregate value of farm animals
on January 1, of this year is
slightly greater than a year ago but
is only about one half the aggregate
in 1920.
Horses have decreased in number
since 1920 and also in the past year,
while mules show a somewhat steady
but very slight increase for the past
six years. This apparently is due to
the general replacement of horses by
mules for farm work purposes in all
sections of the state.
Poultry is found in slightly greater
number than in 1920 though the
number on farms is about 40,000
less than a year ago.
The values of livestock and livestock
products moved into consump-past
year, than the year previous,
livestock commodities during the
The value of the animals, sold and
slaughtered is about the same for
both the preceding years, but milk
and eggs have brought a large
money return. In the case of milk
the cows on Alabama farms have
produced less in volume, because
there was a fewer number of cows
giving milk. The average amount
of milk per cow for the two years .
has been about 1.54 gallons per day!
per cow in milk, while the number
of cows milked has been about 55
per cent of the cows kept for milk. '
Hens have made quite noteable advance
in egg production during the
past year, averaging about 31 per
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All are invited, especially the college students.