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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1916

Page

6

Law and location of the Agricultural Experiment Station discussed by Yeomans

Hon M J Yeomans of Dawson argues the Georgia law treats the Experimental Station as a split system. The station remains tied to Athens for technical work while a farm may be placed elsewhere, provoking federal protests and funding tensions. The piece ends by asking what solution best serves Georgia.

Agricultural Experiment — Station Yeomans M. J.’ Yeomans Dawson Griffin Athens Georgia College of Agriculture Morrill Fund Spalding County General Assembly of Georgia Georgia Experiment Station State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts Laboratory of Scientific Branch Department State College University of Georgia Georgia Station U. S

State of Mental Collapse Claims Mrs Hardman of Commerce Died

Mrs W B Hardman of Commerce Ga died this afternoon by her own hand amid a prolonged nervous collapse caused by years of mental and physical strain Her husband Dr W G Hardman planned to take her to Clifton Springs NY for treatment The deceased was a devoted member of the First Baptist Church of Macon Ga and had provided time and means to community works

Commerce W. B. Hardman Mfe Pullman W. G. Hardman Clifton Springs N. Y Elizabeth Hardman

Cost of Education Expands Says Carnegie Report

The Carnegie Foundation releases its annual study noting tuition rises in American colleges and universities over a decade, with fees at Princeton up from 160 to 175 and Harvard expected to reach 200 after a 150 rate held since 1869. The report also covers pensions, law and engineering education, public school teacher pensions, and Vermont legislative impacts.

Associated Press New York Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching Columbia Yale Princeton Harvard American Bar Association United States Connecticut Uacis Indiana Iowa Michigan Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire Pennsylvania Washington Missouri George Peabody College Ilinois Kansas Foundation Vermont

Forty-Eight Millions Invested in Cotton Mills in This State

Georgia shows 166 textile mills with 9 idle and total capital of 48.85 million dollars. 16 counties house 100 mills and hold 43.89 million in capital, nearly equal to the statewide total. Muscogee leads in capital and spindle counts, with Clarke County detailed figures for machinery, output, and wages.

Osnaburg Atlanta H. M. Stanley Muscogee County Barrow

Cliff House at Tallulah Falls Reopens for Summer

Mrs. Fred 8. Morton resumes control of the Cliff House at Tallulah Falls for the season and welcomes guests. Last year she helped make Tallulah a premier Southern summer resort with fine scenery and strong service from Mrs. Morton and manager Mr. Ralph Bassett. Athens visitors to the mountains will be pleased to find Mrs. Morton back at The Falls.

Fred Morton Tallulah Falls Tallulah Ralph Bassett Athens

Earliest Attempts Toward Education in Georgia

W A Griffin traces Georgia education beginnings from 1731 Moravian Indian school near Savannah to Bethesda Orphan House founded by Whitefield and Habersham. It chronicles fundraising, the 1740 Bethes­da home brick, expansion, a proposed Bethesda College, shifts to an academy after 1764, the 1770 death of Whitefield, rapid fires, rebuilding, destruction by hurricane, and final sale in 1808 ending Georgia’s first real learning institution.

W. A. Griffin University Journal Colony of Georgia Irene Savannah Pennsylvania Bethesda Geo. Whitfield James Habersham Orphan House Charles Wesley Whitefield Mr. Habersham America Mr. Smith Charleston James Wright Virginia Bethesda College Bethesda Orphan House Institution of Learning

State Must Provide for Feeble Minded at Sanitarium

Atlanta dispatch describes Georgia’s care for over a hundred feeble minded children at Milledgeville state sanitarium amid overcrowding. An experimental school run by two women has shown improvements in reading writing and behavior, with 30 boys and 36 girls helped. Some children may require lifelong care unless a new facility is provided.

Atlanta Georgia Milledgeville E. M. Green

Georgia Alumni Vote for Capital Removal at Banquet

At the University of Georgia anniversary banquet in Athens 37 alumni attended including seven Atlantans. Colonel Turpin urged capital removal and 25 classmates voted for moving the capital to Macon while two were indifferent.

Macon University of Georgia At

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