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SOUTHERN BANNER: JULY 23, 1878. various religoius denominations in the State. -%3d. Want of unanimity by the Hoard in the se> eral changes made in the corps of professors, and sundry modifications of the college cupj- ; culum arc said to have exerted an, unhappy influence upon the tre\Jara of the institution. 3d. The gcnerally received opin ion that the Board of Trustees is too htrgt for effective service ; that ,their : consultations should be more fre quent ; that sufficient time is not al lowed for tho consideration of the important interests of the Universi ty : that in the filling of professor* thins antagonisms exist, based tijxin other grounds than the competency of tho professor to be selected ; that lie Board is lacking in trained edu cators, find contains too many pcliti* dans. There are those too who say that instructors of youth and scien tists are best qualified to determine purely educational questions and dis ciplinary regulations, though it is c tnceded that Iho Buard ough t to lie St representative body. 4th. The baleful effect of the old law, (now happily rescinded) that at the end of every four years all the professorships of the University should be vacated and a new election take place. This rule, it is alleged, cost the University some ot its best talent and ever held the sword of Damocles suspended over the heads of incum bents. It is asserted also that even at this moment the present Faculty are kept in a constant state of disquietude from the knowu differences and antagon isms existing in the Board of Trus tees, and the effort; made to Bupplant •oiue of their number. that the farmers of the State regard ing- their nous as merely elementary factors in the University and liable to bo animadverted upon and consid ered at; occupying an inferior position to. lb? paying students, ;ire many of them too proud to m.V. riculate their Boiis in the Agricultural College of ’Georgia! ; And this, it is said, accounts in part foir tho fact that FIVE-SIXTHS of the free scholarships of the State lie vacant. To overcome this obsta- cl*, two plans have befcn suggested, We learn, and largely advocated. The first to ABOLISH ALL TUITION RATES, or make them merely nominal and ap plicable alike to every student ;' or, Secondly, Give “ihe planters iff Georgia through the State Agricul tural Society, a voice in t lie delibera tions of the Board of Trustees by granting to them at bast font* menv the prescribed ordeal —that this docs away with all objections to tho pres ent system and oi-ens WIDER the field of editcatfon to every class of the community. Moreover, that the old Franklin College curriculum still remains intact, and parents desir ing their sons to pursue it have only to state that fact tot be Faculty and their wishes w ill he duly observed. The above in a brief resume of the arguments on both sides of this ques tion, which is fraught with so much interest to the future welfare of the venerable and much lo ved alma ma ter of hundreds of Georgia’s noblest sons. The Board of Visitors ..have no suggestions to make in tho prem ises, but are content with tho forego ing presentation of all the facts and on dUs so far as can be gathered, which throw light upon the causes of the present deplorable condition of the U diversity. It is for your Ex- The Image of her Mother. —— ----- 1 .• . srsr rttthc ktjsttc- In the Savan nah Wimr News of Saturday, 20th April, wll be commenced a new fcerial •Urymth the above tide, written by a lady of The WnuT News is tbs Largest and Best Weekly IN THEJpDTH. It is a complete newspaper, and contains the latest Telegraphic and i-stnte News, Markets, etc., an Agricultural and Military Department, tl ®* ner# l circulation throughout Subscription, one year |2.00 Sixmonths.. j;o$ Specimen copies sent free. Address j. h. ESTILL, opnll6 Savannah, Ga. hers of that honorable body. Some cellency, tlie Legislature and Trus* 5th. The charge openly made that claim that Imth should he don£ 11th. Much dissatisfaction pre vails because the University library in MtA<MTCAI.LY CLOSED to tlie students, ns no one is allowed to remove from the chamber of a sin gle volume, and the hours of admit tance are not such as to afford free and sufficient access to all. This we regard a reasonable complaint, and if the rule he continued, must prove in jurious to the intellectual progress of the young men and damaging to the University. 12th. The dilapidated and un seemly condition of the dormitories ill the old and new colleges, the neg lected appearance of the Society Kails and other buildings, a general JOHN W. OWEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tccoa City, Ga.| t r Will practice in »U the -swintiei. of the West ern Circuit, Hart and Motlison of the Northern Circuit. Will give special attenion to all claims entrusted to hie core. f oct20-1876-ly. lack of external tidiness, and the all the members of the Boaid of Trus tees are not en rapport with the in terests of the University, someot them even exerting their personal influence iu behalf ot other denominational institutions. This report, even if false, os we (rust wiil be proven, is calculated to do much harm. Oth. It is held by many that the frequent changes in the faculty, and modifications of the curriculum of study have wrought injury to the University. 7th. That the action against the formation of secret societies among the students, exacting pledges neither to join or attend the meetings of these mystic bodies, has been hurtful to the institution. Voting men, it is said, prefer to go to other places where they are allowed greater liberty in a mat ter they consider wholly distinct from, and aside from college duties. True, the tendency of these secret clubs may be, to a certain extent, detrimen tal to the regular literary organiza tions, but the present reported low condition of the Demostlicnean and Phi-Kappa Societies, sufficiently evince that the attempted suppression of their secret rivals has not benefited them, nor, we are credibly informed, exterminated the evil complained of. 8th. The unfortunate sumptuary law inaugurated by the Trustees sev eral years since requiring every stu dent to subscribe a solemn pledge not to pay above a certain sum per month for board, though now repealed, on- gered, it is said, numerous patrous of the University, and hence they send their sons and wards elsewhere. 9th. The diminished requirements for university matriculation it» held, have lowered the standard of educa tion and greatly impair the progress of such slndents as are not properly prepared. This is letnedied in part by the rigid examination necessary to obtain the degree of Bichelor of Arts, but then not a few declare the tendency is to degrade the University to the level of a mere academy, and bring it into disrepute abroad. The Board venture to suggest that the better course would be to impose salutary checks, both at tlie begin ning and end of the student’s career. 10th. Though the Board of Visi tors have the most positive assurance of the faculty to the contrary, and nothing of the kind has come under their immediate purview, still it is positively asserted in mmy quarters and not denied so far as we know, shocking condition of the students’ privy, are all calculated to injure the good name of the University abroad. . 18th. ‘A prolific source of harm also, it is affirmed, may lie ascribed to the wide-spread animadversions of individuals and a portion of the press, which, even if obviously false have ■ . , , i poisoned The public mind, and sapped to such a lamentable ex tent the vitality of the institution. trees of tlie institution to decide upon the best remedial course to be pur sued. The Board think that the ju dicious distribution of prizes or med als to \ prescribed-nmu her of the MOST THOROUGH PREPARED applicants for malrienUition at every commencement, would prove highly salutary as a stimulus to those pupils in thu public and private schools of the State, who are ambitious of a col legiate education. The experiment at least could do no harm. In concluding this report to your Excellency, the Board fed*, that it would be deielict alike to duty and the best interests of the common wealth, if they did not again tet forth in the most emphatic language, the MAGNIFICENT FACILITIES FOR EDU CATION afforded by our well officered, mu nificently endowed anil superbly fur nished State University—facilities and opportunities unsurpassed at the South, and absolutely unknown to the public at large, and a majority of the people of Georgia. Let it be the duty of patriot, the press, and all lovers of their country henceforth, to “ talk up” and stand by that grand institution which lias given ns a Bartow, a Stephens, two SA1WZ Soot and SL-oe-Maicerv - ATHENS, GEORGIA, (Ovkb Jacobs & Michael's Stobb.) Pint class work tunic*! out on short notice, at libemlprices. Give tnn a call and Ret goer’ materia- and fine work. f marehl3-tf The average parent, under such Cobbs, ,mr habile frat rum, a Gor- circiiinstances, hesitates, and then rti fuses to send his boy to a school where discord is said to he rife, and against, which the tide of popular sen timent appears to set so strongly. Hence the diversion to other col leges of many youths who were iu training for the University. 14th. There are not a few who believe and vehemently declare that | the departure from the loiig-cttali- | fished FOUR YEARS COLLEGE CURRICULUM j lies resulted disastrously to the insti- ! tntion, in lowering ihe standard of education by the admission of unpre- j pared students, the permission ac-! corded to a raw youth of selecting j his own course of study, the general ! don, a Hill, a Palmer, and scores of other noble spirits, who have so grandly illustrated their native State. “ Now is the time and now is the hour,*’ let every true Georgian rally to the rescue of our noble Uni versity. All of which is respectfully sub initted. II. II. Jones, J. W. Glenn, J. W. Dunham, Map.k Johnston, \V. I). Harden, H. S. Mitchell, ^ C. M. Neal, C. Crawford, Board of Visitors. Tlie above and foregoing report obliteration of revered and liine-hon- : was unanimously adopted and signed ored landmarks, and the great Iati-1 by the Board, and the undersigned committee appointed to transmit the same to your Excellency. H. H. Jones, Ch’m. J. L. Dunham, C. P. Crawford. Hide allowed to the under graduates. Tho:« who rea on thus also con tend that the LAW AND MEDICAL SCHOOLS, though nominally attached to the Ui iversitv, are in reality separate and independent foundations, tlie one of a private character—the other a long established and chartered medical college, with neither of which the government of Jic Univer sity has the smallest concern, save that the Chancellor once a year awards the diplomas to the graduates of each. Hence they regard the pres .mt union as amounting to a farce only. PER CONTRA, The majority ot the Faculty, and many others think that the present university system, with some modi fications now under advisement be fore a committee named by the Board of Trustees, is the best ever yet devised—that if tho former ftandard of admission has been re laxed, the students thereby have the opportunity of acquiring all tlie know ledge they can absorb, hut are held to rigid accou itin the final examina- tions, and will not he permitted to j I1E \DS AND graduate unless they successfully pass : J3 Heads done “ Thomas,” said a Townsend street woman to hvr husband, as she let him in at tho front -door at two o’clock the other morning, *• where have you been until this unearthly hour, and why do you come home with your breath smelling of beer ?** “ Tlia’s all right,” remarked Thomas, as ho leaned up against the wall and tried to look sober. “ Tha’s all l ”oht, * Melia. Funniest thing ever saw im my life, by (hie) Jove.* 1 “What is?” snapped the Townsend street woman.— w Tel—(hie)—tele* pho ie,” said Thomas, with an imbe- oil.- smile. “ How do you make out,” demanded the woman, in icy tones, “ that working with the tele phone would make your breath smell of beer?” “Easiest thing in (hie) world,” returned Thomas, as he straddled hunselt in the corner, “tlia’s very simple; man at the oth er end of the line was full.” LETTER on sl'onotirt ce. To the LADIES of Georgia. Sea Foam make* the but eookrry. Its strength is double that of anyj other baking powder. It is on that account the clieajiest. One tan of Sea Foam is worth th of any other baking powder. By the use of It, your bread will be] ftpuil to Fifth Avenue. Y«»ur food will be tin* best. Your In.\!:h will Ik- preserved. our daily work nu.«!e eauitr. bread will le whiter and richer. You will save a great deal of money, liy.lhc woe of Sea Foam, n barrel of four makes forty pounds more bread, Your bread, bifeuit, and taken will be always light if Sea Foam is used. It is a new comfort for home, it is pure, and nut adulterated. It h< health v.for von and the children It is the perfection of science in cookery. cookery will lie always good You will always have a good cook. It makes every cook a good one. Your bread will r.< v< r lie sour. t ho here Sea Foam commend it. Physicians wlio have experienced or witnessed is health-promoting, properties, -commend it. Wholesale grocers always commend it. Retail merchants who have introduced it among tl.cir customers end noted its wonderfully rapid sale, never fail to commend it. Ilushrods and fathers, whose wonder and delight at the greatly improved and uniformly good quality of the bread and pastry have led them to inquire the cause, are loud in their commendation of it. Housekeepers who hare once used it trill ace no ether, ciul thus most strongly commend it. Cooks whose ltcst efforts with other owders have failed, are jubilant over Sea Foam. Ill over the country it is UNIVERSALLY COMMENDED Actually the ladies of Georgia, where Sea Foam has been introduced, are now as noted for their excellent bread biscuits, corn-cakes, and other cookery as they have always been for their remarkable beauty. Nowhere in the world can be found better bread, biscuit, and cakes than is produced by these noble ladies. There is a constant rivalry among them to see who shall make the best And not only is this ihe ease, but Sea Foam adds to tiieth beauty, for health brings beauty, and nothing is more conducive to good health than light, nutritious bread, cakes, and pastry, which Sea Foam never fails to make. Sea Foam is for sale by all first-class retail grocers in nearly every city. If your grocer hasn't it in stock, and is an obliging man, he will get it for you. If, however, you are un able to obtain it readily at home, send for circular and price-list to G&ntz, Jones & Co. Manufacturer! and Proprietor!, DIRECTORY! THE ATTENTION OP THE PCRLIC IS CALLED T« THE FOLLOWING CONDENSED DIRECTORY OF THE LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES OF ATHENS, GEORGIA. ' - - > ■» DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES. .TADMADGE, HODGSON & CO. Wholesale Grocers AND PROVISION DEALERS, College Avenues HOUSE, BETTS.* CO* , Wholesale and Retail DEALERS in GROCERIES iria WltlSKlES, ii Broad Street. •'fninf LAMPKIN A PITTMAN^ ^ DRY GOODS, GROCERIES AND GENERAL Merchandise, College Avenue. , DRY GOODS, G REESE & LANE, , , Dry Goods,. Notions, Shoes, Hats, etc., etc., BROAD STREET. M. G. & J. COHEN, Wholesale and Retail DEALERS in CLQTHING * DRYjGOODS, Boots and Shoes, Broad Street. (M. E YOUNG, MERCHANT TAILOR,Cutting aSPECLALTY One door b>dow {Long’s Drug Store, Broad St. -. wlunebt, ■ miss maria McCarthy, , “ , AIILLIN ERYgAND FANCYFGOODS, - - * AvSBUIbri Mtmmmm** . HARDWARE AND iCRIHKERY, eic I j. II. HUGGJNS, Wholesale audtRctail groceries,! crockery aqlasrw.q^ No. 7,‘Broad Sty, T. FLEMING & SON, Hardware, sDEUPREE RTitetv Photograph?. DAVIS’ fPREMiUM gallery, Broad Street. • J-SF- O’KELLY, Photographer OVER.REESE & LANE’; GROCERIES AN* PRODUCE. F.JB. LUCAS, i»< i t Produce Broker * NCI. 1,.BROAD STREET. W. A. BURNS, DEALERS in GENERAL MERC11ANTDISK Not. 2, Refugee Block, Thomas St, Athens, Go. REAVES 8c NICHOLSON, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS, Corner Broad aud. Thomas A’reets. BOOTS AND SHOES. (SNEAD * CO., Retail Dealer* in - LADIES A GENTLEMENS BOOTS & SHOES Broad Street. JOWN W. NICHOLSON & CO., Wholesale and Retail SHOE AND HAT DEALERS Deupree Building. ■IHCELLANrous. < T. A, BURKE, ' Bookseller «nd Stationer to Mn> ‘ , UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. College Avenue, Newton House Block. John JoNfo, Bespmraut, __ . , MEALS AT AtL HOURS, JACKSON ST. W. FLEMING, iBOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, Corner Broad Street and College Avenue. BAR AND BILLIARDS. J. M. ALLEN, At Exckauge Saloon, .Jackson Street,. WHISKEY, WINES AND CIGARS ALSO ’Billiard Saioou. G. IIAUSER, Manufacture and Dcul«r is SEGARS, PIPES AND TOPAOCo, AGENT For Oconeecliee Tobacco, College Avenue. NEWTON llOlii^ > A. D. CLINAKD, PROPRIETOR, Board Rt, per d*y.‘ KALVARINSKY & L1EBL5R, Wholesale and Retail DEALERS IN SEGARS AND TOBACCO. College Avenue. ARTHUR EVANS, WATCHMAKER AND JKWe.T.ki^ ut Dr. E. Smith Lyndon’* Drug Store, Deupree Block. :j. h.-d. s beusse, Retail Liquor Dealer, i'ALSO BILLIARD SALOON, ' J Jackson Street. K. M. MARKS, Peoples’ Exchange, BEER, WINES, WHISKIES and LIQUORS,! Colleae Avenue.* GANN & REAVES, SALE AND LtVERY STABLE, Thomas Street. JKUCKER & HULL, COTTON AND PROVISION BROKERS, Office 21, Thomas St., Wmehouae Corner Clayton and Thomas SliceU. A. K. CHILDS & CO., ’ Dealers in STOVES TINWARE*HOUSE FURNISHING .Goods, (.’truer Rioad :.u . ; lion -.a* Streets. GOLD AXD SILVER WARP. W. A. TALMADGE, | Ptre Practical W atchmnkt r and Jeweler, ; FI HE INSURANCE, S. J. HAYS, Agent. COLLEGE AVENUE, | FOR FRANKLIN PHILADELPHIA, Sole agent for Moses’ Electro Galvanic Spec- I Lynchburg Virgin's, tacles and Lamms & Morises perfected Specta- j UNDERWRITERS N tAY V i UK. cles aud Eye-Glasses. | J. R.JClt AW FOLD, ] On Duniclsville road, 11-2 miles from Athens, j dealer in general merchandise. Best furnished wagon yard in the State. P. LEWIS, Dealer in Family Groceries, also Fruits, Nuts, Canned Goods. Confectioneries, &c., Broad Street, - - ATHENS *GA. Carriaxc Maker. BURPEE & PRO., . Builders ot CARRIAGES, WAGONS, <&< Spring street, Athens, Ga. II. U. CARLTON, E.liter and Proprietor of thej southern banner, No. 7, Granite Row, Adieu-. G.i. More reading matter than any paper in N EJGc. d SIMMONS Liver Regulator. Hepatine Comp. Cathartic Pills. Tutts Pill, Porus Plasters. "Worm Caudy and Vermifuge, Sarsaparilla, Buchu. Tutts and Hambletou’s Hair Dye. i Aniline prepared for uso. Long’s German Cologne. Ijoug’s Cologne. Lead, Oil, Glass and Varnish. Morphine, Opium, Chemicals. Hair Brushes and Combs. Perfumery, Toilet Soaps. And. every thing in the Drug Line, at lowest prices at C. W. LONG & Co.’s Drug Store, Athens, Ga. septll.ly. ATLANTA. & CHARLOETT A-ir-Line. CONDENSED TIME CARD- ATLANTA —TO— lELA-ST-kti-RlSr CITT^tiis ! VIA RICHMOND. rjEORGlA, Clarke County.— VJ WhereuH, Sarah Ada Henderson, Exceu trix of Matthew U. Henderson, deceased, up plies for leave to sell part of tlie Real Entate of said Dee’d , to-wit: One House and Lot iu Athena, in said county, known as the Wilson lot, containing 4 acres, more or less. These are therefore to cite and notify all concerned to ahow cause at my office on o • before the first Monday in September ca t why said leave should not be granted. Given under my lund :t''ffi_’e, this 5tli of July, 1878. ASA M JACKSON, July 9-5w. '‘-Jinan.’-. UYERY, feed md sale stable, Ghsovgaou GANN A REAVES, PROPRIETORS. Will be fofind at their old stand, rear Frank lin House building, Thomas street. Keep al ways on hand good - Turnouts aud caretul dri vers. Stock well cared for when en 1 rusted to onr care. Stock on hand for sale s’ -ill rimes. deelGtf. ATLANTA. Arrive at (ffiarlottc 6.15 r a Arrive at Dauville '. 1.16 <* u Arrivo at Riclurond 8.25 f » Arrive at Washington. D. S'. , via. r:.. F. <fe P. R. R 1.10 , » Arrive at Baltimore 5.1f» 4 » Arrive at Philadelphia 6.4.' i w Arrive at Boston 8.30 r w Leave Atlanta 4.00 r u Arrive nt Charlotte 6.15 a a (V!.l. VIBQIMA Wtiuvl! ROUTE.) Arrive at Danville Li* e m Arrive nt Lvnclihnnr 4.00 F M Arrive at Washington City.. .T.30 a » Arrive at Baltimore .’..'3.15 a a Arrive at Philadelphia #40 a ■ Atrivc at New York 9.45 a a Arrive at Boston 8JW v » Paeaetfer Trains on this road piling East ar rive at Lulu, 5.25, P M Leave Lula. 5 ; f>, P SI Going West, arrive at Lula, 9.25, A. Si- Leuve Lula. 9.26, A. M. Local Freight aud Aocorr.niodiirion Train-, going East, arrives at Lula, 10.5, P. M. I.eave. Lula, 9.2* : , P. M. I Going West, arrive ut Lula. 10.28, A. M. I Leave Lula. 10.40. A. M. . n’l, „n.. .-.U Q', At, ei j Through Tickets on sale at Union Vasaengw J OB WORK OF, ALL r ESCIUP- 1 »«. tion I’catly done :il tl*i-office. j vv J. HOUSTON,Vier. “a r. &TelAt A«’J