The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
AUBURN ALUMNI ID
 HOLD B|G RALLY
Spright Dowell to Speak on Thursday-A. p. ]. Band to
 Furnish Music

The Auburn band will provide the music for the first big rally of the Auburn alumni of Birmingham and Jefferson county which will be heid next Thursday night at o'clock at the Civic Association in the ballroom of the Hillman hotel.
 Speeches will be made by Dr.. Spright Dowell, president Of Auburn, Charles r. DeBardeleben5 general chairman: W. Carson Adams. chair man of the city of Birmingham; John Davis, Jefferson county chairmap and a number of alumni. Refresh ments will be served and 1t Is an nounced that there will be no col lection or subscriptions taken at this meeting.
 The invitation for the meeting which is being sent out to Auburn men throughout the county urges the attendance of every man who ever matriculated at Auburn even for one day and an invitation is eX- tended others who are not alumni but who are interested in the sue cess of the Greater Auburn campaign to attend. It is planned to make the occasion one long to be remembered by the Auburn men of Jefferson county. In addition to concert by the famous Auburn band, there will be vocal music including all the old Auburn songs. The speakers will be brief it is announced, and the meet ing will be more in the nature of a real Auburn mass meeting.
 Adams to Tell Plans
 Chairman Adams will tell of his plans for the campaign in Birmins ham and Chairman Davis will outline his plans for Jefferson country ter ritory outside Greater Birmingham. General Chairman DeBardeleben will tell of the plans in the various coun- ties of the state for putting over the campaign in a successful way and it is announced that he will have some optimistic reports to make fol- lowing his trips to counties in all parts of Alabama.
 pr. Spright Dowell, president of Auburn, will review conditions at the institution which made the cam paign necessary and will tell of some of the encouraging things being done by people who are not alumni to m ake the campaign successful. pr. Dowell will come to Birmingham especially to attend this meeting.
 Chairman Adams has donated an office at 221 BrownMarx building, for the use of the city campaign. Ths organization work for the city cam paign is in charge of H. Nelson Mercy and the office will be opened Monday morning. It is announced that ali future business connected with the campaign in the city of Birmingham will be transacted at that office which is convenient. to the office of the city chairman, MT. Adams.
 On to Huntsville
 Middleton s. Barnwell and John C. Henley will go to Huntsville Monday to attend the meeting of the Hunts vile Rotary club Monday night. Mr. Barnwell will make an address to the meeting regarding the Greater Auburn campaign and will tell the members of the club of his trip 10 Auburn and Tuskegee on the occa- sion of the Golden Jubilee of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. MT. Henley will go as a member of the Rotary club and as a supporter of the Greater Auburn campaign.
 During the past week both pr. Dowell, president of Auburn. ard Charles F. DeBardeleben, general chairman of the Greater Auburn campaign, have made several ac- dresses in Huntsville and a strong organization of the Auburn alumni and others interested in the success of the institution, was formed. Sim liar meetings are being held in coun- ties throughout the state and every effort is being made to have the cam paign ready and organized by March 22 which was the date originally agreed upon for launching the active solicitation of funds for the cam OaiRQ.