The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27
Ogden Party Visits Girls Indus-
 trial Institute
SEVERAL ADDRESSES MADE
President Ogden, pr. Williams, Col. Rieginson, pr. Cooper and 9th CTS Made Instructive Talks to
 Young Lady Students.
BY JOHN T. EVANS.

 picturesque little town of Montevallo, nesting in the mountains of Shelby coun- ty, has probably never entertained a more distinguished party than that of Robert C. Ogden of New York and his guests who spent twenty-four hours here en route to Birmingham to attend the sev- enth annual conference for education in the south. MT. Ogden is the president of the conference.
 When Birmingham was selected several months ago as the place for the 1904 con ference for education to be held Dr. F. M. Peterson, president of the Alabama Girls Industrial school, and the members of the faculty extended a cordial invita- tion to the ogden party to visit the in- sttution. and the invitation was ae- cepted
 The party, travelling in their special train consisting of nine coaches and an engine, arrived here about II o'clock Monday night via the Southern railway from Tuscaloosa where the party spent that afternoon visiting the University of Alabama and the Alabama Bryce Insane hospital. On the arrival of the train Dr. Peterson made an informal call on President Ogden and the members of the party who remained on board the cars.
 Birmingham Committee Arrives.
 This morning a committee of citizens from Birmingham arrived here at S:30 o'clock to join the party and escort it back to Birmingham This committee was composed of Mayor w. Melville Dren- nen, Charles s. Simmons, F. M. Jackson, pr. J. II. Phillips, M. V. Joseph, B. A. Pepperman R. S. Munger, Dr. Al. Montague and T. H. Motion. They im- mediately called upon President ogden in his car, being joined a few minutes later by pr. Peterson.
 About 9 o'clock the entire party drove to the college in carriages furnished by the institution. In squads of five and six the party then visited every department of the girls school. In the art department the pupils were hard at work The dis play in this department was splendid one and the members of the party ex- pressed themselves as being well pleased with the art exhibition Visits were made to the dress making department, the mill linerery department. the typewriting and shorthand room, the music rooms and the cooking department. In the steno- graphic classes the young lady pupils were drilled in dictation at the rate of one hundred words per minute.
 Hot chocolate and cakes were served the visitors in the culinary department by young ladies wearing white lawn caps and white aprons.
 Exercises Are Held.
 At 1O:S0 o'clock the members of the Og- den party, the student body, consisting of 4oO young ladies, representing every coun- ty almost in Alabama, and the thirty members of the faculty, gathered in the assembly hall of the institution where the exercises were held.
 These exercises were opened with the entire audience joining In singing "Amerl- ca" accompanied by the excellent or chestra of the college, which occupied the left end of the stage. The members of the Ogden party were seated on the right the committee from Birmingham being with them.
 Following the singing of the opening song, the Rt. Rev. W. M. McVicar, D. D., of Providence R. l., lead in prayer. In the absence of Mayor Lyman Dr. Pet erson delivered the address of welcome to the visitors. He said that at present the institution was industrial school strictly, but he hoped within the next few years that 1t would be womans college He explained that the state ap- propriation for the maintenance of the school only amounted to $25,000 per an- mum, but was in hopes that the next leg islature will see fit to increase this amount to at least $60,000 each year. He said that the object of the institution was to train the young women of the state for home duties.
 He then introduced President Ogden, who was greeted with applause. Mir Og- den declared that wise men from the east and all kinds from the north" had invaded the south for the purpose of studying the educational conditions that exist here. 'The party is composed of a lot of good men and women, however" said MT. Ogden, "whose hearts are full of response. We are especially interest ed in Alabama and its educational work"
 Edgar Gardner Murphy III.
 President ogden then referred to Ed gar Gardner Murphy of Montgomery, ex- ecutve secretary of the southern educa- tional board, quite feelingly He said, among other things, that MT. Murphy is d native of Arkansas, moving from that state to Texas, where he remained many years, after which he went to Montgom- cry, where he still resides. MT. Murphy was unable to come on the present trip he said. He is detained in New York on
 
 alarmed over his condition.
 He also referred to the sad death of j. B. Graham of Talladega last summer He said that he, with others interested in educational work, were attending the an nual meeting of the National Educational association in Boston when the news of the sudden death of MT. Graham was received.
 President ogden declared that the par ty did not come south with new educa- tional ideas and theories, but came here to learn and to' help.
 He told of an amusing incident in con nection with one of the members of his party. He said that he found one of the party studying a map this morning and when he asked him what he was doing he told him that he was trying to ascer- tain how far south of Alabama the state of Georgia Is. This fellow said to me-" said Mir Ogden, that he thought part of the state jagged over l asked him which state did he mean was on the jag" The joke brought forth a round of applause. MT. ogden apologized to the young ladies for not bringing good supply of young men" He said, how ever. that the young men were not available"
 President ogden is an interesting speaker and he held the close attention of his hearers throughout his talk.
 Superintendent Stetson Talks.
 w. W. stetson. state superintendent of instruction of Maine, was introduced by President ogden.
 He said;
 q feel just the least bit lonesome in Alabama. There Is one thing missing. in Ua