Georgia Tech finance battle sparks reader support
The article reviews funding struggles for the Georgia School of Technology. It notes a $100,000 annual maintenance gap, endowment funds unable to cover current expenses, and calls on the legislature to sustain Tech’s high standards amid wartime and postwar shifts. It contrasts Canadian soldier settlement success with U.S. partisan hurdles.
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Save ‘the Tech
General Assembly
House
Georgia School of Technol
Senate
Friends of Tech
Imoney
Tech
Georgia
From Georgia Negras an ean Lost out in the battle
A fragmentary verse mix notes hunger and dinnertime bells, imagines meals on an attic stage, and shifts to optimistic prints urging readers to count blessed goods. It references regional items and a George-leaning newspaper culture, with passages about poetry, music, and daily life.
Home Girls and the Lost Role of Women in Society
A sermon tradition lambasts modern women’s dress and duties, arguing that the home girl has faded from domestic and political life. An employment agency head in The New York Run notes Reconstruction and postwar changes revived the home girl, contrasting wartime shifts to peacetime labor trends.
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Queens
New York
Why Set Limits When Vision Reads the All
The essay argues limits exist only in fear and the Wise Creator wove limits into the All. It praises the limitless creative mind. Alexander’s conquests are mocked for missing hidden worlds. The author notes true progress comes from daring beyond perceived boundaries.
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Alexander
Tax on amusements sparks debate over Georgia schools
A Georgia legislative debate questions a proposed amusement tax on town theater admissions. Advocates argue the tax would fund state educational needs, while critics warn it would hurt struggling local cinemas and widen inequities between urban and rural areas. The piece also notes a motor vehicle bill advancing in the Senate to curb tag fraud and require distinct truck tags, promising increased department revenues.
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Pkingana
Georgia
South
North Carolina
Ped Ee
Senata
House of Representatives
Idw
Motor
Senate
Rane Ders
Ttheir
Broadway Gossip From New York Life by 0 Mintyree
A fragmentary diary style slice of New York life recounts a day of socializing with Morris Gest Walter Catlett and Norman Kerry, a visit to A Dwan’s home, open air theatre, Chinatown night revels, and a reflection on Broadway slang as crowds flocked to Coney Island. The piece notes rapid Manhattan change from a Fifth Avenue cottage to a twelve story block and references the Harvard cafe on Doyer street.
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J. H. Holliday
Constitution
Ecle
Atlanta
Constitution Washington
Raleigh
James A. Holloman
New York City
Hotating
Broadway
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Times
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Twenty-Ninth Street
Oarn Nacre
Oenes
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Samuel Pepys
A. Dwan
Great Neck
Morris Gest
Walter Catlett
Norman Kerry
Acora
Alice Adams
W. Sheehan
Princes White
Billy Dove
R. Hitchfcock
A. Dwan's
Madame Bobe
W. Hogg
Mott Street
Chinatown
Doyer Street
Harvard
Chatham
Aquare
Dejante
Georgia university rapped for neglect and calls for funds
James Henry Simmauyd of Brenau College writes from Gainesville Georgia August 3 1921 detailing dire conditions at the University of Georgia Athens. He notes crowded lecture halls inadequate dorms and facilities overworked underpaid faculty and warns of losing top teachers without better financial support urging statewide fundraising and legislative action.
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The
State University
State of Georgia
Georgia
Athens
Commonwealth
James Henry Simmauyd
Brenau College
Gaineyville, Ga
The Hygiene of Swimming by William Brady M D
Dr Brady discusses safe swimming practices after meals, typhoid vaccination for swimmers, and menstruation safety. He answers reader questions on flatulence and heart health, notes pollution concerns are minimal if water is not ingested, and comments on seaside recreation costs and behavior at Coney.
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J. W. BR
National Newspaper ‘ Service
Pft
Coney
Bath House
Fifty Years Ago Atlanta Chamber Began Its Rise
Fifty years ago Atlanta formed a chamber of commerce to unite merchants manufacturers and professionals. Major Crane was elected president with W J Garrett and others as vice presidents as 60 men set plans to foster the citys commercial industrial welfare and growth.
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Cies
Chamber of Comerce
Atlanta
Milledgeville
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Convention Bureau
First
South
City Hall
A. Leyden
R. M. Rose
W. M
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W. M. Lowry
Mark Cooper
Major Crane
W. J.garrett
G. H. James
W. Moore
J. J. Meador
C. A. Pitts
Borah and His Proposal
Frank H. Simonds argues that Senator Borah’s push for using U S loans to enforce European disarmament is flawed. He notes the United States has increased arms since 1914 while Europe cuts forces and warns coercion would provoke war or paralysis.
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Borah
United States
America
Germany
Britain
Italy
France
Ireland
India
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Morocco
Syria
Europe
Europa
European debts ag @ club
Rhine
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Kia Associates
Uncle Sam
Mare Svasion
Uwon
Wilson
Hera
Senate
Harding
Japan
Washi
International
Barent
Wet regional forecast hints at showers for today
A weather bulletin notes Monday may repeat thundershowers from the past days with no noticeable temperature change. A brisk shower swept the city late Sunday afternoon, though total precipitation Sunday was notably less than Saturday and Friday.
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Washington
What the Stars Predict for September
What the Stars Predict. This uncertain day warns that interested appeals to influential persons may succeed in the morning. Treachery and fault finding appear likely under this rule of the stars. France Italy and Roumania may face trouble conditions and accidents or serious fires are forecast in early September.
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France
Italy
Roumania
Young Harris Literary So Meets in Gainesville
The annual banquets and dinner of the Young Harris College Phi Chi Literary Society are planned for August 27 in Gainesville Georgia. Guests include Dr J A Sharp Embry Academy Ox, ministers and prominent graduates from Georgia and beyond.
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Young Harris College
Georgia
Fullbright
J. Lance
Waynesboro
René W. Cantrell
Wortrents
Emory Academy
Side. Scott
Atlanta
P. R. Matthews Fe Lance
J. A. Sharp
Embry Academy
Young H. Eellege
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