THE HOWARD CRIMSON
PUBLISHED WEEKLY DURING THE SCHOLASTIC YEAR
VOL.
И
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. MARCH 22, 1916
No. 27
Grading System is
put On New Basis
Crimson's Staff Editing Copy and Writing Headlines
. , gdioiarship Will Net St
gxtn Credit. Low Standing
to Mean Lose.
gypECTIVE NEXT SEASON
High scholarship at Howard Col-
to future will net the studeht ex-
tm fredits, and low scholarship will
loaa from the normal credits,
following the adoption by the faculty
«' «
new grading system. The system
«ill be put into operation at the; open¬
ing of the next session.
The system is based on the fjollow-
irg scale:
Superior, 90 to 100; Medium, 80 to
JO; Inferior,. 70 to 80. Student^ aver¬
ting Superior in a subject for the
amester will have added to their nor¬
mal credit in the course one-tdnth of
a credit for every ohur. Courses in
which the student receives Medium
will be given regular credit, and cour¬
ier to which the student receives a
grade of Inferior will have subtracted
from the norma*! credit one-tenth of
a credit, for every hour. F shall de¬
note failure and no grade will jbe givr
Ml.
This plan was passed with a vidw
to encouraging higher scholarship,
by the same rule, discouraging
scholarship. The plan is based on
system in use in several Northern
Western Universities.
BRYANT AND MISS MARTIN
TAKE LEADS IN NEW CAST
: Club to Present “The House |
of Rimmon.”
Miss Frances Martin and Fred Bry-
bnt will take the* leading partgjin “The
[House of Rimmon,” a play which will
presented by the William Winter
I Dramatic Club. Others takiijg parts
|««: ' .. '
Misses Cecelia Cain, Kathleen Mea-
Idow, Hazel Newman, and Harry
Hartsfleld, W. R. Nettles, Watson
| Walker and Garnett Harris, j
Miss Lucille Green, head of the de-
Ipartment of expression, is directing
|the play.
[ruhama BAPTIST CHURCH
TO ERECT NEW BUILDING
[New House Will- Co*t Between $35,- 1
000 and $h»0,000.
Ruhama Baptist Church of East
e, has voted to build a new house
worship, to cost between $35,000
1 $50,000. No definie plans for the
uilding have been made yet. A gen-
committee of thirty members,
which sub-committees will be
[^pointed, has been named.
The new house will be erected on or
’ the site of the present building.
Ruhama is the college church for
students at Howard. |
The Manitou Messenger has chang¬
'd from a monthly publication to a
eeltly.
Unable to Agree,
Students Disband
Association Splits Over Question of
Introduction of Honor System
at Howard.
MEETING HOUR SURRENDERED
Failing to come to agreement in the
matter of voting on the proposed hon¬
or system, the Student- Association of
Howard College dissolved its organi¬
zation last Friday. Opponents to the
honor system had held up for two
months a direct Vote on the issue.
The vote to dissolve the organiza¬
tion same from both sides of the
house, carrying by a majority of ap¬
proximately two to one. It was pro¬
posed in the motion to dissolve that
the student body be reorganized with
the opening of college next Septem¬
ber. The meeting hour was surren¬
dered.
The -greatest opposition to the pro¬
posed hpnor system came through the
fact that many students would not
agree to report a fellow studhnt-Wn
caught cheating on examination.
The Student Association was or¬
ganized about a year agd, with
В.
H.
Walker, Jr., as its first President.
It had as its object to promote the in¬
terest of the College and to have a
medium of expression for the stu¬
dents. Dean Blackweljder, who re¬
signed from College two weeks ago,
was President for this year.
PHILO MEDAL GIVEN IN ’51
FOUND; IT DISRUPTS DANTES
Rev. J. J. Milford Tells of Pin 6&
Years Old.
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1 Reproduced by courtesy of The Birmingham News.
Reading left to right — J. Eugene Dunaway, Jr., of Orrville; Miss Mary Swindall, of Birmingham; Roy L.
Smart, of Clayton; Guy W. Ray, of Wilsonville; John Inzer Freeman, of Ashville.
Standing — G. C. Chance, of Thompson, and Jasper C. Hutto, of Birmingham.
The Crimson violates its own policy Wednesday is the publication day
this week — it publishes
«
picture of its of The Crimson— and the paper comes
staff and has something to say about out on time. All news sources at
the workings of The Crimson. It's Howard are covered by staff repre¬
sentatives and by thfe regular assign-
Work on an issue begins
just a little shop talk, to say it in the
words of the newspaper man. Publi¬
cation of the picture and these few
words is provoked by inquiries made
of the staff as to how The Crimson
is run. ' '
Individuals own The Crimson and
are responsible for All of its financial
matters. News is supplied by the
staff, under the direction of the De¬
partment of Journalism, which con¬
trols the news columns, the editorial
page and the policy of the paper. The
Crimson’s purpose is' stated in the
first column of the editorial page of
every issue.
ment plan,
more than a week before the day for it
to be run from- the press. If there
are unusual problems to be met, staff
men report to the editor and write
their stories in line with his sugges¬
tions and advice.
All assigned stories must be pre¬
pared1 by 1:30 o’clock Monday after¬
noons for publication Wednesday. As¬
signments not completed and those
found to be without value in the pro¬
duction of a story are reported upon
at the time. At this meeting all copy
ia edited and headlines are written,
in a manner illustrated in the ac¬
companying picture, the work being
done under the direction of the edi¬
tor. •
The Crimson is made up early Wed¬
nesday mofning and put on the press.
Distribution and mailing is done Wed¬
nesday afternoon.
Roy L. Smart, whose picture is
shown in an upper comer of the cut,
was the first student in Journalism
at Howard to get a try-out on a Bir¬
mingham daily newspaper. Mr. Smart
has worked at The Birmingham News,
the city editor of which commended
the work of Mr. Smart. John Inzer
Freeman is another student in journal¬
ism and member of The Crimson staff,
who has done satisfactory repertorial
work for The News this winter.
The Philomathic Literary Society
is at least five years older than rec-
'Ovdshv hand shdw, according to Rev.
J. J. Milford, of Oneonta, Ala., who
has found an alumnus of the society
in possession of a medal given him by
the Philomathic Society in 1851.
Formerly the Society had claimed
its founding to have been in 1856, and
the recent discovery has led to a
search for records that will reveal the
exact date of the founding of the So¬
ciety.
T. W. WALKER TO REPRESENT
HOWARD IN TENNIS SINGLES
First Intercollegiate Contest To Be
With Southern University.
Howard » Baseball Schedule
Season of 1916.
iMlolnippi A. A M., Starkvllle,
March 30 and 81.
University of Alabama. Tusca-
*°»a, April 1.
1 Seventh District Agricultural
^bool, Campus, April 6, 1 and 8
Southwestern, Campus, April
I le and u./
Mercer University
|APH1 19 and 20.
Southern University,
lAprtl 24 and 25.
8t. Bernard
I May 2 and 8.
■ ®°ttthern University. Greene-
[JJJ May 10, 11 and 1*.
AMbama Presbyterian College,
! A»nlaton, April <88 and
2».
Birmingham College, altemat-
Г*
«rounds, dues to be arranged-
/ampuB, April
alty. Campus,
Campus,
College, Cullman,
U1BBS IS MADE TREASURER PROF. P. P. BURNS DISCUSSES
OF MINISTERIAL AID FUND IBSEN’S CHARACTERISTICS
“GERMANY’S FAILURE” TO BE
ERNEST DUNLAP’S SUBJECT
$3,0M Will Be Given Each Year to short sketch of Norwegian Drama-
Students. tist’s Life Given to Students.
Dr. H. H. Hibbs, pastor of the Ru¬
hama Church at East Lake, has been
elected Treasurer-of the Students’ Aid
Fund for the ministerial students of
Howard College.
Through this aid fund the divinity
students will be given direct aid to
help them with their current expenses.
Not more than $30 a month will be
given any etudent and then, only when
the student has a wife and children.
More than $3,000 will be given
yearly to ministerial students of How¬
ard College as direct help.
Bishop James H. McCoy, of Bir¬
mingham. will preach baccalaureate
W^Uni-rersity of North Carolina.
“Henric Ibsen, a Norwegian drama¬
tist and the man who formed the bas¬
is of the modern drama is said to be
the best hated man of the Nineteenth
Century,” said Prof. P. P. Burns
Monday in a talk to the students of
Howard College. Ibsen ga<« the idea
of the problem play. Hi# principal
themes were heredity, woman’s rights
and the discovery of hidden sins. Some
of hie plays end with a large question
point.
Prof. Bums gave a short sketch of
Ibsen’s life, classified his twenty-six
plays and gave the principal charac¬
teristics of them. He said Ibsen was
unlike other dramatists, in that he us-
uall dealt with the last hours of a
[character's life.
Speaker
WiU Represent Howard in
April Contest,
T. Watson Walker, a Senior, of
Birmingham, was winner in the sin¬
gles tennis tournament last week and
won the fight to represent Howard in
all intercollegiate tennis contests. Mr.
Walker was victorious in the finals
over Elmer Ford by the scores of 6-2 -
and 0-4.
Howard’s first contest with other
colleges will take place April 25 with
Southern University 4at Greensboro.
TENANT NEW SECRETARY.
W. ,T- Tenant, Jr., a Junior, has
been elected Secretary of the Howard
! College Glee Club, to fill
caused by the election of
* welder, a Junior, to the
of the Club.
“Germany’s Failure” is the subject
Ernest Dunlap will use when he goes
to Montgomery in April, to represent
Howard College in the State Inter¬
collegiate Oratorical Contest.
Mr. Dunlap was selected in Decem¬
ber as Howard’s representative in the
State meet. Mr. Durtjap is a Junior.
MISS McCOY GIVES DINNER
Miss Louise McCoy gave a five-
course dinner at her home in Wood-
lawn Friday night
Those present werfe: Misses Estelle
Lampkin, Emily McCoy, Lois Scan-
drott, Lucy Jones and Mr. and Mrs.
H. B. Bradley and Roy Smart, T. B.
Gibson, W. R. Lindsey, Guy W. Ray
and Bunyan Davie.
Howard’s Football Schedule
Season of 1916.
Auburn, Rick wood Park, Oct 7.
Southern University, Campus,
Oct. 14.
Mercer University, Rlckwooi
Park. Oct. 81.
Sixth District Agricultural
School, Hamilton, Oct. 28.
Alabama Presbyterian College,
Anniston, Nov. 4. (Pending.)
Southwestern, Clarksville, Tenn.,
Nov. 11. (Pending.)
Jacksonville Normal, Campus,
Nov. 17.
Birmingham College, Rickwood
Park, Nov. 26.
Thanksgiving— open.
