The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-07

an annual institution, one tnat IS aI closer touch with each other and to afford occasion for informal speeches, The luncheon was heid. as m Past years, in the large study hall located at
 the north end of the. big main building;
 The luncheon proved to be h n5antiau'I a'I
 repast spread on long o,n tables Sn %heh bi, of matoes and lettuce. beef tongue, olives,
 chicken salad, broiled chicken. sliSea Sa
 and cigars. Nothing more invigoratins than ice tea was served.
 The room was taStefully .uecorateu with orange and blue flags. The colors
 of the college and orange and blue
 streamers were uwined about the pillars
 in she ssudy neyrhans one 6undfed ana M
 ty gathered about the tables and en-
 joyed the luncheon as well as an ex-
 oe1lsat, psat,dsgSt sgstakiPe Hr0fsEamf fsamfor4 of the
 toas tmaster. His introductions of the
 SiIerent Mera freoSPentfy sPedtkfersh cheered. aTe ms ~
 President Thach was the first speak
 er He was called upon to respond 10 history of the institution and spoke
 with deep feeling of the lives of VII.
 Ham LeRoy Broun. pr; Lupton and ana devoted to the upbuilding of ;he in
 stitution and whose careers and In
 whose achievements the institution
 Ge5 a6s 6sep obreis 9r1a of ASBaTs of the | men who made 1t, for walls ana bulid- ings could not make an institution. He reJoiced that the time had come when
 name of inc sweetest village Of the plains" a place on the map, but that It stood synonomous with that of an
 institution with character and with an Individuality. Auburn had passed
 through its state of transition and had
 become like Oxford. Cambridge and prtn with
 took pride in the truth that Auburn
 destined work and appointed task
 without Jealousy of any institution; Speaking upon the toast of the Fac ment of History, fellcltated the fac- ulty and the alumni upon the harmo-
 nious and delightful esprit du corps
 dignity of labor had been exalted and
 the necessity for earnest effort had
 been exempliGed.
 If Auburn taught anything or stood for anything 1t was that education
 alone, education without effort 10 move | foFWard, meant nothing Iand helped no
 man. From janitor down to Pr ssident | work was called for and demanded from every man connected with tho
 college; The speaker In alluding to Auburn Dr. Petrie said that he held
 with President Alderman of the Uni | | IS in American government there was no place for dictator.
 | At the conclusion of his remarks, at
 the suggestion of President Sanford. | a toast was drunk to the health of the | late Professor Smith and as mark
 of respect 1t was drunk standing.
 the Anniston College for Young La dies. delivered an eloquent response 10 | the sentiment Our Sister Institutions" | Dr. owens is one of the eloquent young l of periods. his alluslons 10 the work that | the Alabama colleges were doing and
 to the spirit of harmony that existed
 and to the great agricultural and com | mercial development of Alabama were
 heartily and frequently cheered
 Dr. J. ". Stagg,, the able pastor ot mIngham. was called upon to speak on
 The Clergy" Dr. stagg proved him
 self a most entertaining after fI, iinner idT,n | of humorous stories in the State and | the big crowd was continually in an uproar Of laughter at his dry and wit
 The Press" was responded to by | VIII T. Sheehan.
 At o'clock in the afternoon the
 prize drill between the four crack com | panies of the cadet battalion tegan. | The Judges who were to grade the va
 rious commands and to make tIls captain whose company should prove | the best. were Lieutenant Colonel | Hughes B Kennedy of the 9rd Infan- try and John McDufiie. an alumnus of | Auburn and captain of one of the crack l companies during his graduating year. | The sunlit campus was surrounded | by great crowd, which took q deep l interest in the competitive drill and | chcered the good movements as they | saw thenl There were many ladies in | huffy spring dresses about on rnc em- bankments or with their escorts in buggies watching the keen competi-
 There was no doubt that every man in every company in the drill did hls pended upon his own efforts. The | members of some of the companies had | for more than q week past been rising at 5 o'clock in the morning to get the | advantage of two hours additional | practice each day.
 For each company there was a spon- sor wno, escorted by a cadet, rode out
 in d handsomely decorated carriage 1 field as her company was going through its evolutions.
 The companies which took part In the drill with their sponsors. commis- stoned officers were as follows:
 The Crack Companies.
 "A"-Miss Roberta Roberts. Sponsor; | O. E. Young. Captain: F. K. Eslinger, First Lieutenant; J. V. Denson, Second
 "B'IMiss May Harvey, Sponsor; j. H. Patterson, Captain; E. Alsbrook, First Lieutenant; L. c. Gresham, Sec
 oi@ @c''"Miss Jewelle Dickson, Sponsor. H IT I thornton, Captain; L. Scale, First 1 Lieutenant; II. F.. Bennett, Second Lieu
 o''ir% '"'n"LMiss Lollie Belle Gould. spon- sor: R M Mcculloh, Captain: E H. C0baniss First Lieutenant; G. W. Pos
 tell. Second Llsuteena4nt: eI s,.,. suo,.,u. RalpA s>-Adley. First Lieutenanti O. R