The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-28
COLUMBIAN DAYS AS RECALLED BY MISS FEAGlN
 LIFE OF THE SOUTHERN WOMEN IN WHITTIER HALL F

has been elected assistant prlnclpdl ol the Girls High school in Montgomery Miss Jamie Harvis was also among the Alabama girls at Columbia. Among the students in the fine arts department was Miss Elolse Montgomery of Birmingham whose work has attracted much favora- ble attention. She is now sketching on the coast of Massachusetts. The degree of IL. D. was conferred upon a south erner, MT H. c. White, president or the Georgia State Agricultural and Meehah- ical college.
 Club of Southerners.
 "The clubs of Columbia are an interest," ing part of it's social life. The Southern club was among the most active orgahi- cations It's departments embraced study of political and educational afalrs' Alabama had two officers in the South ern club it's president MT. w. W. DaVls, and it's secretary, Miss Isabel Coghill or Montgomery. Miss Margaret Pinckney or Charleston, a near relative of the laiiii- lies so delightfully."- described in Lady Bal tin1ore, is vice president of the club. The committee on public affairs included MT. McKinly Troy, MT. Davis, Miss Coghili and myself.
 .'The members of the club were enter tained by Dr Buttrick. who, as you khoW, is secretary of the general edpcatiol'i board He gave us an Gppertlaty or uii- derstanding more clearly the system ein- ployed by the board in its educationai work The maps and charts of the soutll' where the board directs much of It's work were most interesting. MT. Buttrick calls it pigeon holing the south,' as he has every section designated by colored pms, a certain color for the white schools ana another for the negro schools.
 .sThe members of the club were also oharmingly entertained by MT. and Mrs. Chambers at Crows Nest, their mag nificent country seat on the Hudson. They were former Alabamians.
 "Besides the Southern club, there was the Western club and also the Cosmo- politan club. the organization of which was due to the energy of an Austras : ian member of the faculty, Dr. Perclpal Cole,
 But the work of the Southern clno was especially commendable We were fortunate in securing good speakers among them Walter H. Page, John 5. Wise and others"
 In speaking of the work at Columbia and in answer to question that brought up the discussion of the ordeal known as examinations, Miss Feaglo said that the examinations were con ducted so broadly that to satisfactorily answer one question would require the writing of a book.
 For instance" she said, "one Of the questions passed to me on my little examination slip called for me to trace the development of the Lyric. l couia easily have written several thousands words And such questions as What caused the decline of the Lyric move ment in the nineteenth century, show how broadly the examinations are conducted. Palgrave's Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics,' in four volumes, traced much of this for us, but when and how during examination paralyzed some of us, although fortunately for me I was always self-possessed during this ordeal, and that is an advantage
 But" said Miss Feagin, while l have talked of Columbia's advantages to the woman who wishes to take up the higher education in order to fit her self for the highest positions in the educational world, I feel that l should not omit the educational opportunities to be derived from New York city. The opera season, the winter of continued dramatic treats, all of this plays an important part to the Columbia student and rounds out the studious days at Columbia
 Miss Feagin will make speciality of teaching English.