The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10
FOUNDERS DAY
 AT OLD HUDSON Former President |. R. GWaIt- ney Makes Address CLASS EXERCISES ARE HELD One of the Most Interesting Features of the Day Was the Celebration
 of Mother Judson's
 Birthday.
CLASS EXERCISES ARE HELD

women. In honor of the occasion the faculty and corps of cadets of the Marion Military institute took holiday.
 The exercises were opened by the Hudson March," composed by the direc- tor of music, and rendered In excellent style on the grand organ while the two hundred and seventy young ladies of Judson marched in single file by the portraits of the founders Milo P. Jewett and Edwin Davis King. which they de- corated with the Judson colors, pink and white.
 This beautiful ceremony touched a ten der chord in every heart Following this was a song composed for the day, after which President Patrick gave an interesting statement of the history of the founding of the institution, and its subsequent growth The Judson opened it's doors on January [. 1929, with nine pupils, the attendance reaching seventy by the end of the first session.
 The prosperity of the school has in- creased during the years till now the enrolment has reached 270, representing every southern state Dr. l.. R. Gwalt- Ityf oIt bl lle DtlbNtu ana 0OnOTed IDf- mer presidents of the institution was in- troduced as the speaker of the day and he delivered an eloquent classic address full of tender "reminiscences, helpful council and inspiring words of cheer It was a magnificent plea for christian education. He said in part:
 Appreciated the Honor.
 "I warmly appreciate the honor confer- ral tod more than twenty years l have come at yonr bidding to participate with glad and grateful heart in the delightful exercises of Founders day
 "The occasion Is one of enthusiasm and joy to you, not less to me and yet it brings to me measureless sorrow. I can not be unmindful of the happy hours en- joyed here as I mingled in the public functions of the Judson, nor can I loose from memory the faces of the noble men and women whose presence gave those functions such dignity and charming grace
 "It is beautiful custom. this observ- ance of founders day. ,n commemoration of the wisdom and virtues of those who. sixty-five years ago. laid well the founda- tions of the Judson and built for them selves a monunient more enduring than marble or bronze, but it is equally be- coming to honor those who took up their uncompleted work and transmitted 1t to us with hands Tinstained, with fidelity un- challenged, with honor untarnished.
 "The president and faculty of this insti- tuition are to be congra :ulated in that they have entered into the labors of such worthy predecessors and you the student body gre to be counted happy In that you enjoy the associations and the training made possible by the abundant sacrifices and tolls of each preceding as well as by the present equally wise and faithful ad- ministration.
 We Live In Fortunate Time. We live in fortunate time. We have inherited rich legacies. It is our obliga- ton to hand down richer legacies still We began our life worK with the aid or heaped up resources and cumulative force of garnered experience of formula tested and approved. and all the resultant thought and strength expended by those who preceded us. Ours is the task or wisely utilizing these inherited advantages so that we may transmit to others a van tage ground even greater than we have enjoyed.
 'The most unfeeling and unpardonable selfshness characterises the man who will not recognize his obligation to those who are to live after him. To have this obi'- gation urged repeatedly by teachers and those who expect to become teachers Will lead to yet holier ambitions to higher ideas of teaching It has been well said that the chief danger Of our educauohal work Is in the teacher. The teacher prob lem settled. all others will be solved
 "President Eliot gives his conception or the cultivated man not weak, criti- cal. fastdious creature, vain of little exclusive information, or of an uncom- mon knacl< in Latin verse or mathemati- cal logic. he is to be man of quick per ceptions. broad sympathies and wide af- finities. responsive but independent, self reliant but deferential, loving truth and candor but also moderation and propor- ton. courageous but gentle, not finished but perfecting
 ITO all this splendid conception of the cultivated man l would add the teacher should be in addition generous, honest man. one who fears God and loves his fellow man. and counts 1t his highest and holiest mission to do what he can to re- store in man the image of God In which he was created.
 Keep Ideal in View.
 May say to the faculty of the Judson keep steadily in view the ideal product you desire to make of the materials which to you Tn the shape or BITS. w hs'' this product will be Is lodged in your hands. pr. David Starr Jordan says. The highest product of our social evolution Is the growth of a civilized home home that only a wise, cultivated. high-minded and Christian woman can make
 .'To train such worthy women should be the teachers aim and should constitute your high and noble ambition.
 Class Exercises Held.
 Following the address there were class exercises in the new auditorium consist ing of college songs, the dedication of a redwood tree to the Judson mothers, and the planting of the senior oak by the class of 1904 These ceremonies were planned for the campus, but on account of inc rain were carried out in the audito- rum.
 The classes. with their different colored bonnets, presented a pretty scene as they stood in concentric circles, reminding one of beautiful flower bed The great day closed with Mother Judson's birth day party, when Mother Judson assist ed by the seniors of 1904. attired In the quaint and beautiful costumes of ls39 received hundreds of her daughters, her sons-in- lay and wouldbe sons-in-law
 The birthday party was brilliant so- cial affair and many wished Mother Jud- con rnanv hapnv returns of the day