The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08


 the appreciation and approval of busi-
 "It is a sense of obligation that we should fill, not to the resent only. bul
 to our posteriiJ, to provide collese
 for our boys and our girls equal 10 tne best in the country--and in accepting
 and adopting the report of the joint commission of the two Conferences or this great State, we virtually meet ana discharge the obligation.
 "The acceptance of the report of the great issue that Is now before us means male college at Birmingham and female college at Montgomery secona
 to none in our great Southland; 1t means that from an educational stand
 point Alabama will lead in Methodism in the South.
 During all these years or lne ne es.ao- stats lishment of the two schools in the state
 for Greensboro today there Is an en- dowment Of but S7O.O00.
 Money Already On Hand.
 ever of the subject. without any dis cussion. the importance of the step under consideration has been recog- nized and today l am assured or e SA1g'o tbo girls college at Montgomery;
 This is a momentous day. Adopt this report and you put behind our educa- tionaI interests M Metn36s gtare In pon't adops 1t and we stay where we are ana we
 dwindle and die" Mir. Cummings then went thorougnty
 into the situation as concerns the OW- enton College, saying that Owenton IS n suburb of what will be the largest city of the South and an ideal location
 for mans college. Ine ISna snsaros o.hen en which the college Is situated VIII Tn a short time be worth one and one-nsll neIssi ! millions of dollars. Already an oneI
 of s15o,0o0 has been made Tor the la"u
 He voiced the sentiment of the vast majority of Methodlsts in Alabama ln | saying that the time has now 9ons eoIns when something must be done alohs | the line of education and implored tme conference not to tnrnN down its pres e,s | efat golden opportunity Co meet the -eA l gencies of the situation.
 l SHe Further explained that the NortI l Alabama Conference had made a mos, 1 glorious offer. They propose 10 pulig
 and equip plant at oweh.ohh d 0he5 5egtIS ii iS done to write the Alabama GohteIencte | fo accent as a gift a one-halt interest | They also propose to come rlEhI my now to MontEomery and assist in the bulid,, | ing of a college for women that WI,
 be erected and maintalned at cos'
 of a quarter of a million dollars;
 Tt Is a genuine oner, a mag mag gniaaoSm, ~ aoS.I,, we can not afford to say 1t nay-n99a l9. for the sake of our own boys ana girls I 1 bIlt for the sake of our prospeElty, Lol the sake of Methodism In Alapamai
 ifgion and its influence throughout the | world" 1r. c,,ronoines
 when he touched on Alabama as state, | in relation to other States Of the Onlon | on the men and her women ln coInpah psh = 1 ison to other men and women ut tto i | country and of the glories 9t 4ha MSeI9St | of the man, and when he concluaeu ~ ls 1 could be easily seen that ne haa Wuh l the day, that under the nre oI ms t..S,, Sio1
 qgenee and the msgnsnGti mssagbnstsntialiv backed Un much of the indifference, apathy ! ana prejudice of the minority was melt
 "u DE, NcGehee's Speech:
 One of the grapdest speeches ever made on the floor of the AlSDaIila s NJ | Terence was that of pr. U. C. Me SS,rcb Mobile, a tru Itee of the South l ern University at Greensporos anu a l member of the joint committee on fne great question under consiaeF@Iloh 1 for the Alabama Conference;
 He was accorded the privilege or the l floor as a member of the committee. pr. McGehee is one ot the most
 fluent, eloquent and fofceMLul M spebha1rs ha ,1 9 l Conference, and in the instance or ms plea for the adoption or the report ot l inc joint committee for the establish
 ham' ign' and a female college at Montgom-
 cry, he was at his very pest There was no argument omitted--no good thing left unsaid that would lead that great congregation, representing the best and wisest in Melhodlsm to clear understanding, perfect concep-
 tion of the true facts fin the case, as he
 had studied it and as was his convic-
 ton.
 He paid a tribute to his colleagues
 on the committee from the Alabama
 Conference, especially to Dr. Lamar
 and to W. F. Vandiver of Montgomery
 "Our school at Tusgekee must be re-
 vived" he said.
 "Tuskegee is doomed and in order
 to carry on the work there, sS0,000
 must be raised. and 1t cannot be done.
 Where on the face of the earth could
 placed in a school at Tuskegee? Our
 commission was in delicate place