The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-01

Total expenditures .............r... 3S5 iS
 Chemical Fund. Total receipts ......................$ 95 % Total expenditures ................. 80 % Balance on hand ...................$ 15 %
 Recommendations.
 L That an additional man be added to the faculty of the training school, and that the salaries of the other two training school teachers be increased to $1O0O ?. That an additional recitation room be added to the training school building during the summer.
 3. That steps be taken to add to the equipment of the science department 4. That degrees be- conferred on the fol- lowing students. who have completed the\ course prescribed for graduating the de- grees for which they are recommended: Bachelor of Arts-Robert Edgar Led better, George Frederick Cooper Roy Ed ward Perkins, William Percy Crump, Ma thaniel McWhorter Banks, Samuel Lee Prickett, Willis Tfmmons Howard.
 Bachelor of Science-Claude T1llman White, Benjamin Franklin Miller, Alfred Schrieber Balsam Charles Wesley Price, Charles Joseph Nail John Milton Malone. Respectfully submitted.
 J. H. MCoY, President. The statement made by Dr. Mccoy, as financial agent follows
 Since your last annual meeting, sub scriptions have been taken toward the h11ild ft1n of of 21,4S139 Total subscriptions taken since assuming the agency. s65,311N Amount collected on subscriptions dur ing the year, s9SO0.55
 During the year the following build ing and improvements have been done An additional dormitory building has been erected and furnished at a cost of approximately s6000. This building is of three stories. 16 rooms and is thoroughly modern in every respect Furnishings have been placed in this building cor responding to those in the two other dor mitories
 An addition, consisting of study hail. or chapel. has been made to the train ing school building at a cost of $7717o The college chapel has been seated with handsome and comfortable opera chairs of the most approved type at cost of $s09 Total amount spent on improve ments during the year, s75SO7o. Respect fully submitted. J. H. MCCOY.
 Financial Agent
 Contests Held.
 Commencement exercises at Birming- ham college were continued yesterday with the sophomore and freshman de- clamatory contest held In the chapel at 10 a. m. and the inter-society contest. consisting of a debate and two orations, which took place at S:15 D. m. The de- cision to the outcome of the declama- tory contest will be announced during the final exercises tomorrow. There were Ii contestants, the programme being as follows:
 Invocation.
 Music.
 Freshman class:
 My Country. My Mother My God"- James H. ewlett.
 ''The Natfral and Moral world"-Craw- ford A. Ta am.
 Henry " Christopher c. Me- Connel.
 "An Orattf'-Nathan H. Abernethy. ''The Seco q Return of Lafayette"-Ed- WdfQ l.. MOI on.
 'If He Lige Til sundown''-Arthur B. Carlton.
 Music.
 Sophomore class:
 ''The Heritage of the American Peo- ple''-John l.. Ferguson.
 Stars and strpes'-Stephen l.. All- good.
 'The Spirit of the Age"-George M. Davenport.
 "Retributive Justice"-John F. sturdi- want.
 Irish Heroes William W. Levie. The subject of the debate held last evening was, Resolved That the women of the United States should have equal rights of suffrage with men," The affirm ative side was ably represented by Sam uel l.. Prickett and Roy F. Perkins of the Lee society. The judges rendered a decision favorable to the negative, up- held by Robert E. Ledbetter and Claude T. White of the Eumenean.
 Other features were the presidents address of Charles w. Price, and ora tions by Nathaniel M Banks on ''The Responsibility of American Citizenship" and Lewis G. Sturdivant on "The Call for Cleaner Press"
 Commencement exercises will be con- tinued today with the address at 10 a. m. before the Alumni association by Will liam H. Sanford of Troy, the annual banquet, of the alumni to be held at the Hotel Hillman at p. m., and the junior oratorical contest at s:15 p. m. An ad- dress before the literary societies will be delivered after the contest by M. w. Howard of Fort Payne. mD IIKIK EilhaY.f T1,l1nIc