The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

TneSe commencement exercises marked, too. a year of the University's s largest attendance. This attendance, together with officers of instruction and government in all the departments Is here given in detail: Teachers. lProfessors .. .- q. ..s.s. s2S Instructors and Assistants 1T Lecturers s.s''...-ss..,s S---fs Other officers .. ...... .... Students.
 l. Academic Department:
 Graduate Students '. ......... Seniors !. .................3s Juniors .................... Scphomores ...........s-..6 .64 Freshmen .....s....... go Special Students ...........- .2l--24f IT. Engineering Department: Fifth Year Students ........... Fourth Year .................. Third Year .............s.s
 Second Year ...............s
 First Year ..-..............lo Specials ...... ............... 2--- 52
 III Law Department:
 Seniors ......'''..'..'''''t oa Juniors ]. .........:........le-- ss
 Department of Medicins:
 Graduate Stu students .'......'...; Class of 1907 .... .......s....SS Class of 1908 ..... ............Se Class of 1909 .................4S .4S-los
 Department of Pharmacy:
 Class of 1906 ..,..............lS Class of 1907 ............-..'.. lo--Sz Names Counted twice ........1
 Net total in all departments. 49l
 Enrollment in Summer scnooi. .sio
 ro,., .so7
 A statement recently issaed from the University gives an excellent definition of the scope and purposes of the Uni- versity. It is as follows:
 "of the many institutions, education al and eleemosynary, located at Tusea- loosa, that which gives the city us greatest distinction and in which the people take the greatest pride, is the University of Alabama This noted institution was opened to students in 1881. and since that time, excepting inc four years immediately following the war between the States, has been in continuous operation Tho total ma triculation since it's establishment ap- proximates 1000 The enrolment for ttss nresent session is about 500 of which number more than 300 are at Tuscaloosa.
 "The management is intrusted to a Board of Trustees, consisting of the Governor and the State Superintendent of Education ex-of1eio, and of one mem Der from each of the nine Congressional districts, excepting the district m which the University Is located. which has two members. Under the new state Constitution, the Board of Trus- tees is a self-perpetuating body. cleo tion to membership being subject to confirmation by the Senate.
 The work of the University is ad- ministered through tho following or ganlzations,
 1. The Department of Academic In- struction, comprising.
 ta)-The Undergraduate Department
 (b)-The Graduate Department,
 The Department 0f Professional Instruction. comprising;
 Ia)-The Department of Engineering
 (b)-The Department of Law.
 (c)-Tne Department Of Medicine Cat Mobile).
 '.,The faeulty has been chosen from tba leading Universities ir America and Europe, and each member is a trained specialist fin his department. No institution in thls country can boast a better equipped teaching force. For tunat. indeed is tho young nan or vou1r woman who Is permitted to come under the instruction and influence of this body of distinguished educators.
 ''Recognizing the growing import anne of a knowledge of the physical and natural sciences. in modern lib- eral education. the University has es- tablished numerous laboratories and -atheIed silendid collections ih con 5cction win the several schools of science. rivirg the student an availa- hia eoninnont, unexcel1el in the south- err, States, for a thorough acquisition of those principles and facts of scier oe which form the chief part of modern prof,ssionni ard practical education.
 The nublic halls and students apart ments are lighted with the Edison in-