The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-17
Birmingham Lost Methodist School, But Committee Wants to Build One
 Anyway
SHOOK OFFERS HIS CONGRATULATIONS TO
 ATLANTA WINNERS
Candler Announces He Will Give Mill lion Dollars-Jemison Urges lnde- pendent Pathological School
 for Birmingham

ost in the fight for the location of he Methodist university, the Birming- nam delegation here refused to be iowncast, and say they will build in technological school such as will be surpassed by nothing )f it's kind in the country.
 The educational commission of the Methodist Episcopal church, south to- day decided that Atlanta offered the best bid for the university and ac- cordingly will locate the school here. following the decision Asa O. Candler announced that he would give s1.o00. 900 10 the school.
 The Birmingham delegation made a good fight and, although they were defeated, it begins to look as though they will turn defeat into something even better than victory. Robert Jem- ison. Jr., apparently struck keynote when he proposed that Birmingham build a technological school better than any other In the United states. Other members of the committee from Bir- mirgham apparently are inclined to believe with Mir. Jemison that the prof ect can be accomplished.
 Jemison Makes Suggestion
 MT Jemison in speaking of the mat ter said:
 Let us build a Birmingham Tech. a school of technology that shall be the finest in the country. We will make it wholly BiI BiImingham institution. l be- lieve that the contributors of 90 per cent of the fund already raised would back us up with their money. We could also get a much larger fund in view of the fact 1t would be an all Birmingham institution.
 We are not discouraged. We need g technological school of the finest kind al Birmingham. l favor going after 1t al cace. denominational school such al the Methodist university would not be SC good as Birmingham Tech"
 1t Is possible that Chairman Shook ma, call together the central committee II charge of securing the university funt on Friday in Birmingham. He and hi, party left here this afternoon at o'clocl without the university. but with a spiri that can never be downed. MT. Shool probably will fay before the central com mittee the proposed plan of establishing a technological school in Birmingham ans ask its advice.
 Made Brave Fight
 The Birminghamians, led by Paschal G Shook, made brave fight for the location in their city of the university and MT Shook took the matter to the commission direct when it met Wednesday morning He startled the staid commissioners b, declaring that already 1t had been de cided to award the university to Atlanta by virtue of the promise of one of Allan ta S richest citizens. Asa G. Candler, wh, is member of the commission, replied to the statements of MT. Shook by reit 1 ..l.. t. the university if 1t were located in Bir mingham as he would If located in hE own city.
 Immediately after the decision was mad, this morning, MT. Candler announced that he would give s1,yv0,000 to the school Ill addition to this gift the university trus tees will have as a starter S1, ,500. GOO guar anteed by the Methodists, of which tn, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce has agreed to pay $500, 900; the property of the Wes ley Memorial hospital and the Wesley Memorial church. The commission wil consider sites offered on Druid Hill ant in Oglethorpe park.
 Shook Issues Statement
 Birmingham takes her defeat with goot grace. MT. Shook issued a statement ts the papers of Atlanta, saying that h' believed the commission had acted witt the utmost honesty of purpose and witl regard as 1t saw it, to the best interes of the church
 While firmly convinced that the edu cational commission has made a mistak, in not accepting Birniinghams offer which, considered from all angles, was in our opinion, the best bid submitted we accept the verdict with good grac, and with our heartiest congratulations tt the winner" said MT Shook in his state ment.
 We congratulate Atlanta on the lib erality of it's citizens and particularly of the liberality of its foremost citizen il civic endeavor. Asa G. Candler, whicl made success possible and secured thi very desirable asset for Atlanta. Birming ham would have given her most 1oya support to this university had 1t beer secured, and this support would hay come not alone from the Methodists O Birmingham and of Alabama, but iron all the people, regardless of creed.
 'rhe contest has not been without valu, to our people because of the tremendousl, strong and widespread sentiment -thereb, created in favor of the establishment o great institution of learning in ou city, and this sentiment will doubles crystalline into a movement to locate great technological school in the Birmng ham district Our citizens have beei f and of it's opportunities as a seat for great educational institution and par ticularly technological school, where tn opportunities and demands for such al institution are unequaled in all our south land
 We have made a plain straightfor ward business proposition to the grea Methodist church, but the liberality O Atlanta's greatest citizen has carried tn day.
 t"While suggesting that the committe may have erred in judgment and pos sibly failed to appreciate the full sig nificance of our offer, 1t Is our convic ton that 1t acted with the utmost honest of purpose and with regard only. as 1 saw it, to the best interests of the churcl and the section to be served by this in stitution."
 The commission late today had unani mously elected Bishop Candler to be chan cellor of the proposed new university Bishop Candler formerly was presiden of Emory college at Oxford, Ga. Tn commission also decided to use the latte institution. which is under the church control. as a preparatory school for tn new university. It Is planned to ope the theological department of the ne, university on September 1.
 The commission tonight announced tn following appointments for the new uni