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Volume 005, Description 02 of the Tech Oracle student newspaper. Transcript:  Tech Oracle Truman Richardson is Elected President Athletic Association T.P.I. Athletic Officers Are Chosen for the Coming Year. At chapel Tuesday, October 4th, the officers for the athletic association were elected for the year 1927-1928. Truman Richardson was elected president, Richmond Hargis vice-president, Virgil Baker secretary-treasurer, and the gate-keepers are: David Terry and Fred Shipley, Alfredy Gill was elected Advertising manager. With this able and capable corps of officers, the Association should have a successful year. Scrubs Defeated by Carthage High After practicing only four days, Tech’s scrub team journeyed to Carthage Friday, the 13, and received a walloping of 13-0. Carthage had the advantage of six weeks’ practice and was playing her second game. Carthage scored first on their own pass, and bucked the line for the extra point. Their second touchdown was made by straight line plays. The Tech Eaglets lost a chance to score in the second half when Jobe intercepted a pass and ran 45 yards to Carthage’s 15-yard line, and Baker dropped a pass over the goal. Tallent, Matheney, and K. Evans played the best game for Tech. Line up Tallent C Davis G Huddleston G Bryant T Kerr T Breeding E Minor E Matheney QB Jobe HB Robbins HB Evans, K FB Crawford, Carlen and Brown, Cheer Leaders At the first pep meeting of the season, held Friday, Sept. 29, Judge Crawford, Skinny Carlene, and Evolution Brown were unanimously chosen to direct the vocal demonstrations of the rooters for the coming year. All three of these men are eminently fitted for this work, with their leaderships we may expect a larger volume of rooting than ever before. Shelton (a new math prodigy in school)—“If a cup is the same as a mug and that is the same as a face my girl has one of the prettiest loving cups you ever saw.” Enrollment Shows Gain Over Last Year The gypsies, the book peddlers, the tourists and the idle rich have once more come home to roost. The Tennessee Central, the bus lines, and the open road have yielded up their respective quotas, the influx having reached a total, to date, of 260. This is a gain of 50 over last year. Of course, there are many well known names among the ranks of the missing –but we must bear in mind that Tennessee Tech Supplies the Upper Cumberland section with practically all of its teachers. The majority of those who are now teaching will enroll at the beginning of the second term, or the third term, or the Spring Short Term. The total enrollment will probably reach 500 before the end of the year. New Policy Beginning with the next Description, and continuing thenceforward and thereafter, the staff of “The Tech Oracle” will make every effort possible to put out a paper written entirely by home-grown talent. Clip sheets and syndicated material will be studiously avoided, although we do expect to run an exchange column made up of the wise cracks and witty remarks gleaned from the pages of other college papers. But this column will be short and snappy. In the main, the material which goes into the make-up of “The Tech Oracle” will be the fresh and unhackneyed product of Tech intellect. In order to do this, the staff must have at least a little cooperation from the students. News alone will not fill up the paper, because local happenings of great import are rare especially at this time of the year. In lieu of news, we must have originated contributions –stories, poems, essays –from the citizens of the institution. Wake up! Uncork your ink bottle. This journal is yours. Help to make it a classical that T.P.I. and the United States of America will be proud. –Editor. Freshmen Form First The freshman class was the first to organize, being called at noon by Mr. Foster. The class met, with few exceptions, and elected Donald Moore and Lucille Cameron by acclamation as president and vice-president, respectively. Elise Draper Sherwoods and Belles Lettres Entertain The Sherwoods and Belles Lettres Literary Societies entertained the new students with a delightful social Monday evening, October 3rd. It was an informal affair at which everyone felt and acted, as though he (or she) were back at the old homestead instead of in new and unfamiliar surroundings. Many games were played and many freak contests were held. First was a general get-acquainted date making, in which the young men made three minute dates with the young ladies, for the purposes of getting acquainted. Followed an apple race, in which selected students ran a race across the gym with apples on their heads; winning: Alfred Gill. Also, there was a chicken calling contest, in which Mrs. Hatfield was proclaimed the winner, and a pig calling contest, won by Willis Huddleston. Prizes were awarded to the winners. After the contests, two capable pianists took turn about at the ivories, while the students played the old-fashioned Virginia Reel. After the program of games and contests, refreshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. Lane, and Mrs. Hatfield chaperoned. The Upper Cumberlands and Palladians will entertain the new students Friday evening, October 7th. Weather Forecast Storm: Mr. Passons. Settled: Miss Harden. Uncertain: Mr. Pinkerton. Pleasant: Miss Rose. Variable: Mr. Hatfield. Disagreeable at times: Mr. Foster. Perfectly Harmless: Mr. Kittrell. Football Schedule For ‘27 Oct. 7. Hiwassee College Cookeville Oct. 14 Cumberland Lebanon Oct. 21, Castle Height Cookeville Oct. 28. Ga. Normal Cookeville Nov. 5, Tenn. Wesleyan Cookeville Nov. 11, M.T.S.T.C. Murfreesboro Nov. 18, Cumberland Cookeville Nov. 24, U. of T. Jr. Martin Led a field for the position of secretary to the class and Elsie Young was elected treasurer. Miss Jobe was elected was elected sponsor to the Freshman class. The matter of attendance to freshman meetings was taken up and the importance of class unity discussed. Tech Eagles Down Hiwassee College Friday, Oct. 7, 12-0 Tech’s Warriors Fight to Finish in Steady Downpour of Rain The tTech Eagles in their first game of the season, and with only two weeks’ training, defeated Hiwasee College 12-0 This was Hiwasee’s third game after two months’ practice, they having defeated Union College, of Kentucky, and Emory and Henry of Virginia. A very fast game was played in the first half, with all the boys playing excellent ball. Adams, Tech’s full-back, plowed through the line for a first down, and Guthrie threw a 15-yard pass to Starnes for touchdown. They failed on a pass for point after touchdown. In the second quarter, Guthrie, the Tech flash, formerly Hume-Fogg quarter-back, ran around right for 20 ayrds, and the second touchdown. The entire first half was played in Hiwassee’s territory. The second half was played in a sea of mud and rain. R.T. Little’s punting and returning of punts was the feature of the second half. Line Up Tech Hiwassee Sills L.E. Tarwater Massey LT Wagler Suggs LG Carpenter Shelton C McBride H. Moss R.G. Hodge Kerr RE Smith A.Moss RE Honor Guthrie Q Crockett Matheney LH Shubert Starnes C RH Jones C Adams FB Wagner Subs: for Tech: Hayes, Evans, Gillam, Jobe, Williamson, Little, Tallent, Kerr, Sidwell, Breeding Additions to Library $2,000.00 Worth of Books Are Now Being Added to Shelves During the summer vacation, Mr. Passons and Miss Hallie Ray have been busy selecting and ordering new books for the library. The $2000 appropriation which was made last Spring is now being put to good use. The English Department has been allotted #300, the Education Department, $250, History and General Economics $250. About 250 books out of the 2000 appropriation have already been received and are now being catalogued by Miss Ray. Most of these books received belong to the English, History and Education departments. About 25 new books have been received for the critic department. There are now fifty three magazines on the subscription list, and about 50 volumes hand-bound magazines will be added at an early date. “Mama why is papa bald-headed?” “Because, darling grass can’t grow on a busy street.” “Why, mama?” “Because, darling, it can’t push up thru the concrete.” Who’s Who at T.P.I. Introducing Thomas L. Passons Professor of English Q. –When and where were you born? A. –Eight miles South of Sparta, near the beautiful Caney fork, and in the shadow of the Cumberlands. Q. –Where were you educated? A. –At Burritt College, Middle Tennessee Normal University of Tennessee, and Peabody College. Q. –What is your favorite school excluding T.P.O.? A. –Peabody College. Q. –Who is your favorite author? A. –Alfred Tennyson Q. –What book has influenced you most? A. –Ruskin’s “Sesame and Lilies” Q. –What is your advice to college freshmen? A. –Pull off high school decorations and go to work to show yourself worthy of entering college Next Description: Another member of the faculty Upper Cumberlands Elect Officers At the regular meeting of the Upper Cumberland Literary Society Monday, October 3rd, the following men were chosen as leaders for the Fall Term. President Virgil Baker Vice-President E. Williford Secretary Bailey Bockman Treasurer Clem A. Womack Att’y. Gen. Huffines Sgt.-at-Arms Bennett Critic Theo. Hammer Palladians Elect Officers The palladians met in their regular meeting room, Friday, September 30, at 12:30 o’clock, to elect officers for the coming year. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. Wille Mae McDowell, he retiring president. The following officers were elected: President Marguerite Hargis Vice-President Elise Gregory Secretary Maurine Robbins Treasurer Agnes Greenwood Critic Mayme Gibson Sgt.-at-Arms Hazel Thompson Sponsor Miss Elsie Jobe Reporter Elsie Young There is a destiny that makes us brother, None goes his way alone; All that we send into the lives of others Comes back into our own --Edwin Markham Patronize Oracle advertisers The Merry-go-Round Pat Murphy (feeling a little tipsy) “Say, mister, where’s the other side of the street?” Officer –“Why, across the street, of course.” Pat –“S’funny, fallen over there told me it was over here.” Flop Tallent –“Kelly, you surely must like that school girl complexion.” Kelly Evans –“Why?” Flop --“You failed to brush the powder off your coat before coming in last night.” Florence Manning –I’d like to see some majamas? Clerk –You mean pajamas, don’t Florence –No, they’re to give my you? Mother on her birthday. Some of these modern girls act as if the finger was the only part of them that is engaged. Brownie –I’m sorry I ran over your hen. Would a dollar make it right?” Farmer –“Wal, better make it two. I have a rooster that was mighty fond of that hen, and the shock might kill him too.” Brownie –“Poor boy! Here’s three; give him some corn.” Ask Me Another Whom did Captain Kidd? What made Oscar Wilde? What did Harold Belle Wright? Has Edgar A. Guest? “Is Bill Saylors dumb?” “Not much! He thinks the St. Louis Cardinals are appointed by the Pope.” Mrs Johnston –“Rebecca, are you sure that Moss loves you, and you alone?” Rebecca –“Sure, more then than at any other time.” The annual fray between the four societies is beginning now. The Wilson Banner is not awarded to the society that raises the greatest hocus-pocus at commencement; it is awarded to the society whose members do the best work throughout the year. Every day counts, and attendance counts. Which will triumph, the orange and black, or rose and gray? The Tech Oracle Official Publication of the Students of Tennessee Polytechnic Institute. Printed by Cookeville Printing Co. Entered as Second Class matter at the Cookeville Postoffice, Cookeville, Tenn. Staff Editor Vadus Carmack Ass’t Editor Sheila Officer Ass’t. Editor Leonard Crawford Sports Roy Leonard Wit and Humor Wallace Mitchell Society Pauline Hudgens Alumni Agnes Greenwood Faculty Advisor F.U. Foster Business Department Business Mgr David Terry Circulation Mgr Alfred Gill Published Semi-Monthly Subscription, per year $1.50 Colleges Yesterday and Today When Methuselah was a little boy he did not have the blessing and opportunities of the commercialized, jazz-houndish age. No, Methuseiah lived in that remote era when “opportunity” was an uninvented word. He got up in the morning, and after a hasty bath in the nearest mudhole, went on a rampage for his breakfast. Under the first rock he found a large juicy snail. A delicious morsel but not enough for a big husky fellow like Methuselah. Rambling on, he turned over other rocks, and found crickets, grubworms, and other species of the genus orthopteran. Finally, he was lucky enough to catch a bunch of wild grapes by surprise, and ambling on to a sunny spot sprawled himself out of the ground in order to put the finishing touches to a thoroly good meal. This was the first epoch in little Methuselah’s day. After breakfast, he slept soundly and snoringly until his stomach sent out a call for more grub. Upon which he would wake up, scratch himself drowsily, and proceed to put into execution the demands of his empty innards. This time he was usually lucky enough if he chanced to be close to a stream, to snatch a minnow from the purling waters, or grab a bull-frog by the let hind foot. After lunch, Methuselah would snooze uninterruptedly until about 6 pm in the evening, whereupon his faithful stomach would immediately send in an order for more victuals,and true to the faith o fhis fathers, Methuselah would set about getting them. Now after supper the young lad hit a beeline for home. There were no poolrooms, shooting galleries, drug stores, or moving pictures theatoriums to keep him away from the family ireside, as there are today, and the plain and simple result was, Methuselah always obtained a good night’s sleep. He slept from about 6:30 am until about 6:30 am –twelve hours, all told. Perhaps this is why he lived to be the oldest man in the wordl and then (what a paradox!) died before his father. Now briefly and succinctly I hope thuselah’s schooling. He carried we have given you a picture of Me- out this program faithfully and perseveringly each and every day of his life. The years passed speedily for him, as they always do when we are usefully employed and before he could scarcely come to realize the fact, his proud father pointed to the calendar and said: “My boy, today you are one hundred and twenty-one. I am proud of you; ineffably proud am I of the record you have made in school. I don’t think you need a baccaureate surplice or a valedictory dress. I think, with your coon skin cap and your bear hide sandals, you have a wardrobe that will not serve for this graduating exercise, but which will last you as long as you care to live. And now, my son, it gives me great pleasure to present to you your diploma.” So saying, Elijah gave poor Methuselah a well-placed kick which sent him twirling through the air and which landed him twenty or thirty feet from his starting point. Methuselah picked himself up and slunk of through the bushes. His education was complete. He knew that hence force he must root for himself. Since Methuselah’s day great changes have taken place in the modes and methods of colleges instructio . These changes are readily apparent, to even a casual and nonchalant observer, and need no further elucidations. We should feel whole-heartedly thankful for the sacrifices that our thoughtful forbears have made, and offer up, in unison, a prayer for the saving of their souls. Had it not been for them, and the system they have built, we might be forced, like Methuselah, to get out and root for ourselves. Many of the student publications which come to the exchange editor’s desk are about twice as large as the city daily. Why? Because, in nearly every modern, up-to-date college student support is compulsory. Every student is required to subscribe when he registers. “The Oracle” will never be what it can be what it should be until subscribing is made compulsory. Fifty cents is a very small addition to the regular registration fees. There is only a very slight possibility of anyone leaving school to avoid paying it. Then why not put “The Tech Oracle” on an equal footing with athletics, and require every student to subscribe. Football According to evidence which is being daily demonstrated on the grid-iron, this will be the greatest football season that Tech has ever had. Coach Overall is working hard to build up a team that will withstand the toughest opposition, and the indications are that he will succeed. If the student body will supplement Coach Overall’s work with every ounce of pep that it has, there is not doubt but that Tech will make a clean sweep of it this year. Learn the yells, be there, and yell! From the Scholastic, Pittsburg, Pa: A poor wall flower Was Elsie Pannel She never swam The English Channel Schwab’s Recipe Charlie Schwab, steel king and multi-millionaire, is a man whom we all honor and adore. He is one of the shining examples of a self-made plutocrat, for he came from beginnings similar to those of Honest Abe, and climbed to the topmost pinnacle of worldly success. It is always an inspiration for us to sit at the feet of such an oracle as Charlie, and drink in his words of wisdom. It helps us to bear the brunt of failure, and to forge ahead toward a comfortable bank balance. In a recent essay on the character and accomplishments of this wonderful man, his recipe for success is offered gratis to the world. It starts off with these stirring words: “Be loyal when you start life, boys, wherever you start.” Now there is a sentence to make us shed penitent tears! We have there, in Charlie’s own words, the primary requisite for becoming a successful millionaire, and yet how few of us are following that advice. If Mr. Schwab could only come to T.P.I. and find out how many of us are disloyal, how many of us are slackers and hangers-on, what would he not say? Surely, there are very few potential millionaires in our midst –as evidenced by the prevailing disloyalty of a large part of the student body. How many of us would buy an athletic ticket if we were not forced to do so? And how many would subscribe for the Oracle without being nagged continually? How many of us attend meetings with unfailing regularity and how many pay up their dues without having to be dunned? But really and truly the most shining and durable record that can be left at your Alma Mater is the unwritten and unchronicled record of loyalty –loyalty to study, loyalty to play, loyalty to yo fellow students. It Can’t Be Done Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, But he, with a chuckle, replied. That maybe it couldn’t, but he’d be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried, he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing. That couldn’t be done and he did it. Somebody scoffed: “Oh you’ll never do that; At least, no one has ever done it.” But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, And the first thing he knew he’d begun it; With the lift of the chin, and a bit of agrin Without any doubting or quibitti, He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done and he did it There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done There are thousands to prophesy failure There are thousands to point out to you, one by one, The dangers that wait to assail you. But just buckle right in with a bit of a grin, Then take off your coat and go to it; Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing That cannot be done –and you’ll do it! --Edgar Guest. And loyalty to the purpose which put you here. Let us engrave Charlie Schwab’s recipe on our hearts, and then live up to it! Exchanges From “Side Lines,” Murfreesboro. If you have a friend who doesn’t answer your letters, you might do as a Freshman in college did –write a letter to this effect: If you are sick –sympathy. If you are engaged –congratulations. If you are married –happiness. If you are busy –pardon my interruption. If none of these, why in the O.S.X.X.Q. don’t you write? Now that Milt Gross has become so widely known, one hears some amusing stories about his new language. A man had become wealthy suddenly, and he decided that his son should know good English. He took him to a school which was exclusive and fashionable, and told the principal his troubles. The boy, he complained, had picked up his speech from the comic strips at a la Milt Gross. The principal told him to leave the boy and return in six months. The father returned, met with the principal and asked, “Well, how is my boy getting along?” “Dunk esk!” was the reply. “He’s pure wit seemple poifect.” “From the Kentucky Kernel, Lexington Ky.: “Well, I’ve sure had a good time, but I haven’t learned much,” is probably the thought of many a senior among the country’s 60 thousands candidates for degrees. It has, I believe, been often remarked that a hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg. --Samuel Butler Just like ‘Em Mother sent John and the baby into the garden to play, but it was not long before cries disturbed her. “John, what is the matter with the baby now?” she asked. I don’t know what to do with him, mother,” replied John. “He’s dug a hole and he wants to bring it into the house.” Are College Students Radical? The New Student, (New York), quotest: “Babbit –son of Babbit, he, and not the fevered convert to free trade, free speech, free thought, free love and bolshevism,” is the true American student. From The Wizard, Chapel Hill, Tenn. You can always tell a Senior, For he’s so sedately gowned; You can always tell a Junior From the way he loafs around; You can always tell a Freshie, From his timid look and such; You can always tell a Sophomore, But you cannot tell him much. I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true; I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. –Lincoln The Wearing of the Green Whether or not the green the Irish wear and the green the Freshmen wear are in any sense mutually related, there is a feeling of common pride to the wearers of both. Tradition is behind the Frosh as well as the Irish when it comes to wearing the green –and yet, occasionally some Freshmen gets the idea that to go about in public with the symbol of his virtue and verdure on his cranium is not an honor. How in the world does he get that way? Surely the beautiful green cap is one of the most distinctive honors of a life time. To be entitled to wear it should produce every frosh a feeling of pride and a swelling of the heart. That little green cap is proof to an incredulous world that you have weathered four years of stormy high school weathers, and have been one of the few to graduate. One of the few –yes, and one of the fewers to still enter college. Recall, for a moment your classmates of freshman high, and then count on your fingers those who now wear the green. Every doctor of philosophy and every batchelor of arts has worn it, and there’s not a one of them who does not remember that little green cap with a commingled feeling of pride and pleasure. --T.E.H. Belles Lettres and Sherwoods The Belles Lettres and Sherwoods met in the auditorium Monday, Oct. 3, and rendered a most interesting program. The meeting was presided over by the new president of the Sherwood Society, Mr. Carmack. It was decided by the two societies that a play would be given during the latter part of this term. The following were appointed as a committee for the Sherwoods to help select a play to be used: Hugh Evans, Leonard Crawford, and Wallace Mitchell. The Belles Tettres’ president, Miss Juanita Montgomery, appointed Flora Montgomery, Hazel Swafford and Lena Breeding as a committee from the Belles Lettres to meet with the Sherwoods’ committee. We hope these committees will soon be able to announce the type of play to be given. Just as the good work has begun, we believe it will continue throughout the year and in the end victory will be ours. –Reporter. Rev. Chas N. Sharp Makes Chapel Address On Monday, Oct. 3, Rev. Chas. N. Sharp, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, and Chas. P. McClanahan were chapel visitors. Mr. Sharp, after being introduced by Mr. Mac, spoke to the students and faculty on the subject “What Is Truth?” He traced briefly the history of religious toleration and the growth of scientific knowledge. He paid a fitting tribute to Pasteur, the patron saint of science, and contrasted the intolerance and bigotry of the old days with the toleration and religious freedom of present. “That man,” he said, “is nearest Truth who feels himself farthest from it.” We shall be glad to welcome Rev. Sharp back at any time. Win a Medal! Each year, as commencement draws nigh, it is customary for medals to be awarded to those students displaying unusal ability along certain lines. These medals are presented during the commencement exercises amid a general confusion of shouts and hurrahs on the part of the rival societies. It is not only a big honor to win one; it is quite a help to the literary society with which you are affliated –for every medal counts a point toward the coveted Wilson Banner. If you have a hankering for world-wide renown and wish also to do your society an invaluable service, determine now to win a medal. Following are the medals to be awarded this year, and the names of those who won them last year: Howard Scholarship Medal, Eleanor or Haile, Palladian. Essayist Medal, Thelma Music, Belles Lettres. Readers Medal, Pearle Cornwell, Palladian. Anderson’s Domestic Medal, Lucy Whitson, Belles Lettres.History Scholarship Medal, Eleanor Haile, Palladian Declaimers’ Medal, V. Carmack Sherwood. Mathematics Medal, Richmond Hargis, Upper Cumberland Oratorical Medal, B.M. Carr, Upper Cumberland. Athletic Medal, Gradis Winningham, Sherwood. History Medal, Lucy Whitson, Belles Lettres For further information, consult the catalog page 11. To be great is to be misunderstood. –Emerson. Personals Tom Gann, former student at T.P.I., is now right guard on Maryville’s football team. A.W. Smith, associate professor of history at the University of the South, and dean of Tenn. Tech, was a recent visitor on the campus. President Smith was called to Sparta and Crossville Saturday, Oct. 1, to speak at teachers’ institutes, which were held at both palces. Prof. Tallent, Scott, and Passons attended the agricultural fair at Livingston Saturday, Oct. 1. Odell Cornwell, Pearle Cornwell, Rebecca Johnston, Eleanor Haile, Cotton Johnston and Henry Carr Jenkins were recent visitors on the campus. Raphael Bilbrey, ex-student of Tech, is at U.T. this year. Charles Whitely, ex-student, was a visitor on the campus, Monday. Oct. 3d. Old students who, after prolonged absence, are back again are: Frank Sidwell, Marguerite Hargis, Fred Shipley, Uel Gill, Edgar Williams, Mabel Sidwell. Miss Myrtle Marcom, alumnus, is married. Lee Sadler Darwin and Miss Louis Draper, both of them alumni of Tech high school, were recently married. Anna Kate Scott, ex-student of Tech, is now studying diatetics at Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Michigan. Smithville High Has a Paper The editor of the Oracle is in receipt of the first number of the “County High School News” Descriptiond by the students of the DeKalb county high school at Smithville. This new paper will be published twice a month and is under the supervision of Superintendent Beachboard. One feature that is noticeable is the fact that no advertising matter appears in the first Description. The sheet has six pages, three columns to a page, and contains active news. We are informed, among other things, that the Smithville girls are tuning up for the basketball season, and that Coach Hembree has all of the last season’s team bu two for this year’s invasion. It is well remembered that Smithville had a hard fighting team last year, and any game they play is well worth the price of admissions –no matter what the charge. It is noted that the Dekalb county High School plays over our own T.P.I. Preps on the 22nd of this month. Their reaction against Carthage on the 14th, at Carthage should tell something of their strength. The newest thing in the way of a fruit is an apple that won’t keep the doctor away. It has a cucumber flavor.

Volume 002, Description 03 of The Tech Oracle student newspaper. Transcript:  THE TECH ORACLE TECH WINS FROM BETHEL AND HIWASSEE Bethel Beaten As Tech Plays Good Football Score 22-7. One Friday, Oct. 31, Tech played the strong Bethel College football aggregation on the local field. The game resulted in a 22-7 victory for the Tech gridders. Tech scored a touchdown in the first quarter receiving the ball in midfield. The locals drove it across the goal line on several thrilling plays, one a 30 yard run through the center of the line by Russell, the flashy Tech quarter. This run was followed by several shorter gains and Jobe finally carried the ball over. Blount added the extra point by a goal from placement. Tech scored again late in the second quarter. The strong Tech offense carried the ball to the visitor’s 20 yard line. Here the Bethel defense seemed to tighten, and on the fourth down Blount went back for a placement kick, which he executed with amazing accuracy. This was perhaps the first field goal that a Tech team has ever made. The third quarter was a defensive game, both teams punting frequently. Tech scored a ain early in the fourth quarter by a dazzling air attack. The score came by a pass from the 50 yard line, Blount to Puckett. Puckett received the ball on the 30 yard line and by eluding a number of opposing tackles, made a brilliant dash across the goal. A ain in the early part of the final quarter Blourt on a sweeping end run ran 35 yards, with the aid of a perfect interference. The last two tries for points were vain, one because of a plenalty to a Tech man. At this point Coach Overall threw his substitutes into the fray and a continuation of the air attack was attempted, but the ball had become wet and could not be thrown with any degree of accuracy. When the game was within one minute of a close, Sylar, the Bethel right half, intercepted a Tech pass and darted 70 yards to a touchdown. The extra point was added by placement and here the game ended with Tech leading 22 to 7. The Tech aggregation exhibited the strongest offense that the institution has ever amassed, regardless of the loss of Miller as a regular half back. The backfield showed a surprisingly strong attack. Especially pleasing was the passing system, with Blount heaving the ball and Hill, Puckett and Russell at the receiving end, the Tech boys completed eleven passes, while only five were incomplete. The entire Tech back field must be accredited with shining offensive play, and the same must be said of the line of the defense. Brilliant runs were made by Blount, Puckett and Russell, while hard tackling by LaFevre and his mates kept the opponent’s score down. MUSIC CLUB TO PRESENT “MISS CHERRY BLOSSOM” The music lovers of this community are assured of a real treat in Miss Cherry Blossom, a musical comedy which the Cookeville Music Club presents the latter part of this month. This is an exceptionally tuneful play from beginning to end, and is full of bright attractive music in solos, quartets and choruses. When this play was given in Nashville critics declared the music as good as any light opera of the entire season. Good music, however, is only one of the requirements of a musical comedy –and attractive setting and pretty girls are just an essential. The setting of Miss Cherry Blossom is a Japanese tea garden, which will be a veritable bower of flowers, while some distinctively new and beautiful stage effects will be used. As to the girls –two lovely choruses are presented besides the principals. These girls will delight the ear and the eye equally. The Japanese chorus of Geisha girls will wear oriental costumes, which give range for rich and varied color effects. In sharp contrast will be the chorus of American girls, who will wear the very latest and most fashionable models. Of the principal –one girl is a Japanese and one an American –to the same contrast will be observed throughout. The men principals also represent the two nationalities and oriental robes and tuxedos will vary the costuming. The Japanese costumes will come from New York. A chorus of American men will furnish some splendid quartets, and nothing is more generally pleasing than a good male quartet. But not content with all this, Mrs. J.H. Carlen president of Cookeville Music club determined that there must not be a dull moment during the entire performance, and to provide entertainment between acts, she secured, after many efforts, little Miss Mary Alice Farr, dancer. Miss Farr’s ability as a solo dancer is well known in Cookeville. She is a pupil of Mrs. Celia Grady Reddy, with whom she has studied several years. She has had many flattering offers from movies and vaudevilles, which have been refused on account of her extreme youth. She is much in demand in Nashville, where her appearance is always a signal for a large audience. Miss Farr is preparing several special dances for this occasion with suitable costumes for each dance. The music club feels that Mrs. Carlen performed quite a feat in securing such an attractive artist. Mrs. Carlen reports that Mrs. Farr says she is in heart sympathy with the work of the music club and is delighted for her daughter to assist them. The score for the entire performance will be played by Miss Tennie Alma Stanton, pianist, and Mrs. Wesley Flatt and Miss Elizabeth Ensor, violinists. These accomplished musicians will furnish a brilliant overture in addition to the accompaniments. The performance is under the capable direction of Mrs. J.H. Carlen who has given unsparingly of her and her voice to make this event memorable in musical circles. Mrs. Carlen is a musician of unerringly good taste and her direction is a guarantee of music of the best quality. Miss Jobe of the T.P.I. faculty, is director of the aesthetic dancing that the play requires and both new artistic effects in group dancing are assured. The cast in full is as follows: Miss Cherry Blossom, Miss Mary Rash. FEW PEOPLE MASTER THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Close observation will convince anyone that the great majority of the people –the common people as we say, and that is one reason why they are common –have no mastered the English language; and that they use and speak a low form of it compared to its possibilities. A glimpse of everyday conversations and relations will at once reveal this fact. In the home possibly the lowest type of language is spoken. There are no restraints; here are no “strings” attached, so to speak; everyone is free and outspoken. On the streets slang and are heard in abundance. “Nothing else but,” and “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo,” hold full way. Not only at home and on the streets is “common” English outspoken but everywhere it rebounds –at work, at play; in school, out of school; in this thing or that. And your friends, your personal associates, are their conversations as intelligent and as forced as they might be? Are their letters clear and concise: their vocabularies varied? To ask the question is to answer it: on the whole they are not. Why do these conditions exist? Why do very few people attempt the mastery of the English language? Because the English language is the most difficult language to master that is known at the present time. After a knowledge of the pronunciation, and a few simple forms of conjugation and rules of syntax are acquired, together with the memorization of a book of idioms. Spanish and French or any of her foreign language, are easily mastered. But not so with the English language. The conjugations, inflections, declensions, colloquialism, idioms, and rules of syntax are almost numberless and difficult to acquire. It has been said that in preparing a college course in Spanish it is difficult to find enough good literature for a two-year course. But it is a well known fact that it takes years of hard study during grammar school, high school, and college to master the English language to any considerable degree and yet there still be to be learned about it. All men have a desire to be successful. A reasonable efficiency in the use of the mother tongue is indispensable in any business or profession. The lawyer, the politician, the preacher, the teacher, and the man of letter especially need to be masters in the English language if they would be successful. Most men belong to some club or civic organization or both: and if they are real, wide-awake members they are sure to be called upon to express their opinions on certain vital masters. If they have mastered the mother tongue they may easily carry their point. People are what they are taught; and most of them teach themselves by what they read –whatever it may be. Furthermore, it is said that there are too many books being published. If people have not mastered the English language, to a reasonable degree, it is certain that they cannot distinguish good literature from bad; real from unreal; wholesome from unwholesome. And thus, as a result of the fact that very few people have mastered the English language, we find that very few comparatively speaking, are really successful in business; tare leaders in civic organizations; or can appreciate literature so as to absorb what is good and reject what is bad. Team Continues Winning Streak and Wins From Hiwassee 26-0 The football team of Hiwassee College, Madisonville, Tenn., played the Tech team on the local field Friday, Nov. 7, and Tech again emerged victor by a margin of 26-0. Although neither team scored in the first half, the visitors were clearly outplayed in every phase of the game. Tech missed many chances to score in the first half. At the beginning of the game the visitors received and on the second play they stumbled on the 40 yard line. From here Tech carried the ball to the visitor’s 4 yard line, where they were held for downs. Again in the initial quarter Tech was held for downs when in striking distance of the goal. The second quarter was made a punting game, neither kicker getting a decided advantage, and neither team seriously threatened to score. Early in the third quarter Tech opened its offense. Blount sttod on the visitor’s 40 yard line and hurled a pass to Puckett on the 20 and line, from whence he raced to the 5 yard line. A line play failed but three successive passes were attempted, the third, Blount to Russell brought a touchdown. Blount added the extra point from placement Russell scored again in the third quarter by an end run, and Blount again kicked the goal. In the last quarter Watson made a mad dash through the center of the line for 20 yards and a touchdown. Blount failed to kick goal. When the game was nearing a close a pass Blount to Puckett took the ball to the visitor’s one yard line, and Russell carried it over on the third down. This ended the scoring, as Blount again missed goal. No individual star can be picked from the Tech team. The entire aggregation function as a well oiled machine. The runners received good interference and the interference received good running. The entire time also played great defensive football. The line did some fine tackling, while the backs broke up all but one of the attempted passes and tackled with deadly accuracy when the occasion demanded. The only player of note on the visiting team was Prince, a back of exceptional speed. He often tore thru the Tech line for nice gains, and accounted for every first down that the visitors registered. The lineup follows: Hiwassee Crockett R. End Hill (c) Clark R. Tackle Starnes Hutson R. Guard Jackson Cox Center Clark Warner L. Guard LaFevre () Frizzell L. Tackle Suggs Dickenson L. End Puckett Lewis (c) Quarter Russell Prince R. Half Blount Grubb L. Half Watson Reynolds Full Jobe Substitutions –Tech: Bynum for Suggs, Suggs for Clark, Davis for Jackson, Hughes for Watson, Watson for Hughes, Jackson for LaFevre, Hughes for Watson THE PALLADIAN LITERARY SOCIETY The Palladian Literary Society has now retained that wonderful spirit that always prevails among the members. This spirit has been manifested in various ways, namely, the regularity of attendance, the responses to programs, etc. Last Monday a very entertaining program was rendered which consisted of the following numbers: Society gossip Amy Shipley Reading Thelma McCormick Review of Recent Novel Audrey Hoffmeister Jokes Hazel Jenkins BELLES LETTRES LITERARY SOCIETY The Belles Lettres met in the auditorium Nov. 3 1924. A very interesting program was rendered: Reading Vallie Huddleston Piano Solo Georgia Whiteaker Today Talk Daisy Leonard Reading Alberta Cooper Reading Treva Cooper Popular Music Alberta Cassetty Miss Maurine Quarles was appointed chairman of the program committee. The intention of the committee is to have each member of the society on program before this quarter is over. THE SHERWOOD LITERARY SOCIETY The Sherwood Literary Society held a very interesting program in their regular meeting Monday afternoon, November 3. The president Mr. Gilbert Hatfield, not being present, Mr. Benton Cantreli occupied the chair as temporary chairman. The most interesting part of the program was a debate on the question “Has religion contributed more to humanity than science.” The affirmative was represented by Mr. C.W. Davis and Henry C. Jenkins, while the negative was upheld by Mr. Jack Morrison and Wendell Johnson. All the debaters delivered very creditable speeches and showed evidence of considerable preparation. The question is one of great depth and many interesting points were developed. The outcome was a victory for the affirmative. On account of the vice-president. Mr. Walter G. Birdwell, withdrawing from school, an election was held to fill the vacancy. Mr. Jack Morrison was elected to serve the remainder of the term. THE TECH ORACLE Official Publication of the Students of Tennessee Polytechnic Institute Printed by Herald Publishing Co. Entered at the Cookeville Post Office. Second class rate pending. STAFF Bryce D. Stone ’26 Editor-in-Chief Eleanor Haile ’27 Asst. Ed.-in-Chief Associate Editors Dewitt T. Puckett ’25 Wit and Humor Shel Officer ’29 Class Hallie Ray ’25 Faculty John J. Bell ’26 Exchange Hendon Johnston ’26 Athletic Thos. L. Passons English Alex Shipley Poet Business Department James D. Miller ’27 Business Manager Jack Morrison ’26 Assistant Subscription Rates $1.50 per year PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY STUDENT HONOR There are certain fundamental principles that are essential to human progress; certain habitual modes of action which determine our status in the social, moral, and educational phases of our existence. Without these qualities we cannot hope to develop that richness and fullness of life that is so much a part of the individual who possesses character and intellect. In the building of character there are no more important considerations that honesty and truthfulness. Honesty with yourself, your friends, your visitors, in fact, with all whom you may in any way become associated with. We may truthfully say that the greater part of the students at our colleges have only the highest ideals and standards of conduct, but occasionally we are brought face to face with the fact that there still exists in the minds of a small number of students, conceptions of honesty and truthfulness belittling the wandering tribes of central Africa, who still flounder in the barbaric stage of their development. When an individual so attunes his conscious that he can unthinkingly or maliciously appropriate to his own the property of his associates or when he can so far forget his training and self-respect that he cannot or will not discriminate between truth and untruth, then, according to our present moral standard it seems logical to assume that he should forfeit his right to the association of clean-minded people. It is fortunate, indeed, that the number of Ananiases and cleptomaniacs in our college is small, but college is hardly an appropriate place for a fellow with an overdeveloped “hoarding instinct” or a tongue that fits the word to any and all emergencies so these unfortunates should either be eliminated or be given such assistance as would enable them to overcome their obnoxious habits. Whether these faults be due to thoughtlessness, lack of training, or unfortunate environment, the results are the same, and every progressive student should resolve to keep his own standard of conduct high and join in the condemnation of this petty moral decadence with a steadfastness of purpose that would assure its destruction. A man is the part he plays among his fellows. He is not isolated; he cannot be. His life is made up of the relations he bears to others –is made or marred by those relations, guided by them, judged them, exressed in them. There is nothing else upon which he can spend his spirit –nothing else that we can see. It is by these he gets his spiritual growth; it is by these we see his character revealed, his purpose, and his gifts. Some play with a certain natural passion, an unstudied directness, without grace, without modulation, with no study of the masters or consciousness of the pervading spirit of the plot; others give all their thought to their costume and think only of the audience a few act as those who have mastered the secrets of a serious art, with deliberate subordination of themselves to the great end and motive of the play spending themselves like good servants, indulging no willfulness, obtruding no eccentricity, lending heart and tone and gesture to the perfect progress of the action. These have “found themselves,” and have all the ease of a perfect adjustment. --Woodrow Wilson. FACULTY NEWS Pres. Q.M. Smith spent two days in Nashville last week on business. Mr. Hatfield was called away last week on account of the death of one of his relatives. Miss Stanton, Miss Huffman and Mr. Henderson attended the teachers’ meeting at Knoxville last week. LUNCHEON FOR BANKERS The Bankers’ Association of Middle Tennessee met Tuesday and were entertained with a luncheon at T.P.I. A menu of five courses was served by the H.E. Class X. under the auspices of Miss Thelma Rose. A color scheme of orange and white was carried out and the tables had for their decoration pumpkin baskets filled with autumn leaves. Music was furnished by the T.P.O. orchestra. About seventy-five guests were present. MISS POINTER ENTERTAINS WITH DINNER Monday evening Miss Lilian Pointer entertained a few friends with a six o’clock dinner at the home of her parents in Algood. A four course menu was served and a color scheme of gold and white was carried out. Those present were: Misses Lilian Pointer, Effie Judd, Anna Alizabeth Bracey, Johnnie Bilbrey and Pearl Cornwell; Messrs. Clifford Massa, James Miller, Dutch Russell, Ed Hudgens and Eugene Collier. MISS SHANKS ENTERTAINS One of the most enjoyable social courtesies of the local social season was given on Saturday night when Miss Mary Ellen Shanks entertained with a dance at the home of her parents on Washington avenue in honor of Mr. Dutch Russell. Most of the younger social element of Cookeville was present, and dancing was enjoyed from 9 until 12 o’clock. Delicious refreshments consisting of hot chocolate, cheese and loveknots were served. BACKWARD PARTY The Epworth League of the M.E. church entertained Friday night with a backward party at the home of Walter Carlen on Broad street. This was a very original party and was much enjoyed by all. Delightful refreshments were served as the guests arrived, goodbyes were said, and respects paid the hostess. Clothes were worn backward and the old game of Virginia reel was played backward. Many new and unusual games were played. A backward spelling contest was held with Robley Jobe and Clifford Massa as captains. Mr. Jobe’s side won the prize. Fifty or sixty attended and all report an enjoyable time. HALLOWEEN WITCH PARTY On Friday, October 31, the Palladian and Upper Cumberland societies entertained the members of the faculty and student body with their regular Halloween social, which took on the guise of a witch party. A color scheme of yellow and black was successfully carried out in the hall and auditorium, showing the skill of the decoration committee. Rapid were the steps of those who went through the witches’ home where a peculiar rattling of chains and ghosts were among the spooky things to be seen and heard, as they went to the gym where odd and amusing games and contests were in progress. A box of candy was awarded to the best costumed couple. Miss Rose Dow and her escort, dresses as devils, were the winners. The gym was artistically decorated with pumpkins and corn stalks. Two Gypsy fortune tellers were persuaded to leave their tent to occupy a booth of pumpkins, cornstalks and crepe paper, and read the fate of all those who desired to know. Delicious refreshments of sandwiches, pickles and cookies were served and typical Halloween favors were received. From a steaming cauldron three witches were generous in giving to each one a cup of their witches’ brew. A large crowd attended and to add to the fun the Bethel football team of Russellville, Ky., were present. Everyone reports an enjoyable time and claim it to be a “peppy party,” due to the T.P.I. faculty and students in taking part in all games and contests. It was with regret when the lights were flashed that the many oddly costumed characters went for their coats to depart from Spookesville until the next annual jubilee. Ed: “Do you beliive in this talk of dance and grow thin?” Fred: “Sure; look at the soles of my shoes.” Music Department MUSICAL APPRECIATION The aim of the course in musical appreciation is, first, the study of music in its simplest form –the folk song. Gradually Miss Stanton hopes to develop a liking for and understanding of the more complicated forms. On Wednesday, October 29, the first number of the course was given when Miss Stanton played “Country Gardens,” by Percy Grainger. Mr. Grainger took an old Morris dance tune and from the Melody developed a very effective piano composition. This was followed the next Wednesday, November 5, by Edison selections giving further examples of the folk song. The records used were solos by Miss Anna Case and included “Old Folks at Home,” a representative American melody, and “Annie Laurie,” a typical Scottish song. In addition to these, two descriptive records, “In the Clock Store,” by Sodero’s Band, and “The Nightingale and Frog,” a duet using the piccolo and bassoon, the highest and lowest instruments of the orchestra, were played. “Let the humbling musician whose soul is in the work take heart, for ours is a glorious calling.” –Orth. “Music is the golden chain whose links bind all humanity together in a band of common feeling and fellowship. –Perry. THE TEAM PLAYS IN CHATTANOOGA FRIDAY The team will leave Wednesday noon for Chattanooga, where they will battle the Freshmen from the University of Chattanooga. A hard game is expected, but if our team is in the form of the last two weeks they should easily win. The Preps go to Rockwood Saturday to play the Rockwood High School. Little is known of the strength of our opponents, but our boys are certain to be eager for revenge from their defeat of last year. JOKES Lady (in Pullman office): “Can you give me the berth rate for Kansas City?” Green Clerk (disdainfully): “Lady, this is a ticket office.” “I guess I know my stuff,” said the learned professor as he took his coat and hat from the hook in the cloak room. –Orange Owl Dean Smith (lecturing: “I do not mind if a student looks at his watch occasionally, but what gets me is to see someone take out his watch, shake it a few times, and then put it up to his ear.” Puckett: Ah, what’s the matter with you? Bell: Nothing’s the matter with me, you bloomin’ idiot. Puckett: You gave me a nasty look. Bell: You certainly have a nasty look, but I didn’t give it to you. Alex Shipley: “Do you think we are descended rom monkeys?” Mr. Smith: “Sometimes –when I look around the class.” Mildred: “Has Alex proposed to you yet?” Mary Frances: “No, but he has an engagement ring in his voice.” Miss Jarmon: “Franklin, didn’t I tell you not to bring that chewing gum in here again?” Franklin Dyer: “Miss Jarmon, this ain’t the same gum.” Some Horse Mr. Johnson has a predilection for talking in his sleep. Several times recently he mentioned the name “Irene.” And his wifw questioned him about it. “Oh, that,” said he, thinking fast, “is the name of a horse.” Several days later when he came home he asked his wife the news of the day. “Nothing exciting happened,” she said, “except that your horse called up twice.” Franklin: “How come you never see any woman scarecrows?” Mr. Smith: “I reckon it’s because you couldn’t get ‘em to wear clothes enough to fool a crow.” Perpetual motion –well, Yes, it’s come! Just watch John Bell Wigwag his tongue. Mildred: “Say, how do you like Bobby Burns?” Snooks: “Like him? Why I don’t even know him. When did he come?”