The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-06-04

answering the call. and already tne
clouds are breaking, the mist - clear
ing away and the sunlight or tnteln-
Tence is dissipating and into every
walk of life. the college men ana Wo.
men are going and in great numbers
At this juncture the speaker orougDt
ont the value of higher professions, OF
isw medicine. and the ministry. and
how today In these professions. II
takes college graduates, for he showed
how the times were changing, how eV-
erv lawyer in order to make goo0
needed a college training. and likewise
with the physicians. surgeons and min
listers. He also told OF the growing
demand for college trained men ana
women in the caii OF teaching: when
field offered greater opportunities than
any other.
Continuing, DR.. Abercrombie spoke
In part, "A teaching OF the mind to
think, an education Of the eye to See
a training of the hand to do, discip-
line of the will to execute. ana de-
&elopment of the body to endure
these, with a properly cultivated con-
science, constitutes the chief eharac-
teristics OF college trained men and
women and are absolutely essential in
this age OF commercial and Industrial
advancement But what has been said
of college trained men applies to col
leve trained women also, as there are
many places open to women now In All
walks OF life. While woman isequal
to a man in education. while she Is
winning signal success In many Walks
of life, vet the fact remains and Will
ever remain, that her best service is
interviewer with the home life, which
is higher and nobler
Concluding, the speaker said: col
lege trained men and women are beat
ing out the others and are in great
demand, because at college they stu
died and were trained, they possess
the knowledge and the ability TO do
and also application, and young men
and women, application Is the way you
have gained the success you have In
your school life, and II you have not
vet realized the power OF application,
let me admonish you to gain that pow
err now"
Diplomas Presented.
Following DR.. Abercrombie's adj
dress. DR.. ]. Lucius CASTOR. vice-pres-
ident Of the Board of Education, pre-
scented the diplomas or certificates to
the members Of the class of 1908, the
following getting diplomas:
Girls Department-Ethel Kathleen
Barnes. Mary Burke. Clara Lavina Cal
iaway, Helen Colquitt, cecile Mary
Dennis. Lucie DOVE, Palmer Ready
rah Hodgson, Annie Williams Holt, Car
RE Hugger, Maude Hugger,
May Ferne Jones' Laura Paralee Ken
nedy, Effie Lou Lee, Blanche Loeb,
Lucie Rivers McKeithen, Ida Beaumont
Parrish Mamie Darling Redding, Car
rife Rice. Irma Bertha Rice, Edna Roll
Inns. Marcelle Sabel Annie Forss smith,
Nellie Blackwell Smith, Anita Bernice
Strassburger. Lucille Evans Strong.
While Ross Thompson, Marie Angela
Vincentelli. Jeanne Well. Clara Ellen
Westcott and Bertha Marie Wood
Certificates were presented to the
following: Lillian Marguerite Dorsey,
Laura Goode Jones, Adele Zoe Smith,
Annie Howard Solomon and Laura Eth
ell Waller.
Boys observation-disclosures Richmond
Eckies. Robert Austin Jones. Charles
Bowdon Kingry. Joseph Earle Reaves.
Fletcher Adolph Spivey
A certificate was presented to julius
Watkins Mccall.
Robert Austin Jones, who received
his diploma last evening, is only II
years old, and the youngest boy ever
graduated from the Montgomery Boys
High School