Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-20
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
University of Alabama and St,
Bernard College,
A YOUNG WOMAN GRADUATE
Proves Record Breaker for AIabama's Great
Institution.
LONG LIST OF AoNoRS WON By STUDENTS
St. Bernards. Though Young in Years,
Bids Fair to Become Lead
ing Institution of
Learning.
LONG LIST OF aoNoRs WON BY STUDENTS

Tuscaloosa, June 19.-(Special Staff Cor
respondence.) 1.-The sixty-fourth annual
commencement of the University of Ala
bama was observed today. Clark hall, in
which the exercises were held was filled
with friends and relatives of the grad
uating class and friends of the institu-
ton. The class of '95 bears a record no
other class has ever had and it marks
the beginning of new order of things
For the first time in the history of the
university a diploma was awarded
young woman. who had graduated in
the course prescribed. and to her honor,
be it said her class standing was above
the average.
The graduate delivering the best ora
tion is given a prize of $25 or it's equiv
alent. Ten members of the class are
allowed to enter the contest, and a COM
mittee appointed by the president of the
university awards the prize. In todays
contest Elijah Stewart Pugh of Grove
Hill was the successful contestant. The
committee to award the prize consisted
of Congressman Jesse Stallngs. Profess
or Dubose of Birmingham and j. K. Pow
ers of Florence.
The ready writer's prize was won by
Mr.. Pugh also for the best essay on
theme assigned the class
The prize for the most distinguished
student in minerology was won by Dan
iel Perrin Bestor of Mobile.
Diplomas were awarded as follows:
Anna Byrne Adams, Tuscaloosa, Eng
lish literature. Germany philosophy and
history.
Walter Preston Pierson, Cuba. math-
ematics.
Bachelor of arts-Philip Houston
Brothers, Calhoun county, James Robert
Lee Espy Henry county; Joseph Net
ties Ivey, Monroe county; Richard 1ar-
ris Little, Tuscaloosa; Warwick Henry
Payne. Scottsboro; Elijah Stewart Pugh,
Grove Hill; Alexander Gillespie Seay.
Brundidge; Mitchell Porter Walker, Bir-
mingham; Portis Gaillard Welch. Selma; ;
Early Whitson Tuscaloosa; James Ed
ward Webb, Birmingham (class of sd,
Bachelor of literature-Robert Jemison
Hargrove of Tuscaloosa.
Bachelor of science-John Burke
of Meridianville, John Robert Dew
berry of Brundidge, Edward Wal
ter Faith of Mobile, Dawson Ed
wards Laslie of Tuskegee, Joseph Lor-
raine Mcconnell of Cherokee county,
Edward Clopton McWilliams of OAK
Hill. Samuel Byron Slone of Lebanon,
Archie Lowndes Tyson of Montgomery.
Civil ngineering-Charles Franklin
Wheeock, Jr., Tuscaloosa; Charles Fait
Macarthur, Bessemer, class of 81.
Master OF dfiS--lpdIDy 1itHdSeH lei'N u,
Sumtervile; George Edwin Stone, Mo-
bile; Nathaniel Aston Yuille. Mobile.
Bachelor of laws--Emil Ahldrichs. Gull
man, James Edward Alexander. Perry
county; Martin Mortimer Baldwin, I'm
ion Springs; Michael Francis Catalan,
Birmingham; John Cornelius Dennis,
Chiffon county; Norman Dosier Godbold,
Wilcox county; Wiley Groom Hill, Mont
gomery; William Bullock Inge. Jr,
Greensboro; Joseph Henry Lyons. Mo-
bile; Nicholas e. Stallworth, Evergreen; /;
Joseph Robert Tate. Jefferson county;
Jack Thorington Montgomery; William
Mudd Walker, Birmingham
The degree of master of arts was CON
ferred on the following graduates of
former years: Hugh Morrow, I3irming-
ham; Benjamin N. Ward, Mississippi;
James A. Mitchell, Livingston; Ray
Philip Saffold. Selma.
Rain prevented the game between the
University and Sewanee teams today.
They will play two tomorrow one in the
morning and one in the afternoon.
The annual hop by the cadets took
place tonight, and was a grand affair
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