The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-26
Shook Names Advisory Com
mittee of 100 in Fight
for University
DIR. LAMAR SPEAKS
AT FIRST LUNCHEON
Came From Nashville in Response to
Invitation-Says That Church Is
Not Planning Anything Small.
To Meet Daily

Today at ! o'clock at the Hotel Tut
wiler the central committee on the
campaign for s1.oo0.00o fund for the
purpose of securing the Methodist unit
versity here, will meet with the three
committeeman from each of the IL dis
tricts These committeeman will be
named by President Paschal G. Shook
and will be reached by telephone and
personal letter and urged to be pres
emit 1t will be their duty to select
the team captains in the several dis
tricts, the captains selecting the
workers.
The first luncheon was held at the
Tutwiler yesterday with practically
every member of the central commit
tee present DIR. A. j. Lamar, member
of the university commission of the
Methodist church, was present by In
vitation and delivered an address. He
outlined the advantages to be gained
by the establishment of the university
in city and said that at least 100
acres of land should be given and
about $1,000,000 in actual money, He
told something of the character of the
institution to be established and said
it would be something of which the
entire south would be proud.
1t is the intention of the central
committee to have a meeting of all
the committees every day for the pur-
pose of comparing notes and to slim
uiate interest in the campaign.
Names Advisory Committee
President Shook yesterday named a
citizens committee, of 100 to act in an
advisory capacity to the central com
mittee. It's personnel is as follows:
Morris Adler, DIR. Felix |. Tarrant, w.
C. Adams, b. NJ. Allen, II. l.. Badham,
Edwin Ball, J. II. Barr, r. H. Baugh,
l. C. Beatty. Colman Blach, George A.
Blinn, Jr., Sydney j. Bowie, James Bow
ron. Lee c. Bradley. W. p. Brewer. w.
S. Brown, r. d. Burnett, Borden Burr,
Morris Bush, e. Ii. Cabaniss. ]. Nj.
Caldwell. Louis V. Clark, II. w. Cof-
fin, b. b. Conner W. M. Cosby, Frank
H. Crockard, J. p. IL. DeWindt, J. w.
Donnelly, ID. Nj. Drennen, Samuel Earle,
II. A. Elkourie, G. Il. Enslen, &c. f. Ems
len, John Eubank, Culpepper Exum, c.
T. Fairbairn, Eugene Fies John II.
Frye, A. l.. Fulenwider, r. M. Goodall,
w. II. Graves, Henry b. Gray, w. p.
G. Harding, G. w. Marsh, w. H. Has
singer, Or. Wyatt Heflin, f. M. jack
son. Scion Jacobs. w. ID. Jelks. Rob-
ort Jemlson, ST.. w. II. kettig, j. ID
Kirkpatrick, w. B. Leedy, John Lon
don, A. B. Loveman, George b. Nc
Cormack. r. P. MeDavid, J. r. Nc
Wane j. C. Maben. Jr.. w. N. Malone.
W. Mudd Martin, Richard w. Massey,
Otto Marx, ii. l.. Miner, j. w. Minor,
T. II. Motion, G. M. Morrow Hugh Nor
row, FAC Nabors, Frank Nelson, Jr., Nj.
p. Northington, J. c. Patterson. DR.. }.
H. Phillips. L. Pizitz, ErslSine Ramsay,
David Roberts. F. J. Roberts. j. +.
Rushton, II. C. Ryding. Louis Saks, J.
e. Shelby, ]. w. Sibley. ii. U. Sims, A.
w Smith Leo X. Steiner. Il. A. Ter
rell, John P. Tillman. Priestly Toul-
min, Oscar c. Turner, e. NJ. Tutwiler.
Judge w. II. Walker, George b. Ward.
S. D. Weakley. FELTON, Wimberly, DR..
Cunningham Wilson. Sterling A. Wood.
j. H. Woodward. J. W. Worthington
and |. f. Young.
Shook Outlines Plan of Work
President Shook yesterday outlined
the plan of work for the committees
yesterday, saying that every man in
Birmingham and jefferson county must
be solicited 1--WE cannot compel man
to contribute" said Mr. Shook but
we can and will give him an oppor-
tunity of doing So
"The more I think of the PROPOSE
ton of securing $1,000,000 for the uni
versity the larger the undertaking APP
pears to me. 1t is the largest thing
I have ever tackled and for this rea-
son I feel that | must give all that is
in me to the work. 1t will mean more
for Birmingham than anything we have
ever tried to secure ] shall devote all
of my time to the campaign for the
next 80 days, regardless of business
We simply must secure this fund and
everybody will have to help"
Those present at the lunch yester-
day. were: Webb w. Crawford. DR.. ].
W. Johnson. M. " Joseph, r. S. Mum
ger w. s. Stallings, DIR. l.. G. Brans-
comb, DR.. J. ID. Simpson, DR.. A. J. La
mar of Nashville, J. J. Smith. J. ID.
Moore, j. w. Mcqueen. Crawford john
son, John I. Kaul. Robert Jemison, Jr..
William c. Radcliffe. p. G. Shook.
DR.. Lamar was questioned by several
of those present following his address DR..
]. d. Simpson president of Birmingham
college, amended statement In DIR. La
mars speech, in which he said that
certain college had advertised as an in
ducement that boy could be sent
through school for $500 year DR.. Simp-
son said that 1t had cost him approx
imately 5000 year to send his boy
through the university and that he
thought that very low figure.
Following the address, President Shook
extended to DIR. Lamar the thanks OF
the committee for his kindness In re-
spending to the invitation, which was ex-
tended over the long distance telephone
DR.. Lamars address in full was as fol-
lows:
DR.. Lamar Makes Address
what sort OF university is 1t that
we propose to establish? would state
that the unanimous opinion of the COM
mission as we discussed that question was
that 1t must be equal to anything in the
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