1925-10-10 The Plainsman

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VOL. XXXIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1926. UNMBER 6
DEFEAT 0
RAMSAY HALL FORMALLY DEDICATED f j f g g a S
Many Notables
At Dedication
New Building
Staring Address Is Made By
President Markham Of The
Illinois Central Railroad
Ersliine Ramsay Engineering Hall,
Auburn's uow $300,000 structure was
formerly dedicated today, the dedi­cation
gxerci&es being held in Lang-don
HalL Victor H. "flanSOTir Chair­man
of the ./ ommittee of trustees
presided.
Addresses \ are made by Dr. Julian
A. Burrus, p••< ident of Virginia Poly­technic
Institute: Dr. E. C. Elliot,
president of Purdue University, and
C. H. Markham, president of the Illi- ,
nois, Central Railroad, Dr. Spright j
Dowell, Erskine Ramsay, Victor H. |
Hanson, and Gov. _W...WJBrandon.
An oil painting of Mr. Ramsay
was presented by Mr. Hansen, whr, i
also presented Mr. Ramsey. Mr. Ram-say
also presented the building and
the new addition to the campus was
received by Dr. Dowell on behalf of
the college and by Gov. Brandon
in behalf of the state.
Following the exercises the alumni'
and visitors were entertained at a
barbecue dinner given at the Stu-dents
Club.
A special train bringing over two
hundred Alumni and visitors reached
Auburn about nine-thirty this morn­ing.
Declaring that the South has every­thing
to make it great commercially
Enrollment Goes Soph Prom To
Past The Fifteen Be Held Latter
Hundred Mark Part Of October
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Electrical Engineers Lead With | Phil Baxter And His Orchestra
386; Two Hundred Forty- Have Been Engaged For
Williams Toe Counts To Six Points k Two Place Kicks;
Tuxworth and Greene Score The Two Touchdowns,
Auburn's Victory Makes Home-Coming Complete
Five Seniors Return First Dances
As the autumn leaves began to
turn brown a host of young men
and women began drifting toward
"The Loveliest . Village of The
Plains." These were the pride of
Alabama and surrounding states.
The"S-were drifting toward the state's
center^oJT-^i'Jsfe activities. The
,tide began, to i>our1?to Auburn on
September the fourth and has been
continuous down to tAe present time.
The Sophomore Prom, the opening
dances of the year, will be held Octo­ber
22,23,24, according to R. E. Pride
chairman of t ie Social Committee,
and plans are being made to make
this years dances the best we have ': £,acks.
Flashing a brilliant attack that Green kicks to 25 yd. line for V. P.
could not be denied the Tigers down- 11. Green for Auburn fails to go over
>d O.e mighty V. P. I. Gobblers b> j center Auburn penalized for off-a
lit to 0 score on Drake Field this: side. V. P. I.'s pass incomplete,
e.eiing. The game was replete with j broken up by Salter. Ball goes to
i rills and the 5,000 spectators who j Auburn J)n down on 20 yd line. Wil-witr.
es; ed the gome were treated with Hams kicks out of bounds on 53 yd.
thrill after thrill as the flashy work ; line. V. P. I. ball. Anderson gets
of the Tigeis was unloosed. Two • 20 yd. on left end. Ball on 23 yds.
threats were made by the V. P. I. ag- E: leek gets three yds. over right
gregation in the first half but the guard. Esleek gets one yd. over
Tiger forward wall stiffened and re- , center. Eslee goes round right end
. ulsed the attacks of the Maroon for 8 yds. Ball on Auburn l l y3" line*'
; first down V. P. I. Anderson gets
had.
Announcement was made by C. V. ;
Ingrrm, chairman of th Music Com- !
mittee that Phil Baxter and His Or-:
chestra, of Little, Ro<
woajdnlay for the dances.
Fifteen hundred ani.thr£ft_-S*Kt.-f^-* *^
dents have registered to date, and
j more are coming every week. This
I is one of the largest enrollments the
' college has ever^had. Most of the
Auburn's first score came in the 2 yds over left tackle, second down,
first quarter when "ClabbdS sent two to go. Esleek fails to gain on
c placekick sailing through the up- j center. Anderson fails to gain. Cun-
, /girts from the thirty-five yard line, nirigham goes in for McFadden.
Arkansas . A g . a i n i n t h e f i r s t h a l f Williams boot- Williams gets three yds. over rigfht
Baxter's : g d t h e o y a l f r Q m t h e t h i r t y _ f i v e y a r d ; end. Salter gets three yds. Wil-
Orchestra is "Wf«-4P Dallas, Texas | l j n e f o r t h r e e n i ( j r e p o i n t s peached Hams drop kicks-from 35 yd. line.
making records for the-Qkeh. people.! G r e e n e catapulated over the goal line I Auburn 6 V. P. I. 0.
The Little Rock music. m a k e ^ i ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Williams off to Anderson on his
to tte village with a reputation g r j ^ T i £ e l s . f i n a i s c o r e came i ^ t n Y r r^yd line and he returns to Au-j
being flmoiig
Dixie.
tie beat orchestras in third tj-'.aries-whMj Willi°tns , hot n :: .• -'-.•a- j^.-Ulfe-^leek "go«5r-4«S-pass
to Tuxworth who raced across ; t w o y d s Anderson makes a beauti-
Another feature this year are the, ^ ,a s t m a r k e r j ^ w i l H a m s plaee-1 f u ] m t y vaVrun. De Labarre*gets
improved invitations to be sent each j g ^ f Q r ^ g x t r a p o i n t
girl invited to the dances. The in- ____
vitations are engraved and are of
the folding type.
MR. ERSKINE RAMSEY
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Ramsay Taken as Honorary
Member
and industrially and that the outlook
was never more promising than it
is today, C. H. Markham, of Chicago,
president of the Illinois Central Rail­road,
today paid his tribute to the
new South in an address at the de­dication
exercises of Ramsay Engi­neering
hall. Mr. Markham spoke on j , ) y , h p A l p h a chapter of Alabama of
the "Day's Work in Public Service." j t n e T a u B e t a p i H o n o r S o c i e ty 0f
He was enthusiastically received by | A u b u r n . Ten of the pledged hail
an audience which packed Langdon j f r o m A i a b a m a vvhile one comes from
'1a"-. ; Tennessee. These men have been
"I want to pay my tribute to the | p I e d g e d p r i m a r i l y bcause of their high
new South which is so rapidly coming g r a d e o f scholarship. However, per-to
the fore," Mr. Markham said. "My
own railroad originally a Northern
line serving only Illinois, has expand­ed
so consistently into the South that
now approximately two-thirds of our
first track mileage, including our I
Central of Georgia property, lies
South of the Ohio river. We recent­ly
took over 300 additional miles in
the South, and we now have an appli­cation
pending to lease 300 miles
more.
"The outlook for the South was
never more promising than it is to­day.
With capital being invested
heavily in Southern property and
industries, with increased production
in virtually every line of agricultural
and industrial activity, with great ac­tivity
in railway construction and
harbor fmprovements for increased
commerce by land and sea, all indica­tions
are that the South is entering
upon an era of prosperity and expan­sion
hitherto unknown.
"The South has everything needed
to make it great commercially and
industrially. It has an abundance
of transportation, increasingly diver­sified
agricultural production, rapid I
development of natural resources and
a growing number of manufacturing
(Continued on page two)
TAU BETA PI HOLD KAPPA DELTA'S HAVE
INITIATION OF NEW ;DINNER_AND DANCE
lYlLmDLiKJ 1 U W l U H 1 ! The Kappa Delta sorority enter-
! tained by a progressive dinner and
j then dance for their one big rushing
Eleven Seniors Are Elected, Erskine party.
j ever, there a ^ several front Georgia,
Florida, and various other states of
1 the Union. There are a few from
foreign countries, who have selected
Auburn as the college of,all colleges
! in which they are to pursue their edu­cation.
There is an enrollment of sixteen i
i graduate students, none of whom are ;
1 doing graduate work in Agriculture,;
, . _ , _, r , „ i The cards were recently sent out by! iTj.ri-;,lsfr\ Rio-ht Tackle
two each in General, Chemistry, Sec-1 _ o J ^ narkms^cj ni„nt i<«.ue.
• ondary Education, and one in Mech-
AUBURN'S LINEUP
1 Ollinger, Left End,
All men desiring to send invitations ; pr u e t t , Left Tackle,
are requested to co-operate with the Long, Left Guard.
Social committee and turn the cards Robinson, Center,
in with the girl's name and address, j McFadden, Right Guard.
anical Engineering.
There are two hundred and forty-five
seniors enrolled, making the
largest senior enrollment in the his­tory
of Auburn. Thirty-five of these
are pursuing a general course, fifty-three
Electrical Engineering, and the
The first course of the dinner was j others are divided among the other
served at the home of Grace Gardner j courses of the college.
in the form of a cocktail. The !
the Social Committee.
Eleven Seniors have been pledged | second course was served by Mrs. C.
A. Baughman and Mrs. Spright Dow­ell
at the home of Mrs. Baughman.
The main dinner course was served
at Elizabeth Duncan's, the salad
course at Clara Ellen Yarhrcugh's
and the desert at Mary StodguTs.
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The color scheme carried cut in
all the honor was one of the green
and\ white to represent the Kappa
Delta colors. There were white roses
used in many of the homes as decora­tions
for this K. D. flower. The
birthday cake was decorated with
There is an enrollment ^of two
| hundred and ninety-five juniors, most
; of whoni are in the engineering col-
I lege.
There are four hundred and thir-j
teen sophomores. The sophomores
! are well represented in every course |
sonality and participation in student
activities function largely in their
being selected.
They are:
W. P. Caine, Jr., M. li Ensiey, Ala.
J. W. Chambers, C. E. Mobile, Ala.
Solon Dixon, M. E. Andalusia, Ala. j four .green candles to represent the
Lawrence L. Freret, E. E. Fairfield, i fourth anniversary of Sigma Lamb-
(Continued on page eight) (Continued on page eight)
in the college.
There, are five hundred freshmen,
who are well divided among the dif­ferent
courses, Electrical Engineer­ing
leading with one hundred and
twenty-seven.
There are twenty-eight special
students enrolled,
.There are fourteen hundred and
one men students, one hundred and
Rat Bibles Are Now
Being Distributed
The Rat Bibles have been re­ceived
and arc being distributed
at the Y. M. C. A. office. All
are requested to call by the "Y"
office and get a Rat Bible. They
may be procured by signing the
identification card.
Each year the Rat Bibles are
• given out by the Y. M. C. A.
free of charge to all students.
The "Y" office is located room
1 under Langdon Hall.
" |
two women students.
The women students are as fol­lows:
Post Graduates, two; seniors,
I Spinks, Right End.
! Tuxworth, Left Halfback.
I P. Green, Right Halfback.
Salter, Fullback.
V. P. I. LINEUP
j Holley, Left Tackle.
' Greene, Guard.
i Wray, Center.
Moran (Capt) Right Guard.
Handy, Right Tackle.
Miles, Right End.
Brigham, Left Halfback.
Anderson, Right Halfback.
Moss, Fullback. -
Capt. Harkins wins pass and elects
kick. Williams kicks over goal line, j
Ball brought to 20 yd. line. Moss
falls to gain through line. Moss punts
to V. P. L's. 43 yd. line. Auburn's
Ball on V. P. I. is 43 yd. line. • Time !
out for Auburn. Green goes round
left end 6 yds. Pass to Greene in- •
omplete. Williams^fains 4 yds thru;
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twenty-two; juniors, twenty-six;soph-j c
omores, seventeen; freshmen, twen- j center. Time out for Auburn,
ty- seven; special students,^ eight.! Fourth down, 1-2 yd. to go. Greene
! goes round left end 2 yds. First
down. Auburn's ball on V. P. I. 30 yd.
They are divided in courses as fol­lows:
Secondary Education, forty-
(Continued on page eight) line. Greene goes round left end two
RAMSAY ENGINEERING HALL
! yds., firs down. Auburn's ball on V.
j P. I's. thirty yd. line. Patterson goes
I in for Robinson for center. Hodges
: i for Tuxworth for Auburn, Salter
gets one yd. over center. Williams
fails to gain thru right tackle. Wil-j
Hams places kick from thirty-five yd.
line. .
Auburn 3. V. P. I. 0
Williams kicks off Esleek on 32 yd.
i line, fails to gain, Esleek 1 yd., right
guard. Time out for V. P. I.
Green out bounds 59 yd. line, punt-
: ed 23 yd. line. Time out for Auburn.
Finch for Auburn is hurt but
I stays i.i. Williams goes 4 yds. thru
; left guard, Salter goes four yds. thru
center. Pass from Williams incom­plete,
broken by Ande'rson for V.
I P. I. Green punted to Anderson on
j 18 yd. line goes out of bounds. Esleek
goes four yds. over left guard. De
! La Barre goes through center for
: 1 yd.
one yd. over right tackle. Pass to
Anderson gains five yds. Esleek
fails to gain. Moss goes over center
for three yds. Ball on Auburn 20
yd. line. De Labarre makes three yds
over center over left tackle. Pass
to Brigham fails to gain Auburn's
ball on their own six yd line. Quarter
ended with Auburn on her own six
yd. line.
Auburn 6. V. P. I. 0.
Second Quarter
Green for Auburn punts to 33 yd.
line. Esleek fumbles. Williams -
made one yd. over left guard. Crane
goes in for Williams, Crane makes
one yard round left end. Tuxworth
fumbles. Crane punts to Anderson on
43 yd. line. Newsome is substituted
for Greene. Esleek went around left
"end; gains" another yd. Robinson
punts through Auburn 20 yd. line
fioJiertson kicks over goal line. On
Auburn's tiwinTty"*y4r~liaa^,-J3ffside, . J
! play called back. Salter went over
center for two yds. Crane punts
out of bounds on own forty yd. line.
Anderson makes two over right guard
Anderson passes Esleek. Anderson
punts to Robertson, fails. Anderson
forward passes to Robertson. Ball
goes to Auburn on twenty-eight yd.
line. V. P. I. penalized five yards—
offside. Salter goes over center
for one yd. Tuxworth fails to gajn.
Crane fails to gain. Crane fumbles
on one yd. line. Anderson fails to
gain around left end. Esleek goes
over left guard for six yds.
Anderson goes over right tackle
for one yd. Esleek makes two yds.
over right tackle. Ball on Auburn's
seven.yd. line. Ball goes to Auburn
on eight yard line. Tuxworth fails
to gain over right guard. Crane
punts to Esleek on forty-seven line,
but downed in tracks. Esleek goes
over center for one yd. gain. Ander­son
goes around right end for three
yds. Esleek fails to gain at right j
tackle. Crane punts to Anderson andl
is forced out of bounds on forty-sixl
yd. line. Half ends. V. P. I. onf
forty-six line.
Auburn 6. V. P. I. 0.
.•id half
Second
Same line-up for
first.
Williams kicks ball to
third down, and five to go. • their own goal line. Ball is returned!
(Continued on page 8)
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THE PLAINSMAN
RAMSAY HALL FORMALLY
DEDICATED TODAY
Continued from page one)
establishments. Alabama is espec­ially
fortunate in all tiiese respects.
It is becoming constantly more appar­ent
that what Southerners need is to
have a more appreciative knowledge
of the possibilities of their own part
of the country. To give them that
knowledge and to provide them with
leadership to realize upon it is one
of the greatest public services that
fan be rendered the South—and chat
is w'.xat I believe the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute is setting out to do.
I am glad to see the way that Mr.
Ramsay and the other contributors
to this building have rallied to her
support in putting over the program
for a new and greater Auburn. It
is a logical part of the program, I
believe, for a new and greater
South."
Mr. Markham's address in ' full
follows:
"The occasion today is one upon
which can well be glorified the spirit
of public service. We are here to
dedicate this magnificent building—
the largest, finest, and most modern-ly
equipped building in the South.
We shall dedicate it primarily to the
service o'f Alabama and the South,
but in a larger sense we shall dedi­cate
it to the service of commerce
and industry in general. Let us hope-that
it will stand for many fruitful
years as a symbol of the creative
public service of its namesake and
largest donor.
"The use of Erskine Ramsay En­gineering
Hall will enable Alabama
C. H. MARKHAM
replied, his thoughts traveling no I fuller. The man who does his work
farther than the immediate work at j well today can feel that he has a
hand. wider sphere of usefulness and that
"I am working for so many dollars !-,c is better entitled to public grati-a
day." answered the second, his i t u d e for his contributions to public
thoughts traveling ahead to the pay service,
envelope and his daily bread and "i ) , a v e little sympathy with thsse
butter. who affect to look down upon the
"The third man really knew what w o . . j : and the well-deserved prosperi­t
y was doing. " I 'm helping to build a : l y 0 j American business men. If
cathedral," he explained, proudly, j business were solely a selfish thing,
and in that explanation he summariz- j s e t u p a n d operated solely for the per-with
gratitude of Mr. Ramsay and p<] ^ — w e r g t h a t h a d b e e n g l v e n , s o n a l ^ ^ ^ t h o g e p a r t i c i p a t i ng
of those who have joined with him b e f o r e h i m a n d a d d e d t h e f i n a , touch | i t i t , the indictment would be a good
to make this hall possible. Our na- rf h u m a n accomplishment without, o n e a n d a true one. But business
tion, upon which these future stu- ,„.,• L „ n ,„„,.!, :„ ;„ VH;„ . , • .. ,, ., . n .
which all work is in vain. today is t a r more than that. Owing
dents will make their impression, in „T . • J „ : I , . w„ , . i , 4.u„ a t „ n o put t ti j-4.- j u- i. u
In Ins daily WOIK tne stone cut- to the conditions under which human
ter may very well be making this socieHtjfe- organized today, business is
•^ more beautiful and more inspiring j „ften the highest possible form of
world to live in, and it is no reproach ,n,blic s j e r v i c j ^ , a n ^ f K H M ^ ^ this hall .
to him that at the same time he is ; business i r e n deserve to be ranked as
earning his food and shelter and the : |;u,hjjf 'benefactors.
Polytechnic Institute to render in the
future an even greater public service
than it has rendered in the past. The
students who go out from these walls .
better equipped for public service
because of it will have reason to think
turn will have reason to bless the
service rendered by this institution.
"Thus the ever widening circles of
public benefit expand . Long after
most of us are gone this structure
will be reserving the purpose for
ing this educational plant with but
one thought in mind—that Alabama
and the South may have the possibili­ties
of leadership among their young
men and women developed to the
highest degree.
"Members of the faculty who thru
a sense of duty have toiled early and
late often at a modern wage, who be­cause
of their devotion to Auburn
have refused flattering offers from
other institutions—theirs should be
the need of highest praise that un­selfish
public service can possibly
merit.
"As for the students, I am inform­ed
more than half are earning their
way, at least to some extent, through
school. Such a zeal for education
promises well for the fruitfulness of
their efforts after graduation. Where
a college education does not repre­sent
manuel labor on the student's
part, it often represents heartbreak­ing
self-sacrifice upon the part of
parents. In either case, there is in­curred
the duty of accomplishment
when school dsiys are through, in or­der
that the results obtained may
be worthy of t h e improved opportuni­ties
which were sought. In any* case
the result of such education should
b e a better-informed and more intelli­gent
citizen, which alone is an im­portant
achievement in increased
public service.
"As for the Auburn spirit, wheth
er at work or on the field of play,
I have heard of it often, and always
in favorable terms. Despite lack of
suitable accomodation on the campus,
it has carried on; despite formidable
opposition on the gridiron, court,
track and diamond, it has won its
fair share of victories; and it was not
tacking when the call to wider service
was made as our nation entered the
World War. Certainly the public
service of Auburn spirit has been
tried and proved.
"From these things we logically
come to the public service of Erskine
Ramsay himself. This noted" citizen
of Alabama has been longer krjpjyn"
if my point is clear, Mr,-"Ramsay
for his accomplisbJtft?,rts'in a business,
was peri'or.ning a p u b l i c service just
as important, just as effective, just
as meritorious a s his contribution to
for order and purpose in its prepara­tion,
we might very well say we are
here today to dedicate a heap of
brick and stone and mortar, steel
typified by the Land
was to teach all knowle8
men. For a number of
culture, the mechanic arts all
concrete and glass, gypsum and slate | applied sciences were consider
—an aggregation of building ma-1 inferior cultural value and were %tf
terials, nothing more. But because erated like poor relations. Gradual!
these materials have been marshaled However, the ideals of democracy ft
in their proper places, one upon an- education and the needs of the peo-other,
according to a pattern, we have pie became . so well accepted as to
a building which is highly useful as j practically revolutionize the scope
well as ornamental and a pride to the
entire South. Order and purpose in
construction have made this building
the wonderful thing it is today.
"So it is with education. Native
and purpose of higher education.
"Engineering has been defined to
be the art of organized and directing
men and of controlling the forces
and materials of nature for the bene-j
force and ability can be directed into ! fit of the human race. With this
paths of important public service if j background Auburn s conception of-
; the element of discipline is given its | t„e function of the engineering col-
I proper place in education. The nee-j lege is to give the broad basic train-
, essity of order and. purpose in hu- j a ! g tne engineer needs, while indus-
I man relat ionships mus t be im«p-r—es - t ry mus t supply his speciallized
: ed upon our leaders of the future.: training. This is in keeping with the
DA. E. C. ELLIOT
President of Perdue University who
, .. , ., . .. , ,. ;« 1S very easy to go out of college a e s t thought of the day and is en
delivered an address at the dedica-1
tion exercises this morning.
halls to find fault with the world; it tirely in harmony with the location
______ __ . __ _ 'S much less easy—but I believe it is and setting at Auburn.
"The South has everything needed j much more worthwhile—to fall in- "This institution is also commit-to
make it great commercially in in- t o s t e P w i t n custom, to build up from c e u o n this dedication day to the
justrially. It has an abundance of : t h e j n s i d e , to criticize intelligently, p, i n c i p l e that college training should
transportation, increasingly diversi- constructively and helpfully, to be develop the student's perosnality, sti­mulate
his intellectual growth, and
t r a in him in the habit and power of
performance in order to enable him
10 render the highest possible serv­ice,
that is the Auburn creed and
we are proud of it, but this is neither
tied agricultural production, rapid a S'l , od citizen and, to the extent that
ievelopment of natural resources and t h e day's work may permit, an effi-i
growing number of manufacturing c i e n t servant of the public,
establishments. Alabama is especiitl- • "T o this proposition, then, let us
ly fortunate in all these respects. It | dedicate the Erskine Ramsay Engi-is
becoming constantly more apparent: j n e e i i n g hall; to the production of
that what Southerners need is to have | s a r e , intelligent, trained leadership I t n e t i m e nor the occasion to outline
i more appreciative knowledge of the [*or t h e better service of the new U l e i n c o m p a r a b l e record of. the col-possibilities
of their own part of the ' South that is in process of develop-! l e g e m t„ e training of leaders for
country. To give them knowledge \ ment today. May its corridors never: t n world's work. Suffice it to say
ahd^tb provide them with leadership i resound to the tread of organized or \ t n a t w e here and now consecrate all
to realize upon it is one of the great- ! unorganized destruction. May the ; that we have of tradition and spirit,
est public services that can be rend- I dignity of commerce and industry o f building and equipment, to the de-ered
the South—and that is what I ! e v e r b e exalted here, for the day's v e i o p m e n t 0f the human and material
Selieve the Alabama Polytechnic In- { w o r k i s service, and there is some-; r e s o u r c e s of Alabama and of the na-s
t i t u t e is setting out to do. I am glad thinS of nobility in every duty con- d on
to see the way that Mr. Ramsay and
the other contributors to this building j f u l l y performed."
have rallied to her support in putting
over the program for a new and great
er Auburn. It is a logical part of
conscientious under-taken and faith-
Dr. Dowell's address of acceptance
follows:
the program, I believe, for a new i .,
, „ ., . ——f-i&e-finds
and-gysater South ^T
I t is a high and holy privilege in
•tkese ded&aitex ->?.ir_rv
which it is dedicated today. ,JLgt'tis"
_the^nWe dedicate i^t w-ell..
"When I received the invitation to
!_jtril^nTecessitiesv
"So it is with all of us. We need*
mire vision to eiiergi_e and enlighten
"On the railroad, for example, we
render a public service. We get mon­ey
for rendering- that service; con-be
present and to speak here today,
I wondered what topic would be most,
and sanctify this workaday world of j s i d e r a b i e m o r e t h a n half of all rail-ours
. We must learn to look beyond | w a y e x p e n d i t u r e s is the pay of r a i l -
our daily tasks and to feel sincerely w a y „ r f i c e r g a n d e m p i o y e s . But we
fitting for such an important occa-. ., , f , . . . , .. t , , , .
. . - , . -_ U d n M l " t n a l DJ t n e b e l a b K b M e a l e i k e e p the trains running, and we hesi-sion.
It occurred to me it might be p e r m i t t e d t o s e r v e n o t only 0U1. s e i v e s . ^ ^
well to dwell upon a topic common to | b u t a l s Q o u „ f e l l o w . m e n . If w e do
us all—the purpose for which this in-
• work the best we know how and
stitution was established, the purpose j [ o o k fft- e m ) U g h t o w a r d j t s c o n s e.
which inspires students to study here,
the purpose of the industry in which
I myself am engaged, the purpose
which Mr. Ramsey had in mind when
he gave a sizable fortune toward the
construction of this building, the pur­pose
which is at least half of the in­spiration
for all the work that we all . , ,
* | us here today:
engage in. That purpose is to en­hance
the public welfare, to do some­thing
for humanity—in short, to ren­der
helpful public service. #
"Public service can be rendered
in a variety of ways. Fortunately,
it is something most of us can do in
our daily tasks. The dual nature of
a man's work is in the highest degree
important, since itjs^the public" utili­ty
of his job •— his service to his
lellow-man-—that justifies what he
is doing and gives him a pride in
doing his job well.
"Man does not work for bread
alone. By a fortunate disposition of
circumstances, most o f . u s have to
labor in order to make sure that the
t.ecessities of life shall be ours and
that we shall not want in the winter
of our years. We work for a living
"and in order to lay something aside
for a rainy day. But that is not all.
quences, we can congratulate our­selves
upon rendering effective public
service, even if it is of the sort that
i think what would happen if
they stopped. Ten tons of freight
are moved by railroad every year for
every man, woman and child* in this
country. Not every individual uses
up tons of goods shipped by freight
in the course of a year, but many
all too frequently is allowed to go , t o ] . s ( ) f C Q a l a n d o t h e r b a s i ( . m a t e r i a ls
unhonored and unsung. must b e transported in order that the
"How does the thought of public ; f a c t o r i e s m a v p r o d u c e the many
service in our daily tasks apply to ' l u x u r i e s today. By building up and
[things we regard as necessities and
"Take the college student. The
hope of our future leadership is very
"Mr. Ramsey has been for many
years a loyal citizen of Alabama.
He has refused flattering opportuni­ties
to transfer | ^ s abilities elsewhere.
He has freen a community builder, a
developer, a constructive force
wherever he has given his hand. By
efficient operation of his properties,
he has made himself wealthy but at
the same time he has contributed
immeasurable to the comfort and hap­piness
of those whom he has served
and to the health and prosperity
of his employes. He has been in­dustrious
and he has applied himself
intelligently, as a good citizen should.
He has perfected many inventions,
thereby increasing the safety of the
workers and efficiency of the indus­tries
in which he has engaged.
"All in.all, in the conduct of his
men have done more than they will j business affairs, Erskine Ramsay has
maintaining1 railway service, railway j been faithful and efficient public
largely dependant upon him. What e y e l . g e t c r e d i t f o r toward improving i servant. Now, not content with that
has he been taught to regard as the ] s t a n d a r d s of living and increasing the j accomplishment he gives of his sub-comforts
and enjoyments of life, j stance freely, in order that the youth
! Cheap and efficient transportations of hjs adopted state may have an
enables everybody to specialize in- j opportunity comparable to any to
telligently in production, to produce I develop its native talents for the
j more and to get more in turn for \ good of all. The gift which made
what is produced. The politicaj and i possible this building, I understand,
, social unity we enjoy in this country ] was but the first of several which
is another product of efficient rail-; have followed the aim of all being
cises to accept wholeheartedly for the
faculty and student body of this in­stitution
the larger opportunity and
"Careful planning and intelligent
guidance are needed, however, if the
South is to realize fully the progress I t he added responsibility which the
it so well deserves. The importance erection and the equipment of the
Erskine Ramsay Engineering build-
"The Semi-Ce-itennial drive, of
which the Erskine Ramsey building
is tiie major achievement and climax,
was undertaken in order to provide
some of the additional buildings and
equipment required for a progres­sively
superior quality of work, t^)
deepen the sympathy and support |bf
alumni and friends, and to stimulate
wise cooperation and assistance on
the part of our law-making assem­bly.
Auburn's example in conduct-enlargement
i • u , i , ,. , , • ing a campaign f or
ing bring to the Alabama Polytechnic . ,
quickly speak to the university, to
Montevallo, to Birmingham-Southern,
to Howard, and perhaps to all the
of having a fixed purpose and a rule
to work by, in this case as in others
must never be forgotton. There is : Institute.
so much radicalism in some of our j "The Federal provision for land
colleges today that it is well to con-[ grant colleges adopted in 1862 re- . , . , , ,,-
, , I institutions of higher learning m tls
p. element of educa- presents the most significant nation-iietimes
overlooked, al movement for s< ientific and in-hat
is the element of order, organi- dustrial education ev«r undertaken,
zation, discipline, self-control. With- Because of war and the conditions
out that element the greatest ener- resulting from it Alabama was un-gies
may burn themselves out with- able to qualify for. Federal aid un-out
producing a single worth while re- til 1872. This was a blessing in dis-sult.
Without order and purpose, lit- guise, however, in that the East, Ala-tcioem
polfi shceornt.s t ruct ive good can be ac- bama Male college, which had been
"Take the power of steam, for ex­ample,
that runs our locomotives.
Steam free, in the air, produces no
worth-while work. Confined within
its proper limits, however, and regu­l
a t ed as it pushes against the piston,
.steam provides transportation for our
people.
established in 1859, provided the fa­cilities
ncessary to qualify and creat-state.
•
* f h e most heartening discovery of
our Semi-Centennial campaign was
the man whom we honor today with
a building that is the pride of all the
South and means the continued pre­eminence
of the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute in the field of engineer­ing-
education. The incorporation of
his name, his illustrious career in the
larizing the new type of education
designed to meet the needs of the
masses and to break down the pre­vailing
caste in higher education.
ideal of public service? Educated
eery largely at the expense of the
state, he may well feel that he owes
a duty to the public in return. But
must that take the shape of some en­tirely
unselfish devotion to the pub­lic
welfare, some sacrifice of ambition
or purpose, immediate entrance into
government employ, or some branch
of charity or welfare work, however
way -transportation. to build up Alabama educationally to
'I have not the time to run through I the rank which she already had taken
worthy we know such enterprises to j t h e m &ll> but I could count off a good j commercially and industrially.
b£ • many ways in which railway men,
"I t h i n k ^ o t . The natural ambi- {().. S a m p l e , are entitled to be rank- j j »
tion to do something important for. L j .,s p u b H c benefactors. On the ''
for humanity, to set a high standard j r a i l r o a d w e t r y t o s h o w o u r employes |~ " . . . .. ,,
, . , , . . , , .,. | which is so rapidly coming to the
Oi accomplishment for the public ^ transportation is important and
"Now that I am here, and while
am upon this subject, I want to
pay my tribute to the new South
od can very well and very legi­timately
be satisfied in th regular
channels of commerce and industry.
If that were all, human society would i T . . , , ,
! Hign purpose and determination can
Le a meaningless thing, there w o u l d ' , , ,
" . be employed
.1.
be little ambition; there would be no
honest pride in a job and in a good
piece of work turned out.
"Besides working i e r ouiiSLlves, we
all work for one another. Our civi-in
improving- conditions
from the inside than in brilliant but
nly too often unconstructive attack:?
from without. Much greater pub­lic
good can be accomplished by the
that every man's part is important
who helps to produce it. The result
is that the worker has a pride in his
job; he knows that the responsibility
of public service is upon him. There
ij compensation in that knowledge
which c"atinot be measured in money.
(iive a man justification for his exist­ence
and for his job, and you have
gone most of the way toward making-fore.
My own railroad, originally i
a Northern line' serving only Illinois,
has expanded so consistently into the i
South that now approximately two-thirds
of our first-track mileage, in­cluding
our Central of Georgia prop­erty,
lies south of the Ohio River,
we recently took over 300 addition­al
miles of line in the south, and
we now have an application pending
to lease 300 miles more. I mention
these facts merely to show how im­portant
we believe this new develop­ment
of the South to be.
college graduate ,1 believe, in adding
lization today is so organized that by , efficiences to our already*established t h e best possible kind of citizen
our efforts we supplement one anoth- institutions than by attempting to al- ..j d o M()t m e a n to digress upon the ,
~v.r. We are all servants, and we are . t e r them radically at the start or - Lailrp'adV; but merely to illustrate
i'll masters. Our talents, our energies, to set up new ones in their stead. t,()W t h e c o m n U ) n task may be a pub-our
ambitions are in a common pool; "The opportunities for helpful pub- lie- service and how the responsibili- "The outlook for the South was j
no man can further his own ends lie service through established chan- ty of recognized public service may never more promising than it is to-without
in some way contributing to : nels of commerce and industry were : in itself be an incentive for rendering : day. With capital being invested |
the general improvement of mankind, never better than they are today, that service
We work for money, but the work We are in an age where the trained
we do and the things we produce man's mind counts more than ever
We deal in items by the mil-where
our prede-about
three men who were at work cessors were,, accustomed to cujint makes up a school? Buildings, facul- j improvements for increased com-in
a quarry cutting stone. A stranger them by tons and hundreds. Inven- ty, students, spirit—there is public j merce by land and sea, all indicat-asked
each in turn what he was do-1 tion and discovery are constantly service in them all. | ions are t h a t i t h e South is entering
ing. i broadening the field of human en- "The state and public-spirited citi
" I 'm cutting this stone," the first Ideavor. Life is continually becoming ; zens have erected and are still erect
in the most efficient i heavily in Southern property and in-inanner.
» dustries, with increased production
" l a k e the Alabama Polytechnic
are contributions to the general good. ; before.
" I like a parable I once heard lions and billions
Institute. It is clearly a case of pub­lic
service in a high degree. What
virtually every line of agricultural
and industrial activity, with activity
in railway construction and harbor
upon an era of prosperity and expan­sion
hitherto COknown,
engineering world, and his exemplary
ed the atmosphere required for popu- , , ... u , „„
x attitude as a-ctuzen and philanthrop­ist,
mean that the spirit and genius
of Erskine Ramsay will forever be
part and parcel of this institution and
that the students of Auburn will al-
"The aristocratic ideal had been ways feel the challenge r.nd urge of
to teach certain essentials to pre- i this nobleman and his d^ Is. The
Take this* hall. If it were not j pared men. The democratic ideal, i handsome building of brick and stone
. — " ' ~ i and concrete yonder will ever be a
living monument to the generosity,
the beneficience, and the vision oUf
the thrifty and wise Scotchman that
will furnish to public-spirited citizens
of the State an example worthy of
emulation and to our legislature a
call to. duty that shall never be blind-the
deviousness of demagogues.
"Alabama and the South are en­tering
upon a period of unparalleled
development. The question that the
citizens must answer positively and
immediately is whether this develop­ment
shall be directed by the minds
and hands of Alabama men or wheth­er
leadership shall come from else­where.
In my judgment, that is the
most momentous and compelling
question confronting the State of
Alabama today. The answer will be
made in terms of the educational
facilities Alabama provided for her
I sons and daughters. There is no
j other answer. In this spirit, there-
I fore, we solemnly dedicate the splen-i
did gift of Mr. Ramsay and the com-j
bined gifts of all alumni and friends-^"
to the betterment of mankind and to
; the- exemplification of a new atti-
| tude toward education which shall
I give our sons and daughters facilities
! for training comparable with those
j enjoyed in other sections of this
j country.
"The whole answer of the question
j of the leadership of Alabama men
and women in the era of expansion
and growth now beginning lies in the
educational institutions of Alabama.
God grant that Erskine Ramsay engi­neering
hall shall mark the early ad­vent
of the time when Auburn sliall
come into her own in buildings, \ in
equipment, in personnel, in suppt rt,
and in enlarged service."
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The Women's Athletic Association
held its first meeting of t h e year
Wednesday afternoon September 30,
at the " Y " hut. This meting was
called so as to prepare for t h e coming
year. Rubye Powell acting chair­man
called the meeting to order and
discussed its purpose very briefly.
Miss Zoe Dobbs was then introduced
to the girls, after which she talked
to them about making athletics on
the campus worth while. The offi­cers
for the following year were
elected': President—Rubye Powell,
Vice-President, Lottie Story, Secre­t
a r y and Treasure, Lucille Totty,
Hiking Captain, Leetie Gibbs, Tennis
Captain, Lillian Dunn, and Mildred
Locke Plainsman reporter. It was
decided to leave the office of cheer
-leader open so that those interested
can mak t ry outs.
All future meetings will be posted
j j sever
j be held in
The Agriculture Club enjoyed
another of i ts instructive programs
at the regular meeting Wednesday
night. The program consumed al­most
the entire meeting, since very
little business had to be transacted.
Dean M. J . Funchess gave some
very interesting statistics o n ::
"Things that Teachers of Agricultu­ral
Colleges are Worrying About." j
He stated that within the past ten j
years in one of the northern colleges
the total increase in enrollment was j
one-hundred and twelve per-cent, I
while the enrollment in t h e agricultu- i
ral department had increased three
per cent. In t h e Middle Atlantic
states the decrease in enrollment of
agricultural students, within the past
ten years was thirty-four per-cent.
Ifi our own section the increase in 1
enrollment was twenty-two per-cent;
for the past ten years. He intimated
I t h a t in some sections of the country
~4
vs ahead of time and will
, ,. . , the professors had become alarmed
«y> hut , and all lnter -
;ted are cordially invited to attend.
THE EVANS HAVE
- A GOOD MEETING
spent a few minutes in telling the
society of the real purpose of t h e
Honor System, during which time he
displayed the t r u e spirit of the Honor
System. Our programs are getting
more interesting all the time, and we
le regular meeting of the Evans QUr p r o g l . a m s a m i w e a r e sure you
Literary society was held Monday i n v i t e e v e r y o n e to come out and hear
night, October 5, a t seven o'clock. w i l l C O J n e a g . a i n.
The meeting was attended by about
eighteen upperclassmen and equally!
as many freshmen. The first num­ber
on the program was "What is
'Civilization," which was given by Mr.
Story. In this discussion Mr. Story
civilization, and in his further dis- ]
gave a good outline of the history of j
cussion, laid special emphasis on t he
superiority of t he Amev.ic.an rivjli'tP
tion over the other countries. The
next was a discussion on "Ford, the I
Workman who Vanquished Capital". '< ft? r e g u l a r meeting oh Tuesday night
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New Honor System
Discussed At Meeting
Of Architects Tuesday
On last Wednesday night the A u ­burn
Society had a very enjoyable
program.
The Society 'was called to order
by the President and £he usual rou­tine
of business was transacted.
Then the following was
at the situation and were sending
! out flowering advertisements to g e t j
! students to take the agricultural
i course. "As long as we a r e supply-i
j ing the demand for agricultural!
; graduates in jobs other than back
< on the farm and as long as the large
! per-cent of agricultural graduates \
I continue to go into other fields of:
work, we need not worry."
Mr. L. F.. McConnell gave a very ,
j interesting description of: "Army
i Life at Fort Bragg." He said the j
; camp took in three-hundred and six- j
I ty-three square miles and t h a t they
j used in ten days more than one-hun-
[ drd thousand dollars worth of amuni-
. i tion. His talk was very encouraging
The Architectural Association held
The discussion was well rendered by
Mr. White.
Mr. Wylie then gave a talk in "New
A most interesting program was pre­sented.
A talk on t he new honor
system was delivered by Mr. More-
Books and Authors" and he must | land Smith. The speaker explained
have put quite a bit of time on his
subject because hsf~h~ad something
to say about the subject matter of
nearly every book. The conclusion
of the program was a display of Mr.
Harkins humor when he gave us
some good jokes.
After the program, President Sikes
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the system from every standpoint
md asked the full support of every
tudent in the department. He said
-hat if the new system failed this
/ear that it would be taken out al­together
as the old plan had failed
to function properly. A helpful dis­cussion
followed. It was deemed ad­visable
to bring up a discussion of
honor at this time as the college is
now at a critical period in respect to
the subject of honor. The discus­sion
brought to t h e minds of those
present the necessity of full support
by each student as an individual.
The members of the Architectural
Department will endeavor to give the
honor committee their undivided co­operation
and do their part in up­holding
the high ideals and traditions
of old Auburn.
program
j ven.
"Chemical Industry on the Pa-ific
Coast", V. L. Collins,
"Fuels for Industrial Heating",
i'. H. McCIendon. ' j
"Chemical News of Today"
Tucker. >
The program was given in a very j
interesting manner and clearly shew­ed
that all t h e men had spent a goo.
bit of time in preparation.
Each Wednesday nite finds the
the Society grow;"<r larger and all
! the members ;• '• arest
in the work. There is always room
for more however and you- - ^this
means Rats as well as old men—are j
welcomed. We promise you some-; " " " ~
thing of interest and that you ^will j S T n l T n « , n r nrnnrnriprrn
consider your time well spent. Every j A U B U R N BE R E P R E S E N T ED
Wednesday nite, second floor, main |
building.
to the Sophmores and Juniors who
are expecting to go to t h e summer
camp next year.
O. C. Helms stressed the import- j
ance of his subject; "Cotton Ex- j
! change.'^"*--«^
The history of FyrcfpTktJua was £iv-i
en by J. M. Herren. He expT&iiaecl j
how Pasteur experimentd first with
I dogs, then with cats and guinea pigs.
i Pasteur found that by Injecting
; germs into the brains of a dog it
would go mad. Then he kept weak-
; ening the vaccine until he got
Give me a pipe
an d
P. A.!
WHEN Comp. Lit. and Physics 3-B are crowd­ing
for attention; when I've just received an
over-cut notice from the Dean; when my allow­ance
is a month off and the stub of my check­book
confesses a balance of $9.32, give me a
pipe and Prince Albert. I want to be happy!
Trouble's a bubble, they say. And I can
prove it . . . with my jimmy-pipe and P. A.
Just never was a friend like Prince Albert. Cool
and sweet and soothing, P. A.'s true-blue smoke
zooms up the stem, knocking troubles for a row
of test-tubes.
Never a tongue-bite or throat-parch. Just
cool contentment, no matter how hard you hit
it up. Give me a grate fire to chase the chill of
winter nights, an easy chair and my jimmy-pipe
packed with P. A. Nearby, a tidy red tin for
frequent refills. I know, Brother, I know!
P. A. is sold everywhere in
tidy red tins, pound and half-'
pound tin humidors, and
pound crystal-glass humidors
with spongc-moistener top.
And always with every bit of
bite and parch removed by the
Prince Albert process.
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•no other tobacco is like it! took at the U. S. revenue
stamp — there are TWO full
ounces in every tin.
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to the strength that it would cause
the dog to be immune for certain
length of time.
t j fin
She ( F l i r t i n g ) : "Some day I ' l l f Y l U J J j ! 3 1 L - jftflQl 7 T f : d m t s w - e ^ " ' ^
my ideal, a man who won't t r y / I X j O l M i f J iiXS £ lUrtJ 1925. Mr. Edge is Farm~l7eTW
to take advantage of me."
He: "Yeh, b u t t h e tombstone will
probably be to heavy for you to lift
lift."—Virginia Reel.
IN NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW
"Changed your bed linen yet,
Roomie?"
"Heck no; ' t a i n t worn out y e t . "—
Green Berry Bush, former stu­dent
in architecture at Auburn, is
Patent Attorney for the Goodyear
Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio.
P. M. Marshall, '03 former stu- j _
dent, has been appointed Assistant j f i e l d P u b l i c S c h o o l s ° f S o u t h C a ro
tration Agent of Harnett County,
N. C.
C. B. Miller, forme- graduate in
Vocational Agriculture, is teaching
vocational education in t h e Chester-
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The Honor Committee met Tues­day
night for the first meeting after
the installation of 'the new members.
Officers for t h e year were elected as
follows: Prsident, F. S. Arant; Vice
President, M. G. Smith; "Secretary,
F. M. Malone.-
The members for l!i25-26 a r e :
Seniors, F: S. Arant, L. F . McConnell,
A. T. Kentlrick, and C. V. Ingram;
Juniors, M. G. Smith, Redus Collier,
and W. O. Baskin; Sophmores, F. M.
Malone, and W. C. Hurt Jr. The
other members will be elected later.
It might be said for the benefit
of the new students, that this year
begins under a new honor constitu­tion,
and that a successful year for
the honor system is expected.
Alabama and Auburn will be r e ­presented
at the National Dairy
Show which is to be held at India-nnpolis,
Indiana, October 10-17.
L. T. Wells, state dairy specialist,
T. A. Sims, state club leader, and
W. A. Goode, member of the senior
class, will make the trip.
T. A. Sims,- clubleader, and L. T.
Wells, dairy specialist, are training
a judging team consisting of three
Wilson Pierce of Mobile, and George
club boys, Joe Hardy of Dallas
lligginhotham of Jefferson selected
as representatives from these coun­ties.
This team will be at Auburn
Friday and Saturday where they will
receive coaching by Mr. L. T. Wells.
After a few days training here, this
team will go on to Indianapolis to
the National Dairy Show where they
will compete against club teams from
other states.
Alabama will also be represented
i a t the dairy show by an exhibit set- |
I t i ng forth the dairy possibilities of j
! the state. This is now being pre- !
i pared under the supervision of Mr.
ells and Mr. Eugene Baker, agri-
•J cultural agent of t h e Western of
l Alabama Railroad.
, • , • The Montgomery and Selma cham-
The Ags. are planning big doings,
,,•*/ . „_ „, . „ . , . , j bers of commerce, Alabama Power
tor October 28. The Ag. F a i r which j
. t, , , . , . • ,, „ „ j -Company, Western of Alabama Rail-
IS the red letter day for t h e "Farm-: K "
„ . " : ^ . . . ', l t ; ,'. . i road, and the Alabama Extension
ers is slated for this date.
_ „ ,17. '. . ;' ' Service are cooperating with Mr-.
O. F. Wise, manager, says that he
"You r emind me so much
Moses."
"Howzat?"
"You open your mouth'n the Bull
rushes."—Chanticleer.
Mother—"I object to these ont-piece
bathing suits."
Daughter—"Oh, Mother! I think
I ought to wear something." ,
General Purchasing Agent of t he
Western Electric Company. Mr.
Marshal has been in t h e service of
! this company since 1905 when he
of I began work in t he Educational De-
> partment.
It is announced that Mr. Frederick
Carl Hahn, of t h e class of '24, and
Miss Ellie May Lawley of Birming­ham,
will be united in marriage Oc­tober
21, 1925.
Mr. H. A. Edge and Miss Willie
Wooley, two former Auburn stu-
J. R. Davis, '23 is teaching Manu­al
Training and Mathematics in t he
High School at Gadsden, Alabama.
ROBERTSON'S QUICK LUNCH
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
The Best That Can Be Bought
Served As Well As Can Be
Served
15 Commerce St.
Montgomery, Ala.
Wife—Did you catch any fish on
your trip?
He—Only two, -and we put those
back to make the others believe we
were only fooling, and it didn't
work.—Rice Owl.
AGS. ARE GETTING IN %
SHAPE FOR BIG FAIR
The
College Pressing Club
"THE OLD RELIABLE"
Satisfaction and Service
Phone 68 Bob Foster
The Methodist Church
"HOME COMING" DAY
Special offering for the Orphanage
Sunday School 9:30 a. m.
PROF. M. L. SMITH OF WOMAN'S CLUB COLLEGE
will preach at 11:00 a. m. and at
6:30 p. m. in connection with the
Epworth League.
BRING A FRIEND
AH Styles of Brunswick Machines. Boys They
CANT BE BEAT
New Records
EVERY WEEK
If You Want to Furnish Your House
SEE US
WE HAVE IT
AUBURN FURNITURE CO.
j has a program which will make this
the biggest and best fair yet. He j
has his committees at work, and I
they are a r r a n g i n g for unusually1
good exhibits from each department, j
The parade will be pulled in he i
aftern.oon, and the program will fol­low
that night. It promises to be
very interesting, as it includes varied
entertainment before the crowd is j
ushered in to see the departmental
exhibits. Included in this is the
Sophomore-Freshman polo match.the |
bathing beauty contest, Ag. faculty
stunt, livestock show, "Barnyard:
Quartet" performance, and other i n - ;
terc-sting features.
Wise promises all who attend that
they will learn something new and
surprising about the campus.
Wells and Mr. Baker. Arrangements
have been made with the National
Dairy management for 100 square
feet of floor space to be used in
displaying this exhibit.
Jinks—"I'm a man of few words."
Smith—"Shake! I'm married t o o ."
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Auto Repairs Tires Tubes
Cars for Hire—U Drive ' em
Gas Oil
Phones 29-27
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All Kinds of Sandwiches j
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BAPTIST CHURCH
11:00 a. m. "In Memoriam"
7:30 p. m. "God Sees Us"
Come! Bring a Friend.
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Sunday School at 9:30 a. m.
Dr. Mills will fill the pulpit at
both morning and evening services.
11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p.m.
Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p. m.
All are Welcome
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STAFF FOR 1925-26
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J. F. Thompson Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
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TELEPHONE NUMBER 238—W
will also see him at the station when you
return home. You have seen that "big
team" battle V. P. I. and you have seen
the same determination to win squarely;
the same underlying spirit that has made
Auburn a glorious name in the field of
sports and the same clean sportsmanship
that has become a requisite to one who
represents this school.-
Engage any of the boys in conversation
and you will find the same fixity of pur­pose
and the same loyalty as flourished in
the good old days when you were a fresh­man
and were well acquainted with the
heavy end of the paddle.
Lastly let us wish that you have enjoyed
coming home, that it has been the most
pleasant day of your life. If we can ever
serve you command and it will be a pleas­ure
to serve you.
Welcome, Alumni, old and new! We
extend to you our greeting as you
come lance more to the Alma Mater,
made even more dear by the passing
of the years- We greet you as you
once more tread the halls of learning
that you once trod as an ambitious
pinHrrr—^TJMf 4Vfi ijrget vou as you
your way to historic Drake Field
'once mlore to see the gallant Tiger
uphold the traditions made so sacred
by your own Tiger teams in the past.
Welcome, Alumni! May your stay
though brief, be filled with pleasure
and may you once more live over the
halcyon days when you were an
Auburn Student.
A GREAT GIFT TO EDUCATION
A great and generous gift of philanthro­py
is reported from Greenville, which like
other instances of philanthropy in Alabama
in recent months, will doubtless inspire
emulation. It is a gift to stimulate educa­tion
and to furnish by educating ambitious
and energetic youths, leaders of their com­munities
in South and Middle Alabama.
The donor of this notable gift is Mr.
Walter Parmer, who was reared in Green­ville,
and who spent the early years of his
life in Butler county. In recent years he
has been living in Tennessee, where he
achieved financial success and wide repu­tation
as an investor and capitalist. Mr.
Parmer was on a visit to his old home town
Saturda;, when he called a meeting of
his boyhood friends.
To them he outlined his purposes and a
plan for helping industrious and ambitious
young' men. He proposed to give a half-million
dollars for the establishment of a
trust fund, the interest from which was to
be used for sending ambitious boys of
that section to get an education which
they would not otherwise receive. His
boyhood friends were to act as the admin­istrators
of this fund and to prescribe the
regulations which would govern the ac­ceptance
of a boy who wished to avail
himself of the opportunities to secure a
college education from the interest of this
fund. It was suggested that the fund
would probably provide for eleven boys
from Butler county, and for an equal num­ber
of boys from surrounding counties.
It was also suggested that half the boys
should be sent to Auburn and ljaillrTo
Vanderbilt University, bu^ptfeifsis to be fi-
•^i4^-^t'Jtikji.iiW;,-thii/rules and regulations
tice Marshall; he needs the dignity and
philosophy of Socrates, the agnostic tend­encies
of Ingersoll, he should have the liter
ary ability of Shakespeare, and the lack
of conscience of Amy Lowell.
In addition to the few qualifications,
he needs the physique of Jack Dempsey,
the nerve of hold-up man, and Edison's
ability to do without sleep. His brain
should be so constituted that he could ab­sorb
the essentials of a twenty-credit
course by means of the barest perusal of
the subjects contained and to pass the final
exams with honors so that the faculty will
respect him and allow him to stay in school
He should be absolutely foreign to the
needs of rest, sleep, eating, recreation, the
love of society, the inclination for glary in
athletics and love.
Having these few requirements. He j
. t.-^uld be able to qualify as a fairly com-petent
editor, and there is a good respon- '
sibility 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.—Huron Alpha
Omega.
EXTRACTS FROM A MODERN PEPY'S
DIARY
Feeling- of a roaming disposition the
past week-end we laid aside our mightier
than the sword weapons and girded about
us more effective weapons of artillery.
One of the "ten thousand now successfully
serving their owners" was chartered and
the nose of the critter pointed Carolina-ward,
our destination, you know we are
ardent hopefuls, being the home of the
Mountain Tigers. As we pulled stakes at
high noon Friday the overhanging clouds
served to forecast the stormy expedition
that was to be ours.
The distance to Atlanta was negotiated
in a reasonable length of time. But as we
wended our way out of the Gate City the
form of Lady Luck ceased hovering over
us and two blocks were made in or on two
flats. The rubber market was enhanced
after two purchases in Decatur. The only
frankfurterd stand in town furnished a
few choice morsels of choice canine meat,
at this stand we were greeted by another
BOLOGNA
As we sit here, trying to think up or
conjure up enough stuff to fill an entire
column, we are interrupted by the stirring
and invigorating strains of "I Miss My
Swiss." We wish we knew the identity
of the gentleman who misses his Swiss so
whole heartedly. We are th'ed of his miss­ing
his Swiss. We wish he were in Swit­zerland
right now. In fact, we even sug­gest
that he depart rather hurriedly for
the place where he can find that sweet
retiring Swiss miss who, if the gentleman
is to be believed, also misses him. We
wonder if she did miss him. It certainly
seems ,to us that anyone who makes idiotic
noises like that must have either been hit
back of the head with a flat iron, or else
have been dropped on his head by his nurse
when he was but a pulling brat. At any
rate, if he doesn't leave rather abruptly
for warmer, sunnier climes, we shall be
greatly tempted to throw a file of the
Plainsman at him (than which there is no
heavier reading in the world) and we very
rarely miss our Swiss, or anything else
we deign to use as a target.
It seems to us that they are always hav­ing
mass meetings or something equally
noisy whenever we are trying to work.
For instance there are always rats under­foot.
It's quite remarkable how much
noise two rats can make when they are
amicably engaged in a checker game, or
in dashing dominoes down upon a table
top. Why is it that a rat feels that it is
one of his social obligations to be noisy?
Jt strikes us that a rat is the lowest form
of animal life, and it is not right or proper
that a rat, a mere rat, should annoy a
budding newspaperman at his labors. Of
course boys will be boys. Even we admit
that. We will even go so far as to state
that it would be a very peculiar world,
indeed, if there were anything but boys.
Nevertheless, is it quite necessary for
hoys to be so boisterous? We ask that
seriously. Couldn't they be boys in a
more ladylike way? And if not, then why
not? We always behave in .a.-Auiet.. djpj
mure. JtajbyTi a? way,unless, of course, some
Do You Know
Thi.s is the old home-coming day and we
see all the new, or rather old, faces once
more upon the strets of Auburn. It must
be a grand feeling to come back to the old
home school again. We can remember
when we saw Auburn for the first time,
but just think of staying here for four
years and then not seeing the old town
for a long time. Just as each succeeding
crop of Freshmen seems to the upper-class­man,
to be dumber than the last one so
must we seem to those who have not been
here for some time. They remember the
time when two or three of them did some
daring deed together and forget that we
too are doing just as daring deeds (in our
own estimation) every day. Truly it is a
great life in its working. One goes to
school here for four years, conquers or is
conquered, and then comes back to the
scene of his early efforts and lives over
old times again regardless of his present
status in life. We who are students here
now gripe at this thing and at that thing
but just you ask any alumnus that you
Auburn Foot Prints
Red Harkins was seen the other day
giving those Co-eds the treat of seeing him
in the knickers afore mentioned.
"Fats" McCulley seems to be cultivating
the acquaintance of a couple of dimples
these last few weeks. What is the big
idea anyway, Fats???
Why does "Swede" Matthison give Lynn
Morrow all those vicious looks in Applied
Mechanics class when Morrow tends to help
the prof over a snag a few minutes after
the clock has struck the hour.
We heard of the "little boy in blue" but
we not only heard of the one in red but
also saw him for the first time this last
Tuesday morning. Fine color scheme,
Conine. Who said your room-mate did
not know how to dress you ? ?
Upon observing Conine's lay out Gooch
had the courage to say that he was con­templating
purchasing one of the little
see on the streets what he would give to | brown "tarns" being shown in Wright's
be able to gripe at the water supply, or at i window. No telling though what "fapa"
the "bull and grits" for another four years. ; Gooch will do.
You come here to get a technical educa-tion
and you get a worldly education too. A true Auburn student is one that eats
So much for that. . I salted peanuts on the way to the fount
with his friend, who, by the way, is going
This job of having your picture made to foot the bill.
is not what it is cracked up to be. Person- |
ally we do not mind looking at the little
birdie and smiling but we do hate to have '• now other night
the darn thing laugh back at us. Our im­pressions
of this ordeal consists mainly of
some half dozen nervous boys sitting
around in assumed and uncomfortable
poses, constantly adjusting and readjusting
Kat Cummings hag been here a mont\
>w and wanted to know the oti
/hat B(two) ROS(two stood for.
SARCASM
Rat Tate: I wish I had that big slide rule
that is in the Engineering Building to use
party of studes from -the P'ains who were J>jjg; b r u t i s h > ruffjan arouses our ire. Then
HOMECOMING
To those Auburn men who are returning
to the campus for another glimpse of their
Alma Mater, and to those who were not
so fortunate as to come, we have a word
to say. Realizing that Auburn has, in a
measure tried to keep step with the world
we know that changes have taken place
here that may, or may not, be compatible
with the conception, especially of the old
grad, of what Auburn should be. But
before you condone or condemn pause a
moment to consider that the Auburn boy
is the modern son of your neighbor and
perhaps of yourself and that instead of
undergoing a metamorphis when he arrives
" rn---Ajihuxn he brings his new ideas and
ideals with him and practices them with­out
the restraint of home influence. We
are not referring to the petty differences
that are inherent in every redblooded boy
but to those eccentricacies of character
which are the rule in adolescence and grow­ing
manhood and which find an outlet in
the freedom he has here.
A member of the class of '12 was once
heard to remark, on hearing that 7:00
o'clock revielle and daily convocation were
things of the past, that things were not as
they had been. Truly, they are not. If
those things were necessary or best in the
year 1925 they would certainly be enforced
by the" men that the board of governors
^nave entrusted with the guidance of the
college.
Fortunately, for us, most of you have
kept pace with the change and progress
and will see nothing amiss in the change
that may have taken place. To you we
extend the hand of fellowship and under­standing.
To those who believe tha tradical re­constructions
should be the order and that
we should return to pre-war standards we
crave the indulgence of a little broad-minded
thought and point out to you the
evidences of what the years have brought
to us. There is no college in the South
whose graduates rate so high in the minds
of" business men and Auburn traditions
have woven about this school an air of
integrity and dependability which cannot
be surpassed, no matter where you search.
When you step on the campus you will
find a different type of man externally,
than was here in your day, you
of the trustees.
The gift of Mr. Parmer for higher edu­cation
is only one of several notable gifts
to overcome for this generation the handi­caps
to higher education under which the
last generation of Alabamians suffered.
It is kindly and thoughtful recognition of
one of the greatest defects of education in
Alabama—the financial inability of hun­dreds
of ambitious youths to pursue the
search for-knowledge through college. The
State cares for their schooling until they
have finished high school. But even a
splendid school system cannot provide for
all without cost, colleges in every com­munity
and give the students board while
they are at college. Any one familiar
with the scores and scores of applications
for scholarships from the burningly am­bitious
youths, who find themselves facing
a blank financial wall when it comes time
to enter college, with many of th*e personal
stories behind such applications pitiful and
tragic will hail with gratitude the philan­thropic
offer of Mr. Parmer, and hope
that other rich men will be inspired to
similar gifts of philanthropy. Such a gift
does more than give ambitious youths a
chance to get a college education.
It is an assurance that in the future our
people and our section will be equipped
with a trained and energetic leadership.
These gifts supplement our present effi­cient
system of public schools and enable
to turn out the finished product in lead­ership
and citizenship. And it is what
our educational system needs, for at the
present juncture the State of Alabama is
not financially able to undertake the pay­ment
of the living expenses of a college
student when he, is receiving his education.
There must be other rich men who are anx­ious
to have ttie money accumulated by
their toil and thrift to be used for the
best advantage for the good of their State.
The example of Mr. Parmer and of several
other Alabamians, point the way for
worthy emulation. The example should ap­peal
irresistibly to the childless rich man.
What better good could he do with his
money than to train the future leaders of
his community and State?
—Montgomery Advertiser.
We might add that Mr. Parmer is a for­mer
Auburn student, being in college the
first year after Auburn became a State ins­titution.
up to their old tricks.
Although we had,--'^'^feneral Sherman
aboard, oiuHfuSfch .lacked in many respects
(filing General ."German's march of
yore. The state of Georgia was traversed,
so to speak, the rains had been considerate
to prime the Cracker mud. The night ride
past-eri away with only one near mishap.
In Commerce the expedition came near
being shipwrecked when the strong arm of
the law, being overzealous in carrying out
its duty, reached out, the charge being no
license. It was found however after three
or four coats of red clay had been removed.
At Clemson the cadets extended a royal
welcome and hospitality was bubbling over
on the campus of the Carolina institution.
It will benefit any school to fullow the
example set by the Clemosnites. And the
game Saturday evening was as fierce and
cleanly fought as any ever witnessed. If
ever you want to see a real sera;) unleash
a pair of rival Tiger clans, there's a treat
in store.
Breezing forth after the game our par­ticular
member of Mr. Fords large family
did itself nobly with a record run to the
metropolis of Anderson. A greater part
of our cargo was dropped here and ac­companied
by El
ability we dote on, the writer spurred the
noble steed further into the jungles of the
Palmetto State. Having such a worthy
of course, we just haul off and run. But
why can't these rats be quieter. Really,
they amioy us more than a specimen of the
real article running around the wainscoting
in the wee sma' hours would. This, to be
jxact, is mainly because we have nothing
to do in the wee sma' hours except sleep,
and no mere rat can keep our drowsy eyes
from closing when we want to close them,
while these Rats will persist in making
weird, homesick noises just when we want
to work, or whatever you call writing, or
attempting to write, a column like this.
Why just look, having spent all this time
i»nd space censuring these distractions, we
have scarcely enough time and space left
at our disposal to say all the really funny
things that we have so laboriously thought
up during the past week. We are even
tempted to get even with the world at lai'ge
by not saying any of these most excellent
witticisms. Of course this is all a blind
just to hide the fact that we really have
nothing at all to say. That is, nothing
funny. We do know some rather good
stories. They are just the sort that an
appreciative audience enjoys rolling under
the tip of the tongue in order to extract
the full flavor, but we would rather not
Senior Stacy; whose | tell them here. We advise such persons
as are interested in such stories to visit
us at our palatial apartments some time
in the near future, before we forget them,
bodyguard as the aforementioned.Stacy we I and listen to them. They are worth listen-their
coats, collars, and ties and finally to-night.
going up to be shot with everything beau- ] Junior: What would you do with it, Rat?
tifully out of order. Lights to the right ; Rat Tate: Pole vault with it of course,
of you, lights to the left of you, a camera | What do you think I would use it for?
in front, of you, and that darn little birdie Then the Freshmen wonder why they
hovering around the ceiling. Turn this are deaten so much.
way, turn that way and finally—click— j -_
and that •*£iy"' smile' that was hovering j Lawrenc*. Vudkins eui^hftBibs-hje-wrir?:--?;.
across your physiognomy at that particular j ed with since last Tuesday when some one'
moment goes down in the annals of History
for all time. Oh well, that is as good a
j way to get rid of three dollars, or more
as we know of.
told him that he had the same build as
Tarry Stuhldreher. *
We know that it is so because we saw
; ; him when he left also when he came back
Thinking back over what might have : but it is still hard to believe that Coach
been we can often see that it was "that actually went all the way to Birmingham
elusive hour" that put us in the hole that ; and back in that Buick.
we are now in. How we wish to know can i
you do any work when you only have an It was predicted last year that before
hour between classes and you have to spend four years had gone by Bill Hurt would
half an hour in the post office waiting for be a jellie. The first step has taken form
the mail to be put up. This is not a gripe because he was seen on the streets last
at the post-office at all but merely a dem- night with knickers. Atta boy, Bill.
onstration of one of the ways in which it
is possible to waste an hour when you For some unknown reason William Rea-know
that it is the very hour that you need 8'an has a forlorn look on his face this
in which to study for that Math, quiz in year. Wonder could the reason be spelled
the morning. If you don't learn anything this way, C-A-T-H-E-R-I-N-E?
else in college at least you learn to know
the value of that wasted hour and some- It is rumored that "George" Walker
time you may find out pust how much you and "Red" Roberts are gathering forces
can do if you make proper use of it.
ing to. They are a liberal education in
themselves. Come to think of ti, we are
liberally educated, aren't we, gentle
reader? Now please say yes. Please,
please, beautiful please, do say yes. If
you don't you'll hurt our feelings. You
wouldn't want to hurt our feelings, would
you? We are such a sensitve creature.
Why we still remember the way we blushed
the first time we wore knickers in Auburn.
These Auburn boys are so rough! It stems
to us that they lack all the finer instincts.
Well, maybe not all, but most of them,
anyhow. The cruel, uncouth remarks they
made on that occasion still ring in our
ears although that was many, many years
I ago, as days go in Auburn.
Air planes now deliver Chicago news- It seems to us that we are always run
papers at a cost of 4 cents a mile against 10 out of things to write about long before
had reached Due West before we found
ourslves.
That, dear folks, brings to a conclusion
the account of this escapade. Just think
how fortunate you'd be to sit neath a Calo-lina
sky, with a Carolina moon beaming,
and you're not alone.
As the return trip has been censored we
refer you to the following men, for a de­tailed
and we dare say greatly exaggerated
account: Bobby Burns, second vice-presi­dent
U-Drive-It Co.; General Sherman,
reformed cow puncher and goldbricker;
Prince Albrecht, general menace to society;
and that grand old chief of Motor Trans­portation,
and heir apparent, W. C. Stacy.
Where does a light go when it goes out?
It doesn't go out, it just quits coming.
MODEL EDITOR FOR COLLEGE
A college editor should be a superman
endowed with the patience of Job, the edi­torial
ability of Horace Greely, the manag­ing
and directing ability of Charles Sch­wab,
the diplomacy of Woodrow Wilson,
the judicial*qualities of former Chief Jus-cents
by motor truck.
The radio has one advantage over the
phonograph. It does not perpetuate popular
songs.—Baltimore Sun.
When money talks we never criticise its
grammar.—Chicago News.
Nothing is harder on a woman's new hat
than her enemies.—Flint Journal.
Trouble is always overtaking the man
who sneaks away from it.—Forbes Maga­zine.
Among other things the weather proves
is that profanity is ineffectual.—Boston
Transcript.
Lieutenant Thompson (to Fresh who is
number one" front rank)—'Can't you hold
a pivot?"
Fresh—(I don't know; I haven't been
issued one, yet." i
we are supposed to stop writing. This
must be either our fault or Auburn's. We
wonder which. We aren't sure. In fact
we have been told, yea, we have even had
it impressed upon us many times, that we
can never be sure of anything. But it is
permitted that we surmise. And we do
surmise. We do. Much, much more fre­quently
than our self assertiveness would
lead one to think. Or would it lead one
to think? Have we complimented you,
dear reader by implying that anything
could lead you to think? Again we are
not sure. But we surmise; we surmise . .
. . . . Ah, how we do surmise. Did you
ask what we surmised, gentle reader? Ah,
we are not sure. We will leave it to your
feminine intuition. We are sure it must
be feminine intuition, for only a woman
would follow this erratic mustery to its so
to begin assault on some party now in
| school but who the party is or why the
Two negroes met in the street the day c a u s e of t h e a s s a u l t * h a v e not been able
after the big debate in the local colored to find o l l t s o f aK
lodge. "Say, Mose, who won the debate
last night?" "The negative won cause : U n l e s s o n e o b s c i ' v e s Robert Dc vie Dean
they said that the moon was more benefi- vel>' dosely he can not tell whether he
cial than the sun cause the moon shines at he h ; , s a vvay of w a l k i n& t h e s e d ays t h at
night when it is needed and the sun shines is t r u l v a mystery,
in the day time when it ain't needed."
Rat Carter was talking to another rat
the other day and said that the only day
he was looking forward to was that of
Home-Coming. Upon being asked why he
W „„i- ,,rr,, TT • -i „T ,. i said that, as he way from Selma. he was
e notice m "The University News"
<„„,„ TT„J„„,..-+„ *• /-•• • i- xi_ i i, "sed to seeing big crowds and this would
nom University of Cincinnati that they
r^.,.,,,1 !!.,„„.,„ • • . i. * J- , be the only time he would get to feel at
played Hanover in a night game of foot- :
ball last week and that it was broadcasted home" .
over the radio. So that was all the howl­ing
we received on our set that night. We
thought that it was the Clemson Tigers
practising their defeat yells in advance.
The staff of this- paper wish to thank
the staff of "The Polytechnic Reporter"
at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn for
their interest in The Alabama Polytechnic
Institute through the exchange column. We
see that this Polytechnic Institute has suc­ceeded
in getting its hand book in which
matter it is considerable luckier than are
we, for our handbooks are still a matter for
conjecture. We might also say that al­though
our thousand watt radio broadcast­ing
station will not be ready till December
we are broadcasting the football games,
play by play, every Saturday on a wave-langth
of 218 meters. The power is 750
watts and the call letters are WAPI.
Rat George Dozier and Rat Costen have
challenged each other to a duel. As far
as we can ascertain the erring Rodents
have entered into a debate regarding which
wsas the largest, Red Level or Mt. Meigs.
Choose your weapons, justors, choose your
weapons.
Newspaper account of an auto smash-up.
"The accident hurt her somewhat and
bruised her otherwise."
—The Polytechnic Reporter
Prof.—How many make a dozen?
Class—Twelve.
Prof.—How many make a million?
Class—Very few.
Freshmen are small bodies of humanity
entirely surrounded by ignorance.
Sophmores are slight swellings, jutting
First: I've just been reading some sta- into seas of sophistication.
tistics here—every time I breath a man Juniors are beings, not large enough to
dies. obtain seniority, bounded on two sides by
Second: Gosh, why don't you use fire-water, one side by U-Drive-Ems, and
listerine. on the other side by a dumbell.-
and Gray.
-The Blue
illogical ending. Incidentally, it seems to
us that this is quite illogical enough for
our above mentioned ending, so here we
go.
"Fare the well, my Leonora, fare thee
well!"
Irate mother (at dinner) : Johny I wish
you'd stop reaching for things. Haven't
you a tongue?"
Johny: "Yes mother, but my arm's long
I er—Uni. California Wampus.
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the interest ofEleo
tricol Development by
en Institution that will
be helped by what-ever
helps the
Industry.
Here's how to
set the world afire
EVEN green wood burns, under the concen­trated
heat of'»the burning' glass. Even this
green earth can be kindled by the man fno concen­trates
all the fire of his brain on what he is doing.
Concentration—secret of all great work.
—secret of the winning basket shot by the
player who might well have been distracted
by "burned" elbows and eyes clouded with-perspiration.
— secret of the scholarship prize that might
more easily have been allowed to slip by in
favor of the twittering birds and the flowers
that bloom in the Spring.
— secret of the electrical short cut devised by
the engineer too intent on that single task to
let the thousand and one time-killers of the
business day get the upper hand.
Concentration was their burning glass. And
focused ability set their worlds afire.
Published for the Communication Industry by
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
PLANS PRESENT PLAY
The Forum Class of the Methodist
Sunday School is planning a mins­trel
that is calculated to surpass any­thing
of its kind that has ever been
staged in Auburn. Those that saw
the Forum Minstrel several years ago
will agree that it will be hard to be
beat.
Last Monday night the chairman
of the several committees in connec­tion
with the minstrel met at the
residence of Mrs. Judd, the teacher
of the class, and started the machi­nery
of the Minstrel. All of these
appear to be equal to the task assign­ed
them, and efficient work is ex­pected.
Every member of the class
will be identified wtih one of these.
The proceeds of the Minstrel will
be used in connection with the
Methodist Sunday School. -It is
thought that something of a perma­nent
nature will be made possible in
i that manner.
BOBBY LOCKE WINS
LAURELS IN CHICAGO Make Our Store
Bobby Locke '25, who if connected
with the Western Electric Company,
at their Hawthorne Works, near Chi-cago
has continued the brilliant track
work he began at Auburn. At the j
recent track meet of the various de­partments
Locke shattered a record
in the pole vault event that has been
standing since 1014. He is also a
member of the Illinois Athletic Club, |
The following article appeared in
the "Hawthorne Microphone", the
employees paper of the Western
Electric;
"Probably the most thrilling per­formance
of the afternoon was pro­vided
by Robert Locke, former Ala­bama
Polytechnic field man, who pole
vaulted 11 feet 6 inches, bettering
by eight inches the mark established
in '••'.: 4 by O. Sears and C. Collins.
Locke who before coming to Haw-thori
e, held the Southern Intercol-legisie
record in the pole vault, be-our
btore
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Sam Sowell '25 Chester Sowell
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Makers of the Nation's Telephones
It will probably be staged in the gaii'jjs quest for the altitude mark
Anderson Auditorium some time \ when the bar rested at 10 feet,
during the week of Oct.19-24. The i Gradually he began the ascent, sev-j
details will be announced officially ;,erai inches at a time, and clearing
later. j the bar with comparative ease."
All members of the Forum are j. Over 700 employees took part in j
urged to be out at the regular meet- j the track meet. In addition to the ''
i ing of the Class next Sunday morn-
| ing and get lined up with the pro-i
gram.
Get Your Insurance From J. M. Browne-
He Sells The Mutual Life of New York.
Box 361, Auburn, Ala.
above article a picture
going over the bar was
Microphone.
of
run
Locke
in the
Miss Mildred Locke, Chairman of j
• the Entertainment and Social Recre­ation
Committee of the Methodist
, Sunday School is planning a social
for Saturday week. Cars will be
furnished to take the crowd several
miles out in the country where there
will he games and eats. All are cor­dially
invited.
THURSDAY CONVOCATION
FOR UFPERCLASSMEN
THE TIGER INN
Hamburgers, Hot Dogs,
Sandwiches and Cold Drinks
Special Breakfast
"Go out into the world and plant
your life as if planting a tree, by
! doing this your life will count for
what it. is most worth "Reverend Mil-lagan
Earnest, minister, and recently
DR. THOS. B. MCDONALD
Dentist and Oral Surgeon
Office over Toomer Drug Store
Phone 49
Auburn, Alabama
KEEP PEACE WITH
THE WiLSONIANS
Number 52 «/ a win
/
LVIL ENGINEERS HOLD
THEIR REGULAR MEETING
The General Lane Chapter of the
American Society of Civil Engineers
met in the solemn conclave last Mon­day
night, with the able president
A. T. Kendrick, holding the chair.
The attendance was the best record­ed
in some time, over thirty Juniors
and Seniors being present in quest
of the elusive quality point.
Brother William W. Moore led
off with an interesting and illumina­ting
talk concerning the long hoped-for
bridge across that most beautiful
of water expanses—Mobile Bay.
Since the Mobile subject seemed to be
popular, Sir Richard Maury follow­ed
with a talk on the various engi­neering
developments around the
Gulf City. These two talks were
enthusiastically received, especially
by the Mobile contingent.
After Maury's talk, the subject
moved further ninth, as Mr. Ash-craft
followed with a short disserta­tion
concerning a new type of bridge
abutment used in Illinois. This
abutment, instead of being solid
masonry, is filled with earth, and
on a river with high banks, involves
luite a saving in cement. Mr. Mar­ion
Wolf, Opelika's chief claim to
greatness, gave a very interesting
lalk on a sleight of hand performance
by a railroad engineer. This gentle­man
performed the difficult feat of
snatching out an old culvert from
under the Western of Alabama and
substituting a new one without de­laying
a single train.
The last speaker of the evening
was Theo Yancey, Esq., another con­tribution
of Opelika to the good
cause. Mr. Yancey was employed
in Florida during the past summer,
and his talk dealt with the new
bridge across Tampa Bay. (Editor's
note: Tampa, Fla. is a suburb of
Ybor City, a prominent rope manu­facturing
center.) Mr. Yancey's talk
elicited a great deal of comment, and
he was rebuked by Mr. Ingram, a
fellow townsman, for some inac­curacy
in his statement. Several of
the members had different ideas
concerning' the bridge, and discussion
for a time was waged bitterly. How­ever
the pacific Mr. Kendrick handled
the situation judiciously, and the ex­citement
subsided without, a great
deal of bloodshed.
Besides the oratical display, there
was also a short business meeting.
Among other things Messrs. Leslie
and Lanicca were appointed to a
press committee to assist ye suffer­ing
reporter to obtain as much pub­licity
as possible. A vote was also
taken to see the powers that be with
regard to allowing an article in the
Engineer to be credited to the writer
therefore in lieu of the talk before
the society. If this be allowed those
students who have articles accepted
by the Engineer will receive their
quality points for the semester with­out
the outburst of oratory usually
considered necessary.
All the business and speeches being
concluded, the motion for adjourn­ment
was in order and the meeting
came to a peaceful end.
The Committee in charge of Invi- j appointed college custodian declared
tations has inaugurated Sunday Octo- j a t t h e convention exercises for upper
her 11th as Homecoming Sunday. A j classmen last Thursday,
special program has been prepared! Proceeding Reverend Earnest's
for the occasion. Professor Jones,: sPe e c ; : - ?r - Dowell announced the
in charge of the orchestra stated that! speaks for next week and briefly
musical selections would be a special j outlined the Home Coming Day
feature. All Alumni, visitors and j Exorcises. Dr. Dowell in addition re-students
are asked to be present. ! guested the students to always con-
_i jduct themselves as gentlemen thus I m a n v interesting people of this day
confirming the
AUBURN PLAYERS HAVE --*•
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We Extend
a Cordial Welcome
to our Guests
on this occasion
Burton s Bookstore
1378 1925
The WUsonians held a very spiri-ed
meeting at the regular hour
Tuesday night. A new record for
the year was established, and over
sixty were treated to a splendid
programme.
The evenings programme included
good old
FIRST REHEARSAL HON.
Why I Flunked in History
I thought that:
The battle of Tours was fought
when I wanted to go to Terre Haute
and my girl wanted to go to Indian­apolis.
Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
St Bernard was a dog.
Monks had tails and lived in trees.
A fief was a musical instrument.
The Scotch Highland was.a drink.
I also slept in class. Now History
is repeating itself—I'm taking it
over again !—Yellow Crab.
MOORE'S MARKET
PHONE 37
The Home Of Auburn's
HAM WHAT AM
TRY IT
Receiving Office Now Located in Auburn
Next to Blacks, Over Watt's Barber Shop
FOX CADWELL & HARRY FALWILDER
Students in Charge
"One Day Service"
AMERICAN DRY CLEANING CO.
OPELIKA, ALA.
Ethyl—"Why does Betty wear fur
around the bottom of her dress when
she goes for a ride in Jack's air­plane?"
Alcohol—"Oh, that's to keep her
neck warm when he loops the loop."
—Frosh.
"Mabel said that you had a dirty
neck last night."
"You tell her that I washed just
before I went out."
Oh! Now I know what she meant."
—The Chanticleer.
Maid: "Mum, there's a revenue
officer waiting at the door."
Mrs. Jones: "Well tell him we don't
need any just now."—Royal Ga­boon.
A.uburn tliereby receiving its name "Interest-
', ing Peopie. The meeting started
with Jack Helms who gave some
educational facts on the famous au­thor
Harold Bell Wright on "Why
I Did Not Die." In these he told of
a man being down but never out, as
sunshine and exercise will cure most
any disease. E. T. Bright told the
ing around the oil fields. This gives j I - living now and to be entrusted j S W w r i t t e n h* > * * * C o b b o f " H o w !
a chance for unlimited fun and ex- | with the numerous responsibilities | t o *>*&» a t t h e « * a n d W M * d o w " - "
The first rehearsal of the comedy
the Auburn Players will present this
fall took place Monday night. The
play is a comedy of the west center- j by being an optimist.
Reverend Earnest continued, "I
| have always tried to show men the !
right path, the path that leads to
heaven. Students don't live on the
pessmistic side of life, but always
look to a bright and sunny future
It is great to
who has received numerous praise
for her high intellect, placing her in
Alabama's coveted great hall of fame
Hazel "Rat" Arant gave a splendid
talk on the life of William. A. Had-ley.
"Rat" Holliday completed the
programme by giving events of inter­est
about the world at large.
Preceeding the programme an an-r.'.-
uiicement was made by F. S. Arant
regarding the honorary fraternity,
Alpha Phi Epsilon. He strongly en­couraged
every one to try for this.
great honor.
Visitors are cordially invited to
the meetings which are held every
Tuesday night from 7 to 8 o'clock.
citement which is forthcoming in un-j and opportunity of life Wherever
stinted quantities. j o n e goes opportunity confronts them
The author is Professor Hamilton j from all angles. Fix a definite pur-the
Director of the Auburn Players.
A large pece of fun is in store for
the student body when the play is
produced in Langdon Hall. It will
be a rare treat for Auburn to have
a play that is written, staged and
acted by residents of Auburn.
The cast includes several of the have lived a noble life,
old Auburn Players who have already
proved their ability for local au­diences
and several of the new mem­bers
who have come to win their j world and plant a life and make;
spurs in dramatics. The complete "all! your life count for the most where
A review of Mark Twains "Events
in the life of a great humorist" was
well given by J. M. Herron. The most
homorous part of the programme was
"High lights in the life of a promis­ing
Auburn man," J. B. Walters was
the speaker and self styled author
of the occasion. J. E. Hydrick gave
a very interesting oration on how
Paul Whiteman made jazz music
famous and contagious. S. R. Gib-
"It is easy for any one to live in j b o n s g a v e a b r i e f r e v i e w o n the. life
this world, but it isn't easy to say j o f H e l e " K e l l e r - t h e " o t e d Alabamian
ail of us served. Go out into the : «>----•-•————————»——«~.——»«
pose in your heart and mind, and
j don't try to accomplish too much in
; life as one purpose will fall short.
j If we successfully accomplish our
life work a marker is left to show
I for this work and we can leave this
| universe feeling and knowing we
The Doctor w;»s examining the
hospital apprentice for advancement
in rating: "What would you do if
the captain fainted on the bridge?"'
"Bring him to."
"Then what?"
"Bring him two more."—-Naval'
Weekly.
Peg: Does horseback
your head ache?
Bud: On the contrary, Peg
the contrary!—Columns.
riding make
! On
star" cast will be announced in the
Plainsman shortly.
it is. Our life is like that which
is thrown on the screen today and
off tomorrow. With perseverance
preparedness, and preparation the
destiny of this great world is safe
in our hands.
"Students do you live a splendid
life striving for the higher things in
life? If you have the right purpose
Carrying out their plan of a play j then purity is present. Do not shirk
week the Auburn Players again i the field of life but take your places
BANK OF AUBURN
We Highly Appreciate Your Banking Business
ONE ACT PLAY PRESENTED
BY THE AUBURN PLAYERS
That Popular Garter Stong
"You garter write mamma, every
night (Or mamma won't write you
at all)."—Lyre.
presented a one act play in the Attic
Theatre on Monday night. The play
was directed by Sudie Dowdell and
was unusually successful. It was a
one act by Professor Hamilton en­titled
"The Front Row". The cast
did some notable acting; Clara Ellen
Yarbrough and Mary Stodghill as
as the "tough young ladies" attend­ing
a nickleodeen probably carried
off the honors. The complete cast
was—
Mrs. Smoltz Alma Bentley
Ruthie Grace Gardner
Emanul Foster Thomas
The Fatman Dick Vandersys
Charlie - William Hurt
Gloria Sebra Williams
Gert Clara Ellen Yarbrough
Fanny Mary Stodghill
On Monday nigh October the 12th
another one act play will be present­ed
in the Attic Theatre.
honorably in the field of work. If
you model your lives after Jesus
then you have discovered the art j
of fine living for the upbuilding of I
this fine race."
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For your parties and feeds ask your local dealer to
order from us. Our products are Pasteurized, using best
ingredients, therefore necessarily PURE.
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Geo: "Yes, I'm making a study of
of you."
Jill: "Do you think you'll ever j
have a good grasp of the subject?"
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PHARMACY WEEK
October 11-17
Pharmacy is a Profession
"your T)ruggisP-~ is (fMxrctJ c(3han^ <^A <£%Cerchanf-~"
HE IS a Public Institution. A specialist
in a special calling for public welfare.
Your druggist is required to study four, 4,
years and then pass a strict examination
before he can fill your doctor's prescrition.
He must be authorized by law before he
can serve you.
The Law requires a druggist to know Posology,
Toxicology, Latin, Meteria-Medica, Chemistry, Bacte­riology,
Pharmacy, and Pharmaceutical-Jurisprudence.
He is open early and late, week days and Sundays,
to serve you in your hour of need.
His services may save your loved ones.
Then Why
Should you run the risk of ruining your health
by using Drugs and Drug Sundries from any
one but a Registered Pharmacist?
Show your Druggist that you are with Him—
Give Him Your Patronage*
y..j
These Druggists are Registered By Law and are
Fostering This Campaign
HOMER WRIGHT, Druggist S.- L. TOOMER, Druggist
TIGER DRUG STORE
A. D. Lipscomb, Prop. L. T. Agee, Reg. Phar.
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Tigers Win^Over
Mountain Tigers
In Good Game
Standing one all in the last two j
Rattles, the Tigers downed the mighty
Clemson Mountain Tigers in the third :
• nnual game I / a 13 to 6 score on ;
Riggs Field Saturday. The game
wj s f r e e l y fought throughout under ;
a sweltering sun that slowed the pro- j
g. ess of both teams.
The PJB}ns:n-::n scored their initial
touchdown in the latter part of the
second period on a blocked punt.
Martin, Clemson punter, standing in
the '.shadow attempted a punt but
was rushed by the Auburn forward >•
wall, Gvar.e blocking the punt and
Gaptr.fi) Red Harkins falling on the1
pigskin for six points. Clabber Wil­liams
placekicked goal for the extra
point.
In the fouitn quarter a drive that
started on the forty yard, line netted
another counter. A pass, Williams
to Ollinge:- advanced the ball 20
yards. Line bucks placed the ball on
the three yard line, from where
.Stumpy Granger catupulted over left
guard for the . emaining yardage.
Two times d ring the conflict the ; •
Moreymen had the ball within strik- FAULKNER
ing distance c f the Mountain Tigers' j t n e s p e e d y . fullback of the Gobblers
goal but were unable to pierce the j w j , 0 ga V e a good account of himself
Carolinians stonewall defense. : j n to-days game.
Just before the final whistle sound-
Five Conference Games
On Schedule Saturday
With eighteen members of the
Southern Conference still undefeated
te.) teams will scrap it out for select
positions this week-end. Five of
these squads must necessarily go feel
tl-.e rtkig f defeat which cprries in
its v.nke .eliv.ination from the con­ference
race.
The Tigers have a tough foe in
V. P. I. but they will have the advan­tage
of having them on local lot be­fore
the home crowd. The Gobblers
are said to be a strong fast team
that is destined to give the Plainsman
a goodly supply of stiff opposition.
But with all of the crippled squad
back in harness the Moreymen are to
show off before the large crowd of
spectators that will be out for the
occasion.
The Crimson Tide of the University
of Alabama will meet for the second
time in three years the Tigers of
Lousiana under the leadership
Mike Donahue.
Rai Squad Begins To
Take Definite Shape
Aft I a month of instruction in
the r e n t l c art of playing football as
it : h< uld be played the Ral squadron
is ' c• ! ling to show signs of develop­ing
t into a real outfit that gives
some promise of winning a goodly
portion of its engagements for the
seaso. . Coach Crown has been drill­ing
his men daily in the fundamentals
of the spoil in an effort to develop
form :;s well as ability.
CAPTAIN "RED" HARKINS The past few weeks have been the
of the Tigers who led the squad into j occasii n of not a few healthy scrim-battle
at Drake Field . I ages v i t h each rodent waging a des- ;
perate individual battle to stick with
the squad. These scrimmages have
witnessed the downfall of many a
ed Roy, playing tackle for Clemson t e a r n showing threats of scoring.
was called back to carry the ball. Ag t h e f o u r t h q u a r t e r started both
On the first play he raced 45 yards . „«„„+„ „*
>*"»-—i——•—*—"- »• teams were showing the effects ot
before the Tigers could stop him.
, • , 0 J„ old Sol, but it was in this quarter
A forward pass added 8 more yards '
and placed the ball within the five that stellar performances were mul-yard
line. Line bucks by Lick, Mc- titude. Auburn got posession of the
Connell, and Reynolds carried the j j j au o n ciemson's 40 yard lin? and
bail over. placed it 20 yards nearer the goal
Captain Finklea won the toss and w j t n a t o s s Williams to Ollinger.
elected to defend the east goal. : T W O m o r e line thrusts went for
Clabber Williams opened the game n a u g h t and again the aerial (attack
with a kick to t | ^ Pr ice received and Cr elteumrsnoend g2o0a ly alirndes.. | w a s brought into play, thi s t ime a
Three attempts at the Tiger line fail­ed
to gain and Walker punted to
pass Williams to Ollinger, good for
eight yards. Williams, Salter, and
Granger alternated carrying the oval
Hodges who fumbled but recevered j f o r g o 0 ( j g a i n s . Stumpy carrying
on the twenty yard line. Pea Greene i t h e b a u o v e r from the four yard line.
WHERE THEY PLAY THIS WEEK
Auburn vs V.P.I, at Auburn.
Ga. Tech vs Penn. State at the Polo | l i k e l>' looking star, while some less I
Grounds It o u t e ' ' frosh exhibited his prowess
Virginia vs Richmond at Charlottes-1 w h » e u n t l C T f i r e - G o a c h Brown h a s
•ji been wielding the axe, fast at first
Georgia vs Yale at New Haven. but m y r e s l o w l v a s t h e d a y s ad"
Florfda vs Southern at Gainesville.! vanced, until now he has a squad out
twin field that will bear watch-into
action. The
axeal movement has now almost
, ! Tulane vs Mississippi at New Orleans. o n t n
This will be one of I . . : : „ „ w i , e n i t s w r j ie . i Alabama vs Louisiana State at Baton : l n e «• en n b»..,h
the most important engagements of .
Rouge,
the week. The Tigers have now gone ] m ;_ „__„,__,, nt v .„„ | ceased as the squad has just about
retaliated with a forty yard punt.
After a few fruitless tries on the
part of both teams Auburn began a
march down the field, starting from
their own twenty yard line. For
75 yards the Tiger backs carried the
ball, with Williams and Greene clip- ;
pine off considerable yardage around
Clemson'.'- ends and through the line.
Square J aw Salter and Nappy Hodges I
rlso came in for honorable mention, ;
parrying the ball for neat gains.
As the Plainsman neared the Moun­tain
Tigers goal line the Clemsonites
lefense stiffened and the ball went
over on downs. The game stood 0-0
aP the referees whistle. Both teams
three years without tasting victory;
in a conference game and the clan |
of Donahue is out thirsting for blood.
Donahue has spent three years in
building up a strong outfit and Satur­day
we will be able to tell whether
or not he has arrived. The game
will be played in the new Tiger Sta­dium.
The Wild Cats of Kentucky after
a very good showing in Chicago will
take on the Clemson Tigers at Lex­ington.
The Cats appear to be un­usually
strong this year, and despite
the fact that Clemson also boasts
of a strong aggregation the boys
from the Blue Grass State should
stroll off with the honors.
Tulane, after a gruelling battle
with Missouri, champions of the Mis­souri
Valley, will enjoy a brief r e—
spite from the rigors of the season
when the Green Wave meets Ole
Miss. Lautenschlager and his cohorts
from the general appearance of
things are destined to manufacture
trouble for several of their strong
[opponents this year.
Tennessee vs Maryland at Knoxville. j e< : l'
Vanderbilt vs Texas at Nashville. \ reached its pro,
Sewanee vs Kentucky at Lexington.
Mississippi A. and M. vs Ouachita at
Starksville.
limit as the ma­terial
remaining is of to good a
quality to stand further slicing.
The linesmen seem to have become
Casual Comment
The Tigers now have two scalps-
' dangling from their belts and are
making preparations for a third. True
we didn't win by as large a majority
E points as some of the skeptics
ventured to predict but a victory is
a victory and we are still in the race
for southern honors. It must be
remembered that the squad was shot
with injuries, two of the boys were
unable to make the trip. So we're
satisfied with the result safe on our
. ide of the fence.
The past week saw the elimination
I of four southern elevens from the
! conference race. The teams that
: failed- to make the grade in the first
time out were Georgia Bulldogs, V.
M. I. Cadets, North Carolina Game­cocks,
and last, but not least, the
Clemson Tigers who were sent si*'*' lg
\ backward by our own spec'' of Ti-jer.
These teams are^ " f i n i t e l y out
of the race as a single defeat is suf­ficient
to put the skids on any outfit
in the present day keen competition.
Mississippi vs Louisiana College at j past masters in the art of tackling,
Jackson. • ' blocking, and all the other qualities
Washington and Lee vs Princeton at which are the requisites in that de-
Princeton.
Maryland vs Rutgers at New Bruns­wick.
CAPTAIN MORAN
big 200 pound center and captain
of the Gobblers who led his team
South
State
Carolina vs North Carolina
schedule.
The Cavaliers of Virginia applieu
the knockout blow to the Georgians
when a kicked goal was the deciding
factor. Douglas Wycoff and his
entourage of footballers showed the
populace that they have a team that
must be placed on reckoning when
they buried the Virginia Cadets under
a 33-0 score . The North Carolina
Tarheel gave the crowd from their
a margin of one field goal. The
Yale variety of Bulldogs should take
the Athenian aggregation in tow but
it will fight hard to obliterate the run for their money when they tackle
memory of the last engagement of | t h e Robin Hood squad,
these two. Those striving for the flank posi­tions
are Whitte, Dubose Wattwood,
partment and they are eager to put
,. . . . T, 4., against the Tigers
their training to test. However, the °
first game is yet a week away and
the little \ Igers will have to be pati­ent
until they are turned loose Coach" Brown has a duo of backs sister state a setback.
against the Howard rats at Berry ready for the assignment at quarter,
Field. The Red and Blue outfit is these being Porter and Hartselle. T h e G e f l t e r C o l o n e b e x p e r i e n c ed
known to have a fairly strong team Neither of these men has shown s o m e difficulty in humbling Kentucky
and the baby Kittens should have a
marked superiority over the other but Wesleyan. With the Wesleyans a-both
will see plenty of service.
The halves are Fisher, Ingram,
head of them and only four minutes
to go the Colonels unleashed a
great offensive which netted them a
Maryland and Washington and Lee j
will also invade the North, Maryland
will encounter the Rutgers combine,
and ought to get the decision in view
and Booth. These men are of known
quality and all will see service in the
s.
coming battles. Dubose,t the lanky
Peak, E. James, F. James, with touchdown and victory.
Mosely alternating between half and
full. Fisher .'J an excellent broken The F l o r i d a G a t e r s enjoyed, sweet
field sprinter, the small freshman , revenge for the defeat administered
Just before the game was to be I South Carolina, put out of the run-
I halted by the timekeepers, Roy's j ning by the Tarheels from her sister
i bulky form was lifted from the line j s t a t e to the north, will have a chance
and pulled into the backfield. Given
the ball for the first time he eluded
would be Auburn tacklers for 45
to mend matters to some extent by
dropping one of its prominent con­tenders
from the race, when she
,. ,, ,. , , , ., , r i g h t end, seems to be adept in reach-of
the mediocre showing made by the i ^ • ; h a v i n g s I i p u e d a w a y w i t h gobs, of ; when the Sehring crowd came out on
New Jersey schoo last week The - Watwood ^ ^ y a r d a g e in some of the rat-varsity • the long run of a 24-0 score.
Washington and Lee Generals will k settos. Ingram is especially good on '
.try to retrieve some of their lost |
prestige following their defeat of last
week when the journey up to tackle
Princeton.
be particularly effective in the block­ing
game. Booth is a
remaining 'three yards for a touch-
. down,
gave promise of scoring in the early!
part of the second stanza but lacked Lineup:
the necessary drive to put the ball Clemson: Fewell, left end; Palmer,
over. The Tigers carried the ball left tackle; Hane, left guard; Bowles,
to Ciemson's ten yard line and lost center; Fleming .right guard; Roy,
t i e pigskin on four downs/ right tackle; Finklea, right end;
Hendee (Captain) quarterback; Price
left half; McGill, right half; Walker,
fullback. ' •
Standing behind his own goal line,
Martin, Ciemson's halfback attempted
:\ punt which was blocked by Captain
Red Harkins and Fenie Crane who Auburn: Ollinger, left end; Pruitt,
broke through the Clemson defense, left tackle; McFaden, left guard;1
Red bounced on the ball behind the Robinson, center; Self, right guard;
ijoal line for six points and Clabber J Harkins, right tackle; Carter, right
Williams sent a neat place kick i e n d ; Hodges, quarterback; Williams,
through the uprights for the addition-| left half; Green, right half; Salter,
al point. The half ended with the ; fullback.
ball in Auburn's posession, and the j Score by quarters:
score 7-0 in their favor. , , '• „ _ „ r ,Q
Auburn: 0 7 0 6 13
When the third quarter opened Clemson 0 0 0 6 6
Nappy Hodges received Roy's kick- ] Touchdowns: Harkins, Granger, Link.
off on his own ten yard line and Goal after touchdown, Williams,
made a brilliant dash for a 45 yard Officials: Strupper, (Ga. Tech.)
return before the Roaring Clan could referee; Stegeman (Chicago), urn-stop
him. The game settled into a pire; Cheeves (Georgia), head lines-seesaw
affair in midfield, neither man.
years. This added new zest to the takes on N. C. State.
Clemson attack and two first downs j There are several important inter- j
were gotten through the line and j sectional tilts on the books. To be-
| around the ends in short order. A' g j n wj t h , the Tornado og Ga Tech
pass, Link to McConnell bagged an- WJH w m d jts way to New York and
other first down for the Mountain- t h e p0 l o Grounds where it will at-jeers,
this time for 11 yards. Link tempt to sweep the strong Penn.
: and Reynolds each contributed a cou- I s t a t e Tiger in its wake. The Yellow
pie of yards and Link rammed the | j a c k e t s are responsible for the news
that they have the best team in three
years and Alexander's eleven, judg­ing
by their performance last week
against the Cadets should make mat­t
e r s quite interesting for the Stators.
Two Texas elevens are to be met
this week. The Vanderbilt Commo­dores
have as guest the Texas Long-horns,
the squad that our own Tigers
sally forth to meet in the near fut­ure.
This will be the first major
engagement of the McGugans so far
this season, and it will also serve as
a test for the Longhorns. Auburn
followers of the sport will take deep
interest in the combat as it will give
some indication of what the Tiger
has to expect by way of the Texans'
strength.
The Sewanee Tigers invade the
Lone Star State to take on the Texas
Aggies.
An interesting combat will be the
game between the Georgia Bulldogs
and Yale in the Bowl. The Georgians
probably remember the game of last
fall when they were nosed out by
,, , the defense, while Peak has a faculty
flankman j J
j *• i 4. i o f chunking accurate passes. Both
overflowing with ginger and fight.
| of the James twins who usually work
The Oglethorpe Petrals, highly
touted and boasting of a brilliant
performance against Tech the week
previous, came over to Rickwood
Field bent on taking Howard into
camp. They carried out their aim
The fullback squadron has for its but not without getting the battle
j quota, McLain, Patillo,, and McCrory. of their lives a battle that could
j McClain is a regular pile driver when have easily gone to their opponentst i
i it comes to smashing the line and is ! The Petrals were outplayed but man-j
search, of a reliable man in that de- closest possible score, 7-6.
j partment. Patillo is a speedy little
i back, who apparently knows just what (
I it is all about.
There are four very good guards j together are good all-around perform-out,
these being Salmon, Dinsmore, ers especially at end runs and trick
Flowers, and A. L. Scarbrough. The ' formations.
first mentioned gives one an im- *
pression of a human tiger when it
comes to breaking through the oppo­sition.
Flowers is a big fellow who
seems to have had plenty of expe-1
rience and stacks up as an excellent | * ™'y S°°d P™S p e C t f o r a n y t e a m W1 | a ^ e d t o e e k o u t a v i c t w y b ^ | §
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adept in holding back the enemy
in an offense, and very few would-j "Red" Harkins was the Tiger who
, ,, . , , , . i it is all about.
be tacklers can squirm through his. feH „„ the ball for a touchdown that
territory. With all of this array of materia! insured victory for the Moreyites,
To hold down the center of the on hand Coach Brown will need have Saturday, after Feny Crane had
line Coach Brown has Logan, Web-: ho fear as to how the baby Tigers thrown his form into the rising pig-ster,
McGhee, and Lynch. Logan is . will stack up when they meet some of skin, This reminds one of that famous
a good little play smasher, and i t ; their opponents. Thre are several' occasion when the Tiger downed the
takes a very good man to keep him other men out for the squad who CeiHre Colonels when the big team
from slipping past the opposing line. : probably show up in the near future, was at the height of its glory. "Red"
Webster has also been showing up: and prove more worthy than any of F.ol erts u!l-Ameriean star had the
well but has been out of the game those mentioned. Coach Brown is misfoi tunc to see one of his kicking
lately due to injuries. McGhee ap-, biding his time and by no means lias efforts blocked and Slick Moulton
pears better on offense than in the decided on a line-up that could be rushed over the line after the ball-other
departments while Lynch, who . called definite. However, the men which brought the Tigers victory.
has not been out with the squad very mentioned hei e-on are those who
long, appears to be a good passer. ; have displayed their wares in a sat­in
the tackling departments there j isfactory manner, and who are most
are four men who are setting the pace i likely at the present time to see ser-
These men are Turner, Carter, L. L. vice in the games. The schedule
i Scarbrough, and Robert Howard. The : only allows the r a t s five games, the
I last two look like veritable whirlwinds first of which will • be against the
and are to be found at the bottom of Howard r a t s , i n Birmingham, on the
almost all of the tackles that are j sixteenth,
made in their territory. Both of \
these nien are worthy of considerable
watching. All four of these tackles The Tulane Greenies gave an ex-
Looks as though Rockne's Notre
Dame boys held a track meet with
Lombard. The Rocknemen paraded
up and down the field for numerous
touchdowns the score being 69-0.
?"i
1
ANDERSON
The above shows, Anderson light j will be given an opportunity to dis-but
scrappy quarter, who calls the : play their wares in practically all of
signals for the Gobblers. | t he five games allotted to the rodent
The Tigers are now %swinging- -fn
to the most important part of the
season. With games to come dyith;
V. P. 1., Texas, Tulane, Vanderbilt,
can be considered as regulars as they | ample of their prowess of the grid Georgia, and Tech. the Moreyites
when they held Missouri, champions can look for a lot of mighty, tough
pi the Mississippi Valley, to a six ; meat on whicn to digest their way to
point tie. % j t he Crown.
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V. P. I. quarter ends.
Auburn 19. V. P. I. 0.
Fourth Quarter
Williams goes over left tackle for
two yds. Double pass, Greene to
Williams six yds. First down. Tux-worth
goes over center for five yds.
Double pass, Williams to Ollinger,
fourteen yds. Pass from Williams
to Greene, eighteen yds. Ball on Au­burn's
thirteen yd. line. Salter goes
over center two yds, first down.
Greene fails to gain left end. Wran
substituted for Jeffries. Bogue goes
in for Tuxworth. Williams makes
nine yd. Ball on V. P. I's. five yd
line. William's pass to Greene in­complete.
Ball goes over on down.
Auburn is penalized five yds off­side.
Anderson makes three yds over
left tackle. Pass from Anderson to
Bogue is incomplete. Greene kicks
Auburn's thirty-five yd. line. Bogue
returns to Auburn's forty-three yd
line. Greene makes two yards over
left end. Hodges goes in for Bogue,
for Auburn-. Greene makes three
yds. over left tackle. Pass of Williams
to Ollinger incomplete. Greene
punts fifty yds to V. P. I's. eighteen
yd line. Anderson makes four yds.
over left guard. Double pass, Ander-son
to De Labarre, fails to gain.'
j I Greene intercepts pass and runs to j R. W. of Dothan and Rountree, R.
V. P. I's. four yd line. Substitute j ftl. of Selm'a.
Crane for Williams. Johnson for ! These promotions were made upon
Salter. Shots makes four yards over
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TIGERS DEFEAT GOBBLERS complete.
Third Quarter
Gaiter went over left gaurd for
two yards; Forward pass from Wil-to
fifteen yd. line. Anderson loses liams to Greene. Ball goes on six-one
yd. around left end. Play is yd. line. Greene goes over left tackle
called back. Auburn is penalized for two yds. Third down and' one
Williams kicks ball to Esleek on yd. togo.
five yds. for offside.
Pass Williams to Greene incom­plete
. Williams ' goes around left
end for four yds.
Pass from Williams to Harkins in­complete.
Williams kicks ball from
thirty-five yd. line. Ball goes wild.
Moss failed to gain over left center.
Anderson punts to forty-three yd..
. line. Auburn's ball. Williams to
GreeTtc-irr - complete. Esleek breaks
up.
Pass Hodges to Market incomplete.
Williams attempts to place kick from
fifty yd. line.
V. P. I's. ball ^on twenty yd. Es­leek
went over guard for six yds.
Robinson goes over right tackle for
three yds. Robinson gains one yd.
over right end. Robinson kicks to
Tuxworth on twenty yd. line but is
downed in his tracks.
Ollinger goes in for Market.
Greene goes around left end for
sixteen yds. Pass from Tuxworth
to Greene fails on V. P. I's. thirty
yd. line.
Time out for Auburn.
Forward pass from Williams in-
Green makes touch down. Williams
kicks goal.
Auburn 13. V. P. I. 0.
Anderson fails to gain center. Au-burn
penalized five yds. for offside.
Anderson makes one yard around;
left tackle. Esleek fails to gain
around right end. Esleek makes one
yd. over center. Auburn penalized
five yds for offside. Pass from Wil- |
liams to Greene incomplete. Will-iiams
passes to Finch, and makes
sixteen yds. Ball is in Auburn's
possession on V. P. I's. thirty-five:
yd. line. Salter makes six yds. First
down. Tuxworth makes incomplete ;
pass. Ball on V. P. I's. thirteen yd.
line. Williams makes one yard
right end. Salter makes one yd.
over left tackle
to Ollinger
touchdown.
• to gain, Anderson throws the Von
Erikson,- incomplete. Anderson pass­es
to Bogue 25 yds. Andersen to Bo­gue
6 yds. Ball on Auburn's 25 yd.
line. EE Time out for V. P. I.
Salter goes i nfor Moss, Anderson
one over left guard. Williams goes
: in for Miles for V. P. I. De Labarre
; makes four yds thru center, Ander-
: son fails to gain around left end.
: De Labarre makes three yds. Pass
j from Anderson to Faulkner incom-
; plete. Pass, Anderson to Brigham
incomplete. Auburn's ball on own
eighteen yd line on down, Crane
I fumbles but recovers for five yards.
; Final Score: 19 to 0.
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