The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
PROFESSOR HOGG RECALLS INCL
 DENT OF OLD DAYS.
Hanasesse Portrait of Daniel Webster At Auburn Was Secured Largely
 Through the Aid of the Pres ident of HaFVQrd.

Professor Alexander Hogg. now of Texas. but who was a leader In educa.
 ton in Alabama, before education had
 gained its present strength and popu'
 larity, recalls. in . letter to The Adver- tiser, the generous and kindly assist
 ence Which President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University. gave to stu. dents of the East Alabama College of Auburn in furnishing a room for the webstefian Society in 1870. The Eas'
 Alabama College was the predecessor of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, and at that time Professor Hogg was at the head of the Depare' ment of Mathematics. He tells in hi, letter of the circumstances which surrounded his letter to President Elioi E and the happy result 1t attained. Professor Hogg has spent Q long anc honorable life in the profession o' teaching. He has been unanimously
 endorsed by the Texas Teachers State
 Association for beneft from, the Carne' eie Funds. In his letter. written IT reference to the visit of President Eliot, Professor Hogg says:
 The acquaihtancs of the writer frst with pr. Eliot grew out of cores pondence in regard to fitting up new hall for the websterian Literary So
 ciety of the East Alabama College. Au'
 burn, Ala.
 In 1870 the writer was selected foi
 the chair of Mathematics: was elected
 honorary member of the two nteraIs }
 societies, the William Wirt and the
 Websterian. This college, with othe' institutions of learning all over the
 South, felt very keenly the ravaRes oi the civil war. However, the writer undertook the
 task of fitting up the hall for the use
 of the Websterian. knowing that the
 friends of the Wirt Ca little more pop
 ular) would do the same Tor tue "wirts." .
 subscribed for the hall. a letter was sent to pr. Eliot. stating what had been done and that the young men wno nsc kept over their doorway-"Aberty and Union Now and Forever One and Tn
 separable." should have for their new
 hall a portrait of Mir. Webster; ana
 that Boston should furnish It.
 Tn a few days a letter came rom the doctor. stating that he had seen some of the friends of MT. Webster and that he was assured that if a letter stating the, facts were addressed to the Hon lPeter Harvey. President or the Marsh- field Club, that portrait would bs sent.
 This was done. and there came from Boston in time for the dedication oi the new nalls pofei oAs S@ ster of such size and mounting. tha'
 the express prepaid. from Boston t9 Auburn. Ala. was ss3. / With the portrait came also letter l accompanying this statement, wnich on account of its lofty patriotic sen | timents, was published all through th' South; and 1t seems should be repro duced upon the visit of Dr. Eliot, really the man through whose personal inter- | est in the young men of the South was the chief factor in securing the lire
 size portrait of that great American
 citizen, Daniel Webster.
 Hence with this explanation the
 original letterof Peter Harvey Is given
 Yours truly. | Alex. Hogg.
 Fort Worth. Tex. March l. 1909
 | Friends of Mir. Webster Wrote: | N. Boston. 2tth April.
 My dear Sir:
 The Marshneld Club. of which am the President, beg leave to present to | the Websterian Literary Society oi
 East Alabama College @ portrait of the | fllustrfous man whose name that as- sociation has assumed. Ours is so-
 cial club, composed of gentlemen oi
 whom some were personal friends oi
 MT. Webster, and all believe in the doctrines he taught. and hold his memory in honor and reverence. The name we bear Is that of the town ir which he lived during the last twenty
 years of his life. in which he died, and
 where his dust now reposes There | he had A large farm and convenient