The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-24
TOMORROW WILL Be "SOUTHERN .
DAY" LAKELAND WHEN STUDENTS
ATTEND CORNERSTONE LAYING
Appropriate Ceremonies
Will Mark the Occasion
and the City Will Ex-
tend Cordial Welcome
To Faculty, Student
Body and College Or
chestra, Who Reach
Here Tomorrow Fore
noon

Clearwater. May 24.-(SpeciaD-
Lakeland is to be the center, Thurs
day. of a celebration long to be re-
membered by every one who Witness
es it, when the cornerstone of the
building of the greater Southern Col
lege is to be laid with appropriate
ceremonies conducted on the campus
of the college near Lake Hollings-
worth. Friends of Christian educa-
tion from all parts of Florida are to
be present, and all possible prepara-
tions have been made both by the
college management and the people
of Lakeland to insure a complete
success of this important event in
the cultural history Of Lakeland and
Southern Florida.
Members of the student body from
Southern College, now temporarily
situated at Clearwater, and members
of the faculty will be present to wit
ness the impressive event. A large
attendance from Lakeland is, of
course. insured, and the students and
other visitors will altogether make
up live crowd in Lakeland through
out the day. Lakeland will he we'll
aware of the arrival of the college
community. for college yells and other
phases of college spirit will be much
in evidence
Entertainment for the visiting COL
legians has been provided by the peo-
pie of Lakeland, who are to see in
their customary fine spirit of gener-
osity and hospitality that the students
n nn rfn dfa
there. At noon a luncheon will be
served to the students by the Kiwanis
Club, and in the early evening they
will be entertained in like manner
by the Epworth Leagues of the three
Methodist churches of the city. AS
the exercises are scheduled to take
place in the afternoon at 8 o'clock,
the college students will be thor
oughly entertained during all their
spare time in Lakeland. They will
go to Lakeland in buses, leaving
Clearwater early in the morning,
about o'clock. and arrive in Lake
lard about II. In the evening they
will leave Lakeland about Z o'clock
for the return trip to Clearwater.
With the college students the
and at the exercises the orchestra
will take part. under the direction Of
Prof. Albert Verdenburg. director Of
the school of music and Prof. Louis
Alberti head of the denartment of
voice. The singing of college songs
will be a part of the exercises in the
afternoon.
Outline of Exercises
DR.. r. H. Alderman. president OF
the college. has been chosen as the
main sneaker of the occasion. and
the entire program is outlined as
follows:
overture by College orchestra.
HYMN.
PRAYER.
Chorus-by students.
Address on behalf Cf the city OF
Lakeland. Hon. II. c. Petteway, may
or
Selection by orchestra.
Address on behalf of the State of
Florida. A. Fred Turner. secretary Y.
NJ C. A.. TamDa.
Chorus-hv students.
Address. DR. r. II. Alderman, presi'
dent of Southern College.
College song.
Lavirg Of the cornerstone. with DR..
w F. Dunkle. of TamDa. conducting
the ceremony Denositors: Board OF
trustees. facnltv. alumni and classes.
Singing "Alma Mater"
w. c. Rurgett of Tamna. South
Florida representatives of the Fox
News Service. will he on hand to take
motion nictures of the ceremony.
For those who wish to decorate
their stores. homes or automobiles
IN honor Of the occasion. It is stated
that the college colors are Yale blue
and white.