The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-14


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 Boulder Unveiled
 As night fell on the university campus, the memorial boulder erected by the Ala bama division of the United Daughters of the Confectionery, in commemoraton of the heroic service of the university to the Confectionery, was unveiled with simple ceremonies. The cords which loosed the crimson and white bunting in which the huge monolith was draped were pulled by Miss Cherokee VandeGraaff, grand daughter of Colonel Hargrove, C. s. A., and Miss Hortense Rodes. granddaughter of Robert Emmet Rodes, major general in the Confederate army.
 After the inscription on the bronze tab let had been read by Miss VandeGraaff, Mrs Bashinsky presented the memorial to the university
 She said in part:
 Tt is too often the tragedy of human love that it's full expression comes too late to bring comfort and reward to hearts that have given their richest treas ure of devotion. Too late, for the story has been told Not with us, for this recognition has not been deferred until all whose praise it sings are beyond the sound of it's music. We have with us many of these beloved Confederate sons whose lives and sacrifice are commemor- ated in this memorial when we wreath it with blossoms bright. and bring flowers to the living, thank God, as well as to the graves of the dead
 Mrs Bashinsky then recited the record of university students in the war. and turning to the veterans standing near. she said: "Of all that host who went out in the 60s we have now a short, thin line. gray. not in uniform, as of yore, but bending beneath the weight of years. You are the living link between these students of today and those days of the souths great struggle. You present to us, not the picture but the reality of those be- roes who demonstrated the truest.'
 One Flag and One Country
 -Nllti pitStillliS llie DDuiutT lO lDS u1l- versity, she said; ''It is the purpose of our organization to teach posterity that We have one country. one flag, one peo- pie, but that once there was another flag now furled forever, and under it's folds marched armies clad in gray. who added new honor to American manhood and new lustre to American history.
 May this memorial be an inspiration to the young men of this, and coming nc q tn 1nri,, +In z their state and country a higher meas ure of responsibility and deeper. truer of duty.''
 Denny Accepts Boulder
 In accepting the boulder President Den- ny said:
 It is indeed high distinction to ac- cept. on behalf of the University of Ala bama, this handsome stone placed here by the Alabama division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in order to commemorate the deeds of Alabama boys, students of this institution, whose faith and courage on wars red touch stone rang tue metal Standing on this spot around which gather the best tradi- tions of great commonwealth, you will permit me to say that whatever of sacred meaning this day and this hour may have for others, it has for the University of Alabama and for those who love it an beautiful and profound sig nificance.
 ''I do not envy the man his composure who can stand unmoved in the presence of the memories that this simple cere- mony is calculated to evoke. He that loseth his life shall find it, is an express sion of the philosophy that inspired the young men whose heroism we celebrate today. That philosophy, God willing. we shall proclaim as the first article of the creed that shall henceforth govern the life of the Uniyersityof Alabama.
 'Patridtic men everywhere rejoice that the great tragedy of the war between the states has passed Into history; that the storm of passion has long since given way to the calm of peace. The south understands that the war has ended. It has no desire to revive worn out issues. It is loyal to the national flag Yet it is true in the largest and finest sense that, in honoring the na- tional flag, we shall never agree to for get that other flag under which great and brave and heroic deeds were wrought.
 ''The University of Alabama, with its spirit unfretted by bitter memories of the cruel hand that smote it in that fierce struggle through which God re- molded and cast anew the nation,' once more proclaims at this hour hef pride
 
 who went out from this campus nearly a half century ago and on scores of battle helds offered their lives as a willing sac rifice for the honor of their country.
 out of all proportion to the numeri- cal strength of the student body this in- stitut1on was represented in that great drama. Here hs the record of service for which the distinguished historian of t1Gs occasion stands sponsor The University of Alabama gave to the Confederacy seven general officers. 20 colonels, IA lieu tenant-colonels, 21 majors, l25 captains. 27S staff and other commissioned off cers 66 non-eommissioned officers, and 2S4 private soldiers
 NO man who has been permitted to join in this impressive function will fail to feel sense of gratitude in his heart that he has lived to celebrate this day Speaking as the representative of un;- versity men. living and dead, I express to all who have contributed to the erec- ton of this memorial stone our appre- ciation and our gratitude. May 1t stand here through the coming years, not merely as an expression of our loyalty to the memory of the heroic dead. but also as a silent challenge to living men and women who will gather on this cam pus to seek the inspiration and the ideals that are to fashion in such large degree the destiny of our common country"
 The exercises were brought to a close with the placing of a memorial wreath on the boulder by Miss Sarah Marr Mc- Cormick. and the benediction by the Rev. Joseph John.
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