Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-31
TEE COUNTRY HOME
BY MRS. ~. II. FELTON

AS for the colleges cut off their appropria-
tions for three years as an experiment and let
the students that attend these colleges pay
their own tuition. The tuition is a very small
part of the expenses of attending college any
way. AS for the religious colleges and in
situations, they are endowed, or may be en-
dowed, by free will contributions, and not by
taxation. By nOn-taXatiOn or non-appropri-
alton to the non-denominational colleges the
attendance then at the UNCONVENTIONAL col
leges will be larger, and if the teachers there
are what they ought to be, then the stu
dents will become real cOnsecrated Chris
tians.
AS for the agricultural colleges, let their
trustees see to it that good worthy and eff
ficent men are placed at their head, And
let those who attend there pay stheir own
tuition. BY this time, through all these
years there ought to be several graduates
of the farmer boys of those agricultural
schools who are willing to teach for rea-
sonable amount, which amount those attend
ing the agricultural schools would be willing
to pay.
We need some charity work done by the
teachers Of our large schools and colleges,
so let those who are competent and who are
sufficiently charitable and willing to teach
for reasonable compensation do the teach
ing. In this way we will get teachers who
will teach for the love of teaching, and not
for the love of money.
The trend of this age is frivolity and
pleasure. 1t is picture shows, dances, card
playing, pool rooms, billiard tables, horse
races, baseball, football, theater-going, negro
minstrels, games of chance, wheels of for
tune, Ferris wheels, pop the whip, and many
things to give you a whirl and a thrill All
of which ought to be discarded at once by
the American people for their good
The resolution of the governors sent out
to the heads of the governments Of the
world was to try the sayings of Jesus for
the prevention Of wars and for the peace of
the world So if we are to go by the say
ngs of Jesus we must of necessity cut out
those frivolities and take our Bibles in hand
and read and study and learn of our great
Creator, and if a conference held in our ma
sion suggests Christianity, which has never
failed when it has been given a fair chance,
ought we of the United States not put it
into practice more than any other nation to
show them that we believe in Christianity
and that we practice what we preach?
Should we not get back to fundamentals and
right living, live at homes have family pray
ers, and consecrated parents giving training
to their own children and teach them to live
economically, industrouslY and spiritually,
which is the very markings of the best citi-
zens of our country?
Too many are fed by the public pap that
ought to be doing something for mankind.
There is too much sel1shness, 100 much
greed, in existence today for the good of our
fellow men.
We of America must call halt and set
the example of true sobriety and real charity
at home, so that other people, other states,
and other countries, may improve by the
good examples that we may set for them,
and for all the different nations of the
earth
W. E. W. sToKELY.