The History of the University of Georgia
The University of Georgia was chartered in 1785 to found a public seat of learning as Georgia grew. From a small college with single bachelor of arts curriculum it expanded through land grants and branches to a modern university offering liberal and technical education, including agriculture, engineering, law, medicine, and graduate studies, with a governance system of statewide trustees and state and federal funding.
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University of Georgia
General Assembly
Georgia
George Walton
Abraham Baldwin
John Milledge
Hugo Lawson
Senatus Academicus
Athens
Congress of the
United States
Onew
Georgia State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts
Institution of Athens
Lumpkin Law School
Law Department
University
North Georgia Agricultural College
Georgia Medical College
Augusta
Tas’ T School of Technology
Pharmacy
George Foste
Peabody
School of Education
School of Commerce
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Franklin College
College of Agriculture
Mechanic Area
Agricultural Experiment Station
Secfence Hall
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Senate
The
School of Technology
Georgia Normal and Industrial College
Industrial College For Colored Youth
State Normal School
Medical College
Patriotism and Loyalty Echoed by VP at Scottish Rite Gala
Vice President Marshal urged deeper wartime duty at a Golden Jubilee for Scottish Rite Masons in New York. He contrasted loyalty with patriotism, saying true patriotism rises from blood and heritage, warns against entangling alliances, and favors a modern isolationism that still welcomes free peoples to world council table.
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Associated Press
New York
Tce
Marshal
Council
World All
Met Fellow Towns Boy In Old French Town
Mr John Hoke now serves as an officer in the engineering regiment stationed in a French coastal city of about 60000. He sent a comfort bag note to Chancellor Barrow and letters to his father and Mme Lustrat, and recently met Athens boy Jack Bocock of the ambulance corps in a cafe after Bocock sailed August 7.
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John Hoke
Chancellor Barrow
First Methodist Sunday School
Mme
Lustrat
Athens
Jack Bocock
Ambulance Corps
Lucy Cobb Institute Awe Inspires Athens Visitors
A delegation of Athens business leaders toured the Lucy Cobb Institute, discovering a historic campus with new equipment and a storied atmosphere. Miss Rutherford highlighted the school’s unique heritage, the Marion Cobb gymnasium, Seney Browall chapel, and the need for an endowment to fund fifty Athens girl scholarships.
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Athens
Lucy Cobb
Georgia
Miss Rutherford
John Gerdine Infirmary
Marion Cobb
Margaret Hall
Seney-Browall
Wana
Chamber of Commerce
Marion Cobb &Ymnasium
Seney-Stovall Chapel
Thornwell Orphanage seeks aid for expanding care
The Thornwell Orphanage in Clinton South Carolina cares for over three hundred orphans across twenty four departments and cottage homes. It accepts children from any part of the Union and denominatio n. In July and August only nineteen of eighty two applicants were accepted with over two hundred on a waiting list. Orphan Work Day is set for October 13 requiring donations of a day's wages.
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Thornwell
Clinton
8. C
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Thornwell Home
J. B. Branch
Ettisens
Russians Rally and Firm Stand Against Foe
Russians rally to firm stance with a strengthened army. Northern army regions around Riga report captured positions as Rumanians engage invaders. heavy artillery and air activity persist along front.
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Associated Press
Russia
Riga
Aisne
Balnsitsa
Three Hundred Thousand Army Members to Assemble Today
Washington D C Sept 18 More than 300000 men of the national army go tomorrow to sixteen cantonments for training for battle against German tyranny This increment equals about forty five percent of the total quota under the first draft from nearly 5000 local boards The War Department reports equipment and supplies moving well but expects a deficit in men after the first draft and may call an additional 100000 to fill guard divisions and aviation branches.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
National Army
War Department
Army
Southern Manufacturing Seeks Capital Increase to 1 Million
The Southern Manufacturing Company, operator of the largest cotton mill in the region, petitions the superior court to raise its capital stock to one million dollars. Stockholders approved the measure by resolution on September 13. The charter was previously amended to 100 thousand on November 10, 1902, and to 500 thousand on April 14, 1905.
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Southern Manufacturing Company
The
Seven Billion Dollar Deficit Bill Approved by House
Washington Sept 18 the seven billion dollar war deficiency bill passed the house unanimously. It is described as the largest supply measure in U S history and now goes to the senate for prompt action. The bill appropriates large sums for army and navy fortifications along the coast.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Germany
Buenos Aires
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Railroads Net Revenues Rise, ICC Reports
Washington Sept 18 Further increases in railroad net revenue were shown by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Toll operations of southern railroads rose sharply compared with July last year, adding nearly 30 million dollars for the period, while overall rail revenues increased by about two million against expenses of ten million.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Rail
Reorganization Buying System Urged at War Convention
Atlantic City Sept. 18 Speakers urged a complete reorganization of the government purchasing system before the War Convention of American Business Men. The War Industries Board is said to lack authority under the law and a new department like Britain’s ministry of munitions was proposed. Secretaries Baker and Lane called for close cooperation between business leaders and the government.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
War Industries Board
Georgia to Fall Short 2,000 Men at Camp Gordon
The adjutant general reports Georgia will be short about 2000 white men drafted under the forty percent increase this week. The measure aimed to reinforce Camp Gordon with additional troops, but enrollment projections fall short of the target.
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Georgia
Associated Press
Atlanta
Adjutant General's Office
Camp Gordon
French War Aims Outlined by New Ministry
Paris dispatch reports the new ministry pledging greater sacrifice to prolong the war and counting on all citizens patriotism. Premier Painleve states war aims include disannexation of Alsace Lorraine, reparations for destruction, and a just peace.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Efforts To Reach Strike Agreement In Central Field
Indianapolis reports John White president of the United Mine Workers calls for an interstate conference of coal operators and miners in Washington on September 26 to discuss wage increases. San Francisco notes negotiations among California metal trades associations employers and Iron trades council over a strike affecting about 5 000 workers have abruptly ended without settlement.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
John White
United Mine Workers of America
Washington
San Francisco
California Metal Trades Associations, Employers, and
Iron Trades Council
Camp Gordon To Receive More Men
Atlanta Georgia September 18 The second contingent of forty percent of the electmen of Georgia Tennessee and Alabama will begin to arrive at Camp Gordon Wednesday. They will reach camp at intervals for five days. Physical examinations at the rate of 600 per day will start the day after the first men arrive.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Camp Gordon
Navy and Board Clash Over Ship Operation Decision
President Wilson faces a choice on whether to have the navy department or the shipping board operate vessels built or commandeered by the board for transporting American troops overseas. The navy seeks control of the ships while shipping board members insist the board should run them.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Navy Department
The
Shipping Board
Th Shipping Board
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Argentina
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British Empire
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New South Wales
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Australia
England
Painleve
Kerensky
Petrograd
Kaledines
Wilhelmina
Alsace
Loraine
Tennesse
Navy
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