Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-08
S15O,0OO IS OFFERED
OGLETHORPE UNIV. IF
GIFT IS MATCHED
Immediate Campaign Made
Necessary by Clause Set
ting Jan. | as Limit Bach
man Chairman

Announcement Of the donation of
approximately $150,O0O for the cree
ton of a building, or buildings, at
Oglethorpe university, by friends of
the institution who asked that their
names be withheld for the present,
was made Thursday by DR.. Thorn
well Jacobs, president of Oglethorpe,
at the monthly luncheon meeting of
the board of trustee-founders at the
Winecoff hotel.
j. +. Bachman, business man and
alderman from the Twelfth ward,
unanimously was selected as general
chairman of the Oglethorpe memo
rial campaign, and preparations were
begun Immediately for the three.
weeks drive in behalf of the inSti.
, tuition.
DR.. Jacobs stated that the gift of
$150,000 was made the school con-
tingent upon $4,000 being raised
by the people Of Atlanta between
now and January 1, 1924.
Campaign Necessitated
He further explained that it had
not been contemplated to conduct
anything like an intensive campaign
in Atlanta just at this time, but that
1t was the opinion of the eXecu-
tive committee of the school that the
people of the city would prefer to
rally to the Oglethorpe cause when
every dollar raised would be matched
with a like amount by friends Of the
institution.
Should the Atlanta campaign now
being conducted be so far success
f111 IN n
$3.50, 900 between this date and jan
uary 1, 1924, certain friends OF the
university will give to the school a
building or buildings costing approx
mately $3.50 000," said DR.. Jacobs,
In outlining the offer.
Mr. Bachman, the campaign gen
eral chairman, is secretary Of the At
lanta Milling company, and vice
president of the Atlanta freight bu-
. reau. He has been identified with a
number of civic, religious and patri-
otto movements launched in the city.
and his work as chairman of the
Klwanis club committee on the re-
cent Community Chest drive was es-
pecially commended by his associ-
ateS.
Educational Center Here
Immediately after his selection as
general chairman, he stated that At
lanta had grown to be the education
al center of the south, and that it
was fast becoming one of the prin-
cipal educational centers Of the en-
tire world.
ATLANTA people have never failed
to assist worthy movements looking
to the betterment Of the commu-
nifty" he said, land I feel sure this
challenge made by friends of Ogle-
. thorpe university will be met in adj
vance of the time specified"
Mr.. Bachman outlined plans and
. methods to be used in conducting the
special campaign for raising the nee
essary funds to meet the challenge.
Five campaign generals will be Sc
1ected, he said, and each general will
have on his staff two captains who,
in turn, will be in charge of nine
men, respectively. One of these
; teams will be composed largely of
alumni of the institution. In addi-
ton, there is to be one special COM
mittee, he said, and a committee ap-
pointed from the woman's board of
the institution. Active work will be.
gin next Monday morning, at which
time we expect to have selected all
of our workers. Announcement of
the completed campaign personnel
will be made public within a very
few days.