The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-03
NJ EXAMINATIONS
 FOR RHODES PRIZE Alabama Scholarship is Vacant
 This Year TEN PLACES ARE VACANT Members of Glee Club at the UnIver- sity Have Been Chosen and Suc- cessfuI Year Is Predicted for
 the Organization.
TEN PLACES ARE VACAN I

University. November 2.-(Special.)- )-The announcement has come that there will be no Rhodes scholarship for Alabama this year. A few days ago, President Aoercrombie received the following com munication from pr. George R. Parkin notifying him to that effect:
 Waterloo Place, London, S. w.
 October IT. 1905.
 My Dear Sir-Your note of October 3 has just reached me here. There will be no election of scholars throughout the Uni ted States next year. The scholarships are given to the colonies of the empire an- nually, but as only two are assigned to each state of the union, 1906 becomes a blank year.
 After very careful consideration the trustees decided that it would not be right, when a scholarship had lapsed in one year to fill it up in the next. It was thought that this would be unfair to the candidates coming forward in the regular year of election. In addition to this decisive consideration, 1t was felt that great inconvenience would be caused by having to conduct a special respon- sions examination for the few states that might have failed. We are exceedingly sorry that any scholarships should be vacant I regret to say that no candidates
  territories last year. Fortunately, nine of these had men over from the year before, so that only ten are now vacant. l pre- sume that you have received the eirculaf in which notification is made for the election in 1907. Believe me, yours very truly, GEORGE K. PAHhlN'
 GIee Club Is Selected.
 MT. Tom Garner director of the Glee club, has made his selection of the mem- bers of the club as follows. L. Chapman, Morris. White w R. Parsons, Braswell, spratt, Stlckney. McGraw. Steiner, B. J. Smith, Woodruff, J. Chapman, Chappelle, w. B. Parsons, w C. Parsons, Marechal, Cabaniss, Sherrell, Bell, Ashcraft. Van de Wort, Reams Lett and T. H. Simpson, &C., companist.
 Later on in the year the club will give concert in Tuscaloosa and go to va rous other towns in the state. Though this is the first time that the university has attempted anything of this kind, the Gee club promises to be a first class or ganization.
 The Young Mems Christian association this year has undertaken a series of lectures called the Life Work Series" On last Sunday night, the second of this series was delivered by pr. w. G. Som erville to large audience in Clark hall on the subject of Medicine as a Life Work" He handled his subject very skill fully and not only entertained his au- dience but also instructed them.
 On the 11th of this month Col. T. c. McCorvey will deliver lecture. before the students and faculty of the Troy Normal school on the War Poetry of the South" He has given this lecture before, and has always pleased his au- dience highly by the sympathetic and thorough way in which he handles his subject
 Dr. Buckner of the department of phil osophy, will read a. paper at the annual meeting of the Association of Southern Colleges and Preparatory schools. which is to take place in Nashville the latter part of this month.