The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-19
MEMPHIS LANDS
COLLEGE AND HAS
$4,000 TO SPARE
CONTINUED from first page)


$4,000, this being in addition to.
former $4,000 subscription. A. X.
Burrow, of the cotton firm of A. x.
Burrow & Co., then added $4,000 to
his subscription. The fourth $4,000
was announced by Frank Hayden
for the Guaranty Bank and Trust
company, the first bank in the city
to subscribe to the campaign. The
fifth subscription was not obtained
without effort, and was finally ac-
cepted by the Woman's auxiliary Of
the Second Presbyterian church, Mrs
w. S. Myrick announcing the gift.
With the terms of Mr.. Saunders
offer complied with, and $4,000
thereby added to the college fund
the reports of the 80 classes were
then heard The report of the
classes included the $4,000 special
gifts, Mrs. W. A. Haglin, of class
No 80, being given credit for the
$4,000 gift of Mr.. Saunders.
The five classes of the freshmen di-
vision reported $9,96S; sophomores,
$1,000; juniors, 1882; seniors. ST.
ASP; post graduates, $2,S1S, and CO.
eds, $50,S2S
Paul Harris, secretary of the
Shelby county committee, reported
$5,263.50 from the scaller towns Of
the county, making a grand total OF
$22, 1850 for the rural communities
for the entire campaign.
Rev A. b. Curry. pastor of Second
Presbyterian church, then announced
that the Presbyterians of the city had
decided unanimously to give to the
college cause, the Presbyterian
Church home. piece of property val
ped at $4,000.
This brought the grand total for
the campaign to 1851 ,O46.54, acCord-s
ing to the unofficial figures.
To Work For Million.
Things will begin to move imme-
diately with reference to the compile
ton of the plans for the establish
ment of the new college in Memphis,
s. w. McGill, director, said Tuesday.
Now that Memphis has achieved so
remarkable a victory in the face of
such obstacles the rest of the terri
tory to be served by the college will
be given a chance to do their part.
Offices have been secured at 1853
Madison avenue, and work will be
begun Immediately to secure the mil
lion collars from the outside.
THE gift of Clarence Saunders will
accomplish much more than merely
the putting over of the Memphis end
of the campaign successfully. 1t
will set the pace for gifts to be Sc
cured on. the outside. 1t mas been
matter of regret and surprise that
the we'll to- do people of Memphis for
the most part have been conspicuous
bv their absence in this campaign.
The success is due to the average
man. 1t has been stated that in days
Oft nd n
those from whom the community had
a right to expect better things will
he remembered. Some of the most
prosperous institutions in the city
have absolutely failed to Cooperate
in any way"
Notwithstanding this the campaign
has achieved a notable success and
will bring much credit and fame to
the city. Already numerous tele-
grams of congratulations have been
received at the campaign office. The
headquarters will be maintained dur
ing the balance Of the week at room
c, Chamber of Commerce; atter
which the offices for the Memphis
campaign will be with l.. c. Humes,
treasurer at Guaranty Bank and
Trust Co.
Praises Newspapers.
In speaking of the work of the COL
lege campaign S W. McGill, the
campaign manager. paid a splendid
tribute to the newspapers of Mem
phis. An old newspaper man himself
Mr.. McGill is in a position to APP
preCiate the work of the newspapers
and knows how to cooperate with
the newspaper fraternity. 1t Is not
generally known that Mr.. McGill
helped report the peace conference
for American newspapers.
To a representative of The News
Scimitar, Mr.. McGill stated: THE
most powerful ally in this campaign
as in every good thing has been the
newspapers. The campaign could
not have been put over without the
assistance given by the local press
and l have never seen it done better
than here in Memphis. The papers
have ever been ready to give us all
the space necessary to put this thing
over.
The amount of space given us could
not be valued in dollars and cents,
knowing something Of the cost Of
white paper and the crowded condi-
ton of the present day newspaper
we appreciate all the more the splen-
did assistance given.
1T 1t should ever come about that
the new college has a department of
Journalism representatives of the
Memphis newspapers will be in po-
Sitior to furnish instructors who can
tell how to cooperate in a great
community undertaking. To my
fellow members of the fourth estate
am more than grateful. The people
Of Memphis should never forget how
the papers Of the city have helped
in this great educational undertake