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

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LA REVUE. NINETEEN THIRTY-ONE n oAlma SVldter On the C y ' western border, ' Reared against the sky, ' ■Proudly stands our cAlma 3tiater, qAs the years go by. Qherished by thy sons forever, iMem ' ries sweet shall throng ound our hearts our cAlma SMater cAs we sing our song. Chorus Forward ever, be our watchword; Qonquer and prevail. Hail to thee, our cAlma SMaterl Birmingham, all hail! 28

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1 . 1B05 The career of the college was begun under most auspicious circumstances. However, the clouds which had been gathering through the late fifties began, in 1861, to pour out on the South the brimstone hail of war, and students and certain members of the faculty left for the scene of bat- tle, only mUdly condemned by the trustees. The productive endowment of the college was swept away in the economic upheaval of these years, leaving as assets only the buildings and land. ' During the ' Reconstruction ' Period the financial situation became so desperate that in 1883 it became necessary to sell two minor buUdings in order to clear the institution of debt. Thus the financial crisis was passed, and in the years fol- lowing the institution progressed rapidly. In 1883 the newly-formed P orth a4labama Con- ference joined with the a4labama Conference in support of the college. t J '