Gen Toombs And The Christian Religion Scene
Larry Gantt recalls General Toombs as a devout defender of Christianity. The piece recounts Toombs’s public talks, his fierce anti Darwin stance, and his belief in Christianity as a social restraint. It links Toombs’s views to debates over religious teaching in Tennessee higher education and Wilson’s anti evolution warnings.
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Toombs
Inchark
Toombs Briawle
Tombs
Herph
EB. Brown
Ry Tilden Scandad
Brooklyn
Beecher
Darwin
Atudent Wilson
Wilson
Carouns
Nies
Woodrow
Athens Y M C A Launches 11000 Fund Drive Campaign
The Athens Y M C A will raise 11000 by popular subscription to fund maintenance and a summer camp in North Georgia. A kickoff supper at Lumpkin Street Monday will detail the drive with team captains invited. Daily report luncheons at 2 PM will track progress as workers meet.
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Ahtens Y. M. C. A
Athens
W. T. Forbes
Lumpkin Street
Walter T
Organ
Rae
Gally
North
Georgia
Lucy Cobb Party Goes to Europe in Summer Plan
A Lucy Cobb School program showcased talent at Seney Stovall chapel led by Miss Harriet Crenshaw guiding a Europe bound party. Grace Walker impressed with a graceful interpretive piece. the group sails June 16 for two months visiting major European sites including Oberammergau. Summer study will be at the institute with music and drama students.
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Virginia Lott
Dr. Devine
Seney+ Stovall chapel
Dramatic Express
Joe Tie Tittle
Grace Walker
Mise Harriet Crensiaw
Lucy Cobb
Europe
Oberammergau
Department of Music
Lit School
University
Courtesy Campaign Promotes Polite Athens Street Cars
A novel courtesy campaign by the Athens Railway and Electric Co engages motormen and linemen to improve service and engage the public. Prizes include new uniforms for two best performers, with residents invited to write letters praising courteous acts and offering service suggestions.
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Athens
Athens Railway &Electric Company
Athens Railway & Electric Company
C. D. Flanigen
Tesmen
Uncle Albert the University janitor fears illness
Henry Dorman profiles Albert Brown a 74 year old Georgia University janitor known as Uncle Albert who fell ill and reflects on his long service since 30 plus years ago under Chancellor Lipscomb. He recounts wartime aid to soldiers, loyalty to Georgia teams and his memories of campus life and educators.
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Henry Dorman
Albert Brown
Georgia
Albert
Darkey
Hancock Avenue
Cambridge
Harvard
Bulldogs
Athens
Joe Morton
Student Army Training Corps
Lipscomb
Oman
Monsieur Charbonnier
Oconee
Dodah White
Barrow
le Conte Hall
Cafpbell
War Memorial Fund
Uncle Albert
Univer- Sity
Raffles to perform daring escape at Palace Theatre
The Banner-Herald reports Raffles will entertain Monday afternoon and again at 2:00 and 9:00 oclock. He is to be locked in a box or room and must escape unaided, a stunt arranged with Palace Theatre management for audience amusement.
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Raffles
Athens
Banner’ Herald
Banner-Herald
Palace Theatre
Biles
Founders Day Celebrated by Phi Mu at Wesleyan
Seventy years after three Wesleyan women founded the Philomathean society, the Phi Mu fraternity marked Founders Day with a banquet at the Georgian hotel in Athens. Alpha Alpha chapter members with alumnae from various chapters attended, as toasts honored the founders, patrons, and the health campaign. The event featured rose and white decor, embroidered favors, and a formal toast program led by Mrs. Charles M. Snelling.
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May M'Neer
Wesleyan College
Philomathean Society
Phi Mu Fraternity
Athens
Georgian Hotel
Alpha Alpha Chapter
Phi Mu
Snelling
Charles M. Snelling
Gertrude Stith
May McNeer
Mary Richards Colvin
Mortor Hodgson
Mra. W. D. Hooper
Julius Talmadge
Josebine Witkina
Mary Richard Irvin
Misa Lucile Chumbley
Tne
Iris Jarrell
Misa Mary Olive
Rosemary Marie Erwin
Mies May Mer
Child, Victim of Live Wire Saved By Skin Grafting
Dorothy Cane, six, in Dallas, has endured 14 operations and 45 skin grafts after being found on a live wire last June. Doctors say she will be discharged within a month. She was feared dead at first, clothing burned away and body black, but skin grafts and continued care saved her, with family donations aiding her recovery.
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Dallas
Texas
Dorothy Canenon
Dorothy
Court decision on county agents stirs state letters from Dr Soule
The Supreme Court ruling on county extension agents prompts Dr. Soule to release a statement defending the agents’ work under the Smith Lever act. He notes public support and urges counties to employ and fund agents through local boards, stressing their vital, itinerant education role.
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Supreme Court
Witch
Agricultural College
Soule
Smith-Lever
Georgia
County Boards of Education
Wien
Antin
H Boule
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Larry Gantt
N.C. A
Campee
Y. A
Forbes
Methodist Church
Anthony
Stephens
Tom Reed
Amalthean Literary Society
Elizabeth Arnold
Milledge
Edward “Thompson
Ean ‘Bouton
School of Expression
I Seney Stovall
Woman's
Misa Lansing
Atlanta
Miss Wingfield
Cox College
Mary Anne Lipscomb
Fforfithe Banner-Herald
William Elis
Hardin
Martin
Atlante
Anne Carter
Ajcultural College
A. J. CO
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