The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-17
MORE TIME
 FOR PLEDGES Can Take Until April 5
 to Raise Funds. METHODISTS FINISH WORK Joint Committee on Locating Col
 lege Holds Session. Chairman vandIver and President Forbes Declare Subscriptions Will
 Be Secured and Bis Instjtu-
 tiOn Landed In Montgomery.

Receiving a report that the Comm-.- cial Club would soon complete its work to obtain subscriptions for the $50,000 cash bonus and the land for site for ferences of the Methodist Womans Col lege, the joint committee on location of the college of the tvo Alabama Con ferences fthe Methodist Episcopal Church. at meeting in Court Street Methodist Church yesterday, resolved that the Conference would grant the Commercial Club until April 25 to make final answer to the proposition.
 At yesterdays session It was made known that the Methodists of the City had already secured subscriptions for the s30.000 which 1t was allotted to them to raise. President A. G. Forbes, of the Commercial Club. reported the progress of the committees and the so- lisitors appointed by the Club, and as- sured the Conference that the Club would succeed in raising the balance of the $20,0 ,000 to be uonased by citizens of Montgomery not affiliated with the Methodist Church, and in securing the donation of land suitable for the loca- tionAbf the proposed college.
 The solicitors will meet at noon today in the office of w. F. Vandiver. on Com merce Street. to report upon their work.
 The Alabama Conference was repre- sented at the session of the Educational Conference yesterday by Rev J. M. Ma son, D. D.. Rev. A. J. Lamar. D. D.. Rev. J. M. Dannelly, w. F. Vandiver. W. H. Thomas, w H. Sanford; and the North Alabama Conference by Rev. J. S. Robertson. Rev. E. M. Glenn. A. w. Smith, F. M. Jackson, J. A. Moore.
 During a discussion of the conditions under which Montgomery would be se- lected as the home of the proposed ocl- lege the conditions being the donAtion of suitable land and 1000, the reports about the subscriptions already secur- ed were made, President Forbes speak ing on behalf of the Commercial Club.
 The following resolutions weN adopted:
 "Whereas,t the Commercial Club of Montgomery has undertaken to raise the $50,000 and to secure the land nee essary to meet the pr,os,1s,tiSSn on. made hade not yet completed their work, and are not yet ready to reply to our proposi-
 "Whereas. we are still of opinion that other things being equal Mont gomery is the best place for the loca- ton of our Woman's College; and
 the question of location should be set tied at an early date:
 "Resoived, That we fix April 25 as t6s t6e m os time an whoP
 Resolved. That we request the Com merciai Club to notify our Chairman, Dr. M %qsSn Hf onr Sa pes sot CT "ResoiHedX. iesn MsdX That our Chairman be ,n- S to sa ss,qf May hs 1so
 The solicitors who have asked and secured subscriptions for the college will report today aT b mSstn,ns orn aIreadv in Mf; done will be considered and plans TOT further solicitation made.
 MT: vandiver said last night go ne Sd,h ieit odists had responded to the requests made to them, and that he felt sure that the other. citizens or Montgomery would respond as generously and as
 In an interview last night President Forbes reiterated the sentiments he had made at the conference:
 scriptions meet tomorrow" he said. we cannot of course tell just how much has been collected But no matter what has been done. Montgomery IS going to have the 11,s college, ha arS and are go. ing to work harder during the rest or the week I think the Commercial Club can safely promise to secure the location of the college In Montgom-
 Tt Is impossible to overestimate the importance of securing the location of this school for Montgomery. Aside from the monetary benefits 1t would hrin1 to the commercial interests of the town. 1t would add to the city's educational and religious influences force that could not otherwise be had. and afford a permanent means or main taining Montgomery's reputation as a centre of culture.
 "Tbc money which citizens subscribe to this movement will surely be repaid them many fold Its assistance In the advancement of the material prosper itv of the town, the opportunities 1t affords for higher education of young women. its general usefulness to af- ford moral and mental upiift, will rebound to the good of the commit ntt