The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-29

we find under the leadership of Judge Feagin you have learned more of the matter than we have"
 The mention of Judge Feagin's name brought forth applause. This matter was brought up by the speaker in referring to the Alabama Boys Industrial school at East Lake.
 President ogden announced that up to noon yesterday the registration of vis- itors amounted to 937 Let's make 1t 1OoO," said the president. After the ad- journment Dr. Phillips counted up the registration and found the number to be 1925.
 Yesterday afternoon the visitors were carried to Ensley in six special cars fur nished by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. The cars lett the city about 3:3o o'clock, returning sncrtly before 6 o'clock The party was escorted through the steel mills at Ems ley by President Don H. Bacon.
 The Night Session.
 The closing session was called to order at S:15 o'clock. President Ogden said he would introduce several speakers who were not on the programme and by way of curtain raiser" as the theatre peo- pie call it. he took pleasure in presenting Dr. Charles R. McIver of Greensboro, N. c. Dr. McIver made happy speech or ten minutes, in which he emphasized the impulse that the conference had given 10 the educational movement in the south.
 President ogden next introduced Dr. Charles Buttrick as the man who mas tried to keep him straight
 pr. Buttrick spoke only few minutes, but while he was talking he held the close attention of his hearers. He de- clared that he was proud of his country the southland. He told of an incident at Athens. Ga where the thirty-second de- gree of the Daughters of the Confederacy was conferred upon him which provoked laughter.
 pr. Buttrick spoke of Dr. J. w. Hughes, postmaster at Birmingham; Dr. J. IL. Phillips, superintendent of the Birming- ham public schools, and Mayor Drennen, thanking them for the interest taken Tn the conference. The mention of these officials brought forth applause.
 Compliments to Birmingham.
 The Rev. Aaron Philips Stokes, Jr., sec- retary of the Yale corporation, was called upon by Mr. Ogden for few remarks He started off in a humorous veln ana was greatly applauded.
 He said that in his opinion the Confer ence for Education in the South was m deed fortunate in selecting Birmingham and Alabama as the pidce loi ioiuih5 ANS seventh annual convention. He paid beautiful tribute to the late Dr. J. l.. M Curry, Mrs R. D. Johnston and other Alabamians.
 Col Thomas Wentworth Higginson or Cambridge, Mass, was introduced to the audience amid applause. His ad-ress, all though comparatively long, was a splen- did one He referred to the recent ad- dress of Bishop Galloway of Mississippi as a distinct step in the direction of ed- ucation in the south.
 Dr.. Broks.
 Dr. Jno Graham Brooks of Cambridge. Mass, was the next speaker He read his address as follows:
 "The topic assigned to me recalls definition by that subtle and admirable Belgian writer, Maurice Maeterlinck. It is his description of Hell. Hell" he says. is the state of infinite misunderstanding.
 "There are probably few of us who have not experienced partial and tempo rary hells through very petty misunder- standings; misunderstanding with friends, neighbors or kindred closer still. The worst of 1t was not the heartache or bitterness. but the outright clumsy injus- tice to others that such misundrestand- ings so often entails.
 Our commissioner of education in