The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-24

presidents and professors and authors passed through Montgomery twice yes
 terday. spending only few minutes here each time.
 The ogden party owing to the clos,
 schedule on which 1t was travelint
 was unable to leave the union rail
 way passenger station. Two or thre,
 hours will be spent by the party fl Montgomery tomorrow morning, ar
 irving here between and Q o'ciocl
 and leaving at II o'clock. To-day will
 be spent by the party at Calhoun 1T
 Lowndes county, where a large schoo for negroes is conducted by Mis- Thorn.
 Mr. Ogden and his guests are in. 1 specting educational conditions in Al l abama. They are en route to Birming. ham to attend the Southern Education | Conference which opens in that cit, l Tuesday night at the, Jefferson thea. l ter.
 To many of Mir. ogden's party the Alabama scenes are novel and unfa- l miliar, this being their first trir l through the South. Others of the par ty. however, have been. actively inter- ested in Mir. ogden's educational efforts in the South. and were his guests on his tour of two years ago. Saw Tuskegee School. AhV A0A Bur PoftAOH oI ySBtGTQAy was | spent in inspecting Booker Washing toms famous school. the Tuskegee In- stitute. The Tuskegee Institute was reached early yesterday morning, the party's tour of inspection being made immediately after breakfast on the special train. After the various de- partments had been visited and the modus operandf of the school had been shown by Washington and members of his faculty an interesting program was rendered by the pupils of the school.
 The schedule of the party called for departure at o'clock D. m.. but the party was delayed in leaving, reach ing Montgomery nearly two hours be- hind SC heduled time. A party of prom inent citizens of Montgomery was at the passenger station to ncct Mfr. Og- den and his guests. President Alex Rice and members Of the Board nf Di- rectors of the Commercial and Indus trial Association had gone to the depot earlier in the afternoon to greet the party, but they had left owing to the uncertainty of the hour of the arr;v- al of tac special train.
 The rrain was nt thn station only a few minutea as soon ns an exchange of engines was effected the special train left for Troy. The few minutes passed by the party in Montgomery were spent on the platform, where they were greeted by number of prominent Montgomerians. Mir. Ogden and other members of his party had made many friends on previous visits to Montgomery and they were Ut the station to greet the me nbers of the party and extend to them a welcome to the city.
 The stay of the Ogden party was sD short that confusion reignel about the special train during it's stop at the passenger station. A number of beau tiful floral offerings were brought to MT. ogden and his guests
 Flowers for MT. Ogden.
 Mir. ogden was kept busy greeting old friends and shaking hands with those who wanted to meet him. During the cordial reception which was cx- tended Mir. ogden, his secretary, R. M. ogden, stood at his side, until in a few moments he was loaded down with the floral offerings from Montgomery's yards and gardens which had been pas- sed to him by MT. ogden as they were received.
 Mir. ogden, for the beneit of some Alabamians who may not know of him and his educational work for the South, is a wealthy citizen of New 1OFhs UlllllOnalE6 ana a DaEtueE or John Wanamaker. He has always been considered a friend of the South and he has taken deep and active inter- est in the educational affairs of the Southern States, especially educational matters of Alabama. Through his in- strumentality many prominent citizens of both the North and the South have been brought to feel a like interest in Southern educational affairs. MT. og- den has been a moving spirit in the Southern Education Conference which meets in annual session in BirminG- ham Tuesday night.
 As he stood on the platform at the door of his car exchanging hand shakes and a word or two with his friends and receiving the floral offer ings, Mir. ogden, was a striking and impressive figure. He Is a large man, tall. straight, deep of chest and broad of shoulder His face is strong and kindly. one that gives an impression of strength and kindliness. It is frarn- ed in silken gray whiskers which dc not in the least conceal the generous mouth. Of a necessity he had but a few moments to give newspaper man.
 Delighted With Trip.
 50 far we have had a most pleas ant trip" said MT. ogden. At Hamp- ton, at Rock Hill and at Tuskegee we had very enjoyable stops. You see, we are on our way to Birmingham to attend the Education Conference and in the meanwhile we will visit the schools at Troy and Calhoun and the colleges at Tuscaloosa and Montevallo.
 Now, really, there Is nothing to say about our visit, but that we are having a delightful trip"
 The party is travelling in a special train of Pullman sleepers with a diner and a baggage car. The train in it's brief stop disgorged a lot of distin- guished citizens of the United States. Walking about the platform were Dr. Wallace Buttrick. Bishop W. N. Mc- Vickar. Dr. William Jay Schieffelin, Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes. Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson and many others who have been prominent in the Intellec- tual life of America.
 Rev. Neal L. Anderson and Mrs An companied it to Troy and return. The Montgomerians left the party for their homes upon the arrival of the special train from Troy at midnight.
 Itinerary of Train.
 The special train left for Troy at 4:30 D. m. where MT. ogden and the mem bers of the party were the guests of President E. NJ Shakleford of the State Normal College. Several hours were spent n Troy. the special train not reaching Montgomery until midnight last night Practically no stop was made in Mont gOmery. The train was switched on the Louisville and Nashville track and run