The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
LEE MEMORIAL, SOUTHS SCHOOL
 OF JOURNALISM
Birmingham Clubs Take Up Task Of Raising
 $15,OOO Quota

Lee, the Educator" was the topic of the address delivered by Dr. Henry Louis Smith, president of Washing ton and Lee university. at the weekly luncheon of the Civitan club Friday.
 Unfamiliar events in the life of Gen. Robert B. Lee were presented in Dr. Smiths eulogy of Lee. It was stated that the work of Lee as college pres ident was but little known, and yet from the incidents pointed out by the speaker, this work will, educators say, equal the great achievements of Lee as military genius.
 Particular emphasis was placed on the establishment of the first school of journalism by General Lee in 1889, and of his plans to educate and train men for the newspaper profession in the university that he was building. After General Lees death this first school of journalism died from lack of funds.
 Movement Lauded
 The movement of the southern, newy. papers to re-establish and endow, this first school of journalism was lauded by Dr. Smith in this address, who stated this was not a movement by
 
 there was no school of journalism there at this time, but that it was solely an undertaking of southern newspaper men in recognition of the opportunity for a complete college of journalism in the south, and as tribute to the far seeing greatness of the great leader.
 The address was enthusiastically ap- plauded by the Civitan club, the mem- bers rising in continuous applause as i an indication of their reception of the address. Upon adjournment the mem- bership of the club surrounded Dr. Smith to- offer their support and CO., operation in the Birmingham campaign for $15,000 toward the half-million dollar school of journalism fund of the whole south.
 History Of Memorial
 The movement to establish an All Southern College of Journalism was inaugurated by the Southern News paper Publishers association at their convention at Asheville, N. C., in 1921. The support of various newspapers was being solicited by colleges locat- ed in their own cities in the interest of local departments of journalism.
 Realizing that practical journalism must be. taught in a well equipped cole lege of Journalism, rather than in sin- gle courses, in conjunction with Eng fish departments, the southern publish CTS agreed that it would be better to cooperate in laundering a complete college of journalism in conjunction with some prominent southern univer- sity to serve the whole south.
 Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, made the motion that such school be made a memorial to Gen. Robert B. Lee, who established the first department of journalism in any American college. This meant that the proposed school of journalism should be made a part of Genera. Lees college, Washington and Lee.
 The late E. w. Barrett of The Bir- mingham Age-Herald, was appointed chairman of this school of journalism committee. Owing to business condi- tions little was done that year.
 Further Work e.z At the Southern Newspaper Publish ers' convention in 1922, the matter was again taken up. Dr. Henry Louis Smith, president of Washington and Lee university, was invited to address the convention. Owing to the death of MT. Barrett, Major Power Glass, of the Lynchburg, Va, News, was ap- pointed chairman of the committee. Under his direction the southern pub fishers undertook to raise S50,000 from their membership. Owing to serious accident, Major Glass had to resign the chairmanship of the committee.
 Major John S. Cohen, editor and publisher of the Atlanta Journal, was appointed chairman of the school of journalism committee to succeed Major Glass.
 Under Major Cohen's direction, the newspaper publishers quota was over subscribed, and $6O,000 has already been contributed by the membership of the Southern Newspaper Publishers association. Serving with Major Co., hen on this committees in the interest of the Lee Memorial School of Journal ism are the following:
 l.. K. Nicholson, publisher of the New Orleans Times-Picayune; M. B. Foster, publisher, and editor of the Houston, Texas, Chronicle, and W. c. Johnson, secretary of the Southern Newspaper Publishers association. Dr. Smith of Washington and Lee, and Yer bon E., Kemp, field secretary, are ex- v,o,,ha,e of tho