The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-03
FOUNDERS DAY IS
 BRILLIANT AFFAIR Prominent Speakers at the
 Carnegie Institute PRIZES ARE AWARDED General Greedy Tells of His Expedi. tions In Search of the North Pole
PRIZES ARE AWARDED
General Greedy Tells of His Expedi. tions In Search of the North Pole. Melville E. Stone Is
 Speaker.

Pittsburg, November 2.-The tenth an- nual celebration of founders day in honor of Andrew Carnegie, founder of the insti- tute, was brilliantly observed at Carnegie institute this afternoon as in former years. Gen. A. w. Greedy, commander of the United States signal corps, and Mel ville E. Stone general manager of the Associated Press, were the guests of honor and delivered the principal ad- dresses. Carnegie Music Hall was erowd- ed and the exercises were enjoyed by a representative Pittsburg audience.
 President Frew made short opening address and introduced General Greedy. whose subject was Geographical Ex- plora tion; It's Moral and Material Re sults.' He began by referring to the honor of being asked to speak on an occasion upon which in the past ex-Presidents and men of world fame had seen fit to voice their thoughts. He said the noblest ob- ject of geographical research is the ex- tension of civilization and to spread the beneficial results gained by the enlight- ened nations. The extension of trade routes through Central Asia, he said was the greatest achievement of modern ex- plorers, and that this feat would do more to advance the civilization of that coun- try than centuries of missionary work.
 Search for North Pole.
 The speaker then went into details of his voyage In search of the north pole He told of the hardship and privations of himself and his men, and said that na- ture in the north seemed to take better care of men than in the tropics. Although almost destitute of food for nine months on the return voyage General Greelys oil t,, flo in ordinary service in the Philippine ex- petitions are physical wrecks.
 Upon being introduced Secretary Samuel H. Church read a letter received from Andrew Carnegie, the founder, who ex- pressed himself as having been well pleased with the way the work on the erection of the new Carnegie institute is progressing.
 Secretary Chruch read his annual re- port, statistics showing that 153 branches and agencies of the library are in oper- alton. He proposed that the new building would be completed in good time for the founders celebration day next year. and costing for construction alone about six million that the Carnegie inN Nntute should then take rank in it's architecture with the noblest institutions in the world. He said that the Carnegie technological schools which one year ago had no exis- ''iSct Ntie noW III DdFtldl ppeIdliOH WllH a day class of 12O young men, who won their entrance in severe competition of 1123 applicants. asd that the night schools would soon start with larger class during the present month
 Following MT. Church's report was an address by Melville E. Stone, general manager of the Associated Press. on How the Worlds News Is Gathered" !" He was introduced by MT. Frew. His address was one of exceptional interest to the auditors
 Awards Are Made.
 At the close of the programme the following awards were announced in the annual art competition:
 First award (gold medal and prize of s1500), Lucien Simon, for picture entitled Evening in Studio'
 Second award (silver medal and prize of s1000). Edward w. Redfeld, for painting entitled "The Crest"
 Third award (bronze medal and prize of s500) Childe II. Hassam. for picture en- titled June"
 Honorable mention awards were given the following: William J. Glackens, for Sloan. for picture entitled "The Coffee Line" Charles H. Woodbury, for picture entitled Winter"
 The opening concert of the eleventh session of the Pittsburg orchestra was a
 distinct social and artistic success.
 Conductor Emil Pour, by his palms. taking and earnest endeavor. has placed the organization on a high plane.