The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
CR|MSON-WH|TE
MAKES APPEARANCE
In Keeping With Spirit of
Greater University
CLABAUGH Is THE EDITOR
President Abercrombie Spends Week
at Cambridge Attending Inaugur-
alton of DR.. Lowell at Harvard.
BIackfrars Begin Work.
CLABAUGH is THE EDITOR

University, October Especial 1.-The
first issue of Volume XVII of the Grim
son-White, the weekly paper published
by the students of the university, made
it's appearance today, and it is in thor
ough keeping with the spirit of the great
er university In fact, it might be taken
as emblematic of the progress that is evil
dent in every phase of university activ-
ity.
In the first place, the paper contains
eight pages, whereas in the past 1t has
been only four-page sheet In the sec
ond, it's scope Is broader than it has ever
been before. In addition to the regular
news feature, it has several contributions
of a distinctly literary nature, among
them being several lyric poems of no lit
tie merit and a sketch of the University
of Alabama, the West Point of the south,
the former contributed by an anonymous
artist and the latter copied from an old
issue Of the Century Magazine for which
it was written by Colonel McCorvey. In
addition the paper contains two cartoons
especially drawn by local artists. Taken
all in all, this first issue of the Crimson
White for 1909 may with justice be pro-
nounced the newsiest and brightest edition
of the paper that has appeared in many
years, If not the best in its history. Its
editors deserve the thanks and congrat-
ulations of the students and all interested
in the university.
The Crimson White board of editors for
this session is composed of the following:
Editor-in-chief, Samuel F. Clabaugh, '09,
of Birmingham; associate editors, A. l..
Barker, TO- of Gadsden; R. F. Dawson,
10, of Troy; s. A. Russell, II. of Birming-
ham; ]. C. Morrow, II, of Birmingham;
T. C. Mccormick II, of Tuscaloosa; NJ
e. Snedecor, law II, of Tuscaloosa; Miss
c. B. Sem, 10. of Birmingham; business
manager, Merrill e. Pratt, 10. of Pratt
Vile; assistant business managers, N. v.
Scott, IL, of Thomasviile, and Walter
Gayle, IL, of Montgomery.
President John w. Abercrombie is
Spending this week in Cambridge, Mass,
where he went to attend the inauguration
of DIR. Abbott Lawrence Lowell, who
succeeds DR.. Charles william Eliot as
president of Harvard university, and to
be present at the annual meeting of the
National Association of State Universe
ties, two occasions which will no doubt
bring together one Of the greatest assem-
blages of educators that the country has
ever known. For the inaugural cere-
monies President Abercrombie carried
greetings from the University of Ala
bama to Harvard university.
AS DR.. J. G.. Schurman of Cornell uni
versity, the president Of the National AS
sociation of State Universities, Is at pres
ent In Europe, it will devolve upon Pres
ident Abercrombie, who Is vice president
of the association, to occupy the chair al
the meetings. Besides DR.. Abercrombie
will deliver an address ON Limitations OF
Universities
The B1acldriars the popular dramatic
organization of the university, whose
members devote themselves to the study
and the presentation of the drama, has
begun work for the year. Its first work
was to fill its roll of members, which
was reduced in number to % by gradua-
tion and other causes. The membership
of the club is limited to so, and the Sc
lection of new members is always made
by competition. Last night all those de-
sirous of entering the organization were
given an opportunity to show their uuali-
fications for admission by reading before
the club 10 or more lines from one of
Shakespeare's plays. Though there were
more than 40 applicants, only Is were
taken in last night several vacancies be-
ing left to be filled at later date The
fortunate aspirants were Messrs. Banks.
Brinkman, Brewer, Greer, John, Persons,
Qu1gley, Scott, Sepsalon, Spencer Strobe
and the Misses Burgess, Coleman, Dug
ger, Delchamp, Pearce, Parham, Wither-
spoon. Quite number of the young men
and women revealed In their, reading
marked dramatic gifts.