Awakening Georgia Education Week Urges System Reform
The Georgia proclamation marks American Education Week November 16 to 21 urging all schools to observe, stressing education’s value and Georgia’s need to revise the state’s school system. editors denounce underfunding of Georgia Tech, high tuition, and teacher shortages, calling education a statewide responsibility before voters and lawmakers.
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Nomals
University
School of Technology
Agricultural College
Georgia School of Technology
Tech
America
Ana Ecit
Merit
Atlanta
Macon
Savannah
Augusta
Atlanta Constitution
What the Pupil's Attitude Should Be Toward Their School
Ruth Dunwoody of Butler High School argues pupils should arrive each day with active receptive minds. They should treat school as a golden opportunity, acknowledge shared responsibility with teachers, and honor the school with respectful behavior. Each pupil should declare pride by saying this is MY school daily.
Why Educate The Philosophy Of Life And Education
A reflective essay argues education shapes the physical, mental, and moral, guiding individuals toward living rightly, valuing truth, conscience, beauty, and social efficiency. It contrasts inner and outer worlds, urges disciplined character, and highlights gains from studying history, science, mathematics, and literature to foster self knowledge and broader perspectives.
Georgia Progress Through Georgians Motto Said
Maj John S Cohen of Atlanta Journal extols Georgia values and self help, praising a homogeneous united people and urging progress built by Georgians themselves. The quotation frames state pride, independence, and civic responsibility as guiding principles.
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Georgia
Maj
John S. Cohen
Atlanto Journal
Parental Duty in Education Urges Cheerful Support
A column by Mildred Pinkerton at Butler High School urges parents to aid teachers with prompt cooperation. It criticizes contrarian and apathetic attitudes, warns against shifting blame, and stresses regular attendance, home visits, and active school involvement to foster student success and good character.
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Mildred Pinkerton
Butler High
School Spirit in Atlanta and Its School Life
Julius Lewis argues that modern schooling hinges on spirit, likening it to Atlanta’s celebrated energy. He cites President Coolidge on education and contends spirited schools excel scholastically and athletically, shaping life beyond classroom doors.
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Julius Lewis
Coolidge
Atlanta
South
Pupil Life and Optimism Emphasized in School Code
A school guide urges pupils to share in each other’s welfare and build positive habits. It links school life to national progress, stresses cooperation and optimistic acts, and includes a cheerful greeting ritual to uplift peers.
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Ince
America
Dollars and sense in money management and value
A compact treatise on money as a medium of exchange tied to labor and judgment. It argues money has value only as it represents earned effort and future potential, warning that misers misuse funds while spendthrifts risk danger. It stresses exchanging earned labor for valued goods, assets, or education.
Georgia Education Program Call by Judge McLaughlin
The text urges a broader educational program in Georgia to provide equal opportunity across classes regions and incomes. It stresses the need for a program that offers adequate support for learners from all areas, and for all social strata, to cultivate future leaders.
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Georgia
Education as Leadership for Georgia's Empire
The speaker argues for homegrown expertise over sending materials away, urging universal liberal and technical education. Ignorance breeds poverty, crime, and disease, while educated youths can lead to economic growth. Training leaders will elevate Georgia to become the Empire State of the Union, matching the South's ambitions.
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New England
Georgia
South
Empire
Union
Education as Georgia’s Greatest Duty Prompts Debate
SUPT. RALPH NEWTON argues education is the nation’s greatest industry and cites Massachusetts as proof that investing in schooling yields wealth. He contrasts Georgia’s illiteracy rate with Massachusetts’ literacy and asserts that poverty persists where education is neglected.
Education as investment and the cost of tobacco
A speaker argues education is Georgia and Florida tax policy driven, cites tobacco spending as a drag on school funding, and urges higher teacher pay. Children are our greatest resource, and nicotine costs divert funds from schooling. if Americans reduced tobacco, teachers’ salaries could rise. Fort Valley Lumber Co. ad ends the note.
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Georgia
Florida
America
Taylor County
Fort Valley Lumber CO
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