The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-28

With her "cap and gown" now laid aside for vacation days, the university girl, in a lingerie toilette, with her hat massed in roses, has come home.
 But the laying aside of cap and gown does not mean the burial of a single memory of university days. These mem- cries are too ndelibly impressed to be ever obliterated Every trivial incident seems now to stand out more clearly, as strong links in the chain Names, scenes, the routine of college life, how well de- fined is it all in these early days how inseparable it becomes even after the mist of years.
 My Columbian days will fill my whole life with happy memories said a young southern woman recently. in speaking of her life at Columbia university. The thought of those days will compensate me for whatever else may come into my life. I will at least know that these memories cannot go. My friends at Columbia, the university scenes, the delights of those days should fill a girls life with thelr complete sense of satisfaction as far as her college life is concerned"
 Among the young southern women who have been studying at Columbia for the past two years is Miss Alma Feagln of Birmingham.
 Birmingham feels a great interest in Miss Feagin's brilliant work at Colum- bia. As the daughter of Judge and Mrs. N. B. Feagin this personal interest is not confined to her immediate circle of friends but extends to that widening circle out side even of the south, wherever the name of her honored father is known as one of the leading philanthropic workers and thinkers of America.
 Miss Feagin took a special course In English and received her diploma in May. on the memorable occasion of the celebra- tion of the 144th anniversary of the found- ing of Columbia, which was held in con nection with the commencement exer- cises.
 While few years ago the number of southern women matriculating at the eastern universities was nothing like as large as more recent years have shown, yet even with this increasing number of women, who are taking the higher edu- cation,' there is a feeling of strangeness III tAiS bAeibiHSs SdlQ MISS fedSln to a group of young women gathered for tea one afternoon the past week.
 Tn the first place, it is impossible not to be impressed with the vastness of Co., lumbia. The university, the teachers col lege, the Barnard college, and all of the varied departments; the Speyer school, the Horace Mann, all part of the great university and yet separate worlds.
 Some idea of the vastness of Columbia may be had when you consider the num- her of yearly graduates. This year the number was 1144. And when you con- siGer the large faculty and the hundreds of regular and special students you can form an idea of the imposing procession that wended its way into the great gym naslur. on the occasion of the one hun cred and fortyfourth anniversary.
 Imposing Procession.
 Tt vas memorable day for Columbia The procession was brilliant one First came the students in cap and gown, fol- lcwed by the faculty. The students re- mained standing until the members of the faculty were seated, and we stood prob ably an hour before the last of the mag rificent academic procession entered the gymnasium, 200O in number. It was a pro-