Howard 'Vins and Loses
In Triangular Debate
By Hilton Upton,
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In the second nnnual triangular-
debate between the leading Baptist
edin ntiontU institutions of Alabama,
Georgia jipd Mississippi, Howard
College lost to Jiercer University
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Ingham, but triumphed over
Mississippi College in Clinton, Miss.,
while Moreer'.aifo detested Mississippi
Jcntest” at Macon, Ga. The
as held on the evening of
Marili it, simultaneously- in the audi¬
tor! urns of the thro.- colleges with a
unique contest on our campus be¬
tween the Howard affirmative and
the Mercer negative teams.
As a result ol the three clashes,
Mercer is the undisputed champion
of the “Triple Debating League,"
with its teams triumphing over both
Howard .and Mississippi, colleges.
Howard won seconci honors for the
year 1922, since it» representatives
Howard Players Give
Program
Members of the Howard College
Dramatic Club presented a two-act
play. “Mr. Bob," by Rachael B. Ba¬
ker at t ie Elks Ha l, Enaley, under
the ausp ees of the Helpers’ Circle of
the Ensliy Baptist Church, under di¬
rection of Mis Florence Pass,. of How¬
ard. This is the first time Howard
atudente have given a dramatic pro¬
gram in Enaley this year and a large
audience witnessed the performance.
This is the eecoi d public appear¬
ance of this play with the Howard
cast In Birminghan , the first being
in the Howard College auditorium for
the benefit of the new Riihama
Church building fu id. A third ap¬
pearance will be made Friday eve¬
ning at the Pike Avenue Baptist
Chruch.
Tho cost of chars cters ' was as fol¬
lows: Jenkins, th< butler, Jamee
Wise; Aunt Becky, a maiden lady,
. Eunice Moan; Patty the maid, Loyce
Hendrix; Katherine, Mabel Willough¬
by; Philip Roysor. . Huland White¬
head ; Marian, Virginia Carswell; Mr.
Brow n, William Ernest Prescott.
Glenn 0. Gibbs’ orchestra furnished
jnusieal numbers to accompany the
prog-am and costumes used in the
play were furnished by Kessler and
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met both opponents and won over
Mississippi, on the latter’s campus.
Mississippi, the proud holder of ora¬
torical , records in the Magnolia
state, and where 40 men are said
to huve entered elimination try-outs
Dr. L. O. c. Dawson , Be¬
loved Benefactor of
Howard , Conducts De¬
votional Exercises.'
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On Fridays- morning at 'the, chapel
hour Dr. L. O: Dawson, pastor of the
for the triangular debate succeeded ***? BapU't Ch“rCh °f Tuecaloo8a'
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conducted the devotional exercises^
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Howard 1 and: Mercter. ; j (
Details of thp spptfbq i ffr the 4ej
bate held in Macon between Merc*
and Mississippi are not known hefe.'
but if the .Georgia orators were
efficient as in Birmingham, th
the chapel hour on Friday morning.^
Dr.. Dawson appealed to the stu¬
dents to be clean in their., thought
habits, moral habits ahd personal hab-
, I It8- He touched on the psychology
of a man whose life is a concrete epc
assuredly deserved the championship ample ot his thinking. The main idpa
which they won. In the debate here
Howard was represented by A. Nelson^) wordB. "As a man thinketh in his
of his talk was embodied in these
Howard Leaders On May Program
Distinguished Speaker* • to Adtfres3
Graduates During Commence¬
ment Week. K
at the Park Davis Company's labora¬
tories in Cincinnati. He is
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tributor to the . leading medical Jobr-
nals in the United States and wad a
major in the medical corps during
the - war. , . .
The third quarter examination will
be held from May 15 to May 20 when
the last tinal examinations of the
Speakers during Commencement
week at Howard College, will be
among the most distinguished Iead3rs
•ever - connected with tire' institution
dur.ng its 80 years existence, accord-
J>fane,_tpr the .l19rin^l'clQflp,A9fjiei)th spasion wiirb^glve».'. Th* com-
tlje session; flyhkh wHl..j3* begun- onj;
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exeroiaes: will -begin son-
May 21 Aid continue through May 24 J the following Sunday and will close
Plans were; madepubitc Monday by,j Wednesday with the commencement
John C. Dawsom president of How- : address and awarding., of .diplomas,
ard. The exercises will open Sun- > Howard will then be temporarily de¬
day morning, May 21, with the an- 1 serted until the opening of the first
nual commencement sermon by Dr. | of the two six weeke’ Summer sessions
J. A. Shelburne, ex-president of How;ion June 5.
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heart, so is lie."
The deep spirituality of Dr. Daw
eon’s own life, his ever practical as
well as inspirational messages, al
ways influence the students for great¬
er good and inspires them to aspire
Willis and I. W. Myers, whs upheld
the affirmative and the Mercer team
was composed
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McRae and
In fairness to the visitors it must
be said that, they displayed unusual
abating ability, especially Mr. McRae, _
who Is onfe. of the most convincing to the higher things of life.
student orators heard on the Howard _
rostrum in many years. Although
hie argument was somewhat fallacious
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failed to prove their contention SentatWC .VlSltS tlOWard
Willis’ rebuttal was spirited and de l.
served the plaudits which it drew i
from the audience. j Miss Hannah Reynolds, the W. M
Howard’s victory over Mississippi ( U. worker for the promotion and or-
CoUege is said to ha*e been largely ganization of Y, W. A. work in col
due to J. J. Bell, first speaker on the iege8 throughout Alabama, was a vis
negative, who is a veteran of the jtor at chBpel on last Wednesday.
Misslssippl-Howard <W, of 1921J Reynokr, wlk wae dtrected
on tire ° campus *and is not only ' Priecipelly th® 8lrla U waB mos*
president of the Debating Council, ‘nsplratlonal and helpful She said
but also business manager of both /bat she had found that the greatest
the Howard Crimson and Entre- thing In her work and in every pari
Noue of life was the assurance given us by
Mr. W. G. Smith, the second speak- 1 Paul. "I can do all things through
er on the negative was a quiet but Christ which Btrengtheneth me.”
persistent force for Howard, and Miss Reynolds believes strongly In
his work was very commentable in- denominational colleges. She ex-
deed. I pressed the belief that religion Is
The question discussed In the three the greatest need of American cob
debatee this year was: “Resolved, leges today. Denominational colleges
That the Modern Tendency In Gov- train students In a very special way
eminent • Toward Direct Action By ':jn an atmosphere of spirituality and
the People Is inadvisable.” Judge* [refinement and purpose not found in
of the local contest between Howard, imany secular institutions,
and Mercer jwere Hunjer. Amstrong. j N only doe, the ch-iatlan college
F. D. MoArthur and Samuel C. Bow¬
man, lqcal attorneys. These men
ers. Baptist missionary at Shunghai,
China, will preach the missionary ser¬
mon. Dr. Cary P. McCord, head of
the department of Sanitation at the
The Big Consideration.
“Did your boy Josh sny anything In*
tercsting in his letter?"
“I don’t know," replied Mrs. Corn-
University of Cincinnati, will deliver j tossel. “His father and I were so glad'
the annual alumni address on Tues- j to get the letter that we cau’t remem*
day at 10 : 30 a. m. The commence- j her a word that’s In lb"
rnent address will be delivered by Dr.
A. P. Montague, ex-president of How- j
ard, on Wednesday.
The senior class and glee club will
present a musical comedy in the How¬
ard auditorium under tire direction
of Gladstone Jackson, college music I
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director: Representatives of the glee uBdCDt
club will also take part in every pub- 1
Howard Players to
Have Professional
"Jumbo” — “Those are good loklng
»t--, Kings you have on."
Co-Ed: ‘Crazy! When they cost
over |2.('0 that Isn't what yfai call
'em!"
serve a need in the student’s life; but
lit prepares him for a greater service
;in future life. As an example of this
ishe gave the story of a girl trained
Ra state institution who went into a
_ _ __ . ral community to teach. Here there
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were selected by Mercer from a list
of six prominent Birmingham citizen*
whose names were proposed by Howr
ard debating authorises.
10 (he Hdwfcrd’ auditorium ' to listed
fo Che local' debate and were warm
in their -approval of this arrangement
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the three schools. Percy Pi
rnsi' hehd of the department o{
lEtogllsh at Howard and faculty adr
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jwas no Sunday School and ^h® young
{teacher was heard to lament loudlyj
the absence of Sunday School work;
but made nb effort to supply the de-,
ficiency. Miss Reynolds expressed
Ke belief that if the girl had received
lining in a Christian college she(
Would not have been overcome by1
fchiB obstacle. The Y. W. A. goes even
farther in aiding the Christian college
to train young women to acquire an
hhility tor greater service in future
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! Miss Reynolds • is doing • a great
work and carries a 'great, /Inspiring
message. Her message was enthusi¬
astically received and a V. -W. A. has
been organized at Howard through'
her efforts.
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i Beatrice, who has three sisters and
one brother, a regular little rousta¬
bout. when asked. “How many chil¬
dren are there in your family, dear
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replied. "Four children and one bey."
lie program during the week. Social '
entertainments by the various f rater- ' Announcement that Mrs. F. Walter
nities and sororities are expected tc Anderson, professional dramatic coach,
be a feature of the student celebra- ] w1» have charge of dramatic produc¬
tion of the wek. The annual oratori- j t,on« of th® Howard Players, organl-
cal contest for honors in this field ““on of Howard College students,
will be held on Monday morning, and I 8«ec«ve immediately was made Mon¬
day by Miss Wilma Waggoner, presi¬
dent of the organization. The club
has been in correspondence with sev¬
eral dramatic instructors for the past
three months and regards itself as
unusually fortunate in having secured
the services of Mrs. Anderson, who
has been in Birmingham a short time
after work and study in Chicago.
Mrs. Anderson Is a graduate of the
Chicago Conservatory which, is con¬
nected with the University of Chica¬
go, and has studied advanced acting
under Donald Robertson, noted Ameri¬
can actor. While at Chicago she
coached numerous plays in the city
and surburbs under the direction of
the Chicago Dramatic League. She
had much experience in coaching col¬
lege dramatics- as director of the dram¬
atic club at Aurora College, Aurora,
Ill., and was also director of the Co¬
lumbia conservatory in Aurora.
Work is to begin immediately on a
program which the Howard Players
organization plans to tour the state
with during May. * The cast tor the
plays will be selected from member!
of the- club anil the program will be
rehearsed under the direction of Mrsl
Anderson. A Bimilar tour of Alabama
-was made by this club In the spring
of 1921 with much' success, under thq
direction of A. Bess Clark, at that
time assistant professor of.EnglifliJ
The Howard Players is composed
of approximately 30 of the college stu¬
dents and has taken part in a number
of student activities during the pres¬
ent session. For the admission of a
new student an individual try-oil
must be given before the club add
the prospective member Is then votqd,
to membership or rejected. At
ent the following are officers of
club: Wilma Waggoner, president;
Florence Pass, secretary; Gussie
Brass field, stage director; Ruth
ander, publicity director; J. J. Stew-
art, Crimson reporter; Orlando Ogle,1
ticket manager and A. J. Thomas, bus¬
iness manager.
members of both the Pbilomtbic and
Franklin Literary Societies have al¬
ready signified their intention of par¬
ticipating.
Birmingham and Alabama Baptists
in general are expected to view With
much interest the announcement ot
commencement speakers, since the
list includes men who are wel-known
throughout the state and a large num¬
ber of the institution’s alumni are
accustomed to gather tor the exer¬
cises. Dr. Montague Is at present a
professor at Mercer University and
faculty debating advisor with the re¬
sponsibility of the secretary of “The
Baptist Tri-Debating League.” He is
a graduate of the University of Vir¬
ginia and was president of Howard
from 1902 to 1912, president of Col¬
umbia College, at -Lake City, Fla., for
six years, and also president of Fur¬
man University in South Carolina. He
is noted as one of the most famed
orators among Southern . Baptiste.
Dr. Shelburne is a graduate of
Georgetown College and of the Louis¬
ville Seminary. For 10 years, he . was
pastor of the Riihama Church and
^k a leading patt In the ’denomlba-
l’s activities lb AJabama. He is
a son-in-law of DV. W. B. Crumpton,
noted Baptist leader, and- was presi¬
dent of Howard Mr six years, resign¬
ing in 19}8 to begin active preaching.
;He was pastor of the First Baptist
Church at Gadsden for three years
and Is now pastor of the First Bap¬
tist Church at Danville, Va.
Rogers Is an aiumnue of the Louis-
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Seminary and: has been engaged
ia missionary work in China tor sev¬
eral years, and at 'present Is head ot
the department of 'English Literature
ati the BepflBt Cojlege in Shanghai.
Df. McCord is now! head of the Sani¬
tation department at Cincinnati Uni¬
versity. He is a graduate of Howard
and the University of Michigan and
spent several years In research work
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