The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-26
MANY VISITORS
 AT TUSCALOOSA
APPROACHING COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AT THE UNIVERSITY PROMISE TO BE UNUSUALLY BRILLIANT.

University, May 25.-(Special)-T ap- preaching commencement exercises at the University promise to be up to the usual standard of interest and brillancy. The various railroads of the state have of- fered a one and one-third fare rate, and the indications are that large number of former students will avail themselves of this opportunity to revisit their alma mater. Already the town is full of young ladies who have come to partici- pate in the social features of commence ment time,
 Among those already here are Misses E ie and Lucy Know of Troy, who are visiting Mrs. A. A. Persons Miss Mary Ware of Birmingham, with Miss Alice Ashley Miss Mary Prince of Mobile, with Miss Abbie F. Searcy; Miss Eloise Pick ems of Umbria, with Miss Lucia Van Hoose; Miss Carrie George of Mobile. with Miss Aannalee Fitts; Miss Carrie Morrisette of Newborn, Miss Pauline Welch of Selma, and Miss Garrett of Birmingham with Mrs. Cade; Miss Bes- sic Jemison of Birmingham, with Mrs. R. J. Prowell; Miss Ballard of Birming- ham, with Mrs. George Aston; Miss Mary Kirkpatrick of Montgomery, with Mrs. Ellen Peter-Bryce; Miss Lorraine Street and Miss Allen of Macon, Miss, with Miss Saidee Hester; Miss Helen and Miss
 
 Anna Van Hoose, with Mrs. E. N. C.. Snow; Miss Julia Jordan, Miss Marie Jones and Miss Corinne Rogers of Aber- deen, Miss, with Miss Bettie Hays; Miss Annie Finn of Montgomery, Miss Eula Drennen of Birmingham, with Mrs. Charles Fits; Miss Bessie Strudwick of Demopolis, with Mrs. Hattie Searcy; Miss Kate Cross of Eutaw with Miss Yanita Cribbs; Miss Lucy Ledyard of Mont gomery, with President Abercrombie; Miss Ellen Hunter of Demopolis, with Mrs. Norfeet Harris, and many others
 The social functions are as follows: Friday evening the Kappa Sigma fra ternity dance in City Hall, led by R. A. Bailey of Birmingham and Miss Annalee Fitts of Tuscaloosa; Saturday afternoon. Sigma Nu dance, led by MT. Fred Wink Ter of Greenville and Miss Saidee Hester of Tuscaloosa; Monday evening the pres ident's reception at the presidents man. sion; Tuesday evening, the l.. T. K. club of Tuscaloosa entertain at a german; 1 Wednesday evening" the commencement hop in the dining hall of the university, led by Mr. Allen Crenshaw and Miss | Eleanor McCorvey of the senior class, and Thursday evening the Phi Delta | Theta Fraternity dance, led by MT. F. l.. | Clarkson and Miss Annalee Fitts of Tuscaloosa.
 The oratorical feature of the commence 1 HleHL WILL dlSu Dt Ntiy plOHOuHCtu lilS year. During the course of commence ment week both the senior and junior | classes will have contests, the one for | the trustees prize and the other for the recently established Lomax prize. Other | prizes to be awarded at this time will | be the Colonial prize of fifty dollars to | the writer of the best essay on some subject pertaining to colonial history, | the Bryan medal for the best essay on some political subject, and the Mayfield | prize for the student making the high est grade in the law department
 On the afternoons of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the University of the South (Sewanee) and the University will play their annual baseball games. All though the Varsity has had no chance to practice within the past ten days on ac- count of the final examinations they hope to capture two out of the three games. Comparative scores would jus | tify this conclusion, as the University of | Tennessee, which was defeated by the Crimson and White several weeks ago, has just administered a severe drubbing to the mountain lads. But this does not prevent the expectation of a close series | Of games on the campus next week.