Samford University - Entre Nous Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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In 1902 Dr. A. P. Montague came from Furman University to become the new President of Howard. He set about to raise a needed endowment and equally needed new buildings. Renfroe Hall re- placed the Barn , and a library building, named in honor of Dr. Montague's wife, was constructed. At this time, Howard was a fully operating military institute with a high-stepping cadet corps. Among the notable memories of Howard's military life was a parade before President Teddy Roosevelt, led by a certain P. P. Burns. Dr. James M. Shelborne succeeded President Montague in 1912. The new President, not fore-seeing the World War, abolished military training. In the same year 119133 women were admitted as students for the first time. In 1922 a science hall was erected and named in honor of former Professor A. D. Smith. Howard achieved academic recognition in 1920, the fifth Southern Baptist College to be admitted to the Southern Association of College and Secondary Schools. Mamie Mell Smith Hall Know the East End Hospitalj was built as a dormitory for women. ln 1930 Causey Gymnasium was opened for use. During these early days of the twentieth century, Howard became something of a football power in the South, playing such teams as the University of Alabama, Auburn, and the University of Miami. lt was during this period that Howard and Birmingham-Southern began their famous cross-town rivalry which still carries strongly today. The Howard-Southern football game, which was traditionally a Thanksgiving Day affair at Legion Field, was always a sell-out. Downtown Birmingham traffic was stopped for hours to give way to parades and demonstrations by student bodies of both colleges. Such escapades as stealing the Southern Panther were more frequent than rare. Through the years Howard has had many distinguished persons num bered among her alumni, such men as: John B. Sampey, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, .lohn W. McCollum, first Southern Baptist missionary to Japan, and Colonel Samuel H. Lockett, who designed the base of the Statue of Liberty. Other famous Howard graduates are Gail Patrick and Beebe Anderson of Hollywood and Broadway, Dr. Everett G. McDonough, inventor of the Toni Home Permanent, Dr. W. W. Adams President of Central Seminary, Dr. P. R. Bell, Nuclear chemist at Oak Ridge Tennessee, Dr. R. A. Lambert, President Emeritus of Columbia University Medical School, and Elizabeth Vincent, concert soloist who made her debut at Carnegie Hall.

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