The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
Not a Matter of Sentiment in Aiding Birmingham to
 Secure University
COMMITTEE TO SELECT
 CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED
Men on District Advisory Committee Will Meet With Central Committee at Lunch at Tutwiler Hotel.
 Letter to Dr. Simpson

am leaving behind me fin Bir- minsham practically all of my worldly possesslons, said w. P. G. Harding at the luncheon of the central committee on the university campaign at the Tut wiler yesterday afternoon. T do not know just yet exactly how much I Will give to the fund to bring the Methodist university here, but I will make contribution before leaving do not want to be spoken of as pub lie spirited or philanthropic, because as purely cold-blooded investment. this institution will mean more to Bir- mingham than anything We have ever had a chance to get"
 And MT. Harding's sentiment was echoed by the other members of the committee all of whom are enthusias tically at work getting the working plans in order The advisory commit tees in each of the 12 districts were named yesterday. It will be the duty of these gentlemen to select team cap tains in their respective districts, the team captain to select as many work CTS as he thinks necessary. The com mittees follow:
 District Advisory Committees
 District No. First avenue north Twentieth street. west, old Birming- vham, J. B. Cobbs. Atticus Mullin, J. P. McLaney.
 District No. First avenue, north Twentieth street, east, old Birming- ham, I. c. Beatty, Walter Moore, A. B. Tanner.
 District No. 3-First avenue, south; Twentieth street. west, old Birming ham, w. M. Cosby, T. H. Motion, H. B. Urquhart.
 District No. 4-Twentieth street, east; First avenue, south, old Birming ham. N L. Miller, Solon Jacobs, F. B. Fowlkes.
 District No. 5-Avondale, and Wood lawn, J. A. Collins, G. c. Ellis, w. R. Starbuck.
 District No 6-East Lake. Gate City and Irondale, w. c. Griffin, Ross c. Smith, E. c. Burchfield
 District No. 7-Boyles and East Bir- mingham, John E. Ellis. w. F. De Shazo, J. l.. Haigler.
 District No s--North Birmingham. Sam Blake, c. B. Rogers T. II. Freil
 District No. 9-Pratt City and Thomas, Thomas Mclaughlin. pr. Cleveland Seay, c. A. Hassier
 District No. 10-West End, Elyton and Cleveland, Dr. w. C. Gewin, James Lee, Charles Ellis. A. J. Ozanne.
 District No. 11-Ensley Fairfield and Wylam. W. R. Stewart. L. G. Smith, A. F. Hilleke.
 T1iStriot No Dr Robinson. pr. E. P. Lacey, pr. R. P. McTyeire.
 At the luncheon yesterday practically every member was present. R. A. Brown is a member of the committee and was called upon to make talk yesterday. Mr Brown said that the bringing of the uni versity to Birmingham would, he felt sure, have a tendency to lessen crime in this district and would mean a reduced homicide record. He cited instances to bear out his words and told the commit tee that he would do anything in his power to help bring the university to Bir- mi1gham. Col. Tom o. Smith expressed practically the same sentiments, saying that it would be his pleasure to do any thing possible to aid in securing the funds
 To Meet at Lunch Today
 Today at l o'c clock the 36 men appointed
 
 meet with the central committee at the Hotel Tutwiler for lunch The commit tees will decide upon the team captains and will complete the organization of the huge working force that is to canvass all Birmingham beginning next Monday. It is possible there will be a luncheon next Monday, at which all the workers will be present, but this has not been definitely decided upon.
 The central committee last night mailed to every member of the advisory commit tee official notification of his appoint ment, but Chairman Shook requests the committeeman to accept the announce ment of their names in The Age-Herald as official and that they be present at to- days lunch.
 Dr. J. D. Simpson. president of the Bir- mingham college and member of the central committee. yesterday received a letter from pr. F. M. Massey, principal of the Massey school at Pulaski, Tenn. The letter follows:
 'I feel that Birmingham is the logical place for the great Methodist institution and sincerely hope that you will land the school. I only wish that I were in position to do something to help you. Ii Birmingham can only wake up to what a great university would mean, you will have no trouble in landing it, hope. Ii will be of untold value financially to the city, for it will not only bring hundreds of students to the city each year, each o1 whom will spend hundreds of dollars. but 1t will bring the very flower of Alabama and southern citizenship to settle in that