The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

Tuskegee, June 9--(Special. }----The commencement exercises of the Alabama Conference Female College have attract ed a large number of visitors to Tuske- gee. and. as is the usual custom. on such occasions, the town Is given up to pleas ure and enjoyment.
 During the entire week past there has been some exercises in progress and in every department they were highly en- tertaining and instructive The attend ance this year has, been as large or larger than usual and the interest in the institution has not abated in any part!cu- lar.
 The School.
 This institution for the education of girls has been organized since 1856 In 1872 the Alabama Conference became the owner of the property and its Board of Trustees have comprised some of the ablest and foremost citizens of the State. and in its faculty the leading educators and thinkers of the time. Among them may be mentioned M. s. Andrew, D. D.. J. w. Rush, D., D., E. R. Dickson, John Darby, W. H. c. Price. John A. Jones, Miss Julia A. Spear. Mrs. E. H. Stuart, Miss Kate Edmonds. Miss Mary A Ba- ker, c. L. Doll. J. B. Grass. Rush MueI- Ter, and among its Trustees the late Gov ernor R. F. Ligon and Judge J. E. Cobb. DT w. NdutieT ana or late years lbr. A J. Lamar. c. l.. Chiffon and W. M. Cox. While it is the Conference proper ty, it is conducted on business princi- pies and is on solid, substantial basis all its own Mir. Massey took charge in 1876 and has built 1t up from the bottom to be among the first female colleges of the entire South. The Alabama Confer ence is proud of the institution and fully appreciates it's mission and the great work 1t is doing. At the last Conference. referring to the college and what 1t was doing, this resolution was adopted:
 If society is ever to be redeemed that redemption must be wrought in the home and If the home is ever won for Christ and His kingdom, it is to be done through the agency and influence of the Chris tian wife and mother. 1t Is conclusive, therefore. that by as much as we en- noble, refine and cultivate the young wcmanhood of the land, by so much we are not simply adorning the chapters of the social fabric with pomegranates and lily work, but we are regenerating, and strengthening society at its very founda- tions. In all ages and countries, society has been characterized by the quality of its womanhood. so that whatever enters into the molding and notifications of that womanhood affects 1t at its vital point.
 "We write the future of our country m the hearts ana minds Of our girls. h. to whose hands, then, shall we put the graving. tools that are to fashion them? There can be but one sensible answer Unless the Methodist church intends to surrender her womanhood to the world. she must support her own schools and educate her own daughters.
 "It is with profound gratitude to God that we chronicle the continued success of our own Alabama Conference Female College. The influence of this institution throughout our bounds cannot be esti- mated on paper. When we remember that 4000 or more students have been brought under It's tuition, that eight hun dred and eighteen of its graduates have gone out to bless the world, we may have some idea of the benefcient work of this noble institution upon our civilization of today. The current year bids fair to be the most successful in the history of the college. The fact of our crowded halls seems to us the hand of Providence beckoning us to enlargement and better equipment We firmly believe that the friends of education will give not only