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Y r-v Till A A V VOL I. IMVKIISITV OF (JEOIMJIA, ATHENS, (IA. FAIIY 24,1894. NO. 10 Oi;il ANMVKKS.VU1KS. some of its most useful ami protui- cent men, ami Mr. Alexander is only On Monday morning, Hub. 19, a another link added to the long chain largo audience gathered in the Uni- of illustrious alumni who have been vend tv chapel to he present at the furnished to our State l»y this 93rd anniversary exercises of the society. MON. HOKE SMITH AND WIFE TKHDKuan An i i.aiiouaii and uor- OKOl s HK< Kl’TION. Mrs. A. 1>. I’hinuy tendered the Secretary of the Interior, lion. o soeietv. eluded 1‘rof. Morris expressed him self as highly pleased with the uhil ity of the speakers and after dis cussing tl M > i|ueition, gave his deci sion in favor of the I >cino*llietiian Demosthenian Society. The orator of the day was Mr. II. A. Alexan der, of Atlanta, one of last year's honor men. Music for the occtsion was fur nished by the University oichestra. The subject of Mr. Alexander’s speech was education in Georgia, and its hearing on the development. of her resources and the settlement of public issues already confronting her people, and also those that will inevitably come up.for discussion and settlement. After a short pre face setting forth the nature of his Smith and wife, a reception Tliurs day evening, the equal of which is j rarely seen in the state. Naught was wanting to make the occasion one of the most enjoyable character. theme, he paid a high tribute to Georgia as one of the first of the thirteen original colonies, pointing out her present natural resources - the treasures that lie buried in the bosom .of her mountains, and the rich fertilizers that abound iu the alluvium of her coast. He told of her climate and the variety of her agricultural products and fertility of her soils. The advance muni of the more northern sections iu all tho' arts that go to make up the enlightenment and civilization of a c- an try he attributed to the illil- THK l-ltl KAIM'A ANNIVERSARY. On Thursday occurred the mini versury of the l’hi Kappa Society. It was the 7-1 tli anniversary,and the orator of the day w as Mr. Haul I.. Fleming, a popular Atlanta boy, | and one of the first men of the Sc nior class. Ills subject was the “Achieve incuts of the Cavalier," and he ban j ■ died the theme in a graceful and easy manner, lie pointed out the bold and daring deeds of the cava ; , .... . B decoration was a potted Azalea III Her of the middle age, of Arthur and the Knights of the Hound Ta ble, of the adherents of Charles I., and the crusaders of old, who made A committee w as then appointed to select a new question for a joint delate Saturday, March tilth. A motion was also Hindu and unani mously ad .pled to thank I'rof. Mur 1 lie elegant home ol Mrs. I hiiiizv ris for the aide and impartial man on Millcdgc avenue was adorned with a liountioiis array of ferns, cut (lowers ami potted plants. The drawing room w as handsome decorated with pink enriialiiiiis, American tier in which lie presided. After this the meeting adjourned. A large crowd was present and great interest manifested on holli sides as was evident front the large beauty and Labranee j number of able speakers, and we roses. While the most attractive hope these joint debates will often be repeated. j full bloom, imported from Belgium. , _____ There were many notables prus llieiy pilgrimage to the Holy Shrine in the east and brought ruin to Sa ladili and released the Holy City. He then dwelt on the cavalier of modern limes the old Continentals who followed the tattered Hags of Washington, and those that fought so heroically under Jackson at New Orleans, and last, but not least, he pointed out the achievements of Bartow, the lamented Jackson and the venerable Lee, and their part in the hitter struggle which reduced out coming from nearly every city in the South. The ladies present would easily rival those of any section of the country in both nature’s gift of beauty and in the delicate and ar listic selections of their costumes. The early part of the evening was spent tu the vicinity of the gorgeously arrayed table and near the effervescing wine bowls, while the latter were given to danciitg will ht The following important letter is copied from the Brown Herald: IIOUSK OF UKl’BFSKNTATIVKS, Wasiiinuion, I). Fell. I, 1MM. Mu. K. IS. Anhukwn, l’r*s. I’rovidedoo, K. I. My Dkaii Silt: Under the ruling of the H. t». Dept., all papers pub lished under the auspicHS of college and fraternal societies are uow or to the • lun ii'<l are admission of the question of education on the full development of Georgia mid the settlement of public issues liesbowed to be direct and important. lie litt' lied the members of the legis lature and their action towards the Stale University in a fair and con servative manner, saying that they eracy of her people. The bearing t | )u South to a state of decay from which she has not yet recovered. Mr. Fleming's speech was clothed in pretty language, and delivered | with much force and eloquence. Many were the congratulation* ten dered Inin, and 1‘lii Kappa did her self proud in selecting him as her representative on this occaaion. His were in a manner justified l>y the address t „ t|„. members of Uie soci present status of common school e ty was appropriate and well re education, but claiming that the ce j V cd. He paid a tribute to the improvement of the one was esscu- n ian y illustrious men that this soci lial to that of the other, and that e ty has helped to develop, and spoke they were mutually dependent on touching words of the late II. W. each other, that higher education, Grady. that which fitted a man for the Music was furnished by the I’ui proper excieise of bis civil and so verslly Orchestra, consisting of °ial functions, was not a luxury, as Messrs. Beckett, Boland, Barnwell is claimed by those prejudiced alJ( j Osborne. against our State University, llis -L- - speech was full of facts and good Misses Sadie and Inez Atwood, argument, and showed wherein the of Darien, are spending sometime and sweet small talk. There were about present. We all join iu one accord that it was impossible to have enjoyed our selves more. TUK JOINT DKBATK. I^tst Saturday, Fell. 17tli, being the day appointed for the joint de bate between tile I’hi Kappa and Dciuostlicniaii societies, only a short meeting was boll to arrange fur tile reception of lilt- DcioohiIii-iiiaus. At ltod.'i the meeting was called to order by I'rof. John Morris who bad been selected as the chairman of the meeting. The question for debate was “Kcsolvcd, That the Negro should be Colonized." The I’bi Kappa's took the it tli rota tive and tin- Deliiostlieuian the neg ative side. The debate was characterized by fairness and cour’esy ou both sides future prosperity of our State de- with their sister, Mrs. K. M. \V. and the speeches were sensible and pended upon belter systems of com- Black, who‘resides on Milledge to the point. While I'rof. Morris avenue. They came down to chap- el services last Sunday, and also to the anniversary exercises. mon schools and higher education than now existed within her borders. A people's intelligence is the step ping stone, the germ or the life prin ciple of all oilier lines of progress. Mr. J. II. Mobley is rapidly de Mr. Alexander was widely con-1 velopiug into a typical Milledge gratulated upon hisexcellentspeecb, avenue “sport.” He has recently and the occasion was a very enjoy purchased a crocodile cane, and we able one in all of its details. This naturally look next for the tiger- society Las furnished to the State tail cut-away. made an aide and impartial presid mg officer. The following were the speakers of the Phi Kappa: Cocbran, Fuller, Hofraeyer, Kzzard, W. T. Bacon, Shcarouse, Bean and II- llacon. Of the Damosthenisn: McGregor, Saun ders, Larson, Lindsay, Griffith, ('ar son, Branuen, Floyn, Kyals, Alex ander. Aflei the debate was con mails as second cluss matter and seventy live compelled to pay from eight to six teen limes us much postage as other papers. This is a manifest injustice which bears heavily oil a class of papers published not for pecuniary profit lint in the cause of education and which deserve at least us liberal treatment us any. It is a reproach to the system that cheap novels, the Police Gazette aud such papers are entitled to pos tal privileges denied to the educa tional and fraternal journals. To remedy the manifest injustice Senator Maudersou and myself have each introduced iu our respective Houses of Congress a hill, s copy of which is printed on enclosed poll lions thul should lie circulated in your locality aud signed iu dupli cate, one copy to be forwarded to your Member of 1,'oogr*** and the other to one of the U, S. Senators from your Stale. We need the prompt and earnest support of yourself, authorities of your college, students and friends of education generally iu advocacy of the measure, uud ask you to kiud- ly advise tho professors aud stu dents of your college immediately (as the time is limited in which to act) to write to members of con gress from their borne districts urg i ok, i.i oki> on sworn i*aok.