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

it should be in Conformity with the law
! 81 81 Is 10 be 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-
] ical Schools having been taken into the
! University system OF the state, re
| spectfully suggest that the cooperative
! relationship between the State Univer-
! sty through the State College Of Agri-
/ culture. and the above district schools
| no made closer than they have hereto
ore been To this end / suggest that
the Board Of Trustees Of the State Col
ege OF Agriculture appoint at least one
member from its Board Of Trustees to
30 an ex-omicio member OF the Board Of
| Trustees OF the District Agricultural and
Mechanical School in his Congressional
| District, whereby each Of said district
/ schools will have thereon one trustee OF
the State College of Agriculture Such
member should be required TO attend
he annual commencement exercises Of
he district school to which he Is as
signed and should have full privilege
md 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 Agri-
aulture, after said commencement ex-
ercises, fun report Of the conditions,
'rogress, etc, Of the said District Ag
The Board Of Trustees Of the State
'ollege Of Agriculture should also be
,othed with power TO exercise such au-
horlty over the district schools as will
plan
State University Support.
me demands OF modern civilization
are trending toward the greatest devel-
opment Of the human mind That State
which trains the brains OF its young
manhood and womanhood TO the exercise
OF the highest powers is the State which
by natural process takes and holds the
leadership over her civic sisters. The
itrungy developed mental faculties OF
q people have greater weight in tho
control OF world powers than the broad.
ides OF battleships Genius makes con-
quests more abiding than are made by
suns, and the strength I'm the trained
Trains Of a people holds greater secur-
~ than strength In the most elaborate
~ constructed forts.
And while you are appropriating
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 will 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 It's
branch colleges and other high educa-
uonal institutions, can develop the men
tal 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
It's 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
ents In the State has equal consldera-
ton by the faculty with the son Of the
Merit and application open the gates
OF opportunity to all alike, and Ii Is
especially pleasing to note thar the cit
liens OF Athens extend impartial kind
ness TO all the students regardless OF
rank or wealth.
The State, therefore. has a selfish In
terest, and pardonably So I'm every dol
lar she appropriates to maintain to high
esq eulciency this, her great brain
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 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.
chaniCal 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
now characterizing H.
II undoubtedly Is true that this school
has lost several OF it's leading instruc.
tors by reason OF the Inadequate com
pensation they received. /, therefore,
urge you to appropriate the sum OF Sl0,-
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 l 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
come, II has been impossible to pay any
amount as vet 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 wait
ing. had TO discount their claims at from
s to % per cent.
great proportion OF those who re-
ceived prompt payments were paid with
funds borrowed by local boards OF edu-
cation, who were required to pay from
to IL 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 81 600 600 and that
these advances cost at least $4,000 in
interest or discount
Loss Of Efficiency.
Thus Il is clear that the waste In
money due to delayed remittances from
an equal loss In efficiency resulting from
the indifference fostered by the faul.y
and difficult method OF financing the
schools
with $1,000 900 more revenue avail
able during the spring and summer
months the State would be able TO make
prompt monthly remittanceS TO the
tiCallN 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 to make
prompt monthly payments as due on the
appropria ton TO the public schools
The Information gathered as the re-
suit OF the investigation above referred
70 Is on file in the Executive Office sub
feet to your wishes.
Economy In Appropriations.
While there has been a gratifying in
crease in the taxable valuations OF the
property in the State yet the demands
for expenses TO maintain schools and
other educational institutions and the