The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03
OTHERS ARE ADVANCED
ON A SLIDING SCALE
Gold Medals Awarded In Prize Drills.
DR.. Howard M. Hamil Delivers
Alumni Oration-Banquet
Is Great Success.
BY CHARLES FELL,


Auburn, June 2.-(Special.) 1.-The an
nouncement was made this afternoon that
the salaries of the members of the faculty
raised upon a sliding SCALE Full profess
sors, George Pertie and J. J. Wilmore
who have been in the service of the college
for 10 years, will have raises from $1,000
to $2400. Professors Cary and Dugger of
10 ye IS service will be raised $500, ami
{. sors of shorter service will receive
$1O, raise
The faculty was divided into three de-
partments with their deans as follows.
Mining and engineering, J. J. Wilmore;
academic, DR.. George Pertie, and agricul-
tura science, DR.. B. B. Ross.
In the individual prize drill the gold
medal was won by julius T. Pearson,
first sergeant of Company d. Pearson
is from Montgomery. Company E, Capt.
S. A. Elsbury, won the sword for the
best drilled company in the battalion.
1t was announced late this evening that
the new dining hall would be known a.
the O. d. Smith hall
The new $4,000 engineering building viii
be known as the w. l.. Brown building.
At the adjournment of the Alumni as
sociation this evening E. B. Joseph of
Montgomery was reelected president f.
C. billiard of Texas was elected orator
and Prof. r. D. Webb of Auburn, secre-
tary and treasurer.
A committee was appointed to take up
the matter of building new gymnasium
and to solicit subscriptions from the
alumni.
A committee was likewise appointed to
confer with the president in regard to
the establishment of a textile department
Lieut.. w. L. Newberry won the prize
medal as the best musician in the A, P. 1.
band.
Alumni Grafton.
The alumni oration by Howard NJ
Hamill, d. D., of Nashville, Tenn. was
the leading feature of the morning exer-
cses of the second day of commencement
at the Alabama Polytechnic institute to-
day. DR.. Hamill chose as his subject
'The Sunrise Nation" and spoke inter-
estingly of visit to Japan, the land of
the rising sun. He dwelt on the wonder
ful adoption of the Japanese to their linn
tied opportunities and possibilities, en-
phasizing the feature of agricultural pur-
suit. He described in beautiful and elo-
quent words the magnificent cultivation
end beauty of the parts of the island till
able, but called attention to the fact that
only one-sixth Of the entire area of Japan
is 1T possible to cultivate to any extent
under present conditions on the island
With this idea embodied in the main
portion of his address Dr. Hamill drew
this conclusion: That if the Japanese
We're, with their limited possibilities, able
to live sturdy race, what are the possi-
bJlities of a state with the advantage of
agricultural institutes and unlimited pos
sibities.
The address of DR.. Hamill was deliv-
cred with all the style of ease eloouence
and impressiveness. His oratorical style
was most attractive, every phrase a
masters idea, and his manner of presen-
tation was such that every thought car
ried with 1t the utmost forcibility to his
audience and his withdrawal from the
speakers platform in Langdon hall was
marked with applause which was pro-
longed for several minutes
DR.. Hamill is one of the oldest alumnus
present at the commencement exercises.
He was a graduate of the old East Ala
bama Male college, now the Alabama
Polytechnic institute.
Alumni Meeting.
The Alumni association met this after
noon at 1890 oclock. Several items of
u,
was resolution to the effect that IT
was the sense of the body that the new
dining hall be called Warren hall, after
the architect w. T. Warren of the firm
of Warren & Welton of Birmingham, who
is an alumnus of the polytechnic of the
class of 1897. A motion was also offered
calling for the appointment of an paid
assistant secretary and the employment
of some one whose duty it should be to
travel over the state with the view of
increasing the matriculation of the in
sttute. Several other items of business
of minor Importance were brought up.
after which the association adjourned un-
til $3.50 o'clock.
From until o'clock this afternoon
the exhibition of mechanic art laborato..
ries, library, experiment station, draw
ings, laboratories and other buildings was
open.
At 5 o'clock the cadet corps assembled
on the drilling ground for the competitive
drill.
Four companies were entered in the
drill and each made an excellent show
ing With every mistake made in the
lines of company that company was
demerited. The prize for the drill, a |
handsome sword was won by Capt S. A. |
Elsberry.
At the conclusion of the competitive
drill of the companies 20 of the best
drilled men in the institute were drilled |
for medal. AS a man made a mistake |
in carrying out the order he was dropped |
from the number of competitors and the |
medal seekers gradually thinned out. |
Julius T. Dearson was the last man to
stand under the orders and was accord |
ingly presented with the medal
At $3.50 o'clock tonight the senior class |
orations were held in Langdon hall, and |
with the conclusion of these exercises
the prizes for the various contests which |
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