Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
FOR
OGLETHORPE
At WORK
Hundred Workers for $25O,OO0
University Fund Enthusiastic
ally Launch Canvass.

dllJ lduIiCtl OdIINdSS,
Quite "A long while ago somebody
said something about striking while
the iron was hot and that valuable
advice was adhered to Saturday
morning in a most impressive man.
ner, when the Oglethorpe Committee
of one Hundred got together to plan
the s250,000 campaign.
They struck. and struck hard and
they planned to- keep on striking.
Take one example from the adj
dress of Captain J. w. English.
Now is the time Captain Eng
lish said. when the working commit
tee had been named Now is the
time, and to illustrate what this
thing means to Atlanta, even If you
take it in a purely commercial way,
! want to call your attention to
something.
THE present status of the currency
bill at Washington looks like di-
vision of four regional banks. That
being the case, the contest in every
section will be sharp and fierce for
the location of a bank. New Or
leans is sure to press Atlanta marc
for the Southeastern bank, that will
make of the city in which ii is To-
Gated a great money center for the
section.
Gentlemen, If we can in the next
few days turn up a couple of hundred
thousand dollars in subscriptions to
this great cause Of education, don't
you KNOW that will have a pro-
found effect in favor of the argu-
ment for locating that great regional
bank here?
Gentlemen, let's go to work."
Fourteen Committees Chosen.
That was just one phase of the
question, but it drew prolonged APP
plause from the members Of the Com
mittee of One Hundred, who already
We're at work.
Captain English called the commit
tee to order at II o'clock in the as
sembly room of the Chamber of Com
merce. Ivan f. Allen, from his knowl-
edge of the cause and what had been
| done, was asked to conduct the bust
ness of appointing the committees to
serve with the 20 chairmen in the
| fund campaign
1t was expected only to mention
the names of the chairmen and get
| from them suggestions of men they
wished to serve with them. But the
meeting ran clear away from that in
the first ten minutes.
The chairmen wanted to get to
work. They turned in so many sug-
gestions for helpers, and the helpers
assented so heartily, that in less than
80 minutes fourteen of the twenty
40
were piling "p for the other six, to
be apportioned as soon as possible.
That was the way that Committee
of One Hundred went at it. No chair
| man appointed the working commit
tees-the Committee of One Hundred
did it, and ii was a good job.
And then Mr. Allen cut loose a fiery
little speech, and told the commit
tees all about what they were to do
ond how they We're to go at it, and
then he gave out their assignments"
To Double Old Amounts.
On the table were LOO cards. each
card bearing the name and amount of
the old subscription made nine years
ago to found another university in
Atlanta plan that fell through by
no fault Of Atlanta.
The cards were made up in packets
Of 60 each, and two packets were
given to each Of the Chairmen.
"One hundred and twenty names
apiece said Mr.. Allen Now, go
to it-and make 'em double up. one
man came to me the other day and
said: I want to get in this thing be-
fore those committees get after me-
Nothing doing in the bargain line
told him, and asked what he wanted
to give. I'll tell you he said, III
give the same as my old subscription
You will not I told him; Ht'll cost
you just twice that to day
And that's the point" Mr.. Allen
went on. This town is twice a rich
and It's people are twice as rich as
they were when that other subscrip-
ton was made"
And ii might he remarked in pass
Ing that Mr.. Allen. who gave S12 to
the other fund, is down for 1000 in
this one. SO nobody can accuse him
of not praCticing what he breaches.
So the committees were loaded and
primcd, and each got a good earful Of
braciug conversation, and the straight
tip not to confine their efforts to the
names on the cards.
Pretty nearly everybody in Atlanta
is coming through on this deal" Mr.
Allen told them, "and we aren't max
ing any restrictions whatever. We
have now reached the stage where it's
time to stop talking and do some
thing"
Five Years 20 Pay.
The terms were easy, the commit
tees were told Five years would be
allowed TO those subscribers VINO
wished five payments, year apart
or such shorter terms as might be
desired. And then there was another
rousing talk by Captain English and
another by j, r. Gray of The Jour
nal, and warm commentator OF the
three Atlanta pers-Captain
English said he never had seen such
inspiring unanmity on any project
before, and he had watched the va
rious projects OF Atlanta since the
time when his totale arthly posses
sious consisted Of q ragged shirt,
pair Of jeans trousers and two worn
brogan shoes
It didn't take more than an hoIr,
all told and then the meeting broke
UP with a round OF handclapping and
lot OF handshaking, too, and the
committees were Instructed to meet
at 1890 O'Clock Monday for a spec,,I
luncheon on the second floor Of the
Piedmont Hotel to report progress"