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Peabody Institute session at Balt Springs opens July 1
State School Commissioner Hook announces a three week Peabody Institute at Balt Springs on the Piedmont Chautauqua grounds. Attendance perks include board and lodging for five days or more at 75 cents daily, and round trip rail fare for four cents per mile. Gate access costs 1.50 for the session, with county school commissioners invited July 9. Distinguished instructors from Georgia and nearby states will lead primary pedagogy, English, arithmetic, geography, history, and other topics, plus evening lectures on topics from eye health to psychology, humor, and journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hook
Peabody Institute
Balt Springs
E. E. Sheib
University of South Carolina
Columbia
W. F. Slaton
Atlanta
Charles Lane
Georgia School of Technology
C. B. Chapman
Boy’s High School
Macon
J. W. Frederick
Marshallville
Pavilon
A. W. Calhoun
W. H. Woodall
Columbus
Georgia
C. A. Evans
Bothwell Graham
Griffin Public Schools
W. Harper
Dalton Public Schools
W. J. Noyes
Boys’ High School
Euler B. Smith
LaGrange Female College
J. H. Chappell
Chappell College
M. Bobo
Hartwell High School
J. Colton Lynes
A. College
M. H. Looney
Boweraville
W. L. Glessner
Americus
Georgia Press Association
L. A. Field
Atlanta, Ga
Hopkins
C. R. Pringle
Sandersville
Arbor Day
John T. Boifeuillet
Macon News
Lane
Institute
A. M. Burbank
Distineut Ahed
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