The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-10
UNANIMOUSLY Y ELECT
 DA WSON PRESIDENT
 OF HOWARD COLLEGE
Yesterday Morning the Board of Directors Met and Chose the Dean to Handle Affairs for the Baptist Institution

Dr. John c. Dawson, recommends by the nominating committee of tn board of trustees, unanimously wa elected president of Howard colleg at meeting held Tuesday morning at the First Baptist church. Dr Dawson will succeed Dr. Charles E whose resignation was ac cepted at the end of the last schoo year.
 The board of trustees met at
 the request of the nomination
 committee. It consists of
 P. c. Ratliffs, chairman; W.
 M. Blackwelder, Huntsville, W.
 c. Davis, Jasper; w. A
 Davis, Anderson; A D. Smith, R.
 N. Lambert, Darlington: Ed S.
 Moore, E. A. Carter, J. c. Max
 we'll, Birmingham: J. NJ. Thomas,
 Talledega; A. J. Preston, Anda-
 lusia; W. T. McAdory, ". d. Wal
 dron, Darby H. Brown, Ben Ellis
 Dunaway, Orryille ". R. Ridell,
 Gadsden; Charles R. Bell, Annis-
 tons w R. Hilliard, Birmingham;
 D. C. Cooper, Oxford; A. s. Smith,
 Alexander city! J. A. Coker, Bir-
 minsham; J. C. Inzer, Gadsden;
 J. A Cook, G, c. Wright, Bir-
 mingham.
 The nominating committee was
 composed of w. c. Davis of Jas
 oh a firm q ne T e
 Moore and P. c. .Ratliffe. Bir-
 mingham, and was appointed last
 June 10 consider the nomination
 of man to f1il the vacancy made
 by pr. Williams resignation.
 At the meeting yesterday the
 name of Dr. Dawson, dean of
 the college and acting president.
 was presented, immediate action
 was taken, and Dr. DawsonHwas
 unanimously elected as the new
 executive of the college.
 Dr. Dawson recently obtained
 his Ph. D. degree at Coumbia uni-
 versity attaing the highest mark
 of any student aspiring to that
 honor. During the war he
 served a9, Dean to the American
 faculty of the University of
 Toulouse, leading French in-
 stitutlon of learning used for
 American soldiers. He Is very
 popular with alumni, students
 and faculty at Howard college.
 pr. Dawson was born in Hunts vile, in 1876. From there he went t, Falmouth. Ky, where he received hi early education and training. Late he entered Georgetown universit, whercs he worked his way ~througf college as a reporter and on tn, editorial staff of a newspa per.
 After graduation he was mad, of the Scottsboro Baptis Institute from which he later re signed in order to take a six months course in universities in France an, Germany prsparatory teAt aliaE pl the teaching of modern RAanguager
 He was made Dean of Howard col lege in the spring of 1917. which DO sition he has held to the presen time except for the time that he wa the acting president of the college The past six months. Dr. Dawson has spent doing post graduate worl at Columbia university, returning t Howard last June to again take u] his duties as acting president.
 Dr. Dawson resigned as actin;
  uary of 1919 in order to accept al offer as Dean of the American De partment of Toulouse university, on of the great institutions of learnin, of France.
 He Is editor of college text book 'T.e Petite Vile" French comedy also the author of "Toulouse in tn Rennaissance" and contributor t, the Romanic Review published 1T New York
 Dr. Dawson,s ideal for Howar, college is that it shall become great college and not 6 university serving the purpose of general e,II cation, with emphasis upon trainin, for leadership and upbuilding O character.
 The immediate problem before tn college Is to create fine democrati spirit of cooperation and build up strong cultural, intellectual an. Christian atmosphere.
 Howard college is already recoe nized as a standard institution an, a member of the Southern Associa ton of Colleges. pr. Dawson hone to develop to greater degree it, various departments in themselye rather than to attempt to branch ou into new schools.
 The alumni have taken a greate interest in the running of the col lege and has shown increased inter est in the election of Dr. Dawson a the executive head. Dr. Dawson feel that he has the alumni behind him ii whatever steps may be taken in tn future to place Howard college befor the eyes of the public as a comine