The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
WRITER'S SCHOOL
 WORK SET GOING.
Birmingham Organizations In Campaign For Memorial To
 General Lee

Teams from the United Daughters of the Confederacy for the Lee Memorial School of Journalism campaign will meet at headquarters, Rooms 401-3 the Tutwiler, Monday morning at 10 o'clock
 Mrs. Chappell Cory and Mrs. J. H. Scruggs will be in charge of the United Daughters of the Confederacy work in this cause. The team captains working with Mrs. Cory and Mrs. Scruggs are Mrs. W. c. Shackelford, Mrs. c. G. Brown, Mrs. c. M D0noho. Mrs. J. T. Rogers, Mrs. E. l.. Huey, Mrs. Victor Randolph, Mrs. k. R. Broyles, Mrs. A. D. Cecil. Mrs. J. F. Rushton, Mrs. Dora c. Fell, Mrs. Tom Stobert, Mrs. Robert Bell, Mrs. H. H. K. Jefferson, Mrs. W. II. Nichols, Mrs. s. F. Me Elreath, Miss Mary Anderson. Mrs. Charles W. Spangler and Mrs. F. NJ. Mitchell
 The team captains will choose their own workers. The names of these are to be reported to the campaign secretary at the Monday morning meeting.
 Starts Next Week
 The drive for $15,O00 for the Lee Memorial College of Journalism will be launched in Birmingham this week. Subscriptions will be solicited from the public, or received by mail in care of V. E. Kemp, field secretary, Rooms 401-3. the Tutwiler hotel.
 Roderick Beddow is general chairman of the campaign in Birmingham. MT Beddow will devote most of his time during the next week to the work. Serving on the central committee with Mir. Beddow. are w. Carson Adams, Buford Goodwin. V. H. Hanson. C. M. McCrum. Mrs. Chappell Cory. Mrs. J. r. Rushton and Thomas Dozier.
 Many civic, patriotic and educational organizations are combined in their in- dorsement of the proposed Lee Memorial School of Journalism. to be established by the Southern Newspaper Publishers asspciation. at Washington and Lee university.
 Interest Grows
 After the address by Dr. Henry Louis Smith. president of Washington and Lee university, before one of the local luncheon clubs last week. several of the clubs members volunteered the pro- posal that that club as, body make substantial contribution to the cam paign.
 Mrs. Hubert Scruggs, president of Pelham chapter of the L. ID. C., Ill an open letter volunteered the support of Pelham chapter and commended the movement to the entire membership. Mrs. Scruggs' letter follows: Every woman of the U. D. c. should consider it a privilege and duty to cooperate in the interest of the proposed all Southern School of Journalism to be established at Washington and Lee uni versity, which General Lee rebuilt after the Civil war, and to which he gave the last days of his life.'
 Given Approval
 In appointing a campaign chairman from Pelham chapter, Mrs. Scruggs says: Mrs. Robert Bell. daughter of one of Alabama's s greatest educators, the late Major Soloman Palmer. will be the chairman from Pelham chapter in the drive for the memorial
 Another open letter of enthusiastic indorsement was written by Dr. Guy B. Snavely, president of Birmingham Southern college. In his letter, directed to the field secretary of the Southern Newspaper Publishers committee, he said:
 Ut gives me pleasure to approve the plan to establish a Lee Memorial School of Journalism at Washington and Lee university. There is need for such schools throughout the country. Our experience in maintaining several classes of journalism at Birmingham Southern college shows the great inter est and real demand for such training.