The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-12
IMPROVEMENTS At
THE UNIVERSITY
Building Committee of Board
of Trustees Meets
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TWO NEW BUILDINGS
Formal Acceptance of Conner and Smith
Halls Is DeIayed-Blnckfriars VIII
Present Twelfth Night-Litcr-
airy Society Elects Officers

University, February 11.-(Spec1ai.)
A special meeting of the building COM
mittee of the board of trustees was
held here in the presidents office yes
terday afternoon. Those in attendance
were Governor Conner, DIR. J. H. john
son of Talladega, M. p. LeGrand or
Montgomery, Judge H. B. Foster of
Tuscaloosa and President Abercrom-
bic. Frank Lockwood, the architect
for the university, was also present
A number of important matters were
attended to, but the formal acceptance
of the new buildings, Conner and Smith
halls, and the remodeled Woods hall,
was deferred till March l6, when
special meeting of the board of trus-
tees will be held.
Besides receiving the new buildings,
the board will have another very i'm
portant matter to attend to at TINS
meeting. 1t will consider the repair.
ing and improving of Clark, Manly ana
Garland halls, which form the front
and part of the two sides of the uni
varsity quadrangle. In the meantime
the architect will draw up plans and
specifications for the projected I'M
provements and the president Will ao-
vertise for bids in order that there
may be no delay in the work II the
board decides upon the Improvement.
If the contract is let at this meeting
the successful bidder Will nave ample
time to provide for beginning work as
soon as commencement is over, Tor, IN
order TO have the buildings ready for
session, it will be necessary to begin
repairs Immediately upon their vaca-
ton when the present session is over
The contemplated improvements IN
clude a replastering and refoorlng OF
the rooms, the installation of steam
heat and the providing of bath rooms
fitted with shower and needle baths in
Manly and Garland halls, which Will
be used exclusively for dormitory pur-
poses. 1t seems likely that greater
changes will be made in Clark hall.
The library will probably be moved
from its present quarters on the first
floor to the upper stories while the
first floor Will be completely remodeled
for executive purposes. The fact that
the new academic building now iii
course of construction will contain a
first-class auditorium equal in seating
capacity to the present one in Clark
hall makes this arrangement possible.
At their last monthly meeting the
Blackfriars which is one of the most
active and flourishing of the student
organizations, decided several matters
of Importance. 1t was decided to hon
or Shakespeares birthday with a fit
ting celebration, and in the second, a
committee was appointed to take up
Immediately the matter of book in &
dates for the clubs production of
Twelfth Night.
In booking dates for Twelfth Night"
the committee on this matter has a
number of places in mind. Tuscaloosa
of course, will have a performance, and
the Blackfriars hope to secure engage
ments in Montevallo, Selma, Columbus,
Montgomery and Birmingham. Last
season the club appeared successfully
in Macbeth" in Birmingham, Selma and
Marion.
The Jefferson Literary society recent
ly elected the following officers: C. c..
Carmichael, president; B. B. Griffin.
vice president, and r. L. Miner, secre-
tary and treasurer