The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18

two for preparation before appearing on the lecture platform. My lectures are not verbal. I work each one out anew just before it is presented; in that way making it possible for one tc hear the same one several times and still gain new thoughts"
 What do you think of the response given by the women of Birmingham to the Dante series?" he was asked
 T find it quite gratifying" he replied quickly. They have evidently done good work this winter It is very pleasant to address an audience that has prepared itself on the subjects with which deal
 Are you often asked to give sugges- tions for club work?"
 'Frequently," he answered. q have d great many letters asking for outlines of courses of study, and am always glad to give my advice. great many peo- pie come to me, too, to ask for help in their personal troubles, I am called upon to give advice on matters of religious faith, the education of children and other problems of home. The variety of aues- tions asked is quite surprising. Strangers come to me with their troubles when they will not discuss them with friends in their own city. I suppose, because one does not like to know that some one to be met constantly in his daily affairs is in possession Of his secrets"
 In discussing his own education I was surprised to learn that Dr. Griggs had been partilly self-educated The death of his father necessitated his leaving school at the age of 14 and he did not return for five years. He then entered college. however, and was graduated at the Uni versity of Indiana. in which institution he afterward occupied the chair of ethics. His education was finished, too, with sev- era1 years abroad. ''So many Birning- ham women heard your lectures at Chau- tauqua last summer who I am sure will be interested to learn if you will return l remarked ''No,' he said. q do not expect to be in Chautauqua this summer My duties will take me elsewhere As it happens I have lectured every alternate year in the past 10 at Chautauqua. It was not premeditated at all but has just chanced that I have not been here two successive seasons"
 Dr. Griggs will visit several southern cities before going to the west to deliver g. series of lectures. He is rarely away from home, however, even on his longest tours, more than six weeks and seldom even that long. There are four little chill dren at his home that he always hurries back to see. Two others are in Mon- tana with his mother for he has been a widower for several years. He told of q letter just received from the little 7-year- old daughter, in which she begged that he just run home for over Sunday She always expects him, though running home for Sunday Is not always possible since their home is in New Jersey, just outside of New York city.
 No intellectual treat Of the winter has been more keenly enjoyed than the series of F lectures given by Dr. Griggs this week at the High school. Club women have given up everything else and spent the afternoon and evening at the lectures, land there is not one who does not feel Iamply repaid for the time thus employed The teachings of this great moral leader MI leave an impression upon the com l ninity such as is not often it's privilege
 toretain. The ideals which he offers, the
 ex'uisito thoughts that he expresses, are
 anfnspiration to all who hear him, and
 his coming each spring adds much to
 the atmosphere of culture in Birmingham In e,ch of his lectures there Is a series
 of belutiful lessons just as there is in
 each If his books, as for example that
 splendd appeal that he makes in his
 studies of personal and social develop ment, vhen he asserts: Never has life | been so worth the living as it is today. Its opportunities and it's responsibilities