Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-16

and themes and residences are given, viz. l.. G. Noble Smith Station, "Re bert Burns;" R. M. Mcdonnell. Taliad ga, ''Tha Evening of the Nineteenth Con tury;" A. w. McCord, Birmingham, Home and Home Life;" I. H. Holloway, Tu5kegee, Sell Not Your Birthright;" H. " Hudson, Summ erfiel1, Was Jeff Davis a Traitor?" J. T. Ecfor1. Auburn, Intellectual Power" c. F. All3n, New bern, Man ard His Environments;p w. Youth" J. w. Cureton, Dothan, tThe Old Southerner;" w. G. Henry, c lum- bus, Miss, 'Death of Stonewall. Jacfs-n;" :" w. H. McNeal, Geneva. 'Stould Alabama Erect Monument to Her Confederate Dead?" A. F. Jackson, Gree boro, Henry w Grady" The first prize was a geld medal. the second a book. The following were appointed committee to award the prizes on Wednesday, viz: J. D. Simpson, & L. Dobbs and S. w. Roberts
 The committee will find it very difficult to decide between the contestants, and we would not be surprised if there shoUld be a hung jury. All the young men de- lfvered their pieces wei. .remarkab bly, we'll As an evidence of this fact, the audi cree was attentive listeners for several houn7 which shows they were entertai-ed and interested. No one left the hall dur ing the exercises.
 Nitric for the occasion was furnished Dy lin1 CUlitSe D3Du, CCITlDCSEun exc uSlNe- ly of members of thu Southern university. They have got way in this institution eff being. se'c-reliagf, and are not forever more calling upon outsiders fer help when some work is need7d For instance a few weeks ago Dr. Keener conceived the idea of putting an electric plant in the uni vensaty building, ard Profs. Brown and Mefssey, of tha faculty, expert ele,cHri- ci5ras. went to work ard now the buifdtngi is lighted with electricity. Dr,, Ke e7nar did not have to send off for an expert tr1 oi9 the work but he had the breiris and nrns s2I'ssright at hand and the job was done in first-class style.
 The pieces delivered were mostly pro- duetions eff the str7ents of the nniversi- tv. Fer instance, the pialces Home end Home Life" and ''The 0l1a SouthefnerY were productions of members of the pr s. erlt junior class ari1 the piec7 d. -lvfred SD finely by w H. McNeal Should Ala bara erect =nronumert too hsr Ccf fed- e-ste Dead" was cemposed by Prof. Chistenherry and cseidvered as his gradu- ating sddress several years ago. It is one of the grar1eEt productions or the subject ever wr'ttep. and is sr,perior. in the opinion of the wriltsr to the address cre Hon. A. A. Wiley on the same subject before the lower house of the last general assembly. aat1
 In orr renorrt Of tha conn.- nc smenf sermon on lest Sunday. for want Of snaee' we. filled to nrantio~I itlla s,.agntfeent ni'sic that was renaere'1 bv. stfrA chAir tn' the occasic'. All Tho raer1bAr- 'Tf The ohnsr a"uu:tted thnn selves sp3an1id'y Mrs. Thns. E. R-ieht ir the s7-lo sh h1 SaI1v. proved herseIf to ha a vocalist of sr'norinr nc.wer on5 cuit,N~e1-nna gift d with tka rNe--e~ if sano v+ftsssa- soul aSl al turied to rra'o7v. on Suri1ev ni~ht Dr NSonr,,-as Toliv--,ad a esr,,op i,, tba Mett@@ist chnrc, fos- rln,a I,~-,ef+ -f vc,,.np rssrs Vt ura s able. i-terestii-g 2 and full of gccd advice to tha rising generation, tts--E