THE HOWARD CRIMSON
|\ Practirf*
I eing Held Daily
ROBERT LAWRENCE WILL
8ELECT CLUB NEXT YEAR
Mathis Will
Deliver Address
Is Organized Here
Pr*MHt Director to Train Member,
of Organization for Tripe.
Partially
VEMKNT 18 SHOWN
iahed the drawing up of the regula¬
tions and by-laws of the club.
The Hungary Club la of a novel na¬
ture to organizations at Howard Col¬
lege aad baa for its purpoae the ben¬
efit* to be gotten by closer aseoda-
tion of students in a social way.
The members of the club are Prank
B. Watts, rails A. Barber. Roy L.
Smart, I
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Froshln. Joel Davie, Ar-
thus I>. Carlisle, Lewie Dawson, Ely
Watt Smith, Rupert Lindsay, Clarence
Pittard. John Inzer Freeman and Mer-
cltizen, will deliver the commence¬
ment address at Howard College May
23 In connection with the graduating
exercises. President James M. Shel¬
burne made this announcement
through the Birmingham daily news¬
papers late last week.
It Is to be the first time In the his¬
tory of Howard College In the seventy-
five years that commencement ad¬
dresses have been delivered, that a
woman e to speak before the out-going
Senior class. The more interest Is
attached to the announcement that
Mrs. Mathis will speak elnce the May
Commencement is to serve as a sea¬
son for jubilee to commemorate the
seventy-fifth anniversary of Howard
College.
Mrs. Mathis lives at Gadsden and
within the last few years has achieved
a national reputation as a lecturer on
economic subjects. She is said to pos¬
sess a remarkable personality, to have
unusual oratorical ability and to be
well versed in economic subjects as
they relate to the South.
Other features of commencement in
the hands of President Shelburne are
expected to be announced within the
next few weeks. At a recent meeting
of the Executive Committee of the
faculty steps were taken toward mak¬
ing definite preparations for the jubi¬
lee celebration.
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institution in TWELVE STUDENT TEAMS
e something like ENTER DOUBLE8 CONTEST
bers of the committee went before the
Divinity Club and asked the member»
of that organization to take steps to¬
ward giving more personal attention
to the Y: M. C. A. and the literary
Dean Moon Resips
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pbt n 11 hangs around the pUch-
bet It baa become evident that
iles M srtln, Morgan Boozer and
If? Sin tut Will' have to do most of
pitchin for the learn, as they have
wu mo: i of the real artiole thus
Some of the other players who
that the development of the distlno-
tive individuality of the college
through the student body as a whole
was being' neglected. An effort was
made to show the Divinity Club that
it could wield a great influence In
welding the student body together,
seeking to establish a unification of
interest around the academic tradi¬
tions
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the college.
The Divinity Club and the committee
spent nearly two hours In discussing
the causes and possible cures for the
periodical lapsee in interest in gen¬
eral student activities. While no defi¬
nite action- was taken, individual mem¬
bers promised for the club united ef¬
fort In anything that would tend to,
the advancement of the college and!
the college life.
It is understood that the faculty
committee 1b going before other or-,
sanitations or students and present
the cause In a similar manner.
tfst Institution Goes to Sim¬
mons College, Texas.
NEW COURSES TO BE GIVEN
NEXT YEAR, 8AY8 DAWSON
masi. g bids for the out$eld fully developed next year, according
es. to Professor John C. Dawson, Head of
iproven ant in the practice has the Modern Language Department el
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notice i in all departments. The Howard College. There are two
id Is b( ginning to look Impregna- have a more systematic course next
Prosp eta are that the men will courses given this year la Spanish,
the
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ted i hii i far ■ during the coming 'term. '
on. Cptain Griffin and Price j Together with the new course, in
don tv i of last year’s stare .are Spanish 'there will be s one-hour
seted to lave plenty of company in 'course of Extension Work given also
high up ranks this season. ta the regular course of study for the
isb than two weeks remain before next year.
first se: es, which will be against "We are preparing to improve our
UMippi A. and M. College, at Modern Language steadily every year
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under Dr. LongweU. the most complete courses of Modern
Crinmi i and Blue aggregation Languages that can be given by any
ild talc on Anal touches which .school," said Professor Dawson. "With
cause t le Mfaalsslpplana to fight I the proper work we can Increase the
The Sophomore Claes of Baylor Uni¬
versity broke the precedent of the
school by having the Senior Class as
double.
Women Students Come to the Relief of
Howard’s Hungry in Charitable Way
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BIRMINGHAM. ALABAMA. MARCH 13 1917
Divinity Students
Ape Invited to Aid
Rejuvi nation of College Activities Ic
Being Sought by tho Faculty
Student Committee.
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President James M. Shelburne, ‘ i,onore^ gueste present at the annual
members of the faculty, alumni and 1 reception,
students have expressed great regret |
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the approaching departure
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Moon. They all agree that Howard
College ts losing one of its strongest
teachers, one of Its soundest scholars
and a man whose peraonal traits and
character have made him greatly- be-
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GLEE CLUB IS MEMBER
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BIRMINGHAM MALE CHORUS
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Robert Lawrence la Director of New
Organization of City.
Robert Lawrence, Director of this
Howard College Glee Club, has con¬
sented to take charge of the directing
the Birmingham Male Chorus
which was organized this week at the
T. B. Cable HaO. This ehorus is to be a
combination of all the singing and mu¬
sic clubs in the district and will con¬
sist of about 600 voices. Howard Glee
Club Is one of the organization»
which wi^l form the nucleus of the-
male, chorus. Some of the other or¬
ganization» which will take part in
the chorus are: Arion Club, T.
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Male Choree, and the Glee Clubs of
Birmingham College and Ensley and
Central and Bessemer High Schools.
It fs the purpose of the new organ¬
ization to give a series of open-air
concerts In Capitol Park during the
summer months, and instead of the
expense bping taken care of by a few
individuals It will be taken care of by'
the community.
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T. U. OFFER8 A SILVER
MEDAL FOR BEST REAOING
Prigs Will
it Contest
Be Given.
Par the beet reading on
a silver medal
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being offered by the
Women’s Christian Temperance Un¬
ion to Howard students. The Union
will chooee the books from which the
Co-eds are generous, not to say lib¬
eral human belpgs, they are saying
around the campus
Now any one relishes the Idea of
getting chicken, big. fat, hen chicken,
the argument goes on. and any one
who has been in contact with meals
of the dormitory kind .only for
| months, has a colloasal apprec
!of euch a chance, and the eo-edz at
Howard gave the boarding students
bis very aforesaid chance, and that is
why they are generous and quite pos¬
sibly liberal human beings.
The
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held In ; And the chance- true t0
sixpeLns prombe, resulted in a real
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persona. The winner <H»ner for some one.
— nnpete with winners from 1 Tho notice on the bulletin
for a gold, a grand-gold, tng that the event would take place
on the campus at 12:30 o'clock Friday
afternoon and that the co-eds would at
that time free a hen on the colleger
green, which would be the personal
property of catcher of said treasure,
caused speculation. Conservative esti¬
mates said it was certain that the ben
had one chance oat of ninety-nine mil¬
lion thirteen thousand and thirty-three
of escaping, and doe precaution wax.
observed that the hen should not get
benefit of that chance.
And when McNaron, thendaca owner,
carried the object of the student con*
quest to tihe kitchen, the remainder of
the speculation took place.
James, the "chief,"
that chicken managed to
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