The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-28
SIMPLE PROGRAMME BEING CARRIED OUT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Dr. Arthur Bonner Breaches Commencement Sermon. Splendid Music Is
 Feature

Tuscaloosa. May 27.-(Special )-Not- withstanding the fact that the University of Alabama has furnished more mem bers of the officers reserve corps than sll ether colleges in the state con- bined and other students have returned to their homes, the opening of the com mencenlent exercises at Morgan hall this morning was not unlike the usual com mencenlents of the institution and the large auditorium was filled with inter- ested students, alumni and citizens of Tuscaloosa
 The commencement sermon was de- livered by Dr. Arthur Bonner, the first professor of biblical literature of the Uni yersity of Alabama, a department that was inaugurated at the beginning of the present session. Dr. George Denny, pres ident of the university presided.
 In introducing the speaker he said that it was fitting that the first occu- pant of the chair of biblical literature should deliver the commencement sermon of the institution.
 SIMPLE PROGRAMME
 He announced that in making plans for this commencement be had endeav- ored to keep in mind the feeling of the present day and that he had planned a programme of simplicity and soberness. pr. Bonner spoke on "The Responsible ity of Power"
 He based his discourse on the parable of the pounds as related in the nine teenth chapter of the gospel of St. Luke, using as his particular text, the thir irteenth verse, as follows: And he called 10 servants of his and gave, them 10 pCunds and said unto them trade you herewith until come'
 1t was an able and forceful presenta- tion of the idea contained in the text, that every one should do the best he could with what was given unto him in talents and resources.
 While scholarly in conception, 1t was ! made practical and applicable to the present day responsibilities and produced a marked impression on the large audi ence
 EFFECTIVE MUSIC The music, an effective feature of the service. was in charge of Miss Maude Walker, director of the choir of the First Methodist church of Tuscaloosa. Two beautiful chorus numbers were giv- | en by a choir of 90 voices and solo l by MT. Robert Lawrence was greatly l enjoyed. Mir. Lawrence will have charge 1 of the newly created department of mu- l sic at the university that is to be in- | augurated with the coming session. ] The exercises tomorrow will be the I junior and senior oratorical contests for ,7ie trustees prize and Tenant Lomax
 medal. Six speakers will take part Fol 1 lowing these contests will be the pre-
 sentation of handsome oil portrait of , " E. Oliver to the university by
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 Tuesday will he alumni day and the
 exercises will be given usual with a
 business meeting at 10 a.. m, addresses | by several members at Ii and the ban l uuet at 1 o'clock Several classes will l Hold their reunion on that day.