The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
FUNDS WANTEDFOR
 OWENT0N COLLEGE
Take Collection in Meth0-
 dist Churches Tomorrow
DIR. BRANSCOMB TALKS
Pastor of the First Methodist Dis cusses Need of the School for Techinal Education in
 This District

That the Birmingham college would | in the course of time install technical | classes which are held to be so im- | perative in this district was the state ment of Dr. l.. c. Branscomb, in speak l ing yesterday of the campaign of that college for additional funds
 He stated that this district must be known for something in addition to iron, steel and coal. and that education
 was a prime requisite of industrial ad- vancement.
 | At all of the various Methodist l churches in this district tomorrow
 there will be taken a collection for
 the college. The Methodist conference
 membership is about S5,00O and it is
 hoped that the average from each
 member will be s1. It is also believed
 that friends of education other than of
 the Methodist denomination will rally
 to the call for funds The officers of the college desire to erect new dor
 mitory and gymnasium and to add more
 and better equipment to the main
 building.
 | "The campaign now going on for Bir-
 mingham college" said pr. -Brans-
 comb yesterday, "is one of interest not | only to the Methodists of the city,
 but to this entire community. We have
 here a great industrial center that Is attracting the attention of the world.
 But Birmingh must be known for something else besides her coal and
 iron. She has the material basis upon
 which she may and must build rep lsutation for high ideals. What will l add more to the name of this great city than for it to become great cd ucational center, where young men
 from all over the south may gather
 to receive the very best training that
 it is possible for them to secure?
 "It is the purpose of the Methodist
 church to make this college not simp- | ly college for the classics, but as the work advances to give it's students
 courses in all those technical depart
 ments that are so necessary for eff
 cient service in this great mineral dis
 trict. Why should it be necessary for
 us to send east or north to secure men
 to fill lucrative positions all over this
 district? Because our young men have
 not had the training to fit them for such work In course of tihe the Birming
 ham college proposes to add all these features to its work. Thus it will be brought into close touch with the
 needs of our great city.
 | The college has 6S acres of campus
 in the very center of Greater Birming
 ham. It crowns hilltop that com
 mands a view of the district. It may
 be seen from almost every train com Ting into the city. This of itself will
 be an advertisement not only of the
 college, but for the stranger to see
 among the first sights of the city a
 great college building will speak vol
 umes in praise for our city.
 | For present needs the college is asking a cash contribution on Easter
 Sunday from all its friends. There are | S5,0Oo Methodists in the north Ala
 bama conference The offering is ex- pected to average at least dollar per | member. Then the friends sof the in stitution on the outside are expected | to make their gifts and it is safe to | say that good sum will be realized. All of the Birmingham Methodist churches will rally to the call of the school and make their offerings Easter day.
 Among the imm mediate needs of the | institution are a modern building for | training school work. an up-to-date | gymnasium, new dormitories for an en- | larged attendance of out-of-town stu dents, the remodeling and better equip ment of the main building. Let denom- | national lines be forgotten and let all who stand as the friends of the city and of higher education show will | ing spirit and a liberal hand in this | hour of effort to do great work