The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
NOVEL CAMPAIGN AT ATHLETIC CLUB "Lauyer' and Doctor" Are On
 Opposing Sides WILL GET NEW MEMBERS A. H. Ford, as Acting Chairman, Des- ignates January 20 as Time For Big Preliminary Meeting at
 the Club.

Along with the realization of a Greater Birmingham, a movement will be start ed next week with a view of making a greater Athletic club for the Magic City. The campaign will be conducted for the purpose of securing 100 new members for the club and will continue for 60 days.
 Yesterday afternoon meeting was held in the office of A. H. Ford, president of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. and general plans fer the campaign were formulated. An cx- ecutive committee composed of 19 prom inent business men was named and this paign. The executive committee will name a general committee of 100 mem bers to assist in the work.
 To make the campaign interesting the executive committee has been divided and there will really be two committee, known as the doctors and the law yers' On the doctors side are P. Means, Dr. H. l.. Martin, Dr. Cabot Lull, Dr. Carl Fox, z. T. Rudolph, Wal ker Percy c. E. Foust and J. D. Kirk patrick. The lineup of the lawyers" Is: B. M. Allen, Sol Jacobs. George B. Ward. Hill Ferguson, A. H. Ford. w. D. Nesbitt. F. L. Demere, Graham Per- due, Harry Jones and D. r. Turnbull
 The lawyers" will take 50 men and the doctors" will take 50. and they will go out and scout the woods for new r,eiil- bers. The side which secures the greater number of members will have the priv tlege of designating what stunts embers of the opposing side shall perform at a public entertainment. The campaign promises to be a lively and an interest ing one and at the end of 60 days 1t will be wound up with banquet rendered to the new members ana those who secured tho members.
 MT. Ford. who Is acting as chairman of the executive, committee, has designated Thursday week, January 20, as the day for big meeting to be held nt the Ath. letic club, at which all members will be expected to be present and bring their friends. At this meeting, which will be in the nature of smoker, the details of the campaign will be worked out and the contest will be inaugurated.
 The following resolutions, adopted some time ago, explain the object of the meet ing on January 20, and the general plan of the campaign which is to be con ducted:
 ''Whereas the officers and members of the Birmingham Athletic club owing to the growth of the city have decided that the Athletic club in order to keep apace with such growth should have an enlarged membership. and.
 Whereas, 1t Is the intention of the officers and members to make the club one of the largest in the south and from time to time in the near future to add many feartures, therefore.
 Be 1t resolved, That Chairman A. H. Ford of the membership committee of the club be asked to appoint a com- mittee of 100 members from the club membership to act as committee which will pledge itself to secure as many new members as possible; that this special committee confine It's work to 60 days; that following the appointment of this committee a meeting of the entire mem bership of the club he held in order that the scheme may be presented the entire body at which time the public will be invited to attend and that all the features of the Athletic club in panoramic view be presented the public; that during the membership campaign the secretary be instructed to issue cards for one weeks access to the club to young men in the city not members of the club upon the recommendation of any member In order that the young men may have the privileges of the club for this length of time SO as to learn the advantages of fered; that at the close of the member ship campaign a banquet be served to the new members and to the members se- curing the new numbers
 Be 1t further resolved, That as wind-up of the campaign public en- tertainment be given In which the mem bers of the campaign committee com posed of the business men members of the club will participate and that this entertainment. be open to the club mem bers and their friends