Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-30

One of the brightest of our Sweet girl graduates" is to have European tour as graduating present. Miss Alva Bradford, niece of Maj. and Mrs. Jo- seph Hardee, is the fortunate maiden whose Hines have fallen in such pleas ant places" Miss Ava will graduate from the Taylor school on the 9th of June, and in a few weeks afterwards will sail for Europe under the chaperon- age of her relatives MT. James Spence and wife, of Tuskaloosa. She will first visit Scotland, and later will make complete tour of the principal cities of Europe This is very beautiful re- ward from Major and Mrs. Hardie 10 a young girl, whose record is second to none in the Taylor school.
 @ Professor Taylor, who has prepared so many bright girls and boys for en. . trance into our best institutions uf learning, has reason to feel gratitied by the high standing his pupils have taken, after the most rigid and careful eXan- inations. Professor Taylor Is himself graduate of Yale, fine educator and ripe scholar. He not only has genus for teaching the young idea how to shoot" but is very prominent in church work, and the recognized friend and leader of the young people. from foot ball to Christian Endeavor.
 Gordon Johnston, the talented son of Gen. and Mrs. R. D. Johnston and former pupil of Professor Taylors, is now a Princeton student, who not only stands at the head of his class, but has won his spurs as orator as We'll Miss Emma Leedy of the Van Norman in- stitute is another noted pupil of the Tay- Tor school.
 MT. Frank w. Smith, Jr., has been promoted to the high position Of o,1Ht r. mour Packing company and we will soon have the pleasure of again number ing him among our citizens. MT. Smith friends greatly rejoice over his good fortune. for truly, Sparta, hath none worthier than he"
 Misses Dangaix and Mary Claire Mill ner are visiting friends in Atlanta
 Musical and social circles are de- lighted with the return of Miss Mamie Wilson from New Orleans.
 Mr and Mrs. Webb Crawford gave an elegant German on Red mountain last Monday evening, to their beautiful guest, Miss Cherry of Savannah, Tenn. Every feature of the occasion was fraught with keenest pleasure, from the lovely night to the still lovelier girls. It was an ideal night for dancing, cool and pleasant, but without a cloud. The
 
 participants of Mir. and Mrs Crawford's delightful hospitality were radiant with the full measure of happiness that the evening gave. Miss Cherry, the honored guest, was the exposure of all eyes, and received most gracefully the homage paid her. Delicious refreshments were served.
 An exchange says that plans are ma turing for great educational parlia- rner;t to be held in Toronto.
 "The clergymen, educationalsts and humanitarians of this and other prom- nent cities throughout the country are looking forward with lively expectation to the assembling of the Pan-American Congress of Religion and Education, which is called to meet for week in To- ronto Canada beginning July 2.
 This is a movement to bring together representative laymen and clergymen from every country, province and state of North and South America to discuss the ethical and philanthropic problems of the day, free from partisanship and sectional bias.
 All creeds and denominations will be represented Among the leaders in the movement are William R. Harper pres- dent of the Chicago university; Arch bishop Ireland of St. Paul; the Rt. Rev. Mahlon l.. Gilbert, bishop of the Protest ant Episcopal church of Minnesota; Bishops J. H. Vincent of Chautauqua anu J I1uISl Ol w dSnlIlS lOIl, DOlU or the Methodist Episcopal church, and many other prominent ecclesiastics among Protestants Roman Catholics and Hebrews. They will come together, as the call says, under the banner of the Brotherhood of Man and the Father hood of the God to consider the great so- cial, economic and moral questions that pertain to the upbuilding of our common humanity"
 Three sessions a day will be held The afternoon meetings will be given up to the work of the several sections These number six, and are classified as follows:-Authors. editors and publish ers;. education section, including col leges, academies, seminaries and schools: phianthropic section. comprising hos pitals, asylums, orphanages. homes and reforma tories; womens section, devoted to temperance and rescue work: denom- national section hnd young peoples section. made up of young peoples so- cistes. Sunday schools, klndergartens and missionary societies.
 It is announced that state, county and municipal governments in all parts of tie two Americas will send especially credited delegates to the phlanthropic section.'
 This recalls to me that most excellent sermon preached by Dr. John Barbour to the graduating class of the East Lake Atheneum last Sunday morning at Il o'clock. Mir. Barbour is not unlike Dr.