The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-08
FINAL EXERCISES
 AT OLD SOUTHERN Dr. Sledd Delivers Bacca-
 laureate Address M B D A Is AWARDED Degree of Batchelor of Arts Con- ferred Upon Eleven Graduates.
 Cox of Mobile is Highly
 HonOred
M EDALS AWARDED

Greensboro, June 7.--( Special )-On this commencement day the final of the fifty fifth session, one of the most suc- cessful for many years, the old South ern university appeared most attrac- tive and most prosperous to a large concourse of visitors, townspeople and college men. The exercises were opened by a prayer from the Rev. J. B. Cum mings of Birmingham, editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate, in which he embodied a beautiful tribute to Pro- lessor Christenberry. D. Y. Register of Daleville, class salutatorion, and C. S Cox of Mobile, who delivered the vale dictory, acquitted themselves we'll Dr. Sledd, before beginning his bacca- laureate, stated that he knew it was very customary for the president to deliver the address to the graduating class. still he was 10th to do so, but | when he had invited several who had declined he found there was no other alternative. E
 President Sledds address was upon a very high moral and religious plan. and was by far the strongest and most scholarly baccalaureate ever delivered here. His theme was Spiritual Educa1 tion." He dwelt upon faith and ad- monished the men and women of the graduating class to have faith in God, in your fellow man and in yourself He discussed education along spiritual. moral, intellectual and physical lines, especially empha sizing the moral and spiritual, and said that no institution was complete without the thorough de- velopment of all.
 Have the courage to do your duty and do not consider consequences, he said. He spoke of virtue and courage as the keynote in the Christians edu- cation. He said the earnest endeavor of the Southern university was to instill Christian principles into the hearts and minds of the students.
 The degree of bachelor of arts was conferred upon the following:
 Carl S. Cox, Benjamin F. Ray, David Y. Register, Claude P. Roberts, Robert H. Smith. Marion E. Ward, Wiley J. |Carnathan, Misses Annie Tutwiler, Capi- toll DeBardeleben, Josie A. Walker and Fannie G. Walker.
 One of the most intensely interesting features of commencement day Is the awarding of the nine gold medals. The several committees on awarding medals had enclosed the names of fortunate contestants in sealed envelopes which President Sledd tore open and before a breathlessly expectant audience de- livered them as follows:
 Scholarship medal, c. s. Cox. Mobile; ready writers, c. M. Namely, Mont gomery; ready debaters, R. R. Morris, Brewton; sophomore, William Carna- than, Greensboro junior, c. M. Dan nelly; U. D. C., R. B. Carr; Pushmatah society's medal, c. S. Cox; review and bulletin, B. F. Ray, Alexander City; es- sayist, c. $. Cox.
 pr. O. c. McGhee of the trustees made the announcements. He said that the chair of English, made vacant by the death of Professor Christenberry, the trustees would leave President Sledd and the faculty to fill. We have such confidence in Dr. Sledd that we are willing to be led blindfolded by him" pr. John s. Frazer, president of the board of trustees, pronounced the bene- diction.