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

declared unlawful bv the Supreme Court,
yet the practice Sc persisted in do not
assert that this practice IS in itself
Z against public policy. but undoubtedly
% should be in conformity with the law
n 81 IS to he continued. Hence, ] rec
ommend that your honorable bodies
enact such legislation upon this subject
as your wisdom suggests.
District Agricultural Schools.
The District Agricultural and Mechan-
.ual Schools having been taken into the
/ University system u the state, ] re
specially suggest that the cooperative
relationship between the state TTniver-
sity. through the State College Of ARri-
culture, and the above district schools
be made closer than they have hereto
I fore been To this end / suggest that
/ The Board Of Trustees Of the State Col
J go ~ Agriculture appoint at least one
] member from its Board Of Trustees TO
I He an eX-officiO member Of the Board OF
/ Trustees Of the District Agricultural and
I Mechanical school IN his Congressional
/ District. whereby each Of said district
! schools win have thereon one trustee Of
] The State College Of Agriculture Such
I member should be required to attend
/ he annual commencement exercises OF
/ be district school 10 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
/ trlct school, and should make to the
/ trustees Of the State College OF Agri-
culture, after said commencement ex-
ercises. a fun report Of the conditions,
progress, etc, Of the said District Ag-
rlcutural and Mechanical Schools
The Board Of Trustees Of the State
! College Of Agriculture should also be
loihed with power 10 exercise such au-
lhprity over the district schools as win
use them to conform TO a general
plan.
state University Support.
Inc demands OF modern civilization
are trending toward the greatest devel-
/ opment OF the human mind That state
| which trains tho brains Of It's young
manhood and womanhood 90 the exercise
OF the highest powers Is the State which
ny natural process takes and holds the
! leadership over her civic sisters The
| strongly developed mental faculties OF
a people have greater weight in the
control Of world powers than the broad
SIDES or battleships Genius makes con-
quests more abiding than are made by
guns, and the strength in the trained
| trains Of a people holds greater secur-
ny than strength In the most elaborate
~ constructed forts.
ana while you are appropriatinR
money and enacting laws for the more
| eHlcient and extended cultivation Of the
sou OF our state. hold ever i'm mind that
| me cultivation which win bring the
! greatest crops and choicest fruits Is the
cultivation Of the minds Of her youth.
Hence, ] urge you TO build up as rap
| lqly as Georgia's resources will admit
Wnlgn
fathers created and which. with its
branch colleges and other high educa-
llonal institutions, can develop the mem
tal powers OF our young people Of both
sexes Tor 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 the conduct Of Its affairs for the past
tour years, | am prepared TO assert with
pride that the son OF the poorest par
enJs IN the state has equal considera-
uon by the faculty with the son OF the
richest.
Merit and application open the gates
OF opportunity to all alike. and II 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.
y Is Impossible to measure the value
70 the state Of the School OF Technology
The high standard which it's graduates
hold - hndlng its reflex I'm 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.
chanical development OF our people are
SO imperative that we car. not afford to
aught Of the high grade OF efficiency
now characterizing H.
II undoubtedly Is true that this school
has lost several Of its leading instruc.
tors by reason OF the Inadequate com
pensation they received /, therefore,
urge you to appropriate the sum OF Sl0,-
700 as an addition 10 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 | 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
mon schools / regret to report that,
the appropriations having increased in
greater proportion than the States in
come, Il 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
as they are.
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 watt
ing, had 10 discount their claims at from
TO 25 per cent.
great proportion OF those who re-
ceiyed prompt payments were paid with
funds borrowed by local boards OF edu-
cation. who were required to pay from
9 to - per cent for the money.
ConcreJely, we estimate from the re-
mn nafNF aA haF a. do 20
boards or teachers during 1912 amount
ed 20 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 faulty
and difficult method Of financing the
schools
with 1900 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-
llcally overcome the difficulties now
labured under, and growing worse.
Therefore, ! urge upon you the neces-
slty for taking such steps as viii en-
able the Executive Office to make
prompt monthly payments as due on the
appropriation TO the public schools
suit of the investigation above referred
20 is on file in the Executive office sub
1ect TO your wishes
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