The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-17
BY WILL T. sHEEHAN.

Aarion. May 16.-(Special Correspon-
dence. IAN addition to the dormitory
to cost ct least $4,000, monsion for
the President to cost $4,000 and a IL
brafy to be erected at a cost of $780,
00o--a total of $50.000--these are the
improvements that will come to JUDI
son during the coming summer and
fall.
The Board of Trustees yesterday au-
thorized them and their announce
ment to the commencement audience at
the closing exercises brought out spir-
tied and spontaneous applause.
The announcement of Judson's COM
ing improvements was the last item on
the commencement program. The
members of the class OF 1907 had been
handed their diplomas. Their college
comrades of the lower classes had
cheered each graduate as she came for
ward to receive the parchment honor
which ended her school life. DR.. w.
H. Smith of Richmond, Virginia, had
delivered a splendid address on. the
sThe unselfish Life"
In speaking the closing words at
the exercises DR.. ssrick brought to
complete silence the large audience. half
OF which were made up of Judson's I'M
dergraduates. He spoke with grath-
tude of the fortune which had come
to Judson of its growth. its strength
and its work. His hearers he said
would be equally pleased with him to
learn of the development of Judson
which was at hand
He alluded humorously to the delay
which had been encountered in the
building of the library. That, he said
was thing of the past. The money
was now in hand. The Board had in
structed him to carry forward the
hAn
with him that a way had been pro-
vided for the building of a mansion for
the president.
Mr. Ellis's Gift.
This had been made possible through
the generosity of the president of the
Board. OF Trustees Hon. ]. B. Ellis OF
orrville. President Ellis, DE-. Patrick
explained. had given the sum of S.
600 to the presidents home in honor
of Mrs. Zaides Ellis Ashcraft, whose
memory is honored now even as she
was loved in life by all who knew
her" as, DR.. Patrick said. The gift was
coupled with the provision that the
college was to raise another $4,000 and
DIR. Patrick assured his hearers that
this sum was already in sight.
The addition to the dormitory was
to be built at the north wing. Its es-
timated cost will be $4,000. The dor
mitory is to give accommodation to
seventy-five additional girl students at
Judson. The buildings might not be
completed when college re-opened in
September DR.. Patrick explained, for
some disappointment in the building
work might be encountered. but the
money for the Judson additions was
in sight and the college would go for
ward.
I'VE have much for which we should
praise God. Our present Is rich and
the future of our beloved institution
is safe" said DR.. PATRICK in closing,
and the undergraduate body. with the
visitors assembled, each of wsom was
a staunch friend of Judson. cheered
the presidents announcement enthu-
siastically.
And SO the commencement exercises
of 1907, as they drew to a close be-
came one of the most notable in the
long and rich history of the college.
The Board of Trustees had held their
meeting in the morning. The Board
which has in charge the affairs of the
great educational institution is COM
posed of B. F. Ellis. president. Orr
willie It. T. DaughdrilI, secretary ana
treasury; w. }. Bailey, Pleasant Hill;
w. A. Davis. Admission; Rev. A. j..
Dickinson, Birmingham: b. T. Eiey.
Union Springs; G. G. Miles. Montgom-
cry; Ernest Lamar. Selma; - +. rope
wiisonville; Rev. ]. P. Shaffer. Dade-
VILE, and DR.. C. A. Wilkerson. Ma
rion.
The consideration of the report of
the President and the discussion of the
proposed additions and improvements
to the college consumed the larger
part of the time in which the Board
was in session. The report of DR..
Patrick was especially gratifying. 1t
might well be this for 1t covered the
most successful year in the history
of Judson, reaching back through the
years to 1899. The enrolment had
never been so large and the work that
was being done in college was alto
gether satisfactory. The report show
ed that although the enrolment had
reached a total of All it had been lin
tied by the present facilities of the
college and that had there been suf-
f1cient room the total enrolment would
have easily gone above 400.
1t was then determined that the ad-
dition to the dormitory should be built
to accommodate at least seventy five
students and that the work on the IL
brary should go forward at once. At
this meeting Mr.. Ellis made formal
offer of his gift of $1,000 for a presi-