1923-12-07 The Plainsman

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VOL. XXVII. AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1923. No. 12
Auburn and Tech Fight
To Draw In Annual Baffle
Turkey Day Clash One Of
Greatest In History Of
Southern Football
Howe and Wycoff Shine
In Great Punting
Battle
Auburn 0, Tech 0, is the story of
«ue of the greatest gridiron con-
C s t s that was ever played on any
field, but it in no way describes
how the two teams fought during
that sixty minutes on that bleak
and dismal afternoon on Grant
Field, It was another bf those
no-decision affairs that seems to
have been popular this season, but
it was a moral victory for the
Tigers as they were doped to lose,
and besides it checked the string
of victories of the Jackets which
had run to three straights.
' Never in the history of South­ern
football has any team ever
shown more fight than Coach
Pitts* Tigers in this game. When
the teams lined up for the kick-off,
it could be easily seen that
the Jackets outweighed the Plains­men,
close to fifteen pounds per
man. With their array of veterans
prancing around the field it was
easy to understand why the betting
favored Tech by two touch-downs.
This was one game in which bulk
and brawn was off-set by figh,t
and grim determination. This state­ment
does not in any wfly intimate
that Tech did not fight, for they
fought and fought hard and it was
only by this, that they prevented
the frantic Tigers from realizing
their dreams.
It was indeed a most disagree­able
afternoon for a grid battle,
but the thirty thousand, that brav­ed
the weather were rewarded by
witnessing one of the prettiest
games ever played on historic old
Grant Field. From the referee's
first whistle until the last play of
the .game the playing of both teams
was replete with thrills and time
and time again the spectators were
brought to their feet by some spec­tacular
play.
The Auburnites were in rare
form and if either team deserved
to win, it was undoubtedly the
Tigers. The Jackets did not get
within the twenty-five yard line
but once and a fumble stopped
them short. On the other hand,
the Tigers marched to Tech's eight
yard line, and had not a forward
pass slipped from the hands of an
Auburn back, a win would have
,been recorded for the Plainsmen.
It was by no means a game of
individual feats as eleven men on
each team played a role that was
nothing short of sensational, but a
big portion of the glory must go
to the fullbacks of the two teams.
Fox Howe was the chief offensive
threat of his team and his punting
and defensive work will be re­membered
as long as there are
survivers of the lona-to-be-remem-bered
event. Shoulder to shoulder
, with the Tiger star, stands Doug
Wycoff of the Jackets, as it was
his punts and line plunging that
kept the Tigers fighting to the last
- ounce of their energy to keep the
precious territory free from in­vasion.
While every man in the line did
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AUBURN STUDENTS
MAKE DRAINAGE
INSPECTION TRIP
An .inspection trip covering the
important drainage projects of cen­tral
and northern Alabama was re­cently
made by members of the
Drainage and Terracing class of
the Department of Agricultural En­gineering
under the direction of
Prof. E. C. Easter.
Several drainage projects around
Montgomery were studied by the
party. A brick and tile manufac­turing
plant and some modern
ditching machinery were observed
also at this point.
While ifi Birmingham the class
was shown through the large In­ternational
Harvester Company's
branch house, and the method of
filling orders was explained to
them.
After leaving Birmingham the
drainage students visited Fayette,
near which is the largest drainage
project in the state, taking in not
only part of Fayette County, but
also portions of Marion and Lamar
Counties. The wet lands are drain­ed
by a main canal 42 miles long
with many laterals entering into
it. Part of this work is yet incom­plete.
The area is costing $12.50
per acre to drain. The class was
given ample opportunity to sec the
benefits the system is having on
the section.
From Fayette the party went to
Winfield, and there saw a large
ditch which was dug by the use of
dynamite alone.
The class spent the remainder of
its time going over the extensive
Muscle Shoals projects and partic­ularly
Wilson Dam. They also
went through the nitrate plant and
the steam plant leased by the Ala­bama
Power Co.
This trip proved of much prac­tical
value to all it is thought.
Those making it were: Prof. E. C.
Easter, J. C. Gaines, J. E. Lambert,
W. A. Young, B. H. Ford„ F. T.
Komp, T. P. Lee, R. L. Reeder, B.
P. Stewart, W. L. Randolph, W- H.
Weidenback, and A. P. Cotton.
RADIO STATION 5XA
DOING FINE WORK
Radio Station 5XA is in opera­tion
again and is doing some fine
work. Though it has been run­ning
only a short while this year,
reports have been received from
the most distant parts of the Unit­ed
States. Last year cards from
stations reporting 5XA's signals
were received from such distant
points ;is Europe, England, Cana­da,
Hawaii, and some place south
of the equator, but this year it is
expected that 5XA will reach New
Zealand and the North Pole.
It is one of the best experiment­al
and amateur wireless stations
in the South and is a member of
the American Radio Relay League.
The League is the American ama­teur's
organization for cooperation,
especially in the handling and de­livery
of free messages for the gen­eral
public. In the past 5XA has
handled hundreds of these mes­sages
each year and still will be
glad to receive radiograms for
transmission to any part of North
America or Hawaii.
AUBURN BASKETBALL
OUTLOOK BRIGHT
"With the passing of football,
king of college sports, basketball
is getting under way and Coach
Hutsell had fifty candidates for
the initial practice of the season
'Monday. Several of the fellows
had already been- taking workouts
for the purpose of getting into
shape early in the season, but the
first regular organized practice be­gan
this week with a number on
hand that made it very pleasing
to the coaches.
Five letter men are back, which
include Captain Fred Hahn, Wal­lace
McKinney, Jesse Duke, Eugene
Creek and Jo-Jo Harrison. All are
on the job with the exception of
Harrison who is taking a few days
rest after the long grind of the
football season. The letter men of
last year who are not back" with
the squad are Dudley, Shirey, Jones
and Savage.
With such accurate loopers as
Hahn, Creel and Harrison back on
the court and with such demons
on the defense as McKinney and
Duke still hanging around, there is
little chance that Auburn will not
•a
be a strong contender in basket­ball
circles when the season gets
under way.
Quite a flock of reinforcements
have put in their bids for berths
on the cage team and many of the
prospects appear capable of step­ping
right into the lineup with
grace. Among the new candidates
who are making'a strong fight for
the team are Ware, Bill McKinney,
Moore, Gray, Johnson, Barks, Hug-enschmidt,
Evans, Midgette, Hughes
and Yates. Some dark horses may
spring into the lineup and crowd
out some of the above named, as
there are several who seem to have
the possibilities.
Coach Cole is assisting Coach
Hutsell with the basketeers and
has the freshman in charge. He
was a star performer in the Albion
College cage team before coming to
Auburn.
ALL COLLEGE HIKE TO
BE STAGED SATURDAY
ATTENTION, STUDENTS!
There will be a meeting on Mon­day
night, December 10th, at 7
o'clock in Professor Clarke's lec­ture
room of all students who are
interested in the organization of
a club for supplementary instruc­tion
in the social and political
sciences. This will embrace stu­dents
in the classes in Economics,
Government, and History and all
subjects related to them. It will
be remembered that the purpose
of this club is to supplement the
class work in these studies by
bringing in from time to time men
who are in position to give advice
and information along these fines.
Don't forget the time and place!
Be there! :
HUNTSMAN, SPARE
THE PETS
A complaint has been made that
some sport-loving students have
been so thoughtless, as to shoot
some of the squirrels in the small
woodland on the Ag. campus. No
permits have been issued that grant
this privilege, but there has been
no threat of legal procedure. The
fact is that the Agricultural De­partment
is proud of the presence
of these little,animals and appeal
to the students to restrain from
the temptation of destroying these
friendly little fellows.
The annual All-College Hike, put
on by the Y>M. C. A., will "come
off" on Saturday afternoon, De­cember
8th, at two o'clock. The
entire student body, including, of
course, the co-eds and the faculty
will leave the Main Building at
two o'clock, led-by the college
band, and will go to the place
north of town where the festivi­ties
were held in 1921. All are
cordially invited to take part in
this hike, as it is absolutely free
of all charges, and is an annual
event with the college, wherein
the entire student body and the
faculty make a regular holiday of
it and for the time being every­thing
is forgotten except fun and
frolic.
Contests have been arranged to
entertain the crowd previous to
the time for the "eats." There will
be the annual tug-of-war between
the Rats and Sophomores, the pil­low
fight over water.-Jin which
some one gets ducked, and several
interesting stunts by the faculty.
In short, it is to begone big jolly
good time for one and all.
Then of course the big event is
supper, with all the eats provid­ed
by the Y. M. C. A. Twenty
bonfires will be built, and one of
them assigned to each company.
If a student is not in any special
company, he is just as welcome as
one who is, because the hike is,
as its name implies, for the whole
college and not for any special
faction or organization, Just join
any group you choose. At any rate,
be sure to be at the Main Building
at two o'clock and take in the All-
College-Hike with the whole gang.
Tigers Comeplete Hard,
But Successful Grid Season
NEW DORMITORY
NLARING COMPLETION
Will Accommodate Over
One Hundred Students
GIRLS' ATHLETIC ASSOCIA­TION
HOLDS MEETING
On Monday afternoon, Decem­ber
third, the Girls' Athletic Asso­ciation
held its first regular meet­ing.
As the organization is yet in
its infancy, many problems and
plans for its success had to be dis­cussed.
It was decided that it
would be advisable to have an exe­cutive
Board, composed of the of­ficers
of the organization and one
representative from each class, the
representatives to be chosen later.
A committee of three, Margaret
Wilbur, Chloe Earnest, and Agnes
Ingram, was appointed to draw up
the constitution and by-laws. This
committee will report at the next
meeting. *
As the membership of the Girls'
Athletic Association is the same as
that of the-Y. W. C. A., the last few
minutes of the meeting were de­voted
to the election of a delegate
from the Y: W. C. A. to the Student
Volunteer Convention in Indian­apolis.
Miss Emily Hare was
elected to fill this position.
HANSON TO MAKE
OPENING ADDRESS FOR
RROADCASTING STATION
The broadcasting station which
was presented by the Birmingham
News last year is being made ready
for a formal opening on December
13. Victor H. Hanson, the. editor
of the News, will be present at
that time and will make the open­ing
address.
The set was designed and built
here last year and was operated
very successfully. This season
there will be many improvements
including an increase of power
and an up-to-date studio. Regular
programs will be broadcast three
times a week.
Students will be interested to
know that the Alumni Dormitory
which has been under construction
for the past several months is now
rapidly nearing completion and
will be ready for occupancy by
January 1st. This dormitory was
supposed to have been finished by
the first of October, but due to
trouble in securing labor and other
troubles, the completion has been
delayed.
The Alumni Dormitory is three
stories in height, without includ­ing
the basement, in which is lo­cated
one of the best swimming
pools here. The dormitory con­sists
of fifty-three rooms and will
accommodate one hundred and six
boys, is modern in every respect
and will be one of the most beauti­ful
buildings in Auburn when com­pleted.
It has enclosed fire es­capes,
although it is said to be
fireproof. The cost upon comple­tion
will be something around
$125,000 and is part of the results
of the recent Auburn drive.
What will doubtless be of inter­est
is that practically all the fur­nishings
for the rooms, including
tables, chairs, etc., were manufac­tured
by the local Wood Shop of
the Mechanical Engineering De­partment
and under the supervis­ion
of Dan T. Jones. This furni­ture
is as nice as any that could
be purchased anywhere and re­flects
great credit upon the Wood
Shop Department.
The rates for rooms in the dor­mitory
are: six dollars contingent
fee and six dollars per month pro­vided
you eat at one of the college
mess halls otherwise it is seven
dollars and fifty cents per month.
At present over forty of the rooms
have been reserved.
Lead Opponents In Points
Scored By Large •
Margin
WILSONIANS MEET
The absence of the president and
secretary, due to important busi­ness
engagements, and the pres­ence
of water due to a two-days'
rain, did not halt the procedure of
the Wilsonian literary society on
Tuesday, December 4th, and so bar
a number of the members from
their snappy dissertation upon the
most interesting thing in the world.
After Messrs. Morgan, Weidenbach,
Randolph and Wilder together
with Mi s s Ward, had propounded
long and loud upon this most inter­esting
subject, Mr. Sweet summar­ized
the whole into "The most in­teresting
thing in the world would
be to fall in love with a beautiful
girl while standing on top of Stone
Mountain Christmas day."
Current events were rendered
by Miss Wise and the remaining
number, a reading, "When Father
Carved the Turk," by Miss Morgan
("Billy"). The first named was
taken up almost entirely on ac­tions
of the legislature. The latter
kept the society in an uproar due
to the talent of Miss Morgan.
Co-ed's idea of a bore: A man
who talks astronomy- on a moon­light
night.
Man is the only animal that can
be skinned more than once.
A summing up of the 1923 foot­ball
season shows that the Tigers,
taking everything into considera­tion-;
had a very successful season.
When practice began in September
with only four of the regulars of
the previous campaign on hand,
around which the new machine
was to be built, the wise ones did
not hesitate to shake their heads
and exclaim that Auburn was in
for a bad year.
Facing an extremely hard sched­ule
with so little experienced ma­terial
available made things look
rather gloomy for the Plainsmen.
Coach Pitts and his two valuable
aids, Wilson- and Cole, set about
their task in earnest. Around the
four veterans, Captain Reagan, Fats
Lawrence, Hard Boy Pruitt and
Ross Ford, the machine began to
take form, as four of last season's
reserves, Petersen, Allen, Sitz and
Howe were drawn into regular ac-"
tion. Ollinger, Harkins, and Brice,
a trio that had seen some service
on the squad last season, proved
themselves*' valuable in the first
line trenches. Williams, Greene,
McFadden, Self, Spinks and Na-bors
of last year's Freshman team,
ripened into varsity material,
which brought the Tigers' strength
up to unexpected heights.
Before the intense heat of the
summer had subsided and before
the team had rounded into form,
the Clemson Tiger, who had been
carefully groomed for the occasion,
was encountered in his own lair
and a scoreless tie resulted. The
two minor games were taken from
Birmingham Southern and How­ard
with comparative ease and
then the only really one-sided
score of the season came when t he
Army rallied after being fought to
a standstill in the first half, and
made it a 28 to 6 affair. The other
Soldier opponents, Fort Benning,
was an easy victim of the Pitts-men
when the two met on Drake
Field.
November seemed to be a jinx
to the Tigers as their first game
in this month went to the Georgia
Bulldogs after the Orange and 31ue
had outfought, and outgained them
throughout the gjame. An inter­cepted
pass and a sixty-five yard
run did the trick but there was no
disgrace in a defeat of this kind.
A tie by Tulane, who had all the
breaks and profited by two bad
decisions, carried the season one
"game nearer to a close, and on the
following Saturday, Centre, the
best team in Dixie, ripped through
the Tigers for a seventeen to no­thing
victory and was the only
southern opponent to show super­iority
over them.
The nothing to nothing tie in At­lanta
on Thanksgiving Day was a
befitting climax to a successful
season. It broke Tech's- string of
three straight victories and show­ed
the real strength of the Plains­men.
In their four S. I. C. games
only.two touchdowns were scored
against them, one of these being
an intercepted pass. The center
of the line was especially strong,
for Captain Reagan, Lawrence and
Co. held this section so intact
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THE PLAINSMAN
OFFICIAL WEEKLY STUDENT PUBLICATION OF THE
ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
FORMERLY "ORANGE AND BLUE"
EDITORIAL STAFF
Irving Patrick — - Editor-in-Chief
O. S. Hagerman --- Managing Editor
B. H. Swango Associate Editor
R. E. Lambert Associate Editor
j yf Bates Associate Editor
J. G. Stockleberg . . . . - — Associate Editor
MaryApperaon .- Associate Editor
Chloe Earnest Associate Editor
W. T. Wood Sports Editor
Milton Collins - - ---- -- Exchange Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
Fred Almgren --- Business Manager
F. K. Stockleberg Assistant Business Manager
L. R. House! . - - Advertising Manager
R A. Allen Circulation Manager
D. M. Chambers Assistant Circulation Manager
Entered as second-class matter at Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
out which there can be little inter­est
in sports. One southern scribe
who is a close follower of college
athletics, recently suggested a con­ference
something on the order of
the "Big Ten" of the middle west.
His idea was to divide the present
array up into at least two sections
as these colleges are scattered over
too wide a range to be properly
organized as one section. In this
way there would not be over a
dozen of the leading colleges in
each conference and schedules
could be easily arranged so that
the standing of each team could
be pretty well determined. It looks
like an idea well worth consider­ing.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
The student committee appoint­ed
by the different classes for the
purpose of drawing up a Constitu­tion
of Student Government has
been putting in some good work
lately and the report is that much
has been done on this instrument.
Very little comment has been
heard on the proposed Student
Government and most of that that
has gone the rounds has been fav­orable.
It is to the interest of the
^student body as a whole to talk
this up in the right way because
in the long run the student will
be the one to benefit. This com­mittee
was appointed with the con­sent
of the different classes and
the document that will be drawn
up by this committee will be sub-e
m i t t e d to each class for a vote. If
there is to be any criticism at all
it should come up in class meeting
when the finished, so far as the
committee is concerned, document
is put up for approval. And then
the criticism should be construct­ive
a n d not destructive. No man
can benefit by causing the defeat
of this measure and if he has not
some good point to offer instead
of the one contested then he should
let it remain as proposed until an
improvement is offered.
If there is any man who will
vote against this Constitution just
because it is not a perfect docu­ment,
let him remember that the
Constitution of the United Statet
has been changed and amended
several times since it was put in
force. It is impossible to expect
that this paper shall b" iust what
is wanted. But if every one will
do his part in whatever form of
Student Government is adopted and
t ry to improve instead of knock it,
there will be a time when it will
be such that all can be proud that
they had a part in its creation.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
FOR CHARLES S. SMITH
SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT
Up in Maryland the Southern In­tercollegiate
Conference is in ses­sion
and among the things that
they expect to do during this meet­ing
is to add another pair, or
more, to the present list of twenty-one
colleges in the Conference.
Perhaps the organization needs
them, or it may be that they need
the organization as the case may
be but it seems as there is such a
thing as getting the pig too big for
the bag. Each year there is a claim
for championship honors by every
team that has not been smeared
over a chalk lined lot by one or
more teams, regardless of how soft
her schedule is and when the or­ganization
is so large there is no
way of justly determining just how
they stand.
It seems true" that entirely too
much stress is being laid on the
championship stuff but as long as
there is an organization there is
sure to be a scramble for premier the Forum Class, of which he was
honors by those that belong to it.
It is the spirit of rivalry and with-
On Sunday, November 25, at the
evening service of the Methodist
Church a very beautiful and im­pressive
memorial service for the
late Charles S. Smith was render­ed.
The service was conducted by
the Methodist Sunday School and
the "Forum" Class of which Charles
was secretary. The church was
appropriately decorated with Chry­santhemums
and With Orange and
Blue ribbons.
Talks were made on every phase
of the life of Mr. Smith, beginning
with "His Life at Home," by Mr.
Duke Chambers. Other talks were:
"As We Knew Him on the Campus,"
by Mr. Irving Patrick; "Affiliations
with the Church," by Mr. Phil Tim-berlake;
"The Student," by Dr.
Spright Dowell; and "The Man,"
by Rev. Miligan Earnest. The Rev.
McLeod read an appropriate scrip­ture
lesson from the third chapter
of 1st John, and then offered a
prayer. Mrs. McLeod rendered a
very beautiful solo, "Crossing the
Bar." The other songs of the ser­vice
were: "Holy Spirit Faithful
Guide," "Blest Be the Tie That
Binds," and "God Be With You
'Til We Meet Again." In closing
the following resolutions from the
Sunday School and class were read
jy Mr. Shelby C. Patton:
RESOLUTIONS
On the Death of Charles S. Smith
The spirit of a noble hearted and
generous Christian young man has
been suddenly called to its reward,
in the death of our friend and
classmate, Charles S. Smith. He
was modest and unostentatious, yet
he never shirked a duty and was
ever on the side of truth and
righteousness. As a student, he
was honest and upright, doing his
work faithfully and well; as a
friend, he was sincere, candid and
true; and as a member of the Sun­day
School, he was earnest, respon­sive
and ever in his place. His
name has only been transferred
from the "Forum Roll" to the Ros­ter
of the Sons of God in that Home
Eternal in the Heavens.
Therefore, be it resolved, That
the Methodist Sunday School and
death of Mr. Charles S. Smith; that
we mourn his loss as a friend and
fellow-classmate both in college
and in the Sunday School; that
while it seems a strange provi­dence
which took away one so
young, so gifted, whose life was
bright with the promise of a long
and useful career to his State and
to his Church, yet we must bow in
submission to the will of Him who
doeth all things best for His child­ren.
Resolved, That in the death of
Charles S. Smith, our friend "and
co-worker, the Sunday School and
the Forum Class have lost a faith-,
ful officer and an efficient leader,
whose presence each morning will
be missed; th"e student body of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, a
loyal and devoted friend; and his
family, a loving and worthy son
and brother.
Be it further resolved, That a
copy of these resolutions be for­warded
to his grief stricken fam­ily,
a copy mailed to the Plains­man
Staff, one to the Opelika Daily
News, and a copy put into the min­utes
of the Sundy School and the
Forum Class.
Committee,
B. L. SHI,
DR. ALLISON,
SHELBY C. PATTON,
P. S. TIMBERLAKE,
W. M. WALLACE.
R. O. T, C- NOTES
member and an officer, have
J heard with profound sorrow of the
The Field Artillery received its
first challenge for a pistol match
from the University of Utah; Jan­uary
29, 1924, is to be the date
of the match. In the past Auburn
has had very little trouble in de­feating
Utah, in fact last year the
team won the National Pistol
Championship. The team has not
yet been selected but the following
men are among the strongest can­didates:
W. B. Wood, A. R. Swan-son,
J. W. Mcintosh, T. B. Wilder,
J. H. Reeves, A. Y. McConnell, M. B.
Smith, H. Cobb, and still other men
are to be selected.
WEBSTERIAN SOCIETY
HOLDS MOCK TRIAL
Commissions are to be issued to
the Cadet Officers by the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. This is some­thing
that has not been done in the
past and since the commissions
are put up in good form they will
be something to be proud of. In
all probability this will become an
established custom.
Arrangements for the inter-branch
rifle match have not yet
been completed but the match is
supposed to be held sometime be­fore
Christmas.
Machine gun practice is now be­ing
held every Monday and Tues­day
afternoons on the new 1000
inch range. After the holidays the
Sophomores and Juniors will be
given practice with the Springfield
rifle on this same range. With a
new range for the Juniors to prac­tice
on, Auburn should make an
even better record at the summer
camps than was made this last
year. The men at Camp McClellan
won the cup for having the highest
average score this past summer and
they had had very little training
with an army rifle before going to
camp.
Besides having a new range the
class rooms of the Infantry and En­gineers
have been remodelled and
are completely equipped with sand
tables and other military material.
This is also a decided improve­ment
over last year.
Boys! Do you want to see a
snappy musical comedy? Then see
"In Hot Tamale Land," to be pre­sented
by the Senorita Production
Company at Langdnn Hall, Friday,
December 14th.
IT ALL DEPENDS
Willie: Papa, what do you call
a man who runs an auto?
Pop: That all depends upon how
near he comes to hitting me.
.-Houston Sun.
In spite of the bad weather a
large crowd was present at the
meeting of the Websterian Liter­ary
Society, December 4th. The
society featured a mock trial which
is an annual affair of the organiza­tion.
The court was called to order
by the clerk, Mr. H. A. Small. Af­ter
the witnesses had been sworn
n, the charges against the defend­ant
were read. Mr. Deason was
harged by Miss Martin with non-support,
habitual intoxication,
gambling, and cruelty to his wife.
The trial proceeded with the ques­tioning
and cross-questioning of
the witnesses of both sides by their
own and the opposing lawyers.
This provoked a great deal of
mirth among the audience.
Mr. Livingston and Mr. Lynn
were the attorneys for the defense
and the state, respectively. R. A.
Nunn acted as judge. The jury
found the defendant guilty, and as
punishment the judge stated that
Mr. Deason should live with his
wife the rest of his life and that
he ask his Holy-Roller minister,
Mr. Tucker, to pray for him pub­licly.
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WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK
The other night the Busy Bee
Cafe was the scene of one of the
season's loveliest and most order­ly
distributions of Ancient impre­cations
and mis-licks. A casual
observer might not have been im­pressed
by such a seemingly unim­portant
affair, but the connoisseur,
the proletariat, the appreciative
lover of "savior faire" (clever foot­work)
would have been more than
pleased at such a remarkable ex­hibition
of "sang froid" (cold feet).
Many of our social "roues" (lions)
would have profited ethically had
they had the good fortune to wit­ness
the result of European culture
as evinced in "the proper way to
enter and leave a restaurant." How­ever,
to get back to our party. The
walls were becomingly decorated
in blue paint and mural paintings.
The little tables were charmingly
fitted out with pale white table­cloths
with here and there and
here and there and here and there
a group of lovely little brown cof­fee
dots. These were usually plac­ed
just beneath a glass of imported
paper napkins with brown creases.
Towards the back of the room was
laid off the squared circle. The
participants showed a marked lack
of the knowledge of accepted so­cial
customs and "faux passes"
(right hooks) by not confining
themselves strictly to this area.
However, a fine time was had by
all. Among those present was the
Auburn Student Body.
THE UNIVERSAL CHECK
Last week the Rt. Hon. S. Phil­lips,
President of the Undecided
Society of No Decision, and Imma­terial
Blizzard of the Katch as
Katch Kan, got on our editorial
neck about a certain paragraph we
got off our chest relative to the
Freshman Rules. Now this is not
an apology or a retraction but an
explanation, so to speak. In other
words we are about to say to Mr.
Phillips' expansive back what we
hesitated to say to his beard. That
is to say, he got us wrong. And
he had better not try to do any­thing
about it either or we will,
as Alexander Pope once remarked,
"knock his neck off.'" But he's
all right in a weigh. His ideas and
ours concerning these rules are
about the same. "Besides this Phil­lips
hath borne his faculties so
meek, hath been so clear in his
great office, that his virtues will
plead like angels trumpet-tongued,
against the deep damnation of his
Checking-off." (W. Shakespeare.)
Having delivered ourselves of
which, we desist.
LET US MARK YOUR BRICK!
Bates and Goodwyn-.Adv.
Being ourselves a remarkably
stupid fellow, we solicit the aid of
some clever gink (preferably the
originator of the mystery) to en­lighten
us as to the meaning of the
term "In Hot Tamale Land," com­monly
written "In Hot Tamala
Land." We suspect something Mex­ican,
which shows that we are not
so stupid as we lead people to
think.
NOTES OF INTEREST
The Auburn Post Office was
open till nine ten Tuesday night.
A man got an order of buttered
toast in five minutes Wednesday.
John Lewis Reese returned to
Auburn between Tuesday and Wed­nesday.
We made a first hour class
Thursday.
A SOUTHEAST ROMANCE
A man from the East boarded a
street car in the South.
A southerner got up to give a
lady his seat.
The Eastern man beat the lady
to it.
The body will be shipped back
East for burial.
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SPANISH CLUB TO
MEET DECEMBER 12
The Spanish Club which was or­ganized
some time ago under the
direction of Professor Roe of the
Modern Language Department, has
oeen holding some very good
meetings during the past several
weeks. Although the number pres­ent
is not usually large, those who
are there always come away with
a feeling of satisfaction with the
program and by their remarks it
seems that they have thoroughly
enjoyed every minute of it.
At one of the meetings Mr. Sew-ell,
who is a graduate of the United
States Naval Academy and now a
student at Auburn, made a splen­did
talk on "Cuba". He told in
Spanish many interesting things
about the well-known island to the
South of this country, and brought
out many facts which were not
known by those who were so for­tunate
as to hear him. Mr. Sewell
resided for several years in this
tropical island and hence is thor­oughly
familiar with customs and
conditions there.
Mr. Meade, at the next weeting
of the club, gave a fifty minute talk
on "Honduras." He was a student
here at Auburn a few years ago,
and since then he has spent a con­siderable
time in Central America,
particularly in Honduras, where he
was a civil engineer. From his
speech the members were able to
gain a good idea of what life in
that country is really like, and al­so
a clear conception of customs
and conditions there.
Those interested in Spanish are
cordially invited to come out and
take part in the work of the Club.
It is being made a real success and
a source of both pleasure and in­struction
to its members. The talks
are always made in Spanish, but
they are so plain that one with
some knowledge of the language
has little difficulty in understand­ing
them. The next meeting of the
Spanish Club will be on Wednes­day
night, December 12th, at sev­en
o'clock, in the Wirt Literary So­ciety
room. Refreshments were
served at the last meeting and the
experiment worked so well that it
may be repeated.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
HOLDS GOOD MEETING
At the regular hour on Sunday
evening the Christian Endeavor
Society held its usual meeting.
There was a considerable number
present and from the interest which
was manifested in the program it
seems that those who are coming
out regularly feel that they are de­riving
something that is really
worth while from all of the meet­ings.
The subject under discussion
was: Life-Obedience. Mr. S. Dixon
was the leader for the meeting and
by way of introduction he told
several qualities which go to make
up real obedience and how those
qualities may be obtained. Accord­ing
to the leader, obedience is a
proof of faith, and is a determin­ing
factor in the making of real
men and women.
Mr. Dixon then called on the
members of the society to volun­teer
and discuss any phase of the
subject which might be of partic­ular
interest to them. Some very
good talks were made in which
some thoughts were brought out
which proved to be interesting and
valuable to the hearers. By this
means, everyone was able to obtain
a clear conception of what Life-
Obedience really means and what
things lead one to become obed­ient.
Programs are always carried out
in this manner at the meetings of
the C. E. Society, and it is in most
respects a very good method. It
gives each member an opportunity
to express any idea which he or
she thinks will be of interest to
others, affords an excellent means
of becoming accustomed to speak­ing
impromptu, and' always bends
enthusiasm to the meeting.
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REV. BARNETT ARRIVES
Rev. Albert E. Barnett, recently
appointed assistant pastor of the
uiburn Methodist Church, arrived
here last last week to take up his
vork. Mr. Barnett will assist Rev.
Norman McLeod, the pastor, in
vorking out an enlarged Methodist
program in Auburn. He will work
especially with Methodist students
ittending Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute.
The new assistant pastor is a
graduate of Birmingham-Southern
»s well as Emory University, hold­ing
A. B. and B. D. degrees. He
has been a minister in the Alaba­ma
conferences four years and was
recently ordained an elder at the
conference in Opelika.
While a student at Emory, Mr.
Barnett was pastor of churches in
Chisholm and LaPlace near Mont­gomery.
For the past two years
he has been pastor of the St. Ste­phens
Road Church, Mobile. He
was in war service. Mro- Barnett
was Miss Lucie Browder of Atlan­ta,
Georgia.
PROF. HILL SPEAKS AT
MEETING OF A. I. E. E.
Prof. W. W. Hill of the Engineer­ing
Department was the chief
speaker at the meeting of the Au­burn
branch of the American In­stitute
Electrical Engineers. More
than thirty members were present.
Prof. Hill discussed some of the
vital problems of the day confront­ing
the young engineer. He also
gave some interesting views of the
large hydroelectric developments
in Alabama and other states.
The local association is doing
some excellent work under the
leadership of Chas. Dickinson,
chairman, and J. W. Bates, secre­tary-
treasurer. Plans are under
way for a joint banquet between
the local branch of the American
Institute Electrical Engineers and
the American Society Mechanical
Engineers.
See pretty Spanish and Ameri­can
Chorus Girls! Enjoy the real
Musical Comedy, "In Hot Tamale
Land." Langdon Hall, Friday
night, December 14th.
Fresh Co-ed: "I'm nobody's
fool."
Freshman: "I know it, but some­one
may take you yet."
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ANTOINE LAURENT LAVOISIER
1743-1794
Born in Paris, son of a wealthy
tradesman. As a student won
a prize for an essay on lighting
the streets of Paris. Held vari­ous
Government posts. A mar­tyr
of the Reign of Terror.
Founder of modern chemistry.
This is the mark of the
General Electric Com­pany,
an organization
of 100,000 men and
women engaged in pro­ducing
the tools by
which electricity —
man's great servant-is
making the world a
batter place to live in.
They couldn't destroy
the work he did
"The Republic has no need for savants,"
sneered a tool of Robespierre as he sent
Lavoisier, founder of modern chemistry, to
the guillotine. A century later the French
Government collected all the scientific
studies of this great citizen of Paris and
published them, that the record of his re­searches
might be preserved for all time.
Lavoisier showed the errors of the theory
of phlogiston—that hypothetical, material
substance which was believed to be an ele­ment
of all combustible compounds and to
produce fire when liberated. He proved
fire to be the union of other elements with
a gas which he named oxygen.
Lavoisier's work goes on. In the Research
Laboratories of the General Electric Com­pany
the determination of the effects of
atmospheric air on lamp filaments, on metals
and on delicate instruments is possible be­cause
of the discoveries of Lavoisier and
his contemporaries.
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IN AND AROUND
GRANT FIELD
The weather was quite damp,
but according to the prohibition
officers, the people were pretty
dry. However, we saw a few wet
ones" there and they seemed to
have done the work for the whole
crowd..
lers sinking more or less gently to
the ground.
Students were sorry for a man,
old enough to know better, who
was plastered front and back with
Auburn colors and behaved a great
deal like one of his contemporaries
in the animal kingdom. This con­temporary
has four legs and long
ears and is not a rabbit, either.
Fox Howe's educated toe was in
good shape on Thanksgiving. This
game was supposed to be his foot­ball
Swan song, but he nearly con­verted
it into a Georgia Tech fun­eral
march.
Only those with a sense of hu­mor,
called the Auburn section,
students' section, as if so, there are
some mighty old students at school
and also some who are very indif­ferent
to the team's success. Some
evil-minded people insist that stu­dents
are not above selling their
tickets to outsiders for some small
financial gain, but of course they
wouldn't do that. Oh, of course
not I
The age of chivalry has not yet
passed. Two young gallants were
seen carrying a pretty girl to the
stands in order to keep her feet
dry. We were glad to see this, but
the thought kept recurring: Sup­pose
she had not been pretty?
One man appeared at the game,
full of Auburn and other kinds of
spirits, and wearing a straw hat.
He had missed his season by about
half a year, but he did not appear
to know or care whether it was
spring or mid-winter. However,
he rooted hard for Auburn and is
therefore to be excused most any­thing.
It is denied that the Auburn
team is to challenge Dempsey be­cause
they scored two knockouts
in two straight plays.
Isadora Duncan and other ex­ponents
of the art of classical
dancing would have been delight­ed
to have seen a new dance out
on Grant Field. It might have
been called "The Dance of the
Elusive Safety." Dean Peterson
settled himself for a punt and three
Tech tacklers approached him with
manly strides. As Dean -received
the punt the three Tech men cast
•themselves at him. The safety-man
gracefully sidestepped the
men, one after the other, and con­tinued
down the field, the Tack-
Come to think of it, we believe
lhat Greene is our favorite color.
An Auburn student, in an excess
of enthusiasm, shot a Tech student
with his cap pistol. The latter,
who had been so fool-hardy as to
sit in the Auburn stands, had his
wrist blackened by the smoke, and
probably thought a whole lot, but
didn't say it, as the disance to the
Tech stands was great and the
way was not clear.
Who denies that the female of
the species is more courageous
than the male? There were lots
of the inferior sex in our stands
that looked like they wanted to
root for Tech, but prudently de­sisted.
However, there was a
young lady who clapped her hands
as loudly as her gloves would per­mit
every time that Wycoff and
Co. would make a sparkling play4
And she was a whole lot less con­cerned
about it than her escort
Newton's Fourth Law: Tech can
make all the first downs that they
want in the middle of the field,
but they must ha3t at Auburri's
thirty-yard line.
Q. E..D.
MISS SCANDRETT VISITOR
TO AURURN Y. W. C. A.
An interesting visitor to the Y.
W. C. A. last week was Miss Ruth
Scandrett who has had much ex­perience
in Y. W. C. A work in col­lege
circles. Miss Scandrett was
President of this organization at
Agnes Scott College, where she
graduated in 1922, but at pres­ent
she is local secretary of the
Y. W. C. A. at Florida State College.
At the cabinet meeting on Sun­day
afternoon Miss Scandrett made
a very interesting Bible talk after
which she had an individual talk
with each of the members. She
discussed fully the problems to be
confronted in "Y. W." work. In
the near future an open discussion
will be held by the local organi­zation,
concerning these problems.
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HANDS
Last night I held a little hand,
So dainty and so neat;
I thought my heart would surely
burst
So wildly did it beat.
No other hand unto my soul
Could greater gladness bring,
Than that I held so tight last night,
Four aces and a king.
. . E x .
"What makes Mignon so popu­lar?"
"Oh, when a man calls, she asks
him a riddle and keeps him in the
dark the rest of the evening."
..Virginia Reel.
Lit man (at the Prom): Are you
familiar with John Masefield?
She: What do you mean? I'm
not familiar with anyone!
Yale Record.
"What is a waffle?"
"A waffle is a pancake with
cleats."
Dean Petrie (Placing his hands
on Freshman's shoulder): "Young
man, I believe the devil has a
hold on you."
Freshman (meekly): "Yes Sir, I
believe he has."
"We have a new baby brother at
our house."
"Is he going t o stay?"
"I guess he is, he had his things
off."
. . E x .
Said a nickel to a dollar
In tones that could not soften,
I'm a better man than you are,
For I go to church more often.'
_ .Selected.
KATTY KLUB
Dolly: "He wrote that as soon
as he graduates he will settle down
and marry the sweetest girl in the
world."
Kitty: "How horrid of him when
he is already engaged to you."
. ..Yale Record.
He: "Since you lost the bet, I
think I can claim the forfeit".
She: "I really don't know what
you mean, and besides, someone
might see us."
SCRIPTURE
A little moonlight now and then
Marries off the best of men.
Bush: "Jack, taste this stuff, will
you?"
Jack: "Wow, what a kick; tastes
like white mule."
Bush: "That's what I told the
druggist. He said it was wood al­cohol.
Taste it again and make
sure."
EAVESDROPPING
Mother: "Gladys, you stood on
the porch quite a while with that
young man last night."
Gladys: "Why, mother, I only
stood there for a second."
Mother: "But I'm sure I heard
the third and fourth."
HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
Jinks: "When I kissed her I
smelled tobacco on her lips."
Binks: "Oh, you object to kiss­ing
a woman who smokes?"
Jinks: "No, but she doesn't
smoke."
Jr.: Pop, what is an ancestor?
Sr.: Well, I'm one.
Jr.: Yes, I know, but why do
people brag about them?
"I want to see some furs; have
you any skunk?"
"Yes, ma'am, see the floorwalk­er."
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AUBURN AND TECH FIGHT
TO A DRAW IN ANNUAL BATTLE
(Continued from Page 1)
his part well and upheld the fight­ing
traditions of the Tigers, it must
be admitted that Fats Lawrence
was the greatest defensive figure
on either team. His tackling was
sure and deadly, though Captain
Rip Reagan, playing his last game
for the team, was a goocT running
mate for the great pivot man. 01-
linger and Spinks looked after the
ends faultlessly and the tackles,
Pc-uitt and Brice, did all that could
be asked of them. The work of
the Tech line was near to perfect,
with.Staton and Warner standing
out brilliantly, as did Captain Mcln-tyre,
who was also playing his last
game. To Greene of the Plains­men
goes the greatest bit of honor
from a gain standpoint as the long
boy broke loose for a thirty yard
sprint that almost spelled defeat
for Tech. Ford also looked good
during his short stay in the lineup.
Williams of Tech was a big aid to
Wycoff and Williams of Auburn
was a demon on the defense for
his team. Space does not permit
the comment that the deeds of the
heroes of the battle warrant.
Line-up and summary:
Tech: Staton, le; Werner, It;
McConnell, lg; Frye, c; Mclntyre,
rg; Huffines, rt; Gardner, re; Hunt,
qb; Williams, Ihb; Moore, rhb;
Wycoff, fb.
Auburn: Ollinger, le; Harkins,
It; Reagan, lg; Lawrence, c; Spinks,
rg; Brice, rt; Pruitt, re; Peterson,
qb; Williams, lhb; Harrison, rhb;
Howe, fb.
Score by periods:
Auburn 0 0 0 0—0
^ e c l T - -0 0 0 0—0
TIGERS COMPLETE HARD BUT
SUCCESSFUL GRID SEASON
(Continued from Page 1)
that gains in this department were
few and rather brief in yardage.
Three wins, three ties and three
reverses constituted the season,
which is something for Auburn
men to feel proud of, when con­sidering
the inexperienced team
and the hard schedule that they
weathered. The records show that
the Tigers scored 96 points against
58 for her opponents. On five oc-a)
casions the Plainsmen held their
opposition scoreless and were in
turn held to a zero on four occas­ions,
two of which were scoreless
ties. Considering these facts and
also the large amount of strong
material that has been developed
for the future, it has truly been a
big year for the Tigers.
"In Hot Tamale Land," the sen­sational
hit of the season. See itl
Langdon Hall, December 14th.
Only the rich have time to walk
these days —the rest of us have
to hustle around in our auto­mobiles
to make enough money
to buy tires and gasoline.
By the time some men have
learned to behave themselves
they're too old to do anything else:
AUBURN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
R. W. Miles, Pastor, Phone 53-W
11:00 A. M. Regular Service
7:30 Mr. Miles will preach on one
of the greatest poems ever written
"Dante's Divine Comedy"
BAPTIST CHURCH
E. W. HOLMES, Pastor
11:00 "Finding God"
7:30 "Christian Growth
Good Fellowship and a Warm
Welcome. Come!
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