The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-17

The guide said, You will find buried here all of the greatest men of England-her poets, orators, her statesmen-all of her greatest men. The greatest men of the world The young fellow replied Why, you ought to go over to Alabama and go to that old cemetery near Capitol Hill. Yancey Is buried there, Hilliard is buried there; why, there is more greatness in that old cemetery in Alabama than all of that truck you have stuck. away in Westminster Abbey They carried him to the great Portland Cement works in Eng land and he looked on with disgust. He said, We have enough cement on the banks of the Tombigbee river to build 20-foot driveway 30 times around the globe, and in one little hole in Red mountain we have enough iron to build a statue of Vulcan for every mile post They showed him the mineral industries of Sheffield and Birmingham, and he looked on with disgust. Why said he, we make more iron in the Birmingham district in Alabama in a year than you make here in a century, They carried him to Norway and showed him Norway towering pines. He looked up toward the clouds and said We have pines in Bald win county that make three of them. They took him down into Italy and car red him through the great marble quar- ries. He said We have the finest marble in the world in Talladega county. Ala bama and he told the truth. He hap pened to be in Berlin-that great eduea- tional center He attended great eduea- tional gathering at that place. Did you ever see anything like this? his guide asked him. The young Alabamian. with look of pride said, Yes. l have attendeo the Alabama Educational association. Fln- ally they got him drunk and carried him Gown into the Catacombs. They left hlm there. When he awolSe the next morn ing the lights were burning dimly, there were skeletons here skeletons there, skeletons everywhere. hideous, grinning skeletons He raised on his elbow and with an indescribable look on his face said, Gee, it's resurrection day and l am the first man up. Alabama is still ahead
 Plea For Loyalty.
 Fellow teachers let us be loyal, all ways loyal to Alabama-to Alabama and her children. You have a wonder ful work, work for incomparaole service.
 q read story once of swan. great, beautiful, white swan that built her nest by the seashore. One day there came forth a gosling, an ugly, awkward, hideous gosling. The birds of the sea and the birds of the air and the birds of the fields all looked on wondering what this gosling would
  from the mountain heights a great. strong, full-plumaged bird. This great bird pressed his wings against the wings of the gosling-the ugly, hideous gosling and To: the erstwhile hideous gosling stretched his wings and with a screech of triumph scared aloft to aerie beyond the clouds. great, strong North American gle. There are thousands of boys and girls In Ala bama that need only the inspiring the divine touch of conscientious. well educated Christian teacher 10 make them soar away to the mountain heights of strong, stalwart, American citizenship. and may God help you in this service"
 pr. HulIeys Address.
 Dr. Lincoln Hulley. president of the Stetson university at DeLand, Fla. made a great hit in his address on "Fads in Education" pr. Hulley is one of the most progressive of the men now at work in the south.
 Allied Organizations.
 The city superintendents held their meeting in the morning at the Y. M. c. A., at which the leading address perintendent of Gadsden, on ''The Teacher" Several others joined in general discussion which followed The following new officers were then Uniontown; vice president ". F. Jones, Gadsden; secretary, E. A. Miller, Blountsville executive committee, J. B. Brown. Dothan; J. B. Lockhart, Flor ence and c. J. Owens. Abbevil1e.
 The county superintendents did not get together because of the late ar rival of the president. l. w. McAdory of Birmingham. It was announced that a meeting would he held at o'clock in the morning. These two questions seen at once to be vital, are to be dis cussed: "The supplement for insuf- ficient state funds" and How may We secure uniformity of grading in the schools?"
 High School Course.
 The college presidents met again this morning and took up the question | of courses of study for the new hign | sch ools, though no organization was | perfected It was found. however, that | the meeting was one of great beneht !