Samford University - Entre Nous Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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wx-'js Dx I fre , D. u-c..:fJ' f,vQfx. 1 L, 'J A2 4 1754! xiii MAJOR oAvis b 331. J5i:'.J K J' v spy.: . 'vb j 0lR PRE IDE 'I' Major Harwell G. Davis has been the personification of the life which Howard College stands for and our ideal of a college president since he first spoke to us in Freshman Orientation. But he has been more than that to Howard College - he has been the instrument through which our colleae has grown and expanded, and the one who has, through patient and diligent effort, brought Howard to its most prized goal - the beginning of a new campus. Graduated from the University of Alabama with an L.L.B. degree, he was later awarded an l..L.D. degree, He practiced law before serving in the First World War in the rank of Maior. Major Davis is a member of Phi Beta Kappa scholastic fraternity and Omicron Delta Kappa leadership fraternity. It is our privilege to salute him as our president and our friend.

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YY-ll, 'N 'ae km' ., J. T R E A s u R E R W, 33, QA 1 rf'-N 5 X . JOHN G. BURTON scifi i Mr. Burton, beside being the fi jf' W if beloved and highly efficient , Q Q 1 treasurer of Howard College, has EZY N ' if ' many honors to his credit. He 5? A ' 3,5 E was mayor of Jasper, Alabama, Sa ,, from 1931 to 1946 and has been 5' gl 1 president of the Lions Club, the Jasper Chamber of Commerce, 'vw the Alabama League of Munici- palities, the Board of Trustees of the Eldridge Baptist Academy. He was a member of the Execu- L--y tive committee of the Alabama League of Municipalities from 1935 to 1946 and holds an hon- orary life membership in the Ala- bama Sheriffs 81 Peace Officers Association. Mr. Burton has also served as chairman of the Committee on ,M Training for Municipal employees for the state of Alabama, which sponsored and started training schools for municipal employees at strategic points over the State s:?g,i,3f.f7f1g,,-, of Alabama. 1 6 C Always active in church work, Mr. Burton served the First Bap- tist Church of Jasper as Deacon for the past 30 years, being Chairman of the Board for 6 years. He has been a Deacon of Southside Baptist Church in Birmingham for the past 3 years. During World War ll, Mr. Burton received three certificates of award for outstanding service ren- dered on the home front, and we nominate him for a certificate for outstanding service to his com- munity and to Howard College. TREASURER'S STAFF Mrs. Mildred C. Pittman, Curtis Flowers, Odette Ramsay, Mrs. Ruth Sanford, Ocie Norton, Mr. Burton, Fave Faught, Dora Jane Hicks, Mr. Michael White and Evelyn Nelson.