The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-09
ALUMNI SWEEP CITY IN FINAL EFFORT ID
 GET S2O,OOO MORE
Last Luncheon of Birmingham Workers to Be Held at Noon, With Goal at
 $275,000


 inspired the University of Alabama football team in its victory over Pennsylvania last Saturday, Birming ham alumni swept over the city in q Crimson tide Wednesday in a final ef fort to help the university in it's S1,000,000 expansion program and ob- tained new subscriptions of $s,l4o. 1 Thursday will mark the end of the alumni campaign in Birmingham. and the eight teams hope to make it one of the largest in the campaign. l With a total of $255,73S subscribed Thursday. the teams set their mark at 32o.000 additional Thursday in or der to carry their total above 1 s275.oo0 before halting their effort for the university. In order that the final total might be made as large as possible, Jelks Cabaniss, Birming- ham chairman, urged that friends of l the university who intend to assist in I the movement will send in their sub scription cards Thursday. A number of alumni and others have promised to subscribe and have asked for a few days in which to decide upon the amount MT. Cabaniss urged that all cards be turned in this morning, and stated that they would be called for | if any subscriber would telephone Main 3292. university headquarters, and leave word that they were ready.
 Celebration Friday
 A large attendance is expected at the luncheon at the Tutwiler hotel, as 1t will be the farewell meeting of the group of alumni who have worked together for their university. Practically all of the members of the university teams will go to Tusca- loosa Friday to attend the celebration at the university, at which time they hope to see the statewide total reach $750.00o. The exercises at the uni versity will be held in Morgan hall at II o'clock and Athe football game be- tween Alabama and Louisiana State will start at o'clock on Denny field.
 Erskine Ramsay Birmingham capi- talist, was the guest of the alumni at their. luncheon Wednesday, and in a brief talk commended them upon their loyal work for the support of the university He expressed his qualification that Birmingham had already given s250. 900 to the univer- sity, and said that If the s1.000,o00 campaign were carried through to success it would be powerful factor in inducing the state to support it's institutions of higher learning more l liberally. Mr. Ramsay has distin- guished himself by his educational philanthropies He has given the university $5,oo0 and recently made gift of $100,o0o to Auburn condi- tional upon the alumni of that insti- tuition raising an additional 310o.00o
 Subscriptions of s1.425 were ob- tained in less than two hours wednesday morning nEnsley by 2 combined team of Birmingham and Enslsy men under the leadership of ra ho{ on1 Borden Burr, state chairman. Ems ley's contribution to the uni versity now amounts to moIs than S2,500, and tho total is expected to ,d be increased considerably because ot : the fact that only few of the uni versity alumni there have been in- terviewed. MT. Burr and other Bir- i mir gham alumni will go to Ensley } agaln to assist in the work there. Ea 4 Esfts Increased
 The offer of E. B. Teagus. Jr.. to raise his subscription from s750 tc s1, ,o0o if nine other alumni will promise to increase their subscrip- tions by $250, met an enthusiastic response and three others accepted his challenge at Wednesdays lunch con. Mir. Burr, Hill Ferguson and Sidney J. Bowie each promised to give t350 additional. sud it was be- lisved that the other sx men would be found before noon.
 A cash gift of $500 from George Gordon Crawford. presidsnt of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, and subscriptions of $500 each by Mrs. Henry B. Cray and l Wallace c. Johns, were announced Wednesday,.
 New subscriptions reported at the luncheon Wednesday amounted to I ss140, making the grand total now obtained in Birmingham, S255.73S. l The cleanup teams have obtained l s1b,026 for the university in the past two days, pr. Joseph Leland's team again taking the lead, with total Thursday of $3,72e.
 I Teams Report
 l The amounts reported Wednesday and the team totals to date are as follows:
 Special committee No. 1--Hill Fer guson. chairman, $1,55b; total. 32.S55. Special committee No. 2-Judge william M Walker, chairman. $1,o75; total $1,075.
 Team No 1-Dr. Joseph Leland. captain, s1,650; total, $3,72s.
 Team No. 20. G. Gresham, cap- tain. SLIPS; total. $2,56o.
 Team No. 3-E. B. Teagus, IT,, captain, $50; total, s7oo.
 Team No. 4-J. R. Oden. captain, s56o; total, $1.o1b.
 Team No. 5--Anglin White, captain. s1,225; total. $1,375.
 Team No. 6-Walter Agee, cap