Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
Double Tracking of Railways Owned
by the State Is Urged by Brown.

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it should be IN conformity with the Law
81 IL Is 10 be continued. Hence. l rec
ommend that your honorable bodies
enact such legislation upon this subject
as your wisdom suggests.
District Agricultural Schools.
The District Agricultural and Mechan-
zeal Schools having been taken into the
! University system Of the State, ] re
| spectfuily suggest that the cooperative
relationship between the State Uniyer-
| slty. through the State College Of Agri-
/ culture and the above district schools
/ be made closer than they have hereto
| ore been. To this end ! suggest that
| me Board Of Trustees Of the State Col
! eye Of Agriculture appoint at least one
| member from It's Board Of Trustees to
| pc an eX-onicio member Of the Board Of
] Trustees OF the District Agricultural and
/ Mechanical School in his Congressional
] District; whereby each Of said district
| schools win have thereon one trustee OF
! he State College ~ Agriculture. Such
member should he required to attend
/ he annual commencement exercises Of
ne district school to which he is as
signed and should have full privilege
nd authority TO act with the Board Of
! Trustees Of the district school at that
and all other meetings OF the said dis
| ,rict school and should make to the
/ trustees Of the State College Of ARri-
ulture, after said commencement ex-
ercises, a full report of the conditions.
| progress. etc. Of the said District AR-
ilAultuIhl ana MeflhHlcHl SCHOOLS.
The Board Of Trustees OF the State
'ollege OF Agriculture should also be
.'thed with power 10 exercise such au-
horlty over the district schools as will
rse them to conform to a general
plan
state University Support.
The demands OF modern civilization
are trendinB toward the greatest devel-
opment OF the human mind That State
| which trains the brains Of its young
manhood and womanhOod 10 the exercise
Of the highest powers il the State which
pY natural process takes and holds the
/ leadership over her civic sisters. The
| Ftrongly developed mental faculties Of
a people have greater weight in the
| control Of world powers than the broad
f!des OF battleships Genius makes con-
quests more abiding than are made by
guns, and the strength I'm the trained
trains Of people holds greater secur-
ny than strength I'm the most elaborate
| ~ constructed forts
And while you are appropriatlnE
money and enaCting laws for the more
efficient and extended cultivation OF the
SOIL OF our state, hold ever In mind that
the cultivation which viii bring The
greatest crops and choicest fruits Is. the
cultivation Of the minds Of her youth
Hence, ! urge you to build up as ran
idly as Georgia's resources win admit
the state University which our fore
fathers created and which. with its
branch colleges and other high educa-
tional institutions can develop the men
TAI powers OF our young people Of both
sexes for keeping this great state
abreast Of her most ambitious rivals
Before passing from this subject / can
not refrain from the statement that the
charm Of the University OF Georgia is
us democracy. From a close observation
OF me conduct OF its AFFAIRS for the past
tour years, am prepared to assert with
pride that the son OF the poorest par
ents In the State has equal consIdera-
ton by the faculty with the son Of the
/ Merit and application open the gates
OF opportunity to all alike and il is
especially pleasing TO note that the cit
liens OF Athens extend impartial kind
rank or wealth
The state, therefore. has a selfish in
terest, and pardonably so, In every dol
lar she appropriates to maintain to high
trainer.
School OF Technology.
It Is impossible to measure the value
10 the state Of the School OF Technology
me high standard which its graduates
hold is finding It's reflex in the technical
development Of the Commonwealth from
the mountains to the seaboard The
modern demands for education Of this
character IN the architectural and me
chauical development OF our people are
SO imperative that we can not afford TO
let this great institution Of learning lose
aught OF the high grade of efficiency
=
1t undoubtedly Is true that this school
has lost several OF It's leading instruc.
tors ny reason Of the inadequate com
pensauon they received /, therefore
urge you TO appropriate the sum Of S10.-
600 as an addition TO the annual main
tenance fund Of the said school, making
same Immediately available
also recommend the addition OF ST.
500 each to the annual maintenance
funds OF the Georgia Normal School and
the Georgia Normal and Industrial
School,
Payment Of School Teachers.
In my annual message TO your pre-
decessors last year I stated that the
condition Of the treasury had permitted
the payment Of but 10 per cent OF the
amount due for expenses Of the COM
the appropriations having increased In
greater proportion than the States in
come, II has been impossible 20 pay any
amount as yet Of the common school
appropriation for this year
During the past three months we have
made Inquiry into the question OF the
payment of teachers, that is, we have
sought to get the truth Of conditions
The result Of the investigation proves
that the evil has not been exaggerated
| by those who have decried IL.
Briefly, we found that approximately
one third OF all the teachers In the pub
| lie schools OF the State In 1912 were
| forced to wait from two TO twelve
months for their pay. or, in lieu OF wait
| ing, had to discount their claims at from
s to % per cent
A great proportion OF those who re-
| ceiVed prompt payments were paid with
! funds borrowed ny local boards OF edu-
/ cation, who We're required TO pay from
! s TO Il per cent for the money
| ConCretely, We estimate from the re-
/ ports received that advances made "a
! boards or teachers during 1912 amount
| ed TO approximately $4,000 600 and that
| these advances cost at least $4,000 in
| interest or discount
Loss Of Efficiency
/ Thus ii is clear that the waste In
! money due TO delayed remittances from
| the State is great, and there must be
an equal loss in efficiency resulting from
! the Indifference fostered by the faul "
! and difficult method Of financing the
/ schools
With Loot. 600 more revenue avail
\ able during the spring and summer
months the State would be able to make
| prompt monthly remttances to the
/ school systems, and thus would praC-
/ tically overcome the difficulties now
| labored under, and growing worse.
! Therefore, | urge upon YOU the neCes,
/ sity for taking such steps as will en-
| able the Executive office 70 make
/ prompt monthly payments as due on the
| appropriation to the public schools
] The information gathered as the re-
/ suit Of the investigation above referred
/ to is on file in the Executive Office sub
/ 1eCt TO your wishes.
Economy In Appropriations.
! While there has been a gratifying in
! crease in the taxable valuations OF the
/ for expenses 20 maintain schools and
/ other. p1uea f10un1 institutions and la