The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-29
MOVEMENT STARTED FOR ''HOME COMING" G"
 AT COMMENCEMENT
of University of Alabama Formulate Plans at LuncheOn-Dr. Denny
 Made Principal Address

Plans to make the coming commence
 ment of the University of Alabama the | greatest in the history of the institu-
 tion were launched at a luncheon at | the Birmingham Newspaper club yes-
 terday afternoon attended by a number
 of prominent alumni. Borden Burr, l president of the alumni association l presided at the meeting and Dr. George H. Denny, president of the University of Alabama, was the principal speaker | MT. Burr announced that he would hold similar meetings in all the larger cities and towns of the state, and campaign Is to be launched to secure the fullest cooperation among the
 alumni of the institution. At least 1000 of the alumni are expected to attend commencement this year, and it was announced yesterday that adequate plans had been made to care for this number
 President Denny told of the splendid opportunity which was offered the uni versity this year to secure an unusu- ally large attendance on account of the holding of the Tuscaloosa centennial at the same time. He spoke of the
 close relations and the cooperation which had always been manifested by the city and the university and stated that both were working in perfect harmony to make commencement week an epoch in the history of the state. TENTS ON CAMPUS He referred to the recent completion | of the gymnasium, to the woman's dor
 mitory which would enable the univer- sity to care for large number of women visitors and he told of the in creased dormitory and mess hall facilities. He stated that arrangements had been concluded to provide tents to accommodate 1000 alumni on the campus and the gymnasium offered bathing facilities for the visitors. The
 enlargement of the mess hall would enable the institution to feed all who
 came
 The remarkable growth of the uni
 versity in recent years and the splen-
 did opportunity offered by holding the
 centennial and commencement together
 gave the alumni the opportunity to get
 hundreds of old students back for the
 week. A pageant, staged by one of the
 most noted pageant men in America,
 will depict the history of the univer-
 sity along with that of the city of
 Tuscaloosa, said pr. Denny.
 Tom Garner, secretary of the alumni
 association, and Washington Moody,
 both of Tuscaloosa, t,&S of the plans
 which were being made in Tuscaloosa
 for the centennial and for taking care
 of the thousands of visitors expected
 during the two events. A. H. Car
 michael of Tuscumbia, speaker of the
 house of representatives: Dr. B. L. Wyman of the class of '76, Hill Fer guson, Judge Pugh, Judge Grove and R. " Evans were among the other alumni who addressed the meeting. All of the speakers were united in the idea that this year was the time for the alumni to have real home coming, and each pledged his best eff forts to help swell the crowds. It was announced that not only would there be reunions of all the classes ending in 6 or i, but quite a number of oth CTS had started movements for reunions during the present commencement Borden Burr named the following committees to take charge of the
 movement in the Birmingham district: Executive, Hill Ferguson, chairman; Jelks Cabaniss and Phares Coleman, Jr. publicity T. w. Palmer, Jr., chair man; Paoli Smith, Leroy Jacobs and Leon c. Bradley.