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KIWANIANS
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URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION ON
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE NEEDS
“With the legislature in session
and public sentiment all over Geor¬
gia 1 aroused to the necessity of taking
definite steps for the improvement,
rehabilitation and expansion of the,
state’s educational system the time
has come- the Zero hour”~-for tan-,
gibie^concerted, enthusiastic action.”
This is the emphatic declaration of
Harold Hirsch, prominent Atlanta
lawyer and former president of the
University of Georgia Alumni Asso
ciation. Mr. Hirsch is chirman of the |
Citizens’ Educational Movement, and
in an interview given The Week” i
furnishes facts and figures to show ]
beyond Egging any doubt that Georgia is j
1 behind even her sister Sou
them States in education and that ;
something tangible must be done and
quickly—if this State is to keep pace
even with the more backward States
of the union in education.
* • One fourth of the children of
of school not 1
Georgia age are even
enrolled in school,” he pointed out.
“A second fourth of the children of
the state have only six months of
school-or less a year. |
“More than this, he declares that
no State appropriation worthy of
mention has been made for college ;
or university buildings in Georgia in j
Twenty years, which is in itself an¬
other challenge to the leadership of :
Georgia.
Continuing Mr. Hirsch said:
The Citizens’ Education Movement
rejoices that in response to the call
of the Governor, the Georgia Educa¬
tion ^Association and scores of high
minded citizens and newspapers, we
have come up to the meeting of the
General Assembly with an aroused
sentiment in favor of progress in
educatian. Whatever qlse the legisla¬
tors of Georgia that may the think, citizens they of cer- this j
tainly know
state ar^ depending upon them for |
an aggressive program in behalf of
our schools and colleges.
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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1925.
<< All of us know that Georgia has
fearfully neglected her State col
There are times when we
glorify them for their miracu¬
accomplishments;—for the loyal
ty of their alumni in raising funds
supply equipment which should
come from the state; for the
they have builded in the
the sturdy leaders they have
Likewise there are times
we should celebrate the victo
ries of our public schools won in
of constitutional provisions
which handicapped no other states;
phenomenal growth of our ac
high schools, the brave coun
and cities which have issued
and constructed scores of mod
school buildings, and then voted
,
maintenance taxes until they
actually suffering, that their
might be educated.
“But this year we are taking
‘We can never attain the bet
ter until we take a good look at the
In the past we moved at a
snail’s pace in education while other
not so handicapped as we tnov
at a ra P’^ rate- I n the recent past
have quickened our pace. But if,
wt ' w<lU ^ galn * e ^ oa an ao !
far behind must break into , {
we
run! We are still among the trail¬
There is no disloyalty to Geor- 1
when her strongest citizens point
the record and call for a new ef¬
How can we set our pace to j
j n un i ess we bnow the rate of our
progress and the speed of other
states ?
“Consider the facts:
’
“Georgia spends less per inhabitant
on education than any other southern
'Georgia’s investment in public
school property is less per pupil than
other southern state,
One-fourth of the children in
school , , have only , a six months term .
less. !
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1925.
Friendships
“If I were asked to give advice to a group of young men
who wanted to get ahead in the world” said a successful old
man, 'I would say ‘Make friends.’ Looking back over a long
life, can see that much of what the world calls my success is
due to what friends have done for me. As sit before the
fire and allow my mind to run buck over the years, I see that
many of the results which in my youth 1 credited to business
ability, came because I had made influential friends. They did
for me because they liked me. Any man who is right will
attract friends because of his rightness, We all get what be
longs to us.”
There is no finer product of Kiwanis than the friendships
formed in it. True enough, friendship formed with the hope of
gain ceases to be friendship, True enough, the only way to
make friends is to be one. But Kiwanis offers opportunities
for men who know each other. Men who are right need only
know each other to like each other. Such likings ripen into
warm friendships which offer opportunities for each of the
pair to give help to the other without thought of selfishness.
The warm friendships developed in Kiwanis are the lubri¬
cants which grease the wheels of life and make it more worth
the living. Let any man who has been a Kiwanian two years
take stock of the friendships made there; he will also take
stock of himself. If the friends made are few, he is lacking.
If his friends be many, he has taken full advantage of his
opportunities to do friendly acts for many people.
N EXT meeting, following the peach season recess, on
Friday, August 7. Dues were payable July 1. Send
Your check to Secretary E. G. Clark.
‘‘One-fourth of the children
school age are not even enrolled
school.
“Georgia’s average salary to
ers is $600-—next to the lowest
southern states.
a Thirty-two per cent of all
gia teachers are still in one room
schools.
“Fifty-five percent of
teachers have only a high school
cation or less.
“County superintendents are elect¬
ed by the people and are not select¬
ed on a basis of training and equip¬
ment for their work.
<< Ten counties have half the wealth
of the state and only one-fifth of the
teachers. Forty counties are so poor
that a 50 mill tax would not give
decent education to the children.
. Forty counties do not tax them¬
selves properly for education.
Georgia spends twenty-eight cents
p er white inhabitant on colleges—
s ou th Carolina four times as much—
Mississippi three times as much—
North Carolina and Virginia twice
as much.
“The value of Georgia’s state col
j eg . e property is $1.62 per capita—
South Carolina’s, $4.94—Mississippi’s
$ 3 . 18 —North Carolina’s, $2.72—Flor
Ida’s, $2.48.
«jyj 0 s t a te appropriations worthy of
mention bave been ma <le for college
and university buildings for twenty
yearg
Georgia ranks last in appropria¬
tions per student enrolled in its state
university, technical college and wo
men’s colleges.
In conclusion Mr. Hirsch sets forth
figures showing that Georgia is am
ply able to provide the funds needed
to bring the educational system up
to a reasonable state of efficiency.
'Georgians should get behind
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( bond issue for buildings for schools
and colleges,” Mr. Hirsch suggests
as a remedy, ‘A bond issue for
school and college buildings, for a
county unit system, for a stronger
state department of education, for
better maintenrmce for our schools
and colleges and a special state
equalization fund to help rural
schools in the poorer counties. FI
GIRL STRUC DUMB
St. Charles, 111.—Angered by the
haunts of her companions at play,
Maud Walker, aged 11, lost the pow¬
er of speech completely but is ex¬
pected to recover in a few weeks.
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