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In this entire community of enthusiastic and loyal Southern will not agree that Atlanta’s future is to be brilliant—that the future much for its residents, for its business men and for the concerns of A What makes futures brilliant? The answei is simple—it is ju has been shown during this campaign to secure the famous Oglethoi The Press, the Officials of the C importance of having Ogletho; Excerpts from has been inspiring. It has bee University is assured. We are ment Atlanta, Empha I Jniversity [ to Make lire Bril- ny Other ble Thing the Need of Oglethorpe in Atlanta J Ik Ulunta Georgian— ‘ Atlanta needs Oglethorpe Univer sity. The city now has it golden op portunity to display that famous ‘spirit* which lias never yet had to acknowledge defeat. It is only a question of every Atlantan putting his or her shoulder to the wheel and Oglethorpe University is a reality." I In- [thill! I! tlmixl il it I mu "The refounding of Oglethorpe in Atlanta will make this city the cen ter for highlit education in the Southern Slides.” niracle of this material ’hes of 1865, it is to-day boldest, the most enterpr : iith. It has never known >erity and growth. Its re hich Aladdin I In Atlanta auui iu.il "Vears from now whey all of tis have turned to dust Oglethorpe Uni versity still will he growing, still will lie training the youth of the land. * * * Oglethorpe University will re main a monument of our pan oi' ii. "It will perpetuate ns."* s lamp is dis e been realized from faith 1 ,irt. Half or two-thirds of Ih out of their faith in its “Never before has Atlanta pos sessed so golden a chance to serve its own Interests and those of the South. It she raises the quarter of a mil lion dollars expected of her, she will establish a million-dollar university that will grow rapidly In strength and prestige, and come to rank among the greatest institutions.” This famous university is to Atlanta’s unfailing spirit is Atlanta said, “It shall be dor actly what is making the great &| build Oglethorpe University. M Atlantans need only to uni what Yale is to Cambridge, Princ] the list. a the crown and capstone prsity, center of education tual climax to the zenith The Atlanta Journal Oglethorpe University to Mean $500,000 a Year for Atlanta's Marts of Trade. ATLANTA HAS BEEN XEG- I.EOTING CHEAT OPPORTUN1 TIES. "There are high purposes to be served by Oglethorpe University which Atlanta has declared must be refounded here. •'But there is another view of the matter—-the view of the material side. ., “Harvard University is located in Boston. The average enrollment of Harvard is 4,500 students. Accept ing the estimate as that, $1,000 a year is spent for or by every student in an institution of that kind. THAT MEANS THAT Til's COUNTRY BUYS PROM BOSTON EVERY YEAR $4,500,000 WORTH OF EDU CATION. That is the equivalent of Georgia’s annual peach crop.” Im, like Columbia to New l.eley to San Francisco and [Oglethorpe, now certain 'naterial and intellectual At re their inspiration, renew lanhood to more splejidid ilmost sacred soil. A home ,-ie. Silver Lake Estates will and oppo-funity. Happy N TEMPLE GRAVES The. Atlanta Georgian “The present call can not be ig noted, it means much to Atlanta, not only in the matter of pride, but also in dollars and cents. The pro posed university would have an at tendance of from 800 to 1.000 stu dents. Every one of them would bring money into Atlanta and put it in circulation. There would be a large faculty, the members of which would also mean much to the male- rial welfare of the city. “Front a purely business stand point Atlanta should not neglect this flattering chance to add to its rev enue.” Silvpr Lake Estates is to bel nity about Oglethorpe UniversiJ cials and those attending Ogl^thJ The campus of Oglethorpf J It will be a beautiful and pi gem. Here will be built a hom§ coi all great Universities and EducaJ ATLANTA’S BRILLIANT FUTURE "IIk Atlanta Georgian "The advantages of having the university in Atlanta are obvious. Oglethorpe University would be to Atlanta what Princeton is to the city of that name. Harvard to Boston and Yale to New Haven." 'j'hc Atlanta Constitution “ATLANTA MUST HAVE THE UNIVERSITY! It WILL have it if every Atlantan will do his duty anil do it right NOW. "Don't wait for somebody else to do the work. Shoulder your end of it mid PUT IT THROUGH. Tin* city will beneiit largely, and so will even one of its citieens.”