University of Alabama - Corolla Yearbook (Tuscaloosa, AL)

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am BOARD of TRUSTEES His Excellency Bibb Graves Governor of the State of Alabama, President, ex-officio A. H. Collins, State Superintendent of Education, ex-officio Congressional District First District Gessner T. McCorvey, Mobile Second District Robert Steiner, Jr., Montgomery Third District Charles S. McDowell, Jr., Eufaula Fourth District J. Kelly Dixon, Talladega Fifth District Louis L. Herzberg, Gadsden Sixth District John A. Rogers, Gainesville Sixth District Henry B. Foster, Tuscaloosa Seventh District John H. Bankhead, Jasper Eighth District Archibald H. Carmichael, Tuscumbia Ninth District Hill Ferguson, Birmingham Executive Committee — Messrs, Foster, Ferguson and Herzberg Robison Brown, Secretary and Commissioner of University Lands Shaler C, Houser, Treasurer Deceased )n. Denny, Houser. McDowell. Carmichael. Ferguson, H. B.. Herzberg. Steiner. McCorvey. Foster. R. C.

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60VERN0R HIS EXCELLENCY BIBB GRAVES GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA As the Honorable Bibb Graves, alumnus of the University of Alabama and twice-elected Governor of the state, nears the completion of his final year in office, we at the University see his departure with mingled satisfaction and regret. Sat- isfaction because his four years in office have seen great strides being made at the University which he so generously sponsored, and regret that he will no longer be in a position to continue his benevolence. We feel sure, however, that his entrance in private life will mean no lessening of his interest in the University nor any discontinuing of his former advice and intelligent understanding. Sure, we are, too, that if his career is as successful in private service as it was in public service, his will be a high and prosperous place among the nation ' s great. Whether his success be a major or a minor one, though, we wish him the best of everything that he desires in the future — and we hope his future will be a long and outstandingly pleasant one. Page Twenty-six

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PRESIDENT A MESSAGE TO THE STUDENTS: I take the liberty of giving a personal note to a part of this message. The year, my first as President of the University, has been a signally happy one for me, made so by the good will and the fine spirit of cooperation shown by the students of our University, the members of the faculty, and its administrative staff. To all of them I shall be forever grateful. The growth of the University has been more than material in the year that is closing. Interest in scholar- ship and achievement has widened and deepened; the spirit of learning and the spirit of the University which abound are significant. Our student body is the largest in our history, with nearly every state in the land repre- sented. The physical plant has been enlarged. Courses of study have been strengthened, and the new and impor- tant ones added. Standards have been raised. The faculty has been increased. The developments in spirit, in scholarship and in the material give great promise. We look to the future with hope and faith. To the graduating classes we bid God speed. Our interest and affection go with them. While we part with these students reluctantly, we send them forth with a sense of pride in them as representatives of our contribu- tion to the world of today, confident that they will furnish strength and leadership in their day and age. We rejoice in those thousands of fine young men and young women who will return to our campus for the coming year. Let us join in the worthy task of making that year one of the finest and most fruitful in the life of our beloved Alma Mater. r, r- r, • KiCHARD Clarke toster, l- ' resiaent. Page TnoUy-eighl