The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-13
AUBURN STUDENTS NEED ASSISTANCE
A Number Have Almost Noth- ing But Desire To Get
 Education

AUBURN, Ala, Sept. 11.-(spe- cial. .)-Officials of the Alabama Polytechnic institute today directed tails of registering students to the needs of several score of boys and girls who will have to have financial assistance to enable them to remain at Auburn. As the last resort the college officials decided to appeal to public spirited citizens for funds to be given in the form of loans.
 Some of the cases are really pa thetic. One lad from a north Ala bama county landed here today with barely se5 in his pocket, all his worldly possessions, to carry him an orphan boy dependent upon an aged uncle and aunt who are very poor and able to do but little for him.
 When this lad appeared for regis tration and told his story, college of ficials looked this way and that to see if available funds could be ob- tained, but all the funds and all the jobs had been exhausted earlier in the day, so they advised the boy to return home. He immediately re- piled that he was going to stick 1t out in some way"
 Countless appeals have been made during the last two days to President Dowell for financial aid and assist ance through work in the town of Auburn. A number of jobs have been secured for these students and several hundred dollars subscribed for scholarships has been granted But the jobs will not go around and there is no more money in sight, 1t at lac ct 1 hove 1 nd girls will have to return home unless the helping hand is extended at once.
 President Dowell during the past few weeks has put much time on this phase of the college work and has secured some funds from benevolent ly disposed citizens of Alabama who saw the opportunity for service. However, these funds have been ex- hausted, as well as funds subscribed by the Auburn Alumni association.
 President Dowell Tuesday after noon interviewed each of the young men and women who are absolutely in need of financial assistance in or der to remain here and upon the con- clusion of his conference he decided to make one more appeal to public spirited citizens of the state. He is- sued the following statement:
 Nothing is more depressing to a college executive than to see prom ising young men and young women turned away from college because of lack of money. There are in Auburn today IA splendid fellows and three extraordinary young women who VIII have to leave unless a helping hand is extended. The college has eH- hausted it's resources and every job has been filled and every scholarship placed l cannot conceive of a finer form of investment than assisting one or more of these worthy stu dents. Are there not in Alabama some public-spirited citizens who will share with us the responsibility and the pleasure of caring for some of these worthy young people? If you are in position to' lb,lp in sc worthy cause you will tighten otr hearts a good deal if you will write us. expressing your willingness tc lend hand"
 pr. Dowen added that the sum of something like s250 loaned to one ot these students would enable the stu dent to go through college this year with odd jobs that it is believed the stpdentScan perform.