The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-16
CONFER To AWARD
AUBURN MEDALL IN
SCIENCE ANNUALLY
Diplomas Presented As Exer-
CiSeS End-Painting Of
Mr.. Conner Unveiled

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Architects offers to students in the
courses of architecture and architec-
tural engineering an annual prize Of
$40 worth of architectural books for
excellence in architectural design.
The winner for 1929 is Frank
Marion Orr of La Grange, Ga.
Regimental medal for best drilled
soldier, w. r. Hardin of Macon, Ga:
Sabre to Captain of best drilled
company, company C infantry.
Claude N Buchanan of Rivertan, Ala.
Porter Medal for best athlete, Ed
ward Creech Stirling of Greenville,
Ala.
Debate. Vanderbilt VS.. Auburn
List of prizes 1929 Tau Beta
Pi honor Society. Slide rule to sopho-
more in engineering courses with
best record as determined by the
standards of the society, Hugh Bar
Der, electrical engineering, Birm-
ingham. Ala.
Seniors started scattering for
/. homo Immediately after the exer-
discs ended.
Former Governor B. B. Corners ad-
dress was as follows;
Il A few years ago when student at
Emory and Henry, Virginia, 1 won
the scientific medal. l have it here.
You will agree with me 1t is quite
medal and was awarded to the stu
dent standing the best examination
in the branch of natural science.
With your consent l will establish
a similar medal here to be given to
that student whether graduate or
best examination or the best class
record in this branch Of your studies
and to be known as THE Conner Med
al for Excellence in Natural Science
DR.. Dowell. while accepting some
big game trophies that l last year
secured in the high mountains of
British Columbia-a caribou and
moose-and will state they were
killed right on the snokw-he also
asked me for my portrait, all to be
placed in your Conner hall.
Love For Auburn.
am very fond of Auburn, and
while not an alumnus, l was entirely
with you in the recent attempt to
move Auburn from Auburn, and felt
equally with you in these lines:
5"Woodman, spare that tree,
Touch not a single bough,
In youth 1t sheltered me
And l will protect it now.
: 1 felt equally with you the battle
cry of the Auburn Tigers: Touch
down, Auburn; Touchdown, Auburn;
Hold them, Auburn" l trust this is
in the minds and hearts of every stu
dent, and you will make this the bat
stle cry of the Auburn student not
only throughout Alabama, but
through every state.
At Emory and Henry. after I had
successfully finished the final exam
nations, the president sent for me
to come to his room. DR.. Ephaim
Wiley-Old Eph, we called him-was
a wonderful man. He said to me,
Conner, you have good mind. l do
not want you to graduate now. l
. want you to come back another year,
4 then two years at the University of
= Virginia" Bursting with the pride
"of a diploma just in sight and of a
, finished course, as l then thought.
was fully impressed that 1 knew bet
ter than he and was fitted and com
G missioned to conquer place in the
sun. l told him No. was going back
home to take up the job of life, as l
then thought, fully prepared.
1t Is Not Finished.
:. You of the graduating class no
doubt feel the same way. You feel
that you are plumb full of acquire
ments, that you fully know those
things which will fit you to success
fully undertake any course in life--it
is finished; that is the way you feel
now. Tomorrow you will find that I,
is not so, just as l found. You will
know that If you keep abreast of the
time, if you render those things
which you should do, that your work
is just commencing.
From the day of my graduation
until this / have never found that l
was fit to stop studying; l have never