The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
Great Enthusiasm DISPLAYED
in Meeting of Personal
Workers
ALABAMA ALUMNI
TO MEET TOMORROW
viii Organize Team to Disseminate
Information About Campaign.
Harding, Crockard, Joseph
and Morrow Speak

AT "a rousing meeting at luncheon at
the Hotel Hillman yesterday the men
captains in the campaign to raise
$125.OOO for the University Free Dis
pensary reported on the work of en-
listing workers on their teams and
made arrangements for the campaign
which starts November i.
The greatest enthusiasm was dis
played. 1t was a full-fledged echo Of
the big mass meeting at the jefferson
theatre Wednesday evening in which
a crowd of some 1000 people enthusiast
tically hailed the dispensary PROPOSE
ton. The men at the luncheon were
the men upon whom the actual work
of the campaign is to fall and anyone
seeing their enthusiasm and spirit
could not have doubted the result of
the campaign for a moment
Captains Are Named
The captains for the men teams, to
be composed of eight men each, includ-
ing the captain, were announced at the
meeting as follows:
Sterling a. Wood.
John w. Sibley.
Walter Sessions and John T. Nor.
gan.
NJ. V. Joseph and w F. Tyler.
Hill Ferguson.
Hugh Latimer and NJ. p Phillips.
G. c. Burke
Wallace Johns.
Rev. Middleton Barnwell
Dan A. Hogan.
u. II. Rudolph
G. w. Pratt
Julian Gorham and Harry Jones
j. W. Whatley.
Walter Burson.
John L. Parker.
Judge W. p. McCrossin
DR.. F. L. Whitman and Dr. c. A.
Merrill.
J. L. Shelby and Harry Wheelock.
Henry l. Jenkins.
Vassar L. Allen and l. J. Haley.
Sam j. Everett.
Cleon b. Rogers.
ID. E. MeLendon.
]. f. Doster M p Northington and
). Yates.
Hubert Drennen and John Turner
T. S. Pound
A. j. Bowron.
w. H. Wolverton.
John Lusk
Sam Spurgeon.
| Capt. T. s. Pound, the well known
engineer on the Louisville and Nash
Vile railroad. stated that it might be
heceSSary iof MIN TO lay off from WORK
10 days, but he stated he was willing
TO do 1t for the dispensary, and tn,
statement was met with loud cheers
Rotary Club Team Confident
The Rotary club team. which will be
| composed of 16 men under the leader
| ship of President Harry Wheeloclx and
International Vice President j. f. Shell
| by has thrown down the gauntlet To
all other teams stating they expect Ia
get more money than any of them
| Where two or three names are mem
toned together it means that two men
have agreed to captain a team between
them, neither feeling that he would
have the time to devote to the team
by himself
Mrs. w S. Lowell, the leader of the
women workers. is expected to an
nounce list of the women captains ia
the near future.
All of these captains reported yester-
day that they had secured workers for
ported closed Those who have not thu
full membership, however. will report
again at another luncheon Monday at
1880 o'clock. at which time the fin
lshing touches to the campaign or
ganization will be made
The annual alumni meeting of tba
University of Alabama has been
changed to tomorrow night in order
that the alumni may organize as work
ers In the campaign. 1t will be held
at the Hotel Hillman. The alumni nlans
to organize a missionary team Wbo.a
duties will be to inform the public IN
general of the need of a dispensary In
Birmingham