, Top Bow, Beading Left to Bight: B. A. Parsons, B. 8. Baird, T. L. Bond,
Haggard.
Middle Bow: E. L. Bayless.
С.
1. Martin,' Guy W. Bay, J. B. Simmons.
Bottom Bow:
С.'
H. Ferguson (President), B. L. Smart. C. G. Thomason.
С.
B. Price. Miss Annie Merle
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LESLIE DAVIS INVITED
TO SPEAK COMMENCEMENT
Second Team Will
Play Central Today
He Gives $100 in Prizes to Howard
Students Every Year.
Dr. J. Leslie Davis; of Philadel¬
phia, has been invited to «peak at
Howard
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commencement week.
Dr. Davis gives 1100 in prizes to
Howard students every year,- and he
has
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asked by President James
M. Shelburne to be present to deliv¬
er these prizes to the winners.
Twenty-five dollars Is given to the
representative in the State Oratori-
$15 each for the first
n- Plans for the entertainment of the
e- Howard alumni attending the Ala-
It bama Educational Association here
n- are in charge of the faculty commlt-
n- tee on alumni and old student»,
n. "Just how wc will entertain our
It- alumni is not definitely settled, but
5l- we are planning for the alumni of the
V. Birmingham district to entertain
■s, them possibly at ar banquet in the
of [city,” said Professor P. P. Burns, head
of V the English Department and a
IT WAS FORMED LAST WEEK:
Howard’s second baseball team
will play* Central High School this
afternoon at 3:80 o'clock on the
Howard campus. This will be the
first of a series of games arranged by
Coach Eugene L. Caton, for the How¬
ard reserve squad.
The following is the schedule of
the Birmingham City Institutional
League, formed last week between
the Ensley and Central High Schools
and the second teams of Howard and
Birmingham College. The winners
will be the "prep" champions of the
Birmingham district.- -
The schedule of the league Is as
follows: ;
Week of March 27 — Ensley High
Hendricks, Professor or History; School at Birmingham College (Sec-
Prof.
А. У
Moon, Dean; Dr. George ond team); Central High School at
W. Macon. Professor of Biology, and Howard College (Second Team).
Prof. P. P. Burns, Head of the De Week of Apijll 3.— Howard at Bir-
-.«rtment of English, mlngham College; Central High
GLEE CLUB POSTPONES
TBIP BECAUSE OF TESTS
cal Contest
prizes in Freshman and Sophomore
compositions, written under the di¬
rection of the department of English
and $10 each for second prizes, and
$25 Is to be divided between the
winners of the Sophomore and Ju¬
nior Oratorical contests.
Virgil Roach, a Sophomore, won
the preliminary contest for the State
oratorical contest last year. D. W.
Hodges won first prize in composition
Rupert
using the Baptist-.
and A. H. Reid, second prize
Lowrey'won first prize in Freshmain
composition, and G. W. Jackson, sec¬
ond prize. H. E. McMillan won the
Sophomore . oratorical contest and D.
W. Hodges the Junior contest.
STIVENDEB SAID HE GOT-
HIS VISION AT H0WABD
of* Church
MAKE HOWABD CHRISTIAN
UNTVEBSITY. SAYS BOGEBS.
Former Student is Pastor
Alumnus Wants College to Enter
Larger ■ Fields of Work.
“Why not make Howard College a
great Christian University?” said
Jesse M. Rogers, of Louisville, Ky„ in
a short talk at assembly last Wed¬
nesday. ”1 believe in Howard Col¬
lege, In her professors, snd In her
ideals. Today she Is standing for
scholarship. Clean athletics and pro¬
gressive education as never before.”
Mh. Roger* took his A. B. sad A.
M. degress from Howard and will
receive the degree of podor of The¬
ology from the Sminary at Loulfr
vills this year. Mr. Rogers has been
called to the pastorate of the First
Baptist Church, of Bylaeauga, Ala.
He has not announced his accept-
“It was here In Howard College
where I got my vision of a life work,"
said X C. Stlvender. of Michigan City.
Indiat-a, in a short talk at assembly
last seek.
•T used to think It was something
awful when Professor Dawson would
make me study all night on French,
or Professor Hendricks, on History.
But l want to thank you gentlemen
now.” said Mr- Stlvender, turning to
members of the faculty.
Mr. 8tlvender is an A. B. from
He took his Master s de-
Week of April 24.— Howard-Bir-
mlngham College, at Smith Park;
Ensley High-Central High, at Central
High.
Week of May I. — H ow ard-E nsley
High, at Eneley; Birmingham Col¬
lege-Central High, at Central High.
Week of May 8. — Birmingham
f olleee-Ensley. at Ensley; Central
Howard s Baseball Schedule
Seas -n of 1918.
The University
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Missouri has in
stalled a cafeteria.
■Mtsippi a. ft M.. StarkvlUe.
March 30 and II.
diversity of Alabama, Tusca-
SPfc April l..
Seventh District Agricultural
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us, April
в,
7 and 8.
southwest -rn. Campus, April
11 *nd u.
Mercer University, Campus.
19 an, 20.
8suthern University, Campus,
AW1 24 and 25.
B8t Berna "d College. Cullman.
* snd : .
J®*theril University. Green a-
Howard’s Fqptball Schedule
Season of 1916.
Howard
gree i,t Chicago University last year.
He te now pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Michigan City.
SHELBURNE BACK HOME
M. Shelburne has
President Ji
returned from Enterprise where he
preached Sunday. Re^ E z r
Golden is pastor of
Church at Enterprise.
«rounds
Samford; University Li
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. MARCH 29, 1916 ,
Endowment Plans
To Be L aiid Auril 4
Executve Committee and
. geward and Judson Trustees
Called :nto Session.
WlLL ASK FOR $300,000
Definite step» toward the launch
да
ol (be endc wment campaign for
Howard and Ju Ison Colleges will be
»ken st a Joint meeting of the Bap-
0,, executive < ommlttee and of the
t*rds of truete e of the two colleges
„be relied April 4.
w. F. Yarborough, Secretary-
Tuwnrrr of the Executive Commit
да
was requee ed 4o call thto meet-
OU br the Endowment Committee of
(Ire. which me: In Birmingham la
Howard College’s Law Club for’ Session of 1915-16 | Batter Up! Team
- - - - — , - - - - Off t$ Starkville
Eleven Baseball Players, with Coach
Robinson, leave Howard for
First Series.
At the Joint Meeting April 4, plans
will be made fo • the launching of the
•dowmeot campaign, and it is ex-
prtrd by the n embers of the epdow-
seat commltte i that the campaign
will be begun mmediately after the
■eetlng. April I.
General plar s were made at the
■eetlng of the nidowment committee
lut week. The movement probably
Uui be called the State-Wide Gam-
p*l(B for Gri ater Howarjd-Judaon.
The novemeut 1* t'o be fqr not less
than |300.0<M) Payments on eub-
D8 are to be made in three
цаа!
annual 1 istallments.
Authority t«. inaugurate a cam-
yaign for end< wment waa given by
the Baptist St-.te Convention, at its >
nation in Hun tsvllle last November. ALUMNI VISITORS AT; THE
iris proponed that the first $100,- A. E. A. TO BE ENTEBTAINED
»««
be divided between Howard and -
Jedton for th( settlement of certain students Asked to Bring Friends Out
TO PLAY U. OF a. SATURDAY
vBittte will be- laid before the gen¬
eral meetlug a d adopted In the main.
T*e" pembers of the special commit¬
tee, are Pn.ddent James. M. Shel¬
burne, of HovLird; President Paul V.
Вошаг,
-of Jut son; George H. Estes,
fon-ea of the S tate to the utmost. It
h considered likely that the campaign
Proper will bei in in Birmingham end
be extended o\ er the State in a grad-
«1
way.
Howard has nearly $100,000, while
Jafton has no endowment fund at
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time
Eleven Howard College Baseball
playera, with Coach Robert Robin¬
son, will leave Birmingham Wednes- .
day for Starksvllle, Miss., where they
will play Mississippi A. and M. two
games, Thursday and Friday. They
will return to Tuscaloosa and play
the University of Alabama one game
there Saturday. *.
Those to make the trip with Coach
Robiuson are: Charles Martin, Ed.
Duke and Morgan Boozer, pitchers:
Rupert Lindsay or Eric Strickland,
catcher; Hillard, first base; Captain
Griffin, second base; Lee Blackweld-
er. third base; Richard Griffin, short
stop; Newman, left field; Clayton,
tenter field; Weaver, Parker or Gib-
eou, right field.
Sixteen players were selected by
Coach Robinson Monday afternoon as
the ’varsity squad. He will take his
eleven ’varsity men from these play-
era. The following compose the
squad: Morgan Boozer. Ed. Duke,
Charles Martin, Simmons, pitchers; .
Rupert Lindsay and Strickland,
catchers; Hilliard and Arthur Duke,
first-basemen; W. R. Griffin, second
base; R. Griffin, short stop; Lee
Blackwelder, third base; Martin New¬
man, left field; Clayton, center field;
Weaver, Gibson and Parker, right
Held.
Practice last week was given over
to perfecting signals in games among
players selected by Coach Robinson.
Soreness in the m4n has worked out
fctrd the frttthefs were abte last week
to extend themselves more than at
any other time this spring. . This
week has been -given to getting every¬
thing in shape for the first road trip.
Plans are Being Made to Visit Mon-
tevallo April 18.
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Because April 12, 13 and 14 are six
week test days the Howard College-
Glee. Club will not visit Montevallo,
Bylaeauga, Talladega or Anniston for
concerts. However, plans are being
made to visit Montevallo April 18, but
definite arrangements have not been
competed.
“Montevallo probably «rill be the
last road trip for the club this sea¬
son," Bald Lee- Blackwelder, President
of the Glee Club. "However, we ex¬
pect to give several local concerts.”
BOZEMAN BULGER IS VISITOR
Bozeman Bulger, Sporting Editor
of the New York World, and a for¬
mer student of Howard College, was
in Birmingham last week with the
New York American League baseball
team. Mr. Bulger is considered one*
of the foremost authorities on sports
it) America.
Auburn, Ric|wood Park, Oct. 7.
Southern University, Campus.
Oct. 14.
Mercer University, Rlckwoo-I
Park. Oct. 21.
Sixth District Agricultural
School, Hamilton, Oct. 28.
Alabama Presbyterian College.
Anniston, Nov. 4. (Pending.)
Southwestern. Clarkaville.TeBn..
Ndv. 11. (Pending.)
Jacksonville
Nor. 17.
HOWARD CRIMSON
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