The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-28
Faculty Changes Are An nounced in Annual Re-
 port of the Board
BY CAPT. FRANK s. WHITE Gift of $10O,O0O by General Education Board is Con- tingent Upon Raising of
 S20O,OOO

Commencement exercises at Howard college yesterday morning were notable for the interesting programme, for the report made by the board of trustees and for the conferring of honorary degrees upon well-known men
 In the report of the trustees announce ment is made of changes in the faculty, which will be of widespread interest Honorary degrees were conferred by w. A. Berry for the trustees as follows: J. A. Preston. Andalusia, D. D.; to w. A. Taliaferro, Savannah, Ga, D. D.. to Sen ator Frank & White of Birmingham. LL D.: to A. D. Smith, Birmingham. LL. D.; to J. c. Dawson, Howard College ILL D.
 The A. D. Smith medals in mathematics were won by Miss Jessie Macon and Arthur Duke The student body pre- sented gold watch to Dr. c. W. Macon in appreciation of his long services while Tn Howard college The Porter loving cup for the best all-around athlete was won by Claud Carr. This cup is pre- sented annually by the Porter Clothing company through H. J. Porter, Jr. Mr. Carr Is freshman and played on the football. baseball and basket bail teams
 REPORT OF TRUSTEES
 The formal report of the board Of trus- tees was as follows:
 Tn response to an application made by the college in January the general education board of New York city, at it's meefinp st give Howard college s100,ooO on condition that the college raise $2O0,uO0. If this movement is a success Howard college will then have an interest bearing en- dowment of $400000
 "on April 25 at the joint meeting of the Howard-J Judson trustees it was de. cided that the Baptists of the state should be asked for $2o0,o0o for each institution Plans are being rapidly made for the launching of this campaign.
 The summer school for teachers and college students opens on June and closes July 12. The prospects for the summer school are exceedingly bright
 The next regular session of the col lege begins September H. Owing to the fact that so many of our young men have been taken to the army it is very neces- sary that all the friends of the college do all they can toward securing available students for us. We urge our friends to use their influence toward getting high school graduates to enter next session.
 FACULTY CHANGES
 'Dr. George W. Macon has accepted the chair of biology in Bessie lift col lege, Forsyth, Ga. His successor has been elected. He is Prof s. A. Ives of North Carolina Professor Ives is a graduate of Wake Forest college and is taking his M. S. degree at the University of Chicago this commencement. Profess sor Ives is teacher of much experi- ence and comes very highly recommended Tor his attainments in giology. He Is q Baptist. He will arrive at the college September l.
 Miss Mamie M. Hidden has accepted a position in Marshall college. Texas. Her successor is Prof. William E. Bohan- non of Kentucky. Professor Bohannon is a B. s. and B. A. of the Kentucky Normal schooi, at Bowling Green. B. A. and M. A. of the University of Indiana with his major in education. He has done two years of postgraduate work in educa- tion at the University of Chicago. He has had wide experience as principal of high schools and superintendent of city schools. as well as superintendent of Baptist Sunday schools He is a Bap- tist. Professor Bohannon will arrive June 1 and will be in the summer school
 Prof. John D. Everett of Tennessee has been engaged as a member of the faculty of the summer school and will ar rive June l. Professor Everett is a grad l uate of Peabody, man of wide experi- ence, and comes highly recommended by | the educational leaders of two states 1 He is a Baptist.
 "In accordance with the promise made to the citizens of Birmingham during the campaign for endowment the col lege has decided to install a department of home economies. part of the club i building will be equipped for this pur- pose by fall. Miss Ruth Long. a gradu- ate of MontevaIlo. at present employed
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