The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-16
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Prepar.,orx Eanc.tlen.

If there IS one thing upon which montgomery can pride itself more than gress of the south said a we'll known lawyer on the street last evening, it IS on It's large number or splendid preparatory schools for the training of IS lamentably true. that while in the State of Alabama there are, perhaps, as many colleges in proportion to. ita almost any state in the Union. the is limited There Is scarcely county m the state which can not show its two or three small colleges, tucked away somewhere. and from these col- leges We are turning out thousands of men and women mentdiiy equipped for State is sadly deficient in the secon- M dary schools. Montgomery. however, IS an exce9tion to the general rule. Here, in addition to tte nigh school. Mhich IS on par with other tnstitn- tons or like nature the country over, and from which the graduates can go direct to college, there are no less seanols a tnrss wsdrs first class prep1araasory nations Iake 5ae fn f,rst years Soilegiats sxami, same high degree of education IS pros vided for girls. There are few cities Tn the South of the size of the Capital City which can make such a showing. IL IS to he regretted, however, that with tits array or preparatory SCHOOLS, Montgomery has not single col lege.
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 montgomery has the basis of which to make one of the prettiest cities in the United States said man from another city who is visiting Montgom- cry friends. The streets are for the most part. well graded. and the .sys- tenn of making each practically park way makes a beautiful effect. There are a lot Of little things. however. zens which would work a great i'm provement In many cities the differ ent sections of the citv nave organized improvement clubs and these vie with parts of the city the most attractive one section of nine blocks has orga- hized hns a miniature city council, which. ment. which dominates repqiiins reyerninss bae- s,e les of cities eliminated mayor is elected. and meetings are held to dis cuss sa! matters for the betterment of con- making the mthe best nine blocks in the city. I believe such Organizations as these would prove a great benefit . Mayor J R. Young. of Dothan, was n Montgomer-- yesterday to look over the new system of bookkeeping recom- Cole. of Atlanta. Mayor Young wish es to make arrangements for improv- Ing the methods in use at Dothan.
 Mir. Lee Lewman. a prominent con- tractor of Atlanta. is in Montgomery. making preparations for beginning work at an early date on the Dexter Avenue apartment house in which he mas large interest
 President Charles c. Thach. of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Au- burn, spent several hours in Montgom- daughter and Miss Shepard of South Carolina.
 Superintendent of Education Issac ", Hill: yesterday returned from sulligent Lamar County, where he spent several days attending a teach CTS institute
 Messrs. ". c. Dinwiddle and G. w Burns, of Bay Minnette. are at the New Exchange.
 MT J. J. Aston, of Tuscaloosa, regis. tered at the New Exchange last night MT. J. c. McGonin and wife, of Chapman, are visiting Montgomery
 Mir. J. D Holman and wife, of Ozark. are at the Glenmore Hotel.
 MT. c. Kinney and wife, of Selma. are registered at the New Exchange.
 Mir Gregory l.. Smith. of Mobile came to Montgomery yesterday.
 MT. G. H. Kaufman, of Selma, was N yesterday.
 MT. D. G. Trawick, of AbbeviIle, is in 
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