The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-08
MAKE II A MILLION DIRECTORS NAMED
 FOR CHURCH TEAMS
First Group of Workers Organ izing to Make Campaign for Birmingham Southern
 College

Preparations for the campaign to Make It a Million for Birmingham Southern College" are being worked out rapidly by the committee of busi- ress men In charge and by Campaign Director Hendrick
 The first of the three groups of workers to be thoroughly organized vas the church group, of which Ben +. Ray Is the district financial director. Under the plan adopted, each church has a layman as director for that con- gregation, who will be in charge of the work in that particular church The active cooperation of the pastor of each church is also assured to aid the director.
 Of the other two groups of workers. one will be composed of committee of business men who Uill call only on men who are expected to make large donations. 1t is known that number of wealthy men of Birmingham arc contemplating making large donations tc this cause
 TEAMS OF BUSINESS MEN
 The other group wall consist of teams of business and professional men who
 
 business and industrial section of the city and will call on the public gen erally to rally to the cause Of educa- ton and to help secure the $S00,0O3 needed from Birmingham to make the fund available for Birmingham South ern college, $1,000,000 The college Is to receive $700,O00 from the Christian education fund now being contributed by Methodists largely outside Bir- yninpham and Iaffaraon county
 Teams of workers among the mem bers of each of the Methodist churches will be- named to assist the directors in their work among the mem mbers of each church. It is stated that members of the Methodist churches, In spite Of the fact that they are contributing heavily in the Christian education cam paign, which will give $700,000 to the Birmingham college, will also contrib ute their full share of the s300,000, which the general public of Birming ham will be asked to give.
 A COMMUNITY EFFORT
 The work of organizing the commit tees of business men 10 make the can vass among the general public is prog ressing rapidly. Many of the leaders in civic affairs of Birmingham are aid- ing actively in the work, and the com mittee has been encouraged with the
 
 people of Birmingham could not af- ford to fail in this civic enterprise which promises S1,000,O00 for a local institution provided the people of this city and county will donate 3300, ,ooo.s
 The directors of the workers in the various churches announced yesterday by the district financial director, Ben r. Ray, follow:
 Acipco, J. $. Blackburn; Avondale, ;. E. Colvin; East Birmingham, J w. Cummings; East Lake, D. E. McLen- don; Eleventh Avenue, E. M. Elliott, Fatrview, J. M. Young; Fortietr Street, W. F. McMurtry; Fountain Heights, Forney Brandon; Twenty first Avenue, Lucian Allgood Walker Me mor'ial, Alex c. Montgomery; West End, J. J. Lee; Norwood. Hugh Ellis; St. Johns, W. B. Mabry; St. Pauls, $. N. Sellers; Sixty-seventh Street, W W. Whitfield; TNnity, Bascom Garrett; First church, J. B. Hill Mt. vernor ". E. Dickson Highlands, Frank E. Spain; Ninth Street, L. T. Hrodie; North Highlands, W. M. Hall Owenton, Prof H. c. Nixon; West Woodlawn, Mrs. B. M Keener; Woodlawn, L. A. Christian