Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

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\ IL should De in conformity with the law
b \ II 81 is 90 be continued. Hence, ] rec
ommeud that your honorable bodies
, enact such legislation upon this subject
as your wisdom suggests
District Agricultural Schools.
The District Agricultural and Mechan-
l cal Schools having been taken into the
University system Of the State, ! re
| specially suggest that the cooperative
relationship between the State Jniver-
-.ty. through the State College OF Agri-
! culture. and the above district schools
be made closer than they have hereto
I fore been. To this end / suggest that
I the Board Of Trustees Of the State Col
] IeRe Of Agriculture appoint al least one
I member from its Board Of Trustees to
bee an eX-Officio member Of the Board Of
] Trustees Of the District Agricultural and
/ Mechanical School In his Congressional
! District; whereby each Of said district
] schools viii have thereon one trustee Of
/ he State College Of Agriculture. Such
! member should be required to attend
! he annual commencement exercises Of
/ The district school 10 which he Is as
] signed and should have fun privilege
! nd authority 10 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 Agri-
] culture, after said commencement ex-
! erciscs. fun report Of tho conditions,
/ progress, etc, Of the said District Ag-
I ricultural and Mechanical Schools
The Board OF Trustees Of the State
! College Of Agriculture should also be
! .othed with power TO exercise such au-
! fhority over the district schools as win
/ use them to conform 10 a general
plan.
State University Support.
/ me demands Of modern civilization
/ are trendlng toward the greatest devel-
| opment 81 the human mind That State
| which trains the brains Of its young
| manhood and womanhood TO the exercise
] ~ the highest powers is the State which
] py natural process takes and holds the
] leadership over her civic sisters The
/ strongly developed mental faculties Of
! "A people nave greater weight In the
/ control OF world powers than the broad.
/ sides OF battleships. Genius makes con-
/ quests more abiding than are made BY
/ guns. and the strength in the trained
| brains ~ people holds greater secur-
! ,ty than strength In the most elaborate
/ ly constructed forts
| And while you are approprIatlnR
/ money and enacting laws for the more
l efficient and extended cultivation Of the
/ son 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 rap
/ idly as Georgia's resources will admit
/ the State University which our fore
fathers created and which, with its
] branch colleges and other high educa-
tiQnal institutions. can develop the mem
!
sexes for keeping this great state
abreast OF her most ambitions rivals.
/ Before passing from this subject I can
/ not refrain from the statement that the
/ charm OF the University OF Georgia is
] Its democracy. From a close observation
/ OF the conduct Of its affairs for the past
] four years, l am prepared to assert with
pride that the son Of the poorest par
! ents In the State has equal considern-
| ton by the faculty with the son OF the
] richest
! kT.-lt ,..a -...tt--.t--
or opportunity to all alike. and IL is
especially pleasing to note thar the cit
liens OF Athens extend impartial kind
ness 10 all the students regardless OF
The state, therefore. has a selfish in
! terest and pardonably so. In every dol
| lar she appropriates to maintain to high
| est efficiency this. her great brain
| trainer.
School Of Technology.
/ II IS impossible to measure the value
| 70 the State Of the School OF Technology
| The high standard which its graduates
/ hold Is finding its reflex I'm the technical
| development OF the Commop wealth from
| the mountains TO the seaboard The
! modern demands for education Of this
! character in the architectural and me
! chanlcal development Of our people are
/ 80 imperative that we can not afford to
! let this great institution OF learning lose
| aught OF the high grade OF efficiency
/ now characterizing it,
| IL undoubtedly Ia true that this school
/ has lost several Of its leading instruc.
| tors by reason OF the Inadequate com
] pensation they received /. therefore,
4 urge you 10 appropriate the sum of $l0,-
/ GOO as an addition TO the annual main
| tenance fund OF the said school, making
| same Immediately available.
! ! also recommend the addition OF 81
/ 800 each to. the annual maintenance
! funds OF the Georgia Normal School and
me Georgia Normal and Industrial
Payment OF School Teachers.
In my annual message TO your pre-
| decessors last year 1 stated that the
condition Of the treasury had permitted
! the payment Of but 10 per cent of the
/ amount due for expenses or the com
/ mon schools. l regret to report that
! the appropriations having increased in
/ greater proportion than the States in
| come, II has been impossible to 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 H.
| Briefly, We found that approximately
/ one-third OF all the teachers In the pub
/ lie schools OF the State In 1912 were
/ forced to walt from two to twelve
months for their pay, or, In lieu OF wait
! S TO % per cent.
A great proportion OF those who re-
/ ceived prompt payments were paid with
/ funds borrowed by local boards Of edu-
/ cation, who We're required to pay from
/ O 20 - per cent for the money.
! Concretely, we estimate from the re-
! ports received that advances made to
/ boards or teachers during 1912 amount
/ ed to approximately 2.000, 600. and that
| these advances cost at least $50. 900 in
/ interest or discount.
/ Loss Of Efficiency.
Thus is clear that the waste in
money due TO delayed rcmittances from
the State Is great. and there must be
the Indifference fostered by the fault "
and difficult method Of financing the
/ schools
With 81, 900 600 more revenue avail
able during the spring and summer
months the state would be able TO make
prompt monthly remittances to the
school systems. and thus would prac-
ideally overcome the difficulties now
lah0red under, and growing worse
/ Therefore. ] urge upon you the neces-
sltN FOR taking such steps as VIII en-
able the Executive Orfice to 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
70 is on nle in the Executive Office sub
JeCt to your wishes
Economy In Approprla tIonS
I While there has been a gratifying in
] crease in the taxable valuations of the
property in the State, yet the demands
for expenses 20 maintain schools and
other educational Institutions and the