The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-09

Miss Mary Alice Caller. who has So many friends in Birmingham, is spending part of September at her home In Avon dale. at 45O1 Fifth avenue. Miss Caller Is Q member of the faculty of the Alabama Conference Femalo college of Tuskegee, where she has been teaching several years. ard Is well and favorably known as thorough student of English She has the dopaI tment of rhetoric, composition end Bible studies.
 The ruskegee Female college Is one of the oldest institutions in the state, hav- ing been established in 1854. It was anong the few institutions in the state yisited by the Ogden party last spring.
 In the "sagastoan." the college maga- zine, appears many interesting sketches by the young women students who pro- pose to issue their magazine every four months, Icing more ambitious and ener- getie than the clever girls of other col- leges who manage an annual" In the ''Sa gastoan" a successful effort is made to picture the charming life of the A. c. F. C., and that the bonds of affection existing between the student body and absent friends" will be strengthened by the publication of the college magazine. this being one of the purposes from which it claims It's inspiration, every one will realze after perusing the "Sagas- toan."
 Miss Caller is among the members or the faculty who assisted the students in getting their manuscript in shape, and she contributed ins addition to an inter- esting collection of college songs the foi- lowing article in reference to the new hall which is to be erected. Reference is also made to the growth of the college library:
 We expected to get the foundation laid before commencement. But Rome was not built in a day, so must we be content to move sowly--if we must. We now have on hand something over 5000, with prom ise of another 5000 when we shall have raised $17OOO more. This we must have. The new hall Is a necessity.
 "The old girls of former years --- God bless them-we love their memory-they remember with what zealous enthusiasm we toiled to raise money to furnish our society reading rooms. In 1884 I gave the first book as a foundation for the Currer Bell library. I placed it in the hands of Maggie Peet How her pretty gray eyes glistened with delight as she danced away to show it to the other girls and find a place for 1t. They pushed aside some fossils on a museum shelf and put their first book there.
 Tn 1885 the Ad Astra society began their collection under the leadership of Miss Lizzie Hills, the indefatigable. After Miss Hills marriage Miss Belle Dallas took up the work and labored with the girls in season and out of season. Today | In elegantly-f rooms, so small we have outgrown them long ago. The books are inconvenient and, though the girls have access to Dr. Massey's library. the
 of thorough, advanced methods of teach. ing. We need a modern, up-to-date H.
 brary.
 We need also a laboratory completely
 need thoroughly-equipped gymnasium
 and we need more recitation rooms.
 These needs will be met in the new
 hall. We appeal to our girls-each anC
 alto renew their allegiance and hell us open up this larger opportunity to tn,
 younger generation now entering oul
 doors.''