Barnesville Chautauqua Week Offers Top Lectures and Music
The Chautauqua event in Barnesville July 28 invites teachers from 27 counties for a week of lectures and performances by renowned American speakers and world famed musicians. Special railroad and board rates will be announced, with arrangements for teachers’ entertainment and instruction during the session.
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America
Barnesville
INTER
Georgia Chautauqua praise from educators and press
A collection of 1899 letters from G R Glenn Lawton Evans Otis Ashmore F H Richardson and W T Tanner plus Maj Hawks recounting support for the Barnesville Chautauqua and Institute. They praise its benefits for teachers and communities in Georgia calling the event a success and predicting growth.
County School Officials Endorse Chautauqua Institute
A compilation of letters from county school commissioners across Georgia dated February and March 1899 expressing strong support for attending the Chautauqua and Inter-county Institute in Barnesville. They note prior success, plan teacher attendance, and commend the event's value to education.
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Eatonton
M. B. Dennis
Perry
Houston County
E. S. Wellens
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Rere Pine
Nier County
Teachers Institute
Barnesville, Ga
Office of Department of Education
State of Georgia
Atlanta
G. R. Glenn
Office of Board of Education
Augusta
Lawton B. Evans
Savannah, Ga
Savannah
Otis Ashmore
Sup’t
The
Atlanta Journal
F. H- Richardson
Indorse Chautauqua Institute
Gwinnette County
Lawrenceville
Lam
W.T. Tanner
C. S.C
Maj. Hawks
Maj. A. W. Hawks
Funny Man
Baltimore
Putnam County
Meriwether County
Greenville
R. W. McCaslan
Upson County
Crawford County
Knoxville
Chautauqua
Chas. W. McGee
C- S.C
Gounty School
Commssioners and County Boards of Education
Mayo
Washington
D. C
Curry
Richmond
W. B. Smith