The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-02
UNIVERSITY

] University, March 1.-(Specal)-Ne ext
 Saturday. March S. has been set aside as ! Military Day at the University of Ala
 bama, when the R. o. T. C., in charge
 of Maj. J. T. Clemments. will parade ill 1 Tuscaloosa and give exhibition on 1 the campus.
 ! The programme for the day follows | Three D. m assembly at the university 1 }:3o, parade in Tuscaloosa; to ,. the l following exhibitions on the campus:
 Four, wall sealing, Company B; 4:15. for
 mai guard mount, Company D; 4SO sig
 nal and physical drill, Company C; 4.45 | extended order (skirmishing) Company D; 3, bayonet fighting, Company A; 5:15,
 review by Dr. George H. Denny. Maj. J. | T. Clemments and members of the fac uty. The programme will culminate in a dance given by the cadet corps at the gymnasium Saturday night.
 ! During the short time that the R. o.
 T. c. has been reorganized at the un- eersity it has made great strides and de- lveloped into an efficient organization 1 Every cadet is now fully equipped with l uniforms and ordnance equipment will 1 be issued shortly Major Clemments in charge of the organization, has put into | practical operation all the lessons learned l in a military way during the war. All
 the dull routine of the pre-war drill has 1 been substituted for the live science of modern warfare.
 l Up to date each one of the companies | has satisfactorily completed the follow ing schools: Wall scaling signalling, physical drill, formal guard mount, posi-
 tion and aiming drill, extended order,
 close order and bayonet fighting. Later | n the courses it is the plan to instruct
 Ia. -l~ 1 ing Machine gun. rifle and hand gren. i ade. trench cleaning, reconnaissance
 automatic rifle, 37 millimeter gun (one- pounder), small arms using gallery and 1 exterior range and others
 l The local Y NJ. C. A., through the eff 1 forts of General Secretary J. F. Ball | dridge, has been successful in securin g l the services of Dr. Lloyd Douglas of l Michigan to make series of addresses { at the university, March :, and g of
 this week. Dr. Douglas is pastor of the 1 Church Across the Campus from the University of Michigan, where he works | witha large number of college students. i He is a man of much literary talent a l newspaper man. former editor of an inn i portant magazine, and Y. NJ. c. A. sec | setary. pr. Douglas will deliver three 1 lectures, Friday Saturday and Sunday
 
 l Leased Wires and The Challenge of Capacity"
 | J. H. Jackson state field secretary for | War Savings Stamps, made a canvas of | the university this week in interest of
 thrift societies. Two Greek letter frater- knities, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the l Sigmu Nu organized 100 per cent eff , ficient. The Philomatic Literary society, ! the Education club and other student Organizations indorsed the movement and appointed secretaries to have charge l of the work.
 i The Glee club of. the university. follow 1 ing a successful tour over north Ala . 1 bama, will appear on the Lyceum course :, of Judson college, Saturday. March 5 1 The members are eager to make this i place. where they are annually enter jtained by the people of Marion and Jud- ] son college. It is probable that the music | makers will include other towns on this l trip, although Director Tom Garner has
 not arranged any other date this week l Dr. c. B. Glenn, assistant superintend- ent of the Birmingham public schools, will be assistant director of the summer school of the University of Alabama, ac- corling to announcement made by 1 Dr. J. T. Doster, director of the school. 1 Dr. Doster considers that the university l is fortunate in securing the experience 1 of pr. Glenn who is doing such a good
 work among the Birmingham schools. l Three new members selected for the ! L;teresque, a sophomore literary society. ]. are A. B. Ragsdae of Bessemer. w.. i Emmett Perry of Moulton, and Douglas Haygood of Montgomery.
 Robert Jemison of Birmingham has
 sent to Tuscaloosa . picture of the