The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-15
S385,OOO GIVEN UNIVERSITY IN
 WEEKS DRIVE
CampaignYet to Start in Many Cities of State-AtIanta Tel egraphs Gift of $8,000
 to Fund

Total subscriptions in the Univer- sity of Alabama miliion-dollar cam paign have passed sss5.eo0, according to reports received at Birmingham headquarters from the university Sat urday night. The gain of more than $10o.0oo during the past week to total of nearly $4oo,ooo at the end of the first 10 days of the general campaign was considered highly sat isfsctory. With the campaign gain Ing momentum in Birmingham and Montgomery and committees in many other cities now actively at work. leaders in the statewide movement are optimistic.
 Increased activity for the coming week is expected by Jelks Cabaniss, chairman. and the workers who have already obtained subscriptions amounting to s106.17o. Their anbi- ton Is to complete the campaign here within the next week, and with quota of $350,000 to be raised every alumnus living in Birmingham will have to subscribe and assist in oo- taining other subscriptlonS IT this goal Is to be reached.
 Luncheons will be held at 1 o'clock each day in the Tutwiler hotel ball room. Each of the teams has pledged itself to obtain not less than s1,000 a day, and if this can be done, in addition to the subscriptions ob- tained by the special committee, large share of Birmingham's quota will have been raised before the end of the week.
 Corporation to Help
 Material assistance in raising Bir- mingham's quota is expected from the separate campaign which Is to be started Monday among the em- ployes of the Alabama Power conn pany. President T. ". Martin has authorized the formation of commit tees to obtain the subscriptions of employees of the company and they will be at work during the coming week.
 Reports from over the state for the week were featured by new subscrip- tions of $40,000 from students at the university, making their total at the end of the week more than $66.0Oo Student leaders have announced their intention of raising more than $loO'- 900, and present indications are that they will get it.
 The s40,0 reported this week was subscribed by about 200 members or the freshman class, making an aver age subscription of nearly $20O. Other groups of students are to be canvassed during the coming week, and keen rivalry has developed among the classes and colleges. Near ly every student to whom the appeal has been presented has subscribed. and a great majority of the sub scriptions have equalled the student quota of s250 for men and $100 for women, in spite of tho fact that 6b per cent of the students are support ing themselves, either entirely or in part.
 Atlanta Gives ss,0o0
 A telegram received Saturday from Atlanta announced that sS.000 had been subscribed by university alumni living In that city, and additional subscriptions are being obtained by a committee headed by Fuzzy" Woodruff. widely known newspaper writer.
 The Atlanta campaign is headed by Robert c. Aston, leader in the legal profession in that city. The campaign was opened at a dinner Friday evening on the eve of tho Alabama-Georgia Tech football game and every Atlanta alumnus present sub bscribed On the committee head ed by MT. Woodruff. which Is now canyassing the other alumni. are Philip H. Aston, Dr. B. K. Vann and Mrs. Theodore H. Jack.
 Alumni living outside of Alabama want to have a part in this great movement" said MT, Alston in tele- gram to Birmingham Saturday. At lanta will subscribe its share of the $1.000.000 fund.-
 Although the active canvass for funds is just gaining headway in many Alabama cities, because of de- lays in perfecting the local organiza- tions, many good reports were re- ceived this week.
 Tuscaloosa, first over tho top in the campaign, raised its total from s90,0 to $94,o00. Montgomery ob- tained new subscriptions which brought their total to $35.o00, and 10 teams, under the leadership of R. E. Steiner. Jr. will be at work during the coming week to raise Montsom- ery's quota of ss7.ooo. Bibb county reported $5.0oo of It's s12.000 quota already subscribed. Fayette county reported $1.000 and Lamar county $500. and both of,these counties are well along toward raising their quotas. Gadsden has raised S3.500 and Bessemer ss,000, both of these cities being among those that made late start. ese,.s-
 Many Subscriptions
 No reports of actual subscriptions have been reported from several cities. but their teams are now at work, and their first reports during the coming week are expected to be large. Arthur Wellborn, chairman of the Anniston organization, wired that Anniston is now fully organized and at work for the university. W. E. Brooks of Brewton and the other members of the Escambia county committee. have personally under written the entire quota of 110,00o of their county.
 The 35,o00 reported by Bibb county included a gift to the university of coal lands valued at $4.o60. This was the contribution of Col. c. S. Logan of Centreville.
 Following are subscriptions of S305 and up in the university campaign obtained in Birmingham since the last report: pr. Scale Harris $700, William M. Martin $500. pr. J. s. Gillespy $500. H. c. Denson $500, "A Friend" $500. M. F. Cahalan S3o5. Berney F. Giles sso6, Charles w, Greer $s05. Myer Becker $s05, w. M. Jordan $S05,. Al D. Stafford $305, Dr. J. P. Mcqueen ss05, Morris Loveman $305. Lewey Robinson $3o5, Herbert H. Robinson $3o5. William P. Jelks