1926-12-04 The Plainsman

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VOLUME L. AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1926 NUMBER 13
OLD TIMERS SWAMP YEARLING S H P I K POST-SEASON BATTLE
ANNUAL ALL-COLLEGE HIKE
SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY!
Eats and Big Doings
Promised All Who
Attend
Fellows, co-eds, and faculty mem­bers,
lend me your ears, but not your
appetites as you will need the latter
on Saturday afternoon. Why?
Simply because on the aforemen­tioned
date one of the greatest events
on the college calendar will take
place. What? The All-College Hike
is to be staged. Where? The pro­cession
will depart from Langdon
Hall at two o'clock and will wind
its way directly northward to a spot,
beautiful and inviting, where eats
and fun galore will reign supreme
until nightfall.
The All-College Hike, an annual
affair sponsored by the Y.M.C.A.
will this year, according to all reports
froni those in charge, be bigger and
better than ever before. So let's one
and all be prepared to forget about
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MOREY SPEAKS
TO FRESHMEN IN
CONVOCATION
Popular Coach Talks on Play­ing
the Game of
Life
An inspiring\talk by head coach
David Morey and a speech by Capt-elect
Bill "Pop" Paterson of next
years football team, featured fresh­man
convocation. Coach Morey was
introduced by Pres. Dowell, who said
that he (Morey) was* a man who
could talk just as well on philosophy
as he could on football and was equal­ly
at home on either subject. Mr.
Morey spoke on playing the game of
life and playing it squarely. He
warned us that we could not cheat
ourselves. "Keep off of liquor" he
told us. He went on to say that if
we could think of one reason why we
should drink whiskey then drink it.
"But" said he "there is none. His
talk was thoroughly enjoyed by ever-body
and was among the best heard
this year.
He was followed on .the platform
by "Pop" Paterson who gave us a
short peppy talk. Dr. Dowell pre­sided.
DEAN PETRIE TO
BE HONORARY
CLUB MEMBER
Delivers Thanksgiving Address
Before Opelika
Kiwanians
Dr. George Petrie, Dean of Grad­uate
Studies here, was made an
honorary member of the Opelika
Kiwanis Club last week, the club
conferring this membership upon him
in their appreciation for his kind and
loyal services rendered in the past.
A few minutes later Dr. Petrie
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FOOTBALL TEAM
IS HONORED BY
HUGE BANQUET
COACHES PROVE SUPREMACY
IN BATTLE ON DRAKE FIELD
Smith Hall Is Scene of G a l a * ' R E D ' R O B E R T S
Event
ATTENTION
MIKE FISHER
"Mike" Fisher played his first sea­son
in an Auburn varsity uniform this
season and proved himself one of the
most dependable backs to come to Au­burn
in many a season. "Mike"
kept himself in perfect condition
all during the season as was evidenc­ed
by the. fact that while playing
the major portion of each game on
schedule, he did not have time called
out for him and he was certainly
in his share of the plays both on the
offense and defense. Fisher is from
LaGrange, Ga. He was picked on the
All-State prep school team in Georgia
during each of his last two year's at
LaGrange High and was a star on
the rat team here last fall. Fisher
is a member of the Sigma Phi Sigma.
CAPTAIN ELECT. "POP" PATERSON
"Pop" Patterson needs no introduction to the least informed Auburn
football fan. He is none other than the one whom the football squad
saw fit to elect as captain of the Tiger eleven for the season of 1927.
Patterson has proven his worth in Many a hard fought battle on the grid
this year thereby living up to the past reputation of the Patterson line.
His father was one of Tiger mainstays during his four years at Auburn
end it is a credit to him to send such a well developed athlete to his Alma
Mater. "Pop" hailsrfrom Montgomery where he made an enviable record
on the gridiron playing with Sidney Lanier. "Pop" is active in many
campus activities and is very popular among his classmates. He is a
member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity.
PROF. GOOD TO
RECEIVE DEGREE
FROMJX)RNELL
Will Receive Ph. P. Degree
From Eastern Ins­titution
Professor Henry Good, assistant
professor of Entomology and Zoolo­gy,
leaves Friday for Cornell college
where he will take his Ph.D. during
this month. Some years ago he re­ceived
his M.S. from California and
later his B. S. from Cornell where he
is working for his Ph. D.
Professor Gooa nas Deen connected
i with the Entomology and Zoology
department of the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute for the last three years
and has made himself known among
the student body. He is a member
of the Sigma Pi fraternity. He is a
single man and takes a leading part
in the social activities of Auburn,
especially those connected with the
college.
All those wishing to secure Tuxedos
for the Junior Prom, the mid-term
dances, please see "Brother John"
Garrett as soon as possible. The
order stating the number and sizes
desired must be sent in at once and
is is necessary that the students co­operate
with the social committee.
PROGRAM
Tiger Theatre
Monday, Dec. 6
CORPORAL KATE
Cecil B. DeMille with all star.
Tuesday, Dec. 7
THE TROUBLE WITH WIVES
Paramount Picture. Comedy.
Wednesday, Dec. 8
STRANDED IN PARIS
Pamarount Picture with Bebe
Daniels, Ford Sterling
Aesop's Fable and Comedy
Thursday, Dec. 9
THE CANADIAN
A Paramount Picture with 4
Thomas Meighan
Krazy Kat and Comedy
Friday, Dec. 10
LOVE 'EM AND LEAVE 'EM
A Paramount Picture with
Evelyn Brent, Louise Brooks,
and Lawrence Gray. Comedy.
Saturday, Dec. 11
THE PONY EXPRESS
Pamarount with Wallace Beery
"Scotty of Scouts". Comedy.
"Rabbit" Harris' rale is
Bequeathed to Mike Fisher
'RABBIT-FEET'
TO BE SHOWN
BY PLAYERS
Blackface Comedy To Be Pre­sented
at Hut Theatre
BY THE EDITOR
"That reminds me of the way "Rab­bit"
Harris used to play several years
ago. Is it not quite appropriate that
Mike Fisher be known throughout
his entire collegiate career as "Rab­bit"
Fisher? " Such were the words
uttered by a prominent football fan,
when he saw little Mike Fisher sift
through the highly touted Sewanee
defense time after tim,e. In this
manner he conferred on Mike a por­tion
of the praise and the honor that
were Benjamin Edward Harris' dur­ing
his career at the Alabama Poly-tecnic
Institute. Possibly too, by his
description of Mike's style of play,
he has handed down that renowned
nickname to this most worthy success­or,
for what alumni but the fleet-foot­ed
hare should the flying Fisher be
likened?
One of the most popular students
ever graduated from Auburn, Mr.
Harris has carried the esteem of his
school mates out into the business
world with him and today is one of
the most popular alumni in the state.
Although more than seventeen years
have elapsed sinse he studied at this
shrine of kr^wledge, he has kept in
close toucJf*with his Alma Mater and
has ever stood ready to serve her in
(Continued on page 6) "RABBIT" HARRIS
Bob Leary will cover himself with
a sheet and a thick coating of super­stition
in order to win his woman
when he assumes the part of Pete
Boone in the blackface comedy, "Rab­bit
Feet", at the Hut, December 7th,
8th and 9th.. In order to insure
double good luck, Pete always carries
two left feet of a rabbit caught in
a graveyard at the dark of the moon
by a bow-legged, cross-eyed nigger,
so he has managed to collect the
rfick-name'- of "Rabbit Feet." He's
one of those heah go gettin' boys,
too . . . . especially when it comes
to Orchid, his high-steppin' 'oman.
Sure he marries her . . . . even tho
he has to carry her away to a grave­yard
and surround her with ghosts
in order to persuade her that she
loves him.
Orchid had left her home in Tuck-aloo,
Mississippi, and won success
as a singer and dancer in a New
York show. When she visits the old
home town, she is more important
than Queen Marie—and just as up­pity.
Mervin Maxwell, a yeller nig-ger
from Memphis, falls in love_with
her, too, but Pete makes short work
of him. In fact, Pete and his two
rabbit feet sweep down just about
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CONVOCATION
HOURJWOVED
Time For Freshman Meeting
Changed to Wednesday,
December 8
Members of the 1926 football team
were the guests of honor at the an­nual,
football banquet, held Tuesday
evening at 7:30. The dining room of
Smith--.Hall, where the banquet was
held, was beautifully decorated with
the orange and blue color scheme
predominating. Besides the varsity
squad, there were present the Re­serves,
the Freshman squad, the
coaching staff, members of the Au­burn
Athletic Council, the Alumni
Advisory Committee and the Student
staff. Other guests were, Jack Lang-horne,
sports editor of the Montgom­ery
Advertiser, Zipp Newman, sports
editor of the Birmingham News,
members of the Auburn Lions Club,
many prominent alumni and several
men representing student activities.
Haygood Patterson of Montgomery
performed the duties of toastmaster
in an able manner, his wit and humor
being a big asset to the success of the
banquet. The table talks which were
made were in the form of a resume
of Auburn football history, tracing
the Auburn teams from the earliest
down to the present time. ' Those re­sponding
to toasts with talks were:
Dr. B. B. Ross, Professor C. I. Hare,
Dr. Spright Dowell, Coaches Dave
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LEADS CHEERS
FOR LAST TIME
P o p u l a r Yell Commander
Makes Final Appearance
in Atlanta
Charles W. Roberts of Wadley,
Ala., known to all Auburn as "Red"
Roberts, and cheer leader here for
two consecutive years lead his last
football cheers when Auburn played
Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Thanks­giving
day.
There have been very few if any
games that Red has missed. When­ever
trips were taken he was always
there, and when the students met
at the station Red Roberts was always
at the head of the parade. There
have been very few times that he
didn't have some rats carrying Au­burn
banners, and there hasn't been
a time when he could not send the
student body into yelling like fight­ing
demons.
Although Red is still here, and will
lead the yells in both basketball and
baseball this • year, he will receive
his degree in electrical engineering
in May, and will have lead yells again­st
his last football foe.
The Freshman Convocation hour
for the week of December 7th will be
held on Wednesday December 8th at
eleven o'clock instead of the regular
Tuesday hour. Freshmen will be re­quired
to attend this convocation.
The speaker for this convocation
will be Mrs. Catherine Hopkins Chap­man
of Selma. Mrs. Hopkins is a
special reader of note. She will also
speak to the upperclassmen convoca­tion
on Thursday December 9th. She
will also broadcast over radio WAPI
Wednesday night and on Thursday
night will speak to the Woman's club
of Auburn.
ALTERNATE-CAPTAIN BOLTON SHOTTS
The likeness given above is that of Bolton Shotts, fullback. Shotts
hardly ever carries the ball—his best work is on the defence, backing up
the line—but when he does take the oval he clips off a good bit of yard­age.
Anothr thing he does and does well is kicking for point after touch
down. Four tries did he make in the Clemson game and the result was
four more points to Auburn's credit. Shotts is a Junior hailing from
Hamilton, Ala., who has just finished his second year of varsity football.
He is a member of Sigma Phi Sigma.
DUMMY BURNED
LAST WEEK ON
FOOTBALL FIELD
Ceremonies Mark Closing of
Season's Practice
Sessions
Tuesday afternoon,. November 23,
marked a great event on Auburn's
gridiron, and with Auburn football
stars and fans—The Burning of The
Dummy. Hundreds of students and
sport lovers assembled to gaze on this
annual affair, which yearly marks the
closing of football practice with Au­burn's
varsity eleven. For almost
two hours the vast crowd that assem­bled
stood watching the proceedings
of this memorable event.
A vast number of students, along
with other loyal supporters of foot­ball,
gathered in response to Red
Roberts' call, at twenty minutes till
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NEW OFFICERS
INSTALLED BY
WIRT SOCIETY
Interesting Program Held by
Senior Society
On Tuesday night the Wirt Liter­ary
Society devoted part of its time
to the installation of its new officers.
Those who were installed with the
names of their offices are: L. J.
Maxwell, president; J. B. Beard, vice-president;
Katherine Nunn, secretary;
A. V. Culpepper, treasurer; F. L.
Tucker, reporter; O. H. Davis, ser-geant-
at-arms.
In addition to the installation of
the officers, a very interesting pro­gram
was given. W. W. Johnson
spoke on "The History of Football."
He began by telling of the intercolle­giate
games between Princeton and
Yale, and of the methods used in
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Morey, Pitts, Papke,
Brown, Moulton and
Spinks Star
Old timers proved too spry for ro­dent
eleven, and the stars of former
days annexed a hectic struggle by
a score of 21 to 0 out on historic old
Drake Field Tuesday afternoon.
With "King David" at the helm for
the orange and blue jersied hosts, the
freshmen were completely smothered
under an avalanche of end runs, off-tackle
plunges and accurately heaved
passes. The aerial game was resort­ed
to quite frequently and was most
successful in piling up counters.
For the old timers Morey, Papke,
Green, and Brown performed nobly
in the backfield, displayed a varied
offensive game. "Boozer" Pitts, Au­burn's
AU-Time All-Southern center,
was a tower of strength in the line,
taking care of his position as floating
center as well as in former days.
"Slick" Moulton, with his splendid
defensive work and sensational kicks,
and Buck Spinks, with his fierce
tackling, were impregnable on the
flanks.
Play by play detail follows:
Old timers won the toss and chose
to receive. Ward kicks off to Spinks
on the forty yard line who was down­ed
in his tracks. Slaughter hits right
tackle for no gain. Slaughter goes
off tackle for five yards. Rats pen­alized
five yards. Morey goes around
right end for no gain. Brown, Slaugh­ter,
and Carter are replaced by
Vaughan, Pitts and Moseley. Pass
Papke to Moulton nets thirty yards.
Green plows rodent forward wall for
t in yards and a first down. On a
fake pass Morey slips around right
end for five yards. The ball is now
on the rat's, two yard line. Green
plunges over right tackle for two
yards and the first marker.
Score: Old timers 6, Rats 0.
Moulton adds extra point by beau­tifully
executed placement kick.
Score: Old timers, 7, Rats 0.
Moulton kicks to Cosper on ten
yard line who returns to the thirty-five
yard stripe, displaying excellent
broken-field running. Coleman hits
center for two yards, stopped by
Pitts. Pass Cosper to Callahan is
incomplete. Haggard punts to Mo­rey
who brings ball back to thirty-five
yard line. It w^s a perfect
spiral far into the enemy's territory.
Greene skirts left end for two yards.
Pass by Papke is incomplete. Clark
and Bryant go in for Cosper and
Coleman tor the freshmen. Greene '
circles right end for ten yards and
a first down. Old timers receive first
of series of penalties, this one being
for five yards, excessive time out.
Morey skirts right end for two yards.
Papke tosses pass to Moulton for
(Continued on page 6)
PROGRAM
College Show
Monday, Dec. 6
BEVERLY OF GRA.USTARK
Starirng Marion Davies, Anto­nio
Moreno, Creighton Hale
and Roy D'Arcy
Tuesday, Dec. 7
No Show
Wednesday, Dec. 8
THE BLUE EAGLE
With George O'Brien, Janet
Gaynor, Margaret Livingston
Thursday, Dec. 9
No Show
Friday, Dec. 10
MASKED WOMAN
Anna Q. Nilsson, George Sidney
and superb cast in an extraor­dinary
picture.
Saturday, Dec. 11
SWEET ROSIE O'GRADY
With Shirley Mason, Cullen
Landis, William Conklin, Duane
Thompson, Helen Dunbar and
E. Alyn Warren
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BREAKDOWN OF THE HONOR
SYSTEM
Any story indicating that the honor sys­tem
in our educational world is breaking
down is a distressing tragedy. The follow­ing
editorial from the Houston Post-Dis­patch
will leave the reader a little less
cheerful than he was before perusing it:
The honor system in school government
is still in vogue in many colleges and
universities, but complaints that it is break-ind
down are becoming more numerous.
Some of the educational institutions have
found it advisable to get away from it.
An example of how the honor system some­times
works, or perhaps better said, fails
to woi-k is supplied by a prominent Texas
college. It seems that one of the students,
finding it necessary to support himself,
devised the plan of opening up a self-serving
store. No one remained in the
store to watch the stock of godfls. The
students were supposed to take what they
wanted and to leave the money for it. At
the end of every day that the store operat­ed,
there was less cash on hand than there
would have been had all the goods taken
out been paid for. To make a long story
short, some of the students, no one knows
how many, continued to take out goods
• without paying for them or leaving any
charge memorandum. The store was a
losing proposition. Needless to say, the
student had to close out his business and
find some other way of supporting him­self.
The hard, cruel truth is, he could
not trust some of his schoolmates. The
result is not rightfully a reflection upon
the student body of that institution as a
whole. The majority are surely upright
and honest. But in every group of con­siderable
size there are bound to be peo­ple
who have not the character to with­stand
temptation to get something for
notliing, or to p'av fair if exposure is not
immient. That number, however great or
small it may be, makes the honor system
impractical, whether-it is applied in busi­ness,
in school or in jail.
Thre is no better test of character
than the process through which it is put
by the honor system. The man who goes
straight when all the world is looking can­not
know what he would do under tempta­tion
if nobody was looking. That man who
does not so conduct himself as to leave his
inner conscience satisfied still has work to
do to so improve the tone and temper of
his character as to make it respectable in
the choicest circles of this earth and to
himself.
If we merely gauge our conduct to make
it acceptable to public opinion rather than
to our Inner Selves, we are maiming and
stunnnig our souls and personalities. When
the days work is done and the dying em­bers
of the family hearth twinkle with
.their questions, how will you answer?
Have you by word or act lied this day?
Have you taken what was not yours to
have?
Have you been rude to the weak and
humble and polite to the strong and proud?
Have you been fair and forthright in all
things?
In fine, have you been such a man as
meets with the commendation and blessing
of that Inner Self which lives in all nor­mal
people until starved or mortally in­jured
by neglect?
These are the questions which honor sys­tems
are devised to raise. These are que-tions
which the man with a refined sense
of honor feels, no embarrassment in an­swering.
We should be glad to hear that there is
some explanation of the Texas story which
would present the students in question in
a better light before themselves and the
thieves of a poor order. They stole with­out
taking any of the risks with the pro­fessional
courts. That is very bad indeed.
They are off to a bad start in life. They
have not been forehanded in striving to
create pleasant memories for old age. In
after years the guilty students will not look
back with pride upon this betrayal, not of
the poor owner of the store, but of them­selves
their Inner Selves.
The Sense of Honor, which is the noblest
trait in human character, will not thrive
and grow if unnourished—and it lives on
rare delicacies.—Montgomer Advertiser.
The above editorial, while it may not be
in harmony with the general attitude of the
students should provide food for thought
and should serve as the basis for organized
opinions in defense of the place an honor
system occupies in the collegiate life of
today. This article should be chewed and
digested as solid food and not gingerly
tasted only to be promptly spit out.
PETTY LARCENY
Rumors have persistently found their
way to our office, some of which are rather
severe in the implication of the honor of
the student body. Many of them can be
ignored as unworthy of complaint. One,
however, seems to us, so serious that we
may not permit it to .pass unobserved.
It seems that in a spirit of recklessness
several of the students have thought it
rather smart to filch articles from the
hotels in which they are accustomed to
stop from time to time. Many towels bear­ing
the name of priminent hotels of Ala­bama
and Georgia are reported to have
been pressed into service by needy young
men. The co-eds have managed to cover
all traces of their robberies it seems.
It is true that one bath towel in itself
is comparatively cheap, but when five hun­dred
are taken at one time, the loss to the
establishment is real enough to them. How­ever,
the thefts have not been confined to
the towels. Rugs, soap, stationery, fire-extinguishers,
lanterns, light globes, and
many other articles of considerable value
have fallen in the way of the maruaders,
While we realize that the majority of
these 'acts were results of a misconception
of bravery and the belief that recklessness
is the making of heroes, we could hardly
fail to censure this misbehavior. We are
not thinking now of the.loss in dollars and
cents, but the loss in integrity suffered
by the college.
Naturally most of these thefts have been
reported during the football season just
passed and the proprietors of the several
hostelries patronized by the student bodies
have been justly indignant because of this
conduct. Bills for damages done to furni­ture
and debit resulting from purloined
articles have been forwarded to the local
athletic association. What makes the sit­uation
so distressing is the liability of the
college for the conduct of its students.
In its impoverished condition a bill of over
five hundred dollars would be a severe
blow to the association; yet it is obliged
to reimburse these men.
needed in the composition as well as the
success of an athletic team, but without
sufficient finances winning teams are im­possible.
We do not believe that Auburn students
would deliberately do a thing which would
handicap the coaching staff and the var­sity
in their enedavor to create a winning
aggregation. That is just what they are
doing, however, when they are the cause
of an added expense to the dapartment.
Auburn students are not roughnecks.
Yet citizens of cities in which games have
been played during the past season have
been justified in forming this impression.
We can deny this opinion only by proving
by our actions that we are gentlemen.
WE OFFER OUR SUPPORT
Simply because Auburn did not win the
conference championship, the old' foggies
among the alumni of this institution and
disillusioned fans of the state have begun
their perrenial attack on the coaching staff.
We most vigorously condemn the pettiness
of this attitude and request our critics to
wait until the students and the football
players themselves see fit to become dis­satisfied
with the manner in which the
team is coached and trained.
It is true that the past season was not
all that could be wished for but it stands
to reason that it was alL or more, than
could be expected under the circumstances.
As we stand at the close of the schedule
and look back at the road over which the
team has travelled we wonder how we suc­ceeded
to the degree that we did.
Inexperience took a heavy toll during
this year's games. Faced with the problem
of whipping into shape a winning combina­tion
from green material, Morey was hard
put. We maintain that he did remarkably
well, for in addition to seasoning these
men he had to instill an entirely new sys­tem
of play into Auburn football. He suc­ceeded
in both these undertakings. What
more could one ask of a coach in two sea­sons?
Those who are hurling such a tirade of
criticisms at the local coaches should pause
in their ranting to recall Morey's words
which he gave out to the newspapers at the
beginning of the season. He stated time
after time that he was pointing for no
single game this Fall but was looking for­ward
to next year when Auburn will have
a team in the running for conference hon­ors.
The Auburn student body is behind
Morey to a man and what greater guaran­tee
of confidence can be offered the citizens
of the state? A clean sportsman, he com­mands
the respect and admiration of his
associates in every walk of- life. He be­lieves
in the Auburn Spirit and practices
it on the field and off. He has worked tire­lessly
for Auburn since he came here a
little more than a year ago and has achiev­ed
much in that period of time.
Last spring his baseball team, composed
largely of sophomores, was among the first
four teams of the conference while the foot­ball
team was raised from twenty-first
position in the rating to ninth. Are not
these results convincing in themselves!
"Watch us next year" has become the
battle cry of the campus, The eyes of the
entire South will be focused on the village
of the plains next Fall when the referee's
whistle announces the opening of another
season. Auburn is destined to come into
her own then and resume the position of
southern gridiron supremacy which she held
so long* and honorably.
Then perhaps praise will be showered
on "King David" by his erstwhile critics.
But now is the time for us to manifest our
confidence in the man and the leader. A
man appreciates encouragement more when
he is fighting against odds than when the
battle is going his way.
We are ardent supporters of Coach
Morey and we want everybody to know it.
We believa in him. Do you?
STILL NOT LONG
Thanksgiving holidays are over, some*
one said; are they really? It is hard to
believe, after taking a few glances ovn
the campus, along with similar action over
our quiz papers. Well, it takes a certain
amount of time and routine work to be­come
settled again, we suppose. But on
the grounds of that argument, we wonder,
if there will be any of the term left when
some of the studies have beocme settled?
But though, giving away to all that, we
will plod along, hoping—yes, hopingpior
how dare we expect—that all will come out
in the wash.
And another entangler and unsettler
just ahead is—Christmas Holidays! 0 boy!
Who cares how unsettled they make us,
just so they hurry up and come? We're
beginning to shout with joy. "It won't be
long now!" and nobody stops to.ask, "till
when?" Cause it's understood that it's
Christmas being spoken of.
We are looking back at those happy
days spent at parties and in private parlors
during Thanksgiving, with a tiny, white
hand between our own; and we're looking
forward to a continuation of the same
practice during Christmas. Now in a case
like that, what right has Prof, to expect
us to do anything more than dream—and
give vent to those dreams through love
missives to our Own dearset tootsie-wopt-sie?
It won't be done—I mean studying;
so long as a fair, white lily is our thought-entertainer.
Well, anyway it won't be long now! Then
these Profs, will lose all check on us for
a while—and won't we have fun!—I should
say!!
Christmas—It won't be long now!!! .
A LITTLE ADJUSTMENT
Having occasion to find the time one
night in the immediate past, we chanced
to glance up to the tower of the Main
Building where Auburn's ancient time piece
is located. Much to our surprise the clock
was enshrouded in darkness and the spot
of light which should have illuminated its
face was directly toward the top of the
tower as if to display the beauty of the
ornamental cornice to be found there.
At first we were inclined to the belief
that the old structure had settled several
yards since September. However, on closer
examination we found that a branch of the
tree in which the spot light is located was
deflecting its beams and thus thwarting
its true purpose.
To remove this annoyance would require
a very small amount of time and little ex­penditure
of effort. We believe that the
satisfaction produced- by the righting of
this inconvenience would adequately com­pensate
the college for the labor and expense
it would incur.
R. Turner: "Be mine, dearest, and you
will be treated like an angel."
Isabell: "Yes, I suppose so. Nothing to
eat, and less to wear. No thank you."
Mahoney: "Should a young man propose
to a girl on his knees?"
Wooten: "If he doesn't, the girl should get
off."
BOOK REVIEW CONDUCTED BY
MEMBERS OF FACULTY
Edited by John B. Clark, A.M., Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
One of the rarest exhibits of the present
age, next to a home-grown school-girl com­plexion,
is a teacher of mathematics who
has never been pestered with the question:
"What's the good of all this?" The whys
and' wherefores are contentedly ignored
so long as the sailing is smooth and the
progress easy; but let the snags grow
thick in the course and a flunk appear in
the offing, and the exasperated student
becomes thoroughly practical. Still, one
shouldn't blame him, perhaps, for failing
to see beauty in algebraic solution when
as a matter of fact he can't see the solu­tion.
If there is to be any excuse what­ever
to him for the fool mystery-game
called mathematics, it's got to be in its
dollars-and-cents application, and he "does­n't
mean maybe."
All this is by way of mentioning Dr.
Silberstein's admirable 240-page book call­ed
"Synopsis of Applicable Mathematics"
—and the reader is respectfully requesed to
focus his attention upon that word "applic­able".
Not that every mathematical prin­ciple
and formula therein explained has
an obvious and immediate application;
nevertheless, some of them have and you
never can tell what some clever person can
do with even the most useless-looking ones.
The book is in essence a collection of tables
with the necessary explanatory matter ap­pended.
As its fitting (sophomores will here
agree very cordially), the explanatory
matter takes up considerably more space
than the tables. The elementary tables
usually contained in an engineer's hand­book
are given, together with more advanc­ed
material. *
I do not know of a bette place for the
general or even the technical reader to go in
order to get passable information about
the elements of many particular mathe­matical
topics. Here he can find brief but
admirably simple presentations of, to men­tion
just a few samples, indefinite, Fresnel,
and Fourier integrals, the gamma, error,
olliptic, hyperbolic, and Bessel functions,
something of vector analysis and algebra,
quaternions, tensor calculus, or what have
you iri mind? To be sure, the book is not
suitable as a Christmas present for one who
wants a light evening's entertainment, nor
on the other hand is it, as a whole, proper
one-sitting reading even for the conscien­tious
professional; but certainly it deserves
to be a popular reference book for all those
odd individuals who have mathematical
learnings.
Note to proof reader: For heaven's
sake, leave the title at this end. Why
should we deliberately scare away our non-engineer
readers?
Snyopsis of Applicable Mathematics,
With Tables. Dr. L. Silberstein. D. Van
Nostrand Company.
R. S. Underwood
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL
ADJUSTMENT
Ernest R. Groves.
Does human nature change? By the
mere asking of that question an animated
discussion could be started in almost any
group.
For perhaps thousands of years man has
been striving to understand and to achieve
at least some measure of control over human
nature. His happiness is dependent fully
as much upon that as it is the amount of
control he is able to acquire over the phy­sical
world.
As time . passes and understanding in­creases
we see more clearly the need for
a careful study of the drives and forces
underlying conduct. Scientific studies are
now being carried on in a great many places
and the results are proving not only inter­esting
but quite enlightening.
In "Personality and Social Adjustment"
Groves brings together the results of recent
scientific contributions to the understand­ing
of human nature. The information
presented in such an interesting manner
in this book is of particular importance to
parents and teachers but should be valuable
to anyone interested in people.
This book is not technical nor is it devoted
to a discussion of abstract theories The
important underlying drives of conduct
are carefully explained and discussed from
the practical point of view of those who
have to do with the direction of adjustment
in themselves or in others.
"The learning of the child is conditioned
upon motives and habits and attitudes that
are understandable only when viewed as
modes of behavior", says the author. Pro­ceeding
upon that principle he discusses the
social significances of fear, anger, sex,
gregariousness, self assertion, habit, and
the complex. In another section of the
book the problems involved in the emotional
maturing of the boy and girl are discussed.
In a third section many interesting sug­gestions
are given as to the significance
of certain types of socially abnormal con­duct.
E. L. Morphet.
% AUBURN FOOTPRINTS $
We can not help but notice that the
Blind Tiger has again made its debut un­der
the editorship of R. C. Cargile. We
did not know that the said exchange editor
had succeeded in obtaining some wood alco­hol;
but apparently that is the case, as the
name of his column indicates.
As we understand it, he is supposed to
furnish the best of the exchange jokes for
the approval of the students; but we can
not appreciate his applying these exchange
jokes to members of the student body, and
they in turn giving the humor editor credit
for their appearance. We will admit that
the "Footprints" column has been extreme­ly
personal this year. We are willing to
take credit for all that we do but if we are
to take the credit for all the personalities
that appear in the Plainsman, we at least
would appreciate the privilege of originat­ing
such personalities.
We are not trying to make anyone appear
ridiculous, but it is the best that we can do
under the circumstances. Should we deal
in exchange humor we would be critized
by that deparment; so our humor must be
original, or as nearly so as possible. To
supply the necessary amount of pure humor
or wit in each issue is impossible, with the
present staff, as we have no humorous
geniuses. So in order to fill our allotted
space we must derive humor from unusual
circumstances, and apply them to some
student or Prof. The reason that we have
been successful with it to a certain extent
is, .that we have persuaded you that a
purely normal condition is abnormal, that
is, that an Auburn student should be quar­antined,
should he have a date. We tell
this, since those that look at it in that
manner have already discovered the fact,
and those that have not given it a serious
thought will probably not do it anyway.
We still feel safe, since statistics show
that the average person had not acquired
the art of thinking. Accept our apologies
if we have created an impression that the
average person is an inferior animal. We
can not dodge the truth.
The latest fiction is just out. It is en­titled:
"When a Football Fan loves a Foot­ball
Man and a Football Man loves a Foot­ball
Fan." The author is Miss Edna Creel.
It is thought that this will be one of the
ten best sellers of the year. Congratula­tions,
Edna.
We have noticed that "Jelly' Revel has
been consistent in getting the front seats
in reinforced concrete after the mid-semes­ter
grades. We do not have any definite
information as to his motives, but we have
a pretty good idea.
We have learned that the co-eds have
arranged a basketball game with the Ala­bama
co-eds. We approve of the idea
heartily, but it kinda goes against the grain
to have it said that in a man's college the
women started a thing that is of as general
interest as the resumption of athletic re­lations
with the University of Alabama.
We expect to hear some form of crowing
—beg your pardon—we mean cackling
about it
We undersand that the All-College Hike
will take place Saturday. We are sure
that it does not need our publicity as every­one
knows what it is. But we would offer
a suggestion: ShouRhthe Freshman win
the tug-of-war they may have the privilege
of selecting their own class colors. Should
they lose the Sophomore Class shall select
them for them. If this Freshman class,
upon becoming Sophomores win, they many
discard their old colors that the Sophomore
Class of the previous year gave them (as­suming
that that class won) and select
colors of their own, and for the Freshman
class that they defeated. If they lose, the
Freshman Class shall select its own colors
and the Sophomores shall keep their old
colors until graduation. This had been
tried in other colleges and had worked well.
How about it here?
With Other Colleges
The students at the University of North
Carolina got their President to lead cheers
at one of their football games a few weeks
ago. It is claimed that he made a rather
striking impression on the student body
as well as the other spectators, as the cheer­ing
section gave a yell containing several
'dams' for spice. It seems that president
Dr. Chase outdid the best efforts of the
regular cheer leaders.
—New Student.
Hie—Hie—H-i-c-! Ye see, I been out on-hic-
HIC-fishing trip with Hic-Gov. Bran-
'on the last few days, an' hie- I ain't seen
notin'o' them prohibitions Hies. So fax-as
I Hic-Hic- see, pro'bition is best joke I
hered the whole week. 'v'nin Ladies!
H-I-C ugh!
Mahoney—"What color is best for a
bride"?
Wooten—"Well, it's all a matter of taste.
I prefer white ones myself".
Red Edwards says that his girl is so
fond of arguing she seldom eats anything
that agrees with her.
I sent my son to college,
With a pat upon his back,
I spent ten thousand dollars,
And got a quarterback.
Bruce; "I never kissed a girl".
Alice; "Well, don't come buzzing around
me, then. I'm not i-unhing any prep
school".
She was only a quakev's daughter, but
she knew her oats.
Speaking of stingy people, how about the
prof, that was so stingy he tried to send
a night letter during the last eclipse of
the sun?
Rat Wooten wants to know if the laundry
puts those two pins in students' shirts to
replace the buttons they burst.
Our cow quit giving milk, so we sold
him. Tech.
Marriage is when one moron asks another
man if he (the first) may be the second
man's daughter's meal ticket until divorce
do them part. —Collegian.
Hillman: "Do you believe in free love?"
Nesbit: "No, take me to a movie first".
Frank: "Thinking of me, dearest"?
Springer: "Was I laughing? I'm sorry."
Pup: "What's a stag?"
Rat Lichty: "A deer with no doe."
AUBURN SPIRIT
Hotel Proprietor: "How do you like our
accomodations ?"
Auburn Stewed: "They bite like hell."
We did not know that the Zoo was rob- ;
bing the cradle. But this seems to be the
case from the latest news. We undestand
that Miss Vera Isabel has started a fad
of cutting teeth. We propose a college
nursery.
"What is a Faculty?"
"A Faculty is a bunch of men surrounded
by red tape." <•
Bones: ' "Does your sister always look
under the bed?"
Her Little Bro.: "Yes, and when you
come to see her she always looks under
the sofa."
Love is the insane desire on the part of
a chump to pay a woman's board bill for
life.
Here's one better
Love is that inward feeling plus an
outward all-overishness, accompanied with
a savage desire to squeeze.
Hann says that the landry certainly il­lustrates
the "Law of Diminishing Re­turns."
There once was a maiden of Siam,
Who said to her lover, young Kiam,
"If you kiss me, of course
you will have to use force,
But God knows you are stronger than I am."
The cooing stops with the honeymoon.
but the billing goes on forever. Matri-money
is the root of all evil.
It seems that this is the case in the Uni­versity
of Washington. Dr. Suzzalo was
removed from the presidency of this institu­tion
a few months back, without any rea­sons
being given by the board of regents.
A strike by the student body was narrowly
averted at the time of his removal, and the
National Educational Association has offer-de
its help and influence toward the res­toration
of Dr. Suzzalo to the presidency.
When colleges and Universities come to be
the football of politicians, and are subject­ed
to the whims of an ever- changing
political dynasty, they will then become of
no further use as educational institutions,
but rather breeders of communists, pacif­ists,
factional groups, and discontent. Per­sonally,
we would like to see the colleges and
universities left out of the mire of decayed
American Politics.
I
What could be rottener than for the
Universities of our nation to become the
footballs for politicians to kick around?
The University of Maryland has a rather
effective means of combating class cutting
immediately before and after holidays. An
absence within 24 hours before or after a
holiday is punished by a fine of three dol­lars
for each class missed.
—Diamondback.
THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
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"NURMI" NELSON
"Nurmi" Nelson played his first
season on the Auburn varsity foot­ball
team this fall but it was far
from his first appearance in athletics
at Auburn. Nelson won a place in the
| heart of every Auburn student by
his fine display of spirit and fight
while acting as captain of the Au­burn
Track Team for the season of
1926. Nelson had little difficulty in
clipping off the 100-yard dash in 10
seconds last spring and showed his
heels to many an aspirant for honors
in track. "Nurmi played an excellent
game for the Tigers every time he
was called on this fall and his re­turn
of the initial kickoff in the Tech
game will be long remembered by all
who saw the feat. Nelson receives
his degree this spring and he has the
wishes of success from every student
followers of the Tiger eleven.
ing. . Burial was in Elmwood Ceme­tery,
Ridout in charge.
Mr. Allen was a graduate of the
Auburn Polytechnic Institute, and
had practiced engineering here for
some time. He was also an inventor.
He was the son of William Wirt
Allen, of Montgomery, a major-gen­eral
in the Confederate army.
He is survived by-his widow; two
sisters, Mrs. William A. Wegener, of
Wisconsin, and Mrs. J. R. Coleman,
of Sheffield; three brothers, George
B. Allen, of Chicago; Charles P. Al­len,
of Philadelphia, and Marion Al­len
of Richmond.
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HOBSON PIERCE
Hobson Pierce, the lad pictured
above won his spurs in the football
world when he broke through the
line of the Tulane Greenies to block
one of Menville's punts and pave the
way for one of the Tigers most color­ful
victories. Pierce has displayed a
wonderful fighting spirit all season
and bids to make Auburn a powerful
linesman next fall. Hobson came to
us from Aliceville, Ala., and is a
member of Kappa Alpha fraternity.
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AUBURN MAN IS
VICTIM OF GAS
Funeral services for William S.
Allen, 42, of 2620 Eighteenth Ave­nue,
North, who died as the result of
asphyxiation Tuefeday, were held at
10:30 a.m. Friday at the residence,
with the Rev. Vernon McMaster, rec­tor
of St. Andrews Church, officiat-
"RED" CARTER
"Red" Carter proved himself of
innumerable value to the Auburn
eleven this season by his ability to
outplay his opponent in practically
every contest on the Tiger schedule.
Carter's ability was evidenced by the
numerous mentions he received on
the mythical All-Southern eleven.
i
We expect Carter to go even better
next year than he did this season and
if he does there will be no keeping
him off the All-Southern team again.
Here's hoping he keeps up the good
work.
THE SKY-ROCKET SAYS
A college editor should be a super­man
endowed with the patience of
Job; the editorial ability of Samuel
Johnson; the managing and directing
ability of Charles Schwab; the diplo­macy
of Woodrow Wilson; the judi­cial
qualities of Chief-Justice Mar­shall;
he needs the dignity and phil­osophy
of Socrates; the agnostic ten­dencies
of Ingersoll; he should have
the literary abilities of Shakespeare;
and he should have the lack of con­science
of a Skylock.
Having these few requisites he
should be able to qualify as a fairly
competent editor, and there is a pos­sibility
that he should not be hauled
on the faculty carpet more than once
a week, and kicked by the student
body in general more than twice a
day.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN
SPORTS Basketball Season Opens January 5 SPORTS
Auburn Cagesters
Prepare For Tech
Basketball practice has started at
Auburn in making ready for the
opening game with Georgia Tech, in
Atlanta, January 5. The Tiger squad
reported Monday night for their first
real workout of the season's prepara­tion.-
The squad is being coached by
Mike Papke, assistant football and
head basketball ooach.
Prospects are unusually bright for
the coming cage season. Five letter
men of last year, including, Captain
Ellis, forward, Hall, center; F. James,
Akin and Kaley, guards, have put in
their appearance for varsity berths
again.
Seven star performers of last year's
freshman team are also on the job,
making a strong contention for resi­dence
in the varsity circle of floor
men. The list includes: Mullins,for-ward;
Dubose, center; Howell, for­ward;
Vines, E. James, Mosley and
E. James, guards.
The schedule is yet incomplete for
the season, but efforts are being
made by the athletic officials to se­cure
seven varsity games on the Au­burn
court. Little preparation will be
made for the opening tilt with the
Tech Yellow Jackets on account of
the Christmas holiday season.
Information About
Members of South­ern
Conference
In order that we may better know
our conference opponents the follow­ing
information is given regarding
the members of the Southern Inter-collegeiate
Conference. We are giv­ing
the name of each school, its loc -
tion, its nickname, and it colors.
1. ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE
Auburn, Ala.
Tigers.
Orange and Blue.
2. CLEMSON COLLEGE.
Calhoun, S. C.
Tigers.
Gold and Purple.
3. GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECH­NOLOGY.
Atlanta, Ga.
Golden Tornado, Yellow-jackets.
Gold and White.
4. LOUISIANA STATE UNI­VERSITY.
Baton Rouge, La.
Tigers.
Gold and Purple.
5. MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTUR­AL
AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE
Starkville, Miss.
Maroons, Aggies.
"SEA COW" TURNER
Paul Turner who captained the
destinies of the Auburn football team
is the "ball toting" artist shown above.
He has been the mainstay at the full­back
position for the Tigers for the
past three seasons and has always
given his best to the cause of an
Auburn victory. The Tigers did not
have the most successful seasons
while being captained by Turner, how­ever
the failure to land high in the
won and lost column is not to be at­tributed
to any one player or the team
as a whole for that master and as all
captains heretofore. Turner will
leave this school dear to the hearts
of each Auburn student. Turner
came to Auburn from Montgomery^
and while here has made many
friends. He is a member of Kappa
Sigma fraternity.
"BUCK" ELLIS
George Johnson Ellis is no stranger
in the village, having been a winter
visitor here" for the past three win­ters
He is quite active in athletics.
"Buck" is the only three letter man
in college now. He stared on the
baseball and basket ball teams last
year and has been one of the main­stays
in the backfield of the Tiger
machine this fall. To see him in
center field is satisfaction, on the
court is the assurance of a few field
goals and in the backfield, well you
just have to look quick to see him.
Remember how he got his man last
Thanksgiving when four men were
running interference in the open
field; thats the way he does things.
_filaroon and White.
6. NORTH CAROLINA STATE
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AND ENGINEERING.
Raleigh, N. C.
Wolf pack.
Maroon and White.
7. TULANE UNIVERSITY.
New Orleans, La.
Green Wave.
Olive and Blue.
8. UNIVERSITY OF ALABA­MA.
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Crimson Tide.
Crimson and White.
9. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.
Gainesville, Fla.
Alligators.
Orange and Blue.
10. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Athens, Ga.
Bulldogs.
Red and Black.
11. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUC­KY.
Lexington, Ky.
- ^ W i l d c a t s .
Blue and White.
12. UNIVERSITY OF MARY­LAND.
College Park, Md.
Old Liners.
Blue and White.
13. UNIVERSITY OF MISSISS­IPPI.
Oxford, Miss.
Ok Miss.
Red and Blue.
14. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
CAROLINA.
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Tarheels.
Blue and White.
15. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.
Columbia, S. C.
Gamecocks.
Red and Black.
16. UNIVERSITY OF THE
SOUTH.
Sewanee, Tenn.
Tigers.
Purple and White.
17. UNIVERSITY OF TENNES­SEE.
Knoxville, Tenn.
Volunteers.
Gold and White.
18. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Charlottsville, Va.
Cavaliers.
Orange and Blue.
19. VANDERBILT UNIVERSI­TY.
Nashville, Tenn. __
Commodores.
Gold and Black.
20. VIRGINIA MILITARY IN­STITUTE.
Lexington, Va.
Cadets.
Red, White and Yellow.
21. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE.
Auburn Co*Eds
To Play Uni­versity
Co-Eds
With the advent of cooler weather,
and the let up in football activities,
the attention of the athletes at Au­burn
has turned' toward the basket-
•
ball season. The Auburn coeds haye
taken the jump on the members of
I the opposite sex, by starting training
| two weeks ago. They are being coach­ed
by Gene Tillman, a former coach
at the Auburn High School, where
he had wonderful success for the
last two years, turning out winning
teams both years. The girls were
hampered last year By the fact that
they had no coach. They had about
six different coaches all told during
the season, and as a result, were de­feated-
at every turn, although they
put up a game fight, and lost several
games by very close scores.
There seems to be a" wealth of
material out for the team this year.
Among those returning from jiast
years, squad are (captain) Tucker,
forward, and one of the best ever
seen in Auburn; Bessie Drake Du­bose,
forward; Johnson, center; Edna
Creel, manager and guard; and "Big
Six" Price, a guard de luxe. This
is to be the last year for "Big Six"
to cavort around the court in an Au­burn
uniform, and it should be her
best one. One might think that she
c-oulon't get around fast enough with
her 180 pounds avoirdupois, but she
fights well and hard for the victory
All the other members of the old
squad are sophomores, and they
should be better than last year. Last
year's captain, Rubye Powell, and
Lucille Totty will both be missed this
year, but taking all things into con­sideration,
the coeds should have a
very strong aggregation.
Among the most promising candi­dates
from the Freshman ranks are
Misses Jackie Hutcheson, Mabel
Price, "Shorty" Pipkin, Haidee Nic­hols,
and Ann Lichty. There are
several others out, who will be giv­ing
these mentioned above, a hard
fight, and. there! is a chance for
anyone on the squad to make the
team.
They have a rather attractive sche­dule
in view, although it has not
been definitely arranged as yet. The
schedule as arranged to date includes
the opening game with Athens Worn-
(Continued on page 6)
Auburn to Propose
Two Amendments
to S. C. Constitution
"LEFTY" WATTWOOD
The above is none other than J. C.
Watwood, the boy from Alexander
City that wore number thirty-nine
jersey all during the past season.
It can be said of "Lefty", as he is
familiarly known, that gaining ground
around his end was a job. Well do
you remember the big fellow that was
getting most of the tackles in the
opening game of the season and top,
that same fellow was catching pass­es
with deadly accuracy in the clos­ing
minutes of the Tech game. In­juries
kept him out of the more im­portant
games of the schedule but
he certainly won his spurs.
"SNITCH" SNYDER
Here we see the best back in the
Southern conference, one whose
sweeping end runs and off-tackle
plays cause much worrk for the Ti­ger's
future opponents. A sprinter
who makes the hundred in ten sec­onds
or less, he is one of Auburn's
best bets in every game. Many has
been the time that a runner had an
open field before him and this gent
suddenly appeared from nowhere in
particular and closed the door of the
Hall of Fame. Probably his best
work was against Howard and Tulane.
Mr. Snyder gives Adger as his home
address. He has played one year on
the varsity and is a pladge to the
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
Blacksburg, Va.
Gobblers.
Orange and Maroon.
22. WASHINGTON AND
UNIVERSITY.
Lexington, Va.
Generals.
Blue and White.
LEE
RUPERT INGRAM
Just take another look and you
will remember the familiar f ~ce. It
blends well with a headgear. Rupert
Ingram hails from Wetumpka and is
a product of last year's Rat team,
having played both baseball and foot­ball.
He gets quite a kick out of
catching passes and blocking inter­ference
or tackling. In fact he has
specialized in that line since last
September. He has two more years to
practice the same tricks in a tiger
uniform and he will become quite an
artist before that time is up if past
performances mean anything. Rupert
is also making an effort to take the
place of our "Clabber" Williams.
Much of his training time is spent in
practice of drop and place kicking.
We're all behind you Rupert.
Cross-country
Team Ready
for B.A.C. Meet
Coach Hutsell held the cross coun­try
tryouts for the members to rep­resent
Auburn in Birmingham next
Saturday in the three mile' road race
which is held annually by the Bir­mingham
Athletic Association. The
results of the tryout were as follows:
first: Morrow; time-15.631-5. sec­ond:
Collum; time-16.02 2-5. third:
Duncan; time-16.15 1-5. fourth: Whig-ham;
time:-16.16. fifth: Walters;
16.45 3-5. sixth: Helms; time-17.03-
3-5. The above six men are to be the
ones to represent Auburn.
This race which is an annual af­fair
will have six colleges entered
and any individuals who want to en­ter.
There will be three cups given
away. One by the Birmingham Age
Hearld, one by the Southern Confer­ence,
and one by South-Eastern A.
A. U. A gold medal will be given
the individual winner of the meet and
silver medals to each member of the
winning team. Auburn's prospects
ATHLETIC COMMITTEE TO SUB­MIT
CHANGES TO BOARD AT
j ' DECEMBER MEETING
j Two items of legislation will be
I presented to the annual Southern
t
I Intercollegiate conference officials at
I their annual meeting to be held in
j Jacksonville, Fla. December 2 and4,
I by Auburn athletic officials, accord­ing
to a memorandum of proposed
amendments to the constitution and
by-laws of the organization, now be­ing
distributed to the conference
members for their consideration.
The first is an amendent to Ar­ticle
.Xll, which would add to the
list of conference officials a commis­sioner
of athletics. The amendment
reads: "Each member institution of
the conference shall be assessed four
hundred dollars ($400) annually to
provide salary and expenses of the
commissioner of athletics." This
amendment is to be proposed by the
Auburn athletic committee, consisting
of Prof. Roy Dimmitt, chairman;
Prof. C. L. Hare, Prof. M. J. Fun-chess,
Dr. C. C. Thomas, Dr. I. S.
McAdory and "Coach Dave Morey.
It is understood that the employ­ment
of an athletic commissioner has
been in the minds of many of the
athletic officials, throughout the con­ference
for some time. It is being
pointed out that the establishment of
a southern conference athletic office,
with the athletic commissioner, would
provide for an all time organization
that WQUW serve the conference in
many ways. Matters of interpreta­tion
of the conference regulations as
applied to various matters in college
athletics would receive immediate at­tention,
whereas under the present
arrangement provides deferred action
until a meeting of the executive com­mittee
of the conference is held.
The cost per college is put to a
minimum, with a total of twenty-two
colleges maintaining membership in
le conference. Information received
from members of the Big Ten confer­ence,
indicate that the plan of pro­viding
the athletic clearing house for
the Big Ten members has met with
excellent success in many ways, and
it was pointed out that with a cen­tral
atletic office, athletics from
year to year have shown definite
steps toward a much higher plane
throughout the conference.
Another amendment is to be pro­posed
by Coach Dave Morey, head
coach and athletic director, to Article
.VII, Section 3 as follows: Members
of the Southern conference shall be
allowed to maintain a training table
for the evening meal for the football
seam, the athletic association of the
institution to pay the difference be
tween the cost of the regular meal
and that of the training table meal."
21 Freshmen
Get Numerals
j Twenty-one freshman players were
! -warded the 1926 numeral at the an­nual
football banquet held at Smith
Hall here Tuesday night. The list in-j
eludes: Shannon, end; Robinson, end;
I J. Haggard, tackle; J. A. Rouse,
| guard; L. W. Spence, guard; A. No-
"SQUARE JAW" SALTER
Herman Virgil Salter is the name
of the grid warrior pictured above.
He is known around the campus as
"Square Jaw" and is known to every
Auburn student to be the best tackle
to play college football in Dixie this
year. Salter received quite a few
mentions for All-Southern and deserv­ed
a berth on the mythical eleven;
the only thing that kept him off was
the fact that he was playing on a
losing team and did not get the op­portunity
to play before as many
sport writers as some other players
in the south. Salter played his last
game in an Auburn uniform in the
game against Tech Thanksgiving and
it is with sorrow that we note the
departure of such a faithful Tiger.
"Square Jaw" has made a host of
friends during his college career here
and he. has the- sincere wishes for
success after he leaves the "Village"
next June. Salter is from Bessemer
and is a member of Alpha Gamma
Rho fraternity.
MERRITT BURNS
Burns, William Merritt, Jr., gentle­man
pictured above. Yes if ever a
gentleman graced the halls of this
dear old institution it is Merritt. To
know him is to love him. Backed by
that clean and smiling face is a clean
fighting heart, the kind that is never
satisfied with what it has done re­gardless
of how perfect it appeared
to the onlooker. He is a true Tiger
are exceptionally bright in this meet
and it can be expected that the above
mentioned Tigers will put forth their
best efforts to land first in the race.
The '26 Season
In Retrospect
The season of 1926 is history- The
football team, although it did not win
every game, was one of the best Au­burn
has had in years and one of
which all the students and alumni
have right to be proud. A record
of five wirrs^and four losses is not
to be sneezed at; the Conference
average of .500, 3 won and 3 lost, is
no mean thing to boast of in itself.
Six veterans played their last game
for Auburn against Tech Turkey
Day. Turner, Salter, Nelson, Mar­ket,
Pruitt, and Allen will be sorely
missed when the Tiger squad enters
the first game next year. Sorrow
comes into the hearts of followers of
Auburn when the thought that these
great athletes" will never again up­hold
the standards of the Orange and
Blue on the gridiron.
Many new stars were developed in
the backfield during the fall. Mike
Fisher, from last year's Freshman
squad, proved to be one of the South­land's
fastest and cleverest backs;
he flashed out in all his glory in the
contests with Tulane, Georgia, and
.Sewanee. Frank Tuxworth, popular
with students and others for his snap­py
barking of the signals, was one
of the luminaries and his forward
passing work has become famous
throughout this section. Flash Sny­der,
Fisher's running mate, famous
'for his end runs and line pulnging
ability, and Buck Ellis have materi­ally
aided the Tigers in piling up the
score. Pat Moulton, whose punting
is on par with any kicker, is well-known
for his consistent playing.
Four wingmen, rivals of the now
famous Winslett of Alabama, have
been developed. Ingram, Watwood,
Baskin, and Burns have all on numer-aous
occasions been on the receiving
end of aerial heaves which were com­pleted
for neat gains and all have
proved their sterling worth in tak­ing
out would-be tacklers and sprint­ing
down the field under punts.
Joe Market and Pop Patterson,
next year's leader of the great Tiger
team, have proved their sterling worth
and plays the game on and off the
field with the same earnestness to do
and do well. Burns started the sea­son
as substitute but finished it with
several votes for All-Southern hon­ors.
He has one more year to wear
the orange and blue and when he is
numbered with those of other years
Auburn will have lost another one of
her Jewels.
• Ian, guard; A. Garner, guard; Y. C.
1 Stoutenborough, center; J. Burt, cen­ter;
C. Long, tackle; H. Long, end;
j Ben Lively, quarter; Luke Ward, Cap-
I tain and quarter; C. Haggard, end;
| I. Cosper, half; Red Clarke, half;
j Jim Crawford, half; Callahan, half;
! W: Granger, fullback; and C. Cole­man,
fullback.
An unusual proceedure in select­ing
a captain of the freshman team
aws employed this season. Captains
were appointed for each game until
just before the entry into the last
game with the University of Georgia
freshmen. An election was held and
Luke Ward, quai-terback of Bessemer
was elected to the captaincy with
Porter Callahan, of Cullman, half,
as alternate captain.
Tho freshman team, this season,
while suffering a pair of losses have
come through with a better season
than at any time since freshman foot­ball
was inaugurated at Auburn.
They won victories over Marion In­stitute,
and Oglethorpe freshmen
and lost to the S. I. C. freshman
champions, the University of Florida,
and to the Georgia freshman at
Athens.
"Bull" Andress, varsity football
tacfcle on the Auburn Tiger eleven for
the season just closed was sent to
Montgomery, Thursday m o r n i ng
suffering with acute appendicitis, by
Dr. B. F. Thomas, college surgeon.
Andress was suddenly taken ill Wed­nesday
night, with the illness that
necessitated his removal to a Mont­gomery
hospital for an operation.
at center. Rare indeed have been
the occasions when the opponents have
run a play over the able Mr. Patter­son
for a decent gain. Spinks, Long,
Andress, H. J. Carter, Square Jaw
Salter, and Cunningham have played
great games at guard and taekle,
Carter and Salter being mentioned
by several prominent sports writers
as fit material for the mythical All-
Southern eleven.
Prospects for next season are most
excellent. With all the varsity ex­cept
the above six back again and
such men as Cosper, Haggard, Cole­man,
Callahan, Granger, and Clark
coming up from the Rat team, Au­burn
will have one of the foremost
elevens in the South. Watch out,
Alabama!
FRANK TUXWORTH
When Dean Peterson left Auburn
it was a sad day because the great
question was who will play quar er-back.
Well to make a long story
short, Frank Edward Tuxworth, Jr.,
the lad pictured above, proved him­self
quite able to handle that im­portant
job. He got his early train­ing
in football at a Louisiana prep
school though his home is Sylacauga,
Frank is also a track man taking pan
in the broad and high jumps. Any­one
who saw the tigers of last year
in action will well remember the Tux­worth
to Green touchdown formation
that never failed to gain and once
for seventy-three yards and a foot­ball
game.
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r
College
gentlemen
prefer P. A!
BLOND gentlemen and dark-haired gentlemen,
diffident* freshmen and august seniors . . .
Prince Albert is*the overwhelming campus-favorite
of every type and every pipe. (Yes,
the pipes do have a voice in the matter. They
can act hi a docile, friendly manner or they can
be mean.< It depends on what you feed them.)
Open a tidy red tin of good old P. A. That
first fragrant whiff will tell you why gentlemen
prefer Prince Albert. Tuck a load into the bowl
of your pipe and light up. Fragrance and taste
alone are enough to win you.
But P. A. doesn't stop there. It is cool-smoking.
It is mild as Maytime, yet it has
plenty of body. It is kind to your tongue and
throat. You can hit it up all you like and it
never hits back. Try a tin of P. A. You'll
certainly prefer it after that.
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As great a meeting as has been
held this year was the lot of the Wil-sonian
Literary Society in room 301
Main Building. The new president,
F. E. Bertram, presided^ with our
loving pal, Miss Mildred Cheshire, in
the secretary's chair.
"Lieutenant Tunney, the Pride of
the Marines," by "Little" Elmer Sal­ter,
was very interesting; Salter men­tioning
that Tunney has among his
friends the best society people of the
world.
'*Was Professor Marvin Murdered
by an Eskimo?" by J. M. Earnest
was substituted for "What College
Gives." Earnest brought out the
new point of youth, showing that we
should justify our four years of col­lege
with art, writing, literature and
science. "It is the wise man," he
says, "who picks the leading stars to
guide him."
" 'Uncle Dan' Drumheller Comes to
the End of the Trail," by Harry Ful-wiler,
Jr., seemed very interesting,
though it related to the death of
"Uncle Dan." Pulwiler used wit in
describing the details of the story.
"America in the Kaleidoscope," by
Marvin Simmons, pictured us in the
camera now, during the past and in
the future. It was a good descrip­tion
of the American nation in the
eyes of the world through pictures.
The life of Harry Houdini in "The
Man who laughed at Locksmiths" by
B. E. Phillips, was the most enjoyable
of the afternoon's talks. B. E. told
us all about Houdini, his wonder
tricks, and how he used them on the
stage and in actual life. The whole
of the part was very good.
Rowe Johnson brought out the suf­fering
and fear one encounters when
a ship crashes into a boat of ammu­nition,
especially when the ship con­tains
many passengers. This article
on "Crashing into a Floatin' Hell"
was a vivid description of incidents at
sea, which might happen anytime
during a storm at night-time.
The Wilsonian Society is going to
have a social next week-end, and
form the report of the social com­mittee
Tuesday night it will be a big
one. The committee is at work
now arid the place and hour will be
announced next Tuesday night at the
AUBURN SHOULD
BE REPRESENTED
AT CONFERENCE
So worthy an event as the Mil­waukee
Student Conference should
not be passed lightly without being
given due thought and consideration
by every student in college. It is a
conference of student delegates,
dealing with student social and reli­gious
problems of everyday college
life. And though this is the first
conference, and there may never be
another ,for generations change, we
believe that the good that can be
gained by sending Auburn delegates
is well worthy of our support, and
the support of the student body at
large.
It is probably known by some stu­dents
that the 1925 conference of
The Southern Federation of College
Students contained delegates from
16 southern colleges from Maryland
to Florida and west to Mississippi.
Of these 16 colleges Auburn was not
represented but the University of
Alabama was. Though this confer­ence
was somewhat different from
what the Milwaukee meet is scheduled
to be, it is similar in that it was
Students and dealt with many phases
of their life.
Certainly the Junior class was not
wrong in voting to send a delegate,
and we believe they have shown them­selves
wisely by leaving the choice
of delegate to the Y. M. C. A. which
is in constant touch with those men
who are religious workers and leaders
on the campus.
The Milwaukee conference is set
forth more fully elsewhere in this
issue. The Plainsman thinks it a
very worthy event and heartily en­dorses
any movement to send dele­gates
from Auburn.
EVANS SOCIETY
ENJOYS MEETING
COED COLUMN
Edited By Catherine Nunn
The Phi Delta Rho sorority enter­tained
at bridge Saturday night in
i the sorority room, in honor of Sudie
Dowell, an alumnae of Auburn. Miss-
Lillian Dunn and Katherine Nunn act­ed
as hostesses.
The room was beautifully decorat­ed
with yellow chrysanthemums and
ferns.
Five tables were set. The top
score was won by Linnie Cline. The
guest of honor was presented with a
dainty vanity set.
At the close of the evening delic­ious
refreshments "were served to
thirty guests. Mrs. Willie Break
and Mrs. J. C. Lowery chaperoned.
Open meeting of the YWCA cabi­net
was held Sunday in the Y hut.
Mildred Cheshire, the president, pre­sided.
The devotional was led by Allie
Hughes. A report from the Y con­ference
held in Birmingham at How­ard
college was given by Mildred
Cheshire who represented the Auburn
Y. W. C. A.
A discussion of a program for
Christmas then followed. A commit­tee
was appointed to arrange the pro­gram.
Plans are being made to send a del­egate
to the Milwaukee Conference
December 31.
The regular open meeting will be
held next Sunday at 1:30 o'clock at
the Y hut. All women students are
expected to be there.
SCHOLARSHIPS
TO COLUMBIA
ARE NOW OPEN
The Evans Literary society held
its weekly meeting Monday night.
A very interesting and instructive
program was enjoyed by all.
Mr Root gave a very interesting
talk on "The American Farmer Wakes
Up"! Hie said that if it keeps up
that the South will come up to the
other parts of the United States in
wealth.
Mr. Kirk discussed the disappear­ing
personal touch in college. In the
first place he said that it was be­cause
of the attitude of the student
and secondly because something is
needed in college to pull toward the
college rather than away from it.
Mr. Crawford discussed the ques­tion
"Can Cotton be Controlled by
Law?" and the Missouri tax on cot­ton.
Mr. P. H. Alsobrook told some in­teresting
facts about the Battle of
Horse Shoe Bend.
Mr. J. B. Bathoon talked about the
Mississippi River and the interesting
levee system.
Mr. J. B. Carrier told how they
kept up the electricity across the
Cherokee Bluff.
Mr. J. L. Epps told of Coolidge's
decision to lease Muscle Shoals for
the aid of southern farmers.
Mr. Fredrick told of giving up
the fight for the world court.
Mr. J. R. Horn discussed college
athletics. He said that cheer lead­ers,
coaches, the band, and banners
played the most important parts.
CONFERENCE AT
MILWAUKEE TO
TRAIN STUDENTS
A.S.M.E. MEETS
ON WEDNESDAY
The A. S. M. E. held its regular
meeting .Wednesday, in room 109,
Ramsay Hall. The Society enjoyed
an interesting program of talks on
some of the recent developments in
the mechanical world.
D. O. Sikes discussed "The Three
Cylinder Locomotive." This locomo­tive,
which is now being operated and
tested by several railroads throughout
the country, proved to be very unique
in design. The third cylinder is lo­cated
between the two regular cylin­ders.
Sikes pointed out that it was
not a compound engine but that the
cylinders all used steam at the same
pressure. These three cylinders op­erating
with equal thrusts give the
locomotive a steadier pull and ex­haust
and a uniform torque. This
locomotive, if it measures up to what
is expected of it, will revolutionize
the modern locomotive. •*-•
In his talk, "Is the Gasoline Driven
Automobile Doomed," C. A. Christ-ensen
discussed the experiments be­ing
carried on to adapt the Diesel
type engine to automobiles. This
efficiency is about 30 per cent great­er
than that of the modern automobile
and is claimed that the engine will
run fifty miles on a gallon of oil
costing only five cents. Christensen
said that engineers are predicting that
in ten years time the Diesel type
automobile will be as common as the
automobile of 1910.
The meetings of the society have
been interesting and well attended
this year. Professor Garmon has
been a regular attendant and has add­ed
much to the meetings in his dis­cussions.
Dean Wilmore and Prof.
Hixon who have also been out to a
number of the meetings have been
missed a great deal by the society
the last few times.
It will interest a large part of
the student body to know of a num­ber
of scholarships to Columbia Uni­versity,
which are being offered by
various'churches to college students.
These scholarships are given every
summer to students, preferably Jun­iors
in college, for the six weeks sum­mer
session at Columbia. Coupled
with the work at Columbia there is
work in the Daily Vacation Schools
of the different churches. This
work deals with the teaching of child­ren
living in the crowded tenement
sections of New York City.
The course at Columbia prepares
the student for his work in the Va­cation
schools and he is able to put
theory into practice every day. The
work with the children deals largely
with the reactional side of their edu­cation
and with the teaching of hand­work
such as sewing, coping saw
work, etc. Inexperienced studenst
are capable of doing the work success­ful^
In addition to the work which is
done at Columbia and in the Vaca­tion
schools, there are a great many
special trips on which the scholarship
students are conducted. On last
summer the students were taken
among other places to the Passaic
strike district, to Children's Village,
to Ellis Island and to many more
interesting places. On all of these
trips they were given special consid­eration
by the managers of the differ­ent
institutions and lecturers accom­panied
them who explained the work­ing
of the particular institution and
gave an outline of its history.
The students are placed in apart­ments
which are very comfortable
and have every convenience. In most
cases all the students of one church
stay in an apartment house together
and so are able to become friends
and to exchange ideas.
Every night and Saturday after­noons
and Sundays are left absolutely
free to be used by the student as he
desires so that there is plenty of
leisure time at his disposal.
Those scholarships are given to stu­dents
from all over the United States
and are well distributed over the
whole country. They have not been
so well known in the South as they
have only recently been established.
This leaves a comparatively open field
and a chance for a large number of
applicants to be accepted from the
South and particularly from Alaba­ma.
The entire living expenses are
paid in addition to the scholarship
to Columbia. The only expense of
the student is the railroad fare and
it will possibly be practically paid.
To apply send in your name and
address along with your denomina-
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525 W. 120th Street, New York City.
She will also send you more informa­tion-
and will answer any inquiries
about the work which you desire to
take. Catherine Hare held one of
these scholarships last summer and
she will be glad to give any informa­tion
which she can.
It will be of great advantage to
Auburn in the way of advertising
to have one or more students holding
these scholarships next summer. Not
only will it benefit Auburn but it
will be of inestimable benefit to the
student who wins it. The opportu­nities
and advantages which are laid
open to him if he carries through a
summer's work successfully are of
more value than we can very well
realize. There is a positive chance
for an Auburn student to go in and
take one of these scholarships and
we will do well to take advantage of
this opportunity.
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A National Student conference
made up of over 3,000 delegates
from colleges all over the U. S. will
be heid on the 28-29-30-31 of this
month at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
There will be over 250 delegates from
foreign countries attending the meet­ing
and some of the foremost leaders,
speakers, and thinkers of the world
present.
The purpose of this conference is
to train leaders for student activities
by a search for God and how to get
Him into our lives. The object is to
carry the thought of the students far­ther
than it has so far been carried
regular meeting. The President wish­ed
greetings to all members and a
happy Thanksgiving, adding that no
one eat too much turkey on Thursday.
and it is believed that the work of ten
years of regular thought by the gen­eral
student bodies will be done in
these four days. -Such is the almost
immeasurable stimulation to thought
received from contact with leaders
and other students. There is a need
in America today to have better train­ed
student leaders and this confer­ence
proposes to supply this training.
The conference goes a step farther
than any regional conferences have
gone before. It will call for mature
thought on the part of the delegates
and will advance interest in problems
which every student is confronting to­day.
The inspiration to harder work
and more real thinking will mean
more probably than any other one
thing has meant to the college stu­dents
of our country.
Auburn's quota of delegates for
this conference is nine and let us
make it possible for every one of the
nine to go. We need leaders and
thinkers who will win for Auburn a
reputation which will bring the very
best material here in the future. Let
us not pass t h i s opportunity by.
It's the soles of people I k e e p in view,
For I'm a Doctor of Boot and Shoe.
I serve the living and not the dead,
With the best of leather, Wax, nails and thread
I can s ew on a sole or nail it fast,
And do a good job and make it last.
There is nothing snide about what I do,
Doubt not my statement, my Work proves it true.
I can give you a lift, too, in this life,
Not only you, but your family and Wife.
A great many patients, at my door rap,
Worn out and run down and needing a tap.
Though, I don't use quinine and castor-oil,
I cure all sick shoes, With thread, nails and Viscol
If taken in time, before theres, a hole,
Viscol prolongs the l i f e of your soul.
Watch our window displays for
Christmas Suggestions
Your Best Girl will like a Cedar
Chest of Stationery or
one of our beautiful Table Runners
Come in and let us show yon our line of Xmas Gifts
Burton's Bookstore
CoUege Seal Christmas Cards
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN
MONDAY
MARION DAVIES
"BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK"
"Oh! What a boy »he make* in
this royal, romantic comedy!"
. IT IS GORGEOUS!
THE COLLEGE PICTURE SHOW
A GOOD COMEDY
WITH EVERY SHOW
6:30 to 10:30
Monday—Wednesday—Friday—Saturday
FEATURING
The GENE TUNNEY SERIAL
EVERY MONDAY
GOOD MUSIC
STUDENT ORCHESTRA
PLAYING EVERY SHOW
WEDNESDAY
George O'Brien in
the Celebrated Production
"THE BLUE EAGLE"
also
FOX NEWS AND
FOX COMEDY
LANGDON HALL
25 cent*
AUBURN CO-EDS TO PLAY
UNIVERSITY CO-EDS
ANNUAL ALL-COLLEGE HIKE
SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
(Continued from page 1)
classes, notebooks, quizzes, and other
"gripes" for the entire afternoon.
Chief among the many events on the
program are: the annual tug-of-war
between sophomores and freshmen,
the pillow fights between the differ­ent
units of the military department,
a grand display of fireworks, and
stunts by co-eds and faculty members.
Remember, Auburnites, be on time
as it would be sinful to subject you
to the gruesome and nerve-racking
quietness which will reign throughout
the Village of the Plains on the above
mentioned afternoon. Honestly,
there will not be left in Auburn
enough people to help a florist pick
flowers from a century plant.
(Continued from page 5)
ens' College, on the campus, on De­cember
16. After the Holidays comes
games with Howard, Birmingham
Southern, Jacksonville Normal, Uni­versity
of Chatanooga, and two games
with the Co-eds from the Uniyersity
of Alabama. One of these games will
be played here, and the other at the
Oglethorpe University, Montevallo,
and Woman's College. The girls hold
Changing Up
Now at the
College Barber Shop
I Appreciate Your Work
and U-Drive-it-Patronage
J. B. RICHARDS
STRAIGHT SALARY: $35.00 per
week and expenses. Man or woman
with rig to introduce EGG PRO­DUCER,
Eureka Mfg. Co. East St.
Louis, 111.
BOYS, GIRLS, MEN and
WOMEN. No matter who
you are, where you live,
what you do, we have for
you ALL the best proposi­tions
on earth. Write to us
your name, address, age,
occupation. Do it to-day,
E. Meiche Bro. 1331 West
Laurel St. San Antonio,
Texas. U. S. A.
University. This is the first time
athletic teams from Auburn and the
University have met on the court.
Athletic relations were severed by the
two institutions several years ago.
and the Auburn student body is try­ing
to get friendly athletic relations
restorecf between the two institu­tions.
These two games will, no doubt,
start the work of reconciliation, and
culminate in a renewal of athletic
relations, or at least it is hoped that
they will.
Thre are several other games pend­ing.
Among those are games with
practice every evening from 6:30 to
7:30 at the Alumni Gymnasium.
"RABBIT" HARRIS TITLE IS
BEQUEATHED TO MIKE FISHER
PAUL A. KING
FANCY
GROCERIES
Phone 24
Auburn, Alabama
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(Continued from page 1)
any way.
Old records in the Registrar's of-fice
reveal that Harris, B. E. of Co­lumbus,
Ga. registered in the fresh­man
class in Mechanical Engineering
during the fall of 1905. In 1909 he
received the B.S. degree and returned
the following year to take post-grad­uate
work on his M.E. degree which
was granted him in 1910.
After leaving Auburn, Mr. Harris
served as athletic director and in­structor
in Mathematics at Seventh
District Agricultural School at Al-bertville
where he remained for one
year. The year 1911 found the for­mer
grid star at the Jacksonville
State Normal School. While at,Jack­sonville
during the early war period
he served as a four-minute speaker
in behalf of the Liberty Loan drives
and many other activities claimed him
as an active and enthusiastic worker.
j In addition to these bellum duties, he
acted as treasurer for the Red Closs
drive inaugurated at that time. He
was also an instructor in the Students
Army Training Corps, a unit of which
was stationed at Jacksonville.
While at Jacksonville he turned
out two championship elevens among
the secondary schools of the state.
In 1911 he received appointment
to the Federal Board for Vocational
Education at that time engaged in the
rehabilitation of disabled men in dis­trict
six, composed of Alabama, Miss­issippi,
and Louisiana with headquar­ters
at New Orleans. He remained
there until 1920 when he was ap­pointed
State Supervisor of Trade
and Industrial Education for Alaba­ma
in which position he is now em­ployed.
No other man has achieved a more
splendid record than that of Mr,
Harris during his four years at Au­burn.
The only four letter man the
college has ever produced, he was a
star at all forms of sports in which
he participated. He was a member
of the Varsity Football team in 1906-
'07-'08-'09; Varsity Track team in
1906-'07-'08-'9; Varsity Basketball in
1908-'09, and Varsity Baseball in
1910. He was captain of the fresh­man
class football team in 1905 and
played on both the class baseball
and basketball teams with distinction.
In 1910 he coached the senior class
team. The former star is now a
member of the Auburn Athletic Ad-
DEAN PETRIE IS MADE
HONORARY CLUB MEMBER
Buy Useful Presents*--
We have them
s
Suits
Suit-cases
Neckwear-in Xmas Boxes
Ladies' Hose-as you like it : Parasols
Interwoven Socks^in Christmas Boxes
Ladies' Hat Boxes : New Rain Coats
Mufflers : Handkerchiefs : Footballs
Tennis Goods : Basketballs
College Jewelry
Golf Balls
^and many other useful Qifts
G I B S ON
MEN'S WEAR s
(Continued from page 1)
gave one of the best addresses of his
career, the subject being that of
Thanksgiving. He gave a wonderful
and very fascinating portrayal of
human life.
Speaking of life as compared to
the course of the sun as it rises in
the morning, reaches its zenith at
noon, and sinks into the horizon at
evening, he congratulated the young
man, middle aged man, and the old
man, and told them that this was their
Thanksgiving day. He pictured
youth as a glorious stage of life; just
beginning to realize the truths and
knowing no discouragements. Then
he spoke on the satisfaction of the
middle aged man who had attained
the rung of achievement up the ladder
of life and • complimented them on
living in an age when man was at
his best mentally, physically, and
otherwise, and at which time they
could render great service to humani­ty.
And passing on to the evening of
life, when just at the close of day
nature dresses in her most beautiful
gown, and spirit of gentleness, and
beauty permeates the world bring­ing
rest to the honest toiler, he spoke
of the sweetness and joy that comes
to life in its eventide. This life,
he said, was the wise life. This is
the one which has been all the way,
who has tasted of the bitter and the
sweet, and in whom experience has
enshrined the wisdom of the ages.
This is the full life, the rich life,
the ripe life, and to those who fall
in this age, Dr. Petrie complimented
and congratulated for this, he said,
was also their Thanksgiving and their
day of quiet happiness.
"RABBIT-FEET" TO BE SHOWN
BY AUBURN PLAYERS
(Continued from page 1)
everything in the way.
Orchid is played by Maryline Cau-then,
who makes it easy to see why
New York did a double flip-flop be­fore
her, even if her color is a pale
lemon. John Youngblood plays Mer-vin
Maxwell for all he is worth, and
Sabrie Williams is highly entertaining
as Orchid's mother. Her sisjter,
Nervie, is depicted by Dorothy Dug-gar,
who excels in rapid squealing
exits and an appetite for barbecue
sandwiched. Celeste Nesbitt playjs
the part of old Meriky, aged 84, who
is in close touch with the "speerits
and ha'nts." Celeste enjoys a quiet
two hours smoke on a clay pipe,
sickness prevented by the Fates (and
perhaps an absence of tobacco in the
pipe). "Rat" Hobdy makes an ex­cellent
Elder, one who raises his eyes
devoutly to heaven, but does not
OLD-TIMERS SWAMP YEARLINGS
IN POST-SEASON BATTLE
(Continued from page 1)
thirty yard gain. It was a sensation
al catch. . Greene plunges over right
tackle for three yards. On a delay­ed
buck, Papke fumbles and Haggard
recovers for the rats. Bryant slips
through right tackle for two yards.
Clark gets one more over center as
the quarter ends.
Second Quarter
Pass by Bryant is incomplete. Hag­gard
punts fifteen yards to Spinks
who is downed. Pass Papke to Greene
is incomplete. Old timers draw three
five yard penalties for excessive time
out. Chesterfield scores knockout
over old man Wind and coaches forc­ed
to call a respite. There was muclf
wrangling over these penalties be­tween
Will Paterson, referee, and
Pop Paterson, head linesman. Papke
heaves one to Morey for ten yards
and a first down. Morey jumped
several feet into the air to snatch
fail to observe a trim ankle, as well.
T T> • • o TI. i the pigskin spheroid out of the ozone
James Price is Swaunee Johnson, * B J
visory Board.
In addition to being a great athlete,
Mr. Harris was a thorough scholar.
The high esteem in which he was held
by his classmates was evidenced by
his being elected president of the
senior class. He was also Captain
and Regimental Adjutant of the first
regiment organized at Auburn. He
is a member of Delta Sigma Phi,
Greek letter social fraternity and is
an honorary member of Kappa Delta
Pi, honorary educational fraternity
of the University of Alabama. In
addition to these fraternal/orders, he
is a member of Masons, Knights Tem­plar,
and the Shrine, being a member
of the Zamora Temple, Birmingham.
Mike Donahue paid him the fol­lowing
tribute in the 1910 Glomerata:
"A first class half back, though
rather light in weight. Auburn's
football opponents will rest more
easily toward the latter part of the
game now that the "Professor" has
played his time out. Speedy, skill­ful,
cool headed, he has gained many
a yard for his team. An^ injury in
the Sewanee game prevented his do­ing
the work he was capable of and
saved Sewanee many anxious mo­ments.
H«s served his college on
the basketball, track, and baseball
teams. A man who never likes the
idea of having the other fellow put
one over on him and a valuable man
for any college to have."
Truly, Mike Fisher will have a glo­rious
tradition behind him when he
wears the name, "Rabbit," in next
year's games.
keeper of the goober stand at the
barbecue, and his two children, As­pirin
and Cerise, are played by
Charles Apps and Catherine Hare.
As Cerise, the heavily-brunett flapper
Catherine indulges to the hilt her ex­cellent
flare for comedy of the hilar­ious
type. In addition, many Voo­doo
Rangers, who look more like
ghosts than they have a right to, in
this superstitious locality (and what
locality is not superstitious?) move
about, striking terror to the hearts
of the inhabitants of Tuckaloo.
If you want to see a comedy with
the atmosphere of a minstrel show
and as much story as two ordinary
plays, be sure to see this jazz-revel
when it is prbduced. As the Hut is
too small to hold many necpie, 4»Vc-play
will be g i v e i ^ | ^ » e times, on
Tuesday, Wednesday^J^Thursday,
December 7th, 8th a f t Q w i . The
admission will be twenty- fiv^ents.
If you are superstitious, you "«!,A
want to see this; if you are not, you
will be sure when the play is over.
DUMMY BURNED LAST WEEK
ON FOOTBALL FIELD
FOOTBALL TEAM IS HONOR­ED
AT BIG BANQUET
(Continued irom page 1)
Morey, Boozer Pitts, Mike Papke,
Messers J. P. lieges, Hugh Bicker-staff
and Josiah Flournoy of Colom-bus,
Zipp Newman of Birmingham,
Jack Langhorne and Will Patterson
of Montgomery, captain-elect "Pop"
Patterson, and alternate captain-elect
Bolton Shotts.
A delicious six course dinner was
served, the talks being made between
courses. Favors in the form of foot­balls
with a menu and list of the
guests inside were placed at each
plate. Credit for the beautiful dec­orations
must go to Miss Pipkin and
to the Patterson family of Montgom­ery.
The Pattersons furnished a sup­ply
of beautiful flowers for the decor­ations
as has been their custom for
several years. The affair was an
exceedingly enjoyable one, and was
a brilliant climax to the 1926 foot­ball
season.
(Continued from page 1)
five in front of Langdon Hall; from
here they followed the band to the
scene of action—on Drake Field. The
program opened with a number of
peppy yells, which was the last yeli
practice preceeding the last game of
the season—that mighty battle with
Tech. The interest of the students
was manifested in the spirited and
peppy yells given.
After football practice ceased—
Haggard intercepts pass by Papke
as Old timers draw twenty-two yard
penalty. Rats' ball on veterans' twenty
yard line. Brown attempts to circle
right flank, but is thrown for ten
yard loss. On a desperate effort to
score,- the freshmen resort to the
air but the pass is intercepted by
Greene who sprints sixty-one yards
to the rats twenty yard line. Mose-ley
hits left tackle for two more
yards. Papke fumbles and recovers
for no gain. Morey skirts right end
for a touchdown, a pretty piece of
side-stepping.
Score: Old timers 13, Rats 0.
On a fake kick Morey passes to
Papke for the extra point.
Score: Old timers 14, Rats 0.
iVWnoir. JraJrs off Co thirty yard
line but the play is called back,
Greene kicks to rat's two yard stripe.
Bryant returns kick twenty yards.
Old timers draw iii'teen yard penalty
(P'.fis, dipping on the play), placing
the ball on their own thirty-seven
yard line. Haggard rams center for
no gain, being stopped by Boozer
Pitts. Old timers penalized ten yards.
Bryant attempts to circle Spink's end
but is hurled for ten yard loss. Pass
from Bryant is grounded by Greene
as Referee's whistle sounds end of
first half.
Score: Old timers 14, Rats 0.
Second Half
Haggard kicks off to Spinks who
returns eight yards to his own twenty
y'ajd line. Slaughter goes over left
tackle for six yards. Old timers pen­alized
fifteen yards. (Pitts slugging
on play). They receive second pen­alty
of five yards. Papke punts fif­ty-
five yards to Ward who missed it
FRIDAY
'Move Along" Comedy
First National Picture
Anna Q. Nillson
"THE MASKED WOMAN"
EXTRAORDINARY!
The Talk of The Town
Don't Fail to see This One.
SATURDAY
Christie Comedy
Shirley Mason and Culler.
Landis in
"SWEET ROSIE O'GRADY"
A Fascinating Romance from
the Side-walks of New York
LANGDON HALL
25 cents
which was the last for this season I b y a n a j r Morey punts fifty-five
on Drake Field—the coaches and j y a r ( j s to Ward who fumbled, Boozer
players gathered on the scene. Cap- j p i t t s r e c o v e r e d the ball. It was a
tain Paul Turner was distinguished | r e m a rkable piece of strategy on Mo-with
the privilege of lighting the dum­my.
While it burned, players and
coaches engaged in speeches for the
occasion.
Captain Turner was first to speak,
with Salter following. Each of these
invaluable players played his closing
season with Auburn this year, and
each expressed his regret at leaving.
Their speeches were heartily cheered
by the many listeners. Next on the
platform were Coaches Boozer Pitts,
Slick Moulton, Mike Papke, and Dave
Morey. All expressed their interest
in the team and love for each indi­vidual
player, and made it clearly
evident that they were giving their
all to the success of the Auburn
eleven.
Coach Morey explained in a forci­ble
manner his interest in the success
of the team, and his efforts to turn
out a winning aggregation. He ex­plained
that those who had the inter­est
of the team at heart as "he did
could easily overlook the meagre
losses of the team for this year, and
consider them as victories for Au­burn,
with the oppenents receiving
the larger score. His speech was
received with enthusiasm and under­standing;
at the close cheers arose
and filled the elements with pro­found
approval.
After the speeches, cheers were
given individually for those players
leaving Auburn this season. Lastly,
assistant cheer leaders arose and di­rected
a cheer for Red Roberts; he
is also leaving Auburn this year.
rey's part. Old timers' ball on rat's
NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED
BY WIRT LITERARY SOCIETY
(Continued from page 1)
calling signals. In referring to Prince­ton,
he said that Woodrow Wilson
was at one time football coach at
Princeton. He stressed the fact that
certain authorities contend that foot-fact
that it takes away from home
more than it gets in return.
Other excellent numbers were giv­en
by Messrs. Suddith, Bryant and
Hutchinson.
B a b y C h i c k s For S a le
Barron'strain large type purebred
White Leghorn baby chicks, $10.50
hundred. Chicks are very strong and
stand cool weather better than hot
weather.
Everlay strain Brown Leghorns,
$11.50 hundred.
Sheppard strain single comb An-conas,
$14 hundred.
Owens and Donaldson strain Rhode
Island Reds, $14.85 hundred.
Thompsons strain Barred Rocks,
$14.85 hundred.
White Rdbks, $16 hundred.
All good, healthy, strong purebred
guaranteed.
We pay postage charges and guar­antee
live arrival on all baby chicks.
Pullets of any breed listed, $1.50
each.
Cockerals, good size, $3 each.
Poultry book on feeding and rais­ing
chicks and pullets, $3 postpaid.
THE FULGHUM HATCHERY
twenty yard line. Red Brown crashes
through center for four yards. Morey
fails to gain around left end. Greene
replaces Slaughter and Moulton goes
in for Garrett. Papke tosses short
pass to Spinks for gain of five yards.
Pitts snags Papke's pass for twelve
yard advance. Papke passes to Greene
for the third touchdown of the after­noon.
Practically a new team is
sent in by Wattwood, rats' mentor.
Score: Old timers 20, Rats 0.
Moulton kicks goal for extra point,
the ball sailing far back of the goal
posts.
Score: Old timers 21, Rats 0.
Moseley replaces Brown at full­back.
Haggard's kick goes out of
bounds. The second attempt goes
over the goal line and the ball is
brought out to the twenty yard line.
Morey fails at left end. Bryant in­tercepts
long pass from Papke but is
stopped in his tracks. Old timers
penalized fifteen yards for unneces­sary
roughness by Pitts. Cosper fails
to gain at left end. Rats fumble on
next play , but recover for two yard
loss. Rats receive thirty yard penalty
for having thirty men on the field.
Rats are held for downs and the ball
goes over. Coleman breaks through
and hurls Papke for two yard loss.
Rats receive five yard penalty for
offsides. Morey pases to Spinks for
twenty-five yards as the game ends.
Score: Old timers 21, Rats 0.
Starting line ups were:
Old timers Position
I Spinks L. E. __
Market L. T. .__
Long L. G. —
Carter
Earnest
Rats
_ Robinson
._ Haggard
Abernathy
C. Burk
R. G. Nagley
Salter R. T. - - Long, G. R.
Moulton R. E. _. Long, N. R.
Morey Q. B. Ward
Papke L. H. B. Cosper
Greene _- R. H. B. Callahan
Brown F. B. Coleman
"Say it "With ^lowers"
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