Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-16
D|NNERFOR AIDS
Of OCLETHORPE
Men Restricting Old College
Will Name Date Tomorrow
for Corner Stone Laying.

One hundred men who gave $1,000
each to the new Oglethorpe university
fund will be among the guests at a din
nor at the Piedmont tomorrow night
when steps will be taken toward the
organization of the board of directors,
lection of officers and arrangements
for a charter. The dinner will be a
notable gathering Of Gecrgians con-
nected with the ancient univel sity and
the new. and the guests will include
mary of the most prominent men in
the state.
The date for laying the corner stone
of the new institution will be fixed at
this meeting, and the ceremony will be
parhaps the most peculiar in history.
not only is the new university an iso-
lated instance of the resurrection of an
ancient college, but the combination of
circumstances surrounding it is most
unusual.
All the alumni of old Ogletho. ue
within reach win attend the dinner. and
these include the governor of the state
and an eX-moderatOr of the Southern
Presbyterian assembly. one of the SEN
ators from Georgia, Hoke Smith. is a
member of the board Of incorpo
of the new university, while the other,
O. Bacon. is a direct descendent of
the founders of old Midway church
which founded the old Oglethorpe And
the ceremony of laying the corner stone
will take place during the great Pres
hvterian convention next May, when,
for the first time in history, all four
great assemblies of the denomination
will meet at the same time and in the
same city The four moderators of the
four bodies of this PAN byterian
gathering will have a prominent part
i'm the ceremonies
Next President "Ogethorpe Child"
If is pointed cut that the next presj-
dent of the United States, who will be
in office then. will almost certainly be
child OF Oglethorpe.' Woodrow
Wilson is a nephew of Dr., James Wood
row. for years a professor in old Ogle-
thorpe. and Theodore Roosevelt is Il
descendent of many Georgians who
sleep beneath the sod of old Midway
church yard 1t is the desire of the
utive take part in the corner stone Ger
emony.
Among the guests at the banquet to-
morrow night will be Ivan f. Allen,
Gusts " Anderson. E. p. Ansey, ]. T,
Anderson, DR.. Milton Armstrong, James
Bachmau DR.. Steven Barnett, DR.. w.
D. Brannen. Milledge, Ga; J. NJ.
Rrauner Griffin, Ga. William Bensel,
John 4. Brice, J. r. Brooks. J. Epps
Brown, Edwin Broyles. e. P. MCBur-
ney. Dr.. Phinizy Calhoun, c. Murphy
Gambler s. w. Carson, s. A. Carter,
F. w. Coleman, DR.. Newton Craig, Ju-
liam Cumming. Rome, Ga; Herbert B.
Davis. ]. j. Eagan, H. F. Emery, ].
W. English. w NJ. Everett. s. NJ.
Fincher f. O. Foster. G. E, Graham.
Greenville. s. c.: J. r. Gray, H D.
Green. COnyers, Ga; J. w Hammond,
Griffin, Ga. George w. Harrison. Ray
mond Hastings. w. p. Heath. T. P.
Human. c. s. Honour, George NJ. Hope,
r. L. Hughes, Rome, Ga; Frank Inman,
Henry A. Inman, S. NJ. Inman, Thorn
well Jacobs, f. G. Jones DR.. w. S.
Kendrick Clyde L. King, George f.
Knight Porter Langston, R. J. Lowry,
T. S Lowry, Macon. Ga; L. c. Mande-
vIie Carollton, Ga; w. D. Manley,
Dr. K G. Matheson. Charles D. Mont
gomerY, Wilmer L. Moore. Gillian Nor
row, w. S Myrick. Milledgeville, Ga.
i. s. Mcdowell. Griffin, Ga; Henry
K. McHarg, Stanford Conn; D. I.
N7clntyre, Charles d. Mckinney, w.
A. Neal. J. K. Orr. J. K Ottley. w. f.
PFEhurst, Jacob Patterson. Rev. Fritz
Rausehenberg, Hugh Richardson, E.
Rivers, Booker Scott, Dr. Archibald
Smith, Holle Smith. F. J. Spratling. Dr.
{. l. Stacy, Elberton. Ga; w. O. Steele.
q. P. Stevens. DR.. c. w. Stmckler D.
a. Thompson. Covington. Ga; J. 0.
Ndlnedoe. Valdosta, Ga; Sam Venable.
I. L. Wallace, DR.. Hugh Walker. Edgar
Watkins, George w. Watts. Durham,
y c.; w. Woods White, w. +. Wine
''ti, c. R. Winship, \. D. Witten, Mar
unsyille, Va; ]. c. Woodward Rev. A.
A. Little, w. f. Hill, Asa G. Gambler.
If charles w. Daniel DR. John f.
White. Joseph McCord, T. H McCrea,
victor Smith, w. 7. HeaIy. John w.
Grant, E. c. Kontz DR.. R. O. Finn. Dr.
= l., Morris, Bulow Campbell, John j.
n'odside, G. j. Martin, Charley Elyea,
-.' ION Smith, w. B. Crouch. Marietta,
''.' Frank f. Block, Charles Wachen-
lof j. w, Lumpkin, Ernest Woodruff,
Nc K. DuBose Henry Goetchius, Co
'HHous, Ga; Bennett H. Young, Louis
"s' Ky; James Watt Thoma svilIe
''.' G. H. Alexander, Jackson Miss.
W. Corley. Ingleside. Ga.