The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-07
STUDENTS LEAVE
AUBURN FOR HOME
AuSpiciouS Commencement is
Brought to a Close
LIST OF THE GRADUATES
The Movement Begun by the Alumni
Promises to Have a Far-Reaehlng
Effect on the Future Welfare
of the Institution.
LIST OF THE GRADUATES

year in the history of the Alabama Poly
technic. Today's exercises closed what
has perhaps been the most delightful
and largely attended commencement that
Auburn has ever seen. There was a GER
tain solemnity to the occasion of today
as 1t marked the beginning of real, ac-
tive life with fifty-seven young men who
received their degrees from this institution
at the hands of President Thach. The
presidents address to the graduating
class was short helpful and encouraging
and In his own happy and forceful way
he emphasizes the two elements of sue
cess to young men, which the institution
| endeavored to teach here-work and man.
| hood.
| 1t was treat to the students and WIS.,
tors to listen to the commencement adj
dress from the charming speaker and pro-
| found scholar and thinker DR.. Francis II.
Smith, professor of physics Of the Uni
versity of Virginia. He came with
message most appropriate to the occasion
| because 1t had to do with the evils of our
present modern life. He spoke on the evils
Of the spirit of hurry and worry In our
modern life with special reference to ed
ucdlioH ITOleSSOr omlln ADDRESS was
enjoyed as much by the charming per-
sonality of the speaker as for the helpful
message that he brought.
The concluding exercises of the days
programme was the comforting of dis
tinctions and degrees by the president.
Distinctions and Honors.
Distinctions: Students who receive a
a nd
90 in three studies in the freshman class,
in four in the sophomore class, in five in
tho junior, and in six in the senior, are
distinguished for excellence in scholar
ship. and are awarded certificates of dis
| tinction. Those who receive grade above
95 per cent are awarded certificates of
highest distinction.
Freshman Class.
tinction-Thomas Beas1ey, Lee; Sam
uel WEIGH Caldwell, Shelby, John Cook.
Walker; Clarence Edward Francis, Tai
| lapoosa; Moe Baruchoff Gottieb, Macon;
James Lane Henderson, Calhoun Robert
Cleveland Lovvorn, -.andolph; Charles
Francis Pekor, Jr., Georgia. Roy Ed
ward Perkins, Jefferson; Schuyler Harris
Richardson, Limestone; Andrew Jackson
| Roddy, Jefferson; Millard Ames Westcott,
Lee; George Hogan Woodal, jefferson.
| Highest stinction-Benjamin Edward
| Harris, Jefferson; Josiah Whitaker
Powell Lowndes; James Grey Stelzen-
muller, Baldwin.
Sophomore Class.
| Distinction - Robert Gayle Adams,
| Clarke Henry Wingheld Allen, Marengo;
| Emmett Eason Binford, Lee, Samuel
| ner Dreyfus Montgomery; Samuel AIRING
| ton Ellsberry. Montgomery; William Ed
ward Fishery. Jr., Gilmore; Charles Ed
| ward Fort, Jr., Dallas; Robert Edward
| Hodnette Macon; Roy Henderson Lid
| dell, Wilcox; Horace Lamar McWhorter,
| DeKalb; John Thomas Moore, Jr., Geor-
| gia; James Augustus Morgan, Cleburne;
| Orman Nimmons Powell, Georgia. Herman
Herbert Schomburg, Georgia.; Bennett
| Thomas Smms, Sumter; DIN Conway
| Skinner. Lee; Ira Edwin Wilkes, Cren-
shaw; Sidney Harvey Winslow, Morgan.
Special Students.
| Highest Dlstinction-Clyde McNeel How
| ard Autauga; James Lister Skinner, Lee
ction-Thomas William Lloyd, JEFF
| ferson; Ray Meade, Jefferson
Junior Class.
| Dstinetion-Ne Albert Burgess.
! Cleburne; John Bayard Clark. Marion;
| George Washington Coker, Gilmore; Ed
ward Tarleton Collier, Montgomery; Dex-
| ter Edge, Georgia; Edward Alexander
| Harrss, Georgia; Charles Nell Hudson
| Lee; Norman Burns Mcleod Clarke;
| Eugene Stewart Pace, Calhoun; William
| Lewis Perdue. Butler; Charles Solomon
| Ripley. Georgia; James Douglass Sample,
| Talladega Samuel Robert Shi, Georgia;
| Fletcher Jackson Thagard, Butler; Err
nest Wood Thornton, Talladega; Henry
| Brant Whitaker, Georgia; Evans Beau
champ Wood Pike: James Alto York,
Dale.
Honors-Members of the Senior Class
who attain distinction with grade of
| 95 per cent are graduates with highest
| honor. Those who attain distinction
| with a grade of 90 per cent and less
than 95. are graduates with honor. Those
who attain less than 90 per cent and more
than 50 per cent are graduates.
Degrees.
Bachelor of Science: Graduates With
Honor-Henry Madison Averyt. Lee; Will
liam Sylvester Bailey, Tennessee; Mo-
desta Francis Beasley, Lee; Clayton st.
John Hale, Mobile; Ethel de We're Harrell
Lee. Shaffer Hood. Tallapoosa; Cincin-
natus Decatur Kllebrew Dale: Henry
CASTOR Mitchell. Tennessee: William Lee
| Roy Mitchell Lee; Thomas Byron Rich
ardson, Marshall.
Graduates-Robert Evan Allison. Sum
| ter; Otis Dewitt Alsobrook. Chambers;
Pnlllp ftolcomDe AVary, Lee; Franklin
| King Beck. Wilcox: Sidney Morris Bern
helm, Jefferson; James Robertson Black.
Lee: Edmund Cason Bunker, Houston:
| Sylvanus Leonidas Burney, Chambers;
| Charles Taylor Butler. Madison; Casper
| Carl Certain, Madison: Willard Cooper,
| Georgia; Nmrod Davis benson, Jr.,
| Chambers: Thomas Lewis Dickson. Lee;
| Samuel Burwell Fort Dallas William
| Humphrey Foy. Barbour; James Clark
| Francis. Coosa; Nell Alexander Frazer,
| Mobile: Frederick Emanuel Gebel. Mont
| gomery; Lynwood William Gray CAL
| houn; Dupont Guerry, Jr.. Georgia; Hugh
| Harrel Jr.. Dallas; Frank Hertz. Geor-
/ gia: Gilbert Russell Hollinger, Wilcox
Frank Parkinson Howard. Macon: Ed
ward Philip Lacey. Jefferson; William
| Leonard Lett Lee: William Madison Le-
| wallen. Jackson: Charles FELTON, Little.
Lee. Arthur Logue, Wilcox; Sidney Long.
| Butler William James Mcbride Morgan
Hugh Francis McElderry. Talladega;
| Claud Stewart McNeely. Tallapoosa; Hin
| ton Alfred Middleton, Chambers; John
! Augustus Miller. Calhoun Frederick
Henry Mohns. Jefferson; Edward Preston
Murphy. Butler; Henry Petersen. Jeffer-
| son: Martin Alexander Pool, Georgia
| James Marion Povner Dale Noah Par
ker Renfro. Lee: Angel Esteban Sanchez.
Nicaragua; Mabry Thomas Stallworth.
| Jefferson and Clifford Anthony Marion
| Weber, Jefferson.
| POSTGRADUATE Degree.