The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
BY WILL T. sHEEHAN.

bride and future nope is Tn the Hiosl of another commencement. It is Jud- eon's sixty-ninth commencement.
 Marion, the city of schools. for three quarters of century, with the beau ty and dignity of age upon her. Is hii- ed with visitors. The principal occa- sion~ was the delivery Sunday morning of the commencement sermon by Rev. Edward c. Dargan of Louisville. A splendid past, the institution has had. It has been benediction to Alabama and it's womanhood. And SD few woman's colleges have lived so long and done so much. Judson dates back to 1889. It was pioneer among The women's colleges of the united States. Through all the years 1t has done it's work steadily and faithfully and the width, depth and beneht or that work for the State no man may measure and no mind may gauge And its later and riper years have been her best. es
 The year closing was the greatest wear the famous old college has ever had. The Board of Trustees will meet here Wednesday and the policy affecting the future life of the insti- tuition will be developed. The Board will be called upon to devise ways and means to cope with the conditions created by its wonderful growth in the past ten years.
 Judson is Filled.
 The college cannot accommodate all 'Hhe young women who wish to secure the advantages of its splendid train ing. Many hopeful and aspiring young women have been turned from its doors They knocked in vain for there was no room for them within the walls of Judson. Already in the coll lege there are many more young wo- men than the institution can conven- dently care for.
 | For three years there have been snore applications than there were snlaces for the young women. For fhree years the facilities of the col Aege have been unable to meet the de- imands made upon them The numoer of disappointed ones was unusually 1arge in the year which has just lclosed. On the day that the college sppened last September pr. fatrlck Twas forced to deny admission to sew aenty-efsht young women who were ianxiousiy looking for the opportunity tpf securing Judson's advantages. This was at the opening of. the institution. Manv more applications. great many more applications. came In during the wear, But they had to be refused:
 The enrolment in the year which As closing was a20. If there had been T00m
 so0 and more. Tn the entire year Nhare was never a week in which the SaciIities of the efficient and famous nId college were not taxed to their limit.
 evcb have been the results of the enIendid administration or anaIrs oi President Robert G. Patrick. lie IS nompleting his eleventh year as res sdant of Judson. When he assumed .harrs Hudson had 100 students. But shS ~tandard of the college had always sor biph. It has been througnous u,, ,.. long and useful life. recognizco
 a of the leading women,s coheSe .ha country But the aolii'y. o, .oinss energy, the wide grasp or snirs the devotion to duty ol .ne s the taert has given the excelienc ,;t,on. restitution widespteau ,,, aducation- n. oyiv in Alabama put ,.s m States not oh,y throushout the United otasrSd al ciIoi ih;avemerlts of his enetsS ,,a
 ne at,onaI executive aplnty ,,, his euu ,n the condition whicn no" resul'.u Roard of Trustees ma. ds done to meet the greae sar shan Se 70 % unon the college? how HOW She growth be proViot These the shaIl. Judson be extenns must mucn o.ions which the Boarn a,sS are gu at its meeting WednesoAs ost aatine will be one or tug r,ors ssnortant me in the history or the i"' insti'u'-C. Girls 0utstrip Boys'
 .ho educational circles oi Tr
 oueer situation mas .,a. .he a. situation the fear IS Ter. e taster srirIs of Alabama are aoVanh than the s,Iture and in educatioh ,-I- of an cui s tba State-that the sirls boys o ara more eager for the pron ,rso the ola' better training of college , er anu hovs The fear is teit ths. than her education and all II stanua snr tbe young women or tne of Ala ontstripping the young nie snroe of the Ssma. The fear IS relt os oS AIabama. nst thoughtful educators oI aoaner mos' I,se is given for 1t. as the keenes ., Ihe o" aS tbe younger women oi tn nesiIe r collage training and cultuIe' bta,o anv of the boys prefer 10 ente, n,rsss %nlhe as soon as they have nnisncu .hair academic training. But this oon dition has given concen" A,ebama uL.nhtfuI college men in Aiapama. thous doubt. the efficiency or COL
 Cor young women like tucson Sayond doubt the splendid auFan.as sS pes on Institution offers and mas or serad to the girls of Aiapaina' pvIi ,,non A condition in wnich slris u s.iav a keener desire for college train t% and the wider horizon than the sns n,,ho are apt to minimize their S',artaees in the financial tempta- sions a business career oners.
 pn+ no cry has been raised to hamper .ha airls of Alabama-no demand IS wade that their opportunities pc less- anad The old story of the oattle Ilas ond the flag bearers who carried II TOT ward beyond his regiment In the hs"' bears upon this condition
 JThe order wss called to him, Brlng hack the flag to the regiment. Ana his answering cry was, NO orihs ior- ward the regiment to the flag
 So the cure in the conditions which has hean described is not the hamper ing in any way of the college for girls hui the continued increase of the op- nortunitfes for education of the boys and the pursuance of plan of educat- ing the boys to the advantage of col lege life and college culture. This Is heinz done And in this way the in- huence of Judson College and similar institutions ia being felt in colleges engaged in the training of the men of Alabama.
 Many People in Marion.
 Commencement days are the greatest days of the year for Marion. It Is filled with life and beauty then, as 1t Is at no other time The streets are filled and along the shady. inviting ment dresses than there are ST 'ng suits and straw hats The hotels are filled with mothers. brothers and fath CTS. and there are some masculine vis itors who are neither brothers nor fathers.
 The commencement exercises at Jud- son began Saturday night with an ex-