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In this entire community of enthusiastic and loyal Sol.'iern YOUR. POT of GOLD will not agree that Atlanta’s future is to be brilliant that thet uture much for its residents, for its business men and for the concern of At, What makes futures brilliant? The answer is simple it^s jus uch has been shown during this campaign to secure the famous Oglefchorj Ifni The Press, the Officials of t: Excerpts from has been inspiring. It has been ^ v*:oi University is assured. We are prp c co be The Press of ment Atlanta, Empha Oglethorpe University Will Do More to Make Atlanta's Future Bril liant Than Any Other One Conceivable Thing the Need of Oglethorpe in ••w.viyAy.;: £YAy.;.v.\v. tyM’M mm Atlanta y.;M;.yy>y.y>y.y.r.v\V.^..-, Hi 1 * The Atlanta Gcorgian— "Atlanta need Oglethorpe Univer sity. The city iww has a gulden op lortuuity to di-play itiat famous •spirit’ Which h s never yet had to acknowledge d. feat, it is' only n .piestion of every Atlantan putting his or hor shoulder to the wheel aitd Oglethorpe Uni ersity is a reality." wwi life Atlanta Constitution— "The ref on tiding of Oglethorpe in Atlanta will make this city the cen ter for higher education in the Southern States.” Atlanta has been the toast and the miracle of this material age Rising like a Phoenix out of the ashes of 1863, it is to-day a city of 200,000 people—the richest, the boldest, the most enterprs ing and the most beautiful city of the South. It has never known a panic and never called a halt in its prosperity and growth. lis real estate history reads like a fairy tale, in which Aladdin s lamp is dis counted in the wonderful things that have been realized from faith and good wishes expressed in Atlanta dirt. Half or two-thirds of the rich men of Atlanta have grown rich out of their faith in its real estate. The Atlanta Journal— "Years from now when ail of us have turned I" dust-Ogtethorpe Uni varsity stijl will be growing, still will be training the youth of the laud. * * 4 Oglethorpe University will re main a monument of our part of it. "It will perpetuate us.’’ The Atlanta Journal “Meter before lias Atlanta pos sussed so golden a elm nee. to serve its own interests and those of the South. It she raises the quarter of a util lion dollars expected of her, she will establish a mil Non dollar university that will grow rapidly in strength anti prestige, and come to rank among the greatest institutions.” This famous university is t b refo Atlanta’s unfailing spirit ism king Atlanta said, “It shall be doe. 1 Su actly what is making the greatSou ;h 4 f build Oglethorpe University. Atlantans need only to uder stand what Yale is to Cambridge Pritetcn Ur the list. Here comes Oglethorpe University as the crown and capstone of all Atlanta’s attractions. A great university, center of education and culture, the moral, spiritual, intellectual climax to the zenith city of Southern progress and enterprise. The Atlanta Journal Oglethorpe University to Mean $500,000 a Year for Atlanta’s Marts of Trade. ATI.avia has been nix: BETTING GREAT OPPORTUNE TIES "There are High purposes to be served by Oglethorpe University which Atlanta has declared must he l’efounded 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 t.oUO students. Accept iug the estimate as that. $1,000 a year is spent for or by every student in an institution of that kind. THAT MEANS THAI" Ttl’S UofNTRA BUYS from boston every YEAR $4,500,000 WORTH OF EDU CATION. That is the equivalent of Georgia's .annual peach crop.” Standing like fair Harvard to Boston, hke Columbia to New 3 ork, like Chicago to Chicago, like Berkeley to San Francisco and like Princeton to the Central East, our Oglethorpe, now certain and assured, will be the shrine at which material and intellectual At lanta will mingle their devotiort, receive their inspiration, renew their faith and quicken their young manhood to more splendid service. liuuW Hie soil about Oglethorpe will be almost sacred soil. A home about Oglethorpe will be beyond all value. Silver Lake Estates will be girt by streets of golden association and opportunity. Happy the man whose home is planted there. JOHN TEM^L GRA VES The Atlanta Georgian— “The present call can nut be ig nored. It means much to Atlanta, not only in the mutter of pride, hut niso in dollars and cents. The-pro posed university would have au at tendance of from S00 to 1,000 stu dents. Every one of them would tiring money into Atlanta and put ii in circulation. There* would be a large faculty, the members of which would also mean much to the mate ria! welfare of the city. "From a purely business stand point Atlanta should not neglect this flattering chance to add to its rev enue." ifiMMniMnnir Silver Lake Estates is t* be a j oper nity about Oglethorpe Univrsity irect cials and those attending Oglthoif •r * The campus of Qglethorj Un versi It will be a beautiful andaroi ir set gem. Here will be built a home i i unit j all great Universities and Educ 1 Ce ATLANTA’S BRILLIANT FUTURE ’tin Ulahla 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.” The Atlanta Constitution— ATLANTA MUST HAVE THF. university: "it WILL ijave It if every Atlantan will do his duty and do it right NOW. "Don't wait for somebody ol 0 e li do the work. Shoulder your end of tt and PUT IT THROUGH. The oily ■will benefit largely, and so will every one of Its citizens."