The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

missioners. the two conferences. mani festing a fine spirit of Christian unity and determination to build up and maintain a college equal to the needs of the times, consolidated these institu tions at Birmingham under the name of Birmingham Southern college.
 Through this consolidation, the en- dowment of the institution has been more than doubled and is constantly increas-
 ing; the faculty is increased by one third, two new departments have been added, the student body is about 70 per cent greater than the combined student bodies of both institutions before con- solidation and new brick, fire-proof dornitory is now under construction.
 The people generally have learned with
 pleasure that Mir Dan w. Godfrey,
 Prot. Frank L. Owsley, Prof. w. D.
 Perry and Dr. R. F. Cooper have been elected members of the faculty for the approaching session.
 MT. Godfrey is an honor graduate of BirminghamSouth college of the class of 1917. He has recently returned from France, where he has been in serv-
 ice for several months He will teach English in the high school department
 Professor Owsley has the chair of history and economies. He holds degrees from Auburn and the University of Chi cago. Since receiving his masters de- gree in Chicago university he has taught
 in the department of history at Auburn
 pd hac
 further pursuing his work in Chicago towards his doctors degree.
 Professor Perry has been elected to the chair of English to take the place of pr. R. l.. Wggins, who was recently elected to the chair of English at Ran
 dolph Macon at Ashland Va. Professor
 Perry is well and most favorably known to the college community and in the city and throughout the state. Before the consolidation of Southern university and Birmingham college Professor Perry occupied the chair of English in Bir mingham college, and, so well qualified as he is for the work, his many friends, as we'll as the college community, re- joice that he is now returning to his former position.
 Dr. Cooper heads the department of
 education. He is an A. B. and A. M. graduate from Washington and Lee and holds his Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins. Dr. Cooper has just returned from France, where he has been in service as Y. M. C. A. educational director. He entered the service, as many people we'll | remember, from the University of Ala bama, where previous to that time and 1 for a number of years he was professor of education. During his professorship | at the University of Alabama Dr. Cooper had occasion to visit and study all the high schools of the state. He, there fore, comes to the department of educa
 tion in Birmingham sSouthern college we'll prepared for his particular work, and students in the college who expect to teach, as well as many teachers of the city, have now the greatest oppor- tunity that has ever been presented to them.
 Student activities are well organized, the chief features being the literary so- cieties, Glee club, Science club, Greek letter fraternites and athletics in it's
 usual forms with Charles H. Brown as coach. MT. Brown is Vanderbilt
 man and coached very successfully for
 Birmingham college before he went to the war. The students are very happy I over the announcement of Mr. Browns renewed relations as coach with the in- stitution.
 The prospects of Birmingham Southern
 college for the coming year are bright. It has a peculiarly valuable type of ed
 ucation to offer to the youth of Ala
 bama and west Florida, and with the widening knowledge of that fact, it's patronage will increase and the sphere
 of it's usefulness and service will be
 steadily enlarged.