Compulsory Educa tion Urges Higher Georgia Schools
Savannah judge Peter W Meldrim delivered the baccalaureate at the State Normal School urging compulsory education for Georgia and higher teacher pay. He praised public schools, noted Carnegie pensions for teachers, and traced education history from ancient to modern times stressing moral and intellectual development for state progress.
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Peter W. Meldrim
Savannah
State Normal School
Georgia
Moskowski
Rosalind Shepherd
Marie Simmons
Sare Simpson
Lula Waters
Schutt Olive
Palmer Smith
Valse Brilliante
Chopin Gladys Coile
Lamartine
Guttenberger
Carnegie
Spain
Melancthon
China
Christ
Persia
Sparta
Antonious Pius
Cordova
Francke
Germany
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Illiteracy Fears Spark Compulsory Education Debate
A Georgia politician argues illiteracy threatens state welfare and champions compulsory education citing New England and German successes. He contrasts parental rights with child welfare and urges universal schooling as the remedy.
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Massachusetts
Georgia
New England
Harvard College
Yale College
Germany
New Orleans Cotton Market Opens Slightly Lower
Weather conditions across the south are seen as favorable by the cotton trade and early futures open 4 to 6 points down with declines widening to 6 to 8 points after the call. July futures draw buyers, lifting the rest of the list as noon prices show 2 to 9 points above Saturday’s close.
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New Orleans
South
Lst
New York
Aes
Cscs Tees
Danurty
Cute
Ieee Dees
Rene
New York Cotton Opens Lower on Weather News
The New York cotton market opened lower as early weather news favored by traders. Cables and expectations of a favorable weekly bureau report weighed on prices, with conspicuous activity in nearby contracts and selling pressure noted across the board.
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New York
Chicago Grain Market Mixed Forenoon Trading
Wheat slipped amid bearish crop outlook and strong world shipments while corn rose on light departures. Rain in Argentina and Argentina shipment delays lent support to corn as oats saw covering. prices held near Saturday close with quiet afternoon trade and steady tones across grains.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kansas
Missouri
Argentina
Commission House
Weather Georgia and Alabama Fair Tonight Through Tuesday
Generally fair weather will persist tonight and Tuesday across Georgia and Alabama after light showers in southern and central Georgia. A disturbance in western Canada brings rain to the northwest while the rain area extends to the plateau, Colorado and Utah. Temperatures are higher in the southern states and Ohio valley with several stations reporting around 80 degrees at 7 am.
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Georgia
Alabama
United States
Texas
Oklahoma
Canada
Huron
Colorado
Utah
Ohio Valley
Lake
Augusta
Meridian
Vicksburg
Fort Smith
Toledo
Compulsory education and the Georgia mind set
The speaker argues for compulsory schooling, noting Georgia’s poor white literacy relative to imports and other states. He cites historical precedents from Massachusetts to Denmark, emphasizes education as public duty, and credits teachers as the cornerstone of learned society.
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Georgia
Massachusetts
Conecticut
Austria
Turkey
Prussia
Saxony
Denmark
Winterville social notes and marriage notices
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS. WINTERVILLE NEWS recounts visits and guests for the season. Many county residents, including Miss Hennie Winter from Columbus and Miss Kate Calhoun of Atlanta, attend the Johnson Harlee wedding with others traveling from Athens Rome and Milledgeville for events and showers.
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Winterville
Hennie Winter
Columbus
Kate Calhoun
Atlanta
Grace Johnson
Harlee
Nell Reese
Rome
Johnson- Harlee
Misses Noel
Miss Reese
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Ruth Tuck
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Lexington
Adora
Addie Noel
Floria
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Townsville
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Will McDougal
University of Georgia
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Newport News
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Crawford
Our City
Mrs. B. B. Jackson
Mrs. Z. F. Jackson
Wheeler Downing
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Westcott Toole
Macon
Newton Swinney
McRae
Columbia University
Mary Alice Strange
Wesleyan
Helen Martin
Memphis Smith
Ed Harris
Dana Whitehead
Sumner Suddeth
Mary Russell
Mamie and
Sara Hansell
Thomasville
T. B. Gay
Evelyn Corey
Jefferson
Robbie Blassingame
Coyington
Waynesboro
Luther McGee
Cordelia
Annie Love
Foy
Candler Thornton
Lizzie
Elstreet
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Savanna
Ina Moore
Elma Mathews
Gainesville
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