Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 188, Decatur, Adams County, 10 August 1963 — Page 4

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The World Looks at Us No doubt it occurs to you occasionally that everything we do, collectively, is watched quite closely by the rest of the world. America, as one of the two great nation in the world today, is scrutinized by the other 3 billion people, to see what makes her tick. Few of us read newspapers from every country of the world to find out what they are saying about us-we leave that up to the proper state department officials. But there is a magazine, called Atlas, printed every month, which takes excerpts at random from all types of newspapers all over the world — leftwing, rightwing, etc. Recently, the world press has focused on a nasty U. S. problem — racial tension. In fact, we Americans, by denying one class of citizen his rights, are making a mockery of Democracy and capitalism. E Do you remember how horrified we were at the anti-Semitism of the Nazis? The rest of the world is just as disgusted with our handling of Negroes. Sure, other countries have the problem, but they are not the leading country, and we are. »It really pains you to see the political cartoons in newspapers over the world — the picture of the statue of libery, with a little colored boy cooking in a pot over the flame of liberty in a Munich paper; the picture of a “proud Alabaman” looking at a rocket soaring overhead while in the background the police use a dog to cow a Negro; or police arresting Negroes as they tell them “the status of liberty is white” in a Bratislava paper; or a picture of Negroes staring out from behind the bars of the American flag, as they are imprisoned, in a French newspaper; or a picture of American Negroes being beaten as they proudly carry an American flag, in a Berlin newspaper — these just s make you sick. If we don’t stand up for every American, black, white, yellow, Christian or non-Christian, we are starting down the road to oblivion I

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By Michael Thoele “Wah-ta, wah-ta, wah-ta, hah-ta, hah-ta, hah-ta, ree-ta, ree-ta, rseta, twenty-three! Wah-ta, wah-ta, wah-ta, hah-ta ..." No that’s not what they’re teaching your kids in school nowdays—unless your kids are going to the Reppert Auction school here in Decatur where they could, in only three weeks, learn the tobacco auctioneer’s chant which is rather loosely translated above. In the same three weeks they would get instruction in psysical culture, voice building, livestock judging, auction law, personality, salesmanship, pedigree study and specialized auctioneering techniques for sales of real estate, farm goods, household goods, registered liver stock, jewelry, merchandise, fruit and antiques. And all for just S2OO. The Reppert auction school, founded January 3, 1921 by Col. Fred Reppert, is the oldest and most successful school of its type in the nation. There are only a few other auction schools, most of which are staffed by Reppert graduates. Since the school's beginning more than 1,500 students have made the short, steep climb through the intensive three-week course to become certified auctioneers. They have come from virtually all the states of the union, from Canada and even from India. Dr. Reppert Now Owner Present owner of the school is Dr. Roland Reppert, a retired medical practitioner and the son of Col. Reppert, who died in 1946. Dr. Reppert became manager of the school. in 1951 after the 'death of his sister, Eleanor, who had managed the school since the colonel's death. He was only seven when his father started the school, but he can remember wielding a broom and dustpan to prepare the buildings for the start of each session. He frankly admits that he’s not an auctioneer and that as a youth he really didn’t understand or appreciate the school, but now he can talk long and persuasively on its merits. Though he is no longer a full-time Decatur resident, he returns during each school session. Col. Reppert, who started the school, was born in a log cabin in Preble township July 7, 1877. In later years he was to claim seven as his lucky number since he came into the world on the seventh hour of the seventh day of the seventh month in 1877. As a “boy he attended district schools in Adams county. His German-born father, Fred Reppert, Sr., was one of the foremost auctioneers of the day and under his able tutorage young Fred began to learn .the trade. While still very young he began to conduct auctions among his schoolmates. He once started selling the schoolhouse and had worked the building up to a good bid before the teacher put a stop to the sale. First Auction At 15 He made his auction debut in 1892 at the tender age of 15, when his father was unexpectedly detained and could not conduct a scheduled sale at a farm near the family home,-which at that time was located near Vera Cruz. His apparent natural ability as an auctioneer, supplemented by his father’s training, soon caused him to be known as “The boy auctioneer of Indiana.” Besides his auctioneering talents he Could speak fluent French, German and Spanish. As a young man he gained valuable experience at merchandise and farm auctions. After a few years he began to specialize in the selling of registered livestock, often traveling hundreds of miles to observe the technique of leading

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livestock auctioneers. Eventually he became the country’s foremost livestock auctioneer. World Records At the end of his selling career he held many world records. He had conducted sales in every state in the union and had even ventured into Canada and Mexico. He sold the first Duroc hog ever to bring more than SIOO at auction, later in his career he parlayed the famed Duroc champion, Buddy K IV, for $5,025. He pulled the all-time top dollar for a Poland China hog when he sok} Marshall’s Giant, owned by the Bock and Shirk farm of Sheridan, Ind., for $21,000. To gain more experience in unfamiliar fields he spent three years in the horse markets in Pittsburgh, Buffalo. New York and Chicago. He garnered two more world records when he sold a Belgian stallion for $47,500 and a champion Shetland pony stallion for SIO,OOO. But his real specialty was beef sales. When he retired from selling he held virtually every beef record in the country. He sold the world champion Herefor4 bull, Ardmore, for Walter Yost of Kansas City for $31,000, 50 head of cattle for Warren McCray of Kentland, Ind., for an average of $5,000 per head. He also made record sales of real estate, dairy cattle, farms, ranches and plantations. The first class in the school, which he founded in Decatur in 1921, numbered 57 students. Since that time the school has held two three-week sessions each year, one in January and the other ,in August. The record session enrolled 228 students, but the average is about '7O. School in Bellmont Part ■ Instruction sessions are held in a rambling bunkhouse and classroom building located in Bellmont park east of Decatur. Many of the classes, as well as mock auctions, are staged on bleachers located outside the building. The school is an accredited institution and is one of the very few auction schools which runs a session that lasts three weeks instead of two. One hundred eighty accredited hours of instruction are crammed into those three tfeeks. The students whom the school attracts run the gamut in age',' education and occupation. The present class includes a lawyer, a disk jockey, a bank teller, a 13-year-bld boy, several farmers, a number of auctioneers who have never; had any formal training, a retired “auction bug” who is just “seeing what it’s like,” and several recent high school graduates. The majority of the students have rural or small-iown backgrounds. Classes are cdnducted quite in-

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formally and when a student finishes his turn on the practice auction block he usually gets a round of applause from his fellows. The school’s teachers are nationallyfamed auctioneers who come from all parts of the country each year to instruct at the school. Most of them are specialists in a particular field. There are also two non-auc-tioneers on the faculty — Decatur city attorney Robert Anderson, who instructs the students on the legal points involved in sales, and Dr. R. B. Miller of Fort Wayne, an ear, nose and throat specialist who teaches care and use of the throat. Other Skills Important Learning the auctioneer’s chant is really a very small part of the training which the auction school offers. Quentin R. Chaffee of Towanda, Pa., who is dean of instruction and manager of the sessions, maintains that almost anyone can learn the chant. More important are such skills as being able to estimate values, to watch for and take bids, to learn confidence, to become familiar with such technicalities as deeds, contracts and advertising. Chaffee, who has served as dean of the school since 1938, is particularly emphatic about the change which the training affects in the students, especially in terms of confidence and stage poise. “We can do a lot in three weeks,’’ he says. “We have to change their way of thinking and we see to it that they get what they need.” A former teacher and school superintendent in the Pennsylvania school system, Chaffee stresses that the system of instruction is based more on practice than theory. At the end of the first week most of the students have already mastered the basics of the auctioneer’s chant and much of the time is spent in learning the special techniques connected with each type of sale. Auction History Auctioneering itself is almost as old as recorded history. Greek slaves were sold at auction during the time of Homer. In later centuries trade auctions were held in such European citips as London, Arristerdam and Hamburg to sell farm products, especially wine and leather. After the industrial revolution, manufactured goods were frequently sold at auction. In Europe, perishables were usually shipped to nearby auction centers in major cities. This practice was carried across the Atlantic with the early colonists and such U. S. cities as Boston, New York and Philadelphia became auction centers. The earliest recorded American auction was held in New Amsterdam in 1662. Auction practices and procedures have changed with the years. Custom once called for bidding until a candle burned an inch or went out, until a sandglass ran out, or until a running boy reached' his goal. The last bidder then became the successful bidder. But in recent times the fall of the auctioneer’s hand or hammer, indicating that he believes he has reached the peak bid, has become the popular manner of signifying a sale. The Tobacco Chant Likewise the chant of auctions has evolved and has even taken individualistic lines of development in some specialized auction fields. The “wah-ta, wah-ta” tobacco auctioneer's chant is not really so complicated as it might seem. Tobacco is usually sold only to manufacturer’s representatives,

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SUMMIT CONFERENCE— Quentin R. Chaffee, dean of instruction at the Reppert auction school, and Dr. Roland Reppert, owner of the school, talk over school business as they spectate at an outdoor session. — (Photo by Mac Lean.) W ■ ■,-* I 4 ''” "'V Ik W B ■MkEvr ~ jfe ’ »W 3 Bk w i iSBBRST' ... .< ON THE BLOCK— James A. Garvin, a lawyer from Fayetteville, North Carolina, and a student in the present class at the Reppert auction sohool, works on running up a good price on a car owned by a fellow student. The bidders are all prospective auctioneers who are now attending the school. — (Photo by Mac Lean) t1 Bl |.»4>'Ur ji J I vXnl UNDER THE TEACHER’S EYE— Standing at right, Clyde Wilson, a furniture and antique auction specialist, observes the technique of a student during a practice session in the Reppert school building in Bellmont park.—(Photo by Mac Lean)

who are familiar with the chant. Relatively speaking, the price of tobacco does not fluctuate much and hence the bids are made in quarter cent raises and usually made very quickly, since there is always much to be sold in a tobacco market. Thus, “wah” is a quarter cent, “hah” is a half cent, and “ree” is three quarters of a cent. The “ta” is simply added as filler and the whole numbers, such as 22 or 23, are called without modification.

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