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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1921
Page
9
A 1921 Atlanta newspaper column discusses the separate peace with Germany, critiques U S policy, and urges unity with allies. It highlights Sam Small's pledge to fund a Georgia tech tuition and urges others to follow. It also notes local ads and editorials praising home advertising and Georgia civic effort.
A collage of poems and quips from Georgia papers recounts cautionary fables about pride and downfall, rural humor, and seasonal verses. It blends lyric lines about responsibility and resilience with regional witticisms and dialect sketches from local newspaper humor columns.
Ex-Governor Harris to select a deserving Georgian in need of study at Tech and Sam Small will pay the tuition of $100 for the coming year. Small argues Georgians can easily support needy students, with many able to contribute without hardship.
J C White MD urges Nashville style market use of the existing auditorium in a Constitution letter. He cites curb market success and suggests city ownership of the auditorium to convert it into a daily market space, with surplus room for city offices. Revenue from stalls could cover interest and bond financing for a new auditorium, proposed on mansion property as an elegant site.
Baton Rouge August 26 Special. The 1921 Louisiana constitution adopted June 17 is hailed as progressive for education. It shifts school funding from politics to state control, funds university and agricultural college with tax measures, and mandates annual appropriations for higher and common schools totaling millions, while reducing local political interference. This action aims to stabilize education and end sectarian bickering, with significant emphasis on state-supported higher learning and widespread basic schooling.
In Baton Rouge the governor and a visiting observer tour a 2000 acre tract south of the city. They discuss the planned agricultural university, its vast campus, dormitories, cafeteria, laboratories, and multiple facilities including a sugar and rice stations, with emphasis on scientific farming and regional educational impact. The scene includes a vivid portrait of Governor Parker and the ambitious project.
An educational piece discusses how boils form from transferred germs, emphasizing self-handling poor hygiene and clothing friction as key spreaders. It prescribes dressings with saline solutions and gauze to prevent infection, plus guidance on when to seek medical testing for hay fever pollen sensitivity.
Albert A. Johnson of New York State Institute of Applied Agriculture forwards famine condition data from the Near East to Atlanta sources. He is in the Near East researching the food crisis to guide agricultural plans for refugee relief and will spend about six weeks there after a Georgia marriage to a North Georgia College daughter.
The Atlantic Bahai assembly plans its regular meeting at the Kimball House eye room Sunday at 4 o clock. Speakers J Himore Hayes and Dr J C Oakshette address Bahai principles and aims and work.
A collection of short notices and items from Atlanta era papers. Reports on excursionists returning from Athens, a new ice manufacturing venture near Kirkwood, rail work on the Afr Line near Charlotte, school openings, and railroad depot discussions. Also farming opportunities near Atlanta and a trotting match at Oglethorpe Park.
William A. Button, superintendent of Atlanta schools, lays out the city deficit in funding for public schools. He notes 22 percent of city revenue supports schools, with 1921 budget needs exceeding that by about 459,860 dollars, requiring increased taxes to avoid school shutdown. He warns taxes are the sole revenue source and urges taxpayers to respond publicly.
A chaotic New York August tale details Frankie the Wob shot in an old auto on Chrystie Street. It sketches his brutal drug running, petty theft, and dread among East Side residents, with police encounters and a harsh jungle-urban portrait. It also notes media editor shifts and candy store price cuts, reflecting city life and adjustments postwar.
Charles A. Sheldon Jr editor and organist presents a Sunday afternoon recital at 4 o clock in the Auditorium. Admission is free. The program includes works by Beethoven Trepakowsky and selections from the Pathetique symphony with an improvisation.
Plan for a news bureau at Emory University discussed by school authorities on Friday. Dr Wightman F Melton professor of journalism will head the bureau and be assisted by school correspondents from three Atlanta newspapers.
The third number of the Medical Interpreter appeared in Atlanta on Thursday. The Washington DC magazine, published by prominent Atlanta physicians and editorial staff, features in its staff.
Atlanta civic clubs meet in the Chamber of Commerce building to plan a city tourist bureau and invite the Dixie Highway association to meet here. Governor Thomas W. Hardwick and Mayor J. L. Key signed the invitation, aiming to centralize information for visitors and supply attractive booklets on Atlanta and surrounding areas.
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