The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-05
TRUSTEES MET AT
AUBURN YESTERDAY
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Commencement Exercises are
in Full Swing
TlGERT PREACHED SUNDAY
Junior oratoricaI Contest Was Held
Yesterday Morning and the Festi-
val Of Lights Was Con-
Quoted In Evening.
TIGERT PREACHED SUNDAY

ments and filling the chair of pharmacy,
which chair Professor w. II. Blome has
held for one year. and has just resigned.
The board is still On session. but 1t Is
given out that upon the Recommendation
of President Thach the new department
of entomology was established and Pro
fessor W. T. Clark of the University of
California was elected to head it. Profess
sor Clark is a graduate of the University
of California, with which he has been
connected for several years as assistant
entomologist in extension work. He comes
highly recommended as a scholar and
| man.
Professor E. r. Miller. former professor
of pharmacy in this institution, from 1895
to 1905, was elected to fill his old place.
He resigned here last June to take a
lucrative position in the experiment sta
ton near Havana, Cuba. He was the
founder of the department here, and
comes back to the delight of his many
friends in the town and former pupils.
Professor Blome goes to accept an i'm
portant position as pharmacist in Michi-
gan.
The junior oratorlcal contest took place
this morning in the presence of very
large audience The eight speakers did
credit to themselves, and 1t will be diff
cult for the committee to make the de-
cision. The handsome medal for the best
speaker will be delivered tomorrow night
when several others will be given out
Today's programme was as follows
1890 A. M.-Order of exercises Junior.
class oratons:
Ernest Wood Thornton, Talladega coun-
ty, THE Southern Factory Problem
Benjamin O'Connor Childs Georgia.
''The Problem of the Cities
William Lewis Perdue, Butler county,
international Arbitration"
James Alto York, Dale county, John
Keats.
Music
Charles Nell Hudson. Lee county
1.-THE Call to Service"
William Robert Holley. Henry county
America the Torch-light of Civilization"
Norman Burns Mcleod. Clarke county,
1.-THE Dangers of Our Imperial Policy"
Thomas Byrd Mobley. Mississippi, "Ob-
LEGATIONS of True Citizenship.
Music
to P. M.-Open air concert by A. P.
I. Band.
P M.-Review of battalion by His Elk
cellency Governor William D. Jelks.
Il
Auxiliary of the Young Mems Christian
| association.
Old Auburn Men Surprised.
To many old Auburn men the college
has undergone many changes and, al
though there are some things which have
not changed from the old way, yet every
one realizes that there is new life here
and that great improvements are being
made for the better. Perhaps there has
not been as large a number of alumni at
commencement within the last ten years,
and all express qualification and delight
to note the growth of the college under
the present administration.
! One of the most delightful and restful
of all the commencement occasions is the
| festival of lights on Monday night. All
| literary exercises are suspended and the
| time Is given up to social enjoyment. The
| whole campus and the street in front
| OF the college are all adorned with about
one thousand lights, scattered here and
there, ard tonight proved to be one of
| the most enjoyable ever seen at the col
| lege by the large crowd of people on
| the campus Music was made by the col
lege band and Worms orchestra.
| During the afternoon large crowds con-
| gregated on the campus in front of Lang
don hall to enjoy the open air concert
! by the college band. Every old Auburn
| man expresses delight at this most val
liable addition to the college since his day.
| The band is under the direction of Prof.
| NJ. T. Fullan, who for the last few years
| has been the source of many an hours
| pleasure to the Auburn lovers of music.
| The board of trustees were in session all
| day and many expressions of approval of
| their establishing the new department of
entomology and the election OF Professor
Miller to the chair of pharmacy have been
| heard from the alumni. Those present
! were: Governor William ID. Jelks. Isaac
W. Hill, superintendent of education;
| Jonathan HARRISON, Montgomery; N. d.
| benson. Lafayette; ]. A Bilbro Gadsden;
r. F. Ligon Montgomery; Tancred Belts.
Huntsville: j. NJ Carmichael, Montgom-
! cry; W. X Terry. T. II. Frazer, Mobile;
| T. D. Sanford, Opelika
Tiqert Preached Sermon.
The commencement exercises of the
thirty fourth year of the Alabama Poly
technic institute began yesterday with
the commencement sermon by Bishop j.
]. Tisert Langdon was filled to it's ut
most capacity and perhaps the largest
number of visitors seen here in years on
commencement Sunday was present. Much
! interest was felt in the sermon by DR..
Tigert, owing to his personal popularity
and his recent elevation to the bishopric
On the Methodist church at the general
! conference in Birmingham.
The large audience that came to hear
] the bishop was not disappointed. because
he spoke on a great subject, a most APP
| plicable one to the young men of the
| college, and delivered his message with
| great force and eloduence. The preacher
| felt 1t not out of place to refer to two
| of Auburns most beloved professors, men
| endeared to all Auburn men. whose life
| and example were a power for good
wherever they lived-Dr. William Leroy
| Broun, for many years president of this
| institution and DIR. n. T. Lupton, who
| died while holding the chair of chemistry
| in the Alabama Polytechnic institute
Thirty-one years ago Bishop Tigert was
under their instruction at Vanderbilt
University and could not refrain from
| paying a loving tribute to the character
and influence of such men to whom he
was under such high obligations.
Text FROM Hebrews.
The preacher took his text from the
18th chapter. oath verse, of Hebrews: by
| faith Moses, when he was grown up.
refused to be called the son of Pharaohs
daughter" The topic of the sermon might
well be called the great REFUSAL" be-
cause 1t had to do with the time In the
life of Moses when he was called upon
either to continue the deception practiced
upon the Egyptians and accept the high
| position thrust upon him which would
/ eventually lead to the throne, or to de-
nounee all this, turn from the inviting and
| attractive prospect for the future and
align himself with an enslaved people to
| which he belonged, He said that the
| laws of heredity largely control the ac-
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