The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-29
HOWARD HAS HAD
 SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Full Attendance at the Annual
 Board Meeting
PROFESSORS ARE ELECTED
School Enrolment Thls Year Was 2o5. Largest In History of Institution. Committees Planning
 New Building.

The annual meeting of the board of trustees of Howard college was held yes terday in Montague hall. Such a volume of business occupied the attention of the board that the entire day, as well as a part of the night, was taken up by the session.
 This is the largest session ever known in the history of the college Twenty-cne out of the twenty-six members of the board were present J. B. Ellis of Selma Is president, $. D. Brodie of Decatur. vice president; R. c. Ratliff secretary, and Prof D. D. Smith was elected treas urer.
 Committees were appointed to consider the development of the college. A much larger expansion is proposed by the ad- dition of other schools. These commit tees will make their report at the Bap- tist state convention to be held in Dothan in July.
 Dr. Montague recommended to the board of trustees that the college grounds be beautifed and improved and all buildings be placed in first-cass condition before the meeting of the Baptist encampment on June 5. This recommendation was passed.
 A new charter was adopted by the board, and it is very probable that R. II. Hunt, Chattanooga architect. will be employed to plan the new buildings which arc contemplated.
 Acting Professor J. A Handricks was | elected full professor of economies, his- l tory and Biblical literature. l Prof. Edward Brand was elected dean of the faculty and the degree of S. H. D., which is one of the highest literary de- gross, was conferred on him.
 A. H. Olive, M. A, formerly of Wake Forest college. North Carolina, and now assistant in Cornell university, was elect ed acting professor of chemistry and biology.
 J. w. Vardaman D. E. Stokely and A. L. Smith, who have been instructors in the college, were elected as assistant pro- fessors.
 1 This has been by far the most success full year the college has had since it's foundation, both financially and in the number of students enrolled. The total enrolment this year was two hundred and five, an increase of twenty-five over that of last year. Fourteen men will ceive diplomas this year. The degree of Bachelor of Arts will be conferred on twenty -three that of Bachelor of Science in the other two.
 The senior day exercises were held in the college chapel during the forenoon.
 The regular senior oratons were de- livered before large audience. The | vrara pa r land, w. S. Hendricks and David Bryan. No medals were awarded.
 The other exercises were literary in | character
 Banquet Last Night.
 The annual banquet of the Howard Col lege Alumni association was celebrated last night in the private dining room of 1 the Hillman hotel. The committee on arrangements had prepared for, and confidently expected that one hundred and fifty of it's mem bers would be present, but owing to the uncertainty of the car service the ban quet was at one time declared off, and was, however, decided at the last mo- ment to conform to the usual custom,
 Plates for forty-fve were placed, and l these were all taken. 1 The smallness of the numbers in no way detracted from the pleasure of the occasion. Nearly every man present had attended many such banquets, and en- thusiasm was written on every face.
 No formal programme had been pre- pared, but every man called upon for 1 toast responded instantly and with the 1 ease which characterizes good impromptu ] speakers.
 In the absence of pr. Montague, Colonel l Hogan acted as toastmaster, and dis played splendid ability along this line. All the speeches teemed with glowing tributes to Howard college, and expressed earnest desires for the expansion and up- building of the college. |