The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06


 , MT and Mrs. Joseph J. White. Miss Carrie White Bean will enter upon her second year at the same institution. In addition to piano Miss Bean will study voice with Mrs. Cuthbert-BuclIner. who is a teacher of much experience and is said to have an unusually lovely voice. Mrs. Buclner was for three years first soprano at Trinity church in New York Miss Bean has a voice of unusual possibili ties and is already showing the advantage of expert training.
 Miss Ellen Linn Motion will complete her studies at Fairmont in Washing ton, this being her third and senior year. She is making an especial study of French and music. Miss Motion Is the daughter of T. H. Motion. She has not yet de- cided what her plans for next winter will be-is uncertain whether she will be a debutante or spend the winter in travel. It is certain, however, that if she does make her formal entry into society there will be no young woman in her set at- tracting more genuine admiration, as she Is possessed of all those charms of mind and manner which make a wom- an of prominence, and position.
 Miss Alice Coughlan who returned this week from Chattanooga, has decided to go to Notre Dame in Cincinnati, but will probably not enter until January.
 Miss Margaret Dewey will leave shortly to enter Randolph-M Macon.
 Miss Carolyn Seigel left during the past week for Bernard College, Columbia uni versfty
 Miss Lillian Orr, the young daughterl of Mir and Mrs. c. P. Orr will leave soon for New Orleans, where she will be a student at Sophia Newcomb
 Miss Helen (5illesnip fhp daupbter of MT. and Mrs. J. F. Gillespie, is at pres ent in Denver, the guest of her uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs, J. D. Gibson, with whom she has spent the summer. She has received the most f1attering social attentions and is said to be one of the most popular girls who has visited Den yer. A lovely picture of her and an ac- count of several entertainments which were given in her honor this week ap- peared in a recent Denver paper, which also spoke of her beauty and unstudied charm. She will leave late in September for Boston where she will pursue her study of music at the Conservatory.
 These form group of the Birmingham girls, some of whom are entering finish ing schools others almost ready to leave them, and there are number of others who will decide later and probably leave within the month.
 Miss Fern Minor whose lovely voice has charmed so many during her summer at home, does not expect to return to Washington, but may decide later to go to New York in January to further pur- sue her musical studies.
 There are Birmingham boys representa- tive of preparatory schools and colleges in every portion of the United States. Many left last week for Auburn and the State university, and others will go east very soon. Among the students now at Tuscaloosa are Joseph Mudd. Frank Nor row, Bragg Conner, Joe Walker Anglin White Frank Y Anderson, Jr., Pelham Anderson, Sam Clabaugh, Porter Stiles, Tom Jones, Roy Jacobs, Sidney Smith, William Vaughan, Charles Moffett. Frank Davis, and Clement Wood, all of whom are entering upon their second yeal 6 work-those who began college life last week being Giles Mcqueen, T. O. Wilson, Robert Hemphill, Robert McDavid, Byrd Haley and John Morrow. The opening day at Auburn found en- rolled quite a number of Birmingham boys, among whom are Robert Malone. Marshall Mays, Chester Allen, James Gil- lespie. Robert Green, Worth Curry, T. B. Dryer, James Moore and Pollard i Virginia schools will claim a number l of our boys Abong those who have gone : to the Virginia Military institute are Al i fred Smith, Julian and T. o. Smith. Jr. , Sidney Lee. Jr. Donald Drennen, Arthur Adams Jr., Franklin Moore, Henry J. i Jorter. Jr., and John Porter, all of whom i left Monday.
 i Oscar Underwood, Jr., left Friday for i Richmond college. About September 15. l Francis Latady, Lewis Underwood and
 Peter Pinchard will go to the University | Of Virginia At the same time the fol-
 lowing will leave for Washington and Lee: Courtney Henley, James Montgom- 1 cry, Robert Thach, Chalmers Moore, Will | liam Harsh, Robert Burnett, Noel Bed i dow and Walter Hood Sorsby Jemison.
 who was at Washington and Lee last
 year, will go to Bethlehem, Penn, the l middle of the month to enter Lehigh. James Weatherly will be a student at | the Georgia Tech Hollis Bush and Ster-
 ling Lanier have gone to Colorado, where
 they will attend the state university at Boulder James Ridley and C. M. Tay- lor IT, of Bessemer will attend the Co.,
 lufnbia Military Academy.
 Henry Badham, who has spent the
 summer in Maine. will not return. but
 enter school In Lawrenceville, Penn. tc
 prepare for Yale. Robert Badham, hav' ing finished last year at Lawreneeville
 will begin his studies at Yale. Meredith
 Roberts will be student at Cornell and
 Leroy Percy will return to Princeton
 Clarence Stobert Is a student at the Uni
 verslty of Pennsylvania
 Vaughan Meade, who has been cruis
 ing this summer on the coast of Maine
 has been with relatives in Birmingham
 for week. He expects to remain durins
 September, but will return to Annapolis about October 1.
 Friends of Col W. H. Graves wh' know of his admiration for the poems O Robert Burns will be interested in hi splendid account of visit to that regiol of Scotland frequented by the poet dur ing his strange and somewhat storm. career. He writes from the Royal Brit ish hotel, in Edinburgh to friend il this city as follows:
 T promised you in my last to giv you some idea as to the impression tn Burns Country" has made upon me and now that I have seen the most in teresting parts of 1t I can truly say the half has not been told My enthu siastic admiration for the poet has onl been increased, and I certainly agre with these people that he was the great est natural genius that Scotland has eve | produced; they revere his memory an in every part of the domain statues an monuments are erected to him.