The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
ONE OFFICE
 IS ABOLISHED Chairman of Faculty at Montevallo. MANY GIRLS GET DIPLOMAS Prof. j. A. Moore Will Stay With
 School. Dr. Patrick and Governor Conner Ad- dress the CIas. of 1909 and the
 Exercises Come
 to End.
BY cAmpnELL L. coRY.

BY CAMPBELL L. CORY.
 Montevallo. June S.--(Special. )--Af- ter a lengthy executive session, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Girls Industrial School decided to abolish the office of chairman of the faculty, which position Professor J. A. Moore has held nine years.
 The trustees appointed President Palmer to notify Professor Moore of their action and Professor Moore him. self made public the decision of the trustees at the conclusion of the com mencement exercises this morning. which announcement came as great surprise to the vast commencement throng of 1909.
 The duties of the office of chairman of the faculty. it seems. were virtually the same as those of the President, and consequently a dual form of govern ment was in evidence at the school.
 It was automatically stated that new office would be created, and Pro- lessor Moore would be retained at the school as he is much beloved by all the teachers and students.
 President T. w. Palmer retains his office as President of the institution. the discontinuance of which is optional with the board at any time.
 Miss Laura McAlpine was reelected by the trustees as matron of the school.
 There was a rumor current that the oratory. and music departments would be discontinued, but the trustees voted to continue all the departments
 During its several sessions of the Board of Trustees, it was agreed to it up the Majors property, which sd- joins the dormitory, and which was recently purchased by the school, into a comfortable inhrmary. pr. D. L. Wilkinson was reelected college physi- elan.
 The Executive Committee of the trus- tees and the President were appointed by the board to place in a suitable condition for fall use the central wing of the dormitory. An effort will be made to have all the dormitories full at next falls session. Four hundred and fifty girls can be accommodated at the school.
 No changes were given out as to the teachers of the school, as no material changes were made.
 Although the Board of Trustees held sessions and transacted some import ant business, most of their time was occupied with regular routine work.
 All InemDSfs oL tue UooAu "SAS PASSN ent except Judge H. Austill of Mobile and Judge J. c. Kumpe of Moulton.
 Graduation Exercises
 Montevallo. June s.-(Special. )--it was sad. yet happy commencement Day for the twenty-two girl gradu- ates of the Alabama Girls Industrial School, as they stood at the parttngs of the road this morning at the clos ing exercises of the school. for at the conclusion of the commencement ad- dress by pr. Robert G. Patrick, Presi- dent of Judson College, and with the granting of their diplomas. amid the tollinE of the vesper bells, they passed through the transition period from stu- dents to alumnae, and the class of 1909 had graduated. the thirteenth annual commencement of the school was over.
 The exercises of the day began with the opening prayer by Rev. c. A. Bowling and the rendition of the song' seThe Making of the Hay" by the cho- rus of the school, at the conclusion Of which President Patrick gave the com mencement address. speaking on the subject, woman in the Worlds Work"
 In his introductory remarks, he stated that 1t gave him great pleasure as a worker in an adjacent field to be with them at their commencement ex' ercises and he congratulated the school upon the ending of another year or success.
 pr. Patrick at this point charged the girls to be thorough in their work. and he said that no woman's educa- tton was completed until she could bake bread and make her own dresses, and he told of letter he had received from a Judson girl who said she was reading Browning and making pre- serves.
 Following this address President T. w. Palmer made few remarks and passed out the diplomas to twenty-two graduates on behalf of the trustees Of the college No special honors were given but as each girls name was called, Professor Moore read what course she was graduated in.
 Governor Conner was called upon and made a few remarks dwelling upon the conditions existing this year, and that he had attended many commence ment exercises this year and that the State was taking the boys and girls by the hand and leading them to the front.
 Concluding he congratulated the graduates and also stated that the board of trustees was very proud of them and that he hoped the time would come when they would have all new when every department would be free, for Alabama was going to give them the best 1t had.
 With the rendition of song by the chorus and with the benediction, the thirteenth annual commencement of the school was over.
 Those who received diplomas are:
 Graduate Students-Daisy Dunlap, Straven, Shelby County; Stella Palmer. Shelby County; Fanny Ros- son, Cullman, Cullman County.
 Seniors-Elizabeth P. Agee Sweet water, Marengo County; Lillian Baker, Coosa County; Mary Lou Ise Cameron Mt. Hebron, Greene Coun- ty; Helen B. Carnathan, Butler, Choc- taw County; Nellie Collins, Warrior, Jefferson County; Linnie lone Grove, Shelby County; Ellen Da- wis, Kellyton, Coosa County; Florence Dixon, Andalusia. Covington County; Euniee Gay. Lineville, Clay County; Mabel Clare Gray, Butler. Choctaw County; Corrie Bess Hall. Tensaw, Rald win CnnntY: Lulia Kathlean Ionas