The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-10
MANGUM PRESIDENT
HEADS GREENSBORO ALUMNI FOR
 COMING YEAR.
Chair of History a. ssuthern University Is Established, to Be Known as Alumni Chair of
 History.

Greensboro, June g --(Special) This is Alumni Day at the Southern Univer-
 sity, everybody is smiling and cordial
 greetings are going the rounds. The
 many ''old boys" present are most com
 plimentary in expressing themselves on
 the Improvements in the grounds. build ings and equipments of their alma mater.
 The literary address and the address before the alumni brought out large
 crowd to the college this morning at io:30 o'clock. Edgar M. Wright of literary societies, and it was one of
 the most beautiful ever heard here. His theme was. Every Man is q
 King, Every Woman a Queen" The question of life, he said. is where is my crown, my throne, where my king dom? The throne is reached by four different avenues; the avenue of love,
 the avenue of thought, the avenue of will. and the avenue of hope. For one
 hour the audience was held breathless
 with stories of myth and of fairy, and with glowing rhetoric showing tile steps that lead each man to his throne. The alumni address by Rev. Thomas Mangum of Enterprise. was finished. strong, and interesting throu ghout. al
 though he had only twenty-four hours
 notice. having filled the place of his
 
 was on the program, but was detained
 at home by illness. 'fThe dignity of
 Labor was Mir. Mangum's theme.
 The Alumni Association met at the
 court house this afternoon, with Dr.
 R. F. Monette, President, in the chair. A commission from the trustees report ed to the association that the trustees
 had established chair of history, and
 asked the assistance of the alumni to
 pay the salary. The association agreed
 to turn all it's funds into this channel and to press the collection of all sub scriptions and notes heretofore made, provided the chair be called the Alumni Chair of History. The commission agreed to this proposition. Thomas E.
 Knight reported that the committee. of which he was chairman, had the association incorporated. The association made nominations to the Board of EducationsfoF alumni trus- | trees as follows: T. E Knight, B : W. | Berry Fl, Trawick and R. P. Monette. D., P, Christenberry. agent reported that about $l5,000 had been subscribed for the. endowment of the chair of his tory. Mir. Christenberry and R. P. Hobson were reappointed to forward the work of raising funds for the aforesaid purposes. Memorials were read upon the death of pr. J. A.
 Moore and Dr. F. NJ. Peterson.
 The following officers were elected: R. H. Mangum, President; F. E. Chapman, Vice President; J. J. Chris tian, Secretary and Treasurer; c P. | Atkinson, Alumni Editor; Memorial l Committee, J. A. Baxley, J. F. De- | bardelaben, l.. R. Littleton: Executive Committee, S. M. Hosmer. J.. A. Bax- | ley, H. G. Bennis, A. H. Moore, J. T. Littletoni Jr.
 In nasty contested game of base | ball on the Southern University grounds | this afternoon, Greensboro defeated Uniontown by a score of to 3. Bat | teries for Southern University, Allen
 and Whrd and Crensaaw; Uniontown, | Long and Hanna.
 Tonight at S:so o'clock the D, D.. c. | oratorical contest and the Inter-Society l oratoricaI contest were the attractions \ at the University. Six speakers en- l tered the contest. which was entertain | ing throughout. .. The U. D. c. medal is presented each year by the James Ds Webb Chapter,
 and especial interest Is taken in its
 Program follows: "A Tribute to
 Those Who Wore the Grey" W. J.. l Cannon: "The South's Claim to Glory" | A. E., Shafer; Piano Solo, MT. B. E. Feagin; Naturalization of Powers in l America" Carl A. Grote; Our Heri- | tage as Sontherners," I. c. McCann; i Love in Springtime," Mrs. Knight;
 ''The Usurping Tendency of Our Fed | eral Government" A. P. Hamilton;
 ''The Meteor's Path" Victor M. sham |