The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-09

WArTlOr III cray.
 c. H. McCann, Irish Aliens"
 J. Palmer Cummings, The Sword Shall Pierce Thy Heart"
 J. A. Deaver Young America"
 Thomas J. Gross. Opportunities of the Scholar"
 M. E. Ward, Our Southland"
 F. l.. Pringle, Majesty of Poetry and Song"
 R. E. Meggs, Jefferson Davis"
 J. W. Webster, Temptation"
 B. F. Ray, Splendid South"
 Last night juniors delivered orations In competition for a medal This is one of the most sought after prizes given at the Southern university, and all juniors who achieve certain grade are entitled to compete. The orators and their subjects were as follows:
 O. Hal Cleveland, Grandeur of the South"
 c. A. Geibel, John T. Morgan, Jr."
 A. E. Shafer "The Birth of the Mod ern World"
 Milton White, "Life's victors"
 c. A. DeBardele ben, Destiny
 As in the case of the soph omore will not be announced until commence ment day.
 This morning T. D. Sanford of Opelika addressed the literary societies, and R. H. Mangum of Selma delivered an address before the alumni.
 The programme for Wednesday, com mencement day, Is as follows:
 1o;80 a. m., Let Not Thine Eyes George B. Neven), Messrs. Richard son, Hamilton Crabb, Baxley.
 After Supremacy, Responsibility" O. c. Deaver
 "The Menace of Immigration" L.
 "Old Black Joe" (Foster), the male quartet.
 "America's Peril" T. H. Crenshaw.
 Some Characteristics of the Civiliza- ton of the Old South" " M. Sham burger.
 Nearer My God to Thee" (Johnson), the male quartet.
 Conferring degrees.
 Delivery of prizes and medals.
 Negro Medley (Shattuck), the male quartet.
 Annual announcements.
 Sweet and Low (Barnby), the male quartet
 pr. Mangum Speaks.
 MT Mangum in opening his address referred to the memories of the past which came to all the old boys as they gathered again in these classic halls That so much which was gleamed from books would pass from memory, but the impress of the lives of the noble men with which they had here come in contact would remain with them through all the years to come. That, speaking to and for the men who had gone from this institution into the bat tie of life, he said he felt the duty to be upon him to try to strike to the heart of some of the real issues which were confronting them. He said "honor is the subject of my story" Taking up this sentiment he spoke of cial development of the country within the last 50 years and asked if in the rush and enthusiasm of this era simple old fashioned honor had not been relegated to the background. He said that bonding companies, mechani- cal devices and other such agencies had been used instead of appeals to and insistence upon that integrity which must be the basis of all business deal ngs. That, as a result of this, em- bezzlements and defalcations had in- creased until the cry from all business circles was for honest men. That bus mess men, even now, were laying hold upon the pillars of the temple by plac- ing upon the shoulders of the wom- en the additional bulden of doing mems work and bearing their temptations.
 MT. Mangum then urged the necessity of injecting this sentiment of old-t time honor into the political strife of the day. He said that 1t was significant that men in high governmental positions, promi- nent ili, educational circles and powerful in journalism were zeaously urging that the solid south should be broken; and yet, in the last analysis, these men pre- sent no argument for an entire people departing from the truth as God has given them to see and know it, but ap- peal only to cupidity and lust for power and office He cited the example of General Lee when he turned his back upon such prospects as had appealed to no soldier since Hannibal stood upon the Alps in order to follow what his con science told him was the right.
 The speaker then argued that commer- cial, industrial and political life can rise no higher than the social life from which it receives it's truest ideals and in spirations. That the honor and integrity, purity and truth of the individuals in
 
 into the market place and forum. He said that statistics compiled by the most accurate sociologists proved that the south had resisted the great social evils which attached the body politics more success fully than any other section. That the fact of there being few great cities, no great concentration of wealth, and small emigration had largely aided the people of the south In this resistance. But the march of progress was rapidly removing these physical aids and the time was coming when the manhood and woman hood of the south would also be com pelled to protect the purity of the social life He spoke of the white slave trade," the looseness of the relations be- tween the sexes, and the intense selfish ness which had gained such a foot-hold in many of the great centers of the na- tion; and urged our people to think se- rously, and act sternIy and positively along these lines.
 In conclusion the speaker said that he was no pessinist, and that he might pre- dict impending struggles. though he would