The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-05
ED B. JOSEPH HEADS ALUMNI A. P. l. Association Holds Meeting. NEW SPIRIT IS INJECTED Fine Address Delivered by Champ
 Andrews. Seventeen vice-Presidents Are Elected and They Are Admonished to
 Go to work for the
 College.
BY LOUIS sTERNFELD.

BY LOUIS STERNFTcLD.
 Auburn. June 4.-(Special.)- Au- burn Alumni Association today elected E. B. Joseph of Montgomery Presi- dent of the organization to serve the ensuing year.
 MT. Joseph had no opposition. He succeeds Hon. T. D. Sanford of ope- lika, who has been at the head of the Association for. the past six years. Resolutions extending thanks to MT. sanford for his work as President, were adopted.
 Important action taken by the As- sociation was the adoption of a new constitution and bylaws, the most es- eential feature of which is the provis- Ion requiring seventeen vice. presidents instead of one as heretofore. By this innovation, interest in the college is distrfbuted over large area. The constitution provides one -presi- dent from each congressional district ulty, two from Lee County and five out of the State.
 New vice-Presidents.
 The vfce-presidents elected accord ing to congressional districts are; Hon. John McDuffie, Monroeville, First Dis trfct; W. F. Feagin Montgomery, Sec ond District; Thomas Bragg. Auburn, Third District; R. A. c. Jones, Selma, Fourth District; John V. Denson, La- fayette. Fifth District; H. o. Sargent. Hamilton. Sixth District; J. B. Hobdy, Gadsden, Seventh District; Judge T. W. Wirt, Decatur. Eighth District; w. K. Terry. Birmingham, Ninth District.
 Dr. B. B. Ross was elected from the faculty and J. c. Streit and R. c. Smith from Lee County.
 The out of State vice-presidents are: Champe s. Andrews, New York; J. E. D. Shipp. Georgia; W. N. Negus. Mis- sissfppi; L. W. Payne, Texas; George Dunglinson, West Virginia
 The Alumni passed a resolution de- claring unqualified endorsement of Dr. Thach's administration.
 R. D. Webb was reelected Secre- tary and Treasurer and pr. H. M. Hamill of Nashville. was elected alumni orator for 1908. Dr. HamiIl is su- perintendent of the training work of the Southern Methodist Church and dean of six training schools for Sunday School workers.
 Spirit of Progress.
 The spirit of the 200 alumni who gre attending Auburns thirty-fifth commencement. is that the alumni as- sociation of the institution has reached a crisis. It needs reorganization: it needs new lift and renewed activity injected into 1t: 1t needs it's men of prominence in all fields to keep an ever watchful eye for the interests of Auburn This is the work that the alumni have undertaken at this conn mencement, and 1t bids fair to be pro- ductive of results for the further ad- vancement of the great college in every branch of technology. science and lite- rature.
 Though Auburn does not envy the large State appropriation secured by the University of Alabama, still there appears to be a sentiment among the Auburn men that the Alabama Poly. technic Institute having already made rapid strides in the past few years, must make even more progress In the near future, and, to, this end it is practically decreed that Auburn's alumni must work and use their infiu- ence to secure every available dollar for the expansion of the college
 From now on, it will be regarded as the sole duty of Auburn alumni of Alabama to exert vigilance and energy for the institution they so dearly, love
 Auburn secured a nice appropriation from the Legislature, $226.O00 in all. but, as compared to the University, Auburn's share of the deserts was not large.
 At the annual alumni banquet Mon- day night in the new engineering hall Auburn was toasted on every phase in Its past. present and future. It was declared the most brilliant and en- thusiastic banquet the alumni have ever held. W. K. Terry. of Birming- ham. presided as toastmaster. Presi- dent Thach responded to the simple but significant sentiment. Auburn" In response to a call from the toast master. Governor Conner spoke with "Alabama" as his theme. Other toasts were as follows: Dr. H. H. Hamill, of Nashville. Alumni of the Old Col lege;" Hon. Champe s. Andrews, of New York, 'The South in the North" Hon. T. D. Sanford, of Opelika, "Au- burn Alumni;" Hon. J. Thomas Hefiin, 'The South's Contribution to Civil Liberty"
 The Annual Address.
 Hon. Champe S. Andrews, of New York, delivered an eloquent alumni ad- dress to great audience in Langdon Hall this morning.
 For the past eight years MT. An drews has been counsel for the Med ical Society of the County of New York, which was founded in 1794. He is also counsel for the medical so- cieties for the counties of King and Winchester, and is founder and chair man of the board of directors of the Public Health Defense League He is secretary of the Comittee of one Hun dred appointed under the auspices of the American Association for the ad- vancement of science to advocate Federal regulation for public health.
 Mir. Andrews attended Auburn from Chattanooga and graduated in 1894 Soon after leaving here, he located in I.fa a