The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-30


 the committee includes leaders in women of prominence and wide 1T '"rhe success of the campaign which starts in October is virtually assured with this strong group of alumni and friends of the university leading the march toward a greater university and a better state" said pr. George H. Denny. president of the institution.
 Officers Elected.
 The members of the state commit tee volunteered their services or consented to work for the campaign at the request of tho university au- thorities. MT. Burr and Hill Fer guson, also of Birmingham, were elected chairman and secretary re- spectively by the committee.
 MT. Burr Is an alumnus of the university in the class of 1898 and he was president of the alumni asso- citation from 1915 to 1918. He has taken a prominent part in movements for the good of the university and of the state and served in France during the war in soldier welfare work. He is a member of the legal firm of Percy, Benners and Burr and is general counsel of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company.
 A number Of other Birmingham men and women are on the state committee. On the mems executive
 
 and MT. Ferguson. Is Hugh M. Nor row, vice president of the sloss- Sheffield Iron and Steel company.
 women's Committee.
 The women's executive committee includes Mrs. Frank B. Clark, chair man; Mrs. c. c. Adams and Mrs. L. J. Haley. all of Birmingham. On the general state committee are ex- scongressman Sidney J. Bowie. ex- Governor B. B. Conner, Sr., Thomas W. Martin, president of the Alabama Power company; Mrs. W. D. Echols. of the board of city commissioners; Mrs. Solon Jacobs Miss Grace Rubin stein. and Miss Clara Bell Senn, all of Birmingham.
 Primary Object.
 
 the campaign which is to raise funds for the construction of buildings needed at the university is rapidly being completed. Alabama for Alabama, School for State and State for School" is the slogan of the campaign and the idea has taken hold in all parts of the state so that many spontaneous expressions of approval of the campaign and offers Af a licited to the university.
 "srhc campaign for S1,000.OO0 is to make sure that the great work done by the University of Alabama in the past will not be hampered just when it's service can be of the grfcntest value to the state,. Dr. Denny stated. = 'The present generation of young men and women of Alabama must be trained to be the leaders of the states progress. The university has trained many of the leaders in the past, and the demand for educated leadership is greater now than ever before.
 University Appreciate
 The people of Alabama appreciate the value of the service the univer- sity has given in the past. and they wish their sons and daughters to have the same opportunities. That is proved by the increasingly large number who apply for enrolment each year. But we have reached the capacity of our present buildings, and we must have additional buildings in order that we may properly perform the work which the people of the state wish us to do.
 ''The state treasury does not have the funds to give the university, so We are appealing to the people of the state. confident that their response will be generous"
 Members of the state committee. in addition to those living in Bir- mingham, are as follows:
 Mems Executive Conmittee-Jonn H. Bankhead of Jasper, Joseph Lyons of Mobile. Frank M. Moody of Tuscaloosa, John D. Rather, Jr.. Of Tuscumbia. Benjamin Russell of Alexander City and Gen. R. E. Steiner. Sr.. of Montgomery
 Women's Executive Committee Mrs. J, Fullerton Hooper of Selma, Mrs. J. Brevard Jones of Montg rom cry, Mrs. Louis A. Neill of Albany and Mrs. T. F. Scale of Livingston. General State Committee--Leon G. Brooks of Brewton, Edgar l.. Clark son of Tuscaloosa. John T. Cochrane and T. M. Stevens of Mobile. J. K. Dixon of Talladega. S. s. Fletcher of Huntsville. T. S. Frazer of Union