The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21

from the club rooms and devote their | time to the canvass until the amount | Is raised.
 Daily reports will be made and all subscriptions published Tuesday and each following day. The Methodist subscriptions will be republished Mon- | day morning and not trepeated. To l do the work $5,000 a day must be raised and the Commercial Club earnestly begs each citizen to receive the icom- mittees with cordialtty and to contrt- bute promptly and liberally. Montgomery cannot afford to Tail ito | gain the prize. It would mean an tr- reparable loss, a shame and a disgrace. Never again will such an opportunity be offered. Nothing can possibly stim- ulate the 1910 movement more nor add I to the glory and permanent welfare of 1 the tcity more than triumphant suc- | cess in this enterprise. The soliciting committees are: l.. J. c. Haas and J. M. Kennedy. ?. R. NJ. Henderson land Nathan Lobman.
 8. w. M. Hudson and Frank D.. Kohn. f. Fred S. Ball and Leon Well. 5. L. Lassiter. l.. Strauss and w.. T. Robertson.
 6. v. H. Hanson. F. c. Stevenson and c. G. zirkle. ! '. R. O. Blakey, Sam Gerson and John P. Kohn.
 8. F. P. Glass. A. G. Forbes land E. J. Meyer.
 9. R. J. Chambers and W. A. saf-
 10. George W. Jones, Alex Rice. A. P. Tyson, J. S.. Pinckard, F. C.. Baush.
 SAdvantaxes are xncalcuIabIe.s Dr. J. M. Mason, chairman of the College Commission. who knows the conditions in the city, says: 'T am glad of the opportunity to put before the people of Montgomery some statements of the plans and purposes of the commission to build and equip a college for women. For the first time in our history the Methodists are united in the purpose to build and maintain by their patronage one female college.
 'The commission has resolved to put its building, equipment and curriculum upon the very highest plane, making it equal to the best colleges in the United States. We are resolved to put at least $10o,o00 into the first building. This will be a starting point. We ex- pect 1t to be a success from the begin ming. Our female schools have not had sufficient room and many girls have been turned away.
 | a think Montgomery is an ideal loce- ton for the college. To the city itself the advantages of such an institution are incalculable. Commercially. it should be a paying investment from the fact that 1t will add to the city not only the transient college popula- tion but will induce many persons to become permanent residents. We think we are launching one of the most important enterprises ever undertaken in Alabama, and that our people throughout the State will give us their moral and financial aid, so that the community which secures the location of the college will receive from outside sources many times more than It's own contribution" Not Denominational Matter.
 Dr. Neal L. Anderson, who has a keen appreciation of such matters. on the point of leaving the city few days ago said:
 q know of no city of the size of Montgomery in the South that has no educational institution of the rank regard the issue facing the commu- nity as vital to its highest and truest interests.
 q think the Commercial Club en- tirely right in the position that the location of such an institution is not a matter that concerns only the de- nomination under whose auspices 1t will be managed, but one that affects every home and every class of business in Montgomery.
 Located at the Capital City. such an institution would exert a great influ- and I know of no other enterprise from which we could hope for so mucn in the elevation of the standards of life in Montgomery and the State"
 Probably be Pioneer.
 Clifford A Lanier says:
 'TVery many advantages come to community from a collegiate institu- ton. First. there is a large expendl- ture of money In buildings. mainte- nance and support. disbursements of professors and students. This advan- tage appeals to every practical, pro gressive man.
 Next everything which strengthens the moral tone tends to obviate the dreadful waste of the immoral, and, by lesseninE this waste, increases the material prosperity. Immortality is probably more destructive than war. Whatever is ethical tends to produce general amelioration. Mental acquire ments, unless accompanied by moral and spiritual guides, are fraught with peril
 Again, spiritual influences exalt community; for it is certain that pro- gress and gain, accompanied Dy honor' Integrity and civic virtues, are thus made more beneflcient and permanent. All the influences emanating from such a foundation seem to enhance material prosperity. The general welfare, in order to be wholesome and permanent, should be accompanied by mental, moral and spiritual uplift. Actuaries can enumerate gains in dollars; imagination alone can measure the hapadcaDcaa coming from ethical in- tellectual and spiritual culture.
 Let us have the college. It will probably be a pioneer to other colleges, museums, schools of science and phil osophy. perhaps a university of art, knowledge and religion. These Rgen- cies develop good citizenship"
 Privilege and a Duty.
 Judge William H. Thomas. Q nem-