Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
COMMERCE BODY
SECRE TAR|ES
VISIT TECH
Pupils Attending Georgia Cham
oer's School Hear Attack on
School Conditions of State.

Twenty secretaries of Georgia
chambers of Commerce and Boards
of Trade, here to attend the "secre-
aries school" conducted by the Geor-
afa Chamber of Commerce. were
guests of President K G. Mathison.
If the Georgia School eff Technology
saturday morning on a tour of In
epection of the school. The secre-
t7rial instruction was resumed short
'y before noon under the direction of
4. W. McKeand, one of the organi-
zation experts here in the interests
of the State chamber, and will con-
tinue in session until late Saturday
afternoon. A good portion of Satur-
days session will be devoted to in
struction on the problem OF arrang-
ing for the All-Georgia" dinners and
mass meetings that are TO be held
throughout the State on Georgia
Products Day" November IS.
The school is the first of its kind ever
held in the State, and is expected to
arouse increased interest in the work
Of commercial organizations through
out Georgia. The instruction given
them by Mr.. McKeand is the fruit
OIL UlOTS IHiH tWGlllN ybcTS
in organization work, and is intended
10 standardize and systematic the
work OF Georgia commercial organi-
cations, so that closer cooperation
and more immediate results may be
obtained.
Urge Cooperation.
Several speeches emphasizing the
need of cooperation throughout the
State were made at Fridays sessions
Among those who spoke were Charles
J. Haden, president of the Georgia
chamber; c. d. Mckinney, secretary
Of the Georgia Chamber; Mr. Nc
Keand, w. b. Powell, of Columbus
and DR.. K. G, Mathison, president OF
Tech.
An organization to be known as
the Georgia Commercial Secretaries
Association was effected, with w. B.
Register. of Griffin. as president, and
c. c. Galloway, of Athens, as secre-
tary. The organization will be an
auxiliary body of the State chamber
and much of its work will be done
under the direction of that body.
A preliminary feast that gave the
diners an idea of the many good
things in store for them at the All
Georgia" dinners was served at the
Ansley Hotel Friday night. when the
% secretaries and a number of invited
guests sat down to a banquet, OF
which every item was a Georgia
product. President c. J. Haden serv-
ed as POSTMASTER, and several
speeches were made, all the speak
ers emphasizing the need of coop
Grafton between the State chamber
and the smaller commercial organi-
cations of the State, and pointing out
the fact that Georgia's resources need
only to be developed to place her in
the first rank OF the States.
Attack School Conditions.
The meeting was enlivened by an
attack on public school conditions
throughout Georgia., launched by W.
3. Royster, of Griffin.
"Griffin's school yards are a dis
grace to civilization he declared.
And similar conditions prevail al!
over the State. There is not a cot
ton field or peaVine patch in the
State that is not better kept than
most of our school yards. We try
to educate our children in build
ings that are worse than barns"
Others who spoke were NJ. l.. Brit
tain. State Commissioner of Educa-
ton; Dan G.. Hughes, of the State
Department Of Agriculture; c. G.
Bradley, of Morgan County; w. G.
Cooper, of Atlanta, and DR.. A. NJ.
Soule, of Athens, president of the
State College of Agriculture, and f.
Y. Jarnigan, of the Bureau of Ami
NAL Husbandry.