The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
NEW GYM AT AUBURN ID
 BE VERY IMPRESSIVE
Prominent Alumni to Ap- pear on the Programme. Celebration Will Begin
 With a Parade

Auburn, February Especial )-Plans | for the celebration to be held in Auburn
 on February 22 over the dedication of l the new alumni gymnasium are rapidly
 materializing, and though the complete programme cannot be given out at the
 present time list of prominent visitors
 has been announced by President Bragg. of the Alumni association.
 l pr. Charles Coleman Thach, president of the Alabama Polytechnic institute, will deliver the welcoming address and Hon. William M Williams of Montgom- 1 cry has been selected as nastetr of cerc- l monies. Thomas Bragg, president of the | Auburn Alumni association, will present | the building to the state in behalf of the i Alumni associa ton and the building will | be accepted by Gov. Charles Henderson, president of the board of trustees for the state of Alabama.
 ! Among other prominent men who will be present for the occasion and who will appear on the programme are Dr. w. N. Randle, faculty manager of athletics of l the Georgia School of Technology; Prof. s. V. Sanford, manager of athletics of 1 the University of Georgia; Prof. c. $. 1 Brown, president of the Athletic asso- | ation of Vanderbilt university, and E. T. Holiness secretary of the Southern In- l tercollegiate Athletic association.
 1 Frank Spangler, cartoonist of the Mont 1 gomery Advertiser and creator of the 1 Ina animated Weekly, a feature of that ! paper, has written that he will be pres 1 ent on the occasion. Hundreds of alumni 1 have written of their plans to return for the day and for the alumni dance that night.
 1 The celebration will begin with a pa- ] rade by the Auburn students and the ex- ercises will be held on the gymna sium 1 floor of the new building. In, the aft ernoon will be staged the football game between the old stars and the scrubs, now being trained by Coach Donahue. Coach Donahue has heard from num- Der of old time stars who are planning to be present and if a sufficient number from each period return then he plans
 allowing each team to play the football used in that period showing again the hiking formations which won so well for Auburn in 1904 and the later plays around the on-side kick formation which ! brought the championship to Auburn in 1908. The real old-timers of the '90s will
 also have a lineup, as quite number of that period have stated that they
 would be present. On this team will ap- pear MoKissick, the Pats" 'Widdy' Brown, Billie" Williams. Trick" Tiche-
 nor, Bill Stokes, "Muggins'' Mitcham,
 Preacher Parks, and Walter Riggs, all
 stars of Auburn's early football history. The class championship football game will also be staged that afternoon. Pres ident and Mrs. Thacl will give a recep- ton to the visitors and number of invited guests and the alumni dance will follow.
 The students of Auburn have voted to carry out the plan of dress affair for the alumni dance by requiring all stu dents to appear in military uniform. Be-
 sides the number of visiting ladies who will be in Auburn attending the annual George Washington dances. which begin
 here February IS. great many visiting ladies will come up just for the alumni
 dance and it is expected that the dance floor, which is one Of the largest in the state, will be well filled.