The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-18
REMOVAL PROJECT
 AROUSES AL LUMNI ALL OVER ALABAMA
Large Attendance of 0ppo- nents of Idea Expected at Mass Meeting Tues
 day Night

On the eve of the mass meeting at the Chamber Of Commerce audi iorium al s o'clock Tuesday night, Auburn alumni throughout the state are discussing the proposal of Mont gomery citizens to have the Alabama Polytechnic institute removed 10 that city
 Expressions from Birmingham and Jefferson county alumni so far have been emphatically opposed to the project. Demands have been made that Montgomery show something tangible when her proposals are pre- sented to the Auburn board of trns- tees at their meeting Thursday in Montgomery. Alumni from north Ala bama and from the southern part of the state have asked that the sltu- ation be weighed without prejudice, but that the sentiment which has grown up about the present school site during the last 60 years be not lightly passed by.
 In a letter to The Age-IIerald too lengthy for publication In full be- cause of space limitations Eue1 A., Screws of Auburn, an alumnus of the institution reViews the history Of Auburn and makes suggestions for Montgomery citizens to follow to prove the sincerity and value of their proposal.
 Does a man allow his insurance, after keeping 1t up for years, to ex- pire and change to another policy?" asked MT. Screws. "Is that good busi- ness? Is it good business to accept money from the citizens of Mentgom- cry for our buildings and leave them to decay. whereas we could have thaea ht4flIfnpc md tt thta n the raising of new ones? We can buy land in Lee county at an average Of $40 per acre, whereas land in Mont gomery county will cost around S100. Is it good business to pay double for the same quality of material?
 "If Montgomery has so much idle money, why not add to the present Woman's college and finish up their quota of the Greater Auburn drive? Solomon said, Destroy nothing. but keen on building 1t certainly stands to reason that if Auburn is moved all the effects already produced and the future of Alabama in an agricultural and mechanical way will be crippled, if not destroyed, in a large sense, All that has been accomplished in the last 30 years will suffer- and 1 want to know If any individual or set of individuals, entirely for selfish gains or benefits. or one town can take from the state n well grounded in- stitution like Auburn. yank it up without ceremony and carry 1t home with them as the Germans did Bel gium?
 "rhe thought occurs to me at this time that when these citizens have raised the sum of S750,o GOO for the cit izens of Auburn which the college has caused it to have expended in build ings and the s1,250.000 which repre- sents the actual replacement cost of present buildings, and then obtains the same amount of land that the college now owns, their idea of moving Auburn will have died away amid flclSle dreams and that Auburn will go on unbounded, untouched and forever"
 F. W. Hare of Monroeville writes that Montgomery has arguments which are entitled to serious consid- eration, but that the sentiment at tached to the present site by thou sands of alumni should not be lightly passed by. as there "ls danger in TO- moval In that many of the alumni may lose interest. This sentiment