The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
ENGINEERS VISIT
 THE UNIVERSITY Special Train Load Had Fine
 Trip Yesterday SEE THE NEW BUILDINGS Occasion Was the Monthly Meeting Of Birmingham section of the En- gineering Association of
 the south
SEE THE NEW BUILDINGS
By WALTER HARPER

By WALTER HARPER
 The Birmingham section of the Engi- neering Association of the South was the guest of the University of Alabama yesterday. | Almost 100 members including a number of women, wives and daughters of the members, spent part of the day and up until last night on the campus of the University of Tuscaloosa inspecting the new technical buildings, their equipment and enjoying the bounteous hospitality Of the university officials.
 A special train of two coaches and a baggage car furnished by the Alabama Great Southern railroad carried the Bir- mingham party to Tuscaloosa at 1 o'clock. The special returned to Birmingham at midnight,
 The occasion was the monthly meet ing of the Birmingham section of the En- gineering Association of the South, and the meeting was held at the university by invitation of the university officials through Prof. Edgar B. Kay, dean of the engineering department. and one of the most active members of the association.
 The features of the days programme were the inspection of the technical build ings, baseball game between the varsity team and a picked team of engineers, dinner at the Hotel McLester rendered by the officers of the university and an in- formal reception at the home of Prof. and Mrs Edgar B. Kay.
 Party Special
 About 60 people went down on the special train, and they were met at Tus- caloosa and at the university by 15 or 20 engineers and instructors of engineering.
 The day was voted by all present the most delightful in every respect ever spent by the association. It was also highly instructive and should prove of great mutual benefit to the association and to the technical departments of the univer- sity.
 The visitors spent some time in the en- gineering building, Conner hail. which Is just now being completed. Most of the equipment for the practical instruction of civll, electrical, mining and mechanical engineering has been installed and is now in opera ton. The equipment is pro- nounced the best that can be shown in any department of the kind in the country, and the visiting engineers expressed much surprise at the efficiency and scope of the work that is being done.
 The geological and biological museum Smith hall-has just been completed and turned over to the trustees. This, like Conner hall, is a very handsome structure and c-ids very much to the greater uni versity Idea. The collections are now be- ing arranged and the visitors spent some time inspecting the valuable and interest ing specimens that have been gathered here. This Is said to be one of the finest collections of the kind in the country, and much of the credit for the work and re- search Is due Dr. Eugene A. Smith, dean or mineralogy and geology.
 The library and chemical and hydraulic laooratorfes were also inspected.
 Dinner at Tuscaloosa
 At o'clock the party was carried to Tuscaloosa by special train of cars on the Birmingham and Gulf Belt Line and an elegant dinner was served at the Hotel McLester.
 After dinner the party returned to the University, where some technical labora- tory demonstrations were made for the benefit of the visitors in the physical lec- ture room. At o'clock an informal re- ception was held at the home of Prof. and Mrs. Edgar B. Kay.
 Professor and Mrs. Kay assisted in re- ceiving by MT. and Mrs. G. B. Nichols of Ohio, ladies of the faculty and wives of the local engineers. The event was most brilliant and greatly enjoyed by all pres ent. Mrs. Kay is a most charming hos tess and the visitors were loud in their praise of her gracious hospitality. The Kay residence is one of the handsomest in Tuscaloosa.
 At the close of the reception the party frananorfad fn lat, Southern railway station, where the spe- cial stood ready to bring the jolly crowd back to Birmingham
 There was not one weary or dragging moment In the entire days programme and there was not one member of the party but that expressed regret that the day was so short.
 Resolution of Thanks
 At the short session of the associa- tion, held during the evening at the as- sembly hall, the following resolution was adopted:
 ''The Birmingham Section of the En- gineering Association of the South. one and all. desire to express to Professor Kay and the other members of the faculty of the University their sincere apprecia- tion of the most instructive and delight ful trip, and, furthermore, their desire in some small way to try and impress upon them our admiration for the thorough manner in which the noble work of in- struction in the different branches of engineering Is carried on under their master hands. We feel that the Birming- ham district will, indeed, be their un- dying debtors So. again, unanimously, we thank you in behalf of the organize tion.''
 The members of the party were as loud in their praise of the handsome manner in which they were handled by the Alabama Great Southern railroad and the Birmingham and Gulf Belt Line. New Steel Cars The cars furnished by the Alabama Great Southern were new steel cars of the very latest design and equipped with every modern convenience, including au- | tomatlc electric lighting, sanitary water coolers and the most approved sanitary arrangement throughout
 The special was in the personal charge of Trainmaster H. c. Flemming, who did everything in his power for the comfort and convenience of every member of the party City Passenger Agent o. H Chandler went as far as Bessemer and saw that the train was running smoothly Travelling Passenger Agent Hugh F. Lati- mer gave the train and the party a hearty god-speed at the Terminal J. H Doh bins was conductor of the train and T lC cummins presided at the throttle. Every passenger on the special will tes- tify to the fact that he knows his busi- nesg.
 Birmingham Party
 Those who went down to Tuscaloosa
 from Birmingham were: B. A Schroder.
 l. F. Mcdonnell D. 8. Martin. K B'
 Stephens, Mrs. K. B. Stephens. P. Rvrne J. c. Laird, George Macatee. George