The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-10
CLOSE OF THE GAYETIEs.


commencement Hop mt the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute.
Auburn, June Especial. 1.-The
round of social gayeties accompanying
the commencement exercises came to
a close last night with the commence
ment hop, which was a splendid
function. The dance was held by Mr..
T. P. McElderry of Talladega, and
Miss Taylor of Demopolis. About six
ty couples participated. Among the
young ladies' in attendance were;
Misses Traylor of West Point, Ca;
Josie Blanchard of Birmingham: Lot
tie Lee Echols of Opelika; Helen Craig
of Asheville, N. c.; Mabel Heard, Isa-
belle Battle, Eta Williams. Kate
Pierce, all of Columbus. Ga: Misses
Taylor and McDufie of Demopolis
Miss Brown of Forsyth, Ga; Matte
Lou Fuller and Macy Fuller of NADIA
wah: Miss Long of Carrollton. Ga;
Lola Belle Gould of Mobile; Miss Fra
ger of Prattville; Miss Goddard of Crit
I'm, Ca; Abilene Driver of Opelika
Miss Morris of Jackson, Ala; Misses
May and Emma Harvey of Auburn
Misses Hudmon of opelika; Misses
Kate and Lottie Lane, Misses Walkley
and Miss Bessie Thach, all of Auburn,
and Misses Roberta Roberts, Mary
Knowles, Miss futile and Miss Vass,
all of Montgomery.
The officers of the Alumni Associa-
ton for the ensuing year are as fol-
lows:
T. D. Sanford. opelika, President.
r. F. Lyon. Montgomery. Vice Pres
ident
r. D. Webb, Auburn, Secretary.
B. II. Crenshaw, Auburn, Treasurer
Alva Fitzpatrick, Montgomery, ora
tor for 1905. .-s
Among the improvements authorized
by the trustees at the last meeting
was the erection of a new power house.
The plans for this building have been
completed, and 1t will be a beautiful
structure of red pressed brick with
white stone trimmings.
Many medals and prizes were award
ed Tuesday evening after the address
of DIR. Kent. The medal for the best
drilled cadet was awarded by the bat
talon sponsor. Miss Brown, of For
syth, Ga, to Cadet r. p Boyd. gold
medal, offered by Professor NJ. I. Full
Ian to the member of the band who
has made the most progress in music
during the session was awarded to
Cadet A. L. Thomas by Miss Josie
Blanchard of Birmingham, who was
sponsor for the band. The w. H
Thomas medal offered for the best es-
say written by an undergraduate stu
dent of the college was awarded to Mr.
K. L. Forester, of Dothan. As a tok-
en- of their esteem and appreciation of
his efforts in their behalf, TIE mem
bers of the band through their spon-
sor presented to Professor Fullan. the
musical director, a handsome gold
ring. The winner of the junior ora
torical contest was w. r. Sanford of
Opclika, and he also received a hand
some gold medal. The competitive
company drill was won by Company
B. commanded by Captain w. M VIII
son of Gadsden. With a few appro-
pirate words his sponsor, Miss Lottie
Lee Echols of Opelika, presented him
the prize sword.
A very interesting occasion of the
week was an informal lecture deliv-
cred in Langdon Hall Monday after
noon by Harry Y. Hall of New York
city. The lecture was primarily for
the benefit of the students in electrical
engineering, but a large number of
others were present and derived much
profit from Mr.. Halls discourse. Mr..
Hall is an alumnus of Auburn, having
completed his course here in 1900, and
is now at the head of the largest pow
err plant In the world. After leaving
! college he entered his profession with
the General Electric Company and has
| since risen rapidly. He is now with the
Manhattan Railway Company in New
York. His lecture was very practical
and of great value to young electri-
clans.