Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-13
Girls High School Graduates As
ISOLATION Is Working to As
sure Good Wives.
PLAN PRACTICAL LECTURES
Campaign Now On to Secure
More Members and Enlarge
Scope of Work.

The Aiumnae Association Of the
Girls High School of Atlanta has
gone into the business of insuring
good homes and efficient home max
ers for the city. It's efforts are aux
Hilary to those of the high school
Itself
No hishbrow feats, no shining star
in the woriC Of arts and letters is
ths pride OF the Girls High School
u Atlanta. Rather this, from the
pamphlet of the High School Alum
nae Association:
The Girls High School has given
to Atlanta homes hundreds of the
anywhere"
That is first in the list Of achieve
mentS.
Miss Jessie Muse. principal of the
Girls High School and a moving
spirit in the work of the alumnae
association, discussed yesterday the
work Of former graduates Of the
school. and the work which these
graduates, organized, desire to car
ny on They have. for one thing,
Iostered ambitious plans TO carry
educational advantages beyond the
walls of the school building.
Theory OF the Association.
Missionary work in educational
fields" she said, and the considera-
ton Of all the public's welfare rath-
er than that Of a limited number OF
-CudcntS is a function of the high
schools and the secondary as we'll
as OF universities and the institu-
lions 81 higher education. II is on
this theory that the alumnae asso-
c.ation is working.
The Girls High School claims more
than 500 graduates, women who
have CONC out, diploma armed, since
IT'S establishment i'm 1872. OF the
500. fewer than 500 are members
u1 the alumnae association, and an
.pDsai recently issued declares that
..e power Tor good which che alum
lac could be 90 al TIE community
necessarily is restricted because Of
.he too slender numbers enlisted in
L..c work.
Efforts which are termed "educa-
ti0u;ti cooperative. soCiai' have
been conducted by thc association
in the past, according TO the assoc
cations circular OF Information, IN
Guiding felloWships for grammar
school teachers, lecture courses anu
aid tu needy students in the high
scnool
Plan for Practical Lectures.
Plans for the future include an
extension of previous efforts, and
among other things permanent sys-
TENS Of lectures which will be based
on practical subjects Of home max
lne and everyday life, accompanies
bv demonstrations-Co cooking, domes-
ttc science, home hygieniCs and the
Ike.
Most OF our alumnae are wives"
~s.d the principal, reviewing the
work of graduates. THAT probably
is "a womans first function. II Is
this that the alumnae association
viii consider in its plans for the
work toward extension of education
in Atlanta"
However, graduates Of the high
school. Miss Muse said, have made
good outside the home sphere; ply
sicians. architects, school and col
lege teachers, and capable business
women are numbered in their ranks,
she said.
Mrs. A. Hartwell Spain is presi-
dent, Miss Annie Barnweu sec
rotary, and Miss Matte Slaton
treasurer of the association. The
receipts from the dues, 81 year. are
devoted mainly toward the fellow
ships for summer work on the part
of grammar school teachers and help
TO needy students
Occasionally. though not often"
said Miss Muse. students ask for
help. There are expenses 10 ne pOIHe,
even in a public school attendance.
The item of carfare alone, probably
amounting to $50 a year, may be for
midable to some whose means are
limited"
Campaign on for Members.
The alumnae association members
are asking that more Of the grad
yates Join the organization, declar-
ing that more members viii give u
"a greater efficiency.
Efforts in the past have proven
So distinctly worth while that all
VINO have taken part in them desire
that the association shan not ohly
maintain these lines Of service. nut
aztend them and initiate other move
ments of similar value declares the
pamphlet of the association.
We can do this if all the aluillIae
VIII help
one feature of the associations
work is a sprinE series o. lectur IS
The lectures this year viii be delIN-
cred April Is and lf 10y DR.. Edward
Toward Criggs. well known IN the
south as a platform speaker. itls
lectures viii be delivered upon the
occasion of the annual reunion %
high school graduates, an eEeHL
whie.t is a permanent establishment
with the alumnae.
The lectures will be two IN num-
her. and ,be subjects The Express
sion and Interpretation of human
Life in Art and Beauty anu oui-
ture in the Spirit