The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-02
ORATORS DAY At
SCHOOL OF HEIGHTS
Birmingham College Conn.,
mencement In Full Swing
DEBATE HELD LAST NIGHT
Trustees Hold Meeting and Find Col
lege Has Prospered Wonderfully
Under Dr. J. H. McCoy's
Administration.
DEBATE HELD LAST NIGHT

Birmingham college commencement. A
very large audience greeted the speak
ers from both the sophomore and fresh
man classes yesterday morning at 10
o'clock and last night an equally large
crowd was on hand to hear the annual
oratorical and debating contest between
the Lee and the Eumenian Literary So
cieties which occurred at 8 o'clock.
Friends of the different speakers kept
the hall at Owenton ringing with APP
plause throughout the two exhibitions.
The Judges will announce their decisions
in all contests tomorrow morning and
the medals will then be presented by
President ]. H. Mccoy. The following
are the speakers of the morning exercises,
together with their subjects:
Freshman class:
Invocation, music.
"a Plea for a Confederate Monument"
John Ferguson, Birmingham. Ala.
1.-THE Duty and Value of Patriotism, y
Stephen Lee Roy Allgood, Birmingham,
Ala.
1.-THE Grandeur of the Ocean," Henry
Canno, Sylacauga, Ala.
Democracy" Christopher Columbus
Mcconnell, Birmingham, Ala.
1.-The Opportunity of the Scholar" Sam
uel Luther Cowan, Cuero, Texas.
1.-The New South" Felix Monroe Vann,
Birmingham, Ala.
Sophomore class:
"Our Origin and Our Destiny" Isaac
Carlton, Almond, Ala.
Duties to Our Republic" Melville
Evans Wilson, Columbus, Ala.
1.-THE Heritage of the American Peo-
pie" Robert Cooper Hemphill Birming-
ham, Ala
Octavius Kimbrough, Alexander City,
Ala.
Henry W. Grady" Thomas owen
Gamble, Birmin CHAM. Ala.
1.-The Predicted Eclipse" Frederick
Bailey JONES' Huffman Ala.
The following is a programme of the
exercises that were held last night at
o'clock.
Invocation.
Presidents Address-Roscoe Mcdaniel
Howell, Pratt City, Ala.
Music-Miss Loula Bumgardner Jones
boro, Ala.
Oratorcal contest
Education and the Nation-Lewis Gard
ner Sturdivant, Huntsville, Ala
Character VS.. Commercialism-Na
thaniel McWhorter Banks, Alfalfa. Ala
Music-Mrs. A. C. Kinzer, Birmingham
Ala.
Debate: Resolved That the tendency
towards Capitalization of power in tn,
federal government is conducive to tht
best interests of the people of the United
States. and should be encouraged
Affirmative-Lee Roy Edward Perkins
Pratt City, Ala; Samuel Lee Prickett
Birmingham, Ala.
Mega tive-Eume Claude Tillmar
White, Huntsville, Ala; Willis Timmons
Howard, Albertvile, Ala.
Music-Mss Louise Moore, Birmingham
Ala.
The board of trustees of Birmingham
college met yesterday afternoon to dis
cuss matters pertaining to the college
Nineteen of the 20 members were present
when the meeting was called to order
The trustees expressed themselves as be-
ing gratified at the fine showing made
by the college during the past year IL
every way under the presidency of DR.
j. H. Mccoy.
Among some of the subjects brought UP
at the meeting were the fact that the
enrolment of the past year has been
the largest in the history of the school
and active steps will be taken to fur
ther increase the attendance. 1t is an
nounced as the purpose of the trustees
to raise the educational standards Of
Birmingham college so as to place this
institution in the class of the other Ala
bama schools. In order to be ranked in
the same class as the other colleges il
must have as many as seven professors
who give their entire time to college
work as distinguished from High school
or preparatory work 1t is understood
that the trustees will elect a professor
to the newly created chair of Modern
Languages and will in this way meet
all requirements, as Birmingham col
lege already has six professors.
Another subject which was favorably
commented on is the college library. The
library during the past scholastic year
has been increased by the addition of
several hundred volumes and all books
have been indexed and classified accord
ing to the latest and most approved
system.
The following men compose the board
of trustees: R. S. Munger, Birmingham;
John Il. Adams, Birmingham; the Rev.
s. l.. Dobbs, Birmingham Fred S. Jack
son. Birmingham; A. W. Smith, Brming-
ham; the Rev. f. p Culver, Brming-
ham: the Rev. r. W. Brandon Brming
ham; the Rev. j. L. Williams, Brming-
ham; DIR. j. S. Glasgow. Tuscaloosa,
Thomas C. Banks, Alfalfa; DR.. j. F.
Sturdivant. Huntsville; the Rev. II. C.
Howard, Jasper; Judge j. W. Shepherd.
Jasper; the Rev. j. ID. Simpson, Annis-
ton; Dr. e. M. Glenn, Tuscumbia; N. M.
Rowe Madison; Dr. G. w. Read, Flor
ence; j. M. Brown Sylacauga; the Rev.
j. H. Leslie, Camp Hill.
The programme for today is as fol-
lows:
10 a. m.-Junior orations.
II a. m.-Address before the literary So
cieties by Judge Samuel D. WeaBley.
2:30 p. m.-Alumni banquet at the Hill
man hotel.
p. m.-Address before the Alumni as
ISOLATION by the Rev. f. p Culver, Bir-
mingham, Ala.
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