The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10
Heaven and Earth and Trees respond un-
 to our threefold charm.

and chanteQ Dy tne ciasc iu Concots '. AA~ sophomores formed their circle ana sang as they do each Founders Day ''The Con- federate Oak"
 Then Miss Hattie Sue Hale. the Presi- dent of the Freshman class, as if they were gathered round the King Redwood | on the Lawn, said, While we dedicate | the seventh day of January to the nople men who founded the Judson we must not forget that the wives of the trustees or those early times were In language with | their husbands to build a great school l for the girls of the future. To their de- sire to beautify the Judson lawn we owe the tall, proud Redwood, brought years ago from California and was planted here by Mrs. Porter King. In memory of the Judson mothers we each year encircle 1t with our arms and raise our voices in praise of those noble women who labored that we might enjoy | the fruit of their labor.
 together.
 Praised be the women of our landi
 Blessings fall on those who toiied for all their lxindi
 Time cannot wear their names away. | years add more luster to their | The Irregulars, led by Miss Irene Lam- bert. enoircled in imagination. the "Sen- tinel Cedars." which stand on either side of the front walk. They said: For years these cedars have stood like sentfnels guarding the gateway of the Judson. In rain and storm their slender branches have reached toward heaven. Like Low els pine tree. c@ In the storm. like prophet OCT mad- dened -,-r They sing and toss their branches:
 Their hearts with the terror Is gladdened, | They forebode the dread snow storm When all about them grows white
 And they stand bare in their blackness.
 Long may they wave their graceful boughs before the Judson doors- Long may they whisper softly OCT the heads of Judson girls who walk securely be- meath their protecting arms"
 Last of all, the Seniors surrounded a tall sappling oak, which had been placed | temporarily in a box but which tomor- | row is to be planted in a permanent bed on the Judson lawn. Miss Anne Stakely the President of the class stepped for- ward and said: '.We have all witnessed the folly of planting at the roots of trees psychologists, locks of Seniors hair fad I ing Senior colors, subjects for unwritten Senior essays, catalouges of Seniors height, weight and circumference, togeth- CT with the color of the eyes and hair of the proud Seniors of yesterday. All these indigestible elements have been the cause sappIing, and have led to the loss of faith in destiny by many a promising undergradus te.
 Such practices as planting Senior Scrolls among the unsuspecting roots of an oak Is enough to frighten the life ont of any sensitive tree Besides it encourages su- perstition. This is the age for doing ra- tional things. and this Is a very reason able class-the class of 1904"
 Miss Flora Shahan stepped forward. and holding glass pitcher nf cold water. said: What should nourish tender roots but water pure and sparkling from the Marion Reservoir" and she contributed the contents of the pitcher to the growth of the tree. Miss Marietta Aldridge lift ing high spade of earth said: "what substantial food should we supply for their growing appetities, but fresh loose earth from the loamy soil of Grey Hollow. | Wild flowers have given up their blos- I sons and leaves and roots to make 1t rich and fruitful. With such a soft covering sweet dreams will creep through the fibers of our tree and cause it to think itself back in its native woods with com. panions of It's own age and kind.'' Miss Jessye Wilson contributed her spadeful of earth saying: And so 1t will send it's roots deep down into the soil and will drink of the springs beneath and for get the scorching heat of summer. Se- niors, years hence when they come with wearied step and fevered brow from writ ing Senior essays to throw themselves un- der its broad branches, will bless the class of 1s04.'
 Miss Mary Sue McBryde stepped for
 ward and said: And too, because ouI tree is nourished from the virgin soil of Grey Hollow mystery shall gather about it, as legends have grown about Grey
 Hollow. We know that at sometime this
 oak will be the abode of a Dryad, whom
 some fond youth from the M. M. I. will love and seek to win, but she will re. fuse to desert the shelter of the class of 1904 Only after sunset if he sits be- meath its branches she will murmur soft lisping words which only he can hear And at twilight her face. moro beautiful than dawn. will smile down upon him sweeter far than that of any Judsor maiden" Miss Stakely: "We shall grow old and gray, but when we return to
 sit beneath this, our class tree, it shall have the power to so kindle our fancy that sthis day, January 2, 1904 will seem as yesterday. and this smiling audience will come back to gather again about our tree" When she had tied the class colors, crimson and gold. to its slender trunk they joined hands and in the fol- lowing chant. invoked the inhabitina Dryad: (with many an apology to MT. ! Milton)
 l "Dryad fair,
 Listen where thou art sitting
 Under the cool. glassy wave,
 In twisted braids of lilies, knitting
 The loose train of thy silver hair; | Listen for the Seniors sake;
 Listen and come.
 Listen and come to us
 Out of the forest drear,
 Come to thy loved oak, l The abode for thee here.
 Keep ever watch for us,
 Class of 1904,
 Hid in these shady boughs, | Live evermore."
 | The day closed with Mother Judson' s birthday party. which was one of the most beautiful social functions ever glv- en in Marion. Mother Judson, seated on her throne, graciously received her chill l dren and their gifts. She was assisted | in receiving by the seniors of 1904 all of whom were dressed in the quaint cos tunes of 1889. GroupeS about the throne or Mother Judson these lovely girls pre- sented q very beautiful scene. The re- l ception rooms were decorated with the pink and white-Judson colors-festooned with wild smilaX, making with the great | throng of happy courtiers about Mother I Jl throne har