Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-22
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II Is interesting 70 note the part which
South Georgia gets from me iarge , arnos,..
kirds The school for colored People az
satanaah gets $500. while the balance
~ the sI7f 900 for branch colleges. the
ssa.ooo sor tife state University, and the
s1S20co for charities, go 70 institutions n
Tire northern qart o. the state. II spl1e q
this fact. each session OF. the legislature
Is met with powerful Hobbies from these
Institutions begging for increased appro-
priatiOrE ard AZ the same tine hshtlns
lar '''i Institutions IA that portion q the
state which. having majority OF ue
taxes 70 pay Is Wholly Tl,soes ioo ss1,
increase IN the population OF the state or
Georgia. Il - getting high time mat tnere
were two univerSifiec. two technologicai
s~hoois and a doubling up all along the
line These institutions might be sup
rorted out OF TIE money which II cost tne
peo9ie o. South Georgia 70 SEM VeI .
children 20 the ones We have now. 70 say
nothing Of the increased attendance tnat
would spring up for educational instto' e
tiouE nearer home.--Naldosta Times.
IT f. wonderful how people can see
things wheh they want TO, insn't IL? Here
we find a staid. conservative, paper like
The vaIdosta Times making the plea that
south Georgia is being Disseminated
against in the matter OF state appropria-
tons because. forsoothl a majority OF the
states charitable institutions are located
north of a line drawn through the exact
center OF the state-it could not say they
are located I'm north Georgia.
We also find this usually sensible and
practical newspaper advancing the prop
osition that there should be two state uni
versities and two state schools of tech
nology-one for south Georgia and the
other for north Georgia. 1t does not go
TO the extent Of saying there shuld be
two state sanitariums. two schools for
the blind. and two for the deaf and dumb.
But such would be the logical outcome Of
fits theory. II it is to be consistent
The Tines knows. of course. that the
larger a university or college is the better
does q fulfill it's mission; the greater adj
vantages does it offer to students. 1t has
only to look at the great universities OF
the north. Yale, Harvard, Pennsylvania,
the Chicago University and others. to be-
come convinced on this point. 1t is but
an exemplification of the proverb ''in
union there is strength With their en-
Iarged facilities they can accommodate
and teach to better advantage, in all the
arts and sciences the thousands OF stu
dents who attend them.
II. would be a great day for Georgia II
she could ever hope to have one university
one-half or even one-fourth as large as
these. II would be rather less than sui
cIdaI to attempt to divide between two the
pittance which the present university now
receives from the state. OF TO try to sup
port after a fashion. two schools of tech
noIogy instead OF trying TO properly main
tain one II seems to us these self-evi-
dent propositions require no stress laid
upon them
But, in all truth and Justice, can the
valdosta Times pretend to claim tina:
south Georgia does not share equally
With north Georgia and middle Georgia
and east Georgia and west Georgia in the
benefits OF these institutional Are they not
open 10 all. and. as matter OF fact, do
we not find IN their halls as many students
from south Georgia as from any other
section Of the state7 II not whose fault
Is Il?
Does not the Valdcsta Times know, also,
that there were sound. practical reasons
for Locating these institutions. where they
are7 Aside from the School of Technology.
the others were located many years ago.