The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01

was born in university, and hence has come by honest inheritance a natural bent to bother with schools in general However that may be, Southern Method ism has for several years had on her hands some pretty tough university prob lenS Of her own, and part of those problems falls of right to north Alabama. as one of the original projectors and aI- legged founders of Vanderbilt university ana, prior to the solar plexus'' deliv- cred by the Tennessee supreme court. one of the supposed original owners in fact as we'll as in faith of that great institu- ton. The north Alabama conference is expected at Sylacauga definitely to choose line or action, looking to a final ad- Judication of the Vanderbilt university controversy, and that may mean trip to the united States supreme court Nearer home, however, are the more vital interests of the conference. educa- tionaily; at Athens and Birmingham are ,1oiieses owned In fee simple and admin no,s.s.,,s os ene conference, in effort to ooiitIioute Just and proper part to inc general cultural and religions nrof,. ns the state P.oii' oi
 First Steps
 o.l january Il, 1880. LaGrange college opened US doors for the matricuIation oe s'uoents. Thus was Methodism the nio- neer In college building in Alabama. for. that event antedated establishment of .ne onlversity at Tuscaloosa as 1t did T,'a scnooi or college grade in the state Ine character of the work done .t Grange and It's abiding merit r,a,, estimated by considering the fact ,ho. 'ne three professors first chosen uara men men or distinguished ability: President aiiio was elevated to the Methodist enis copacy and is held In as high esteer, p,s, a |, any honored occupant of thai aue,,st e'oh' S., froi' ". H. Hudson, alumnus of Gha anu fror E. D. Sims. alumnus of ,,,o,,s, .' N. '" each later became members of the faculty of tba 1Tri',nr ai.e sity or Alabama. Tn the original oba rta,, oi LaGrange college appears a nroyis;os, pernaps altogether unique in the bistor,, oA uehominational schools. thus. .0rha !. the institution hereby incornoratoa .h,s,, De purely literary and scientiic. ana that the trustees are hereby prohibited fro.s .ne aooption or any system of educa tjon nf th snal provide for the medication o- 'ne peculiar tenents or doctrines oe any religious denomination whatsoa,s., V, ,,
 La1range college did immortal wori, serving credftably her day and ro, ' .ioh tili sn1ltlng sentiment or need cal1o, TOT removal to Florence the good v;, ae the institution together with al, a,,,H aple portable appurtenances tbere+o , uiiuer :. the name of Florence Weslevan,. ,cos .io Siash or CIVIL war in tho oVs' whereby was laid the predicata ta.. transfer to the state of al, risht o, ute to the property. Under the oyYnar snip ana patronage of the state. tba co, lese, porn at LaGrange and removaa ., riorence, metamorphosed into the oTr,or ence Normal has long enjoyed an a' Viapie reputation and done dstinruishad service Tn the sisterhood of state-owned institutions. o"iieu
 The Topneccaa
 ihlnlstration of Methodist affairs ;n s
 treme north Alabama, founded a.,e- emale college in the early '4Os oe ths nineteenth century and bequeathed f. .o the North Alabama conference when tba : pody was organized fin 1870. Tbis ,nst, tution, despite checkered fortunes aroia revolution and reconstruction. has nnt eniy survived but has done such dis ne. cuiturai work as to merit writing its name high up on honor's inn,o,.a; o,.,ls; scroll. During the past decade. undar thr exceptionally able administration of Mice Mary Norman Moore. Athens colleoe bo ! experienced such rejuvenation and ra- hapllltation as to put it into tba r,os. Fromising position of it's long and nohls career anu hopie
 Within the decade the college n,an+ mas emerged from one general purpose structure and expanded into a well an pointed series of buildings. comeIv ,,, design and relationship and admirabiu seapteo to the requirements of right up-to-date college for young ladies Athens is an "A grade" college. Ana while standing room" may not there ne at premium, it's halls are wei filled with choicest daughters.
 Birmingham College
 Athens college was inherited from tennessee; but Birmingham collera was not inherited from anybody: it is nome made. From the demise of Ia Grange and on through the years or desperate struggle. till from the shat tered fortunes of the grand old south BirminRham bounded into view as n new rallying point with vim of life and assurance of a full tide of return Ing prosperty-opt of those long years may have been inherited the felt need of an institution to fill the loss of LaGrange. homemade institu- ton! It has been said before that Bir- mirgham college was born in the tenn pest and cradled in the storm. hut it was born, and now has promise of