The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-14
TENTH YEAR OF MONTEYALLO
 SCHOOL DRAWING TO CLOSE

height and In square. -t was he
 best sort of building thAt could oe put up then. this square of ons-story
 class rooms, and 1t has served an ex-
 cellent' purpose. These class rooms may l have to be used for some years to | come, but they are not cseditabie 10 the State of Alabama. and they are made even less creditable. when the contrast is considered between them and the buildings of the two other state in stitutions wherein Alabama educates her boys.
 | But as the years passed and Alabama l saw the fruits of the school, her law makers opened the hands wider and more generously. In time modern and beautiful building was erected or partly erected. This building. the new l dormitory. Is four stories In height. ot | brick and trimmed with stone. It con- | tains the sleeping apartments of the girls who are fortunate enough to | ind quarters within the limits of the l school. There are nearly 200 girls who can find no place in the dormitory and who are forced to seek quarters in the boarding houses of the town. Mon- l tevallo Is a small place and It Is said | that there are more boarderss than there | are accommodations.
 The standard price for board in Mon ] tevallo, that 1t may be Kept in harmony with the prices charged in the dormi- | tory, is $9 honth.s It is a small sum,
 and some of the housekeepers in Mon l tevallo who might keep boarders are disincIined to do so because they be-
 lieve the remuneration is not adequate l for the trouble
 l In the dormitory there are 114 liv- ingroons. in most of which only two birls are quartered The dornlitory in. cludes also a spacious, and handsome
 dining room. the schools infirmary. the | beautiful library room, the assembly
 hall and the presidents office. As large and handsome as the build | ing Is. it is only half completed. The east wing and the central portion only have been built, The west wing is yet to be, constructed. And an addi- ton is to be made to the east wing. | The original plans called for this. The additions will be made when the State
 sets aside the money to meet the in- | sistent demands that are made upon | the school At present the school receives an | annual appropriation of $25.00o. 1t l may be readily appreciated that with l 409 girls and with corps of twenty eight teachers and instructors, the ex- ercise of economic and eSecutive abili- ties on the part of President Peterson | and the Board of Trustees is demand ed. s The Alabama Girls Industrial School was forecasted and planned in the bill introduced in the Alabama Senate by Hon. Sol D. Bloch, of Wilcox County. The purposes of the school were set forth at length in the bill. This con- stitution, this declaration of principles, has been arranged in this wise. Declaroation of Principles. 1. To exert an uplifting and refin-
 ing influence in the home and in socie- tty by means of the cultivated intellect, attained by systematic training in the | liberal arts and sciences.
 To do effective work as profess sional teachers.
 | 3. To be skillful in those domestic arts that are fundamental in all true | housekeeping and home-making. a9 4. TO De self Supporting through | proficiency in one or more of these m
 dustrial or fine arts open to women. The purpose of the school, as one may readily see, is to appeal to ana | to assist in educating the daughters If the Aiabamians of moderate means, a | class which make up by far the great | est proportion of the States citizenship. It never has and never will be an ex- | pensive schools. Were it this it's pur- pose would be defeated The actual
 expenses of . student are no more than $92.
 AACf SOAithpuSCiuCutr CxGICiSeS WltCh mark the close of the tenth year of | the school began last night with the Tenth Annual, Concert by the pupils of the Music Department of which Miss Edna Bush is Director. The large chapel of the school was filled to over flowing and a musical program well
 worthy of the inspiring audience was rendered. A difficult program was promised in the announcement of the numbers, but 1t was rendered admira- bly,. In full the program was as follows: Tenth Annual Concert. F PART FIRST.
 Galop di Bravura (Schulhoff) )-Misses Cleveland. Gordon, Delchamps and Thaxton.
 The First Violet (MendeIssohn)- Miss
 Birdie Hooper. s
 Consolation (Dussek)-Miss Lucy
 Lenoir
 Zampa (Harold)-Misses Watson.
 Long, Miller and Dale.
 Andante and Waltz CUtermoehlen)--
 Misses Lyman. Lawrence and sampey
 valse Caprice (Newland) = Miss
 Kathleen Shivers.
 In Our Boat (Cowen)-Chorus. PART SECOND.
 Grande valse. op%42 (Chopin)-Miss
 Belle Mcdonald.
 Midsummer Nights Dream (Mendels- sohn)-Msses Shtvers and Bedding.
 Frulingsrauschen (Sinding) - Miss | Ruth Long.
 witches Dance (MacDowell)-Miss | Pauline McAlpine.
 o Stay Thou. Golden Moment (Jen- | sen)-Miss Brownie Poole.
 Jubel Weber)-Misses McAlpine,
 Gayle. Crawford and Shirley. Daisy Time (DenZa)--Chorus.
 The chief interest, perhaps, of the 1 entire program was centered in the l Commencement Sermon of Rev. George
 B. Eager of Louisville, Ky.-an elo- | quent address of which more is to be | said later Dr. Eager while pastor of the First Baptist Church of Montgom- | cry, was a Trustee of the school and l It's interest was close to his heart. He
 was at one time elected Prsident but declined the honor, after weighing the | important question. He came from Louisville where he fills the chair of History In the Baptist Theological Seminary, to deliver the Commence
 ment Sermon and to speak before the Young Women's Christian Association of the school. The Commencement Exercises will l be continued until Tuesday night The | social relaxations of the students so | far have consisted of two delightful re- captions by the two literary societies, one Friday night by the Julia S. Tut
 wiler Society and one Saturday night by the Castalian Society.
 The Board of Trustees will meet to- | morrow at o'clock p.sim-