The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-31
COMMENCEMENT ENDS
DIPLOMAS DELIVERED AT UNrvER-
 SITY OF ALABAMA.
Hill Ferguon Reelected President of Alumni--Reunion of Company E, the Cadet Organization which
 Became Famous.

T
 State University came to close thi morning when President John W Abercrombie delivered to sixty-six stu dents degrees in arts, sciences and law | Of those, seven were graduate student | and received master degrees; thirty l nine received bachelor degrees in art
 and In science. while twenty were mad | bachelors of law.
 l The exercises were held in the his | toric Clarke hall, which was tasteful, | decorated in the class and colieg' | colors.
 A radical departure from the usua program was the speeches delivered | by members of the senior class. The students receiving diploma' I were:
 Graduate Students--James Horton Chapman, Etta Eugenia Lambert, Flo, Hap, Marvin William Phillips. Edward | Courtland Snow, Jabez Curry Nelson Jr, Walter Simrall Wyatt.
 Seniors-Alice Searcy Ashley, Regi nald Wilfred Barnes. Vincent Hard, Bell. Jr., Pearl Boyles. Francis Bar nard Clark, Addison Grover Darden Preston Alfred Craighead. Jr., Leila | Lawson, Ralp Marion Marx. Aller Kent Merrell. Mary Washington Moody Katherine Nicholls, Willie Candlei Norman, William Calvin Oates, Jr. William Taylor Palfrey, Mary Cornelis l Parker, Jesse D. Pope, Mary Cowpei | Pittman, Julia Ann Poyner, Rober' Thomas Pritchett, James Adie Reams James Rice. Jamie Lindley Robertson | Truman Aidrich Smith, George Snede- | cor, Robert Earl Tidwell. Henry Clay | Tompkins, John Westley Vardaman George Spigener Wilcox.
 Graduates in Law--V. P. Cobb, Har- vey Morris Blue. Jesse VarnGa Boyles | CIeland Pratt Butcher. William Gar rett Caffey. David Henry Ellington
 James Chesley Bird Gwin. William | Henry Hawkins, Charles Henry Hearn | Thomas James Judge, James Kay. Os- car Alexander Lane, William Lockin
 Moore, David Dare Patton. Robert Guy Redden, Richard Hosea Scrivner
 Thomas Sigismund Stribling. Ira Youns | Traweek, William Lafayette Ward | Walter Harry Wiley.
 Yesterday afternoon the socity of | the Alumni elected Mir. W. Hill Fer guson, of Birmingham, to succeed him. | self as president of that body. MT Ferguson. during his incumbency. has | by his untiring efforts on behalf of | the society and the university earned the gratitude of all friends. alumni | and students of that intitution. Ills | unanimous election yesterday to an- other term as president of the alumni WAS d nlBH anu eAhNSN | tribute on the part of his associates The other officers elected are: J. Quincy Smith, of Birmingham first vice president: D. H. Eddington second vice president; Florence W Palmer, secretary; J. H. Fitts, treas- urer; Robert T. Nabers. registrar. Successful Commencement.
 The present commencement has in
 many ways been a brilliant and sue l annoP,g ono AIfbon0h inc qncfetY af- | fairs have not been as numerous as l in past years the presence of an un- usually large number of former stu dents has contributed a great deal to | the success of the final exercises. number of prominent men, whose edu' cation was received at the university are in the city, renewing old friend
 ships and reviving again the old fa' l miliar scenes.
 | Company F, the cadet organization | which became famous by winning ths medal for the best drilled company al | the New Orleans exposition in 1SS0, ii
 represented by fifteen of its origina members. The presence of these rep resentatives of that celebrated com mand forms one of the features or tn' | present commencement.
 Gen. Louis V. Clark. formerly cade
 captain of the company. is in com mand of the present reunion. Int
 other members present are:
 Oscar L. Gray of Choctaw County formerly first lieutenant of the com pany; John R. Vidmer of Mobile, for merly second lieutenant; Alex M. Gar Der of Talladega, John l.. Horn of Liv jnRston, Harry r. Wilson of Birming ham, Glenn Foster of Tuscaloosa, B. A
 Wood of Meridian, Algernon Nelson O Birmingham, Alston Fiotts of Tusca
 loosa, Thomas Stevens of Mobile
 George W. Feagin of Tennessee an' w. W. Quarles of Selma.
 of uniform, white straw hats witi bands made of the college colors, crim son and white. General Clark pre- sented each member with a beautiful gold souvenir pin, In the form of fieur-de-lis, with the letters, "A. C
 C., co. E, 1885," in gold on back
 ground of crimson and white.
 | Among the prominent Birmingham men present in addition to those abov mentioned. are: Col. T. G. Bush, Jo | seph R. Smith, Jr., Robert Jemlson, Jr Hampton Smith. Morris Loveman, ROD ert McDavid, Hugh w. Roberts an' James weatherly.
 An honored visitor Is Dr. w. c. Rich ardson of Tuscaloosa, the oldest liv ing graduate of the university. Dr | richardson was graduated with tn | class of 1s43, and Is now S1 years O age. At the alumni banquet yesterda' he read an original poem, dedicated t his former classmates, all of whon
 have passed away.
 Of the class reunions now In prog ress, that of the class of 1900 Is on of the largest in attendance. Amoni the members present are Richar' Snow, Langdon Smith. Miss Abbie G Searcy, William Hester. Robert Foster ]. w. Granade, Frank F1tts. EdwiI Perkins. Joseph Searcy and Lewis Dan iel. MT. Richard Snow entertained hi classmates at his home last night.
 The class of 1893 is represented b. W. H. Bankhead. Jr., Dr. Battle Searcy
 William Little, Dr. Burr Ferguson, w FT Fleetwood. simpson Kellar, G. Ennis T Archie Leland and Hugh Morrow. 0 these Messrs. Bankhead. Little, Fergu
 son and Morrow were members of tn
 baseball team of 1893, which won th championship of the South.
 Last night, President John W. Aber crombie entertained the visitors an students with the annual reception the Presidents mansion on UniVersit Avenue The occasion was brillian
 one, and the historic old house wa
 thronged with guests.
 The reception and dance to be give
 tonight by the l.. T. Els, the popula club composed of local young societ men. will close the commencement
 gaities.
 It is the purpose of the alumni t
 make next years commencement
 which will be the seventy-hfth in tn
 Institution's history the most notabl
 ever held. Every effort will be mad
 to make the occasion success Tn
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