| Summary: | This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 1st edition, 1981, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 112: This "A-Day" handshake symbolized a change of leadership at API in March 1928. Leaving to become the president of Mercer University was Spright Dowell (right), Auburn president since 1920. Arriving was Bradford Knapp, Oklahoma A&M president, who succeeded Dowell at the Auburn helm until 1932. Alumni and faculty members in the background were, left to right: Captain B. Conn Anderson; Seymour Hall, 1909 graduate, Birmingham; J. V. Brown, 1895; J. E. "Boozer" Pitts, 1915; F. R. Yarbrough, 1901, Atlanta; Dean George Petrie; Major J. T. Kennedy; and Coach G. M. Bohler. Photo source: Auburn Alumnus, Auburn University Archives.
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