The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-20
HOWARD COLLEGE
 ANNUAL REPORT

Greenvine, July 9.-lspeciall-Her is the report of James B. Ellis. president of the board of trustees of Howard col iege:
 ITO the Alabama State Conventions:
 'Dear Brethren: On behalf of the board Of trustees of Howard college, allow me to present the following report for the academic year 1910-l9f1:
 Tn attendance the year was fairly prosperous TO students being enrolled. In work accomplished the session was very successful.
 "Of the total number 57 were students for the ministry. who paid no tuition; l2 were sons of ministers. who paid half tuition charge. Thus there were 69 stu dents who, except for the payment of certain small fees, contributed nothing ir money 10 the support of the college.
 In other words. about 40 per cent of the student body were practically non pay ing.
 This fact. with the conditions exist ing at the last meeting of our convention, when the creation of the Alabama Bap- tist educational commission made 1t ex- pedlent to appeal for financial help for Howard college. led to the mourning of some debt, small when we consider on the one hand the very large amount of free tuition which the college gives, and on the other the vast. improvement in the teaching force-an improvement not excelled in any college in the south. You cannot have the best for nothing, or next to nothing, and the Baptists must have the best, as in doctrine. so in education.
 The contributions of our people will take care of this debt and, moreover, the board of trustees passed an order at their last session on May 26, that the president of the college, with the CO., operation of the faculty, should conduct the affairs of the college within the limi- tations of our income We have an in- terest-bearing- income from an endow- ment of approximately SS0.000.
 "Without impairing the efficiency of the work the president of the college, act ing under the instructions of the board, has reduced the faculty budget of the coming session by s1600.
 Ut affords me pleasure to report that, maintaining the record of other years, the graduates of our college have in the very recent past attained high positions in the leading universities of the east and south Harvard. Cornell. Columbia, Johns Hop kins, Tulane and others-thus adding to =-tae reputation of the school; while the representative of our college at Oxford university, England, said by the presi- dents of two of our state colleges to be the best Alabama. student ever sent there by the Cecil Rhodes commission of this state. A recent number of the Ala bama Baptist" gives to Howard college the credit for his success in this oldest of English universities.
 "Our college, with the University of Alabama. has led in the establishment of the Alabama Association of colleges and in the standardizing of colleges ir this state To this association is due the Introduction in Alabama of what is known as the Carnegie system of units, which is simply raising the standard of south ern colleges to the rank of the eastern and northern institutions of learning.
 ~'The president of our college has, since the close of last session, been closely oc- cupied in canvassing for students in fur therance of this work, in the establish ment, in various cities and towns, of Howard College clubs. the purpose of which Is to induce young men to attend the college. Other members of the faculty will now take part in this canvass, and thus we hope to have next session, the largest enrolment fin the history of the college
 We earnestly invoke your support in the continued development of our old and honored college. While we hope for the loyalty of our people, and in a sense have right to expect 1t, we ask your pat ronage on the ground of merit, of thor ough preparation, to give your sons the best in education. Respectfully submitted,
 JAMES B. ELLIS, "President of Board of Trustees Howard College"