The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
LAUDABLE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION SHOWN IN DRIVE
Results To Date Indicate
 Success For Monte < vallO Movement

If Birmingham and Alabama con. t1nue to respond to the apepal of Ala bama college at Montevallo as they have during the past week, it is vir- tually assured that the educational needs of the young women of the state will be cared for for years to come, leaders of the drive declared Saturday.
 Active solicitation was commenced only few days ago, and already the fund in Birmingham has gone well to- ward the $200000 mark. The quota for the city and county Is $30O,O0O Leaders in the work have expressed qualification at the results of the cam paign thus far.
 Women's clubs throughout the city have been organized and have been ac- lively campaigning during the week, assisted by committees appointed by mems civic clubs. Virtually every civic club has co-operated, in most cases the action coming voluntarily and spon- taneously. Organization has been car rfed into the suburbs, and civic clubs in Ensley, Bessemer and Fairfield have been active in those centers.
 Detailed reports of the various com mittees have not been made, but scat
 
 well beyond $150,000.
 Headquarters Busy
 Headquarters on the mezzanine floor of Loveman, Joseph < Loeb's depart rAent store is being kept busy with telephone calls, visitors and out-of- town letters, indicat ting the wide inter- est throughout the state.
 The women's clubs, civic organiza tions and committees have been meeting daily at luncheons and dinners. At all of these meetings speakers have been present to excite interest in the cam paign, and everywhere whole-hearted backing has been pledged and generous contributions made.
 Mrs. D. F. Trucks, chairman of the woman's division, and W. E. Mitchell, vice chairman of the eampaign, have been filling four and five speaking en- gagements daily, and other members of the committees have been active in the work of impressing people with the needs of the woman's college The re- sponse assures that the drive will go over the top in short order, they say.
 Leaders were particularly gratified during the past week with a gift of $100,000 from Erskine Ramsay The donation will be used, in accordance with the wishes of the donor, in build ing a dormitory for women which will be known as Jane Ramsay Hall, ill memory of MT. Ramsay's mother. The gift was made through the Kiwanis Club, of which Mir. Ramsay is retired president.
 ! Another gratifying gift during the week was one for $500 given by the Lindsay Pork Products company. The donation was made unsolicited after of ficials of the company read newspaper accounts of the needs of Montevallo college.
 Terminates August
 The campaign is scheduled to termi- nate August 1, but will end earlier if the goal of $1000,000 is reached be- fore that time. Reports throughout the state indicate that the movement is receiving fine response in all the cities and towns where organizations have been developed.
 Several towns have already reported that their quotas have been almost reached. Notably among them was Shelby county, which reported that Its apportionment had been exceeded by 97,000. Several smaller towns have subscribed almost 100 per cent.
 "The response over the state indi- | cates that the people are aroused to the needs of education among Alaba- mas young w6manhood," said Mrs. Bucks. The committee felt that all | that was needed was to place the needs before the people and they would meet the situation. Their anticipations are coming true, and they are entirely sat isfied with the progress made"
 Tt was voiced in some quarters that | the success met the first few days of | the drive might make the workers over | confident and thus pave the way to failure. On the contrary, however, the | impetus given by some of the larger | contributions has only added to the | zeal of the campaigners and no let-up in enthusiasm has been noticed
 Saturdays Results
 Incomplete and scattered returns on the college drive. as announced Satur- day night by Mrs. Bucks, include many substantial donations that helped to swell the fast growing total.
 A subscription of $10,0O0 by Victor Fl. Hanson, publisher of the Birming- ham News, was announced. The dona- tion will be used to construct 50-room dormitory to be called Weenona Hanson hall, according to announcement at headquarters The proposed dormitory VIII cosI dppFoNlmaCeIy @IOO,UOU, the difference between that sum and the $10,000 donation of MT. Hanson to be made up from other funds raised in the drive.
 Only two clubs made a report Satur- day. One was the Wesley Bible class of the First Methodist church, which gave $500, and the other was the Busi- ness and Professional Women's clubs, which announced a subscription of $500.
 Other subscriptions were. Loveman, Joseph and Loeb, $200; Mrs. w. H. Stoekham, American Cast Iron Pipe company and the Alabama company, $1,00O each; Drennen Department store, Warren Knight and Davis. Ralph Smallman, Douglas Brothers