The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
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the various other branches taught al
this school The dormitory at present
has a capacity of $50, while there is .
waiting list of SO on hand always, and
plans are under way to increase the
dormitory space so as to accommodate
more girls. The building and equip
ment of this institution is estimated at
500. o0o and is practically raid for.
This has been done by gifts Of
friends and requests from those who
have recently died Mr. and Mrs, T..
Downing of Brewton gave $4,000; Miss
Cornelia Aiken Taylor gave $4,000 for
the Pauline Taylor memorial hall; the
Southern industrial Educational asso-
citation directed gift of $4,000 with the
aid of Mrs. Maria Sawyer GieloW OF
Greensboro In 1909 n bequest of Sl0.-
600 was made on the death of C.
Virgins. while in 1915 a bequest of
$13.e19.2s was received from Miss Cor
nelia Aiken Taylor of New York, and
several thousand dollars have been
added by the living friends of the in
stitute at Brewton.
Although very little has been heard OF
this school, it is filling a need reached
by no other institution in the state, it is
said, and Ralph Greene, brother of Judge
Dan A. Greene of Birmingham, is prin-
cipal of the institution
wi AJOh HILL LII v CD IICRE
Major Hill, through whose efforts
Madame Schumann- Heink will appear in
Birmingham, is well known all over the
state He was graduated in law at the
University of Alabama and practiced in
Enterprise and Opelil<a until 1916, when
he entered the regular United States
army and was commissioned a second
lieutenant During 1916-17 he was en-
| gagged in special detail at Birmingham
for securing applicants for the officers
| training camps for the first contingent
| that was sent from Alabama. He passed
on practically every application for en-
| trance into the first and second Off
GERS training camps and has many
| friends in this district. He is nephew
OF Charles L. Harold, secretary man.
| ager of the Civic association, under
whose auspices the concert will be
given. He married Miss Carrie Lee Hef-
4 lin of Roanoke, a niece of DR.. Wyatt
Heflin, Judge H. p. Heflin and Con
| gresham Thomas Helm. Entering th'
| army as a second lieutenant, his promo
tons have been rapid, and more than 8
/ year ago he was given a majority ant
is now stationed at Camp Lee, Va. TIL
people of Birmingham and in fact Ala
bama are indebted to Major Hill for tn
opportunity of hearing Madame Sehu
mann-H eink and record breakih
which takes place at the jefferson the
atre Friday afternoon. September q
She will be accompanied by Frank La
Forge, the well-known composer ans
pianist, who will appear with her. TIL
following nroeranlne. will he rendered:
THE PROGRAMME
+. Aria. "Ahl Redmi' (Mitrane
(Rossi). Nine. Schumann Heink.
II. (a) Gavotte (Bach) (b) minuett'
(Haydn), (c) dance tBeethoven), Franz
La Forge.
III (a) when Two That Love Ar,
Parted" (SecchD. OBJ The Home
Road" (Carpenter). tc) 'IIaye Yo'
Stephensl, (d Americas Answer
Ga Forge), (e) Taps" (Pasternack>
co when Pershing's Men Go March,
ing Into Picardy" (Rogers), Nine
Schumann Heink.
". (a) Romance, OBJ ''Valse de Con
cert ia Forge). Frank La Forge.
/ " (a) 'Mayourneen" Or u h v n
Lang), (b) Indian Love Song Qier
rance). (c) THE Night Nursery
j (Arundale). I'd DANA" (Chadwick)
! (e) Cradle song (MacFayden), q,
"Bolero' (Ardt), Nine, schuman
/ IIeink.