The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-27
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HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
AT HOWARD COLLEGE
First Day Of Sixty-Fourth
Commencement Has
Many Features
COMPANY A WINS
BATTALION DRILL
Sabre Presented to Capt. w. H. Car
son-Dunlap Wins Sophomore
COntest-Will Install New
President Today

| L ne IlrSt DAY or the SiXtN-fOurth an
| nual commencement of Howard col
lege closed last night with the cap
turing of the junior oratorical con-
| test by A. Davie, Jr, of Clanton Mr.
Davie spoke on THE Political Phoenix
Other participants in the contest were
l. F. Simon, who spoke on "Our Presi-
| dent W. II. Carson, Music, the Great
est in the Symphony of Art" o. S. eau
sey "The Apparent Goal"
| The features of yesterday mornings ex.
ercises were the farewell addresses made
| by members of the faculty to the student
| body and also the announcement that a
| high school course will be established by
Howard college in conjunction with the
| institute to supplant the present acade-
my. Another announcement of great in
| terest was that a gymnasium would greet
| the students on their return next tern
and also that several thousand dollars
would be spent in the campus and build
ings during the summer
This was followed by the awarding of
scholarships, of which eight were an
nounced and four will be chosen later
Those awarded scholarships were NJ A.
Newman, Alfred Clements, B. III. Garner,
| VauX Owen, e. l.. Ford, l.. c. Leftwich.
| R. Lowery and T. A. Blake The resigna.
| ton of Prof r. b. Kelly was received
and accepted and A. B. Jackson, a grad
uate of Harvard university, was elected
| II. his place.
To Install President Today
The programme for this morning will be
| the installation of the new president OF
the college, ]. NJ. Shelbourne. The princi-
| pal address Will be delivered by DR.. b
| ID. Gray of Atlanta, secretary of the
| Home Mission board of the Southern Bap-
| tist convention and former pastor of the
First Baptist church of Birmingham. j.
| b. Ellis. chairman of the board of trus-
| tees will preside al the installation serv-
| ices and addresses will be made by Prof
| w. c. Griggs of Gadsden and the Rev.
| A. c. Mosley of Wetumpka. also greet
ings will be received from representatives
of other educational institutions.
| The board of trustees will meet this
morning al 10 O'Clock and the installation
programme will immediately follow. The
alumni reunion and dinner will be held
| this noon and the presidents annual re-
ception will be this afternoon at o'clocl.
Tonight the senior class stage a play
| from the Arabian Nights.
| The announcement that a high school
course would be feature of Howard col
|
interest yesterday IN college circles. The
| high school course will supplant the
academy course, which has been teaching
several grades under the freshmen class.
The instructors in the new high school
division will be y. L. Noojin, president,
and he will also be instructor in athletics
and science: e. NJ. Haggard, in literature
and A. b. Jackson in mathematics. An
other teacher in this division will be
chosen before the term begins.
Company A Wins Battalion Drill
The feature of esterday afternoon was
the battalion and prize driIl and also the
large audience that was present, as it
was estimated that one of the largest
crowds in the history of Howard college
was on hand long before the appointed
| hour.
Company A, commanded by Capt "
| Fl. Carson, won the saber which Is given
to the captain of the best drilled COM
pany and the individual prize was won
by w. d. South Of Company r. The first
company on the field was Company 3
commanded by Capt. c. B. Hasty, and
their manual of arms was excelently per-
formed. Company A followed and wor
the prize. Company C, commanded by
/ H. B. Gilmer also made a fine showing
The sophomore defamation contest yes
terday was won by Ernest l.. Dunlap
| The programme was as follows:
| March.
| Invocation.
| Welcome address. James D. pickens.
| 1.-THE Frailty of Human Power" Will
liam *. Mullins.
Affairs In Cuba" Bledsoe Kelly.
| Vocal solo.
"The Philippine Question" Ben Ellis
Dunaway.
"The Death in the Wheat" Ernest L.
| Dunlap.
| Instrumental solo.
| Decision of the judges.
The judges of the defamation contest
were Hugh Grant A. w. Berry and j. Il.
| Motley of Gadsden.
The addresses in the sophomore decla-
| nation contest showed. according to mem
hers of the faculty that Howard college
is sending forth some speakers of ability.
| Tomorrow will be commencement dav
| On this occa sion the senior class Will be
awarded diplomas and the baccalaureate
address will be delivered by the Rev.
Robert J. Bateman, d. D. The faculty
| has selected William Richard Rigell Ia
deliver the address of the senior class
| The members of the senior class who VIII
be awarded diplomas follow:
| William J. Minis, Alpheus Charles SWIM
dali, William Hugh McCary, James
Franklin Isbell William Campbell Blake
William Richard Rigel, Hiram Bruister
Gimer, James Calvin Stivender, GUSTS
Bush Hasty. Charles Bowdon Kingry and
Thomas Elihu Hand.