Commemoration Number: Containing the Programs and Addresses of the Celebration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Opening of the Univer

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Excerpt from Commemoration Number: Containing the Programs and Addresses of the Celebration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Opening of the University, May 27, 28, 29, 30, 1906At a meeting of the Society of the Alumni of the University of Alabama on May 31, 1904, Mr. Walter Dudley Seed, Mr. James Jefferson Mayfield, and Mr. Frank Sims Moody were appointed a committee "to co-operate with the Faculty and Trustees in arranging plans for the special celebration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary" in 1906.On May 29th, 1905, the following were appointed as a central committee to arrange the details of the celebration:Mr. Walter Dudley Seed, to represent the Society of the Alumni, Hon. Henry Bacon Foster, to represent the Board of Trustees, Professor Thomas Waverly Palmer, to represent the Faculty of the University.At the request of this committee, Dr. John William Abercrombie, President of the University, and Mr. William Hill Ferguson, President of the Society of the Alumni, acted as ex-officio members.The establishment of the University occurred December 18th, 1820, by act of the General Assembly. The formal opening, however, took place April 12th, 1831, with the inauguration of the Reverend Alva Woods, D. D., as the first president. It was decided to place the commemoration exercises at the time of the regular annual commencement in May, 1906.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.