The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-26
SEVENTEENTH ANNIVERSARY.
Program Arraneed For Celebration a'
 the Univernity of AIabnma.


 University. Jan. Special )--The following Is the program for the Sew enty-dfth Anniversary Celebration as arranged to date. This is only a ten- tative program. and there will doubt less be several minor changes.
 Sunday. May 27. II q. m. Commence ment Sermon--w. Fl. P. Faunce. D. D.. President of Brown University, Provi- dence, R. I.
 Monday May 2S. 10:0o a. m. Well come Address for the State-Gov. Will liam D. Jelks, Montgomery. Ala; for the university-President John W. An ercromhbie, University, Ala. for the Society of the Alumni. President W. Hill Ferguson. Birmingham. Ala; 1i:oo a. nn.. Greetings by representatives of other institutions. 4:00 p. m, Baseball game (Sewanee vs. Aiabama). 8:00 to II 100 D. m., Presidents Reception. --
 Tuesday, May 29. 300 to 11:00 a. n.- Business meeting of Society, of Alumni. II 100. Grafton before Society of Alum nj. 100 D. n1., Alumni Banquet. 400 p. m. Baseball game (Sewanee vs. Ala bama). 500 to 10:00 p. m.. Debate by Alumni representatives of the Eroso- phic and Philomathic Societies.; Subject, Resolved. That the Old Times were Better than the New. 10:00 D. ni., Class Reunions.
 "wednesday. May 30. 1O:0o a. n.- Aca- demic procession. 10:15 a. m. Orations by members of Senior Class. 11:00 a. m., Celebration Oration by President F. P. venable, Ph. D., of the Unfver- sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C.: 12 m., Conferring of. Degrees by the President of the University. 400 D. m, Baseball game (Sewanee vs.: Ala bamal. zoo a. m. to 100 D. m, Univer- sity Reception. !. - The University authorities are very much pleased to have secured President venabIe of North Carolina as Com mencement speaker. Dr. Venable is a profound scvholar, having graduated at the University of Virginia and Berlin. He is the author of several well known works on Chemistry. and has been President of the University of North Carolina since 1900.
 There will be a meeting of the Geo. | logical Museum Committee of the Alumni in Birmingham next Saturday to consider ways and means of secur- ! ing f1re-proof building for the Geo. 1 logical Department. The Committee | the plotting of the campus for any new 1 buildings that may be erected. and will | probably secure the services of a New York landscape gardner for this pur- pose. stf-.
 W. D. weatherford. Travelling secre- tary of the Y. M. O. A., is spending sev- eral days here. as the guest of the local l association. Mir Weatherford has de- livered two addresses before the stu ] dent body and seems to be awakening unusual interest in Y. NJ. c. A. work.
 Manager Chamberlain of the baseball team has just received 8 letter from Charlie Schwartz In which he says that he will leave his home in Seattle, Wash. about February 5th and reach the Uni versity about the 18th. MT. Schwartz will remain at the University for six weeks coaching the baseball squad and then join his team In Montgomery.
 At a recent meeting of the Kent club, the debating society of the law depart ment. the following officers were elect. ed for the current term: President, J. NJ. Tucker; First Vice President. A. W. Cooper; Second Vice. President, W. Moo dy; Secretary and Treasurer. H.. A. Teal; Critic, J. B. Garber; Marshall, H. c. McNeer.
 The University Glee Club will make it's first public appearance Thursday night, February 1st, in the Elk's Audi torium of Tuscaloosa The Vanderbilt University Glee Club will give a per formance on the 18th at the same place. .-
 T A. Smith and W B, Harris have returned from Chicora, Miss, where they have been assisting in the con- struction of a bridge for the Mobile and ohio Railroad. ,.--