Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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M essage BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS Mrs. W. H. Stockham President O. V. Calhoun Vice-President Edgar M. Glenn Secretary Fred M. Jackson Treasurer W. A. Pattillo Assistant Treasurer • EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Robert Echols Edgar M. Elliott A. M. Freeman Fred M. Jackson, V ice-Chairman Hugh A. Locke Edward C. Moore LoNNiE P. Munger O. V. Calhoun Ed. L. Norton, Secretary Mrs. W. H. Stockham Chairman Guy E. Snavely, Ex-Officio

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rom Dr. S navelu Last summer we had a pleasurable visit to historical Granada, the theatre of Moorish grandeur and Castilian history. Ever will abide in fragrant memory the visits to the ruined red Moorish Palace of the Alhambra and the most beautiful gardens surrounding the ruins of the Ganeralife Palace. The Alhambra Palace lies beautifully on a high ridge. Several hundred feet below along a precipitous cliff runs a feeble little stream called the River Darro. Across this river and near its bottom can be easily seen from the Alhambra and Generalife cliffs the holes cut into the hills used for several hundred years as the homes of the Gypsies. No light or ventilation comes into these hovels e-xcept through the apertures excavated in the side of the hills and considered as doors and windows by the denizens. The contrast in outlook, ideals, and ambitions as exhibited in comparing the Gypsies ' caves with the Moorish palaces is realized daily among people living in this day and age. My prayer is that every member of this college on leaving Alma Mater ' s study halls and frequented walks will ever strive to stay on the upper level. By high thoughts, noble deeds, and lofty lives of work and service, each one can more readily approach the high ideals which he must have gained and nurtured here. When one thinks of all the vice and corruption prevalent in many sections, not only in business but also in government circles, the challenge is greater than ever to a devoted and a consecrated leadership. Every member of this college should be most gravely con- cerned in this particular. With wars threatening abroad, economic unrest and distress prevalent everywhere, and an apparent increase in crime of all sorts, even an optimist is almost persuaded that history will record that the present era is already in the penumbra of a period analogous to the Dark Ages. May each and every one of you go forth as guides on the higher road that leads to happiness and success and not be laggards who will drift to the lower road leading to misery and distress.