Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
70 CHA|RnEN To
RAISE FUND FOR
OCLETHORPE
Ivan Allen Is Named to Assist
Captain English in Directing
General Campaign.

| Twenty chairmen to head as many
! subcommittee in the campaign for
! $3.50. 900 for Oglethorpe University
were appointed Wednesday at rous-
| ing meeting of prominent Atlantans
| in the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
They will organize their committees
at once and set 10 work TO see every
one Of the original subscribers still
| living in the city.
| Ivan Allen was elected vice chair
man of the general committee TO re-
lieve Captain j. W. English of the
more arduous part of the work of or
ganizing the campaign work,
A list of 100 names was submit
ted to Mr.. Allen, and from these he
selected the chairmen for the twenty
subcommittee.
1t was announced that fully LOO
of the 5000 original subscribers to
Oglethorpe University are still living
in Atlanta and their addresses are
known. DIR. Thornwell Jacobs, secre-
tary Of the general committee, outlined
a plan of campaign which would in
volve the division of the city into
twenty districts and the appointment
Of one of the subcommittee to each
district.
Increase Is Expected.
The aggregate of the old subscrip
lions was in the neighborhood of
$500 according to DR.. Jacobs, and
it was to be supposed that many of
the old subscribers, after the lapse of
years, would desire to increase their
contributions materially.
Confidence was expressed that it
would not be necessary to go far be
yond the original subscribers to raise
the bonus of s250,000 which is asked
Of Atlanta.
u am certain that it will require
nothing more than a visit to 80 per
cent of the former subscribers to per
suade them to transfer their subscrip
tons TO the new fund.-" said James r.
Gray. In most of the cases it will be
an increase.
LAS an illustration OF this. Daniel
Bros, who were subscribers to the old
fund, raised the amount considerably
on the new subscription. Joel Hun
ter, who subscribed $125 to the old
fund, now gives a plot of ground
whose worth is conseTvatively esti-
mated at $1,000. And this is the way
it is going with the Others"
Captain English made a strong plea
for the support of the movement, de-
claring that it was q project which
was of the utmost Importance to the
city and the South.
Now that we have this movement
under way" he said I'VE must 60
through with it, and see that it is
completed in a manner worthy of our
city. Atlanta can't fail to fail in
raising such a comparatively small
amount. 1t is to the interest of the
city, the State and the entire South
Should Keep Tradition.
I'VE all know what he war did to
the South. Now we are trying to
build this section up again. One Of
the best ways is TO give it efficient
educational institutions. In the fall
of 1865 l saw women of the best fam
lilies in the South tramp into town
and then take back home with them
on their backs meal and meat and
sugar for their family.
''They were the wives Of men who
had sacrificed their lives for a princi-
ple they believed to be right. The
descendants of these noble women are
with US to-day 1t is up to them 20
display the patriotism and loyalty
shown by their mothers.
I'VE should not be obliged to send
our children to other States for an
education. We should have it right
here for them, and it should be so that
the children of the poor may attend
as well as the children Of the rich"
Among those at the meeting were
Harris G.. White, Frank Galloway,
Dr. William owens, L. p. Bottenfiel1
7. c. dimes, Dr. Gertner John K.
Ottley, Charles p, Graham, Frank
Inman, W. c.. Cooper, f. r. DuBose
r. II. Hobson, Henry Shaul, J. Bah
bage. c. D. Montgomery Ivan L. Al
len. Fred Houser, Fred Lewis. VII
liam H. Parkhurst, Stewart McGinty,
CAPTAIN j. W. English, DIR. ThOrnweI
Jacobs and James r. Gray.
Henry Shaul subscribed an addi-
tional $3.50 at the meeting. Captain
English announced that another
meeting Of the general committee