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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-27
DIR. CHARLES B. WILLIAMS

self; he has some important things to
 tell you and me, and of us he asks CO.,
 operation and sympathy in the great task
 before him.
 1 Perhaps I may as well say right here, that in assuming the presidency of How
 ard college" said pr. Williams, that
 I have three ideals before me; three
 blanks, as it were, in my platform, name
 ly, that Christian education must be in
 harmony with and perpetuate the funda.
 mental doctrines of Christianity as
 taught in the New Testament; tha,
 Christian education achieves the highest
 scholarship and imparts the best cul-
 ture; and thirdly. at the same time |, must be practical enough to make it's i possessor comperent. as Dr. Nicholas
 Murray Butler says, to do everything that he ought to do when it ought to be done, and in the best way possible Perhaps I might just here also em- phasize," pr, Williams continued "an- other ideal and that is that during these days of reconstruction, the Christian col lege is one of the greatest factors in civilization, and in shaping the morals
 and ideals of civilization there is no greater agency
 Education has always been a fetish,
 as it were, with me; since my earliest
 childhood days said Dr. Williams. No one had greater obstacles to overcome
 more opposition to achieving my ideals than I had. My father suffered reverses in business from which he never re- l oovered-and at the age of F years this situation confronted meat this time
 which was the most crucial and most critical in my life. Still I was not. dis couraged and so for several years I worked simultaneously on the farm and
 studied at night; carried myself. through quadratic equasions in algebra; read four books of Caesar Every Sat urday afternoon I recited from 25 to 8 pages of Latin to a teacher I merely
 mention these things to show how my
 purpose in life was not affected by diff faculties.
 My father was not opposed to educa- tion-far from that" said Dr. Williams. but he needed me so much on the farm that even the request of 8 professor in
 the university of North Carolina to give
 me an education free of all charge was
 refused and still persevcred" Anyone can succeed in any thing"
 pr. Williams declared If he has the will to do-as the psychologists call it. to overcome obstacles"
 And this is demonstrated in the life of this distinguished educator very fully when tell you that for four consecu- tive years during his later life when he was receiving his college education he made average of 99-the highest average ever attained in this particular college he attended with the single ex- ception of one student who followed l several years after him.
 l "Of course with this fixed determina- l ton to succeed" pr. Williams said there are other qualities necessary; physical backing and other things, al- , though in many cases physical disabil- ities, disease, physical defects of many kinds have been overcome by this swift,
 dominant determination to win.
 with all the obstacles that encoun-
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DISTINGUISHED HONORS

Dr. Williams bears his distinguished honors gracefully and among the mile stones in his educational career may be~mentioned the fact that he graduated as valedictorian of his class with an X. B. degree at Wake Forrest college, N. C., in 1891. After holding an important pastorate for five years and building two schools of secondary education, in which he personally taught for three from this school many young men to become preachers, physicians and law yers. He entered the Crozer Theological Seminary. Chester, Pa., from which he graduated with B. D. degree in 1901. After spending three or four years teach ing and in the pastorate at Texarkana, Stevenville and Rockdale, Tex, he be- came professor of the Greek New Tes- lament and New Testament theology in the Southwestern Theological Seminary, Waco, Texas, in 1905. He had the dis tincton of being the first teacher from the outside elected to the faculty of the Southwestern seminary This posi- tion he has held for the last II years having the privilege of teaching between 600 and 700 young teachers and mission aries. In addition he was also dean of the seminary from 1913 to 1919. For the last two years he has also been man. ager of the Southwestern Journal of Theology. During seven summers of the first years of his professorship of the Southwestern seminary, he had the priv ilege of raising 5,00o on the endowment of this institution, while at the same time doing the largest hours of teach ing of any professor in the institution.
 While professor in the Southwestern seminary, Dr. Williams pursued gradu- ate studies in the University of Chicago from which he received the M. A. degree in 1908; the Ph. D. degree in 1909. In June, 1917, Baylor University conferred upon him the degree of D. D.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-27
THE BOOK SHELF
By THE BIBLIoPHILE

opportunity but power to help in the lives of the poor had been fascinating;
 simple himself, the simple folk of his parish had taken hold of his heart.
 When, however, he fell in love and mar ried Agnes Heriot he was given a par ish of his own on the borders of East and West, and there he had been ever
 since, even after her death had nearly killed him. It was better to go on where work and all reminded him of one whom
 he had resolved never to forget in other
 ties. But he was often conscious that
 his work had not the zest it used to have
 in her day. or even before her day. It
 may well be doubted whether he, who
 had been in holy orders 26 years, quite
 knew now what he believed. Everything
 had become set, circumscribed, and fixed,
 by thousands of his own utterances; to
 have taken fresh stock of his faith, to
 have gone deep into it's roots, would have
 been like taking up the foundations of
 a still standing house. Some men natur-
 ally root themselves in the inexpres-
 sible-and one formula for the inexpres-
 sible is much the same as another, but
 Edward Pierson. gently dogmatic, un-
 doubtedly preferred the high church
 statement of the inexpressible to that say. of the Zoroastrians. The subtleties of change, the notifications by, science, ever impinging on even the most inspired Gogmas, left little sense of inconsistency or treason on his soul. Sensitive, char itable, and only cumulative deep down he instinctively avoided discussion on mat ters where he might hurt others or they hurt him. And, since explanation was the last thing which could be expected of one who did not base himself on req son, he had found but scant occasion ever to examine anything.
 To his two daughters. babies when their mother died. he had tried to be father and mother both, and between him and his children the tie of affec- tion and tenderness was, on both sides, singularly deep. But he who "did not base himself on reason" who rarely ex- amined anything, was only hurt and per plexed by Gratian's constant pitiless de- mand for "the truth" and, drawing more
 and more into himself, set aside from men by his position of sanctity and authority, struggling with and denying
 human passions within him. he was ut-
 terly unable, 15 years after his wife s
 death, to enter into 1S-year-old Noers
 ger desire for what she vaguely called
 life" That Gratian is unable any long,
 CT to share his own beliefs, he is in- clined to set down to the, influence of
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oF were asked to name the govern
 ing attribute-quality. idea, what
 you wili-in the name-up of pr. = Charles E. Williams, the distin- guished new president of Howard col Iege, I should promptly reply;
 "A Spartan determination to succeed" /" pr Williams is a man who has carved himself with his own jack-knife," as it were, for he will tell you that back in the old days when he was trying to sur mount almost seemingly impossible diff ficulty in obtaining an education. he worked on the farm and studied at night-worked again and studied more determined to get an education, which he did stupendously, brilliantly, success fully, in spite of his pathway being crowded with difficulties: and his rugged personality bears the splendid impress Of that unaided workmanship which to- day places him among the first ranks of distinguished educators
 The Spartan determination to sue oeed," as l have nominated Dr. Will Hams "cred6" in life is the thing that will always stand him in good stead.
 One can imagine him in his early days up in North Carollna-a barefooted boy, trudging over hill and over dale, think ing out. working out, how he was to secure that education he so tremendous ly desired-and there must have been flickernig before his vision all the while the words of the song which animated his spiritual well being as well:
 ''The soul that longs to see My face
 Is sure My love to gain
 And those that early seek My face
 Shall never seek in vain"
 Surely, & beautifully poetic interpre- ts tion of what determination and desire will accomplish.
 Dr. Williams, as I said before, pos sesses a most interesting and impressive personality; his height and slenderness- his thin, ballad face, his physique as frail as that of an ascetic of the desert he stands before one figure of singu- lar fascination-a symbol of the worlds earnest yearning after the dinly appre henueQ luedl-OI US unQuenCIldple TeNolI against the ways of men.
 Dr. Williams might easily be taken for an actor-his classical features and graceful carriage proclaiming him usual looking man, and as you look into his clear, resolute eye and the sincere, masterful face you feel instinctively that here is man who is going to play a large part in the educational and spir- itual welfare of this section of the coun- try into which his lines have fallen just as he has played his part with credit to himself and the great Baptist denomi- nation of which he is a brilliant exponent --in other parts of the world, where, as an educator and as a minister, his in- fluence has been felt and appreciated.
 To the great plans that Dr. Williams has formulated for Howard college he will give an impetus and direction which will be worthl reckoning with, and I fancy that as a field preacher of edu- cation he will do much real service to Alabama.
 EDUCATIONAL IDEALS
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employed in travelling through the state" said Dr. Williams. "in the interest of the college-appearing before all the Bap- lists meetings, conventions and assem- plies, going into private homes through out the state-and laying on the hearts O. the people our plans for Howard col lege.
 "Committees have already been formed of which l have been made chairman" pr. Williams continued, which are working out plans by which our s500, ,000 drive will be most successfully conduct ed, between now and December There are many things that we want and need at Howard; two wings to be added to the administration building; a larger dormitory; a science hall: an industrial building, and l want to say just here that in this industrial building we want of the highsrade girls schools are in- augurating, namely, a self-supporting building; take some 50 or 100 boys and
 let them work out the price of their education by the farm. the dairy the work in the building-everything to be dustrial building. l am very hopeful that some wealthy man or woman who is in sympathy with poor boys who are unable to get Ian education will donate this building to Howard An athletic building is also on the programme, and this we hope is to be built by the Alumni association of Howard. As for Silence Hall, let me go back a bit and tell you that I have large ideals for this par ticular work; metallurgy, assaying, prac- tical chemistry-alI these branches I want to inaugurate as beneficial to the in- dustries of this district The Birming- ham district is constantly asking for skilled metalurgists in our mining cen ters and Howard college wants to fit young men to fill these demands!"
 Dreams? Visions? Perhaps some one may suggest Dr. Williams said, but they are not as visionary as might be supposed. With the s5OO,OoO drive I re- ferred to a short time back, completed, we also have the promise from the gen. eral educational board in New York of an endowment, while from the Baptist S75ooo,000 drive (completed), Howard 5 endowment altogether will approximate q, COG, 900. So you see what Birmingham m will get through these endowments for How
 ard college
 ITO realize our ideals of education our Christian schools must cooperate with the state schools in the great fight to blot out illiteracy from this country said Dr. Williams, and bring to our young men and young women the high est education. No conflict should exist between state and church schools; the church school merely supplements the state school; and as long as illiteracy prevails the colleges will be deprived of their quota of students, because if the high schools do not give the boys and girls their early education, then we will have few students who are quali- | fled to enter our colleges and institu- = | tions for higher education Illiteracy handcaps the college perhaps more than any other educational institution. for it curtails our attendance and practic- ally ties our hands.
 wish say in COQCluSiOn.' Dr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-27
FRECKLE- E-FACES
Sun and Wind Bring Out Ugly Spots. How to Remove Easily

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 Simply get an ounce of othine- double strength--from any drugglst You how easy it is to rid yourself or the homely freckles and get beauti- full complexion. Rarely is more than one ounce needed for the worst case.
 Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength Othine as this strength hack if it fails to remove freckles.
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tered" pr. Williams continued, T re- ceived a first grade certificate when I was 151a years old and at that age taught my first classes-so you see I part of my life''
 Referring to- the idea that "a teacher is born-not made,'' pr. Williams said:
 There must be a basis of natural gifts to be sure, and of a teacher it may be almost said. as it is said of poet, that he is born, not made al.
 though more applicable to the poet, should say Of course teacher must possess certain definite attributes to be a successful educator; first. I should say, a thorough mastery of the subject a. hand; another is dynamic person.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-27
Wars Lessons
President Butler of Columbia, in Les

President Butler of Columbia in Les
 lies
 For a long time to come, the world will be staggering under the blows in- flicted by the war upon it's political, it's economic, and its social systems. For a still longer time, the world will be learning the lessons of the wars ex- perience and interpreting anew, in the light of that experience. not only it's aims and ideals but its methods of life and work.
 Unless all signs fail the war has taught a new respect for discipline and has reestablished in the minds of men some ancient convictions that had lately shown signs of weakening.
 Amazing courage, limitless sacrifice, and unbreakable wills sustained the shock of battle against overwhelming odds until the organization of national power and competence, which discipline aims to effect, had been brought into existence. When that happened the war was speedily won, for the self imposed discipline of the free peoples was cer- tain to be immensely superior to the arbi- trarily imposed discipline, even though cheerfully assented to, of the Germans.
 If school and college and university training and teaching do not supply these, they have sadly failed.
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GREAT PLANS FOR HOWARD

''Of course, my chief aim and idea in life today" said Dr. Williams, "is the upbuilding and betterment of Howard college, our great Baptist institution. The first thing I mean to do is to in- crease the student body to such an ex
 tent that not only our own denomina- tion, but the whole citizenship of Bir- tire south. will, realize that we need new buildings. larger facilities to work with in order to reach the standards we have set for this great seat of learning
 For the next few weeks I shall be
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by the thousand and various interests with which civilization occupies our minds.
 This only reminds us of Horatio's re- mark to Hamlet: There needs no ghost. my lord, come from the grave, to tell us this" Any elementary book of psychology will tell it to you; in fact, we know that even highly civil ized people who are not wrecked on a desert island are often so distracted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-27
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

Williams observed, that in every effort made by Alabama's distinguished chief executive, Governor Kilby, in the inter est of education-in the effort to wipe out illiteracy from this great common wealth, he has our hearty endorsement and cooperation"
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The United States offered bounties under general orders No. 191. series of 1892 June 2S. 1862. It offered $362 to new recruits and $502 to veterans. Various states added bounties of vayt- ous amounts to this government bounty, {
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Parnell and Sir Charles Dilke, without leaving the heart of London, wrecked their careers by just such diversion.
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DR. CHARLES B. WILLIAMS President of Howard College

ality, the dynamics of a beautiful per sonality. A great many well educated people cannot teach. because they haven't the personality.
 '1n Christian education," Dr. Williams continued, character counts for more than intellectual culture. Another inn portant item in the making of suc- cessful teacher, is the ability to impart knowledge. There are a great many well educated people who cannot teach because they are greatly lacking in this gift. This imparting of knowledge in : cludes Of course good English. the tell ing of stories and that sort of thing; psychology and philosophy are much easier taught when the teacher has the imagination well cultivated and can ex-
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press himself in pictures which are well presented and intelligently drawn!"
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DAVID AND JONATHAN"

DAVID AND JONAI1 AN
 By F.. Temple Thurston. G. P. Put nam's Sons Publishers. New York.
 David and Jonathan" have been friends for many years. At school riv- airy led them to fight, but, begin ming with that fight, a deep friend ship has sprung up between them. The difference between the two men is dwelt upon: Jonathan, physically very strong, active red blood;" David, in- tuitive, subtle, imaginative. Both men remain bachelors and when they are nearing forty they decide to go to Africa to hunt and to get really ac- quainted with each other. to discover what life really means to them funda- mentally. Their ship is wrecked and they are cast on the shore of Africa. The complication comes with Joan. They find her nearly drowned in boat from the Malaga, the lost ship. Of course both fall in love with her, these two men to whom love has never come before. Both are infinitely attracted, Jonathan. less given to introspection. without his knowing it, David consci- ously. The instinct seems somewhat of a revelation to the subtle David.
 have come to believe that the in stinct of the sexes is still far more elemental in us and more easily reused than any other and is only distracted
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corning his squalor, poverty and ignor- ance, men and women of means of other sections of our country have been mcyed to help the negro of the south. They cen tered on education as the best means to eradicate these evils. So extraterritorial
 white teachers came into our midst to in-
 struct the negro youth. This act wrong
 or right, greatly embittered the southern
 socia, ostracism was their portion. They
 were not welcomed in the south by the VI ite people, nor were they received into polite society My ancestors were all slave owners. From them I inherited the customary at ttude which the slave owner assumes toward the slave I was reared in direct contact and in personal association wiI many of the old rlaves-ex-s slaves. Though freed, the majority of them voluntarily remained on my fathers farm. So great was his kindnes to them and so immeas-
 urable was their affection for old mas
 ter that they refused to leave when dow cred with freedom. Their sentiment was | amply expressed for them in the words of Ruth to Naomi. Only few remain
 today, since the most of them have died Just recently one passed away who was
 nearly 105 years old. The negros supersti- tions, folklore, religious proclivities and social customs are well known to me. On the other hand, my church, the Methodist Episcopal church, south, gives an annual donation to negro schools for l the better equipment of their teachers , and preachers.