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

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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]

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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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S.R SENIOR CLASS HISTORY IN SEPTEMBER, 1917, there assembled on Sunshine Slopes a company of young men and women who have proved to be a part of what is now the Senior class of ' 21. We were ignorant, innocent Freshmen, just at the foot of the ladder of learning, although we felt that we were then standing on the top rung. Three of us were not exactly strangers on the hill at this time, since we had spent one, two and even three years in what is now the Simpson High School. While in this school we looked almost with envy upon the dis- tinguished college men, and our association with those noble fellows awakened within us high aspirations to go forward to these exalted heights. In 1918 came about the consolidation of Birmingham College and Southern University, which brought the Sophomore class from there to unite with the Sophomore class here. But in the struggles and trials of college life many worthy comrades have slipped from our grasp into various institutions of learning and vocations of life; until at the beginning of the first term in 1920 there were only ten in the class, and only two of these who started their college career at Southern. But at the mid-term three members of the Junior class were accredited with some work done on the outside of school which promoted them to the distinguished rank of Seniors. Now we stand thirteen strong — each a separate type of human being with his or her own individual characteristics, but all contem- plating the highest achievements in life. In our number there are three un- kn own quantities, one Student Volunteer, one Sunday School worker, five preachers and three co-eds. This is the last class which had its origin in the two schools under the presidency of Dr. Daniel at Southern and the acting presidency of Prof. Cole- beck at Birmingham. Our career has been continued under Dr. Daniel. Not only have we seen many changes in the faculty but the campus has been greatly beautified, the athletic field has been very much improved and a magnificent dormitory has been erected, also many other improvements have been made, which are great assets to the college. These four years have been long, so long, when we think of the time in years spent trudging along a rugged pathway filled with many hard problems and terrorizing examinations which took all the joy out of life; but they have been short, so short, when we think of them as filled, with pleasant memo - ries of our association, with the privilege of obtaining a college education which gives the future many possibilities to hold in reserve for us, thereby making our lives happier and more useful. Year by year as we have climbed upwards on the ladder of learning the horizon of our world has broadened, our view of life with its possibilities has expanded until now we can realize how infinitely small is our store of knowl- edge as compared to the many things yet unlearned. It is now that, our Freshman dreams, our Sophomore hopes, and our Junior prayers have been consummated and today we stand on the elevated pedestal of Seniority, ready to step forth and take our places in the world as college gi aduates. 1201