The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-12
University and Auburn
Draw Large Attendance
From Birmingham
STATE INSTITUTIONS
TO OPEN TOMORROW
Yale, Princeton, Vanderbilt, Sewanee
and Harvard Among Other Schools
to Receive Students From
This City

The general exodus of students to the
various colleges and universities Is at its
heighth. With the opening Of the two
state Observation-Disclosures Polytechnic
institute and the University of Alabama
set for tomorrow, the crowd of undergrad
yates will journey thither today. Biz
mingham is expected to furnish fully 200
students to the state institutions.
A small number, precursors of the gen
eral movement to the seats of learning,
departed yesterday for Auburn and Tus-
ca loosa to make ready for the Inaugural
ton of the scholastic year. The opening
exercises tomorrow will be simple, ac-
cording to the intelligence sent out from
the two college towns.
The state institutions are maintaining
an even battle for the favor of Birming-
ham. The local contingent in search of
knowledge is almost evenly divided
While the institutions in the east and
north will have among their undergrad
yates Birmingham men, the vast majority
will attend within the state
To the University of Alabama, Bir-
bingham will forward a representative
coterie. For the second successive year
local athlete will serve as captain Of
the football team. Lowndes Morton, a
high school product is captain-elect OF
the gridiron squad and already has
started training under Coach Kelly. Asa
Rountree. Jr., of Birmingham will edit
the Crimson and White, the university
weekly. Honor positions are held by
others.
GOING TO UNIVERSITY
Numbered among those who will attend
the university for the first year are. Bow
a n O6an Robert Cii1aqnia Charles yVahb
Leslie Fulenwider, Yancey Goodall. Ben
Anderson, Will Kennon, Ed Brandon,
Leon Wyman, Walter Agee, George Eus-
tbs, Marcus Mcclellan, Lennox Brooks
Walter Kennedy. Marvin Mccullough
Allan Lowman, Joe Perry, and Carl g.
Pearce.
Some of those returning to continue
their courses are: Atwell Brown, Asa
Rountree, Jr., Tim Durrett, Irwin Nc
Crossin, Lowndes Morton. Griffith Harsh,
Jack Frazier, Jewell Whatley, William
P. Moore, Jack Chadwick. John A. Moore.
Jr., Donald Thornbury, Henry Johnson
Sterling Foster, Jr., Chappell Cory, Jr.,
Orville Coston Roy H. Manly, Jack Co
zine Stuart Coleman, James Downey
George Fry, Rucker Agee, Joseph Hirsh.
George S. O'Neal, Paul Penny and l. M,
Powell.
Auburn. with it's splendid technical
NodioCo dliu I'D lllilteiy dtlldSliOHS VIII
give education to fully hundred from
Greater Birmingham. Indications point
to the fact that Birmingham will have
representation on the football eleven I'M
der Coach Donahue. Samuel Earle
Greene, likely substitute in 1915, has
offered for the line, ana IS expected to
land position. Henry DeBardeleben and
Paul Pinckard are also to become mem
bers of the squad. Henry Hamilton, who
is sergeant-major of the institute corps
is one of the high honored men at Au-
burn.
AUBURN HAS CROWD
OF those who will attend Auburn are
Harold Bowron, Sam Earle Greene Will
Bert Stiles, William Henry Kettig. Jr,
Henry DeBardeleben, Charles DeBarde-
leben, Lamont Major, Paul Pinckard.
Jimmy Nall. Lyons Bradley, Charles
Jones, Richard Johnston, Jr, Henry
Hanson Keller, William Hall, Louis
jenkins, Homer Sudduth. Marshall
Hogan, Capers Perryman, Joe Goodwin
Roland Sparkman, Percy Dryman and
Charles Doster.
In smaller numbers, the other south.
ern institutions will draw undergraduates
from Birmingham. John Dearborn and
University Of the South, at Sewanee
Virginia Military institute will have in
It's cadet corps John Terry Badham
Charles Cullom, William Drennen and
William Shackelford.
Miller Robinson, Robert Hamrick ant
Joe Gobson will matriculate at Wander
bilt university. Robert Terrell, Jr., hai
gene to Charlottesville to continue hi.
academic course at the University Of
Virginia.
NUMBER OUT OF STATE
~ Dx;.. 4
attended by small group. William
Badham and Frank Nelson will con-
tinue their scientific courses at Yale
university. while Thomas Hopkins, Jr.
will enter the freshman class Al
Princeton. Lee Bradley, Jr.. will be
again a student in the academic school
Henry B. Gray. Jr., will finish his
course in the Harvard law school this
session.
John Sharpe Gillespie will leave soor
to enter the school of dentistry at the
University Of Chicago, while Thomas
Elton O'Byrne will continue his studio,
at Notre Dame in Indiana. Arnold Ricf
will leave later for Johns Hopkins
university at Baltimore where he is 6
sophomore in the school of medicine
James Childers and Forsythe Gordy
will enter Oberlin in Ohio.
The preparatory schools will draw
a likely number. Edmund McDavid. Jr.
Scale Harris. Charles McDavid, FELIX
Blackburn. Charles Drennen, Houston
Drennen, Cary Cabaniss and William
Robinson have entered Marion Military
institute. Robert Bowron, James Bryan
Alex Gibson and Hughes Terry have
started their studies at the McCallie
school in Chattanooga. c. c. Esdale, Jr.,
will attend Bingham Military school at
Asheville.
Crawford Johnson, Jr., will leave In
October for the Lawrenceville school.