Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-20
SUGGESTIONS FROM
OUR CORRESPONDENTS

the city, necessarily experiencing mucn
inconvenience in being so far removed
from the school. We need most OF an
more dormitory room. The Winnie DAVIS .
Memorial Hall is to be erected this fall, IL
is true but as it will provide room Tor only
Co. it will not be sufficient to meet the
growing demands of the school, We neeu
another dormitory which should accom-
modate at least 200.
we are sadly in need Of a larger school
building. Our present one has only four
small recitation rooms on the second moor.
About $50 students are being accommoda-
ted in this small building and 1t is impos-
sible to achieve the best results In sucn
over-crowded rooms. We have not as
much recitation room as any ward scnoot
in the city. Health and comfort consld-
cred not more than Us students should
attempt to recite in those four small
rooms The senior class has had to re-
sort to an unheard of notwithstanding
In the library and even out on the cam
pus.
To be sure, IT is rather pleasant to sit
under the "gnarled oaks olden" and feel
the gentle Indian summer breezes fan
ones cheeks, while holding intercourse
with the masters Of literature, but what
are we to do when winters chilling
winds and binding SHOWS shall come?
Truly we are sadly in need Of larger
auditorium.
The dining hall is not adequate for our
needs. Only 16S can be accommodated at
one time. hence the necessity of setting
the table six times each day.
II the legislature could take peep into
the Ogden Cooking school-named in hon
or of the liberal-hearted Robert c. Og-
den, who established It'll am sure they
would be aroused to do something for the
school.
The kitchen Is located in a little house
which Is far too small for its needs. OF
course we can not accomplish the best
results when the requite facilities are
lacking.
We want our legislature to visit our
school. We want them to see and under
stand our needs, and we want them to
help US. It is their duty for this school
belongs to them Since its establishment
In 1891 the legislature has appropriated
for its numerous needs the small sum OF
$1,000 and now the time has come when
the state must give ii more financial as
sistance. We need at least $780, 900, and we
must have 1t. hope our legislators viii
consider our needs and their duty candid
" and conscientiously and give us the
much-needed and long-desired assistance.
We long to see our dear old Georgia max
ing more rapid strides in the educational
world. I feel assured that every one who
has a spark Of patriotism in his heart will
joyfully hail the day when our beloved
state shall be an honor to the union; a
state whose sons and daughters shall be
free from the CALLING chains Of ignorance;,
a state whose politics shall be pure and
whose standard shall be high; q state
in which the now desert places shall
blossom as the rose" All these things
are not only possible but are sure to be,
IL this normal school is enabled to ac-
complish the end for which its teachers
and students are laboring.
Think on these things, hear. and heed
the Macedonian cry, Come over and
help us"
c. F. ELLINGTON.
Athens. Ga. October u