Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Seniors Colors: Orange and Black Flomer : Violet Mollo: Out of the good into the better; Out of the better towards the best. Officers E. H. McGehee President T. J. Anderson Vice-President J. B. Benson Poet D. W. Godfrey . Historian O. K. Welden . . ■ Prophet Roll R. H. Allgood W. T. Deal E. H. McGehee T. J. Anderson D. W. Godfrey W. V. Pierce J. B. Benson M. F. Jackson W. H. Robertson S. A. Daniel J. E. McCurdy O. K. Welden I -: 25 di

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V. ful. Suppose I do not accept that as true? I see no ill effects in myself; I know men who lived long and efficient lives, smoking to the last. Old Croaker — I wish it were possible for me to make you see that the habit of smok- ing is at least open to question. If I could make you see that, I ' d thunder it at you that WHAT IS OPEN TO DISPUTE IS NOT OPEN TO INDULGENCE. It would be impossible for me to mention all the evidences of the ill effects of smoking. Perhaps no one knows all of them. Could it be possible that smoking caused that bad throat? Why does that boy ' s chest look like an elephant had stepped on it? Look at his pale face. Did you hear him cough? Do you remem- ber having heard anybody say that the college honor rolls are made up from the list of those who do not smoke cigarettes? The mind of the cigarette fiend has a wonderful capacity to resist the acquisition of knowledge. The poisonous effect of cigarette smoking seems to have been demonstrated experimentally by the late Dr. W. L. Dudley of Vanderbilt University. He showed this to be due to the presence of carbon monoxide in the smoke. His biographer. Dr. J. T. McGill, describes the process in the following paragraph: Carbon monoxide forms a compound with the haemoglobin of the blood. This change in the blood is readily detected by means of the spectroscope. If a cigarette inserted in the end of a glass tube be lighted and air drawn through it by means of an aspirator, the cigarette will be consumed as in smoking. If a mouse under a bell jar placed between the aspirator and the burning cigarette breathes the products of the combustion, freed from other products than carbon monoxide by wash- ing through suitable solvents, the mouse will die without finishing the second cigarette. Examination of the blood of the mouse with the spectroscope then shows the presence of carbon monoxide haemoglobin. The smoke from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe contains carbon monoxide; and if the smoke be inhaled and taken through the lungs into the blood, the result of carbon monoxide poison- ing by the conversion of the haemoglobin of the blood into carbon monoxide haemoglobin. A boy can smoke a larger number of cigarettes because he has a larger amount of blood than the mouse and also dilutes the carbon monoxide with air inhaled through the nose. According to this point of view, then, all forms of smoking, cigarette, pipe, are hurtful, provided the smoker inhales the smoke. (The young man is seen to put his hand into his pocket, draw out a little white thing, roll it between his hands, play with the end of it for a second, and place it tenderly in his mouth, while he smiles and repeats an old jingle he had heard some- where:) Young Man — What have the old croakers said of you, sweet. Sweet cigarette? What can rival your solace in house or street? Can ' t leave you yet. My pet. Humph! In my coffin ihey call you a nail, Sweet cigarette. Pun on my coughin ' — but that won ' t avail. Can ' t quit yet, My pet. They say that you will come with my bier some day Sweet cigarette. And they are right. You do come with my bier, and stay. Quit? Nothing doin — yet. My pet. (Exeunt Old Croaker, head down and muttering a quotation from an old book about somebody who, having eyes, sees not.) ?4

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Ralph Hanson Allgood, A.B., II K A . . Dadeville, Ala. BELLES LETTRES LITERARY SOCIETY Ladies ' Debater, ' 14; Glee Club, ' ]4- ' 15, ' IS- ' lfi. ' Ifi- ' IT; Treasurer Glee Club, ' le- ' lT; Tennis. ' 1,5- ' 1G, IC- ' lT. There remains in him alivavs the desire to do Tlfhat he i e3. Maud never was known to have a grouch. He believes very strongly in Laugh and the world laughs with you, and amuses himself by singing and eating. Chocolate Milks are his specialty. He has a bright future awaiting him. Thomas Jefferson Anderson, A.B., B.S., K A Greensboro, Ala. BELLES LETTRES LITERARY SOCIETY Ladies ' Debater, ' 13- ' U; Vice-President Freshman Class, •13- ' 14; President Sophomore Class. ' 14- ' 15: President, ' 15- ' 16; .Secretary-Treasurer Senior Class, ' 16- ' 17: Manager Ten- nis, ' 14- ' 15, ' 15- ' 16; Tennis Team. •13- ' 14, ' 14- ' 16, ' l3- ' lli, ' 16- ' 1T; Manager Football, ' 11!; Business Manager Southron, ' 16; Society Editor Southron, ' 16. O, Conqueror of cities, ii hat are ijou ivhen compared to this conqueror of hearts! Tom is a good example of a well-balanced man. His good looks and genial nature make him very popular among his fellows. During his college career he has been quite a star in tennis. 26