The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-12
Delegates From All Sections
of State Attend Convention
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a.
plans were being made to have larger
attendance next year.
The report on Judson college was
made by DIR. p. v. Bomar. president of
the institution, who stated that more
than so girls had been denied enroll
ment at the college this year on ac-
count of the lack of buildings sufficient
to accommodate them. These young
women were not only from Alabama,
but from various other states. and he
stated that he regretted very much that
the dormitories were not larger.
There are at present 249 women en-
rolled at Judson. He spoke of the
number of improvements made at the
college during the past year and of the
splendid work being done by the Bap-
tist Young Peoples union and the
Young Womens Christian association
under the capable leadership of Miss
Eula Dawson.
The report of the Orphans Home at
Evergreen was made by w. ]. Stewart,
the manager, and showed there were
at present 169 children in this home
Excellent work has been done by this
institution during the past year. &C
cording to Mr.. Stewart, and it is
practically out of debt.
At the conclusion of this report the
President Smith TO take up the matter
of removing the orphanage from Ever
green to Troy: w. A. Davis chairman;
H R. Moseley. C. J. White, c.. r. Love,
J. E. Henning, J. T. Doster, r. V. Locke,
H. r. Arnold, H. A. Bagby, J. r. Curry,
G. NJ Shott, C. N. James. w. H. Tew,
w NJ. Olive, j. A Love, f. G. Fem. e
w. Holmes. H. H. Hagood, d. l. Purser,
y. o. Williams, w. M Wear, F. M
Barnes, ]. D. Burson. ]. E. Baview. A
A. Hutto. D. S. Martin. J. F. Gayle, ].
n Vandiver, L. L. Heason. Benjamin
Dunn. w. R. Rigell, E. D. Poe, S. P
Lindsay, ]. NJ. Thomas, L. Cooke, j. d
Bradley Clay I. Hudson, ]. B. Laseter
A. C. Yeorgan J. M. Mills, w. j. Rud-
dick, A. N. Reeves, A. j. Preston, w. r
Sparkman. Ira D. Harris, ]. o. Colley
w. P. Wilkes, j. w James S. King. j
A. Huggin, r. e. Lambert. >. c. Wright
l.. B. Crawford. w C. Henson, e. La
mar, w. D. Ogletree. S. w. Clements. A
S. Smith, s. L. Williams. L. o. Dawson
and L. NJ Keith.
REMOVING ORPHANAGE
The special commission appointed a.
last years session of the convention tc
take up the advisability of removing
the state orphanage submitted its re-
port, which was read by w. r. Seymour
recording secretary of the commission
moved from Evergreen to Troy. The
citizens at Troy had offered to donate
plot of ground consisting of SO acres
on one Of the principal streets OF the
city for the use of the orphanage and
would give an endowment of $4,000 II
it was moved there according to the
report of the committee.
The report stated that prominent
woman of Troy had offered to give her
entire plantation of go acres, valued al
$50 an acre, if the orphanage was moved
within the next three years. This COM
mittee will make it's report before the
convention adjourns.
President w. G. Johnson made the re-
port on the Baptist Collegiate institute
at Newton, which was most interesting
He recommended a number of improve
ments in the buildings, which were filled
to capacity this wear.
YOUNG PEOPLES UNION
J. o. Colley made a splendid report OF
the work of the Young Peoples union
since the influenza epidemic last winter
and gave a summary of the five-year
programme which the convention had
adopted. He stressed the Importance OF
this work among the children and placed
special emphasis on the work of the
junior organization. There are 100 more
B. Y. p. u organizations in the state at
the present time than at any time before
he said. and urged the enlargement OF
this work by every church.
He requested all pastors to encourage
the organization of the young people and
to urge them to attend the training
schools so that they might become lead
ers, which were badly needed in this
work. J. f. Lambdin, state secretary,
made brief talk regarding this work
and declared that every rural church
ShOn1d send dnfopata n tak 10 ;c
training as a means of relieving the sit