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TRADE EDITION’.
A BRIEF STORY
OF SOME
THE ATITEN> BANNER. ‘TRADE EDITION.
OF THESUPERB ADVANCE =
OF OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
voice culture, the best teachers in the
country are emp'oyed nnd through their
efficient work Lucy Cilb I ntitule hu.
gained mnch reputation. Art, orator',
literature mid various branches of lean •
tOR ate fangilt ill re wtfn rare sncre-«
The atteiidaece this e* rsion hs* pa*-e.
beyond all previous records nt.d it baa;
been necessary for several of rh« yoanc
ladies to secure boarditiR pi ice. near the
school, the d ormitory rtom haring h en
exhausted
The Athens ci'y schools stand in e
class to themselves. Tin r« is no eys'ern
in Georgia or the south that holds a*
nuh rank They are held np as tt.e
model systi m in tilts sec. ion of the com.
r.rj and people from vurinns states come
to Athens from time to Mine to in«peo’
rh-m mid receive new ami improved
ideas
Pi,,, c i- toard of education, presided
,,vi r i s I bin. John I). M. 11, i- a body nl
,, lt 7 „ n . « hose eonstant • H uts and at,
t ntiiin have made this system the Rtory
o' 'I." city.
Xhrse schools were rstab'i«hed in 18811
•old I rul. K O Hranson. now | reside i
of the S ite N irmai School, was the
lir.t sup rmtetideut. His rare powir
as an organtz-r wars brought into ser
vice sod i lie Athens ei y scbo ils wer
put on a splendid basts at the V'ry he-
Burning Supt Branson remained e
f,-w tears with ttie Athens schools,
when In resigned to aeeept a position
else* in re, heiuR succeed'd hy P.ol
G. I i. Bond, who is now supt rintendem
I of the system and who is regarded :
A story of the magnificent progress of
Athens wonld be Incomplete without
mention of the State Normal Sohool and
other edooatlonal institutions.
The State Normal School during the
past year has had a phenomenal growth.
It was one of the greatest educational
institutions in the state; now without
disparagement of any of the others it
may be truthfully declarod to be the
greatest, so far as the accomplishment
of the greatest good for the greatest
number is concerned.
Preaident Bransen has proved himself
to be a prodigy In tho way of sneoessf nl
management of the institution and the
rapid advancement of it* interests. He
bai had the aotlve oo operatlon of a very
able faoulty, in fac the ablest faculty of
any institution of Its kind in the South.
A condensed statement of the advance
made by this Institution during the past
year Is as foUows: J
The addition of the department of do-
mestlo arts and sotenoes. made possible
tbrongh the generosity of Mr. Geo Fos
ter Peabodv. who eonipped it and pays
the salaries of the teachers In charge of
it; the vast Improvement of the cooking
school, whloh work was sided wonder
folly by the help of Mr. Robert 0. Og.
den; the addition of sti new members of
the fscnltr. whloh even now is not Urge
enough to meet the demands of the
sohool! the great advance made In the
department of manual training and art
education ; the seonrlDg of two hurdr-d
free scholarships through the generoiity
of scores of patriotlo Georgia men and
women and the General Kduoattou
Board ; the gift of a new |10 OliO prac'ic
school bnlldiog by Mr. Peabody, whloh
is also to be be equipped at his expeuse;
theocmpletlonof a library of <ver fl»<
thousand volumes, a library that would
be a credit to many older and larger In
stitutions ; the beginning of the con
struction of the Winnie D»vt. MemorHl
ball; the increase of the attendance upon
the school to a point wnere more than
four hondred and fifty Georgia teacher,
are now partaking of the advantage, of
thin institution, and the general im
provement both aa to equipment aim
curriculum of every department of the
sohool.
This is a year's record of which any
body of educators and their friend,
should feel especially proud. Georgia in
proud of this record and will recogniz-
it lu every proper way.
There are many needs at this institu
tion that will be met as rapidly as possl
ble Among theae are a dining tall
wloe as Urge aa the present hall; dor
WINNIE LMVI-t VKMOHIvi, IM! 1,
mitory room tor three hundred more |
teachers ; recitation rooms, at least don - !
ble the number and stae of the present
recitation rooms ; a larger family in nr-1
der to give a more ronipl.t" and more
satisfactory training to the teachers at
tending there Tll-.e are some of tin
argent needs that must he attended to
if the school is to do its full duty. Th<
friends of the institution are sangnin-
that all these necessities will be provided
at no distant date.
I.uey Cobb Institute, founded ill 18,18,
by General Thnuiae It R. Cutib, is an-
nther of the educational Institutions of
Athens that has made a great reputation
for the city. This school, which is at
present in charge of Miss Mildred Ruth
erford, as principal, has s-nt out a-
graduates hundreds of the best known
and most enltnnd women of the state.
The contribution of Lucy 0,,bb lustitar
to Georgia throngh her gradnat-s ha.
been beyond compntatioo.
Within recut years the facilities o'
the Institute have been greatly improver
and the curriculum steadily raised. Tin
improvement in the department ot
music has been especially marked Thi
department has now reached the high
water mark of excellence. In all th,
branches of instrumental music, piano,
organ, violin, etc., in the d parfment of
HOW ,T. D. WELL. PREP. BOARD OFjE UO-TION.
hroughnnt the south aaone of the ablest
superintendents in the country.
Supt. Bond has devoted the bsst enet-
gies of his life to the nphnildtng of the
Athens Gity Schools. His . ffnrta have
been directed along lines that h ivp
prnv d to he most b-neflrial. Year by
year the schools have advanced in use
fulness end the system has been im
proved.
Washington Sr., School is presided
over hy Frank M. Harper, as principal.
Prof. Harper Is one of the best equipped j
mi g educators in the state. He ma -
ifests u great deal of interest in the lm
provement of Georgia, teaohers and re
cently has done much valuable work In
oanva.sliig for the snbscriptinn to the
fund beirg raised fer the Athens Sunt,
mer School nr xt year.
Prof Kiward B Mell, a son of the
l,te Chancellor P H. Mell, of the Uni
verslty of Grorgia, who inherits much
of the ability of his distinguished fath
er, Is principal of Buxrer Street Sohool
Mrs. F. K. Freeman and Miss Annh
Patman, two of the be-t equipped bulbs
in Georgia, are principals of Meigs
Street and Oconee Street Schools res
pectively.
The two colored schools are also In
oharge of very competent colored edu
cators.
TneKi-1 Athens Night School is nit*
O’her ecncatloual lm-tltoilm that s
doing much ben.flotal work In this oily.
It was established a few years since fry
a nornb-r of the good women of Athens
and.a the leadership of Mrs W. II,
Young. At first the school ecctipird a
vacant store ro< in on Occur e street.
Year hv yeer ir increased lu aitendeiico
until It became necessary have a li rgo
schrol bolding. Generons friends nrar'e
up the necessary #1,000 and the city of
Athi ns gave a lot on O ik street. Tho
sohool now occupies a handsome and
commodious building there and has jnst
bought another building on an adjoin
ing lot which will be remodeled and
used for a model home where the do
mestic sciences will be taught.
This school has accomplished worlds
of good in affording an education to
scores of children who otherwise wonld
not have seenred it. More than a dozen
grown men, voters ard heads of families
have been taught to r ad and write at
this institntlon, and numbers of those
who have attended there have secured
lucrative employment by virtue of the
education they tecelved there. It is not
entirely improbable that a mannal train
ing department will be added there at
an early date.
The Athens Yonng Men’s Christian
Association, which occupies tin #18,000
home on the corner of Lumpkin and
Clayton streets, in addirion to Its splen
did religions work among the boys and
ronng men of the oity, ns well as the
srndeuts of the University, has certain
"durational features of value. Its work
tr directed by a most efficient and oon-
-ecrated secretary, Mr. Walter T. Forbes.
The people of Athens have manifested
| i deep and abiding interest in the Bust
Athens Night School and quite a num
ber of oitizens have rendered It valuable
servioe.
While not attimpting to enumerate
a'l who have been kind to tit's institu
tion, It is net out of p ace to mention
Ool. M. G. Michael, who has in vari
ous ways eucturiged the pupils at
that school to strive to excel in ell
department; Mr. II. 13. Ohoa'e, who
conducted without expense to the school
its first classes in bookkeeping, Mr K.
K, Hodgson. Jr., who also conducted the
bookkei ping olasses and wh.se i ffnrts
were especially iff.ctire in securing the
contributions hy which the new sohool
building was made possible and the new
model home is to lie ereoted on ;the lot
adjoining the East Athens Night Sohool
building.
LUCY COBB INSTITUTE.
SENKY-STOVALL CHAPEL.