The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-01
Andreas Saxlehner.
THE vANDERB1LTs IN ATHENS.
The intercollegiate Debate and
Coming OrntoricaI Contests.

Coming OratOricaI Contests
Athens, April 90-The Vanderbilt base
BAH team is having a splendid time So
cially during its trip to Athens Last night
a luncheon was rendered them al the Com
mercial hotel; tonight they were given a
theater party; tomorrow morning they
will be given a tallyho ride over the city
and out to Mitchelrs bridge on Middle riv-
er, and tomorrow night delightful ger
man viii be given in their honor at the
Phi Delta Theta han.
Under the system of awarding speaker
ship places in the university on class
standing it has become almost impossible
for students in the regular bachelor of
arts course to secure them. Those who
take this standard course are kicking, as
the students in B. L. and B. S. courses
have less work to do and generally get the
speakers places. 1t is probable that the
faculty in making out its list of speakers
for commencement will revise the method
of awarding the places.
Interest in field day exercises is at
high pitch. These exercises will be neld
on the university campus Tuesday, May
4, and more than fifty students will enters
the different contests.
The report that VIII Sanford, the star
pitcher of the university base ball team,
was to leave college and go to Augusta
to accept a business offer proves TO be
without foundation. Sanford has deter
mined to remain al college, complete his
education, and at the same time, help
the Georgia team win great victories on
the diamond.
All the preliminaries for the inter-col-
legiate debate between the representatives
of the University of Georgia and North
| Carolina have been arranged, except the
! securing of the three judges, which seems
! to be a difficult matter. The judges will
| be secured, however, and the debate will
occur on the evening of May s, at the
university chapel.
| The university boys will, in a few
| weeks, select their representative for the
| Georgia intercollegiate oratorical con-
| test in Atlanta Aug. 20. There will be al
least a dozen students of the university
in the preliminary contest for this place.
Next week Watson Bros will begin lay
| ing the foundations for the new three-story
! building on the university campus. 1t is
to be finished by Sept. Is and the work will
| have to be carried on rapidly.
| The class debates for the medals offered
| by the university trustees will begin to-
morrow and will be held each Saturday
| during the month of May.
| The addition of another story to the dor
mitory building of the State Normal School
| will begin next week Contractor Ken
ney has agreed to have this work COM
! pleted by July 10, at which time the great
increase in the attendance upon the State
| Normal School always occurs. The six
| two-roOm houses to be used as lodging
| rooms for male teachers when the dormi-
| tories are over-crowded will be finished.
Prof. Charles NJ. strahan of
| the department of engineering of
. of mill
leave for Europe July l, and will remain
| there for nearly two years. During his
| absence his position will be filled by Prof.
| O. H. Sheffield. 1t is Prof Strahan's pur-
pose during his stay in Europe to thor
| oughly perfect himself in the department
| of architecture and it is the intention of
! the board of trustees of the university
| upon his return to equip and maintain one
| of the finest schools of architecture in the
| country
The venerable "Toombs oak" that
! stands in front of the university chapel, is
showing signs of new life since it was
| topped and trimmed. This old oak, made
famous by a speech delivered beneath It's
boughs by Gen. Toombs, when a college
| boy, was stricken by lightning a few
weeks after the death of Gen. Toombs, in
| 1885, and for a long while it appeared to
| be dying. But by careful attention the old
| oak is being brought back to life.
The Odd Fellows of Athens have every
| thing in shape for the entertainment of
| the Grand Lodge of Georgia, at it's ses-
| sion here May 26. The different commit
tees have prepared an elegant programme
which includes a rousing barbecue.
| Hon. B. A. Denmark of Savannah was
| among the visitors to Athens this week
Living Pictures" an entertainment
| given for the benefit of the Lucy Cobb
! building fund, was great success, at the
| opera house tonight. neat sum was
| realized for the building fund, which Mrs
| Lipscomb is securing for the purpose of
| erecting an annex at the institute.