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Educational Nelvs and Progress
It is rumored that Dr. George Adam Smith will
be tendered the principalship of Glasgow Univer
sity. to succeed Dr. Story, lately deceased.
Columbia University was chartered as King’s
College in 1754. The name was changed to Colum
bia College in 1784 and to Columbia University in
1896.
Ernest Collmer, a University of California stu
dent of the class of ’O7, has been appointed Ameri
can Vice-Consul at Tsingchao, China, the sixth
university man to be honored with an appointment
to a consulate position.
Prof Zamenhof of Russia, the compiler of Esper
anto, the “international language,” is a native of
Bialystok, the scene of the massacre. His father
and his grandfather were teachers of languages.
He is an oculist. Four languages are spoken in his
native town, and this fact created in him the idea
of forming an international language.
Dr. Thomas Hume, for twenty-two years profes
sor of English Literature in the University of
North Carolina, has offered his resignation to take
effect next June. The Board of Trustees has con
ferred on him the honor of professor emeritus, and
he has been granted an annuity from the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Education, an
honor which has come to only two other South
erners.
Among the gems of a collection of school boy
jokes are the following: “The star chamber was
a. room decorated with stars, in which tortures were
carried out. From this we have the modern ex
pression Ho see the stars’-—that is, to be in pain.”
“The Duke of Marlborough was a great general,
who always fought with a fixed determination to
win or lose.” “The name of Caesar’s wife was
Caesarea. She was above suspicion.” “Socrates
died from a dose of wedlock.”
Miss Cornelia Cooper and J. Walter LeCraw
were the winners of the silver loving cup and the
gold medal offered by the Joseph Habersham Chap
ter Daughters of the Revolution for the best essay
written by the students of the Atlanta Girls’ High
School and the Atlanta Boys’ High School. The
cup and medal are given each year by the Chapter,
and much interest is taken in the contest. Winning
it, in view of the number of contestants, is consid
ered a very distinguished honor.
Boys’ High School Notes.
in connection with the regular meeting of the
Alciphronian Literary and Debating Society, on
Friday, February 22, the students of the Boys’
High 'School, held special exercises in commemora
tion of the birthday of George Washington. The
following program was rendered:
“Washington as a Patriot, Abraham
Schwartz.
“Washington as a President.” Frank Pirn.
“Comparison of Washington With Other Great
Generals of History,” L. V. Foster.
“Washington as a Popular Idol of America,’
Lucien Wyatt.
“Washington’s Family,” John Blodgett.
“Washington as a General in the Revolution.
Carlisle Smith.
■‘Washington as a Character,’ XX illis Milner.
J. W. LeCRAW,
Correspondent Atlanta Boys High School.
Emory Speakers.
The Junior and Senior speakers at Emory 1907
commencement have been selected. They are as
follows:
Senior Class—J. 0. A. Bickley, Dublin, Ga.;
S. Y. Brinkley, Thomson, Ga.: P. E. Bryan.
Wrightsville, Ga.; Joseph Duval. * arteis\ille, Ga.,
The Golden Age for February 28, 1907.
W. L. Bryan, Wrightsville, Ga.; Kemp Malone,
Brunswick, Ga.; J. G. Stipe, Carrollton, Ga.; W. A.
Woodruff, Porterdale, Ga.
Junior Class —R. M. Arnold, Waycross, Ga.; A.
E. Dewar, Largo, Fla.; S. C. Haddock, Shellman,
Ga.; L. M. Lester, Girard, Ga.; R. M. McGhee,
Rome, Ga.; I. T. Pearson, Richland. Gia.; M. W.
Smith, Clinton, Ga.; G. C. White, Macon, Ga.
The eight men from each class have been awarded
their places as speakers on account of having made
the highest average in their respective classes for
the past two terms. The Senior class, at present,
contains fifty members, and the Junior, about thir
ty-five.
Large Educational Gifts.
Following is a list of the larger gifts made to
colleges, libraries, etc., of recent years by rich
Americans. This includes, of course, only those
benefactions which have mounted into the millions:
Andrew Carnegie, libraries, etc .. .. $115,006,000
John D. Rockefeller, educational funds 90,239,000
Mrs. Leland Stanford, university, etc .. 33,000,000
P. A. B. Widener, home for crippled
children 9,000,000
Stephen Girard, Girard College . . . . 8,000,000
William Marsh Rice, Rice Institute .. 6,000,000
Marshall Field, Field Columbian Msm 5,000,000
George Peabody, educational benefac-
tions 7,000,000
D. B. Fayerweather, various colleges . . 4,000,000
A. J. Drexel, to Drexel Institute .. . . 3,000,000
Josephine L. Newcombe, to Tulane Uni-
versity 3,000,000
Samuel S. Guppies, to Washington Uni-
versity, St Louis 2,500,000
David Rankin, gift to Industrial School 2,000,000
Penny School Lunches.
Two years ago a little girl fainted in the school
room of the public school of Milwaukee which she
was attending. Examination by a physician es
tablished the fact that she was suffering from mal
nutrition. It was learned that she was accustomed
to going to school each morning from her home
in the Polish district without breakfast. Her
family was very poor indeed. This incident, made
public through the newspapers, was the beginning
of a system of penny lunch stations established
in connection with the public schools by the Wo
man’s School Alliance and supported by public
contributions, a system so unique, so practical and
so effective in the reduction of nervousness and rest
lessness in the schools that it has become a per
manent institution and has attracted the atten
tion of cities in all parts of the United States. .
Among the more recent requests for detailed infor
mation are those from the Society for the Physical
Betterment of Children of New York City, the
Associated Charities of Buffalo in behalf of the
woman’s clubs of that city, and Minneapolis.
Peculiar enough, a gambler was associated with
the little girl in furnishing the inspiration of the
movement. John McCoy, at that time an aiderman
and proprietor of a saloon and gambling establish
ment. did not dismiss the fainting incident with a
passing thought of pity. He publicly declared
himself as believing that hundreds of children in
the public schools went breakfastless, urged the
need of an investigation into conditions and offered
to start a fund with a SSO contribution, and to be
come a regular subscriber to it in such sum as
might seem desirable if some woman’s club or other
organization would see to the administration of
it. David S. Rose, then mayor of the city, dupli
cated the offer, and there was a considerable fund
pledged before there was any definite plan for
using it.
Then the Woman’s School Alliance became in
terested in the project. With a membership of in--
fluential women from all parts of the city it had
been instrumental in obtaining many reforms in the
schools, better sanitation, better janitor service.
more attractive rooms, and, in some instances, new
school buildings. With the aid of the principals
and teachers its members started an investigation.
The number of children who came to school with
out breakfast was astounding. In the foreign dis
tricts it was found to be no uncommon thing for
parents to leave for work early in the morning,
making no provision for the children’s lunch or
breakfast beyond perhaps a loaf of dry bread and
a pot of cold black coffee. In some instances the
children were locked out of doors at noon, a hunk
of bread being left for them in an entryway or a
shed.
After consideration of several plans the alliance
opened a penny lunch station in connection with the
Fifth District School. It was an experiment, but
so successful did it prove that the plan has govern
ed the entire system, with one exception. There
are now nine of these stations, and two more are
to be opened in the near future. With the except
tion of the one for the school for the deaf, each
station is in a private home near the school which
it serves. The housewife is the matron, and each
noon she provides the lunches for the children sent
to her by the teachers.
Gems From the School Room.
Charon was a man who fried soles over the sticks.
Simon de Montfort formed what was known as
the Mad Parliament—it was something the same as
it is at the present day.
An abstract noun is one that cannot be felt,
heard, seen, touched or smelt.
Cromwell raised a famous body of soldiers known
to history as “The Ironclads.”
The Tories objected to the passing of the Reform
bill because they thought that the House of Com
mons would soon be filled with republicans and sin
ners.
The snow-line stretches from the north pole to
the south pole, and where it crosses the Alps and
the Himalayas it is many thousand feet high in the
air.
The Transvaal is situated on a plateau four
thousand miles high, and produces large crops of
serials.
Mortmain tried to stop dead men from leaving
their land to churches.
The heart is over the ribs in the midst of the
borax.
A thermometer is an instrument for measuring
temperance.
From a composition: “His spirituous nature
caused him to be loved by all.”
The chairman replied in a few appropriated
words.
A toga is a sort of naval officer usually found in
China or Japan.
Marconi is used to make delicious puddings.
In 1234 A. D. the A. D. shows that it is A Date.
A good deal of paper is now made of Esperanto
grass.
Contralto is a low sort of music which only la
dies sing.—University Correspondent.
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Mr. John I). Rockefeller has offered to donate
$2,000,000 to the endowment of a University at
Louisville, Ky., if citizens will raise a similar
amount.
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A Word From the Wise.
(Scene—The Summit of Vesuvius). —American
Tourist (to the w r orld at large)—“Great snakes, it
reminds me of hell!” -
English Tourist—“My dear, bow these Americans
do travel!”—Punch.
Unexpected.
(From 'thei Cleveland Ledger.)
“Pa, pa. Willie’s out to the bairn smoking!”
“Eh! You tell him to come right in the houee
if he wants to smoke. The barn ain’t iusured I ”
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