The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-05
WEATHERLY GIVES
 FUND FOR PRIZE
ESSAYS SUBMITTED ARE TO BE ON SOME SUBJECT RELATING TO ETHlcs-oTHER NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY.

University. April A-(speeial)-A new
 prize has recently been added to the
 number offered at the University for efforts along different lines of work. The prize referred to Is the James w. Wealth erly prize, which Is to consist of the yearly interest on S25O donated by Mir Weatherly for the purpose. The prize is to be awarded to the writer of the best essay on some subject relating to ethics
 and as Mir Weatherly suggests. some subject relating to ethics in actual life. In his letter to the president. MT. Wealth erlv asks that the subject be so framed
 as to convey the idea of working ethi-
 cal standard which should become so
 much part of a mans life that it can
 be easily used in everyday life
 pr. Edward r. Buchner, university pro-
 lessor of philosophy and education, who
 has made his interest felt in all eduea- ton matters of local, state and national
 interest, since his appointment at the
 University several years ago, has re-
 gently been the recipient of new honors from his co-workers lie has recently
 heen apponted a member of the execu- tlNe eDnmlIlee bi tue oo1iSAS Ni ('A-~7~ Teachers of Education for the next two years He has also received nothea- ton of his appointment on an important committee of the National Educational association.
 On Friday afternoon the Glee club of the University will leave for StarkVile and Columbus, Miss, where entertain ments will be given on Friday and Satur- | day evenings respectively. In Starkvine arfo will he Of the 1 series of entertainment given by the l college authorities, while in Columbus they will appear for the benefit of the
 Bach Musical Society. which is one of
 the musical organizations of the Girls Industrial and Normal college located there.
 On Saturday, March [, the oratorical
 contest for the selection of represen- tation for the University at the annual meeting of the Southern Intercollegiate Oratorcal association will be held. There will be twelve or fifteen competitors, which Is by far the greatest number that has ever tried for the honor The
 meeting of the association will be held
 here during the early part of May, and
 1t promises to be quite an event of it's kind The association Is composed of the leading institutions of the south, such as Virginia, Sewanee and others of their class
 Much interest is being manifested in the series of baseball games with Wander biH, which begins tomorrow and lasts l through Saturday For the past four
 or five yeares there has been great rivalry l existing between these two institutions In the baseball line. Vanderbilt has won l three out of the last four series played, l the contests with the exception of that Of | last season have always been very close, the last game of the series always hav-
 ing been necessary to give victory. This ] season Alabama Is represented by team | stronger than the average and If they
 do not go up in the air good games may 1 be expected.
 The Philomathic and Eosophlc Literary 1 Societies of the University. looking to- l ward the arrangement of an annual de- | bate with the literary societies of Au- l burn. have appointed a joint commit
 tee 10 draw up regulations for the pro- | posed debating contest. The committee
 has made its report, and it is hoped l that the negotiations begun with the Au-
 burn societies will be fruitful of results.