Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

Text from Pages 1 - 152 of the 1915 volume:

.- ' iAJL The Southron 1915 Edited by the Student Body OF Southern University i a o a a ' % o ' a ALUM IV f 15 OFFICERS OF THE ALUMWI ASSOCIATION J. H. JAMES, President C. P. ATKINSON, Vice-President J. B. TATE, Secretary Hi SOPH MUHsj Vi SOPHOMORE CLASS Colors: Purple and Green Flower: Violet Motto: From possibility to reality. YELL. Sophomore, Sophomore is our cry! V— I— C— T— O— R— Y. OFFICERS. T. J. Anderson President Beulah Calhoun Vice-President J. B. Benson Secretarij D. W. Godfrey Treasurer MEMBERS. T. .T. Anderson R. H. Ai.ix ooD W. T. Alison, Jr. J. Bltit Benson Beulah Calhoun W. E. Calhoun W. T. Deal H. G. Douglas D. W. GoDFREV W. W. Hunt, Jt. J. E. McCuRDV W. W. Pii i iN. Jr. H. C. Porter W. H. Robertson J. W. Sledge 50 FOREWORD The Students of the Southern University t;ike jileasure in jjresenting to all S. I ' , men ihe Southron of 191j. We trust that the portrayal of college activities in this volume will be of interest and value, now and in future years, to both students and alumni. i Z a a u 03 Q Q DEDICATION .te- na %- In (iriilcfiil niiKiiiilioii (if Iiix cuiixldiit iiihrcfl and faithful .iKjijiiiii ill all Ihal inrlaiii.i In llic hli liesl dei-clajiineiit of llie stiiih ' iilK of the Soiilhern Cnii-ernitii. and with sincere apjireriation for his iinselpsh de- voliiin and friendship, we dedicate this second vohnne of the Southron to DR. CHARI.es ANDREW RUSH. Q CUM cL ' -vcixr- il T tdUXi x ■tA m J - A WORD FROM DR. RUSH HIS secontl Annual, sent forth from the Southern University, is a labor of love on the part of its editors, and although they have encountered an unusual number of discouragements, their determined perseverance has ac- complished the task. We expect it to gladden the hearts of our friends, and be a most j leasing souvenir to each student, of the friendships, the suc- cesses, and the defeats of the session 191-1-15. It has been said that the most potent iuHueuce in shaping the character and destiny of a college student, is the College Ideals. If these be high, pure, and strong, then life will be filled with joy and success. I wish, therefore, for every student who enters these halls, that he or she, may always enjoy the full consciousness of the privileges which rightfully belong to the child of God. This means the attainment of Knowledge, the possession of Wisdom, and the exercise of Love. He who makes the attainment of Knowledge the end of his purpose, may secure great eminence as a man of learning, but his very greatness will be his undoing unless he has Wisdom to apply causes which will produce desired results. But ev en Wisdom to apply Knowledge is often used to the ruin of a fellowman, so we must have that Love which always considers, not only our own welfare, but that of another as well. This is the trinity of forces which makes man Godlike in character. Knowledge, Wisdom and Love, and the possession of them will give to each one of you success in whatever place or business your life work may be spent. (Signed) C. A. RUSH. FACULTY. ( yJW ' fCr C.J.A. RUSH, D.D. President. A. B., Southern University, 188G. A. M.,. South- ern University, 1888. President of Montgomery District High School, 1891-94.. D. D., Southern University, 1910. President Southern Universi- ty, 19U— G. P. ATKINSON, .V.M., Ph.D., D.D. Professor of Philosophy find the Englisli Bi- ble. B. S., Southern University, 1888; A. M., Southern University, 189(1; Teacher ni High School, 1888-89; Tutor in Southern University, 1889-90; Graduate Work by Correspondence in JUinois Wesleyan University; Ph. D., Illinois Wesleyan University, lilK); Two ( ' nurses Phil- osopliy, Har ' !ird Summer School, 190 j ; D. D., Southern University, 1«10; Professor of Philcs- ophy, Sbutliern University, 1904 — FRANK ELI,1. H CHAPMAN, A.M. Professor of Mathematics. A. B., Southern University, 1902; A. M., Van- derbilt, 1907; Fellow and Assistant in : Iathe- matics, Vanderbilt, 190(i-07; Jleml-.er . merican INIathematical Society; Professor of Mathematics, Southern University, 1007 — 10 THEODORE IlKNI.in ' JACK, A.M. Alumni Priiffsscn- of llistory. A. B., Univer.sity of Alaliama, 1902, and A. .M., 1903; A. M., Harvard I ' liiversity, 1908; Cla.s.sical Master, Sewanee (Iranmiar .Schiii l, 1903-06; Peal)od.v Fellow in Eeciiioiuics. ' riilaru ' . 1900-07; Univer.sity Scholar, l!ar ar l. 1907-09: . .ssistant in History, Harvard, I9(IS-II9; .Vlunini Professor of History, Southern I ' niversjty, 1909 — Xow doing- gradnate work for I ' ll, f)., .it I ' ni- vcrsity of Chicajid, and Ai ' tini; ' as . ssist:inl In- stnu ' tor in Ilistorv. D.Win MAKTIX KK1 ' . A.M. Professor of .Vncient l.anuuages. A. B., Central College, 1898; , . .M., ander- hilt, 1906; Professor of Ancient Languages, Jlor- risville College, 1903-05; Fellow aiid A.ssistant in Latin and Greek, Vanderhilt, 1906-07; Grad- uate Student, I ' niversity of Chicago; Profe.ssor of Ancient Languages, Southern University, 1907— ARTHUR UONXER, . .B., S.T.B., . .M., I ' h.l). Professor of English, and Public Speaking. A. B., and S. T. B., Boston University. 1909; Graduate Student, Boston University, 1910-11; . . M., 1910, and Ph. I)., 1911, Boston Univer- sity; Cirainmar Master, I ' horndikc (Jramniar .School, and Su])ervisor, Graded Schools, Pahner, -Mass., during part of Undergraduate Course; Pastor Churches in Greater Boston, M. E. Church, North, during Theological and (Jradiiate Courses; 1910-12, Pastor Highlands M. I ' ' ,. Church, Lowell. .Mass.; Professor of English, Southern I ' niver- sity, 1912— J. C. GODBEY, A.M. Professor of Naturiil Sciences. A. B., C ' cntriil College, 1904.; A. M., Central College, 1!)().5; Principal, New Haven (i Io.) Pnblic Schools, lOUj-Ofi; Stndent in Summer School, University of Missouri, 19(l(j; Principal and Assistant Superintendent, of Paris (Mo.) Public Schools, 1906-08; Member of County Com- mission and Text Book Commission (Mo.) 1907- 08; Scholastic Fellow in Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 1908-10; Principal of Academy and Supervisor of .Vthletics, Central College, 1910-13; University of Leipzig, Institut fur Anorganishe Chemie, 1911-12 (on leave of absence from Cen- tral College) ; Professor of Natural Sciences, Southern Univeristy, 1913 — S. C. STEINBRENNER, A.M. Professor of Modern Languages. A. B., Charles City College, 1899; Theological Seminary, Frankfort (Germany), 1902; Courses in Modern Languages, Strassburg, 1902-03; Pro- fessor of Modern Languages, Commercial Col- lege, Saarbrucken, 1903-04.; Professor of Mod- ern Languages, Military College, Metz, 1904-05; Pastor M. E. Church, Lansing, La., 1905-07; Pro- fessor of Modern Languages, Charles City Col- lege, 1907-13; A. M., Charles City College, 1908; Graduate Student, Univei-sity of Chicago; Pro- fessor of Modern Languages, Southern Univer- sity, 1913— N. M. LEWIS, A.M. Professor of History and Economics. B. I., Louisiana Industrial Institute, 1907; Stu- dent at Washington and Lee, 1908-09; A. B., Louisiana State University, 1912; A. M., Lou- isiana State University, 1913; Supply Professor of History and Economics, Southern University, 1914— 12 I{ Al.l ' .Klll V. GKKENE. U.S., B.O. I ' riiicipiil Fittiiin- School. B, S., Aulmrii, 1S )2; 1!. O., Mii(kTl ' .iU, 1890; liistnictdi- : l )iitgoincry Oi.strict Iligli School, lH!)l- )j; Kiifnuhi District High School, 1903-04; Principal Sinitherii I ' liivcisity Fitting School, 1911— W. Cl.AUliNCE WU.lUliX, A.B. First Assistiiiit in S. U. Fitting School. A. B.. Southern University. 1910; President of Monndville High School; Professor in S. U. F. S., 1913— .Mri ' FOUU .M. .MATllKWS. Second Assistant S. I ' . l ' itting Scliool. A. 1?.. Southern I ' niversily, 191.J. 13 PRESIDENT RUSH Qg ' RESIDENT Chark-s Andrew Hush was liorn in Macon County, Alabama, fl] B W n October 31, 1862. His father being an itinerant Methodist preacher, Charles WjS received his ])rimary education in the schools available in the places where KBs= C::J the jireacher ' s home was located. At the age of seventeen he entered Qs ? a 3 .Southern I ' niversity. A year and a half later he was forced to withdraw from college on account of a lack of funds. Returning in the latter half of the session of 1884-5 he received the A. H. degree from this institution in June, 188(i. He did most of the work for the A. M. degree subsequently, while a student in graduate work. In 1910 the degree of D. D. was conferred by his Alma Mater. While in college he was a mendjer of the Belles I.ettres literary society and of the Sigma Epsilon fraternity. He was also one of the founders of the S. I ' , monthly, the Review and Bulletin. In January, 1887, he was married to Miss Rosalind Roebuck of Birmingham. Previous to his marriage Dr. Rush was, in 188.5, admitted to the Alabama Annual ' Conference. Since that time he has filled idl kinds of a]i])ointnients in the bomids of the Conference. iVlthough most of his life has been spent in the active ministry. President Rush is not without experience as an educator. For two years — 1891- ' 94 — he was President of the Montgomery District High School, with notable success. During the past twenty years, while active in the jiastorate and presiding eldership, he has been a positive factor in the work and policy of Southern University as a member of its Board of Trustees. On August 3, IQH, Dr. Rush was elected President of S. U. He has taken hold of this new field of work with an experienced hand. As a college president. Dr. Rush exhibits a many sidedness that makes him partic- ularly fitted for his position. He is a keen observer of human nature, and his understand- ing of student life makes him an appreciative sympathizer and a kindly adviser to all with whom he comes in contact. Dr. Rush contends that he is not a member of the faculty and consequently feels a deep sympathy for the unfortunate student who incurs the ire of that terrible conclave. Southern University is indeed to be congratulated in obtaining, for her executi ' e head, a man so well fitted for the position and so able to place her among our leading educa- tional institutions, where she of a right belongs. AVith President Rush at the helm the future is extremely bright for the college. 14 CLASS OF 1861 From Joseph Atkinson, A.M., M.D., Class of 1861: The old live in the past. See the aged eteran as he luiUs on the steep declivity of time witli JKilf averted face reading the volume of life liackward like a Hebrew book. Is it any v. ' onder your corres])ondent asks himself ' Where are the friends of my youth? ' The echo comes ba:ck from the voiceless grave- yards of Tennessee and the silent burying grounds of Virginia. I have been in active practice forty-nine years and am in my seventy-sixth year. J. Atkinson. J. ATKINSON W. J. Spillman, San Antonio, Tex. One of the two oldest living alumni, born in 1841. He writes: As you will see from the catalogue there were only two who had degrees conferred in the Class of 1861, Joe Atkinson and my.self. The last time I heard from him, lie was prac- ticing medicine in Louisiana. He married a Greensboro lady the day after we received onr diplomas, and I had the pleasure of attending his marriage. He survived the war. . bout two weeks after graduating, I joined the 2nd Ala- bama Regiment and served with it until its en- listment expired, re-enlisting tlie following spring with the 35th Mississippi Regiment and served with it in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi until the war closed. I was wounded at the battle of Corinth and captured after the siege of Vicksburg. My life since has been devoted to school work in Mississipjii and Texas, serving as President or filling chairs in various institutions. Three years since, owing to increasing age and jihysical infirmity, T retired from work. ' i(h best wishes, W. J. SHII.LMAN. W. J. SPILLMAN 17 ALUMNI C. A. RUSH, Pres. Southern University W. E. MARTIN, Pres. Ward-Belmont J. D. SIMPSON, Pres. Birmingham College COLLEGE PRESIDENTS 18 ALKUIil) I ' . HAMILTON, A.H., M.A. A. 15., Soiitluin I ' liivcrsity ; A.M., University of I ' ciiiisylviini:! ; two .semesters study at tlic University of I.ci|i ,i};-, CicniKiiiy ; I ' rofVssor l«itiii iind CcniKiii al Woman ' s Collrp ' of Alabama, 1912— KDWAHn KI.MUKOt ' CM Tl ' HN ' KK, I ' li.l)., Class IHild. . .li., 1SI)(I .nul .. I., IH!)2, Siiiitlicrn L ' Miversity ; (iivuliiate Fellow, lH!)3-!);5, and . ..VI., I! (l.), an(lcrl)ilt lni Tsity ; Headmaster, Vanderliilt Traininj; School, Hrid{re])ort, Alabama, lSi!)5-97; Princ-ipal Snli-Fresliman Dei artment, 1K97-!)H; Adjnnct l rofessor of .Modern l,an- gnages, 189W-99; and Professor of . neient Languages, 1H99-19()0, Southern Universitv; Stu- dent at I.ei)) ,ig-, Herlin, Halle-Wittenberg, 1900-1902; Ph.D., Halle-Wittenberg, 1902; Pro- lessor of Greek, 1902-03, Southern University; Professor of Latin, Emory College, since 1903— CH. RLES PRESCOTT ATKINSON, A.M., Ph.D., D.D. H.S., Southern University, 1888; A.M., Southern University, 1890; Teacher in High School, 1888-S9; Tutor in Southern University, 1889-90; Graduate Work l)y Correspondence in Illinois Wesleyau University; Ph.D., Illinois Wesleyan University, 1910; Two Courses Philosophy, Harvard Sunnner School, 1905; D.D., Southern University, 1910; Professor of Philosophy, Southern University, 1904 — FRANK ELIJAH CHAPMAN, M.A. A.B., Southern University, 1902; M.A., Vanderbilt, 1907; Fellow and Assistant in Mathematics, Vanderbilt, 1906-07; Member American Mathematical Society; Professor of Mathematics, Southern University, 1907 — H. C. HOWARD, B.S., CLASS OF 1889. Professor in the Methodist University, .Vtlanta, Sept., 1914. Scarcely anything gives me a more sensible measure of the flight of time than the con- templation of my college days. How silently and tenderly the years have watched beside the graves of those who are gone ! Out of my own class, that of 1889, I think: of Luther Smith, and Caleb Williams, and ,liiu Lockhart, and others. nd how kindly and wake- tully the years have kept guard over the jiathway of those who still are here! Jim McCoy is a Bisho]), Sheb Chadwiek has developed line gifts as an editor, Ira Hawkins, as long as ever but not quite so lean, is one of the shiftiest of the elder.s, and Edgar Elliott has been to the legislature, and is a famous merchant. Jim Morris, and Pruett, and all the rest, are doing well so far as 1 have information of them. Notwithstanding they are retreating into a past which begins to grow a little dim the years spent at the old S. U. stand ont among the tremendously vital experiences of my life. Those were the days when Dr. . ndrews was there, and Prof. Peterson, and Prof. Grote, and Prof. Moore, and Prof. Sturdivant, and Prof. Geisler. There was not one of Iheni who did not show me all the kindness I deserved, and throw in something for good measure. To the fidl extent of the iiower that I jiossess would I bring down the blessings of God on the dear old institution, on .ill its alumni, ,ind on .ill its officers, students, and friends, present and to come. . Vtlanta, Ga., Feb. 13, 1915. H. C. HOW. RD. 19 ALUMNI H.C.HOWi KI) r.I.CHAPHy K COLLEGE PROFESSORS 20 ALUMNI R. I.. WILLIAMS Governor of Oklahoma 21 ALUMNI LETTER FROM F. E. PORTER, CLASS OF 1887. AiK ' oM, C ' aiuil Zone, Octobei- l,j, IDl-i. Mr. C. W. Segrest, ' Greensboro, Alabama. Dear Sir: The Southron, several communications from Mr. J. H. Baxley, of Dotban, Ala., and your favor of the 11th ultimo relative thereto, were all received while I was in the hospital, where I have undergone several severe operations on my head and been confined since the 18th of last May. Now as to The Southron, it is not just what I expected, for in carelessly reading the l)rospectus I rather jumped at the conclusion that it was to be a kind of register or direc- tory of the S. U. from its beginning, including a roster of the ahmini, which of course, was unwarranted and due entirely to my own carelessness. But I can not say that I was particularly disappointed, for tlic ]uililication is a credit to the institution and to its student body, to whom I tender my sincere congratulations, and is by far the most pretentious and the most creditable publication of its kind that I have ever seen, and this opinion is shared by everyone who has examined it, and as my old black mammy would say, the doctors and nurses in the hospital carried on a regular miration over it. It now occupies a conspicuous position on the center table in my oifice and attracts llic attention of everyone who drops in to gabberfest or otherwise pass the time in a social seance. And notwithstanding the fact that it is not a complete directory, it contains enough to vividly revive my memory of the good old days gone by when the rivalry or rather the emulation between the two societies and the ' arions fraternities then present was respon- sible for divers and various comical stunts, social and otherwise. I find the l)eaming phiz of the then ,Jim, now Bishop McCoy, who ruthlessly, pre- meditatedly, and with his prepense and malice aforethought, snatched from me the declama- tion prize, even when I had thought aforetime that I had it cinched, and that there was nothing left for me to do but to skid out on the rostrum, give to the judges and the audience a stately bow and a winning smile, turn loose my spiel, and walk off with the bacon. But Jim was some speaker himself, and in addition thereto, nursed an insatiable ambi- tion, so that he was not satisfied or contented with this overwhelming triumph, but per- sistently, consistently and assiduously made Clarios and K. A. ' s of the elect whom I had predestined for Belles Lettres and A. T. O. ' s. 1 am not in the least surprised at the eminence he has attained in his calling, and doff my hat to him in deferential admiration and sincere congratulations for being an honor to himself, his State, and to his . Ima Mater, which is also honored by the publication The Southron. Then there is the moon-lieam countenance of Brother C. P. Atkinson, with his perennial .smile and exidierant and never failing good nature and princely comradeship, who was one of the elect who turned a deaf ear to the siren voice, dulcet wooing, and enticing wiles of Brother ,Tim, and landed safely in the A. T. O. camp where he properly belonged, and be- came an honor to it as well as to the University and to Methodism, to all of which he ded- icated his life and ennobling example, which are now in full frviition and of which you are no doubt one of the beneficiaries. And now I come to the classical features of the jirini and reserved Dent, and those of the osculatory ship destroyer Hobson. Dent was there during my time, but Hobson graduated the session before I arrived upon the scene, though I afterwards met him while T was living in Washington. 22 I also find upon yonr roll of honor of tliose who have particularly hcstirred themselves for the welfare of their Alma Mater, the names of Knight, Trawick, I ' eterson and Chris- tenberry, all of whom I have the privilege of claiming as true friends, and it was quite a shock to me to learn for the first time that my good, loyal, wholesouled and energetic friend Christenberry, had gone to his final reward; the State as well as the University has lost a good, loyal and valuable son. I have seen very few of the old boys since I left college, and am afraid that there are many whom 1 shall never see again in this life, for twenty-seven years is a very long time, and the old Reaper is never idle. While on my way to Washington in IS90 I stopped off at Birmingham to visit my brother and met my dear old tenacious friend and fellow student, J. S. Robertson, who still insisted that 1 would e cntually enter the ministry; an idea which possessed him and clung to him during our entire time in college, but so far it has never materialized and there is little hope that it ever will, for it is exceedingly hard if not impossible to train an old goat, or teach an old dog new tricks. While in Washington (1890-1905) where I graduated in law from the National Uni- versity Law School in 1894. 1 had the pleasure of a visit from Hugh Long, Lee Bradley, Dr. J. R. Goodloe, and my brother, W. R. Porter, and also called upon Prof. Grote wh.le he was in Dr. Hamnuiiurs sanitarium, and feared then that I would never see him again; a better man never lived. In 1908 while journeying to Uniontown, -Vlabama, to visit another lirother, I stopped off at Anniston to see my dear old pal and friend, E. W. Ledbetter, and while at Union- town, met that staunch. God-fearing and man-loving old wheel horse, J. W. Roberts, fully occupied with an interesting family and congregation, and also Dr. Sid Whitfield who had also taken unto himself a charming wife. These are aU of the old boys that it has been my jirivilege to see since the good old days at the University, and 1 am afraid that the chances of ever seeing others are very slim. I notice by the . ugust Bulletin that my dear old reliable, wide-a-wake friend, Charlie Rush, has been elected your President, and congratulate liim, the Uni •ersity and the stu- dent body for a Ijetter man could not have been found anywhere, and his announcement is a fair index of what you. the University and the State at large may expect of his admin- istration. God uphold him. And now as to myself, though personally a stranger to you: When I left the Gov- ernment service and entered private practice in February, 1911, my shingle had kissed the breezes but four days before my first case came, which paid me a fee somewhat in excess of my annual salary as a pubUc official which placed me at once on easy street, and busi- ness poured in upon me to an extent beyond my most sanguine hope oV expectation, until December of the same year when I suft ' ered a stroke of paralysis which totally incapacitated me until the following February, and left me so disabled physically that I could not at- tend to my business on hand or take any new business for many months. In the meantime I shall have to begin at the beginning again, with increased age and practically without funds for current ordinary expenses, but if the good Lord will only give me back my strength so that I can remain at my desk, and dame fortune will con- descend to smile upon me as in the past, I shall soon lie on my feet again, physicallv and financially, for I have never yet had a dissatisfied client. -Vnd now my unknown friend, I feel that I am due you an apology for thus using you, without your consent, as a medium through which to reach the dear old friends of mv early manhood; for imposing upon you many matters which are possibly of no interest to you, and especially for the length of this connuunication, but I beg you to remember that reviving the ])leasant nuinorics of an old nuin is about equivalent to starting a grapho- phone or an eight day clock, for they arc all hard to stop after you once get them a ' going. lis this epistle fully demonstrates. Please present me in terms of kind remembrance to all of my old time friends, and especially to the Grote and Chadwick families, and be assured that ray prayers shall ever 23 be for you, for them, and for the University, and for every one now connected, or here- after to be connected therewith. And finally for the most important item, please find enclosed herewith a money order for $3.00 to pay for the copy of The So ithron, ' and kindly excuse the delay. ' ery sincerely yours, FELIX E. PORTER, (P. O. Box 29, Ancon, Canal Zone) (B. P. of ' 87.) REV. J. B. TATE, THOMASVILLE, ALA. Born in Clark County, Miss., May 17, 1864. Reared in Choctaw County, Ala. Entered S. U. September. 1885. Graduated with H.P. degree Jime, 1888. Joined the . labanui Conference, December, 1888. He writes: I had one son to gradua te with A.B. degree last year (1914), have an- other in the Senior Class this year. My oldest daughter is also a co-ed this year. I hope to educate my three younger sons in the same old college. S. U. did more for me than all else except my mother. Sincerely yours, J. B. TATE. 24. HAIL TO THE BOYS OF THE OLD S. U! (GI.KE CLUB SONG OF 1911-15.) Hail to the boys of the old S. U! The boys of tlie dear old days, Faithful and loyal and ever true, They rally to sing her praise. Striving hard in the battle of life. Trying to be and to do, They are the men who have led the strife, The lioys of the old S. U. Chorus. For loyally fought they her battles. And loyally won them too. Willing are they, leading the way. The bovs of the old S. U. So througli the years will their ineni ' ry inspire The boys who may come and go. Filling each heart with a fond desire To triumph o ' er every foe. Standing firm on the side of the right. Thus our faith they renew, They are the men who have fought the fiiibt, The bovs of the old S. V. 25 o 3 l-H z I— H ! 26 s 9 5 27 Colors: Red and Grey SENIOR CLASS Flower: Red Rose Motto: Usqu ' ad vale quod agis age. YELL. Center Rush touch down ! Home Run Strike ! Jam sibi zallicopper, Hurly burly hike. Twenty from paw, beefsteak raw, Seniors, Seniors ! Rah! Rah! Rah! OFFICERS. C. W. Segrest . . President Rosalind Rush ........ Vice-President H. L. Kersh Secretary and Treasurer M. M. Matthews ......... Prophet Mahy Barnett .......... Poet Julia Tutwiler Historian MEMBERS. c. e. avinger Mary Barnett Malcolm Johnson M. M. Mathews Tupper Lightfoot H. L. Kersh Rosalind Rush Henry Tate C. W. Segrest E. D. Thorpe Julia S. Tutwiler 28 C. E. AVINGEU, A.B. Montgomery, Ala. Cliirinxdjiliic Lili ' iuirii iSorle i . I,;ulie.s ' Debater, ' 12- ' 13. t ' lario Aiiiiivfrsary Debater, ' 12- ' 13. Sophomore Declaimer, ' 12- ' 13. President Junior Class, ' 13- ' 14. Secretary Y. M. C. A., ' 14. Y. M. C. A. Editor of Southron, ' 14- ' 1S. Blessings on liini wlio first invented sleep. Piety first, last and always. He has won en- viable (?) notoriety as a lover of Latin. MALCOLiM JOHNSON, A.M. Greensboro, Ala. Belles Letfres Literarij Societi . Secretary and Treasurer of the Freshman Class, ' lO- ' ll. Musician of hi.s Classb ' 12- ' 13, ' 13- ' 14. Pianist of the Glee Club, ' 12- ' 13, ' 13- ' U, ' 14- ' 15. jVssistant Art Editor of the Southron, ' 13- ' U. Behold the child, by nature ' s kindly law, Pleased with a monocle, and tickled with a straw. If music could move the world, he would place the earth on top of Jupiter before the rising of tomorrow ' s sun. He will be sadly missed by the Glee Club next vear. ■c| ' ' 4 29 H. L. KERSH, B.S., A T fi . Hartford, Ahi. Bellex Lelires Lllemri Society. I.Mclics ' Debater, ' 12- ' 13. Sophomore Declairaer, ' 13- ' 14 ' . Belles l.ettres Anniversary Debater, ■U- ' 15. Base Ball Team, •12- ' 13, ' 13- ' U, U- ' lo. Track Team, ' IS- ' U, ' 14- ' 15. Basket Ball and Captain of Senior Team, ' 14-15. Secretary and Treasurer of Senior Class, ' 14- ' 15. Who are the men that bear the Athletic insignia? Ich Bin will be among the first to be recog- nized. He is a great athlete, but a likeable, good- natured cuss. TUPPER LIGHTFOOT, A.B., A T n Brundidge, Ala. Clariuxuphic Literiiri Societij. Ladies ' Debater, ' 11- ' 12. Sophomore Declahuer, ' 12- ' 13. Junior Orator, ■13- ' 14. Secretary Ath- letic Association, ' 13- ' 14. Clario Anniversary JDebater, ' 13- ' 14, ' 14- ' 15. Society Speaker, ' 14- ' 15. fee Club, ' 14- ' 15. Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar. But never doubt my love. Tup has a great many distinguishing char- acteristics, one of the most prominent being his nose. He holds all sorts of positions including that of the Ugliest Man at S. U. ' But he has a heart in him as big as a cantaloupe. 30 I M. M. .M rili: VS, A.B., A T n .lackson, Ala. Ctartfiso iliir jifrriiri S(n-icfi , ,;it vs ' DcliMtei ' , ' ll- ' iy. Sii|iliiiiiiiiri ' DcclMimer, ' ll- ' 12. Treasurer Y. M. ( ' . A.. ' 12. C ' liallciige Deliater, ' 12- ' 13, ' IS-Ml. Won Coiucr Kiiglisli Seliolarsliip, ' 12- ' 13, ' LS- ' lL [ ' resident Y. M. C. . ., 13. Traelv Team, ' I3- ' ll.. Vice-President Y. .M. C. A., ' U. U. D. C. Orator, ' U- ' 15. Fitting School Editor, Southron, ' 14- ' 15. Prophet Se- nior Class, ' 14- 15. Valedictorian of Class, 15. A town that boasts of inhabitants like me Can have no lack of good society. Mit is noted for bis connnand of scathing, sarcastic Knglisb, especially in debate is he a dreaded op])onent. He likes to . think the thoughts of great men, (after they have been explained to him.) C. W. SEGREST, A.B., ATfi Blountstown, Fla. Belles Lettrex Literon Sorirtii. Ladies ' Debater, ' 12- ' 13. Secretary and Treas- urer of Junior Class, ' 13- ' H. Junior Editor Southron, 13- 14. Junior Orator, ' 13- ' U. Treasurer Y. M. C. . ., H. Won half Comer English Scholarshi]), ' 13- ' I4 ' . President Senior Class, ' 14- ' 1.5. President and Manager Dramatic Club, ' 14- ' 15. Business Manager Southron, ' 14- ' 1S. Salutatorian of Class, ' 15. .Vnd still they gazed and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew. Nick is noted for his wholesale devouring of text-books, on whatever subject they may be. Has high athletic aspirations which have never been realized. Attempted to be a great Ladies ' Man in his Senior year. 31 H. L. TATE, A.B. Greensboro, Ala. Belles Lettres Lllerarii Societi . Ladies ' Debater, ' lO- ' ll. Joint Debater, ' 12- ' 13. Secretary of his Class, ' 13. Foot Ball, ' 09- ' 10. Fo r every man, God created a woman. Wonder who mine will be? ' ' Never too late to learn, is Henry ' s motto. He is as handy as a pocket in a shirt around the gym. and Ath- letic fields. He knows the History of S. U., from the beginning. E. D. THORPE, A.B., and A.M., K.A. DeFuniak Springs, Fla. Belles Lettres Litetrarij Soriefi . Ladies ' Debater, 11- ' 12. Sophomore Declaimer, ' 11- ' 12. Secretary Y. M. C. A., ' 12. Treasurer i Athletic Association, ' 13- ' 14. Vice President Athletic Association, ' 12- ' 13. Society Editor Southron, ' 13- ' U. Glee Club, ' IS- ' U, ' U- ' l,5. President Athletic Association, ' 14- ' 15. Dramatic Club, ' U- ' 15. Manager Base Ball, ' U- ' l,5. Treas- urer Glee Club, ' U- ' 15. I trust my dignity to hide my faults. Gene ' s business capacity marks him as a man worthy of consideration. Has a fond affec- tion (?) for all liranches of mathematics. 32 MMiY HARNKTT, A.B., A A n ( l Mii(l(il]ih-M!ic )n.) ()|)i-likM, AIm. DriiiiiMlic dull, ' U- ' l. ). I ' oft Senior Class, ■It- ' 1.5. Oh Jliiry, leiir, the foiul (HK- cried, Why lo I love yoii so? Then Mary hung- her head and sighed, I ' m sure I do not liiiow. ' Her knowledge of hooks is a souree of de- liglitful wonder to the professors. Very loval to Kandolph-Maeon. She sees the bright and sun- ny side of everything, even French recitations. L ROSALIND RUSH, A.B.. A AH (Woman ' s College.) Cireenslioro, Ala. Co-ed Editor SonthroM, ' If- ' l.j. Dram.itic Club, ' 14- ' 15. ' ice-President Senior Class, ' 14- ' 1.3. Co-ed Basket Hall Team. ' 11- ' 1.5. The neatest, the sueetesl, Ihc trimcsl jillli- m.iiden. She emphatically declares that she will never marry a |)reacher, which goes to ])rove that there are some disadv anlaL ' Cs lo tlic ministrv .after all. 33 JULIA S. TUTWILER, A.B. Greensboro, Ala. Vice-President Sophomore Class, ' 12- ' 13. Man- ager Co-ed Basket Ball Team, ' 13- U. Poet Ju- nior Class, ' 13- ' 14. Vice-President Junior Class, •13- ' 14.. Co-ed Editor Southron, ' 13- 14. Dra- matic Club, 14- I5. Historian Senior Class, ' 14- ' 15. A lively, good-humored disposition And an excellent heart. ' evy loyal to the Senior Class, entering heart- ily into all its enterprises. Very anxious to teach some day, and lucky will be the pupils who are her care. Thinks Woman SuflFrage is a desirable thing. } 34 f SENIOR CLASS POEM Our college days are drawing to a close. Soon must we bid these classic halls farewell. And launch our buoyant bark upon life ' s sea. To breast the waves at low tide as at swell. Yet as we ardent yearn the final day, A tinge of sadness in our hearts doth well. Fond nu ' nuiry brings thoughts of things gone by. We view again our chequered college day, And strive to climb the hill of knowledge high, Where oft our erring feet have gone astray; Anon along this rugged mountain side. Stand iileasures bright, like flowers by the w ay. The many friends formed in these liappy days, By fond association, did inspire Our hearts with strength and hope our tasks to meet. True teachers did our young ambitions fire. As ever upward they our footsteps led. And for true wisdom, formed in us desire. Now pausing on the threshold of life ' s tasks. We catch a l)roader vision of a world With problems deeper than we yet have solved. There ever may we, bearing high, unfurled. Thy spotless banner. Alma Mater dear. Bring truth and comforf to a weary world. —Poet. 35 SENIOR CLASS HISTORY OWN in Clark County, eight miles from the Southern Railroad and five miles from the Tombigbee swamp, the class of 1915 had its origin — just when, it is impossible to say, for no one knows but Mitford Mathews and he refuses to tell. As I was saying, our worthy Valedictorian was born in Clark County. There at an early age, he gained much fame as a rail splitter and fodder jmller. Later, becoming dissatisfied with local conditions, as Mr. Mathews himself has expressly phrased it, he combed the cockleburs from his hair, borrowed a hat and a pair of shoes, and came to Greensboro. Had it not been for the faculty, Mr. Mathews would have left the ranks a year ago, but they, perceiving his wonderful ability, appointed liini an assistant in the Fitting School. There, extra hours necessitated the delay of his gradua tion by a year. Southern Alabama has produced another of our illustrious members, C. W. Segrest, who was originally from Dale County. His early life was spent in Methodist parsonages all the way from Salem to Cottonwood. Poultry raising, gardening, and cotton picking absorbed his youthful energies. At that time his greatest pleasure in life was to attend the •fa-so-la all day singin ' s. Perhaps this accounts for the present wonderful developments of his musical talents. When Charlie was a little boy e erybody said he would be President some day, and they were right. He is the Chief Executive of the Senior Class, and also our Salutatorian. The Class of 1914 was an extraordinary class, there is no denying it. Those who were its members consider it a great privilege to have been such, but Malcolm Johnson had the foresight to perceive the greater glories that awaited the Class of 1915, and that is why he is back as a post. Malcolm ' s elementary education was acquired at the Public School in Greensboro, Ala., where he was always a model little boy. Your humble historian recalls a time when he embroidered doll dresses that made his feminine playmates green with envy. To hear Mr. Tate ' s account of his early life, you would think he was The Wandering Jew, but he is merely another representative from a Methodist parsonage. Prior to his entrance in the Southern University he attended the Moore Academy at Pine Apple and the Agricultural School at Evergreen. He is now completing his theolog- ical course. We have been unusually fortunate this year in receiving two additional members. Misses Rush and Barnett. Rosalind Rush attended SuUins College during the session of 1909-10. The two fol- lowing years were spent at the Woman ' s College, where she was active in Y. W. C. A. work. She has won renown in Greensboro circles as a Basket Ball player and a member of the Dramatic Club. Mary Barnett comes to us from Opelika. In 1910 she graduated from the Opelika High School. Last year she was a member of the Junior Class at Randolph-Macon AVoman ' s College. We feel highly honored that Miss Barnett consented to leave friendships of three vears ' duration to come to us. She is a prominent member of the Dramatic Club. C. E. Avinger is a grad,uate of the Sidney Lanier High School, Jlontgomery, Ala., of the Class of ' 12. He was orator for his class. Upon the recommendation of his principal he was awarded a scholarship to Tulane, which he refused in order to accept one offered by the Southern University. He has never had cause to regret the decision. He is plan- ning to take up some line of Christian work. Mr. Avinger is a very conscientious student. Though you would never suspect it, he has a remarkably developed sense of humor. Tupper Lightfoot was born in Brundidge, .Via., December 16, 1894. He is a graduate of the Brundidge High School. In 1911 he came to the Southern University where he became a charter member of the Class of 1915. He is one of the faithful few who have 36 fiitcved by the stiMijilit .iiul luirrnw way of the Frcsliman Class. His most clianiiiMfr cliar- ui ' tci ' istic is liis liahit of saying frusscr for professor. In a very refreshing dissertation njion the home of his early ehildhoud, .Mr. Kersh deelared that he passed thronph tlu ' lilUe village in later years and was unahle to see it. Be that as it may, lie was hcirn in Brewerville, . la., in 1892. His early education was acquired in various grammar schools of Southern Alabama. Later he attended Barton . cademy in Mobile. He is completing the four year course in three years. Eugene H. ' I ' horije was born in .Mclntosli County, Ga., Octol)er 1.5, 1894. He attended the Walton County High School and Palmer College and Academy, DeFuniak Springs, Fla. In Kill he entered the Southern University. Whenever a stranger C(mies among us and asks, Where are the Seniors? we invariably piiini out .Mr. Thorpe first. We arc very proud of him. He upholds the dignity of our class in a manner none of us have vet been able to enudate. A SENIOR ' S CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FACULTY ACCORDING TO SHAKESPEARE ' S PLAYS Dr. Bonner: As You Like It. Prof. Chapman: Measure for Measure. Prof. Lewis: .Much . do About Nothing. Prof. Key: Love ' s Labour Ijist. Or. Atkinson: Midsummer Night ' s Dream. (Nightmare.) Prof. Steinbrenner: Comedy of Errors. Dr. Rush: The Tempest. Prof. Godl:)ey: All ' s Well That Ends Well. (Especially Glee Club trips.) 37 SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY liO.M early ini)rn till dewy iiiiiliiigbt, 1, the Prophet, had busied myself witli thiiiliiiig the tlioughts of great iiien, with (illing my mind with the treas- ured lore of the ancients. But at last a dull stupor overcame me and while in this state of semi-consciousness there was revealed to me, as in a dream, the future of myself and my well beloved classmates. Ten years hatl passed as a buzzard Hies, silently, slowl}-, lugubriously. I saw myself a 1925 model tramp with all the season ' s latest attachments. It was a warm day in mid- summer and down a dusty turnpike in the good old State of Kentucky, I was wending my solitary way. Suddenly turning- a bend in the road, I came face to face with a most sor- rowful procession — a funeral expedition I knew, at a glance. Remembering from my old life what was appropriate on such occasions, I side-tracked, climbed to the top of a ten rail fence that skirted the road and sat down on the top rail with my hat in my right hand hip pocket. To one of the members of the procession who seemed to be better able than any of the others to converse with a man i f education, though of somewhat limited means, I spoke. Friend, whose mortal remains do yiiu thus carry to the final constabulatory of all men? With a voice that was bathed in the sweet liquor of Kentucky tobacco he answered me: We have here all that remains of C. W. Segrest. The shock of this news caused me to lose my lialance and fall backward off the fence, but I soon regained my vantage point and in a voice that was almost a whisper I asked: Tell me, will you. Friend of mine, the cause and manner of his untimely demise? The man of the old time dai-k and bloody hunting grounds took deliberate aim and drenched a lizard, that had crept up to watch the jirocession go by, with something like a pint of tobacco juice, and then made me an answer. He was a bill collector in our town. Day after day and night after night he hastened much after the where-with-all. At this work he injured his health, he sickened, he died. Today we bury him. With the brim of my hat I wiped away a tear and spoke to the mighty user of the weed. In other days, friend, this man whom you would now honor was my constant and tried companion. We walked together, talked of all that was in our hearts like brothers, studied together and together we planned our glorious futures. For the memory of old days 1 humbly entreat that I may be allowed a parting glimpse of my old classmate. The caravan stopped. In a moment I stood beside the coffin of my former conu ' ade at S. U. Bending over his still form I spoke in a voice that I meant to be soft and low with all of its old time melody in it: Segrest, old man, I ' ve been looking for you everywhere to pay you that twenty-five cents I borrowed to carry Miss C to the picture show when you and I were Freshmen at dear old S. U. In one moment, in tlie twinkling of a hungry eagle ' s eye, the hero of the cavalcade was in a sitting posture, his hand outstretched and his voice as in days of old was rasping out: I ' m a mighty glad man to see tliis quarter, old boy. I knew you woidd pay it ithe very first time you got able. I need some nioney. Thei-e is a note due at the bank ito- 38 morrow And lu- chinilMM ' cMi out ol ' the w.-t -on and v;is on llic fi ' ronrui, Iiis old sell ' once more. As soon ,is lie w:is on Icrr.i lirnKi lie shook my li.ind uilli tin- old linjc Wiirnitli while (he surprised and dlsapiioinled liiirial prnecssion slowly took its wav honn ' - ward. My friend and I sat us down in the shade of a per-sinno(in I ree and talked. Tell nie. s,-iid 1, Iions f oc ' s il wilh (nir old el.issnnites — with . inf;er and l.ifihM ' ooi and Ker ' sh and ;dl the rest ol ' llieni? Why .Mil, I h.ive heen kee])ing right up with every one of them. I write them all once a week. on know Ihey all owed me .small amounts when we graduated and 1 kee]) re- minding them of llK ' ir iihlig.-it ion to nn-. None of them ha e paid nj) ' el, nut 1 kei ]) ham- mering at them. Avinger is haek in . nieriea now. Iiiu know he went to Soulh . friea as a .Missimiary, hut one day while he was ])reaehing far in the interior, .some hungry eannihals nnide :i dash at him and he broke for the seashore. He outran them all right enough, hut when he gt)t to the oeean he was not exaetly eomfoi ' t;d)le so lu ' lii)])]H ' d in and swam haek o er here. He is teaeiiing sehool ;it Rosemary, -Via., no ' . Lightfoot is in New York. He married a girl who was more th.in a nndeh f(H- him in every respeet and they did not, or at least Lightfoot di{l not, get along together very well. Many a time I have .seen her dragging him around the haek yard hy his nose — you remember wh.it a liig nose he used to have. 1 alway.s will believe she kept him from l)ay- ing me that $2.00 he borrowed from me twelve years ago last Christmas. Tup finally gave her the sliji and left for New York City. He is a memlier of the Salvation Army there, liUt I don ' t know what he does to make a living. I have not heard from Mini in a week or two. Kersh got into ]iolities ;ind was eleeted a road overseer and from that to a justiee of the peaee. He married a eouple of folks when he was a ,1. of 1 . and it afterw.irds developed that they did not have ,iny lieense so Kersh got into some endiarrassment, but it did not eost him nmeli. He kept at offiee .seeking until he was eleeted to the Legisla- ture. He made himself a State-wide reputation among eollege men for seeuring the passage of a bill that made it unlawful for the keej ers of eollege ranehes to inaugurate eourts Knd punish students tor taking more than three batter cakes at a time. I had a letter from him yesterday but he did not mention that four bits he owes me. Thorpe became a famous chemist. He ])repared an ointment for the face which makes old men and women ajipear young. Nothing as good as it had ever been invented. College widows use immense quantities of it. He is a very rich man now but never has paitl me back that four bits he borrowed to go to the ball game between S. L ' . and .Marion. Henry Tate got marrii ' d (I gasped with astonishment.) — Yes, I know it doe not seem possible, hut he did. ' ou renuanher how he was always plotting and planning mat- rimony during his eight years at S. L. Lie and his wife seem to get on very well, but his mother-in-law nnide life very cheerless for him. He always retaliated by preaching ser- mons that bore mainly on the ])unishments reserved for the wicked. One day his mother- in-l.iw got in a lit of rage at him .ind burst ,i blood vessel, . rter her de.ith the ministrv h.id no allurement for Tate — he had no one to preacli at, so he quit tlic conference and is now a Initeher boy on the train th;it still runs, — no, meanders from Akron to Selina. What bee.ime of inir co-i ' ds? I ' ' ,veii after ,ill tln ' se long, weary years, I Ihiiik 1 can see them every oiH ' their rosy cheeks, teeth like pearl .ind lips like cherries in .M.iv. Those girls! Those bright eyed girls! Their voices were ,is sweet as the spring zejihyrs Ih.il used to come to us from over the hills laden with the secrets of the newly born viohls. Where have they gone? Can yon tell mc aught of lliemr 39 Yes. Miss Tutwiler is teaching political science in a college out West. Miss Rush married a young circuit rider and the last conference appointed her husband to the Wedge- worth circuit. Miss Barnett became a zealous speaker for woman suffrage. She is touring Florida now in behalf of votes for women. Well, Segrest, said I, the co-eds ha e fared better than we did, but that was always their luck in college. I wisTi Here 1 became dimly conscious of the rasping sound of a crosscut saw. It gradually grew louder. E ' idently some one was cutting through a knot. Where could it be ! I awoke with a start. My room was dark and the dead silence of night prevailed over Hamilton Hall, except from the room, there issued the loud snores which had so rudely aroused me from my vision. Seizing my water pitcher from the stand I tiptoed to the transom and dashed the contents through. There was a splash, a gurgle, and the sawing abruptly ceased. Then as quiet reigned once more, I heard the far-away, muffled sound of the town ' clock as it struck the lonely hour of midnight. I was cold, I was sleepy, so I crept beneath the warm blankets of my bed to lie and ponder over the strange future of my class-mates, as revealed in my dream. 40 Well, wliiil lid Mill lliiiik 111 ' IIimI? I ' m- jiisl I ' lni lu-cl I ' lliliiii; ' llic iii,-iliTi;il for lliis Viar ' s Siiiitliniii, ' :iiul licri ' cdiiu ' s tli.-il liiincli iif iilist iv|h-i ' iius Sciiinrs, hcnilcd li UimI I ' diu ' citcd fellow, KicU SeMurlts. .iiul deiiiiuuls that tht-ir jiliotos he taken in caps and !i( « lis and inserted in the annual. Even Tooper Heavyfoot thinks his heauty « ' ill appear to a better advantage in such dignified attire, and I.ean-arin Kuss talks mighty liiy about the privileges of us Seniors. Guess they think they own this college, liut they don ' t. Jim Bright has more to do with it than thcv .-iiid vet tlicv ' M- ncit the nerve to ask for such a thins as .... Ili. ' it when lluMr cdiiiitcii.iiiccs ha e already lU ' arly marred my liiicik. o. I uiin ' l ilii it. ril shdu lliciii a thing iir two. (U ' l out of here! Doii ' l hollicr me with caps .iiid y-owns, derbies .iiid pa Jamas or any Ouch! CU-c. if it wasn ' t for thai ni-ed with lli.il hal pin! ■ ' es, I ' ll pill you all in. Tlease don ' t stick me with that awful thing .igaiii. ( ' iood-b e, no, yes, I won ' l forget ! Hang- Ihaiik hea eiis they ' ve gone. I wish I dared, lint I don ' t. Ugh! .Most ha e stuck twii inches. Well, here goes. Just ;iny old wa . I don ' t care if I do mix llieiii ti]i. so there the ' are, alio e! 41 CAMPUS SCENES 42 JUNIORS. ' .Wfc. 43 JUNOIR CLASS Colors: Crimson and White Flower: Nasturtium Motto: Not failure but low aim is crime. ' OFFICERS. A. E. Baknett. ,Iit President E. H. McGehee ■ • Vice-P resident Wayne Gii-der Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS. A. E. Baunett. ,)it. Wayne Gii.der W. M. HlXTON F. B. Joyner W. E. Little E. H. McGehee Lamar Pebry Dayton Robinson H. L Savage ° EvEi.Y ' N Lawson E. T. Calhoun- T. B. I.OIKE Surrounding the life of the Junior are certain characteristic conditions which mark him off very definitely from the three other classes. In a greater degree than any of these he enjoys ]irestige, and popularity although burdened with res]K)nsil)ility. In his Freshman year he found himself new to his environment, afraid of doing something fresh, and his time was spent in becoming accustomed to the new surroundings. . s a Sophomore he was re- lieved of this, but betrayed a consciousness of having been so relieved. The Junior enjoys the dignity of an upper classman without suffering the anxiety of the Senior. He no longer takes twenty-one hours. He has learned one thing of great importance in making a reci- tation, — what hobbies he nnist ride on every occasion, and that is a great aid in preparing for his coming graduation. The Class of Nineteen Hundred and Sixteen rejoices that it will remain another year to share the friendships, the associations, and benefits of the grand old University. These J ears have been the happiest of our lives; each day deepens our affection for our Alma Mater. May the drama of our college days fit us in some measure for that greater life beyond the shadow of these walls. Let us hope that when we have passed our last exams. ' 16 will turn its face to the world with a determination to fight life ' s battles to the close, ever holding a tender and loving memory of old S. U. 44 W.L.PEJ KJ m. ■ I - H l.h.lOCKJ: W.E.IITTiE ■« W.M.HINTON EVELYN Li W50H f . V WyjYNE GlLIiR. ' «€ ' H.I.SAVA E ' 1 r.T. CALHOUN tt V i K I FB.JOYNER iH.M =GEH£E D YTOH R06IH50N 46 WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH US? T is said that there is a use for everything, and a place prepared for every oiu ' . liut on looking over the Junior Class roll, it appears that mother earth would have to be very ingenious to find places for those specimens of humanity, whose cognomens are enscribed thereon. Naturally the ques- tion arises what will they do with us? It is clear that no man in his natural state can solve such a jiroblcm, which is even a juiz .le to our learned faculty. An inspira- tion is necessary, and in search of that rare article, I wandered despondent by deserted paths to the lonely Stokes Graveyard, where far from the maddening crowd ' s ignoble strife, I might ponder on this question. In a pensive mood I sat down on what seemed to be a perfectly sound slab of marlile, v hen lo and behold, it suddenly crumliled beneath me and down, down, down, through tlie moulding grave I went. All at once my head struck something with a resovmding whack, and my long fall was at an end. T found myself sitting in a gloomy underground grotto, which was verv hot and close, when just before me there o) ened a door, through whicn issued a billow of smoke, and Old Nick, (not Nick Segrest) invited me in to Hades. Hi. ? face was very haggard and worn. He seemed ready to fall with weariness, and he sighed mournfully as I entered. Shut that door, he coumianded one of his assistants, and the poiulerons thing swung to its place, only to catch the devil ' s tail as it shut. He howled and jumped with pain, while the door-keeper, whom I recognized as Fred Joyner, danced and laughed with glee. Not wishing to see even the Prince of Darkness in so much torture I opened the door and got his tail out, for which he was very grateful. Fred Joyner had fled and was hiding somewhere. You .see, said the devil, with a tired look, I have several of the Junior Class of S. U. of 1915, down here, and they nearly run me crazy. This is Hades, indeed since they came. I ' m half dead with worry. If you would like to look around, I ' ll show ou about. I was very willing, and although the place was exceedingly hot, it was not unbearable. The devil informed me that .some of the S. U. boys had been putting out his fires, which accounted for the coolness. We proceeded to the Brimstone Hotel, and behind the counter where all the new comers registered, was my old classmate, Martin Hinton. He was perspir- ing most freely and mopping his face with a red handkerchief, as he watched a little dried-up imp swee])ing the floor. He had drawn hideous cartoons of the devil which had angered him exceedingly, but because of his large size, he had remained unpunished. Here I noticed that the little fellow sweeping the floor, was twirling his broom in such a manner as to send clouds of dust into Old Nick ' s face. He winked slyly at me and grinned. It was indeed Bill Little. But before I could speak the devil was seized with a violent fit of sneezing and seeing from whence came the dust, he grabbed a red-hot poker and jumped for poor Bill. But Bill was ready, and with one of those hook slides, that made him famous on the S. U. base ball diamond, he dived beneath Old Nick ' s arm, hitting him such a crack on the nose with the broom that he dropped the glowing poker on his foot, which made him roar with pain. Hinton behind the counter, laughed heartily, whereupon the devil called loudly for a rag to tie up his smarting foot. Then down the corridor, in a ery humble manner, came my old friend Happy Robin- son, with a wad of absorbent cotton and a bandage. What have you got on that cotton? thundered the evil one, eyeing him suspiciously. Only some soothing oil, answered Happy, but I knew by the odor that it was tur- pentine. However, the devil ' s nose was so swollen that he could not smell. With one deft pull, Happy bound the turpentine soaked cotton to the blistered foot and darted through the door, and not a moment too soon, for Old Nick, maddened by the stinging pain, plunged after him. It was a most exciting chase. Happy ' s long legs were proving their worth. 46 I ' lil lii |Mn-M„T  ;is -.uniiiM-. Wli.ii I llinii hl lli.il tlir (l,■ il u,miI I mji-.-Iv c iI. ' Ii l,i„i. two men i-Dsi- lip I ' niiii hcliiiul :i sniivlicil liusli by Ihc niad-sidv, iiiul tlinist ;i loiif; poir 1,,-lwccii his U-ps, iiiKl Ol.l Nick tuiiililcd licKlliiiip III 111,. (Iiisl. Tlic two hoys were none .illur llwiii JlcCrlu-,- niul Ujinicll, mmcI lliry iiiiiiiidi.ilcly sciulilc.l ciil „f s|f,|i|, |„ ||„. dlrc ' l Ion of :, smokf-ohsciiml s.-ctinn n( llu- ,l| . ( ,,11, ■ ,, cinwd „l lli, ' I .-ilcs „( II;,drs {;;,tli -ro l around •J the devil ,is lie ,,ic|u,l I.Iiiim.II ' u,,. ||,. „ms .-iImiosI disabled. On,- „( his lion.s was l)rokcn, and thciT was a laruc skiniird place ni, his .-Ibow. II,- liad lall,-ii on his pitch-fork and smashed il. Then nnl of the crowd came a (h ' risivc laiif;li and the mocking sound of the last words of an old tdee Cliili song; Wake-up, shake-u|i. Iiirii on the light. Let ' s see the devil and tlie pole cat fight. Of course it was Wayne Gilder, and the crowd laughed with delight as the taunting .sound assailed old satan ' s ears, who nearly choked with rage. Suddenly he .seized poor AVayne before he could escape, and drawing a long knife, shouted: Til cut out that ' sas.sy ' tongue of yours. Hut Wayne squirted a mouthful of tobacco juice in the devil ' s eyes, who. blinked and sur])ris«l, turned him aloose. Wayne made go od his escape, but Old Nick could not find his «ay, and called tor a stretcher. In answer to his summons, Dick Perry and Irby Savage ran u].. bearing between them a comfortable litter. Satan settled himself feebly upon it and saiil: Take me home, I ' m nearly dead, and Savage and Perry with nods and winks mo ed slowly away. Now there was not far away a bridge, which spanned a stream of hot water, and no sooner had these old classmates of mine reached the center than they dumped the devil, stretcher and all unceremoniously into the flood beneath. He struck with a sizzling splash] and scrambled ashore as fast as he could. But Savage and Perry had disappeared, but hearing me laugh, he began to grope towards me. I was on the point of fleeing when, I awoke. I was still in the old grave-yard by my- self and the sun was almost down. Needless to say I lost no time in com ' ing back to town. But was my question answered:- It is for you, dear reader, to say. 4T ; r t ,, ' . 1 ■ ' ;■ . ,• t ' , ■ 48 H.C.FOI TEI 51 WE SOPHS HF. truth is wliat hurts, and so, Sophomore, if you feel any pain at this you will know the reason why. Ladies first is our motto and we herewith introduce the only lady nieniher of our class, Miss Beulah Calhoun. She has already made quite a name on the basket ball court and we are sure that she will attain yet greater honors there. Her life work is to be a leader of the Suifragettes if the present outlook counts for anything. Next in order will of course, be our President. He was voted to be the best looking boy in college, but it is said that the result would have been different if the co-eds could have had their way. His nickname is peanut but we do not know where it originated. Shorty Benson, as his name signifies, has nothing to spare in stature. He says he needs his six feet three for himself. He is known as the official bureau of information in regard to Glee Club trips. Red McCurdy, according to Professor Steinbrenner, is of a very delicate constitu- tion. He hails from Flomaton, a bustling town of South Alabama, where the Glee Club buys its sandwiches, but his town was thriving before Red went there. His hobby is wrestling with Allgood. W. H. Robertson, otherwise known as Frog, is the Math, shark of our class. He eats ' em alive without salt or pepper. The gym. team needs his services badly and ex- pectantly awaits his return. Reverend Deal is a great ladies ' man. He, together with his famous poetry, has smashed many a heart. His pompadour was for a while the marvel of the college, but for some unknown reason it has disappeared. Doc Pippin is renowned for his oratory. Do not be deceived by his solemn and profound appearance for Doc is not such. He wishes everyone to know that he is a Sophomore and not a rat as some people think. Hunt ' s heart is still in the possession of a certain young lady of this town and St seems to be impossible for him to regain it. He has a peculiar aversion to the drug stores of Marion. Ask him about it. Sledge is known by the pecidiar nicknames, Scissors and Snoodles. We do not know where he received these, but we are sure he got them honestly. His hobbies are studying history and going with the girls, but he also finds time for tennis and base ball. Maude Allgood received the majority of votes for being the greatest eater, but this was an injustice to him for we happen to know that he frequently fails to appear at break- fast. He is very much alarmed at his sudden decrease in weight and would like to find something that is fattening. He is noted for being especially hard on Rats. He likes all his studies but his favorite is German. Ball Calhoun is noted for his arguments in defense of Germany ' s stand in tlie present war. He will convince one that he is right or keep on argiiing. You can ' t keep a good man down. Baldy Douglas is not, as you might think, our oldest member. His baldness is due to the fact that hair and brains are not good mixers. His chief delight is to engage in learned discussions with the Professor of Mathematics about questions dealing with that subject. Since he is a man of quiet mien we ha ' e not been able to gather any extraordinary facts about Mr. Porter, but we suppose that he is all right and trust that he will gain much good through contact with his fellow classmen. With such a bunch as ours we cannot fail and we are confident that we will l e in the front rank of everything in the years to come. 52 SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY III ' ' , fii-st wci-k (if scliodi Inst ycai-, a scared drove of rath niailc llicir a])- pearaiuc in Circeiisboro. .Many and horrible were the tales we had heard of the hlood-thlristy disjiosition of the old men. It was therefore with a feclinjr of awe that we approached a cat on the street, and we heaved a great sigh of relief if we managed to safely pass him. Still more gruell- ing was the task of facing tlif stem Registrar and spieling forth our credits, and proud t.nd lucky did we count ourselves if we squeezed through with only twelve and a half units and were told to make the other up privately or at the prep — but prouder and luckier still were we if we held the required fourteen and were then permitted to nervously scribble our cognomens on the old register where many great men like oursehes had signed their names before. In that year we were eminently successful in all college activities. We had a good per cent of our men on both honor rolls, and the rest did, as an average, good work. In athletics we surpassed any other class of the year. Our class contained the Varsity tennis team. Sledge and Anderson. In basket ball we had one regular. Sledge, and a substitute ' Varsity man, Spruell. The base ball claimed three Freshmen of 1913-14 for their own besides a sub. And our Ladies ' Debaters of that year are the standing pride of both societies and bid fair to honor themselves and tlieir societies still more in the future. This year fifteen of the twenty-five Freshmen of the preceding session returned to con- tinue the splendid work started at that time. And we are doing it, too! A l etter per cent of Sophomores made honor roll than we did last year. Six of our members, , llgood, God- frey, Deal, Douglas, JlcCurdy and Benson made the Glee Club this year, and AUgood was on the quartet. Sledge and .Vnderson again made the tennis team, so we still hold the championship in that sport and it will not be .self-flattery to predict that we will have the tennis team, in our Senior Class of 1917. In basket ball we had Sledge, a regular, and Robertson and Benson, subs. We e.xpect to have a good jier cent of the base ball picked from among our band this year, too. In track meet we intend to mop up, for who could stand up against our sprinter, Maude -Vllgood:- No doubt in all the field day exercises, the Sophomores will be well represented. Out of all the college, the Y. M. C. . . Nomination Committee turned to the Sophomore Class for a President, and Douglas was elected. We have briefly sketched the honors tliat the Sophs jndled down in their ratbood and in their later existence. Now let us consider the outlook for the more mature growth. There is no doubt that we will contiime the honor roll work, and even Maude .Vllirood will get all his books from I ' rof. Steinlireiiiu-r ' s classes and make the honor roll. Of course we will be well represented on the gridiron next year and the class of ' 17 will furnish the best material for the foot ball team. The Cdee Cluli wouldn ' t be able to get along without the help of our various big singers. Also .ill other athletic teams will look first for their best nuMi from our band. W ' r are conlident lli. ' il our el.iss alliletic teams will .-ilwaxs be 53 the victors and come off with the highest honors. We could get so optimistic and prophetic as to say that Joe Sledge wonld quit arguing for Birmingham ' s base ball team and change to some other club, but we know the boys would say that we were lying, and that the truth was not in us, and as we are not |iarticularly struck with such a name we won ' t go that tar. But time aiul space are not availa lile to set down the various ami sundry accomiilish- ments of our glorious band, and with such jileasant thoughts as long assignments in Co-ordi- nate Geometry, Latin Elegiac Poets, and French in our minds we must hasten this his- tory to a close. Judging from our past, however, and our future outlook, we defy anyone to dispute the fact of our being able to live u|i to our motto: Ki ' om possibility to reality. 54 y E GUILELESS ' r S R ]T ' . ' .i ■,h FRESHMAN CLASS Colon: Purple unci Ciold. Flower: Violet. Motfa: ' ivi ;k1 sunimniii. YELL. Rickety, Rickety, liuiu. Inim, We are the class that ' s going some ! Stand back ! Stand back ! Our class is on the track. Rah! Rah! Rah; Rah! Rah! Rau! Freshman Class of Old S. U. OFFICERS. Mii.Tox Dannei.i.v President H. T. MoRGAx Vice-President Elizabeth Rush Secretari and Treasurer George Grant Poet Maude Garrett Prophet MEMBERS. A. L. Atki: srsoN W. A. Bonner K. B. Edwards Walter Bass James Gayle J. L. Bates Maude Garrett J. H. COUILLETTE George Grant W S. Chapman W. W. Jordan A. C. Crowe J. Lamar Kelly Milton Danneli.y Frank Livingston F. E. Day A. King H. T. Morgan J. B. Nelson, Jr. George Wallace Goldman Palmer Madge WJnn W. ' . Pierce E. C. Sharpe HoLLis Ryan W. S. Guict Elizabeth Rush Ho ward C IIAWFORD Will Terry Rudolph Turnipseed 56 J B NILSON JH. J ,LJ TKn(SOH Ci ytiJiUii l 8ttw;iHM V r, or. ' L V 4 JHCOCllUETTt WJOMFHAII J.H CRAWfOW J IKEUf V J IKEUfV J I EV (H5 J.T.SPHBEU ff.HWi d i BSSHH 1r £.K -. Jt C CROWE W W JO MB J K Tl .WimEI ,LMtO .tJU«« ■ ,AtmiM W ,. f-tW , t.C 4BWj „ ■,- JWUiOli,, 67 FRESHMAN CLASS POEM We Rats are lowly, huinlile, and kind. Some say we ' re ignorant, green, and Ijlind, But that is only a hollow jest. We follow trS ' jiatli pursued by the rest. With apologies many, to the sly old Cats Wno really are nothing but grown up Rats. They used to rini with a ll their might, When the dreaded bed-slats hove in sight. They have, no doubt, on the hip-pocket felt, The sting- of a long, heavy, leathern belt. So may-be they won ' t lay on us the blame If we jump up and run; they did the same. ' e ' ll follow them through thick and thin. Perhaps in the end we will live to win, And strive to obtain both truth and knowledge. And not be bone-heads in the dear old college ,58 FRESHMAN PROPHECY It niiiy liMM- liccii cliH ' 111 llic ImIi ' Mtss nf llic lidur. il iii:iy iiiivc liccii due Id ()?v?e?r s:- ' t?li?(l?y:-, Iml I Ihiiik il was due Id .c siciry liild by ciiii- nf llic iirurs .iIkiuI ' r,ii-quinius Supcvhus and .1 Siliyl .iiid scum ' hooks aii «:i , oiii- nifjlit i had iiii siiniuT dn)|)])cd off to sleejl than a iiiii.st Ici-rililc lnokiu};- old lady, worsi- in appra raiicc lliaii any of the Senior co-eds even, seemed In n cc|i inln my room with a dnn ' t-care-if-yoii.don ' l-lilic-it air and spoke thiisly to nie: In my hand here yciu see I hold a seroll. It is writlcn in the oldest language of all this earth. The fntnre of every man and e ery woman is laid hare In il. (!i e me .$999,- !l!19,999,999,99i . and 1 will read il to you. By the time she had (hiislied her speech I had to a hirge extent recovered from my first fright at her entrance and so sjioke with some calmness: Old lady, my bank book is down stairs and the night is chilly as you know. I lack a few cents of having the amount you name with me just now, but my heart fairly aches to know at least the futures of my class-mates. Can you name me a ])rice on such a reve- lation? .• The old hag croaked: ■ ' I ' ll gi e you their past and fyture for twenty-five cents. Leave off their pa.st, said 1, and let it remain forever a sealed book to all the peo- ples of the earth. Read to me their future and you shall be paid. Adjusting a large ])air of glasses u]ion her nose, the strange creature smiled a gruesome smile and began: It gives me the cold shivers to think of that bunch of Freshmen. This job should bring me half a nnllion dollars, but times arc hard and business is dull. Ah, here we are. And she read: Arthur .VtkinsoTi. ( Ni -k-n,inu ' il I ' ossinLi). L ' pon the wings of self-adidation he shall rise to heights of unusual unim])oftancc and finally be gathered to his fathers none the worse for having been a Freshman ;it S. L ' . Warren Bonner (Big Bonner), Transplanted in early life from Hit- frozen North to the sun-kissed South he shall Hourish like unto a ]iersimmon tree, becoming a college director of athletics and love affairs. Walter Bass (Fletch). He shall become a vender of chewing gum to his brethren, finally cornering the world ' s supply of Pepsin gum and amassing thus a fortune. Horace CouUiette (Called Stiffy). His sweet, winning timidity shall draw down upon his unoffending head the love of a heartless co-ed who shall make him to marry her and to serve her all the days of bis life which shall be four score and ten ye is. Will Cbapnuin (Real Name, Pinkie). A man wholly given to nnisic slial! he he and at the last he will play Old ] )an Tucker with ease. Aldrieh Crowe (. lso favors a hnz .ard). . fter marriage to .i college widow this un- gainly bird shall be changed to a still more ungaiidy parrot and sa the things he is t.iught to say. Milton Dannelly (Only known n;mu ' ). His voice was m.ide to call trains at .Marimi •Timction and this way shall he use it. Flovd Day. l ' roni the farm he came and to the farm will he return to raise potatoes and boll weevils and to contaminate the air with cuss words as is the maimer of farmers. Kenneth lidwards. Towering in his pride of face he shall never be pounced uiion by a mousing female which fact shall surprise him daily until the last trump bloweth, James Gaylc (Jimniie). lie sli,dl spend ,ill the d.ivs of his lite in colh ' gc ,iiul revel in Freshman delights ,ill the while. (ieorge (Jrant. Willi ran ' indos|r hi ' sh.dl llec il.iy ,ind niglil from lli.d which most he fe.ar ' cth. l;idics, .-ind die a tree ;ind h;ip]i) m.-in. r,ft Webb Jordan. Even in college a tangled web of love shall he weave about himself and at the end of four score years die and be forgotten on all the earth. His wife will not so much as keep a kodak picture of him. Lamar Kelly (Baby of his class). He shall go up and down the world, a walking ad- vertisement for Mellen ' s Food. Adger King. No throne shall he ever ascend liut with the aid of his bosom friend and class-mate, Hollis Ryan, he shall reduce the art of loafing to a science and gain much glory to himself by having it placed in college curricula. Frank Livingston. Starting in life as a bookkeeper he shall in S. U. learn to become a kee]x;r of hands, which practice shall profit him nothing for she will reject him to marry a millionaire. Hermon Morgan. His love for little children which flared out at the fair grounds during his days as a prep will place him at the head of an orphans ' home where he shall do much good. Broughton Nelson (Called Agnes). Aspiring to become a great physician, he shall become a horse doctor and die untimely at the age of eighty-one from the kick of a mule. Goldman Palmer. The tall member of the firm known as Mutt and Jeff having suc- cumbed to the ravages of time, Goldman shall take his place and fill It with ease and honor. Weston Pierce. He shall die early from a crushed liver caused by his rejection at the hands of a college queen. Ehzabeth Rush. Her days shall be long and during all of them she shall be popular, breaking college men ' s hearts with her smiles and finally breaking her husband ' s back with a piece of stove wood for his lack of respect to superiors. Rudolph Turnipseed. He shall be a banker and do a heavy business, i. e., he shall work on a section gang that operates between Selma and Akron. George Wallace. In his life he shall be honored but he shall at last die in a Lou- isiana molasses vat whfther he shall have fled in quest of his favorite beverage. Madge Winn. Many men from many lands far and near shall admire her but she shall refuse them all to go out among her brethren and gather in votes for women. Lelia Mae Tate. She shall nobly sacrifice her life for college men by running a col- lege ranch and by doing the cooking herself, give her boarders biscuit that can be cracked without recourse to a sledge hammer. Emmet Sharpe. He shall ascend in the baseball profession until at last he becomes water boy for the Red Socks. Guice. As a minister he shall move mightily upon his flock ' s patience and purse strings. Howard Crawford. He shall set up a private school and near him his class-mate and friend Terry, shall locate an asylum. Both institutions shall flourish forever. J. L. Bates (Familiarly known as Worm). He shall transcend all human non-accom- plishments in the art of face culture, and at the consummation of the age he shall be found in the quietude of bachelorhood — the Sibyl .seemed to fade away into a more masculine form and my father ' s oice grated on my ears: Get up and lunry ! You have an eight o ' clock this morning, you know. — Prophet. CO RALPH ALLGOOD ON ' THE LAST BISCUIT OF SUPPER AT THE GROTE RANCH TABLE ' Tis th ' last biscuit of supper. Left steaming alone. All thy crispy companions Art butteretl and gone. No grits and no gravy, No batter-cakes nigh, The plates are all empty, The glasses all dry. I ' ll not lave thee, thou lone one, Oh golden brown gem ! Where the others are sleeping. Go sleep thou with them. For soon will I seize thee, Ai A shove in my head. Where the mates of thy oven Lie tasteless and dead. So thus wilt thou follow, Oh biscuit so brown. And from daylight to darkness Drop gently, down, down. ' lu■Tl thou, too, art eaten, . tul thy sweet taste has gone. Oh who will inhabit. This table alone? 61 ' PREPS 62 i 63 o o B o O z H X H 64 FITTING SCHOOL RESUME NccillcNs lo s,-iy, il f;ivcs iis prciis. ;ni iiicri ' iiscd, if IIimI lie iiiissililc. scii c iH ' mii- own iriipcjiliiiu ' i ' t(i h- nlliiwcd n lliru l (Pinscl ,■-, tluis hDldly inh. II,,- I,,,,,!, wliiili u,ii- iii-i(;li- boi-s, the high mul miglily colligi ' im-ii, iiwil-it-. On mii(i1Ik ' i- piigc iif Uic Stiutlir-oii ;i ciicliil pcnisci- will notice lluil wv have hecii fiirUu ' r Iii)iiiiit(1 in Iraviiig mir picliiri-s pl.u-ed where even he whii runs may read. To lualic a lull and e,aiipk-le liroiiiele ol ' Ih, ' e enls ,11 ' the pasl year is a lask loo great for a youth of my lender ear.s. Only a few of the onKlaMding happeninns ea,i he louehcd upon. Sinee the leaxes cd ' last siunmer eh.-,ni;ed Iheir emerald of I he griorions springtime for the jet and gold of aniiinm, then ' liaM- been alioiil f, rty sliidenis enrolled i;i S. U. F. S., exelnsive of the college students who come over to make u]) back work. From the very first we Fitting School students have labored under liaiulieaps many and grievous. In the first place our teachers have been aiding the postal department of this country by sending home weekly reports to our parents. In vain we |)etitioned against such a .prac- tice. We plead that it entailed too much work and worry on the teachers, and in addition lo everything else often brought down upon us embarrassment in huge triangular lumps. To no avail vhate er. Those in authority just kept on a keepin ' on. This year we have been debarred from using tol)aceo on the school grounds. At all hours of the day and night we have been fearful lest we be put to the agonizing humilia- tion of having our breath ruthlessly smellcd of to detect circumstantial evidence o,f our having broken the rule. We hold with Bill Nye and other of this nation ' s foremost jurists that a man ' s breath is his personal property, ndt to be entrusted to e en his Sunday girl, most especially to rude men who would most likely treat it as a conuuon thing and damage it. Such a stand on the part of those in authority has caused some of us to Jeave off the use of tobacco entirely. Time is too fleeting and life is too short for us to Wiilk over to Rosemary or hide in a liollow log deep down in the bosom of Webb ' s pasture in order to enjoy a smoke or a chaw. Don ' t judge us harshly for de]iriving ourselves of the luxury of the weed; remember our surrouiulings and ask yourself what you would have done in similar circumstances. Night study hall has been, as formerly, carefully and persistently inflicted upon us. It has always seemed to us that night was ordained for rest and shnnl er and that aught else was a perversion of nature ' s law. But from some cause or aiu)lhcr this idea is not accepted to any satisfactory extent here. At the beginning nf the year we had an idea that we could become, collectively and individually, leaders in society here. This dream like so many of our others has failed to pan out to any spectacular extent. One of our number w.is out a Irille l.ili- one Sun- day evening and as a result Professor Greene .i]. plied a stout ruler (o the embryonic masher with sneb effi ' el as to eiml e,insiiler.-,bly mir social instiriels. ■ Thus it has been with us. I f, rliear lo go ,)n. Allow your own imagination lo Oil out the rest. In sjiite of all these things and others too nunu-rous to tell, we have done many a conuncndable deed this year. In class room work we have at least come up with the standard of last year. By our earnest co-operation we made the .laiuiary examina- tions more or less a complete success. Our work in the Sidney l.anier Literary Society 05 is worthy a word of praise. Most of the students are members of the society. Every Saturday night we have each one borne so patiently wtth the other ' s oratory that now we feel very confident of our powers to make ourselves heard, albeit maybe, not understood. The jiublication of tlie Fitting School .lonrnal which was liegun last year, has pros- pered in iinr hands. At the beginning ot this year the following staff of editors was elected; Willard Bonner, Editor-in-Chief; Felix Turnipseed, Business Manager; Buena Shuptrine. Will Horn, Lyons Swayze and Kline Bentley, Assistant Editors. It would lie jiossible to go in indefinitely telling some good and worthy facts con- cerning my mates and me but I must desist and leave the scene for a more worthy scribe. ' THE RAT ' S PRAYER BEFORE EXAMS ' Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray thee, profs, my grades to keep. If I don ' t die before I wake, I pray, professors, a pass to make. 66 A DREAM— Fitting School Man Gets a Full Meal and Has a Marvelous Dream One nt ' tei-nooii, in llic I,iIUt p.ni ul ' Drccinlicr ImsI, llic-n- -iiiic In iii .icldrrss ;i box (iC foodstuffs from hoinc. .Mori ' iniM ' ioiis hi inc ums lliis prizi- llwiri r Ii Unc frold from ilio ImiuI of ()]ili;n- wduM Ikivi- hccii. I wailed al Ihc rxjiri-ss office till .iller llie sliadcs of evcninj ' had fallen and then eame on out to the hall and distrilniled the contents lav- ishly — among: myself. My system was not used to sueh a tiling ' and within a few miiuites I was very sick and dreamed a confused and confusing dream which was about as follows: I thought I saw an angel come down from heaven on a rope ladder like the one Jacob . aw in his dream. This angel t,i ]i]ie(l me nu the shoulder and said: Come, follow me. I followed him down the steps and on down to the front porch stc|)s. There a taxi was waiting for us. This taxi was not a Ford like that which all of us ride in from the depot— but it consisted of two terrapins hitched to a soap box with narrow strips of Fit- ting School beafsteak for harness. I asked the angel why he did not get him a Ford but he said that a Ford could not swim the Jordan like the terrapins could. We juiniwd in, all ready to go, and as this vehicle was of the self-starter variety we were off in a jiffy. Our brave team plunged recklessly along without stop or pause, although we passed several drug store looking buildings that I almost knew kept cream. Right on we swept, swam the Jordan, like a F(n-d could never have done, and paused not until we drew up before the pearly gates. I had to argue mightily with, old Peter to get him to let me in. He scratched his head like Profes.sor Greene, but he was not by any manner of means as hard to persuade. Hence at the last he told me to walk in and make myself at home. The very first thing I saw was a large card of pasteboard, jiastcd near the entrance, and on it were the grades for those inmates of heaven who hailed from S. U. F. S. I was surprised to find such things as grades in heaven, but it did make me feel more at home. Erin Atkin.son was the first prep, pupil I met. She expressed great surjirise at meet- ing me and when she had sufficiently recovered from the shock, which the meeting gave her, she asked me how much I made in History Exams. I dodged the question and walked on. TTie next ones I saw were Jones, Samford, Perdue and Brown playing tennis Sam- ford was telling them more about the game than could be found in three rule books. Perdue was explaining, in his interesting way, how his Buddie Will played teimis. I thought how little heaven had changed Perdue! Leaving this noisy quartet T came squarely upon Carl Reeder and Olin Donovan arguing about .in . lgelna problem. Olin was right, of course, as he always was, is, and will be. Continuing my wanderings I heard a song float oul from ;i ne.irby corner. The words were Dorris. Dorris, O how I love you. The singer proved to be Kline Bentley. On a tree I saw a large iilacard announcing that the First National Bank of Greens- boro had recently failed, owing to the fact ll.al li.it Br.idley Ii.hI ilrawn onl bis . :!.,-,i). By this time T had be ' onie very thirsty, so T scnighl a nearby fountain; but on coming ' lose to it I saw the word Private written boldly across it. T .iskcd someone standing ne.ar if I could not get a drink, but he told me that fomitain was the exclusive (iroperty of Woolsey Sturdivant, a boy from S. V. F. S. John Pippen just then came hurrying along and invited me to get an ice cream cone with him. We passed near the pearlv gates and heard somebody arguing nuinfully with old Peter that the hinges m the gates needed oiling. The stout young spokesman was noiu ' other tli.in ille Stuart. AVhile Pippen and 1 were getting our cream, a big m.in c.ime in the store ,iiul asked for ten jiounds of Brown Mule tobacco. A second glance w.is not needed to convince me that this was Howel B ntlcy. Two girls next attracted my attention as they came down the street, talking and chewing gum at an amazing rate of speed. One asked the other: 67 Who came to see you Sunday night? O, about fifteen or twenty college boys. These girls looked ' ery much like Alice Seed and Elizabeth Christenberry. Attracted by a noise at the rear of the store I pro- ceeded to investigate and found Walter Williamson at his old business of laying it off to little Willie about leaving water in the wash pan. Of course Willie was denying the allegation and defying the alligator. Jessie Pugb just then passed the sho]i Imsily read- ing something which I quickly recognize l as his weekly letter. Buck Turnijiseed was not far behind him limping along as if be had just come froni a Ijasket ball game witli Selma. Going on up the street, I met Charlie Horn and we talked long of our days at tlie Prep, when he was such a ladies num. While we talked, a noise from a close by pasture made me think that a goat was in serious trouble. I was disgusted upon going out there that it was only George Ledyard. At the corner of this pasture I noticed a large sign which said, PROP. CLARENCE WII-BURN, FANCY CONFECTIONARY. I knew he did not make any profit for he would eat more than be sold. Stevenson came along- shivering with cold and said tlie water at the gym. was too cold for anything, 1 went with him around to his stopping place and found his old time room-mate, English, studying geometry for dear life. The co-ed, in other words, J. K. Thomas, was in the room ex- plaining to them the graft in a county fair gambling machine. Suddenly a shadow fell across the room, an up-stairs room, by the way, and on look- ing out we saw George Harris passing by. He had boldly stepped over the city gates when Peter looked up his record and denied him entrance. Burton and Smithy Rothen- burg passed along and were holding a stiff discussion about ' possum hunting. John Rush, 1 learned, was chief jockey for one of the leading stables in town. Some one told me that Barton Harris had never gotten over the gym. work that he did at the Prep., and was seling peanuts on the golden streets for a livelihood. I did not see him, but I saw his ad. — a large one— in a paper gotten out by our worthy editor of the Fitting School Journal, WiDard Bonner. By this time I was getting hungry and started out to hunt a restaurant. Lounging in front of an eating shop I found Daughtry. I invited him to come on and dine with me and was not surprised to see that he still ate oat-meal with a fork and stirred his coffee with a knife. From Daughtry I learned that his cousin, C. W. Daughtry, was helping Will Horn run a protracted meeting in the First Methodist Church of the place. I also learned that Chester Agricola — by interpretation. Farmer, had drawn the plans for this church. As I was going up tlie street after leaving the restaurant I met Lelia Otts, who asked me to come around to her house that night to a party she was giving in honor of the inmates of heaven who were from Greensboro. Just then I saw John Crews coming down the .street in bis road-cart drawn by his noble white horse. Archie Otts was in the cart with him and I imagined that they were out for a day ' s bird shooting. I soon came upon John Golightly intent upon drawing a cartoon, with Williams as a model, to go in Bon- ner ' s paper. When I came to the pul)lic square I saw a crowd of children watcliing Joe Kendricks turn handsprings and cart wheels for them. He was too absorbed in his work to so much as look up when I sjioke. Turner, DeGraft ' enried and Clanton were the only Fitting School students I bad not seen and while a horrible fear was lieginning to grip my imagination in regard to their whereabouts a terrible noise lu-oke in upon me. At first I thought that an earthquake had come, but I woke to find it was only Van ringing the first liell. I hurriedly arose intending to devour the remaining contents of my box from home, but great was my anger to find that while I had slept some enemy had invaded my sacred sanctorium and filled himself up with my box in toto. 68 A FRAGMENTARY DIARY Ihj u Filliiiii ti ' liu jl Man. Sc ' iil. !Uli. Ari-i r(l hvrr last night Mt (i:l.j. Like tlic looks ol ' evt-rytliing so far. Sept. loth. Days pass mighty shi«. Didn ' t sleej) uukIi last night for fear some fel- lows would come in to see (?) me. Sept. 1 1th. .Inst liTiislu-d liolling uji my door for fear of nightly visitors. I am home- sick. Sept. 14th. Too husy to keep up my diary regularly. Fresh rat got paddled at the gym. yesterday. Meekness is the best ])olicy for the rat. Sept. 20th. Howel and Kline Bcntley chew some Brown Mule in tlieir room and are denied town privileges. Oct. 1st. Jessie Pngh in bed today for not hearing from his girl in two weeks. Oct. 4-th. 1 get a box from home and make some of the boys and myself sick on its contents. Oct. 8th. Mrs. Fuller comes to take Mrs. Phillips ' place as Matron, as Mr. Phillips has been appointed to a circuit. Oct. 10th. Mr. Culpe])])er, traveling evangelist, is holding a series of meetings in town. Good preacher. Oct. 24tli. Kat Bradley makes his (irst speech in Literary Society and gains tre- mendous (I ) applause. Oct. 26th. Urown, Jones, Donovan and 1 make some candy in a water boiler and give the professors some to gain their good will. Oct. 31st. Buck Turni])seed given elaborate initiation into Sidney Lanier Literary Society. Nov. 1st. Thanksgiving in sight. Hojie to go home at that time. Nov. 28th. Thanksgiving passed and all is v — exce])t Samford, who stayed out, too late and was afflicted with an oaken ruler when he came in. Nov. 30th. No news whatever. Wish it was Xnias. Dec. 5th. Buena Shuptrine gets his collar bone broken in a game of football. Dec. 7th. Willie Stuart and Professor W ' ilburn go out among the ladies. Three cheers lor Willie! Dec. 8th. Christmas in sight. Good ! Jan. (ith, ' 1.5. Had a good time Xmas, but am now more honu ' siik th.in ever. Jan. KItli. Thomas ,iiul I ' ' armer show signs of recovering from lieing initiated into S. L. L. S. Jan. Ilth. F nglish, Stevenson and Perdue nu)rtally ill with boniesickness. Jan. 30th. F ' irst term over; secoiul term begins. Feb. 4th. Some furniture arrangi ' rs |iay the Bciilley boys a call ,ind .arrange their room for them. Feb. lull. .Saint ' .ilintini ' ' s ilay. .Several of us get renu ' inbrances. Feb. 2llth. .Spring is opening up. Feb. 22. Washington ' s liirtlulay. .Mighty glad he was born. 69 Xn CQ niori tti I d Av V CAREY GOLSON. 1892—1914. Mulberry, Alabama. In hallowed remeiiibraiice of Carey Golson, a member of last year ' s student body. As a son, obedient and loving; as a student, faithful and ear nest; as a friend, warm-hearted and true. 70 SONNET oil Soiitlirni tlenr, when golden autumn ' s nigli. And we once more our faces towards thee turn. How soon forgotten is vacation ' s sky, As quicUencd lo i ' s witliin our I ' .nsnms burn! All. that is joy supreme, old friends to greet And iu thy halls, beneath thy watchful care, Renew that goodly comradeship so sweet That hinils lliy sons together everywhere! Though sunuiier days with pleasures and delight. And friends, and those e ' en dearer than they are Have filled our hearts with warm affection quite. Yet, as the radiance of the shining morning star, More bright than that of others seems to fall. Thus, love for thee, S. U., surpasses all. 71 AROUND THE COLLEGE 72 COEDS 73 lUmm CHIiBOTfllY BUEUH qiHOUN Juiih ivmiii lOMm W5H 74 CO-ED BASKET BALL TEAM Elizabeth Rush Maud Garhett MaiKif er Captain Forwards Maud Garrett, Elizabeth Rush, Madge Winn. Center Edna Williams. Guards. Beulah Calhoun, Rosalind Rush. Sub. Erin Atkinson. RECORD. Co-eds, 12; Greensboro, 6. Co-eds, .SO; Moiindville, 3. Co-eds, 3; Woiniin ' s College, 31. (Other giimes pending.) 75 f ulia jMaub ®eto IN LOVING MEMORY . 7G AUNT CLARISSY Till ' Hit liuMii-d clii-i ' ilHlly on lln- lir.iiil; si ' iiiliiif; ' I ' niili ils ;;rMlcriil w i ' iiilli li lciii|icr (lu- crisi) CDiiliu-ss of till ' Oi ' luher iiif;lil. Ililnir il, in :i low, comroi-tMl)!! ' cli.iir ;iri old negro woiiiMM Silt Modcliiif; ' . As slic siit llicrc in liir d.irk c ' dico dress ;md her spolless white iiproii willi iiri- iJiiivy i;r.iy h.iir liarely shuuiii;;- tnini iiiuler Ihc id;;(s iit Ihr ijolii wliicli she wore idioul lier lie.id, slie was ,i l |iieMl pielure .it llie old Soidlieni darkc ' y. A lii;ld step ill llie hallw.iy .iroiisi ' d her Iroiii her dr Miiis, Slie liirned tnuaid Ijie locir as il sleiuler f;irl of seeiiiiiigly idioiil eifihleeii enlered. Oh, M.iiiiiiiy, she hiiisl forlli, Are yoM slill iiwid-cey It w.is so liite. I was iifr.iid you ' d j;el tired of wiiitiiijr for rie. But everytliiiijj was so wonderfid. I just eoiihln ' t leave il iiiiiuite eiirlicr. l.ors lioiicy (loan ycr l iiow yo ole .Maiiiiiiy iiiii never pwinc ter iK ' d ' til she know her chile ' s safe at home? Naw sir. I done promise de yomi}; ' uiissiis ter tiike eare o ' her hahy girl, an ' long iis dis here ole nigger lives she ' s gwine kee|i her weird. Come here iin ' let yo ' Mammy see how |Mirty yer looks. Do.iii I wish yer iiiii eoidd ii lived ter see yer now. Puts me in min ' o ' liow she use ' ter kiok when she wuz ii gal ;iii use ' ter go ter de ])iirties wid de young niiirster. No wonder the old negro admired Edith iis she stood there in the liright firelight. The gay Hallowe ' en costume which she wore Wiis unusually liecoming to her slender girlish figure. Her face, around which fell her soft golden hair, was still flushed from the ex- citement of the evening ' s plea.sure. Her full red lips and lovely lilue eyes seemed to com- plete ttie picture of girlish beauty. Her expression softened a.s the old darkey spoke. Yes, she must have been beautiful. When I was just a little child she used to tell me of the times before the war broke out, of all the pretty dresses and beautiful jewels she had when a girl. I ' ve often imagined I could see the stately old home with its wide jiorches and big columns. Wasn ' t it grand to live like that. Mammy? Yer ' s right, it wuz chile, an ' if dem po ' white folks funi de North hadn ' t er come down here an ' burnt up everything, it would er been jest that way now an ' Miss Sue and Marse John ud be livin ' terday. Never is I ter fergit how bra e ;in ' sweet yo ' ma wuz. Marse John he wuz gone ter de war an youz jes a little baby. Please tell me all about it. Mammy, said Edith e;igerly. I Ciin remember how- mother used to always stop when she got to that part. Ain ' I done never tol ' yer ' bout dat? Well, if I ain ' t, it ' s too late ternight, t ' l ' wiin ter bed an ' res ' dem purty eyes o ' yourn. It doesn ' t make any difference how late it is. Mammy, I ciin rest tomorrow, iiiid I do so want to hear it. So saying Edith .seated herself comfortably on the rug in front of the fire with her hciid in the old darkey ' s lap ready to hear the story. Wal it wuz dis way, began .Vunt Claris.sy thoughtfully. Fo de war Mars Jiimes, yo ' gran ' pa, had done set me free an ' give me nice li ' l Ciiljin wid ' bout fifteen acres o ' Ian ' all mv own. But I bed done waited on yo ' ma all her life an I jes kc]) ' stayin ' wid lier, speshully after de war begun an ' Mars John had ter leave. De Yankees had been doin ' lots o ' dehilment in his part oli de country. One d.iy Miss Sue come runnin ' down ter my house wid yon in her iirins. Her face wuz white as dat wall an ' she wuz .so skeered she couldn ' t speak. I jes bed to look out oli my do ' ter see, kose diir wuz de big house des buriiiu ' u)). . n ' not only dat, but de liiirns uz on fire too an ' dcy bed done stole iill JI;irs John ' s horses. Dey neber bothered my li ' l ciibin tho ' , so Missus she siiy you ' n she ' d jes stay wid me ' til Mars John come home. Edith sat motionless listening eagerly to every word of the story. Her eyes would fill with teiirs as Aunt Clariss told how lu ' r father came home from the war wornout and discouraged by the long years of warfiiro to find his home burned and his plantation de- vastated. His liroiid acres were of little use to him now for his stock Wiis gone and his negroes freed. .Accustomed to a life of ciise and luxury, for iis the old negro exiiressed it dey was ' risticrats, little was he prejiared lo meet the battles of the life thtit lay be- fore him. But, Miimray, I thought wc Ciimc Ikmc to Uncle Dick ' s as soon iis the wiir was over, interrupted Edith. 77 So yer did, continued Aunt Clarissy, impatiently, liut dey had ter get money funi somewliere fust ter come on. Dat wuz when yo ' ma tliought ' bout de jew ' lry. The jewelry? queried Edith, in surprise. Lor chile, ain ' you neber heard ' bout dat? All dat wuz lef alter de war wuz dem rings an ' bracelets an earrings an ' things dat de young missus bed give me ter keep. I kep em buried under ma front steps all durin ' de war so de Yankees couldn ' t get ' em. De missus loved ' em, too, kase dey uz all she had lef fum de ole times. But she wuz jes ' as brave an ' she say dey can pawn ' em fer enough ter get ter yer Uncle Dick ' s. Dis ole nigger sho did hate ter see ' em go, fr de young missus use ter look so purty wid ' em on. But Miss Sue she say it hed ter be done. The old negro ' s voice almost broke as she told bow they left the old home place, and how she had wanted to go with them to take care of Miss Sue an de baby. She couldn ' t bear to think that her young missus should ever have to do anything for herself. In vain did they try to persuade her that it was better for her to stay on her little farm. She only consented to stay on condition that she should be sent for if they ever needed her. The rest of the story Edith knew already too well. Though she had been quite small she remembered how her mother had faded like a fragile flower. During her last illness she had sent for her faithful old nurse and had said something to her which Edith had not understood at the time. She remembered too how her father, suffering from the effects of a deadly disease contracted during his life in the army, and crushed l)y his great be- reavement and misfortune, had soon followed his fair young wife. When Aunt Clarissy finished her story, Edith remained silent as she thought of how faithfully the old darkey had kept her promise to her mistress, how devotedly she had cared for her baby chile. As she sat thus in quiet meditation, the old negro arose without a word and started out of the door. Good-night, Mammy, Edith called after ber, thinking she had gone for the night. And thank you for telling me the story. I ain ' t gone yit, I ' ll be back in er minute, was the reply as Aunt Clarissy continued on her way to her little room in the back yard, leaving Edith to wonder why she had left in this manner. In a short time, she came back bringing with her a small rosewood box, which she handed to Edith as she entered. Here, chile, here ' s sump ' n yo ' ole Mammy ' s been er kcepin ' for yer all dese years. I reckin youse growed up ernough ter have ' em now. With trembling fingers, Edith opened the box. Her face was a mixture of astonish- ment and delight as she looked up helplessly into the face of her old nurse. Mammy, she gasped, finally, Surely these aren ' t mine! Where — where did you get them? Well, I reckin deyse mo ' yose dan anybody ' s else, kase deyse de jew ' ls what use ter b ' long ter you sweet purty ma fo de war, answered Aunt Clarissy with a grin of satis- faction at Edith ' s surprise. Yas, sir, de young missus use ter sho look purty wid ' em on. My mother ' s? asked Edith bewildered, But, Mammy, you told me they pawned all her jewelry to get money to come to Uncle Dick ' s ! An ' I done tole yer de truf too, chile. Yer see it wuz dis way. I hed a lil ' l money wlnit I had done saved up fum my little farm what Marse James gin me. Yo pa an ' ma dey ' se dat ])roud, dey wouldn ' take it lak I ax um ter stidd o ' pawnin ' all her jew ' lry. So after de} ' lef ma house I got ter see de young missus ' things go inter strange hous. So I says ter myse ' f, ' I ' ll jes buy it back wid de money I got, ' an ' I did. But, Mammy, interrupted Edith, Why Jes wait now honey, ' till I gits thru ' . I started ter bring hit ter Miss Sue, but I ' se scared if she ' d take it, she mought hatter sell hit ergin. So I says ter myself, I ' ll jes keep hit ' till de baby chile gits growed up. Doan yo cry now an ' make yer purty eyes all red lak dat. G ' wan ter bed now an ' res ' yesself. I knowed it uz too late fer yer ter be a settin ' up. It was in the wee small hours of the morning, when Aunt Clariss, after a last glance about the room to see that everything was alright, closed the door noiselessly behind her and went quietly out to her little cabin. Lorzee, she muttered to herself, Ef dat chile ain ' gettin ' mo lak de young missus ev ' ry day she lives, den dey ' se sump ' n moughty wrong wid dis ole nigger ' s eyes. A CO-ED. 78 79 Members of Clariosophic Literary Society C. E. AviNGER E. H. McGehee M. M. Mathews TUPPER LiGHTFOOT V. A. Calhoun W. H. Robertson W. L. Perry Dayton Robinson M ' alter Bass Webb Jordan AVarren Bonner Floyd Day Aldrich Crowe Milton Dannellt GteORGE GE-ANT J. Frank Livingston J. Broughton Nelson W. V. Pierce G. C. Wallace J. H. Gayle Rudolph Tuhnipseed M. H. Matthews C. W. Daughtry 80 1—4 CJ O en H 05 : « H I— 33 0 O en O K i-l U 81 CLARIOSOPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY At the beginniiifi;- of last September, when the boys begiui to turn their faces once more towards S. U., the CUirios discovered that many of their old men, because of graduation or some other reason would not return. But, oil arriving at the little city of Greensboro, we found a goodly bunch of rats waiting to be worked on and we straightway began to pledge them. We rounded up quite a number of frisky Freshmen, and already some of them display ability that may even surpass that of the great Demosthenes. I ast year, our representatives, J. H. Baxley and M; M. Matthews, achieved a great victory by winning Challenge Debate, even though the valiant Haskew and the eloquent Allen strove mightily for the Belles Lettres. But we did not even stop there. We car- ried away the Commencement Honors by a large majority and captured all but two of the medals. It was certainly a complete triumph for ' the old society, and it speaks well for the excellence of herorators. The successful competitors were: H. A. Newsom: Sophomore-Freshman DecUunation. E. B. Joyner: Junior Medal. J. H. Baxley: The Societies Medal and also the U. D. C. iledal. For this year (191+-15), our first term Ladies ' Debaters were: W. W. Jordan, ' . A. Bonner, W. V. Pierce, J. M. Dannelly and W. I,. Perry as Orator. The second term Ladies ' Debaters are: Eldrich Crowe, G. C. Wallace, J. B. Nelson, J. R. Turnipseed, ¥. E. Day, C. W. Daughtry and Tapper Lightfoot as Orator. Anniversarj ' Debaters: V. A. Calhoun. W. W. Jordan, Tupper Lightfoot and J. M. Dannelly. Prof. J. H Baxley will deliver the address Challenge Debaters: W. H. Robertson and D. Robinson. COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS. Sophomore-Freshman Declamation: G. C. Wallace, W. W. Jordan, W. A. Bonner, J. B. Nelson, W. V. Pierce and C. W. Daughtry. Junior Orators: E. H. McGehee, W. L. Perry and D. Robinson. . Society Orators: E. H. McGehee and Tuiijicr Lightfoot. U. D. C. Orator: M. M. Matthews. With such men as these to represent the society, we cannot fail, and the good work of the Clariosophic will go on with increasing success. 82 C. A. HASKEW Intercollegiate Oratorical Association Since its fninulalidn, Si iitlu ' ni l. ' nivcr ity lias lieeii t ' Miiinns for tlu- traiiiini;- slic artui-cis ill tlie art of jiiililic s])eaking. Xo one lollegc course is more stressed than tliis depart- ment of student activity. For the jnirpose of cultivating this art, there are two literary societies run entirely l)y the students. The young man, as))iring to attain sliill as an orator, first takes ))art in the contests within the societies, then Ijefore the public, and then lii-twccii [he two rival iirg.inizations. To furnish a broader and more inviting field to those interested in such activities. S. U., some year.s ago, formed with Howard College and Auburn an organization known as The Intercollegiate Oratorical Association of Alabama. Birmingham College entered as the fourth member in 1!)1, ' 3. It is indeed gratifying to oliserve the interest and enthusiasm that is taken in tlu ' work of the Association. There are few graduates of this institution, since the league was formed, who have not aspired to represent their Alm.i M.itcr in the State contest. This is considered the very higliest of college honors. Our npri-scnt.itivc List ye.ir was C. . . Haskcw. TluMigli not tin- wimu ' r of the medal, he made one of tin ' nol)lcst efforts in the history of the .Xssociation. He took second |irize, the representative of Hirminghaui College wimiing first. As our representative to the Oratorical .Meet which will he held Iti Uirmingh.am in . pril of this year, we have -Mr. W. W. IMppen of Eutaw. Ala. He is .1 forceful and con- vincing orator and we feel confident of his success. 83 Members of Belles Lettres Literary Society C. W. Segrest H. L. Keesh W. T. Deal Joe Sledge W. E. Little J. L. Bates H. I. Savage Malcolm Johnson Goldman Palmer H. T. Morgan H. G. Douglass W. S. GuicE W. M. HiNTON E. D. Thorpe H. Crawford W. T. Alison Will Terry W. W. PiPPEN PI. C. Porter Wayne Gilder T. J. Anderson J. B. Benson F. B. Joy-ner A. E. Bahnett, Jr. A. L. Atkinson AV. E. Calhoun J. H. Couillette Lamar Kelly R. H. Allgood D. W. Godfrey AV. S. Chapman K. B. Edwards H. L. Tate E. T. Calhoun J. E. McCuRDY Emmett Sharpe t 84 H a G o IS H pa 85 Belles Lettres Literary Society The year 1914-15 (iji-ntd with bright prospects for Belles Lettres. After we had shaken hands with all the old men, and had carefully inspected the rats, we liegan to figger annnid to see liow things stood. Imagine our joy and surprise on finding, that in spite of the war and lioll wi-evil, nearly all of tlie oUl uionilu ' rs had returned to tlie fold. And did we do any rushing? . sk tlie Clarios aliout lliat. A ' hen initiation niglil. with its secrets and mystery, came round, vvc had pledged a large number of ])roniising Fresh- men who were eager to follow old Alpha Ka|)])a Phi through thick and thin. Indeed our novices seemed to lie the pick of the liunch and at the very first meeting acquired the Belles Lettres spirit. Thus the year began, with enthusiasm and earnestness, and the interest has never flagged. Rainy nights and darkness have not prevented the attendance of the loyal members, and the society work has been most efficient. .And right here we cannot refrain from mentioning the great basket ball victory that we won from the rivals, Ihe Clarios, at the beginning of the season. Belles Lettres was truly alive that night. We were unfortunate, last year, in losing the Challenge Debate, although our rep- resentatives made a gallant defense. This year we have to represent us Katty Hinton and A. E. Barnett. Both men have shown their abilities on several public occasions, and we feel sure that they will be the champions when the contest comes off in . pril. At the last Commencement, Belles Lettres received two of the medals presented. Y. O. Phillips was the successful winner of these honor,s, capturing both the ready-writers ' and ready-debaters ' trophies. The first term Ladies ' Debate was a most enjoyable occasion. The new men -who spoke were as follows: W. W. Pippen, Lamar Kelly, H. T. Morgan, W. S. Chapman, K. B. Edwards and E. C. Sharpe. H. I. Savage was the orator. After the Christmas Holidays, the following men were elected to represent the society in the various second term contests: Ladies ' Debater-s, second term: H. Crawford, J. L. Bates, H. C. Porter, W. Terry, J. H. Coulliette and A. L. Atkinson. H. G. Douglas was elected orator. Anniversary Debate : J. B. Benson, W. E. Calhoun, H. L. Kersh and H. G. Dong- las. Rev. C. C. Daniel of Wetumpka, will deliver the oration. COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS. Freshman-Sophomore Declamation: W. B. Pippin, W. S. Chapman, W. E. Calhoun, J. L. Kelly, K. B. Edwards and D. W. Godfrey. Junior Orators: A. E. Barnett, F. B. Joyner and H. G. Douglas. Society Orators: W. M. Hinton and H. I. Savage. U. D. C. Orator: A. E. Barnett. We are expecting to capture more than our share of these honors, and the future of our dear old society promises to be very successful, even more so than her glorious past. 86 Y. M. C. A. CABINET Young Men ' s Christian Association The Officers for the year lUli were: W. M. HiNTON President M. M. Mathews Vice-President C. E. AviNOKK Secretary C. AV. Seghkst Treiixiirer For the year 1915, the foUowiuf; Officers were elected: H. G. DouGUvs President W. M. HiNTON Vice-President J. B. Benson Secretary F. B. JoYXKii Treasurer MEMBERSHIP. Walter Bass C A. Rush H. T. Morgan- H. Crawford E. D. Thorfe Wayne Gii.der F. B. JOVNER W. A. BONXEB T. ,1. AXDERSON R. TunXlPSEED W. M. IIixTON H. C. Pouter II. W. W ' li.r lAMSON - I- M. -Mathews BiEXA SiiHri ' TRiNE A. I.. Atkinsox TriTEH I.iGiiTF(Kn ' S. C. Steixdkexner II. G. DofGLAs ■!• B. Bexsox Daytox Rohixsox R. W. Gueexe C. E. AVISGER F- TlRXIl ' SEEl) MiiTox Daxxei.ly a. Boxxeu W. II. RoBERTsox J. L.- Bates I.. II. MeC.EiiEE C. p. Atkixsox W. W. ,I()iii)AS -I. C. GomiEY I). M. Key H. I,. Tate F. E. Chap.vax K. B. EnwAiins J. B. NeIJON n. W. GOOEIIEY Willie Stuart I-. jiab Kelly W. W. Pippin W. T. Deal W. S. Chapman H. T. Savage R. II. ALixioon ' - II. BoxxER • Geo. Gr. nt A. E. B.vhxeit. Jr. ' C. W. Seohest 87 ■-v- - ' .I vV CQ K - - ■ ' ' ' ' - ■ ?; , i- ■ ■ .- ■. .  u ■ ' ■ ■■ -. v- ' § . ,: ' ; . . fcV i % % ' - -V .-:■ V, i; : i ' ' ;- ' . ■ K ' CJ • ' -: - -- -. .. ■ ' S ...vv . . H 88 THE BLUE RIDGE CONFERENCE The Soutlici-n Student Y. M. C. A. Conference opened its session June 10, 19M-, with iiljout three hundred delegates enrolled, lejiresenting all of the Southern States and prac- tically all of the leading institutions of learning. Four of Alaiiaina ' s colleges were rep- resented, Aulnirn, U. of A., Howard and Soutliern University. Dayton Robinson and C. E. i vinger were the delegates from S. U. Dr. V. D. Weatherford, whose consunniiate ability of leadershi]) and nuisterful grasp of details, arising from a wealth of past experience, made him peculiarly lit to direct the progress of the conference. Dr. Weatherford ' s corps of helpers is a select body of Y. M. C. A. workers and religious leaders from different parts of the South. Among the most ins])iring and notalile of those were Drs. Poteat, Cook, Horn and others. The conference was indeed fortunate in securing for a few days the services of Dr. .Tohn R. Mott and Bishop W. R. Lanibnth. The latter came direct to us from his tri]) to Africa. His recital of the noble loyalty to Christ of the little band of Missionaries in the Dark Continent, and of their heroic sacrifice was an rnspiration to Southern boys to form a loftier conception of their duty to the kinsmen of the same race in their midst. Dr. iMott, in his masterful way, presented the world-wide vision of Christian opportunity and responsibility in the various .Mission fields. The spirit of the entire conference was one of the most pleasant Christian fellowship and co-operation, in .searching after new light on intricate problems of Y. M. C. .V. work, mainly social .service. There prevailed throughout an undiminished interest and enthu- siasm, born of a zeal for the spiritual uplift of not only the South, but of the whole world. Of the three hundred boys in attendance only one left before the end of the tin ila s, and the remarkable record of the .Mission and Bible Study groups was the absence from classes for the whole time of only three men. Dr. Weatherford jironounced it one of the most successful confereru ' cs of wliiih he liad any knowledge. — Ihi It lifprcff ' sfa irf frntt) S, U. Members of the Y. M. C. A. Bible Study Group PROF. F. E. CHAPMAN, Leader. M ' . V. Pierce W. W. Pippin G. P. Ledyard C. E. AVINGEER W. E. Calhoun H. T. Morgan H. Crawford Milton Dannellv J. B. Benson Prof. Key J. I,. Bates W. H. Robertson H. G. Doroijis F. B. Joyner H. C. Porter A. E. Barnett, Jr. C. W. Segrest J. B. Nelson Walter Bass K. B. Edwards F. E. Day W. S. Chapman H. L. Tate J. I,. Kelijey J. E. MicCordy J. W. Horn J. E. Pdgh 90 Ministerial Conferene Motto: It is enough for the servant that he lie as his l,oi-il. OFFICERS. C. A. CoRXEi.i President Dr. C. p. .Vtkixsox Viie-Presklent W. T. De. l Secretary pu()(;ua: i committee. S. C. Steixbrexxkr C. . . Corxeu, R. W. Greexe .MK.MBERS. ,1. C. Jajies 1 1- C. Porter C. P. . tkixsox I- V. Horne W. T. Hi: M • • Wii.i.i. MSo.s- 1 ' ,. M. TlUNKU (■■ P. I EnVARD .S. C. .Stkinmrexser W. .S. CriCE P. W. C.reeni: IX ' S . nvt ' ciiTRV V. V. PilMM N. .111. II. I-. T.XTi: W. . Pierce W. M. IIissox E. E. CowAX C. . . Rush C. K. AVIXOER A. BOXXER C. A. CoHXEi.i. C. W. Daiciitry O. .S. Perrv 92 Z Wft::t . ON the: , FOUUO NINC- 93 Southern University Glee Club OFFICERS. Wayne Gilder Preskhiit unci Muncujer. W. M. HiNTON Vice-President E. D. Thorpe Treasurer W. E I iTTLE Librarian Prof. J. C. Godbey Director MEMBERS. rirsl T ' -nnr R. H. l,I.GOOD W. S. Chapman G. 1 ' . I.EDYARD A. E. Barnetp --. W. T. Deal D. W. Ctodfrev Firat Ba s K. B. Edwards .1. I ' ' . Livingston ,1. B. Nelson J. E. McCuRDY T. LiGII ' lTOOT Sccdiiil Tcniir W. M. HiNTON W. E. Little W. H. Bonner II. G. Douglas D. RoilINSON Second Bastt M ' ayne Giij)ER E. D. Thorpe GoLDJiAN Palmer J. M. Dannei-ly, J. B. Benson .Ik. Accoiiipanist: Malciiln Johnson. The tliiitl year of the Glee Club ' s existence has been most successful. .Vlthmifih only five old men of last year ' s organization returned, yet Prof. Godbey succeeded in develojiing the best club in the history of the Uifiversity. Concerts have been given in various sections C f Alabama, and everywhere the singers were accorded a most enthusiastic welcome. A minstrel is to be given in the early spring, and the club will nun-c than likely furnish the Couunencement umsic. Great credit is due to Prof. Ciodbey for liis untiring efforts in train- ing the club to such a high degree of excellence, and as a director, lie has no suiieri(n ' in the State. The Glee Clul) has become an organization, of which the college is justly proud, and is one of the most thriving and popular student activities at S ' . V. ANNUAL TOUR. Jackson Mobile Brewton Montgomery Wetumpka Montevallo February 1 February 2 February 3 February 4 February 5 February (i (Other dates are pending.) 94 95 DRAMATIC CLUB F. B. C. W. Segrest JOYNER N. M. Lewis C. W. Seguest W. M. HiNTON F. B. JOYNER H. G. Douglas E. D. Thorpe OFFICERS. President and Manager Secretary and Treasurer . . Director MEMBERS. Geo. Wallace Miss Mary Barnett Miss Elizabeth Rush Miss Rosalind Rush C ije Golond ' si jjlaib CHARACTERS. Mortally M. Fatte de Ilinton. Sir By Geo. Wallace. Col. Robt. Riidtl, a widower of N. C. Col. Richard Byrd, a widower of N. C... Aiitaf;oiiistic. Majorie Byrd ) Not .so antagonistic ( Franlein Elisabet Rush. Bob Rudd as their fathers. Herr Nikalaus von Segrest. Mrs. Jno. Carrol, a widow, and Col. Rudd ' s sister-in-law Mademoiselle Marie Barnett ulia Carrol, her daughter Fraulein Rosalind Rush Ned Graydon, a young gentleman with faulty memory I,ord Bunion .loyner Mr. Jas. Basliom, Col. Rudd ' s Lawyer Earle Eugene Thorpe Ching-ah-ling, the Chinese Cook Chief Baldie Douglas Time — Present. SYNOPSIS. Act 1. Early morning in kitclien of Rudd bachelor establishment. Act. 2. The Rudd Library five days later. Act 3. The same eyening of the same day. 96 W f. : [• .r-- ■ .■■■ -; ' ' J K - B HH w M J m i i M « ' t K. A. Club Kappa Alphas at Southern University W. T. AiisON. Jr. T. J. AXDEKSON W. M. HiNTON W. AV. HtxT, Jr. H. I. Savage E. D. Thorpe R. D. H. Club Founded at S(uitlu-ru University, Jan. 15, 191o, at 12:00 P. M. Vlotoer: Any old weed. Habits: Chewing old rags. Color: Goatish brown. Emblem: Button. Aim: To tlmb. Motto: But ' till you ' re bald-headed. Honorary Member: Dr. C. P. Atkinson. CHARTER MEMBERS. Old Gent Little Tongue Calhoun Coz. Geo. ' Wallace Tripe Kelley Jonathan Joudan Shorty Godfrey- Pinkey Chapman Fletch Bass Fhog-ey ' e Robertson ' ' Sport Livingston Doc. PiPPEN Rube Dannelly Cricket Barnett INITIATES. ' Fish Grant Goijjsmith Palmer Ich bin Kersh 98 N. O. G. D. (VERY SECKET) Color: Yellow. Drink-. Swcfl Mil Chief Biiby C. S. of . O. G. n. Chief ( ' ■ii.ii-diMn Head Nurse ?Iollo: Safety First. Flowrr: ( ' (iliiip. Siicred Kmblctn: Safety IMii. Ol ' l ' ICIATOKS. Tui ' l ' ER I-IGHTFOOT H. I. Sav.vge C. W. SEGUtTST W. T. Alison Mascot: .1. C. (loDiiKV. ,Iii. . I1 ' ;.MBI- ' ,KS. Habv Tom AxnKiisox Babv Bai.i.y Doi-«i.as Baby Wii i. Aiisov liuiv Ti rr ' i;ii I ic, mti ' Oot Babv Mac McCIeiike Baby Red McCrnDV Baby Maude Ai.loood Baiiv liiBY .Savage KxTiiA Big Baby I ' ' attv Hixtox Baby Ooi-bie W. IIi ' nt IVvii Nick .Skghest Baby Wayne Giijjeu Baby Evgexics Thorpe 99 Society of the Much Abused or The Independent Order of Preacher ' s Sons and Daughters OFFICERS. ExaltediiJiliol) Cussreceiver Doughboy Doorwatcher Grubvustler Dr. C. a. Rush H. L. Kersh E. H. MeGehee L. Bates Miss Elizabeth Rush Motto: Pay the Preacher.s More. Society Floicer: The Gold Dollar. ACTIVE MEMBERS. H. L. Kersh H. COUII.I.ETTE T. Atkinson Prof. Steinbrenner E. H. MeGehee L. Bates J. M. Dannelly lyAMAR Perry Prof. J. C. Godbey C. W. Segrest . A. Calhoun H. I,. Tate W. A. Bonner Du. C. A. Rush W. E. Calhoun E. T. Calhoun J. B. Nelson John Rush Miss Elizabeth Rush Miss Erin Atkinson Miss Beui.ah Calhoun Miss Lela May Tate Jack 100 R. A. R. Club Colors: Black jukI White. Flower: Rabbit Tobacco. Time of Meeting: Rounder ' s Hour.s. Honored Emblem: Hook and Eye. Motto: Keep your eyes open, and hook all you can. H. Bentley J. BitowN W. BnxxEU B. Harris M. .loiTNSON I ' . TlKNII ' SEKD .1. RlSII W. Terrv Bhadlky MEMBERS. J. PiPPEK W. Sam FORD B. Shuptrine W. Sti ' rdivant W. Stuart K. JOXES 1{. TrHNii ' SKi:n I ' I.i;i)(;ki) .mi:, ibI ' ' ,1{s. DeUraifkxkliu Kexdricks 101 Spruell CLASS BASKET BALL TEAMS 102 tH LE T cs io:i ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OFFICERS. E. D. Thorpe ....... . . President E. T. CALHOtrN ....... . Vice-President H. G. DouGijvs .......... Secretary BOARD OF CONTHOI.. PiioF. F. E. Chanjian ........ Chairman Prof. J. C. Godbey ......... Treasurer H. G. Douglas . . . . . . . . . . Sevretari ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. Prof. D. ,M. Key T. J. Anderson E. D. Thoiu ' e Wayne (hi.i)ER W. .M. lllNTON E. T. r ' Ai.lIOUN MANAGERS OF TEAMS. E. D. Thorpe Base Ball. W. M. HiNTON . Basket Ball Wayne Gilder ....... . Track T. J. Anderson Tennis Wayne Gilder ...... Foot Ball 104. THE BASE BALL TEAM OF 1914 ' I ' lir c,ir I1M|. wiliu ' sM ' d (luc iif llic iiiiisl siK ' ccssfiil base hall teams S. L ' . has ever lunieil mil. U was a wiiiiu-i- Irdiii lH-};iiiiuiif; ' ti) ciul. Some iif tlif strongest aggregations ill Si)iitlifrii lollefie liase ball were met aiul many a mighty team went down before the irresistilile onslaught and brilliant team-work of old Southern ' s jilayers. For years to eome, the boys who saw those games, will remember the eraeU of llie bals, llu- whisU of the ball, and the shouts of many a well-earned vietory. IJne-up : Vaughn Chapjian . .... Captain, Fivnt liane. Joe Si.kdoe ........ Sccoiul lyase. Geo. Van STrnnii-diM) ..... . Sliart Stop. Culver Calhoun ....... TJiird Bane. Tow I.OCKE ...... I ' ilcher and Ceiiler Field. Hi 1,1, Little ........ Pitcher KnwAio) .McCJeiiei: ...... Piti-hcr and Fielder. KiMJiE ' r Siiakim; ........ Catcher. I,EO.N Keusii ........ Rifihl Field. Sal Fishkh Left Field P. Ryals .... . Center Field and Senind Base. Heber New.so.m ........ Catcher. GAMES OF lOl-t. (jreenslioro -t S. r li .M(mlf;ciiiier , .Soiitlicni 1 .rajiuc 1 1 s. V - ■■ Hamilton . grieiiltural 1 S 1 S. U 2 3 Southwestern I ' resbvterian llniv 5 4 S. U ' . 3 7 Howard College 1 5 3 S. U 11 7 Hirininghain College S. V 8 15 Marion Institute 2 9 3 S. V : t :i I .Marion Institute 3 3 s. U n 3 « Cuiiiberland I ' niversity 16 S. U 12 8 Newbern 1 S. U 10 5 105 THE BASE BALL TEAM The base ball sila-iluk- for the year 191,5, is one of the most difficult that Southern University has ever faced. The teams that our varsity will meet are among the strongest in Southern college base liali. Hut the prospects are bright, our material is good, and this season promises to be even more successful, with a better team, than that of last year. Mauayer Cai 1(iiii I ' liANK Livingston KUNE BeJs ' TLEY Joe Sledge BiLT, Little Buck Tuiixipseed E. C. SlLARI ' E a ' hiiiley wllliajis To5i B. Locke Will Teeuy H. T. Mokgan E. D. Tiioiti ' E Bill Ijttle MEMBERS. Rudolph Turstipseed Will Chapjian Leon Kebsii Edwabd McGehee J. L. Evans C. E. iVviNGEIt J. B. Benson Nick Segrest Percy Sprueix SCHEDULE. March IT Greensboro vs. Southern University. March 25 — Sixth District Agricultural School vs. Southern University, on campus. March 2(j — Sixtli District Agricultural School s. Southern University, on campus. March 27 — Sixth District Agricultural School vs. Southern University, on campus. April 2 — Southwestern Preshyteriiin University vs. Southern University, on campus. April 3 — Soutliwestern Presbyterian L niversity vs. Southern University, on campus. April 3 — Southwestern Presbyterian University vs. Southern University, on campus. April (j — Clark ilemorial College vs. Southern University, on campus. April 7 — Cuxrk Memorial College vs. Southern University, on campus. April 14i — Mississippi College vs. Southern University, on campus. April 15 — Mississijipi College vs. Southern University, on campus. April 21 — Milisaps College vs. Southern Uni ersity, on campus. April 22 — Milisaps College vs. Southern University, on campus. xVpril 2(j — Southern University vs. Milisaps College, in Jackson, Miss. April 27 — Southern University vs. Milisaps College, in Jackson, Miss. Ajiril 28 — Southern Universi.ty vs. Clark Memorial College, in Newton, Miss. April 29 — Southern University vs. Clark Memorial College, in Newton, Miss. April 30 — Southern University ' vs. University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa. May 1 — Southern University vs. University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa. May 3 — Birmingham College vs. Southern University, on campus. May 4 — Birmingham College vs. Southern University, on campus. May 5 — Birmingham College vs. Southern University on campus. May 10 — Howard College vs. Southern LTniversity, on campus. May 11 — Howard College vs. Southern University, on campus. May 12 — Howard College vs. Southern University, on campus. (Commencement games are pending.) lOfi 107 BASKET BALL TEAM J. C. GODBEV ......... W. M. HiNTON ........ E. H. McGehee MEMBERS. Joe Sledge— Forwaitl. E. H. McGehee— Guard. Rudolph Turnipseed — Forward. W. A. Bonner — Guavd. Felix Turnipseed — Center. Cuach. Manager Captain W. H. Bonner A. L. Atkinson J. B. Benson SUBSTITUTES. W. H. Robertson H. L. Kersh VARSITY RECORD, 1915. 109 Southern University 37 Mississippi College 15 Southern University 21 Selma Y. M. C. A 43 Southern University 23 U. of A 49 Southern University Greensoro Southern University 17 Birmingham H. S 37 Southern University 23 Birmingham College 17 Southern University H U. of A 54 CLASS GAMES. There was quite a spirited rivalry between the different classes this year in basket ball, and several hard fought games were played before the champions were determined. Great enthusiasm prevailed in each contest, and the rats are very proud of their title. Freshmen 39 Sophomores 23 Belles I-ettres 36 Clariosophics 21 Juniors 16 Seniors 8 Freshmen 39 Juniors 27 lOS TENNIS TEAM T. J. Anderson Manager. . ' VARSITY. Joe Sledge ToiM Andehson E. H. McGehee W A. BoNKEE RECORD 1914-15. Doubles. Southern University 4 2 4 Selma Y. M. C. A 6 (i 6 Singles. Sledge (S. If.) 7 8 Dunklin (Selma) 9 10 Anderson (S. U.) 3 2 I loyd (Selma) 6 6 (OtIiiT {fames for (lii- spring are (lending.) 109 TRACK TEAM Wayne Gii.der F. E. Day H. T. Morgan J. B. Benson R. TUUXIPSEED F. TURNII ' SEED E. C. SlIAKl ' E Mancujer. MEiMBERS. W. T. Deal H. I,. Kersh A. L. Atkinson E. H. McGeiiee W. H. Bonner W. H. Robertson FIELD DAY EXERCISES— FRIDAY, MAY 1, 19U. The following are the winners of prizes in the events of Field Day: 50 Yard Dash — Thos. Cleveland, first; E. A. Allen, second; Hy., seconds. Shot Put — H. A. Newsom, first; E. A. Allen, second; 29 feet, 4 inches. 100 Yard Dash — E. A. Allen, first; A. L. Atkinson, second; 112-3 seconds. Bi-oad Jump — E. A. Allen, first; Wajne Gilder, second; 18 feet, 10 inches. 220 Yard Dash — A. L. Atkinson, first; E. A. Allen, second; 26 2-3 seconds. Discus Throw — H. A. Newsom, first; E. H. McGehee, second; 82 feet, 9 inches. Half Mile Run — A. L. Atldnson, first; W. T. Deal, second; 2 minutes, 49 seconds. Pole Vault— F. M. Peterson, first; R. L. Fisher, second; 8 feet, 10 inches. Quarter Mile Run — A. L. Atkinson, first; E. A. Allen, second; 60 1-5 seconds. Hammer Throw — E. A. Allen, first; M. M. Mathews, second; 75 feet, 10 inches. On Mile Run — A. L. Atkinson, first; Prentice Ryals, second; 5 minutes, 52 seconds. High Jump — Warren Bonner, first; E. A. Allen, second; 4 feet, 7 inches. All Round jVthletic Medal — E. A. Allen, 30 points; second standing, A. L. Atkinson, 23 points. OFFICIALS. Judges of Finish — Spott Williams, Price Kimbrough. Time Keepers — Young Stollenwcrck, T. H. Jack. Starter— Chas. W. Wheeler. Judges of the Course — E. B. Calhoun, T. J. Anderson, E. D. Thorpe, C. A. Haskew. Announcer — Winston Withers. General Judge — J. C. Godbey. 110 THE GYM TEAM W. A. IJONJJEK Ctijilaiii J. C. GODBEV MEMBERS. Drrccloi . T. MoilGAN W. A. Bonner Wai.iace Calhoun .T. B. Benson A. I,. Atkinson KlDOri ' II Tl ' RNII ' SEED I ' iM.lX Tl ' IINU ' SEED H. I,. Kersh 1 ' . E. Dav ■. T. Deal E. C. Shahpe E. H. McGehee W. II. RonEiiTsojf W. H. BOXXKR III 112 113 lU SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON Fouiulfil .Man-li !), IS.jd ' , .it tlu- I ' niv i-rsity of Alabama. C ' o o) ' .v: I ' liiplc and Old CmiUI. Flower: A ' iolet. ALAB.VMA 1UT. (.11 Al ' TIiK. Founded 1878. , YELL. Phi Alpha, allacazee ! Phi Alpha, alacaron ! Sigma Alpha, Sigma Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon ! Kuh, rah, lion, ton ! Sigma Alpha Epsilon! Ruh, rah; ruh, rah, ree, Alabama Iota of S. A. E. FRATRES IN URBE. Chas. A. Rush Edward W. deGrafi-exreid Thos. E. Kxight Theodore H. Jack Edwix S. Jack Vm. E. W. Yerby Cadwai.lader Erwin Axdersox Hanxa A. IxGE Seldon Hakry a. Tay ' lor Morgan Smaw C. YouxG Stollexwerck Spottswood AV. H. Wii.uams Archibald Lawsox ' , Jr. Lewis J. Lawsox Alexander E. Waller Chas. E. Waller Robert K. Greene Clark M. Osbohn FRATRES IX FACULTATE. Dr. Chas. A. Rush. Theodore H. Jack. FRATRES IX I ' XIVERSITATE. 1916 W ' avni; Cmi.deii. v. k. i.itti.e. 1917 D. W. Godfrey ' . H. G. Douglas. 1918 Geo. C. Wallace. J. L. Kelley. W. W . .loHDAX. 115 ■! Bon 116 PI KAPPA ALPHA I ' cMiiuli ' d .it llic l ' rii i ' r,sily (if N ' irgiiiia, .MMi ' di I. 1868. Fldircr: l.ily of llii ' N ' .illcy. Colore: Giirnet :nul Old Gold. OfficHil rnblhiiliuii: Sliiulil anil Diaiimiid. FOUNDERS. Fkedekick SouTHGATi: Tayi.ou JuLiAX Edwaiii) Wood I 1TTI.F.T0X A ' ai.i,i;u Tazwki.t, robehtsox howaiii) James Bexjamix Sclateu Norfolk, Va. Elizabeth City, N. C. Norfolk, Va. Washington, D. C. Richmond, Va. DELTA CH.XPTER. Established 1871, Re-established 1905. CLASS OF 1916. A. E. Barxett, Jr. F. B. JoYXEIt E. T. Calhoun W. H. ROIIEHTSON R. H. . i.i.c.ooD W. E. Calhoun J. E. McCuRDV V. A. BUXXEK J. F. Livingston H. T. MoiiC.AN Goldman I ' ai,: ieii E. C. Shaki ' e CLASS OF 1917. CLASS OF 1918. Opelika, Ala. Ethelville, Ala. Greensboro, Ala. Loachapoka, Ala. Dadeville, Ala. Greensboro, Ala. Floniaton, Ala. GreensboMi, Ala. . Notasulga, . la. lloniiravillf, Ala. Clantcin, Ala. Forney, .Via. 117 ' ' C™,-0 ' 4 icsi A 19-85 4 -mmSsi 118 ALPHA TAU OMEGA Fdiiiulcd :i[ N ' irftiiiia Military Institute, 18(i3. Active Cliapters, (i3. Color.i: Old Gold ami SliV Hliie. Fluu:er: Wliite Tea RubC. I ' ldilicdlioii: I ' aliM of Alplia Tail Omega. FOUNDERS. Otis A. Glazebiiook Alfiied Mahshai, Ebskine M. Ross BETA BETA CHAPTER. Established in 1885. FRATRES IN FACULATE. C. P. Atkinsox F. E. Chapman FRATRES IN URBE. T. R. Ward H. H. Evans R. H. Smitii J. A. Straiton FRATRES IN COLLEGIO. CLASS OF 1915. TUFPEIl LiGIITFOOT JVI. M. MatHEWS C. W. Seguest H. L. Kersh CLASS OF lOlti. E. H. McGehee Davton Robinson CLASS OF 1917. Joe Sledge CLASS OF 1918. W. A. Bass A. C. Crowe W. S. CiiAp.MAN J. M.Uannei.ly, .Ih. Mi) BUSINESS MANAGER ' S REPORT LIABILITIES. Drinks, cigars, l)il es, taxes (Editor-in-Chief) $ 487.60 Engraving Bill 15.3-t Attorney fees, libel suits Southron 1225.00 Office rent, typewriter, stenographer, etc 1.25 Pocket change for editorial staff — in order to sqush reckless outside talk 861.25 To pulilishers 25.00 Knock-Down by Business Manager 1500.00 Postage, pa]ier, pencils, ink, etc 423.92 Incidentals (Xnias money for Editors) 2.50.75 Cash on hand ._......, 15 Total $4790.26 ASSETS. Sale of Amuials , !p +8.00 . dvertiseinents ...:.....:. 2021.91 Rebate from ])hotographer ; 215.35 Received from clubs, societies, etc 5.00 From fac ilty — to show their appreciation of the good write-ups we gave them,. 2500.00 Total :. $4790.26 I hereby swear that there is not one word of truth in the above .statement. C. W. SEGREST, Bus, Mgr. Sworn before me this 4th day of July, 1492. H. G. DOUGLAS, Notorious Democraticus. 120 HjMHecr 121 JOKES Dr. Bonner What is the longest word in the English lanpuage? Will Deal: liiil)l)er, I suppose, it will stretch so. Bass (coming to a sudden stop in C ' lcrinan); Prof. Steinbrenner, what does that word mean ? Prof. Steinbrenner: Veil, ilr. Bass, are you de professor this morning? Dat is vot I want yuu to tell me. Prof. Steinbrenner: Did anybody hear that screech owl last night? Frog Robinson: Yes, Professor, he was in your pear tree. I started to go out and see about him. Prof. Steinbrenner: ' ' Yes, Mr. Robinson, but I am liable to shoot that owl. Happy Robinson: Prof. Godbey, I could not find ' microlies ' in the dictionary. Prof. Godbey: Perhajis tbere were none in there. Prof. Lewis: How far did you get in working up your History Syllabus, Mr. Douglas? Douglas: I got down as far as the library door. •h Rough on Rats: Mr. AUgood was sitting somewhat pensively in his room when a mouse ran across the floor. AUgood sprang to his feet, grabbed a broom, and yelled, Forty-five degrees, Rat! Of course the varment made his exit with Ratlike celerity. • Segrest: Co-eds are a pest. Bass says a laugh is nothing but a busted smile. Prof. Godbey: What is aqua fortis? Gilder: I suppose, derivitively s])eaking, that it means brave water. Prof. Godbey: Why, whoever heard of brave water? All water will run. Prof. Godbey: It is getting late. I must go home and take my drawing lesson. Frog Robertson: Who do you take your drawing from? Prof. Godbev; The cow. Prof. Lewis: What is a civil war? George Wallace: It is a war among civilized people. 122 Dr. Bonner: What is SliiiUespeiirc ' s nuisterpiccc? Mit Miithews: Dante. Dr. Atkinson: Wli.it clues llie l ' ' , o(his nieaiii ' ' Bill I.illle: That was when llezekiah led the ehildren of Israel ont of the Garden of Eden. Deal (walking down Danphin Street, Mobile, while on a Glee Clnh Iriji): Prof. God- hey, that Mr. C ' life has restaurants in every town I have been in. Prof, (. ' liapnian likens UiKlol|)h Turnipseed to a ra))idly flowing river giving as his reason that he is alwavs frothing at the month. Prof. Lewis: Tell me all you know about Mohannned. Will Chapman: He was one of the greatest men of his day, but did not aecept Chris- tianitv until after he had eross the Huliieon. Prof. Godhey: What! Do yon know what .Sodium Stereate is? Did you never use it! ' Will .Vlison: Xo, Professor, what is it? Prof. Godbey: Soap. •I- Dr. Bonner: Someone qnote the opening lines of Gray ' s Elegy, please. Irby Savage: Curfew shall not ring tonight. Dr. Bomier: Who wrote the ' Ode to Lueius? ' h ' red ,Io iuT: .M ' hook sm s it was a fello ' named Anon ' nions. Pijipen (spe;d ing with oraeular dignity): Onee again England is faeed by a crisis. Tliere has been jiothing like it since Cliarlemagne Inirned his boats and crossed the Thames. .So you say llial (iene Thor)ie is keeping books iiou ,uul getting a good sal.iry besides Lis regu lar allouanec? That is fme. D(H ' s he put ,iway anything on pay day? Alison (his r ' oom-mate): Ne er ' less than thr ' e (pi.arts. I ill Little met a little boy on the street and thought thai he would have some fun ;it his e. i)ense. Hello, Hull! hi ' s.[i l. Pll give you eighty-five cents for Ih.il doll.ir you li.ive. ' ill you, sui ' c nut ' ? a- kcd the sh;ii ' p yiunigster. Ves. replied Hill. The hoy handed over the dollar ami Bill put eighty-five cents in his palm for return. Eighty-five cents, he explained; Not bad, is it? No, ans vere l the lioy over his shoulder, Init the doll.ir is. 12:{ Prof. Lewis: How did the ' Rumj5 Parliament ' g-et its name? Jas. Gayle: ' By sitting so long. Wliat has become of your wnteli, Tuiiper? The one you used to have had a hand- some gold case. 1 know it did, liul circiiiiixUiiivi.i alter cases McCurdy, you have been lighting. T hear, said a very religious companion. Yes, I have. Well, don ' t you remember what the Good Book says about turning the other cheek? ' Yes, my dear friend, but he hit me on my nose, and I have only one. A bad start. Prof. Steinbrenner: Now class, name some of the domestic animals, starting with Mr. AUgood. Dr. Bonner: That is not the same excuse you sent me yesterday. Tom Calhoun: No, sir. Doctor, but you didn ' t believe that one, I was afraid. Hostess: I want you to sing. Prof. Godbey, but it ' s such a pleasant party that I hate to break it up. I like this little town of yours, said a traveller to Bill Little. There is so much room that I suppose everyone can get plenty of oxygen. No, sir, said Bill, we have absolute prohibition for a radius of five miles aljout here. Palmer: Let ' s drop into this restaurant. Dannelly: I don ' t believe I care to eat anything. Palmer: Well, come in and get a new hat for your old one, anyway? Gilder was standing in front of the mantle when his foot slipped and he measured his length on the floor. McCurdy, looking up from his book, hurried to him with the anxious question: Good gracious! How did you fall? Gilder looked up at the questioner and replied in a somewhat sarcastic voice: Horizontally. Dr. Bonner: Tell all you know about Keats. Palmer: Really, Dr. Bonner, I have forgotten what Keats are. Ask the Glee Club boys about:: Ballin ' the Jack. You my goblin man? 124 Koom 17. The St. George. The Night at the Wmiian ' s College. Prof. Godbey playing rooli. Those shoe-shine.s at Calerii. Why they call Hintoii ' nuiniiiy, iluiiiiiiy, ilum? ' Whv I ' ahiicr wouldn ' t swing on the .lolly Blaeksniith. Bill Little ' s Duck Hunt. It ' s a long way to Jlonlcvallo. Toilet water as a drink. When the lights winked in Montevallo. How Thorpe spraiiu-d his ankle. Prof. Godhey in Chemistry:: If anything should be wrong in this experiment, I and the laboratory with me might be blown sky high. Come closer, gentlemen so that you may be better able to follow me. Prof Steinbrenner: Mr. Kersh, what are coquettes? Kersh: I don ' t know exactly what they are made of. Professor, but I ' ve eaten them. ' Barnett to a young lady at a Glee Club reception. Now Miss who do you think are the preachers on the club? Why, Mr. Thorpe, iSlr. McCurdy and Mr. Little. They all look so religious. . loafer watching the Glee Club take the bus for the depot. Say, is that the ball team leaving? No, the Glee Club. Well, I hope vou win. An innocent Freshman was given a bid by one of our fraternities. In reply he ex- pressed his appreciation, but said. I am sorry, luit I have already jiledged to the Belles Lettres. Prof. Lewis: Mr. Atkinson, what was the purpose of the crusades? Possmn : They wanted to liring back the Holy Sepulclire, didn ' t they. Professor? ' Dr. . tkinson: What is the ])arablc of the good Samaritan? Mr. Bass: . man went out of a city. Some robbers jumped on him, murdered him, and almost killed liim. 125 A eCESSITV is THE noTHEii OF NVENTlOA . 126 STUDENT ELECTIONS A few day ago, 1 passed two eo-iils in tlie ii]ipcr hall who were engaged in a most heatetl discussion. Fearing tliat their rcn arks might lead to violence, and wishing to malve secure my own safety, I was ahout to slip hnrriedly away, when one wrathfully com- manded Hie to stop. My heart sank within my lireast, and with tremhling knees I ap- ))roaelied the angry goddesses of S. U. to timidly await, their orders. Sir ! hegan one who had flashing blue eyes, We have been debating for the past lionr or more the question, who is the handsomest student in college, and we cannot agree! Now I know that Jinmiie Gayle is the best, looking, but There the other, with tears in her soft brown eyes, stamped her small foot impetuously and cried out: He is not! W ' ehli .lordan is the handsomest man in the world. Oh please, please tell her so, Mr. She just won ' t listen to me. Sir, replied the blue-eyed beauty threateningly, If you decide in her favor, I ' ll never, no never, speak to you again ! So there. Ah, what a dradful penalty; but here Miss Brown-eyes spoke: And if you say Jimmy Gayltis the handsomest, you just, see what you will get! Why, why, I will never so much as look at you again, as long as I Jive! : Plainly, I was in a position to be pitied. How could I, afford to incur the wrath of a co-ed, and yet there seemed no escajie. Ah, how I wished .that I might drop through the door and thus save myself from giving an answer which ' iji either case meant certain destruction. But oh, joy of joys! . fleeting idea passed • through my brain and, as a drowning man grasps a straw, I seized upon it as my deliverance. Thus with humble, modest voice I addressed the tempestupus maidens before me: Oh, most fair ones, you do me unspeakable honor to request my incompetent judg- luent on a question of such momentous importance. I would that I had the wisdom of Sol- omon to nuike answer, but alas, I am at best a poor judge of beauty. Far better does it seem to me to submit this matter to the student ' body, and oh, beauteous damsels, if ycui will permit me to depart in peace, tomorrow will we have a Student Election, to decide not only the handsomest man in S. U., but many other things of minor importance. And thus I avoided an awful doom, for both co-eds agreed, and below, you may read for yourself the result of the voting which took place in Chapel the following day. THE H.VNDSOMEST MAX.— ,Mr. Tom . nderson won this coveted position. His rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes had no competition whatever. The co-eds had a wide diversity of opinion on this, and no two of them voted alike. THE MOST POPULAR PROFESSOR.— J. C. Godbey. Prof. Godhey probably conies in touch with more of the boys than any other irlember of the Faculty. There is no stu- dent activity in which he is not a vital factor. When not in the class room, he may be found on the athletic field or in the gym., with the Glee Club or on the track, but always busy, lending his aid to some |)liasc of college life. THE .MOST POPII..VR CO-ED.— Elizabeth Hush received this election by a large majority. The result was not a surprise to anyone, especially to those who had tried an. - i sl to get an o] cn date. Her smile, her speech, her winning way, M ' hiled all the college boys ' time away. THE MOST POITLAH STl ' DKNT. W. .M. llinton. This l.irgc. lubln-rly, ungainly specimen was fortunate enough to secure this ])osition. How it all haiipened. no one knows, and it will probably rcnuiin a secret to the end of time. At lUiy rate it was a great sur- prise to Fatty. 127 THE BIGGEST LIAR. — Bill Little. Ananias is not in it when it comes to prevari- cating. Bill has him skint a mile. His powers re not limited to the English language, but he can falsify with equal skill in any other tongue. It is reported that Bill made the statement that he could get enough money from home, and we know that ' s a lie. No col- lege man ever lived who could do that. THE BIGGEST CROOK.— Goldman Palmer. It is a lamentable fact to know that Palmer is not studying law. What a legal light he would make ! He is so crooked, that if he puts a nail in his pocket, it comes out a shoe-buttoner. THE BIGGEST LOAFER.— W. ' . Pierc . ' From early dawn to set of sun, he loafs the whole day long. His most serious occupation is, chewing gum. His favorite haunt is the bench in front of the hotel. His highest ambition, the winning of ONE fair co-ed. If the energy and power that he expends in chewing gum could be harnessed for industry the force of Niagara would lie insignificant. THE BIGGEST EATER.— Ralph AUgood. He is one of the wonders of the world; small of statute but with a skin that stretches like India rubber. Biscuits, battercakes, grits and gravy disappear line magic. His favorite delicacy is twelve cocoanut pies, eaten right after dinner. His favorite lieverage is eight chocolate milks, taken before retiring. He is now trying to stint himself and has reduced his breakfast from twenty-three biscuits to nineteen and a half. THE BIGGEST FOOT.— Edward McGehee. The earth trembles when he walks. The negroes charge twenty-fi ' e cents to shine his shoes. His feet are so large that he has to jHit his pants on over his head. THE I ' GLIEST iMAN.- Tupper Lightfoot was elected to this position without a dis- senting vote. If you don ' t think he deserved it, we beg of you to glance at his physiog- nomy among the Senior Class pictures. Quod crat demonstrandum. THE PRETTIEST CO-ED.— Rosalind Rush. Where can you find more competent judges of beauty than among college nien? They are the first to mark the charm of spark- ling eyes, the first to note the curve of dainty lips, and the first to see the tint of rosy cheeks. Their decisions are unimpeachable. So, ye who read, may rest assured that Rosa- lind Rush is indeed the prettiest co-ed at S. U. THE WITTIEST MAN.— . . tie between W. T. Deal and Bally Douglas, a most famous combination. Room-mates are they and the very atmosphere of their room seems funny. They spout forth wit and humorous sayings as a freight engine belches forth sparks on a hea } ' grade. Wherever they go they cause great amusement. THE BIGGEST LADIES ' MAN.— W. V. Pierce. There is a cunning way about Pierce that the girls cannot resist. He has so many sly tricks by which he attracts atten- tion to his charming personality. He often takes an advantageous position in the choir on Sundays so that all may admire his beauty. But only the persistent deserve the fair. THE MOST INTELLECTUAL MAN.— Let us introduce you to Mr. C. W. Segrest as the man with the brightest intellect. His scholarship is of the highest qualitj-, and while at the Fitting School he led all his class-mates in grades. Since entering college his aver- ages have always been aljove 90, and he tied with Mathews last year for the Comer English prize. However, he says, Co-eds are a Pest. Perhaps that is an indication of his wisdom. THE HARDEST BONER AND THE BIGGEST SLEEPER were both won by Chas. Avinger. In fact he does but two things, he bones, and then to recuperate, he sleeps. He delights to ponder on the choice selections from Horace and TibuUus. He says that when he learns to i-ead Egyptian Heiroglyphics he will be at a loss to find more difficult pur- suits. We suggest that he begin the study of Tate ' s head. That is the hardest thing we know of. 128 ■I ' lII ' ' . Bl( ' .(;i ' ' .S ' r Sl ' Oli ' l ' .— Ccikliii.ui Palmcr iiicU ' cd iiicrils lli.it |iasiliim. Malcolui .lolinson ' s iiioiicirU ' :iiul overcoat giiiiiec! fur liim a generous vote, liiil Palmer ' s inaekinaw. re-.eiiihliim David ' s ii at of many colors, won tlie day. Till ' ; lUGtlEST Sl ' KXTIlHIFT.- Tupiier l.iglillool. Whoever heard of hiiyiiig ten eenl bars of soa])? Yet that ' s Just wli.it ' rii|i|ur does. And tlial is not all, Iwo-luindred di llar fral |)ins, drinks at the siuhi fount, postage stamps, and twenty-five cent soeks are all ineluded in liis extravagant i)iirchases. No wonder he was elected to this position. Verily, a fool and his money soon |)arts. THE 1-L ' CKlEST MAN.— I.eon KerstV was elected to this jilaee because of his great success in athletics. Some say that it is luck, but we attribute it to his ability. THE BIGGEST HOT-.VIU AKTIST. Clackety clack! Bumiiety b n, crash bow-wow bang!!,! That is Rudolph Turnipsecd coming ' round the corner with his mouth going like a Ladies ' , id Society meeting. But he ;,s a valued addition to the rooters at co-ed basket ball games. The weakest of us has a gift. THE .MOST FOl ULAR . THI.ETE.--I.eon Kersh led the team in batting last year. He is a tip-top fielder and good base-runner. He is equally as skillful on the liasket liall court and on the track. His prowess in gymnastics is well known and summing it all up, Kersh is one of tlie best all-round athletes that ever attended Southern University, THE BEST WRITER.— W. M. Hinton was elected to this place, solely on account of his ability to write basket ball and other ads on the Bulletin board. But even those dis- played startling literary merit. However, he is not half as good as he thinks he is. THE BEST OR. T()R.— H. I. Savage. Have you ever passed by the Belles Ecttres Society hall at night, and beard issuing from the windows the mighty tones like unto the bellowing of a bull? The very uiice flee from the building in terror, and the toads and crickets desert the campus. But there should be no cause of alarm. It is only Savage, the best orator at S. U., practicing his commencement speech. THE JIOST DESPER.VTE IN LOVE.— Tu pper Lightfoot. Poor boy! He is indeed beyond hope. He wanders about sighing, like the wind in the h)fty pines. He gazes by night at the mellow moon, and composes dainty verses of love in which he sings of the birils, the flowers and a beautiful maiden of whom he is always thinking. He is becoming slender and wan, and his noble brow is growing pale from much anxiety. Oh, Cupid, thou art a wanton god, and earest little where thy painful darts may strike. Thou must have shootest a dozen in Tuiiper ' s heart. THE L.VZIEST M.VX. — Velo Calhoun and .Maude . llgood tied for this place. Thev are both .so lazy, that tV-ey had rather drink bitter coffee than stir the sugar in it. Whv should such a beautiful place as S. U. lie thus encumliered? THE MOST DIGNIFIED SENIOR.— .Air. Eugene-ahem-Th.O| e of-ahem-ne Kuuiak Springs, Fla. His lofty and dignified countenance would do justice to the solemiiitv of the Supreme Court of the Lnited States. His manner is quiet, but oppressive, no, impressive. THE WORST H.VZER.— Frog Robertson. A scurry of feet in the village street, . form in the dark, flying fearful and Hcet, And whack sounds forth on the stillness of night, . nd tin- hurrying Rat increases his flight. Thu s Frog ])erforms his duty al the lieginning of each college year. V [) THE MAN WITH THE BRIGHTEST PROMISE OF A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE.— Segrest no doubt has great possibilities wrapped up in him, but. they are, as yet, wrapped up. But he may be President of the S. U. some day. Who knows? Even now he is Pres- ident of the Senior Class. We feel sure, however, that he will be successful in whatever he undertakes, though it be nothing more than the managing of college aimuals. THE MAN WITH THE PRETTIEST EYES.— Ah, there we have Mr. D. W. Godbey. Whew! Ain ' t his eyes too cute for anything. — (Co-ed.) The editorial staff was offered large sums of money by different anxious men, to dis- close the votes of certain co-eds on this question. But many were doomed to disappoint- mnt. How could one perplexed maid-en vote for at least a half dozen expectant boys, as the one possessing the loveliest eyes? THE SWEETEST SINGER.- Wayne Gilder, without the shadow of a doubt, has the best voice on the Glee Club. His rich, mellow bass is charming in its power, and he won most enthusiastic applause on the trips. The vote was., almost unanimous in electing him to this place. • This completes the Great Student Election. Of course it was all done in the spirit of fun; yet there are some very great underlying truths hidden in its results. 130 THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES The eight o ' clock Kiifrlish chiss had asscmhled, and all were sitthig; comfortably around the stove in the warm room. Dr. Bonner had Just reached the eonchision, that Kipling must have l)eeii dealing with Knglish suffragettes when he wrote The Female of the Specie is Dea llier tluui the Male, and to say the least that he was speaking very ungallantly of (lie fair sex. Hul at this instance a hitter menuiry surged through his brain, his usually sunny face became pensive and sad, and he heaved a mournful sigh as he gazed through the window at the bare trees, swaying in the winter wind. The class waited expectantly and .McCurdv of noted tender heart was seen to shed a few tears of sheer sympathy as he beheld the look of grief on the Doctor ' s face. Tes, said Dr. Bonner, That reminds me of the time, when as Kipling said, the female of the special did prove deadlier than the male. It happend in this way, about the latter part of last Spring. My Jersey cow, and there was never a more lovable animal, was accustomed to take her daily walk and to contemplate the beauties of Nature, in the bright, green meadow just back of the college campus. Now I was very much delighted one morning, when the hired colored boy greeted me with these words: Fob de lan ' s sake, Doctah, dat Juhsey cow o ' yourn is got a leetle boy cafe, down yander in de pastuh. Ise gwine down to drive er up. Alright Lloyd, I said, Just put them in the lot. But in a few minutes, that ebony cherub, bespattered with nnid, came running back with his eyes shining, and evidently very much frightened. Doctah, he gasped, Dat cow is jes so scrumptious ' bout dat cafe, dat she font me all ober dat branc h. Like ter hooketl me in de scrimmage, she (lid, an ' I liruk muh galluses er-runnin. ' Oh, tut, tut. Lloyd, I replied somewhat vexed. You are afraid of her, that ' s all. Why, she wouldn ' t hook any one, and she has a most amiable disposition. I ' ll get her myself. And I started. As I looked down upon the meadow from the hill, the scene was one of rare beauty. How lovely was the meaning. The spring day was perfect. I remember, even now, the sweet odor of the growing grass, the azure blue of the sky, and the liquid I ' otes of a joyous mocking bird in the neighboring grove. . nd there stocxl ' Bossy, ' gazing with dreamy eyes at the sun-kissed landsca])e, while the little calf, the pride of her heart, lay in sleejiv content beneath the shadow of a bush. A little brook gurgled merrily at my feet. Thus with tender thoughts awakened in my soul, and with the best of intentions, I advanced towards her ladyship, with my face wreathed in smiles. She seemed to regard my approach with suspicion, and staretl at me in a most insolent way, while I bashfully waited to note the good-will beaming from my physiognomy. However, she continued to gaze at me in that disconcerting manner, until I felt very nuich endiarrassed indeed. Perhaps she is l)ili(nis this morning, I decided. .Vt any rate she is not in a receptive mood, so I began to retire in a nu)st courteous manner .walking backwards down the hill. But, oh, horrors of horrors! Let me tell you friends, it ' s the little things in life that count. That mischievous little calf lieneath the l)ush, looked out with a twinkle in his e ' e, .•ind wished create a little excitement of liis own. Suddenly he made an awkward seranilile, tottered shakily to his feet and gave utterance to a terrified and plaintive ' Ba-a-a-a, ' which i]eing inter]ireted in cow language means. ' Go to ' em, ma, make it hot for him. ' The mother responded nobly. She squinted one eye, took dead aim unliinbered her hooking apparatus with a violent shake of her head, and came cavorting towards nu-. I ' lainly Ibis was no time for intercession! I wheeh ' d .ilioul, ,iiul in high gear started iluwii liu ' hill. Hul the peaceful brook barred my way, .ind 1 was w( n lering how to cross, when 1 recei ed unex- pecU-d assistance. I felt a stumiiiig blow on my hip-pocket, I sprawled upward into the l:il air, and cleared the branch in one mighty leap. As I drojiped into a corn field beyond I heard the delighted Tueat of a little calf. When, a few hours later, I became conscious once again of this old world, the same lovely scene met my iew. The sky. though twas mid-day, was filled with stars, and bent in graceful beauty above us. Once more the fragrance of the growing grasses assailed my nostrils, while the mocking bird, all unmindful of the recent tragedy, poured forth his melody on the soft spring air. The little calf was lying beneath his bush, lulled to slecj) by the soft gurgle of the brook. And Bossy, dear Bossy, was cropping the rich young grass, with the seat of my Sunday trousers, dangling triumphantly from her horns. i nd wrapping the draperies of me coat about me, I arose from pleasant dreams. 132 THAT EIGHT O ' CLOCK RECITATION 111 .1 ciild and drcMi-y dawning, iif a dismal winter nicirning Wlifii VDu ' i-e waked fi-oni pleasant sluniher liy a knoek ujion your door; When you ' re feeling good and hajipy, lying tlierc so snug and iiapjiy Oh, it nuikes you awful snapi)y. Does tliat knock ii]ioii your door. That loud knoek wliieh tells oii |)lainly, Get up quickly, slee]i no more. Time for rising, sleep no more. But you lie there Just a minute ' . ' ( I ' ll dress quick when I begin it Is your thought.) Again a knocking something louder than liefore. Now your happy dreams all scatter, and your teeth begin to cliatter. But this really doesn ' t matter fm- a voice is at the door . nd it shouts, lu ' t in a hurry. mi ' ll be late as oft before To your early rei ' itaticiu you ' ll he late as oft before Though I told you, sleep no more. Now indeed, you ' re in a flurry and around the room you seiirr For you know that eight o ' clock you can afford to buck no more. Gone the quickness that you vaun.ted; nothing found when it is wanted. And the very room seems haunted by those eights you bucked before All those eight you ' ve bucked, whose lessons now are gone for ever-more, Bucked, and gone forever-more. Hark! 1 bear .lim ' s liell is ringing, and this message it is briuginn-, Come! come to your recitation; time for prim]iing now is o ' er. So to class you haste, well knowing, to a certain bust you ' re going. But the Kates are kind this morning as they ' ve never been before. ' Fessor ' s late! I am not tardy! How the Fates I will adore! Will adore, forever-more. — Willi opolnj U ' x III E. A. 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WATCHES. DIAMONDS AND ALL KINDS OF .lEWELRY. ' atch Repairing a Specialty. Onr Policy is to give better QUALITY n,,d SERVICE thiin Hc cliiini to. STOIJ-ENWERCK ' S DRUG STOUS. ■THE REX. ILL STORE. ' I Make a Specialty of CLEANING. REPAIRING and PRESSING. Six Suits Pressed for $1.50. JOSH OWENS. ■TlfE MERrll.IXT T.lflAlR.- outJjern nibcrsiitp Greensboro, Alabama A college of liberal arts, high standards, religious ideals, and thor- oughness, in which every effort and interest is directed towards an atmosphere of learning, culture, efficiency, and Christian life. Curriculum is based on the requirements of the National Associa- tion of State Universities and requires for completion more hours than other colleges in, the far South. ,The following institutions are represented in the faculty: Leipzig, Harvard, Chicago, Boston, Strass- burg, Tulane, Yanderbilt, and others. In order to promote physical soundness, mental discipline, and moral vigor, the faculty encourages atliletics and other college activities. Football basketball, baseball, tennis, and track teams are all under their supervision. Sjiecial interest is taken in the Young Men ' s Chris- tian Association and in the literary societies. Over five hundred grad- uates have gone out from the institution, and the stand which they have taken in Church and State is our strongest claim to patronage. FITTIXG SCHOOL: For the benefit of students who are not yet l repared, ' to enter college, but who desire the advantages of a high- grade preparatory school. Southern University has established and maintains its Fitting School. This school offers a standard high school course and ]ieculiarly attractive conditions. Students of the Fitting School enjoy tlie privileges of the college gymnasium, library, Y. M. C. A., and all jniblic lectures and entertainments given liy the college. . t the same time they have their own dormitory, where they live to- gether with the Principal and his family and the Matron, and so have close association witli their teachers and constant supervision by them. For furtlier information, address CHARLES A. RUSH, D.D., President. RALEIGH W. CIREEXE, B.S., B.l)., Principal Filling School. ' Bo mm. sit ' -. ' .! ;; .; v.