The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-04

James Augustus Morgan. Clcburno County--Iliiteracy in the South,' Roy Henderson Liddell. Wilcox --lnfuence of Individual Char acter on America's Destiny" Thomas Washington Smith. Fayette County--"The Spirit of Democracy. Robert Gayle Adams, Clarke ,soun- ty-The Reformation of the Twsn- tieth Century,"
 The judges of the contest were Lieu
 tenant Governor Henry B. Gray, Hon. John McDufie. of Monroe County. and
 Hon. T. D. Power, of opelika. They will not announce their decision until tomorrow night.
 Honors Awarded Many. Seventy-f1ve students were awarded distinction ribbons this morning in
 front of the main building of the col lege. The requirements for certificates LOT distinction are as follows: Sem iors must make 90 or above in six subjects. juniors 90 or above in i've
 subjects. sophomores 90 or above in
 four subjects. freshmen 90 or above
 in three subjects.
 It Is singular this year that only sixteen freshmen were awarded dis tinction because, as a rule. tAis class generally contains the largest num- Der of students and the requirements for distinction in this class are easier ttt~Nf hhs otHGf. WelFe SenlofS out of graduating class of seventy one were given awards of distinction. Twentytwo members of each the Junior and the sophomore classes re- l ceived distinction and three students | taking special courses were awarded | the honor.
 Eleven post graduates and seventy 1 one seniors out of a class of seventy l eight will receive their diplomas We'd nesday. Of the eleven post graduates l eight will be awarded the degree of l master of science, two will have the | degree of electrical engineer conferred 1 upon them, and one degree of mechani- 1 cal-engineer will be awarded: The graduating class includes three young women. Out of the total num- | Der of graduates who will receive their l diplomas. forty-seven of them are | engineering students. having complet- | ed courses in civil, mining or electrical
 and mechanical engineering.
 The following are those who were awarded distinction.
 Seniors-J. B. Clark. J. c. Dow. E.
 A. Harriss. Miss M. M. Harvey. H. P. l Hodges, c. M. Hudson, M. B. Mcleod,
 E. s. Pace. W L. Perdue. J. D. sam
 pie. E B. Wood. J A. York
 Juniors-R R. Adams. II. W. Allen,
 E. V. Camp. c. c. Chatley. l.. C.. l Collins, S. A. Ellsberry, N. M Haral-
 son; c. M. Howard, Miss F. M. Knapp.
 R. H. Liddell, J. T. Moore, s. c. Drey- I fus. W. P. Paterson. c. T. Porter. O..
 N. Powell. H. II. schomburgs J. L..
 W. F. White. J. F. wilks.
 l Sophomores-L. Adler. C. D. A1lis. l T. Beasiey. s. w. Caldwell. w. J. | Carter, H. J. Chatterton, J. Cohen, B.
 M. Goldgar, M. B. Gottlieb, J. H. Ham,
 lin, B. E. Harris, R. Meade. J. W. Moore, R. F. l.. Patton. J. T. Postell, J. w. 1 Powell, S H. Richardson, A. A. Skin-
 ner. J. G. Stelfenmuller. B. A. Webb,
 Miss, I. Whitaker. R. W. Williamson. | Freshmen-G. F. Blue. D. M. Clem-
 ents, H. H. Davis. L.. M. Dinsmore, J. F. Grady, l.. Kelly. J. J. Hayes, M.
 Lothrop, Jr., W.sS. Mims, D. M. Moore, W. c. Oliver. c. M. Pruett. M. A..
 Smith, A. H. vanDuzer. C. c. Yonge,
 speciai--R. F. Groom, E. w. Lind. T. w. Lloyd.
 Review of Battalion.
 After a hearty dinner at the resi- dence of President Thach, Governor Co.,
 mer called the Board of Trustees to or- der again at 2:15 o'clock yesterday af- ternoon and the trustees, in executive
 session, knuckled down to hard work for the remainder of the day. Late this afternoon, the Auburn Ca- l det Band entertained with an open air | concert on the college campus. Hun | dreds of visitors thronged the grounds a heard the music of this, most cred | table organization. An excellent pro- | gram was carried out. l Earlier in the afternoon, the alumni | of the institute assembled in the rooms
 of the Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity
 where they enjoyed an informal smok- | CT. In an informal way. the alumni
 talked of, plans they proposed for the l advancement of the Alabama Polytech-
 nic Institute In every field of learning
 and endeavor
 The Governor, accompanied by his
 staff, appeared on the parade ground at
 5 o'clock to review the battalion. Full l ly 4O0 students, under the command of | Colonel B g. Patrick. marched before
 standard of fo~mer days. the military | standard of the college. the fame for | its expertness in all branches of mili-
 tarv tactics. The review was an im- | nressfve ceremony.
 | Alumnl Banquet at Night | The annual festival of lights. under
 the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Young Mems Christian Asso- citation. was given tonight The col legs campus was beautifully festooned 1 with paper lanterns and electric lights.
 which were intermingled for the occa- | sion The event. and its attending fes- | tiyities has been the most pic-
 turesque part of the commencement OK
 ercises thus far.
 In the new engineering building, the
 annual meeting of the alumni society ], the Alabama Polytechnic Institute