The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

| SCHOOL OrcneStra renuereQ Dedulllui
appropriate selections of music.
Walnut Grove; Roy Bolton Patton, Liv-
| ingston; Frank Darrow PEBBLES, VIENNA
Jesse Marvin Pennington, Vernon; Percy
McGraw Pitts, Coumbiana: Saxon Pace
| Poyner. Newton: Clifford Lewis Rabb.
Brewton; Benjamin Franklin Ray, Alex
tander City. James Adrian Reams, Alex
ander City; James Carroll Roberts. Flor
ence; Edwin Abel Robertson, Birming-
ham. Charles Mcpherson Aduston Rogers,
| Jr., Gainesville; Harris Waller Seed,
| Greensboro; Tazewel Taylor Shepard,
Mt Vernon; Harry Hardy Smith, Mobile;
Maclln Ferdinand Smith, Birmingham;
| Frand Edward Spain, Andalusia; Mamie
Glide Stewart, Weogufka; Albert Strange,
| Birmingham; Julien Max Strassburger,
Montgomery; Crawford Osbury Tatum,
Montgomery; John Knox Thompson,
| Tuscaloosa: Charles Reuben Virgins.
Evergreen; Dennis Marion Williams.
| Stonewall, Miss; Festus Ferdinand Wind
| ham, Tuscaloosa; Joe Cal Yarbrough,
Montgomery; Oliver Ernest Young, Ver-
non.
special honors designated as highest hon
ors are conferred in accordance with the
| following regulation:
| All students who have obtained the
| highest grade (grade Al in each study
pursued during the year, shall be entitled
to the highest honors of the university.
In the college of arts and sciences, high
| est honors were awarded as follows
Seniors-Fitzhugh Lee Carmichael, EN-
nett Baxter Frazer.
Juniors--Richa Earle Jones, Bessie
Alleen Pake.
Sophomores-Ruby Patton, Ida Louise
Ray Ruth Agnes Yerion.
INrac y, 1cfA a,,lrc 10y, 10
| Caroline Perkins, Frances Fones VIII
liams
Seniors-Herbert Uriah Febelman, Cor
don o. McGehee, John Oaty Morris, Jesse
Marvin Pennington, Harry Hardy Smith,
Maclin Ferdinand Smith, Frank Edward
Spain, Mamie Glide Stewart.
Juniors-Freeman Bozeman Daniel,
Nimrod Davis benson, Jr., William Har-
old Joiner. Luther Brooks Lilies, Oscar
Lealon Tompkins, Herbert j. Ward,
James Lamar Wiley.
Prizes
During the session of 1923, C. E.
Thomas of Prattville, an alumnus of the
university, with the view of encourage
ing undergraduate academic students to
take greater interest in oratory, asked
for the privilege of giving annually to the
best speaker in the freshman class, a
gold medal, to cost not less than S15. The
request was granted. and the medal
called the C. e. Thomas medals award
ed annually to the successful contestant
in the freshman contest in defamation.
This medal was awarded to Charlie Claud
Greer Subject: The Boy Orator of
Zapata City"
In 1912-13 Mr.. Thomas offered a second
gold medal, to cost not less than $40, for
the contestant who ranks second in this
contest. This second medal was awarded
to Charles Arthur Lewis. Subject "A
Tale of the Plains
The Tenant LOmax Prize for Oratory
The late Honorable Tenant Lomax
made provision in his will for an annual
prize In oratory, to be known as The
Tenant Lomax Prize for Oratory," In
memory of his father. Tenant Lomax.
The value of this prize is about 500
BY vote of the faculty it is for the pres
ent awarded for the best oration deiv-
cred by member of the junior class In
the college of arts and sciences at their
annual contest. 1t has been awarded this
session to James Fred Johnson, Jr., sub
ject, "A Defense of Representative Gov
eminent"
The Trustees Prize
For the best grafton delivered by a
member of the senior class. the trus-
tees award a prize of $25 in money, or
medal at the option of the winner. 1t
has been awarded this session to Bryant
King Vann, subject, THE Law Of Social
Return"
The Oliver Prize
A prize of $25 in money OF medal,
at the option of the winner Is offered
each year by w. B. Oliver dean Of the
school of law. for the best paper on
some practical subject. submitted and
passed on by E. w. Faith of the Mobile
bar. 1t has been awarded this session
to Herbert Iirfah F'ieDelman.
The Mayfield Prize
], J. Mayfeld, associate Justice Of the
supreme court of Alabama, has provi@I6
an annual prize of one set of Mayfelds >
Digest, valued at $50, to be awarded each
year to the student of the senior law
class, who shall offer the best thesis
upon some legal subject assigned by the
law faculty. It has been awarded this
session to John o. Norris.
The American Law Book Co. Prize
The American Law Book company has
generously offered a set Of the student
edition of the Encyclopedias of Pleading
and Practice, to be awarded each year,
to the student of the senior law class who
presents the best paper on some legal
subject assigned by the law faculty. The
papers were submitted to Judge Henry
B. Foster and the prize has been awarded
this session to Frank e. Spain
The Monnish Prize
Through the generosity Of F. w. Mon
nish, a native of Frankfort-on-the-Ma
but now a resident of Tuscaloosa, an an
nuai prize of $40 has been established for
the encouragement of the study of the
German language and literature. The
prize was offered this session for the best
translation at sight of a passage of Eng
llsh prose into German, and has been