The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-05


their appreciation of the efforts Of the
different students who took part in the
exercises.
Following is the programme that was
carried out in the morning:
Invocation.
Music
FRESHMAN SPEAKERS.
ROBERT Emmet's Speech of Self-Yindi-
cation" Stephen Leroy Allgood of North
Birmingham, Ala
pDreams of Victory" Hugh Glasgow,
Pratt City.
Is THE Unknown Confederate Dead" Ma
tthaniel Banks, Alfalfa, Ala.
Georgia and Virginia" Charles Joseph
Nail Bessemer.
..The March of the Flag" Willis Tim
mons Howard, Albertville, Ala.
"The Cavaliers" Monroe Bennett Ma
lone, Guntersyille, Ala.
Music
SOPHOMORE SPEAKERS.
death of R. f. Lee" Oscar Bonner,
Roanoke, Ala
1.-THE Patriots Hope" Claude Tillman
White. Huntsville, Ala.
pyramids Not All Egyptian" Arthur
Graham Esslinger, Huntsville, Ala.
1.-THE Maid of Orleans" George Fred
srick Cooper, Birmingham.
1.-THE Lives of Great Men," Robert Joel
Van, Brookside.
1.-THE Ultimate Triumph of Liberty"
William Louis Bridges, Pratt City, Ala.
Americas Mission" Enoch Marvin
Burks, Decatur, Ala.
These contests were regarded as I'M
usually close ones and the names of the
winners will not be announced until We'd
nesday.
. The night exercises consisted in the an
nual inter-society oratorlcal and debating
contests of the r. E. Lee and the Eumen-
can literary societies. 1t was generally
pronounced to be the most successful af-
fair of the kind ever held at the college,
The honors were carried off by the r,
E. Lee society in both cases.
The following is the programme as rem
dered;
Music Miss Bertha Rogers. Birmng-
ham, Ala.
Invocation.
Presidents address, Columbus Lafay-
cite Sumner, Wylam, Ala,
Music, College Quartette
.Oratorical eontest-'I4 Lifting the Human
3, Level Daniel Caldwell McNutt Porters.
vile. Ala; Americas Call to Her Sons
Carl Gregory. Birmingham, Ala.
Music. Miss Julia Belle Bowling. Biz
mingham, Ala.
Debate-"Resolved, That the United
States Senators Should be Elected BY
the Direct Vote of the People" Affir-
ive--Eumenean-Willi Timmons How
ard, Albertvile, Ala. Clyde Harold Vann,
Brookside. Ala. Negative-R. E. Lee
James Duncan Hunter. Pratt City. Ala,
Arthur Merriman Freeman, Sulphur
s Springs, Ala ..bs
Music, College Quartette.
Decision of judges.
The following young men acted as
ushers:
Claude Tillman White, R.
Joel Vann, Lafayette r. Hanna, Roscoe
M. Howell r. E. Lee-Andrew J. Walker,
V. T. Mccartney, Claude P. Johnston, w.
NJ. Buchanan
Forceful EIoqence.
Mr.. McNutts Grafton was pronounced
to be an example of forceful eloquence.
He told of the progress of man by periods
by epochs and by ages, and said that the
period before our own was -eminently
one of discovery in all lines of endeavor.
He touched upon the menace of the great
personal fortunes, and strove to impress
that the advantages OF life must be equal
ly shared among men.
The speech of Mr.. Gregory was deltv-
cred in milder strain and had a vein
of religious thought running through it.
He told of the gradual advancement of
man from state of savageqy to his
present condition of enlightenment, and
spoke of the responsibilities and oppor-
,,,,stt
today. to whom has come down the her.
itage of the learning of the ages. His
idea was that the young man must by
his effort and his example. strive to de-
stroy the graft and corruption that he
said exists in modern life. He was the
representative of the r. E. Lee society
and the winner of the medal The com
mittee of Judges consisted of DR.. J. l..
Persinger, Judge John Miller and Dr..
J. s. Chadwick.
All of the debators acquitted themselves
well. Each one received prolonged ap-
plause at the conclusion OF his argu-
unents Mr.. Towards debate was espe-
cially noticeable for the vigorous style of
his delivery, while the effort of his coll
league, Mr.. Vann, was remarked for its
effective cross-debating. Mr. Hunter made
telling use of a caustic humor, and his
colleague Mr.. Freeman, was generally
conceded to have found and plugged UP
the few loopholes that remained after the
comprehensive treatment of the other
speakers.
The Judges in this case were the Rev.
+. z. Culver, Hon. Joe Hale and DIR.
]. d. Steele. They gave their verdict for
the negative.
Occasion Auspicous.
The occasion was a most conspicuous
one In the history of the college, and
the opinion of all seemed to be that
Judge Miller had struck the keynote when
he said that the human ear never tires
of the splendid eloquence of splendid
thoughts. expressed in splendid diction,
and that the audience had listened to
all OF that.
The commencement exercises will be
continued today with the following pro-
grammes:
10 A. M.-Junior orations programme as
Follows:
Invocation.
Music.
Eternal Vigilence the Price of Idber-
~" Omar Rughen Burns Carrollton, Ala.
1.-THE Awakening in Russia" Robert Nc
Donald Lester. Smithfield.
The Panama Canal Albert Convdu
Kicks. Eneley. 49, -
Making Good" William Homer Spen-
sAY RAssenner