The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-25
DR. ABERCROMB|E
 IN BIRMINGHAM Talks AbOat Work at the
 University BEARS NO ILL WILL Says He Has Made No Plans for the Future-Thinks Shake-up Will
 Temporarily Interfere
 With Attendance

pr. John w Abererombie, president city yesterday in interest of the univer- sity. When asked as to whether he had made any plans for the future he said that none had been. formulated. He. in dieateo that he had the interests of the university at heart and although surprised at the recent action of the board, he bore no i'll feeling toward the trustees or the university.
 "f have made no plans for the future, ' said IT. Abercrombie. 'The developments at enf subsequent to the last commence roent were not anticipated by me, and for that reason l. had formulated no plans. Since the Montgomery meeting of the board of trustees 1 have been so busy with the performance of official duties that l have found no time to devote to per sonal matters.
 Hence l find myself out of employ ment at a time of the year when 1t will cure ar. educational position. My friends are rgng me to remain in the state and take an active part in civic affairs. have received many letters.
 Naturally, I prefer to continue in edu- cationol service, and I shall do so if with in a reasonable time l am able to secure @ satisfactory position.
 If the board of trustees should not hi the vacancy before September l, I shall be kept busy at the university until that date. At this season the correspondence at the university is very heavy and de- mands constant attention; besides most of our repairs are made during the sum ner and we will have a large number of wor1lnen employed during the month of August"
 When questioned about the prospect for new students for the next session President Abercrombe said; "SThe sud- den and unexpected shake-up in uni versty circles will. of course, have a tendency to interfere with the attend ance for a year or so, but I am hoping that the new president will be a man who will command the confidence and support of all clements, and that there VIII DC llltle UT no uecfedSo III tHe eI1- rolment. I should be pleased to see an increase. We now have a standard in- stituton and there is no necessity for our young men and women to go else where in order to secure standard uni versity training.
 'Our faculty is an unusually strong one. It will be recalled that during the last four years we have expended more than a half million dollars for material improvements The teaching force has been strengthened in proportion. We be- lieve we have the best engineering g equipment in the south. Our school of medicine is in class A of the American Medical association. and the other branches of the university are equally strong.
 Now that the state has capped our public school system with a standard grade university-well equipped and strongly manned-it Is the duty of the people to patronize it. and I have every reason to believe that they will do so more and more as the years go by. I hope that no friend of mine will let re- cent developments cause him to with draw his support from the university. It Is a splendid institution and merits the patronage of the people"