The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-19
BR0UN HALL Is PUT IN SERVICE
226 MEN DEDICATE NEW BUILDING
 BEFORE WoRkMEN HAVE FIN NIsHED--ATTENDAN INCREASE

Auburn, October 1S.-(SpeeialO O-Before the carpenters have completed construc- tion, the big William Leroy Broun engi- neering hall at Auburn was occupied for the first time today. the premature occu- patton being forced by the unprecedented number of students. This morning the sophomore class in chemistry, numbering z26 men, was marched from the old chem istry lecture room into the new building. It was the first class to receive instrue- ton in Broun hall
 A little ceremony accompanied the in- vestings of the building President Thach addressed the class. as did pr. B. B. Ross, professor of chemistry.
 We put up buildings" said Dr. Thach, not for the buildings to lie idle and un- occupied until the students come, but when the buildings are needed, to be oc- cupied before the last work of the car penter is done" The sophomore chemis- try class of 226 is the largest single class of instruction in the history of the col lege.
 More than TOO students have matricu- lated at Auburn since the opening, of whom about 90 are from Georgia. The attendance figures are equal to those of last year, when attendance records were broken.
 The military uniforms, the distinctive mark of Auburn, have been distributed, and the two battalions of cadets have taken the form and appearance, and have undertaken the real military work of the school year.
 Class officers have been elected by the various classes, as follows: Senior class, w. s. Bonner. Lineville, president; s. K. Creme, Birmingham, vice president; R.. J. Malone Birmingham, prohet; G. Hicks, Dadeville, historian; J. l.. Henderson, Birmingham, poet: M. M. Cardwell Al bertville, orator; M. A. Askew, Dayton, Marengo county, treasurer; John E. Da- wis, Mobile, honor system committeeman.
 Junior Class-C. E. Sauls, Columbus, Ga. president; s. R. Cruse, Huntsville, vice president; c. c. Thach, Jr., Auburn, secretary; w. B. Nickerson, Jackson's s Gap; Miss Jessie Floyd, Auburn, his torian; C. F. strohbar Savannah, Ga, yell leader; J. R. Pitts, PittsYiew, honor system committeeman.
 Sophomore Class-H. C. Hanlin, Bir- mingham, president J. Y. King, Jackson vile, Fla, treasurer; R. A. McGinty, Bir- mingham, historian and honor system committeeman; T. G. Hearne, Tuskegee, vice president; C. B. Moore Marion, sec retary.
 Freshman Class-G. S. Waits. Sanford, president; J. A. Webb. Birmingham. vice president; M. H. Means, Anderson, s. C., secretary: c. & Noble, Anniston. treas urer J. G. Stanley. Greenville, historian.
 s. R. Cruse, Huntsville. and R. H. Spencer, Marshall. Tex. were elected from the junior class to the Orange and Blue Board. The election of class off cers this year was marked by lack of division of feeling, and by an almost unanirf1ty of spirit among the students.
 Dr. c. A. Cary, state veterinarian and dean of the veterinary college at AV burn, who sustained serious injuries in fall several weeks ago, is reported as much improved in condition, although 1t may be many months before he will re- gain perfect use of his limbs, sufficient to undertake his work as before.