Vows Renewed At Alma Mater As Alumni Day
A June 17 alumni day at the university drew scores of graduates back to renew allegiance and hear Hon Joseph Hansen Merrill of Thomasville deliver an address on Our Duty to Georgia. Officers were elected and the endowment fund reported at 48,767.0 with 471 subscribers.
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Athens
P W Meldrim
Savannah
Phi Kap
Thomas D Cartledge
Strahan
Georgia
Wo A Blount
Pensacola
Washington Dessau
Macon
C Mi Strachan
Joseph Hansen Merrill
Thomasville
Merrills
Alumni Toasts Highlight Georgia University Commencement
At Athens on June 17 the university alumni gathered for commencement with an elaborate lunch at Denmark Hall. Governor Candler, Henry Adams, Clark Howell, Judge Emory Speer, J. R. Stewart, Professor K T Alfriend, H Barrett, and Chancellor Hull gave eloquent addresses honoring the university and urging strong statewide support and continued investment in education. The event featured witty remarks and a festive, inspiring tone.
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Merrit
Denmark Hall
Candler
Georgia
Honry Adams
Savannah
Clark Howell
Athens
Lmory Speer
Bermans
Hfe
Stewart
Dahtonega
Indrey Colleges
K. T Alfriend
Milledgeville
Public Schools of
H Barrett
Hull
University
Georgia University Commencement Speeches Highlight Southern Progress
The passage recalls speeches at a Georgia university commencement urging public virtue and state pride. Merrill invokes a rising sun of progress, while various delegates discuss the mission of scholars and the role of southern mills, textile work, and the need for southern men to lead in industry. The event notes reelections and honors, with commencement the next day and a baccalaureate by Edward M Shepard.
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Georgia
Merrill
Aurora
Iran Williams
Villa Rica
Franklin College
ID McCartney
Thomasville
State College of Agriculture and ‘Mechanic Arts
G D Brount
Barnesville
Law Elags
Romes
T R Byers
Dahlonega
Dahlonega College
BPD
Marietta
Technological School
Louie M Smith
State Normal School
D D Towers
Towers
South
Georgia School of Technology
J M Stephenson
Koo McWhorter
Walter B Hill
Jion
Edward M Shepard
New York
Humansville
Southern Engraving Company
Atlanta
Constitution Building
J. W. Graves
Thz Sran-Leaver
Miss Smith Wins Audience With Grace at University of Georgia
At the University of Georgia chapel on June 17 Miss Lollie M. Smith read her essay The Old School and the New, becoming the first woman to speak on that stage. The essay praised rural education and the Greenwood academy reform led by Professor Blunder, detailing a vivid rural school scene and a transformative outlook for Georgia’s schools and communities.
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University of Georgia
Lolie M. Smith
R. B. Smith
State Normal School
Greenwood Academy
Gole
Ami
Athens
Goosenial
Goose Pond
Yello Hooks
Cynosure
Billy Jones
Jim
Thia
Easor
Julius Caesar
Plunder
Blunder
Greenwood
Pipchin
Sta Best
Holland
Georgia
Davia
Confederate Battle Abbey Fund Push In Richmond
Richmond faces an immediate appeal for 25000 to complete the Confederate Battle Abbey fund for a memorial repository. Virginia director Henry Taylor Billison announced 101000 in hand with more to come, and urged immediate local subscriptions to reach 40000 with support from executives General Evans and General White. A Ways and Means committee was formed to raise the money.
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Richmond
Confederate Battle Abbey Fund
Confederate Memorial Literary Society
Henry Taylor Billison
Virginia
Confederate Memorial Association
Charles B Rouse
Rouss
Eillison
Evans
Atlanta
White
West Virginia
Association
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Georgia University
Alma Mater
W. M. Howard
J. H Merrill
Sife
Hila
Normal School
Edward M. Shepard
ALMA
DeArmond
Clinton
Missouri
D A DeArmond
Grace
Miss Smith
Lollie M Smith
Toda
Women of
Jare
Federation of Women's Clubs
Equitable Life Assurance Society
R. L. Foreman
Georale
Window and Plate Wholesale and Retail
North
Forsyth
Peters St
F. J. Gooledge & Bro
Cotton States Belting and Supply Co
Atlanta, GA
Squth Broad ST
Southern Engraving CO
AK Line
Baguio
Ladies Auxiliary of Masonic Fraternity
Wrightsville Beach
City
Kimball House
C. B. Walker, Nora
Clements
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