The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-25
Central Committee Will
Meet At Tutwiler Hotel
At | O'Clock
CITY DIVIDED INTO
TWELVE DISTRICTS
Team Captain for Each to Be Named
and He Will Select Canvassers.
Munger Sets for Advantages
of Securing Institution

The central committee of citizens,
which will direct the campaign to Sc
cure $1,000. 600 for the establishment
here of the great Methodist university.
VIII meet at l o'clock today at the
Hotel Tutwller for lunch and to per-
feet the plan OF conducting the cam
paiGn. Chairman Paschal G. Shook of
The committee will complete the selec-
ton of three committeeman for each of
the IL districts this morning. and they
VIII meet with the committee.
The district has been divided into IL
districts, Bessemer making the twelfth
1t Is the intention of the central COM
mittee to ask the three committeeman
to be invited to attend today's mnch-
con, to name team captain in their
respective districts, the captain choos-
ing his own canvassers.
| The campaign will be conducted
somewhat after the manner of that
! some years ago. when the necessary
funds to erect the Young Mems Chris
tian Association were secured There
viii be a central meeting place for all
districts each day probably a lunch
con at the Hotel Tutwiler. In the
luncheon each day. 1T is probable that
the central committee will bear the
expense. the district canvassers being
the guests of the day. A large black
board will be placed in the private
diningroom and the teams viii be rated
each day, according to the amounts
they turn in. There will be keen RI
valry of "A friendly sort among the
teams as to which secures the most
money.
City Divided In Districts
| The districts, as outlined by Presi- :
dent Shook yesterday. are as follows:
District No. North of First avenue
and west of Twentieth street. taking
in Fountain Heights and Smithneld.
Northern boundary. Village creek
| District No. NORTH of First avenue
and east of Twentieth street. west of
Clay street east Birmingham, and
south of Twentieth avenue.
| District No. 3-South of First ave-
nue.. west of Twentieth street north of
Red Mountain and east of Eighth
street.
District No. 4--south of First ave-
nue. east of Twentieth street. north of
Red mountain and west of Forty-s
first street
District No 5--Avondale and Wood
lawn
District No. s-East Lake. Gate
City and 1rondale.
| District No. 7--Boyles and East Biz
mingham.
| District No. S--North Birmingham.
| District No. 9-Pratt City and Thorn
as.
District No. lowest End. Elyton
and Cleveland
District No. 1l--Ensley. Fairfield and
Wylam.
District No. 12-Bessemer
II. S. Munger yesterday issued state
ment in which he set forth the advan-
tages which have accrued to Dallas. Tex,
because of the establishment there of =
large university, such is proposed to
be established by the Methodists in a
city TO be decided upon. His statement In
part follows:
SAT our general conference at Asne-
Vile. Tex, there We're in attendance
majority OF the board of trustees of the
Southwestern University at Georgetown.
which was the largest school we had In
the state They proposed thar II Da6as
would secure contributions TO the amvuEe
| OF 100000 and a site of so acres, they
would move to Dallas. The Chamber OF
| Commerce took II up at once and inn
mediately went TO work to secure the
amount However, instead of $4,000 and
50-acre site. they secured s30o,0 and 600
acres of land. which has been valued at
| from 100000 to $500 600.
THE campaign was then taken up by
| the Methodists all over the state for the
purpose of securing s1.O0O.000 in subscrip-
lions, which they accomplished in less
| than year, and began at once to secure
another million, which campaign Is now
well under way. They have nearly COM
! pleted the most handsome college building
In the United States DR.. Hyer. the presi-
dent, gave this as his verdict after hav-
| ing carefully looked into the matter, and
after consulted others who are familiar
with other college buildings.
Dallas Has Been Well Pleased
"a great many of the best class Of
people from all over the state have
| bought lots and have moved to Dallas 10
| live and educate their children In city
| with a people of culture. am quite
sure than Dallas has already received ~
least $40 for every dollar they have put
! into it. and there IL no telling what VIM
| be the profits and benefits derived IA.
| the years to come This movement AZ
ready has spread to embrace Oklahoma,
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