The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-13
HOWARD COLLEGETO. HEAR MONTAGUE AT ANNUAL EXERCISES
Noted Baptist Orator to De- liver Commencement Ad- dress to Student Body.
 Other Speakers

The eightleth annual commence ment address at Howard college will be delivered by pr. A. P. Montague, an ex-president of Howard and one of the most noted Southern Baptist orators on Wednesday, May 24, when the graduation exercises which be- gin on Sunday, May 20, will be com pleted, according to plans for the week made public yesterday by Pres ident John c. Dawson. Other speak CTS will be: pr. J. A. Shelburne, ex- president of Howard, who will deliver the annual commencement sermon Sunday morning; J. Rogers, Baptist missionary from China, who will preach the missionary sermon, and pr. Cary P. McCord, head of the san itation department of the University of Cincinnati, alumni address.
 The senior class and glee club will present a musical comedy in the Howard auditorium under the direc- ton of Gladstone Jackson. college music director. Representative of the glee club will also take part in every public program during the week. Social entertainments by the various fraternities and sororities are expected to be a feature of the student celebration of the week. The annual oratorical contest for honors in this field will be held on Monday morning.
 Birmingham and Alabama Baptists in Eneral are expected to view with much interest the announcement of commencement speakers, since the list includes men who are well known throughout the state and a large number of the institution's alumni are accustomed to gather for the ex- ercises, Dr. Montague is at present a professor at Mercer university and faculty debating advisor with the responsibility of the secretary of The Baptist Tri-Debating- League. He is graduate of the University of Vir- ginia and was president of Howard from 1909 to 1912, president of Co., lumbia college, at Lake City, Fla., for six years, and also president of Furman university in South Caro- lima. He Is noted as one of the most famed orators among southern Bap- lists.
 Dr. Shelburne Is a graduate of Georgetown college and of the Louis vile Baptist seminary. For 10 years he was pastor of the Ruhama church and took a leading part in the de- nominations activities in Alabama. He is a son-in-law of Dr. w. B. Crumpton, noted Baptist leader, and was pdesident of Howard for six years, resigning In 1918 to begin ac- tive preaching. He was pastor of the First Baptist church at Gadsden for three years and Is now pastor of the First Baptist church at Danvllle, Va
 MT. Rogers Is an alumnus of Leuis- vile seminary and has been engaged in missionary work in China for sew eral years, and at present is head of the department of English litera- ture at the Baptist college in Shang mai. pr. McCord is now head of the sanitation department at Cincinnati university; he is graduate of Howard and the University of Mich igan and spent several years in re- search work at the Park Davis com pany's laboratories in Cincinnatii He is a contributor to the leading med ical journals in the United States and was major in the medical corps during the war.
 The third quarter examination will be held from May Is to May 20 and the commencement exercises will be- gin on the following Sunday and will close Wednesday.