The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-13

keep step with the growth of Birming-
ham.
Capt Frank s. White, the president of
the education board of the Southern Bap-
list convention, and a true friend of
Howard acted as POSTMASTER and was
most happy in his introduction OF the
speakers, and added much to the enthu-
siam of the occasion by stating that in
an interview he had had with the edu-
cation board in New York city, he was
told that it only wished that Howard was
asking them to match a million-dollar
contribution dollar for dollar than one
for only $4,000.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
DIR. w. b. Crumpton, the best loved
leader of the Alabama Baptists. was the
first speaker on the programme. His
subject was, Howard College Fifty
Years Ago" There is no one living who
could better tell the story of the struggle
of the early days when Howard was be-
ing born. His recital of the sacrifices of
the men and women who made it possible
touched the hearts of all who heard him,
and there was general rejoicing when he
stated that he was writing a series of
"reminiscences, in order to preserve the
history of the days when it meant some
thing to be a missionary Baptist He
gave a graphic account of the split be-
tween what is generally known as the
''Hardshells" and the missionary Bap-
fist in 1898, the year the stars fell.
DR.. ]. w. Phillips, the eloquent and
scholarly pastor of the st. Francis Street
Baptist church. Mobile, spoke on THE
Greater Howard" He gave an interest
ing and thrilling story of the founding
of Colgate university, his alma mater,
where the donor of the land knelt in the
midst of his broad acres and dedicated
them to God and to Christian education.
He then gathered about him Il brethren
and they came together in prayer. 1t
was one time that 49, was no hoodoo,
for after 13 prayers had been made to
the Heavenly Father. each one placed
a silver dollar on the table. Out of such
small beginning grew an institution
which recently celebrated its one hum
dredth anniversary. He drew a picture
of Greater Howard" which would be
a true intellectual home for thinking
young men,
NEW GYMNASIUM
Rev. ]. 0. Williams. pastor Of the
Athens Baptist church, an army chaplain
who saw service in the Argonne, and
who told several good negro yarns which
were born in the trenches, related how
in 1903 be had matriculated at Howard
when its physical surroundings were not
inviting, but that he was glad to see
that now they had been made most at
tractive. His theme was, That New
AJNTn lie HdQ Stc1t eiOubH III al ny
service to realize the need of proper
physical preparation, and that is why
he was pleading for a gymnasium for
Howard which would be sufficient to
take care of the needs of the student
body and the faculty.
DR. James E. billiard, pastor of the
Southside Baptist church, and the edu-
cational secretary of the educational
board of the Southern Baptist conven-
ton, brought message of cheer and in
SEPARATION on the subject of THE Million
Dollar Endowment" DR.. billiard, al
though a newcomer, has taken strong
hold on the hearts of the Baptists of the
state who look up to him as one OF the
best friends of Christian education in
Alabama. He made strong plea for, the
speedy raising of the amount sought for
equipment and to pay better salaries
He thought the time was near when
Howard could tie itself in a big way to
the great industries in the district by
giving the Nyoung men such technical
training as to make their services inval-
liable.
HOWARD AND BIRMINGHAM
Frank Willis Barnett was assigned the
topic, Howard and Birmingham" and
told how he had come to the city before
the establishment of the school, and how
he had seen it under the leadership OF
DR.. B. F. Riley, in it's days of storm and
stress, on account of its removal from