The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24

proper salaries The increase in salaries during the past year has averaged less than 20 per cent.
 ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
 One source of relief IA deahns wlth tne situation Is to be found in raising the admission requirements, thereby auto matically reducing the size of the fresh-
 man class. The faculty has taken this step Hereafter fifteen units will be re- quired for unconditional admission, and
 thirteen units for conditional admission | This standard is in conformity with the Eew requirement. of the Southern As- sociation of Colleges and Preparatory 1 Schools. It has likewise recently been adopted by the Association of Alabama
 colleges.
 DORMITORY FOR WOMEN
 Perhaps the most significant develop ment of the institution has been in the
 rapid increase in the number of women who seek admission. The accommodations at TNItwiler hall were outgrown four years ago 1t has been embarrassing situation. A year ago 1 discussed the
 matter in detail with the budget commits son. That body expressed keen apprecla-
 ton of the situation and suggested that the modest legislative appropriation for building purposes that was then in sight might wisely be used for this purpose desire to suggest to the trustees the propriety of naming this wing The wy man Annex" in honor of William Stokes Wyman who on four separate occasions served the university as chief executive. l Dr. Wyman entered the institution in lS4S, served it as tutor from 1852 to 1Soe and as professor from 1856 to 1902.
 From 1902 to his death, fifteen years llater. he continued in intimate touch with the campus as a retired professor. So far I able to ascertain, no man. living or dead has a record of service to and association with the university Lowering so long a period. And 1t IS fact that the service rendered by Dr. Wyman as executive officer was usually Fat crises in the history of the university. 1 He never sought the responsibilities that
 were thrust on him. He acted always
 through a high sense of duty. He was
 really great and good man. His name should be honored and his memory per
 petuated on this campus.
 THE EDUCATIONAL SURVEY
 The ieglslaLCre 0l lgl9 created an edu-
 cational commission designed to study
 the school system of the state, to cor
 relate it's various parts and to adjust the
 functions ot the several factors in the
 system, including the institutions ot
 higLer learning. 1t will be gratifying 10
 the trustees to know that the report ot
 the survey commission that made th.s
 study was in practically every detail a
 vindication of the educational policies Of y.
 lates to the School of Medicine. The com
 mission recommended that instead of . lfour-year course in medicine, tWo-year
 practical course should be established on
 the campus of the university; and this
 has been recently authorized by the trus-
 tees.
 SCHOOL OF COMMERCE
 The surscy CoAl4-..ss4On ser04lelJ fecou- lmendeu the organlAaJlon oI d Sehool oI commerce. This involved the glVlng ol jcourses Ill accounting, sLatIsucs, conlher- Inal law and salesmanshlp. These courses taken III conJuncuon with other courses already incIuued Ill the university currl- lculum made possible the new Scnool oA Commerce and pusiness adminlstratlor' which has from the very beginning JUS itifled it's creation. fernapS majority ol college men sooner or later drltt lhto business. There IS every reason, there fore. why they should be gwen an op- portunity in college to get the kind Cl training that they need in their sup seuuent careers. 1 am satisfied that 1t IS
 a mere matter of time when the ochooi of Commerce will take rank with the lother major schools and colleges tnAt constitute the university.
 EXTENSION DIVISION
 The legislature Of 1913 provided mod lest sum for the inauguration of an e&-
  lvision Prof. James 5. Thomas has been Iappointed He is singularly well qualified
 tor the work. For eight years he has served with rare ability as professor or secondary education owing to the re- cent change in the programme reiatlhs to the duties of that position he preferred to assume charge of the extension serN- | ice.
 Alabama has been tardy in recognizing thel vital importance of the immense field Inow occupied by university extensive ac- tivities Other states long ago accepted | the task. Great sums of money are lbeing devoted to 1t ill the several state universities. The meager appropriation 1 made available by the legislature 's ! merely q beginning. During the pres ent ouadrennium We can do little more than survey the field, study the problem, land then ask the next legislature to pro vide the money necessary to at-ack thc | problem vigorously Meantime we sh@ii organize extension classes, issue bulletins 1 and proceed as far as the money avail | able will permit us to proceed. II the state is able to provide llperaHy TOT as ricuituraI extension work, it will surely make provision for extension work m | other important fields.
 GIFTS
 During the past year the university ms received from Mrs Rufus N. Rhodes, oi Birmingham. several handsome portraits in oil of famous Confederate leaders General Lee General Jackson and oiu- CTS. These portraits were collected at conr | siderable expense by the late General Rhodes. I regard this gift as the mos valuable gift of it's kind that has peeh made to the university in recent years The trustees will desire to make suie- able acknowledgement of it. In this con nection I desire to put into the record an expression of appreciation of the interes. 1 shown in this matter by Mir. Robert Jen'- | ison. ST. of Birmingham. who, as Trent and counsellor of Mrs. Rhodes, used ms ! good offices in directing her attention to the university. ,, Mrs. Thomas Vickers, of Montgomery has presented to the university ,ne the library of her lamented husnano' the late pr. Thomas Vickers. lnciuded m this large library are many vaiuap'e volumes. Our grateful acknowledgement l is due Mrs. Vickers
 REH OF SOLDIERS The university is cooperating wltn ,ne federal board for the vocational renapi- Ination of wounded soldiers. We nave | trained during the year approNlnha,,'g