The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-16
COLLEGE REPORTS BIG ENROLMENT

Birmingham-Southern college reports an increase in enrolment this year of 150 students over last session. This brings the total number enrolled past the 700 mark Of this number 240 are co-eds, an increase of 70 over the last term.
 Saturday and afternoon classes of fered by Birmingham-S Southern college as extension courses for 1924-25, will commence this week, according to an- nouncement from the director, Dr. Har- rison A. Trexler, head of the depart ment of history.
 These courses have been arranged with the approval of the state depart ment of education, the superintendent of Birmingham schools and the super intendent of education of Jefferson county.
 Students in these special classes are allowed to register either at the col lege, or at their classes, which are held in the afternoon and evening at the First Methodist church, and on Satur- day at Birmingham-Southern. Advance registration points to an enrolment oi more than 300 for the extension de partment this year.
 A special faculty of eighteen mem bers, including the director, has been arranged for the 1924-25 session. All the instructors are college graduates most of them holding high degrees from graduate schools over the country.
 Personnel And Courses
 Faculty personnel and courses of fered are: President Guy E. Snavely art history; Harrison T. Trexler, his tory and political science; Ludd M Spivey, sociology; Alden K. BoOr chemictry Rose I. Converse. sociology H. D. Cullen, advertising; George Cur rie, Latin and Greek; Charles B Glenn, history; Edward NJ. Henderson journalism; Roy E. Hoke, psychology Allen G. Loehr, salesmanship; Solint Wallace Moore, education; Wilbur D Perry, English; w. Paul Pim, art Austin Prodoehl, French; Elizabeth H Steadham, Spanish; William AlonzC Whiting, biology; B. E. Franklin, edu cation.
 Mrs. w. E. Moore will offer a course in story telling and children's litera ture each Tuesday from 3 80 unti 80 p. m.
 Dr. c. B. Glenn, superintendent oi Birmingham schools, will offer, in addi tion to his other courses, an advanced course in history of Japan.
 Art history, under President Guy E Snavely, will also be made mOrl attrac tive this year, because of the inStruc tors recent visit to western Europe where he did extSnive studying in con nection with~his course.
 Plan Pole Rush One of the events of interest, whicl is scheduled to occur at Birmingham Southern college during the present week is the pole rush, between mem bers of the freshmen and sophomore classes, which will be held "Wednesday evening between and 9 80 o'clock.
 The pole rush, which has become tradition at Birmingham-Southern since the initial contest last year, provide: open encounter for boys of the first anC second year classes. The aim of thu rush shall be for the sopomores to put a flag, furnished by the student senate on one of three poles. located on diff ferent parts of the campus, and tC maintain this flag in position for thu aggregate of 45 minutes.
 The participants in the rush shall b' in a ratio of two sophomoreS to three freshmen and before entering the con test must receive physical examina ton. Team captains, one referee, { timekeeper and eight marshalls shall b' the officials of the rush. It is expected that it will be attended by large par of the student body, as well as mum Der of outsiders.