Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-13

l l Not only did he want to see this but he | wanted to see young men sent out who will honor their alma mater and be an
 honor to the city of Birmingham Rev. L. o. Dawson. 1 Rev L. o. Dawson spoke upon the
 Howard graduates in the ministry. He
 said they were doing great amount of
 good and that the same would be kept l up.
 MT. R. G. Moore.
 Mir Bert Moore represented the busi- ness men, and in very clever manner l toasted their health and prosperity. J. D. Heacook.
 Dr. J. D. Heacock represented the l physicians, and told those present what
 that portion of the Alumni were doing.
 Rev. P. T. Hale.
 pr. P. T. Hale. being a ladies man, | toasted to the ladies.
 MT. Frank V. Evar s. Mir Frank V. Evans was called upon l to speak upon Howard college and it's l relation to Birmingham. He said:
 MT. President: Birmingham has l glorious future, for every movement that promises advancement or develop l ment stimulates and inspires this peo- | pie for action. Here we are ever hope l ful, never Respondent. The successful
 and profitable manufacture of steel in | this district is deyoutly desired, and the l hone of this accomplishment seems now
  | prove to be the dawn of a new era in the | growth and development of this God 1 favored section. May the energy, the nerve and the genius of man hasten the | coming Of this glad day. But, sir or still greater importance to this commit | nifty; of still greater wealth than an hun dred smoke sacks belching forth the l fires of practical energy are our educa- 1 cational institutions-first among which | stands Howard college. And why? Be- eli. nn 1ad tfc mower p If l is the foundation stone upon which rests human society and human liberty. Ma | ture has given to this valley rich stores 1 of wealth. These vast mineral resources | are ours now and for all time to come. 1 Comparatively speaking, they still lie | dormant-as yet mere matter. Knowl- | edge alone can give them power. An invitation to man 1o come ana dwell between these hills was written | by the hand of God in the rocks that | form the mountains and the same invi- | tation was waited by the balmy, health giving breezes that fan this valley, sup | plemented by the perfume of sweet roses and the products of field, orchard and | garden.
 These are all gracious gifts from the | hand of Him who made and rules the universe. But what are these of them selves? How are we to enjoy them? Occupy, did you say? The savage and l the beast of the field did that. Nature | never built city Society rests not upon natural surroundings. Wealth comes not at the call of nature. Relig- l ion is not found in rocks, hills and dales, where the mind has not titled. To what, then, must we look for prog l ress? To education, for education is | development. It is ever visible by its l benign effect, and perceptible by it's l operations upon a community. Howard college is our institution Her success and her conQuests are the com
 mon property of this people. The pres ent and succeeding ages shall be the watchful guardians of the rich legacies | she bequeaths.
 Within the walls of your alma mater
 minds are trained. As the mind must govern the hand, the man of intelligence
 must govern the man of ignorance. There is no exception to this law. Mind ever holds dominion over matter.
 With the natural wealth surrounding us, the health of our bodies and the phys
 ical strength of our manhood, let us have the beautiful influences brought about by the expansion of the intellect-the per lection of the heart. As the intellect is
 the glory of the human being, so are our educational institutions the pride of our community.
 The softening, yet strengthening inf1u- ence of Howard college proclaims to the world that the wealth of our natural sur | roundings is supplemented by the influ- ences of an honored institution of learn HIS StNOilQ lO i1OHt Ol lIie BItdL ScnOOIS
 of modern times. What a pressing invi- | tation to come and dwell with us Dr. A. w. McGaha. Dr. McGaha said: "I love to gratify | my boys, but I have been so busy the | past two hours that I feel sensations of | pain. What can man do with McGaha | graduates and Waldrop ice tea. How | they got MT Waldrop associated with | anything cold I cannot see. Howard col | lege is a lively corpse, if anyone thinks we are dead Howard is fixture. She | is here to stay. If you will excuse the | slang, she is going to get there. We are | here 10000 strong. We count by our | influence as well as numbers. If depend | ing on as bright men as you, we cannot | see a successful future college, educa- | ton in the future will be failure." Richard F. Johnston. MT. Richard F. Johson, upon Howard | college>of the future said:
 Some day at some point in Alabama | there shall be located a university to which her citizens of all classes and de- nominations shall direct the stranger in the gates as monument to the educa- | tional advancement of a great and a cultured people. How far that is in the | future is hard to tell. Great colleges have depended in all times to this date | upon the generosity of the individual rather than the body politic Columbia | college, New York, Georgetown college, District of Columbia and the Catholic l university in the same place, Yale and | Harvard and the other institutions of
 national repute and comfortable treas | ury are for the most part both in foun- l dation and maintainence the creatures | of the beneficent dead, who, in their last | moments have made up for the selfish | negligence and sordid uselessness of their lives by donations to a cause they knew
 would perpetuate their names to all pcs 1 terity.
 | Johns Hopkins university at Baltimore | bears the name of an old bachelor mer- l chant, whose millions left at death to | the cause of education in it's highest | branches is the sole support, large as it l is. of that already far-famed institution. | Over $1, ,000, GOO speaks in that same city
 of the generosity of @ childless old man, | who having no children to bless him, | yet is solaced in his last years by the | poor of the Monumental City, who ac- | quire learning in the free libraries es- | tablished by Enoch Pratt. Such men. | shall arise, or rather die, in the state of l Alabama. I believe the will of the next l defunct millionaire in this state-when fIara cbolI ha SIrb n nprSOn fo dia--