The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-06-01

A
lucrative position IN the Univsrsity
| OF Nsbrasia. His place was allied BY
Professor Francis y. Lloyd. for ten
years head Of the department OF biol
/ ogy Tsachsrs' College,. Columbia UNI
vsrsfty; for one year q student at Bond
and Munich; and for year engaged
in research work under the auspices
OF Carnegie Institution. washington.
/ The trustees adjourned during the
| afternoon to attend the review OF the
regiment by Governor Conner.
Governor Conner was accompanied by
most of his stan, who stood. In full
dress uniforms. at attention, by MS
| side.
| The four crack squads. OF each Of the
six companies, clad in the regulation
grey jacket and duck trousers marched
and counter marched about the field.
i for more than an hour. The men car
ried the new rifles as donated by the
| Government.
Governor Conner arrived In Auburn
early Mondsy morning. and was busted
| with trustees meetings through the
day.
Members of the Governors staff who
were present. were Gen. Bibb Graves,
Gen. r. T. Lyon, Col. Wyatt hehin.
Birmingham; Col Thomas u. Knight.
| Greensboro: Col. Smith Robbins, Selma ;
Col Floyd Powell, Tuskegee. and Col
j. b. Brown. cullman.
| The competitive drill between the
companies for the prize sword. and be-
| tween the individual cadets for the
medal, will be held tomorrow after
noon
The members of the faculty were
busted. most of the morning signing
| the diplomas to be awarded the grad
yates wednesday morning. Among the
! diplomas are fye. by which the de-
gree of Doctor of Veterinary Medi-
cine I'd. ". NJ, is bestowed Auburn
| is thus the first college of the South
to give this degree.
| More than 100 degrees will be con-
! ferred this year to students. post-grad-
yates. and professional men-more
| than ever before.
| Alphabetically inclined persons were
interested this morning in the recur-
renee of the telegram from old ath-
letic stars Of the University of Alabama
| to old Auburn men. asking that the
two colleges get together again In the
way OF athletics. The Alabama men
| thus seek to renew relations. and to
mend the friction which has resulted
OF late between the two. An official
| answer, after consideration on the part
| of the athletic heads in Auburn, will
probably be sont to the Alabama men
some time.
| At night the annual Festival of
Lights" was on. The rain of the after
noon, propitiated, failed of an evening
| performance, and the GOODNESS of the
| post shower hours lent pleasure to the
occasion.
Long festoons OF Japanese lanterns,
| strung from tree to tree about the
campus. lighted the place softly. And
then 1t was that the joyousness Of COM
| mencement time found full vent.
| The band of Wurm's Orchestra,
| which, for twenty-three consecutive
years, has furnished the music for Au-
| burn at commencement time, played
through 1t all. alternating with the
| cadet band.
subdued by the band, and yet easily
distinguishable, was the hum and
laughter of the hundreds who throng-
| ed the campus at the time. AL AuA
burn was there: assuredly every Au-
burn man; and most assuredly, every
commencemnt girl. clad in filmy wraps
against the GOODNESS. Under the Ian
terms the children of Auburn played;
walking, or seated on benches, were
| commencement giris and college boys
and with the sight and the sound.
the music and the buzz. the soft lights
| and the promenaders, there was borne
| on every one the true meaning Of COM
mencement time as the occasion for
| relaxation and 1oyousness.
Festivities at Night. :
But the lanterns grew dim. as the
| candles burned out. Here and there
the fluted paper caught fire and fell
| to the ground. Then 1t was that the
orchestra withdrew within doors. and
| the Junior mop, was hsld.rTlAnd then
| the old grads. turned TO the dining
room of the Smith Dining Hall for the
| alumni banquet. the annual manifes-
IL 1,..
ates from every section gather to re-
| new the fealty to old Auburn.
Hon. T. d. Sanford, Of Opelika,
was POSTMASTER. DR.. H. NJ. Hamil,
of Nashville, Auburn 81. and the OLD
est graduate at this commencement
responded to the toast, 'The Tech
| Dynamo"
President Thach renewed the asso-
citation between those present and the
absent, with his response TO "What
the Alumni are Doing"
Governor B. B. Conner. responding
to "A Block of Alabama Marble"
made q plea for home Industries. Rev.
J. T. Mangum, with his response to
| The Ladies' spoke on the subject
without which every stag banquet Is
| somehow devoid of an essential; w.
NJ. Williams. of Montgomery, respond
led to Athletics"
Impromptu speeches from more than
! one followed, and 1t was late whom
| the chairs were pushed aside, and ban
| queters arose, every alumnus jubilant
and enthusiastic; every visitor inn
pressed.
Another event to which all Auburn
| turned out was the band concert this
| afternoon, In front of Langdon Hall
For Auburn's band Is Auburn's pride
not only of the college, but OF the
| town as well. The band played dur
| ing the afternoon, in front of Lang
don Hau, on the parade ground. and
| during the festival of lights. But the
| afternoon concert. in front of Lengdon
Hall, was the thing.
Several of the old hand members, In
| response to the call to reunion came,
and were provided with instruments.
| Professor A l.. Thomas, of the col
lege, as bandmaster and instructor. lod
the band through the program. which
| was.
/. March. THE Kansas City tsar."
Liberati.
q. Two-step. Georgia Sunset"
Brown.
8. Selection. "rhe Red MILL" Her
| bert.
4. Novelette,. 'T Wish Had Girl
LaBoy.
1 disc" Johnston.
8. Overture. Remick's Hits. No. s.
Lampe.
! 7. Intermezzo, Cherry" Albert
8. March, "Trombonis," Chambers.
Finale, THE Star Spangled Banner. u
The band, or such members as can
go, will be taken to Memphis during