The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-25
COUNTIES REPORT
 ON AUBURN DRIVE
Chambers and Chiffon Per- feet Organization for
 Campaign

Chambers and Chiffon counties are the first to perfect their organiza- tions in the campaign of the Auburn Alumni association to raose s1,OOO.- 900 for the institution to meet press Ing needs for buildings and equip- ment
 Information was received at state headquarters of the campaign by Charles F. DeBardeleben, state chair man, yesterday from Clanton and La fayette that organizations had been perfected and that the alumni, aided by many others who were not former students at Auburn, stood ready to go ahead with the campaign.
 c. c. Walker of Clanton was named chairman for Chiffon county and NJ. c. Ratchford of Lafayette for Chambers county. Although the peo- pie of Clanton are engaged in rals- ing S40,000 for a church and $25,O00 for a hospital, they realize the needs of Auburn and what the institutes means to the people of the state and agreed to work in the Auburn campaign.
 In addition to Chairman Walker of Chiffon. other officers of the cam palgn already selected are Mrs T. C.. McSwaim, chairman of publicity; piiSS iAOOCIld SuITyg CndiTman OI women's committed; Howard L. Fo- shee. chairman of speakers bureau.
 Alumni nt Work
 Fifteen Auburn alumni are already at work in Chambers county helping Chairman Ratohford. Other officers of the Chambers committee are Charles l.. Tarbert, publicity chair man; Miss Jessie Bailey chairman women's committee, and Col. c. S. Moon, chairman speakers bureau.
 Plans have been perfected for or ganizing other counties of the state as rapidly as possible. and all this work will be completed before the solicitation of funds is started.
 The first meeting of the executive committee will take place tomorrow at 12:30 o'clock at the Tutwiler, and will be attended by every smember of the body. acceptances having been received from all of them. In ad- dition to Chairman Charles F. De- Bardeleben and Vice Chairman Frs kine Ramsay, other members who will be present are Lee c. Bradley, Col. R, A. Mitchell, Donald Conner, Henry T. DeBardeleben, Joe H. Love man, J. Frank Rushton, all of Bir- mingham: c. w. Ashcraft of Flor ence, John " Denson of Opelika and Horace Turney of Mobile.
 Dr. Spright Dowell. president of Auburn, has accepted an invitation from the committee to be present at the meeting and outline the needs of Auburn. John V. Denson, presi- dent of the Alumni association, will also discuss the needs of the institu- tion and the situation which caused the alumni to inaugurate the cam paign at this time. Chairman DeBar- deleben and Vice Chairman Ramsay will tell of plans for the campaign and the progress being made in the work of organization.
 Acceptances from county and dfs- trict chairmen and from members or the advisory committee are coming in by every mail. about 90 per cent of those named having accepted thus far. The committee in charge or plans for the campaign Is now de- voting its entire attention to the work of organization. and 1t Is an nounced that actual solicitation Will not begin until every county Is thor oughiy organized and until all the people of the state have had an op- portunity to become acquainted with the needs of the institution.