Orange and Blue (Auburn), commencement number, June 1901: John Osceola Webb's oration
11 June 1901 · Orange and Blue (student newspaper of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama), commencement number
Named here: John Osceola Webb
The book at the Internet Archive
Transcription
From the archive.org text layer. The masthead reads "Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Auburn, Alabama. Wednesday, June [11], 1901"; the order of exercises for the commencement of 10–12 June 1901 begins:
MONDAY, JUNE 10TH. ORDER OF EXERCISES
10:00 A. M.
Prayer, Music.
William Bulger Hamilton, Elmore County—The Value of Character,
John Eayres Davis Yonge, Florida—Eloquence and Liberty.
John Osceola Webb, Tallapoosa County—Knowledge is Power.
Music. […]
In the list of the cadet battalion's officers in the same issue, Company C:
Sergeants—R. B. Shepard, J. D. Farley, J. O. Webb, C. E. Feagin.
Citation: "Twenty-Ninth Commencement Exercises," Orange and Blue (Auburn, Ala.), commencement number, [11] June 1901, p. 1; Internet Archive item 19010611 (catalogued as "Orange and Blue, 1901 July 11"), scan n0, https://archive.org/details/19010611/page/n0/mode/1up?q=Webb.
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Osceola Webb | Education | A student at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, who spoke ("Knowledge is Power") at the commencement exercises on 10 June 1901 | — | new |
| John Osceola Webb | Home county | "Tallapoosa County" | Socapatoy, Coosa County, in the 1900 census | conflicts (see notes) |
| John Osceola Webb | Cadet corps | "J. O. Webb", sergeant, Company C | — | new (probably him) |