The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
STATEMENT ISSUED BY BISHOP M'COY IN REGARD ID SCHOOL Pays High Tribute to Work
 Done by Shook and
 Committee DISCUSSES PLANS
 FOR UNIVERSITY Will Open One Depart ment at Time, Making It of the Best-Emory College Will Be Academic Department


 member of the Methodist Episcopal education commission. who was mem- Der of the subcommittee in charge of the location of the Methodist university which was awarded to Atlanta, gave out statement yesterday reviewing the work done by Birmingham citi- zens in an effort to land that college. In his statement Bishop Mccoy extends to President P. G. Shook of the Cham Der of Commerce and his teams as we'll as to the people of this community the expression of his deep appreciation. He says such team work as was displayed in the campaign will be of great value here and suggests that Birmingham has been considerably benefited even though the college was lost to the city. Bishop Mccoy also reviews some of the plans of the church for the university. His statement follows:
 Birmingham lost and Atlanta won in the contest for the location of the Methodist university east of the Mis- sissippi. While our city lost the GOV eted prize l believe we are agreed that it Is well to have made the fight We have put our community through | d pIelty BOou COuTSt Ol euuCdllO1 III the value of things other than pay rolls in the making of city, so that an abiding appreciation of these values will be ours. We have developed won derful community spirit and have had fine practice in that team work that it takes to build modern cities. Out of 1 it all good will come.
 l T want to tell my home people what a fighting team they sent over to At lanta in Paschal Shook and his com mittee. They were on the job every minute from the time the commission met until it rendered it's decision--and even then they did not hurry awayl They did all that mortal men could have done Every citizen of Birming- ham owes them praise
 Appreciates Work of People "As a representative of the Meth odist church I want to record my ap- prcciation of all the people of Bir- min gham did in the effort to secure the location and assist in the building of this great university at this place. | I am sure that every Methodist in the I city and state shares my sentiment of appreciation. We shall not forget it. q can think of nothing that could have made me happier than the location of this university in my home city that l
 love with all my heart and believe in with
 all my faith, but, since it has gone other
 wise, I must say that Atlanta made a great offer. MT. Candler's $l l,000 GOO is to be turned over at once in the form of
 an endowment that will yield interest. Al l.<I- 1o1fr by the Chamber of Commerce. The
 trustees of the Wesley Enterprises turn
 over to the university the full and free use of their properties in the city for as
 long a time as they may be needed. These properties consist of the Wesley Memorial | church and the Wesley hospital. While l the deed to these properties does not pass to the university, it is assured of their fullest use. free of all charges for | rental, taxes, upkeep. etc. The WesYey 1 Memorial church is really splendid five l story office building downtown. Tt has ] superb auditorium having been built as an institutional church. It cost s194,-
 900, and stands on a lot estimated in | value at more than $100,000 It is com paratively new, and is as well adapted to 1 the use of the theological department of the university. which it will house, as fl it had been built for that purpose. The | Wesley hospital, in the next block to the Wesley church. is valued at Sl00000, ana l in addition, has an endowment, of $100.- coo. It is thought that this hospital which
 will be used by the medical department
 will come into larger funds at no distant l day.
 Use of Emory College
 .The plan of the university contem-
 plates it's development about Emory col lege. located at Oxford, 40 miles from At
 larta. I noticed a statement in one of
 our local papers to the effect that Emory college would be reduced to a training
 school in connection with the university This Is an error
 Emory is high class college and vii , serve as the academic department of the , university, the professional departments i being located in the .dty. The details oi relating Emory to the university vii
 have to be carried out by its trustees and patronizing conferences. just as would have been necessary in the case of Bir- } nlingham college had the university come here. Emory has glorious history ol , more than 70 years, a distinguished bodA
 of alumni, 12 buildings on it's campus. 6 , library of 30.o0O volumes and an endow . ment of s500,0o0.
 'rhe commission decided to build thu
 university by completing, on the vers highest levels. one department at time