Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-25
Massachusetts Tech Inspires
Georgians TO Lay Plans for
Greater Georgia Tech Dr1Ue
Ry JOHN PASCyALL

| the Digest city IN the WOFIu. nav
| ing seen the biggest soap factory,
| the biggest PRODUCERS of electric ma
| chinery and the biggest technical
| schools in the world, nothing short of
| New York City could hold any inter
| est for this party of seekers after
| information.
While we do not expect traffic to
| be seriously disarranged by our tour
| of this town. we have become accus-
| toned to creating quite stir
wherever we have been, and nothing
| short of front-page position in the
newspapers and milk-fed chickens
will make us believe that New York
| is any bigger than Cincinnati, Pitts
burg, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Boston
or Cambridge. A glance at the pro-
gram mapped out for the day leaves
| the Georgia party in happy frame
| of mind, confident that old Gotham
| is not lacking in appreciation OF the
Importance of the Georgia Ie"h IN
duStrial tour.
Arriving at 1880 o'clock the tour
| lists breakfasted at the Pennsylvania
| hotel and were given a cordial wei
come by a committee of citizens. An
automobile trip down Fifth avenue
| to the city hall and an official well
| come by Mayor Hylan were were
| next on the program. Then came a
| visit to the Brooklyn navy yard, ana
| a peep at the new battleShip TenneS-
see, luncheon at the Biltmore hotel
! as the guests of the New York Mer-
| chants association. a reception at
| the Engineering Society building
and the annual banquet of the Geor,,,
| gia society Of New York were to fill
| out the days engagements.
AS a result 70 the thoughtfulness
| of the Fourth National bank. OF At
| lanta the Tech party partook of the
courtesies of the Woolworth tower
as guests of the Irving National
bank, of New York. which has its
offices in the tower. Governor Dor
sey received a telegram Saturday
| from Charles [. Ryan, vice president
| Of the Fourth National bank, invlt-
| ing the entire Georgia party to in
spect the tallest building in the
world. and the tourists expressed
their pleasure at the compliment.
Leaving at midnight for Washing
ton the Georgians will spend half
day and return home in time for
the Thanksgiving game between
vision of Tech Tomorrow
The objective of this tour was
reached Monday when the Georglans
arrived at the Massachusetts lnstl-
tute of Technology, for, 1t was to
see this great school and to inspect
it's wonderful plant that the tour
was planned and carried out. The
reason is easy to comprehend. Geor-
gia Tech was established after q
visit to this wonderful school by
men of vision many years ago. That
the business men of the state might
visualize the possibilities of Georgia
Tech, that they might appreciate its
value to the industrial development
of the state, that they might see
| how this institution is vital neces-
sity to their own prosperity, Dr..
| Matheson brought 127 leaders to the
| city of Cambridge, a city with an
educational investment of 100000
| 900.
That DR.. Matheson had real
vision and a real inspiration when
| he organized the tour was demon
strated at the Massachusetts Institute
| of Technology on Monday, when with
enthusiastic unanimity the members
| of the tour pledged their whole
! in an educational campaign that is
destined to bring about an industrial
revolution in the empire state. Geor-
gians have seen what technical
schools have done for the develop
ment of the north and east, and they
viii never be content until they have
| converted the people of Georgia IN
| a great Industrial revival.
Committee Named
1t was unanimously voted Monday
| to perfect an organization that would
crystalline the results of this tour and
utilize them for a greater Tech and
| a greater industrial Georgia. com
mittee of twenty-five representative
! members of the tour from every sec
| ton of the state was named and It
will be this committees duty to
realize the hopes that have been
justly aroused by this remarkable
| trip.
Members of the committee are:
| Governor Hugh NJ. Dorsey, eX-officto;
| B. Miff1in Hood, Atlanta; Benjamin
foe y~h al 10 r &
| Atlanta; j. M. Smith, Augusta; s.
T. Wright, Waycross; J. B. Abrams,
| Brunswick; Porter Pierpont. Savan-
nah; Joseph w. 9th, Reidsvlle; j.
/ A. Vaudeville, Carrollton; J: B. Key,
| Columbus; Harrison HightoWer,
Point; w. J. -Vereen, Moultrie; w. L.
| Rohuck. Cordele; j. ". Parker, Pei
| ham; Homer Williams, Thomasville;
Guy Northcutt, Marietta; George w
| Hamilton. Dalton; w. w. Mundy, &C.
| dartown; Rev. H. F. Saumenig,
Teasley. Hartwell; R. w. Parker
| Madison; w. E, Dunwoody, Jr., Ma
| con; Redding Simms. Washington
Frank Lawson, Dublin; Frank A
Bowden, Thomson.
| That Georgia is already awake
| that it is ready for the gospel of in
dustrial salvation. was made evident
| by the announcement that already
| over fifty organizations in various
parts of the state have requested
| speakers from among the men on
this tow to tell what they have seen
and how Georgia can profit by the
knowledge gathered. Wickes Wam-
bolt, who is directing the greater
| Tech campaign and who worked out
| the details of this trip with consum-
ranging for the speakers. In fact
| it became evident that nearly every
one of the 1877 business men We're
ready to talk for Tech. Men who
have not been accustomed to public
| speaking have been so stirred owe!
what they have seen that they al
ready feel the oratorical impulse
| Georgians are hereby put on notice
| that an industrial revival is about
to be held in every city and hamlet
of the state, and they might as well
prepare to hear the gospel.
Mr.. Wambolt called for testimony
at the luncheon at MASSACHUSETTS,
Tech Monday and the industrial sin
| ners flocked to the mourners' bench
| They had been converted to the cause
of technical education and they an
nounced themselves ready to go ou'
and tell the world about it. Before
| Christmas every Rotary club, every
| Kiwanis club, every Civilian club anG
every board of trade and other bust.
ness organization in Georgia viii
| have heard the message Oh lnuuS IRA
| salvation. 1t is message OF opium
| ism, of business opportunity, of in.
dustrial prosperity. 1t is a call tc
Georgians to claim the riches thai
nature has thrown in their path anC
| to put Georgia on the map as great
| manufacturing state.
Governor Coolidge Strikes Keynote
The meeting at Massachusetts
| Tech was the climax of the tour sc
| far as it's real purpose and signifl
canoe are concerned. The day was
too cold and raw and wet, and moth
ing but a great idea could have
stirred the enthusiasm of the visi
tors But the cordial welcome of the
officials of the Massachusetts Tecf
and of Governor Coolidge, the vict
president-elect, warmed up the Geor.
gians and prepared them for DR.