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

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S.I? SENIOR CLASS David Dana White, A.B., 2. A. E Goodwater. Ala. Secretary Sophomore Class ; Sgt. R. O. T. C. ; Revue Staff, ' 19- ' 21 : Glee Club, ' 18- ' 19- ' 20: President Belles Lettres Society, ' 19- ' 20 ; Tennis Manager. ' 19: Gold Black Staff, ' 19- 20 : Junior Class Historian ; President Masonic Club. ' 21 ; Presi- dent Pan-Hellenic Council. ■20- ' 21. Dana ' s ambition is to rival Caruso in the art of melodious singing. At any hour of the day he may be heard chanting the sweet melodies of the moment. His heart is as true as gold and his sense of honor unquestionable — one of the finest ever. Mary C. Armstrong, A.B., 2. B. r Birmingham, Ala. Treasurer Senior Class ; Member Loyal Students Club, Mrs. Armstrong has been at Birmingham-Southern two years, during which period she has acquitted herself witli honor in the realm of scholarship. She possesses a charming manner which has endeared her to her fellow students, and in leaving our midst she carries the best wishes of all. Weyman p. Snuggs, A.B., IT. K. A Roanoke, Ala. Glee Club, ' 16- ' 17-19- ' 20 : Secretary-Treasurer Belles Lettres Society. ' 20; President Belles Lettres, ' 21 : Sophomore Declamation Medal, ' 20 : Winner Inter-Society Ora- torical Contest, ' 21, Weyman, like many other students of 1917. had his college career interrupted by the World War. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy and served his country for twenty-two months, after which he resumed his studies. He has acquired a number of friends on the Hill who will miss him in the future. We feel sure he will play his part well in the game of life. [18]

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I I M S. 1 SENIOR CLASS Jesse Rush Duncan, A.B Ethelville, Ala. President Clariosophic Society. ' 21 : Vice-President Ministerial Association. 21 : His- torian Senior Class : Salutatorian Senior Class, Since his arrival on Sunshine Slopes he has acquired the sobriquet of Mother. He has fought a good tight and leaves behind a host of friends who wish him the very best. Annie Lee Warren, A.B Albertville, Ala. Co-ed Basketball Team. ' 20 ; Member College Band. ' 21 : Secretary Senior Class. Annie Lee is a steady worker and an excellent student: a girl with a lively, good-humored disposition and a true heart. Wallace G. Barnes, A.B Orrville. Ala. Vice-President Y.M.C.A.. ' 19: President Y.M.C A.. ' 18: Y.M.C.A.. Cabinet. ' 21: DeleEate Y.M.C. A. Conference. Asheville. N. C. : Glee Club. ' 18. ' IS. ' 20: Chairman Rclipious Activities. ' 20- ' 21 : Senior Prophet. Since arriving on the Hill siinir three years a;o. W. G. has lived a rather quite life, studying and preaching, interrupted now and then by the sound of the dinner bell; but we are expecting great things of him on his circuit. [17]

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} 3 1 7 -J SI SENIOR CLASS .X James Frederick Sparks, A.B . . . Birmingham, Ala. Freshman Declamation Medal. IS: Junior Oratorical Medal. ' 20: Delefrate to Student Volunteer Convention. Des Moines, Iowa. ' 20 ; Vice-President Student Body, ' 20- ' 21 ; Member DebatintJ: Team vs. Millsaps College. ' 21 ; President Belles Lettres Society. ' 20 : Senior Orator. Fred has been among us for a number of years. He is a student of good standing, an orator of no mean ranking and a man admired by his acquaintances, the facuhy included. May he acheive success! Stewart Melvin Baker, A.B Birmingham, Ala. Baker entered Southern University four years ago and moved to Birmingham when the institutions were consolidated. He has become famous as the keeper of the bookstore and college lunch-counter. acc|uiring tlie name of Invoice. Perhaps no one can ascertain who gave him this name, though many can guess the reason. S. M. is a business man from his lieart and is destined to become a good minister of the gospel. Joseph M. Neese, A.B Midilletown. Ind. Football Team, ' 15- ' 16- ' 19- ' 20. This gentleman, known to his fellow students as Slim, was elected this year uur most popular student and athlete, and well deserves both of these honors, for our college never boasted a cleaner, manlier felli w. He is a famed football player, having played consis- tently for four years on the gridiron. He will he sorely missed next season. The best wishes of the students will follow him ever and always! Stanley L. Morgan, A.B Hanceville, Ala. Ready Debater ' s Medal. ' 20; President Y.M.C.A.. ■20- ' 21 : President Belles Lettres Society. ' 19- ' 20; Deleuate to Y.M.C.A.. Conference at Blue RidKe. N. C, ' 20; Glee Club. ■19- ' 20. Stunt, as he insists upon declaring to the wurld, spent two ears of his life in Haiti, amid such hair-raising adventures and thrilling escapes that it is a wonder he is a member of this class. But Slunt is a whole-souled, capital fellow, and when not dreaming of Haiti is an interesting coiiversalicmalisl. I. nek with him in life! [19]