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This Is Important.
We think this is a good time for the business de
partment to have a word with our readers. The
business end of a paper is not usually known to
the readers. They come to know the editors and
the contributors, but do not seem to realize that
their acquaintance with the editors would be of
short duration were it not for the man in the busi
ness department who is looking after the financial
details of the paper. His work is varied and unlim
ited in its nature, and requires the very closest ap
plication and thought to the welfare of the paper.
So it is well that the readers come to know him.
In launching The Golden Age it was the purpose
of its founders to establish a representative family
paper for our Southland. It was not the intention
of its founders that it should be like any other pa
per published. It has no pattern, but rather prides
itself on being a paper that is different. It has
sought to be original, and has sought to stand for
something unique in modern journalism. It does not
consider literary standards, but rather goes after
the hearts of the people. Not that we ignore litera
ture, for we publish each week some article of real
literary merit. But we have tried to give the mass
es of the people something that they would under
stand and appreciate.
The very best evidence we have that we have
succeeded is found in the size of our subscription
list. It amounts to Twelve Thousand. This is a
remarkable growth. Some people do not understand
it. But we are not satisfied with what we have ac
complished. We want a still larger list —we con
fess that we are ambitious to double the list as
quickly as possible.
Our ideal has been that every reader of The
Golden Age should feel like he has a personal in
terest in the paper. We want every reader of The
Golden Age to feel like he is a member of The
Golden Age family. That’s the idea precisely. We
want a feeling of fellowship to prevail among our
readers, so that when they meet one another, wheth
er it be in the South or in the North, in Europe or
Asia, they will feel that they are comrades. Such is
the spirit of the promoters of The Golden Age, and
we want every reader of the paper to be imbued
with the same spirit.
We want you to be possessed with this spirit, and
to feel a personal interest in the paper, not only be
cause we believe it will contribute to your pleasure
and sense of satisfaction, but because it will also
contribute to the prosperity of the paper. You see
we are frank. We speak plainly. We take you
into our confidence. That’s why the business man
ager is having this talk with you. He wants you
to have a larger interest in the paper than the mere
question of whether it is worth the price asked for
it. Such a notion smacks of the mercenary spirit.
The members of The Golden Age staff are not pos
sessed of that spirit. If they were they wouldn’t
be publishing The Golden Age. They are faithful
ly trying to help the people by giving the people
a pure, wholesome paper that is not tied down to
any provincialism whatsoever. And they want the
readers of the paper to help them.
Now, the business manager is planning a canvass
for at least Three Thousand New Subscribers be
tween this and Christmas, and he wants to enlist
the hearty, active co-operation of every old sub
scriber and reader. He wants you to renew you!
own subscription; he wants you to secure as many
new subscribers as you can; he wants you to tell
your neighbors and friends about the paper; he
wants you to send for sample copies to show your
your friends; he wants you to co-operate in every
way possible to advance the interest of the paper.
Why? Because it is your paper, and you ought to
be interested in its growth.
He does not ask you to do this for nothing, but,
rather, he proposes to pay you liberally for ynur
work, and in addition to that he promises to put
the increase in revenue back into the paper for sev
eral years to come in making it better and better.
The paper is not being published for the money it
can make, but for the good it can do. Will you not
join The Golden Age family and help make it the
best and purest paper in all the land? If so, write
the business manager telling him you will co-oper
ate in the work for the advancement of the paper.
The Golden Age for August 29, 1907.
He will appreciate it, and will take pleasure in
sending you sample copies, if you want them, and
will also tell you what he will pay you for your
work. Write to him at once. Do it now, lest you
forget to do it later. Yours cordially,
The Business Manager.
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Words are little things, but they strike hard. We
utter them so easily that we are apt to forget their
hidden power. Fitly spoken, they act like sun
shine, the dew, and the fertilizing rain; but when
unfitly, like the frost the hail, and the devastating
tempests.
What Will a University Education Do
For Your Boy?
FOR YOUR BOY?
The State declares that your son may have the
first twenty-one years of his life to prepare for the
duties of citizenship. Parents should give him the
best possible training. To help you train him, the
State has founded and maintains the State Univer
sity. If he will take advantage of the opportuni
ties offered there, you should help him secure an
education.
Why? Because: 1. It will increase his earning
capacity. 2. It will increase his chances for suc
cess. 3. It will enable him to form enduring friend
ships. 4. It will give him a clearer vision and a
wider horizon. 5. It will fit him for companion
ship with the wisest and the best. 6. It will better
prepare him for service to the people. 7. Georgia
needs the best service the young man can give.
Her University was built for him and standi
ready to help him.
WHAT WILL IT COST?
Board at Denmark Dining Hall, $8.50 per month;
Room in University Dormitory, $2.00 per month;
Matriculation, Library and Literary Society Fees,
$17.00 per year; other expenses, such as books, laun
dry, etc., S4O to SSO a year; in private families, to
tal expenses from, S2OO to S3OO a year.
WHAT IS OFFERED.
1. Bachelor of Arts Course. 2. Bachelor of Sci
ence Course. 3. Electrical Engineering. 4. Civil
Locust Grove Institute
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Fall Term begins September 3rd. For Catalog
and information address
CLAUDE GRAY, Pres.,
Locust Grove, Ga.
"The He st TLber.”
Let me thank you for the very best issue of The
Golden Age I have ever seen—and you know I think
they are all good. Your “ Friendship Letter to Sax
loon Keepers in Georgia” is one of the best things
that ever came from your pen. It is manly, kind
and Christian in tone and will do great good. God
bless you in your great work. M. K. Thornton.
Think twice before you speak. And even then,
nine times out of ten, the world won’t lose anything
if you keep quiet.
Engineering. 5. Agricultural Courses, 3 mos. 1
year, and 4 years. 6. Pharmacy, two years’ course.
7. Law, two years’ course. 8. A course for teach
ers. 9. Graduate Courses. 10. Special Elective
Courses.
EQUIPMENT.
1. Special laboratory buildings for instruction in
Chemistry, and Pharmacy, Biology, Engineering,
Agriculture. 2. Excellent library and academic
equipment. 3. A Faculty of 46 Instructors. 4. Ex
cellent military training and wholesome athletics.
5. A 900 acre farm for teaching Agriculture.
WHO MAY ENTER.
1. Graduates from Accredited Schools. 2. Stu
dents coming from approved colleges. 3. Those who
pass the entrance examinations. 4. Those who prof
itably undertake undergraduate, professional or
graduate work. 5. Teachers and farmers who seek
professional or technical instruction.
The University does not seek patronage for sup
port, but is itself the patron of all who seek its
instruction. It offers opportunities to all who may
profit by them. Over 7,500 Georgians have been
educated at the State University. Men foremost
in Law, Statesmanship, Education, Ministry, Arts,
Finance, Journalism. Fall Term opens September
18th. If you want to know any more about the
work of your University send for Bulletins to
D. C. Barrow, Chancellor, Athens, Ga.
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