The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-20
BIDS AUTHORIZED FOR ENGINEERING HALL AT AUBURN
Structure Costing $25O,- 900 Will Be Named For
 Erskine Ramsey

AUBURN, AIa., May 19.-( Special Leased Wire. The board of trustees of Auburn at its meeting today author ized President Spfieht Dowell to, ad- vertise for bids for Ramsay Engineer ing hall, the modern engineering bnild- Ing to be erected on the campus here. The estimated cost is approximately a quarter of million dollars. Ramsay hall will be probably the most modern engineering building in the south. It will be three-story brick structure of Georgian type of architecture, named in honor of Erskine Ramsay, Birming- ham capitalist, who donated $100,000 toward its building.
 Plans for the hAildinK were submitted to the board this aoFning by John Dafis gn Auburn aiumnus, Of the HSrs H,Inshanl firni of Warren, Knight G Dafis and were approved, Dean VIII. niQrp ol the engineering department sEating they were satisfactory. Presi- dent Qowell presented estimates of funds available for construction and the board on motion of O. R, Hood of Gadsden voted unanimously to aa- 4horize the president to advertise for bids with authorityh to reject any and all bids, s
 Brandon Attends
 Attending the opening session of the board this morning were Gov. w. W. Brandon, chairman Dr. John w. Aber- crombie, state superintendent of edu- cation, ex officio member; Dr. W. C. Oates, first district; Lieut.. Gov. c. $. Mcdowell, third district; Harry Hertz field, fifth district John A. Rogers, sixth district; O. R. Hood, seventh dis trict; c. M, Sherrod, eighth district, and P. S. Haley, tenth district. Hugh D. Merrill, fourth district; Victor Han son, ninth district, and Charles Tender son, second district, were absent
 An interesting feature of the meet ins was that newspapermen were invited to attend the deliberations of the board.
 Collections from the Greater Auburn campaign to May IS have totalled S237 ,471.O2. according to figuEes sub mitted to the, board. This figure is in addition to several thousand dollars worth of equipment. Collections from April 3, 1923, to May 13, 1924, amount ed to $103. .614.09. During the last five months collections have averaged $S, 900 monthly, exclusive of the donations re- ceived from Erskine Ramsay.
 New York Judges Heard
 Declaring that the state of Iowa has recently appropriated ten millions of dollars to set up and carry forward a program of research, Judge George A. Garden of New, York, an alumnus of Auburn, expressed the hope today in a public address that the time is not. far distant when Iowa's enlightened example will Dc followed by the ,state of Alabama in liberal appropriations to Auburn.
 Judge Garden was the alumni orator at Auburn's fifty-second commencement exercises. Judge Garden is one of the leading bankers and financiers of New York city, He graduated at Auburn in 1882.
 Judge ". H. Sanford of Montgom- cry, judge of the court of appeals, was elected president of the Auburn Alumni association, at it's meeting this after noon, defeating Charles DeBardeleben of Birmingham, who was nominated for reelection, by large majority. The association adopted resolutions provid. ing for an advisory committee on ath- operative relationship with the college administration, and another resolution indorsing the administration of Presi- dent Dowell, and admonishing him to discharge any person or persons con nected with the college in case they, should be found guilty of fostering or spreading detrimental propaganda, or are disloyal in any sense"
 The question of selecting secretary treasuren9Fho shall be an alumnus, was referred to the new president of the association and President Doweil of Auburn, with full power to make the selection of secretary, decide upon his salary and plan his duties, the associa- tion and college cooperating in financ. ing full-time secretary. President Stamford was authorized to appoint IT vice presidents of the association, 12 from the state and five from outside the state.
 Governor Speaks
 The annual banquet of the alumni was featured by addresses by Gov. ". w, Brandon, President Dowell and Judge George Garden of New York. President Dowell expressed the hope that "when the legislature assemblies again at the gracions mandate of our governor" it will make adequate finan- cial provision for Auburn. Governor Brandon stated that if he. had his way there would have been n millage tax for higher education written into the
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