The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31

.t0N "Ho are strong, noble and true, Men who have courage to dare and to These words of the poet come as 8 clarion call to remind us in our coun- try's crisis the value of our great schools as institutions set up to supplying the need
 Thinkers are needed-men who can plan, men of vision
 It's easy to drift back, to sink; So hard to live abreast of what you
 think"
 And now Uncle Sam is in the market seeking
 Men that are clean, whose word Is their
 bond,
 Men who, when called, are sure to re-
 spond."
 AS I write this I'm just back from Tuscaloosa. where I foregathered with the men who had come up from all parts of Alabama to remember their alma ma ter.
 Among those around the table were lawyers, editors, doctors, clergymen, teachers, judges, merchants, manufac- turers, architects, scientists, writers, bankers, farmers. Every walk of life was represented
 looked them over carefully, for they were among the picked men of the state. sat at g. table with tho president of hA judge, with 8 great lawyer, with a strong military officer, with the governor of the state. They were but types of those at the other tables.
 It seemed to me that the men and the hour had met and that the poets wish had come true when he sang: God give us men that money can't buy Men who have faith and are willing to
 try;
 Men who have honor, virtue, and power God give us men is the cry of the
 hour"
 Last year at the alumni banquet of the University of Alabama the campus was crowded and the big new gymnasium was too small to seat all who had gath cred to enjoy the occasion. It seemed as If the great Institution had reached the pinnacle of its glory and men went away saying, Great are the buildings of the university"
 Tuesday a faithful few, without any solicitation, but out of pure love, came together to face the crisis. The exulta- tion of the year before had died Into solemn sense that a great shadow had fallen athwart the onward path of the university. There was no great emo tion shown, but beneath the calm was the sense that once more students of dear old Alabama would go out to face death. We left feeling, Great are the students of the university"
 The alumni have a right to be proud of their alma mater. Sixty-fve of the senior class are now at Fort McPherson, besides 235 graduates. Where Is the col lege in America with better record?
 
 Dr. Denny said he was informed that the list of men from Alabama admitted to the training camp at Fort McPherson
  discloses the fact that the University at the camp than all the other Ala bama colleges combined. This Is mat ter of just pride" said he in his speech at the banquet Tt shows that the quality of men who receive training here is exceptional It Is in fact remarkable when one considers that military train ing was abolished IS years ago. and was not restored until the fall of 1s16"
 
 It was from Tuscaloosa that tho Warrior Guards went forth in the Indian war of 1929. to the Mexican war in 1s4s, to the civil war in 1861-1S6, to the Span- ish-American war in 1898, to the border in 1s1s and now their eyes are set on France.
 In 1861, 123 Alabama students took up arms and marched with Capt. Robert E. Rodes, who was killed at Winchester, Va. It seems fitting that an effort should be made to bring his remains back to Tuscaloosa to rest on the campus of the university
 
 Borden Burr, in introducing Captain Fitzhugh Minnigerode, said that while it was an unusual sight to have present an officer in military attire that time was when the university was all ablaze with military ardor and decked out in gray as students left their classes to take arms in defense of the southland.
 Through the stirring speeches of Gov erl.or Henderson, President Denny, Judge Mcclellan and Hon. John w. Mcqueen. there rang a military note of pride in the past history of the university, and in it's present readiness to stand by the government. Ringing resolutions of pride ir the boys at Ft. McPherson were passed and ordered sent to them
 It was truly & great and sobering day and brought everyone present to realiza- tion that America is at war with Kai- serism and means to fight until the Ho- henzollern dynasty Is overthrown, so that democracy may be safeguarded.
 There were no Fourth of July pyro- technics All of the speakers kept a steady balance of mind, speaking with moderation but with unmistakable deter mination. The audience had in it many men of broad vision and the long look. Drs. George Little and Eugene Smith. Col Sam Will John and Hon. Frank s.