Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-01-01
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FROM GEORGIA TECH

The number of Tech students leav-
ing for home last week was three
thousand, and there were 81 home
states besides Cuba and Mexico to
which they scattered There are repre-
scented also at this institution many
foreign countries whose students, of
course are not visiting home on this
short vacation. OF Georgia cities, Sa-
vannah has, besides Atlanta, the larg-
est number OF students at Tech, 80 en-
rolled, and Macon as second with so
students.
ROCHESTERS FAMOUS
The United States bids fair to have
two cities of the same name becoming
world famous. The Mayo brothers,
with their marvellous skill, have made
Rochester, Mimi, a medical Mecca
for suffering humanity the world over,
while George Eastman, of kodak
fame, has expended so much for edu-
cational uses, he has made his home
town of Rochester, N. Y, of world
wide note. Following "a recent gift of
$15,000,000 for education, Eastman
has, during the past week, gone deep
ed into his fortune for a contribution
of $500000 to the Rochester Chamber
of Commerce with which to complete
their building, begun with his first
donation of funds in 1917.
THE NUTTING EXPEDITION
Not at all what it sounds like, is
the adventurous and perhaps Inflated
exploit of VIM. Nutting and three COM
companions setting out from Den
mark on September 8, to follow the
course of the Vikings on their explora
ton trip to the American continent.
Not thing has been heard from them
since they passed the Greenland coast
in their sailing boat, the Lief Ericc
son. On Monday night, three Ameri-
can radio stations broadcasted special
to the Arctic regions. hop
ing trappers returning at this time to
trading POSTS might have some word
of the lost men.
ANOTHER ADVENTURE
Disregarding the probable i11-fate Of
the VIM Nutting expedition, on New
Years Day there will be setting out
from the same British port that Sir
Francis Drake left on his trip of ex-
p1oration $50 years ago, a company
Of English sailors in a three masted
fr;gate called the Marian" for the
purpose Of adventure only. There are
IA mariners in the c,ew carefully Sc
1ected by the captain, Norman Wiki
ms. Of the Royal Naval Reserve, out
of hundreds of applications The mate
has spent 90 years or the sea, always
On a sailing vessel. They mean to fol-
low brakes route as closely as posi-
bic, and with navigation equipment o
similar st3le They will, h.wever, car
ry the mod,rr camera and enema az
parotus and permit themselves III.
luxury of stops at the cities which
have sprung tip along brakes route
They allow themselves five years for
The completed voyage time being no
object in this adventure.
CTnD
When the old capital of Norway,
named Oslo, of 900 years standing,
was laid in ashes 800 years ago, the
ruler of Norway and Denmark, King
Christian, built new one on the 9TH
er side of the bay calling it for him
self, Christiana. Oslo has rebuilt itself
growing up thru the years until the
two cities are one, and the people now
ask for the ancient designation, which
is to be restored on New Years Day.
CHEAP ENOUGH
Showering candy from an airplane
as an advertising stunt over Macon
brought the aviator dill ATTEST dId lIlS
of $40 for the offense of dropping any
thing from an airp1ane. AS bit of
advertising expenses the $40 seems a
small item and hardly prohibitive to
repeated demonstrations of a similar
kind. theoretically, the ban is cor
rect and should everywhere be more
strictly enforced for the protection of
the aviator and the people below, as
such features tempt low flying and
consequent danger to all.
LITERARY QUALIFICATIONS =
All applicants for private and nom
commissioned officers certificates in
the British army must now pass an
examination in literature and general
reading. Thirty selected books must
be read before an examination will be
given.