The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
Handsome Home on
 Tyler Hill.
Dr. MeIlw ain, the President, Has Work ed IndefatigabIy for the Success With Which the Institution
 Has Been Crowned.
BY BRUCE KENNEDY.

Bf BRUCE hENNEDf.
 Anniston, April 9.-(Special Corres- pendence. .)-Students of the Alabama Presbyterian College for men have just moved into their imposing new nome on Tyler Hill.
 churchman who forms the Presbyterian Synod of Alabama should see the spien did plant of the institution which is In would swell within their bosoms as they view the results % Of the nfiYain indefail- D, D. President of the school; - that selected Dr. McIlwain deserves the highest praise. He is the personifica- tion of that rare combination-a pow man, He has made this infant Alabama institution of learning giant at its very beginning. The scholastic yea, year students, % twelve of whom are in the domitories. The work began in tenn porary quarters. the building formerly occupied by the Anniston n,,,,i,, trsnins .snn,,s completed and within the week the 1 boys have moved. They are now in dents with college plant complete | in every way and in some respects bet ter equipped than any other school m | Alabama for the reason that everything 1 It is confidently believed that 100 stud ents will be cared for here next year.
 This is the college which Montgoms s of resolve made by the synod in ses- sion at Bessemer three years ago 10 raise $l00.o00 by general subscriptions young men. Montgomery. Selma. Bir- min gham and Anniston bid for the col iege. In May 1904 the. synod at ed to locate the college in Anniston 1 The work of raising the necessary money went on. The enthusiasm or pr McIlWain never of wayerea great astitaton occupying a building costing Soo,ooo; It is surrounded by. fifty..one acres or ground, owned by the college and the story colonial cottage of eight rooms on the campus. All of these properties are paid for and the college is looking out on its future permanent work. It | should be said that the residence on the college campus, occupied by Dr. Me Ilwain and Mrs. McIlwain was built his contribution to the institution. He l gave it to the college as a permanent home for the President. | The faculty stresses the statement 1 that this is not a school of theology. | Theology is not taught here. It is an academic school for all young men Of good moral character. It is preparea M | any college or University; or to gradu- ate them with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
 | is to give the young men of Alabama | who really want an education the op-
 portunity to have it. r They must aI 6e De
 young man will be turned away if he | has the ability and will work for the l knowedge he seeks: In working ne
 viii in itself be useful In after life, :, | "while maintaining high standard
 of literary and moral qualifications and
 the we'll to- do" explains pr. McIlwain,
 'it proposes to open a door of oppor--
 tunity to worthy young men ,debarred
 Riches will not De despised in this in
 stitution but poverty will not be re-
 garded as crime"
 The terms of the college are $5
 month for tuition and SIP a month for
 board. The faculty believes that any
 strong and healthy man in Alabama
 wants an edpeat,on ion may may efn tbs fac fns
 do do it. A farm of forty acres adjoins
 the college campus and It IS proposed,
 shall be titled by the students More,
 over, the lawns will be cared for and
 much of the labor about the school will
 be performed by the student body.
 Work will not be compulsory. said
 a member of the faculty. If boys
 parents are able to pay his way there
 
 indeed we hope, that the poor boys,
 the working boys, will dominate the
 % scale of wages will be adopted and the products of the farm will be
 sold In the markets. The revenues
 thus derived will be turned into the oo1Th The location of the college is ideal
 It sits in grove of majestic pines on
 Tyler Hill. about 300 yards back rom rom | Leighton Avenue aSl less than one,
 half mile from Anniston's principal | thoroughfore of business.
 | College grounds proper embrace from Allen L. Tyler. one of the ,foun- ders of Anniston. His fine home. | barns, lawns tand conservatorles. GOV l ering at least thirty acres and form | ing a picture as attractive as an Engs fish country seat. lies on the north slde 1 of the campus. ,5
 were donated to the college by the city
 of Anniston. They lie in beautltul
 and fertile valley just west or Ine
 from Which the college towers. The | Presidents home is situated just south
 of the main entrance to the building
 and about 24S rect bt rom 9cras ls' of campus
 which slopes down from the bulldlng | through the pines to Leighton avenue
 have been converted into truck gar | daily employed. Beginning with an other school term landscape garden- CT will be engaged and under ms airecr b,. 1 tion the garden will be converted py 1 the students into a lawn of great
 The college building was constructed | of gray pressed brick and stone. US | Interior furnishings are of heart pine | cherry,-stained and and the whole CT | feet is one of simple comfort It IS l handsome without being ornate The | building is three story structure | with a basement and a two story dome | from which a fine view of Annlston IS obtained and the grandeur or tne A light well extends through the cen. ire of the building to the full height oI The he general interior plan of the building is modelled somewhat aiter a | inc State capitol. It could hardly De said thai any specific style of archl- lecture has been followed in the con 1 ctruction. although 1t is Doric Tn US | simplicity. The main entrance IS pS l way of broad granite steps ana Ine | front is ornamented witn io,I oi ion no1pmns
 ters. There are no Corinthlan coiuIiins' as have been shown III pupl4shoN P-
 ures of the building. 4.ooa and TO the left of the main entrance, anu u | running the length of the north Wlns ! fronting the campus, are-the auiiliH His t
 tration rooms. They are are coFi firet room | wide sliding doors. The tlrst ,I,nSI IooiI
 nearest the entrance is that of Presl- | dent McIlwaine Next to him IS tnS | office of the secretary and treasurer ol the faculty and next the ofnce or Ii tnT l Board of Trustees. Across the ma hdil 1 from the administration rooms are ped | rooms of the teachers and eaen ol tieir il | is provided as is every bedroom III | the building, with two clothes ciose' 'S. ia
 To the right of the main ehtra"tSS tS,r
 tv by thirty feet, with high ceiiihs' | Across inc hall from the parIor IS d