Newspaper Page Text
See Atlanta Firsd All the Thrillsand Perils of Mountain Climbing in Our Own Public School Yards
SUPERINTENDENT SLATON MAKES ATTACK ON UNSIGHTLY CONDITIONS
// W •qrF7F//Z^ / M ' ■ 11
// M JjW' MQh BMWam x.fo ’ <.flaßhk
// w / zMR* ww &- ISF \ //&/ssSk ‘z < jHMMrez
// w / /JPMk ■' * ‘ y ’ \ //JWHwm: ZZ «&*,.
iw ’ . *-^X w^s 'i\nWf E? -IWW
// v w?r*w /I jHHHHbby|b|| ■ w\\
// \ Hi* .HMr ywg r z - - Jf ‘
// w / ■ •■ TT'.t * z.AW / r -7 :s»r
*o. MBB - - / a*CJ f
Wa4» jW'-M JSHHt w. ''x ' V ' 3cSf \ ts" • ' 1
\ML A 'kHMB -*Aa . • ■■' ,~ r- ! "L < ,
1 O War W tB 'wP^- ’' -'■ 7 J? ' k -«r
\l o'\w ,\ \ ' JI B .Jr" •■ r- ,*-
I Laums W : ’ V'• -m? JB • W < ,// •■/ ,w„ . •> ■*• r
I \lil . . V ▼' v ™l JmE t ■ '/ /• ♦- A<■ ■ >■! 1„ \ -- : ’♦
■■ - > ’ IJWI •" ■■
i»L-- 4 BBT-JWly a /jMB BmBL .v
'd
' teaiMMBEIF , jfMMMMt-
a I //
//Ta' f I ?w
I/■ ;v>Zi.’. .- fc >.
' ; v ?• ■ .z
\ W
; /g\. t a• &//
vwZ 0
Vx> Vix / 4||
I 'yi
onn nnur ■■ i ■'"
ollil bUlntn run
npf hiiijp nni-Pii
urUihigui H
Dormitories Are Fiihd arc M
Students Have Not Arrived.
Work Begins Monday.
1 ‘ paratoiy to the opening of Geor
u’ 1 * ,M h Mondiy morning, the dormi-
■■ ■ the ■ i 1 ege . • • • 1 , •
"* tn students, awaiting their turn at
t:: " ’ • «i.'tra tion office.
•‘lore than Goo prospective students
• * occupying the rooms of the col
ru* filling the dormitories to the limit.
• hose who are to enter are registet -
J,li ‘ with the secretary today, being
; " s ifi“d and receiving such instruc
: < -oncoming their college work as
’ required.
I ornial opening exercises will be held
the chapel at 9:30 o’clock Monday,
u-ral well known ’’ant i men will
b ‘ there to deliver addresses, as will
Is of ihe college. President K<»
■' boson today announced that the
akers have not been selected, as
tis'A<is to invitations have not been
t-'oived.
1 he students will find an almost new
: 'ge at Tech this year. Daring the
S! innner many of the buildings were
E 'tie over and some of them remod-
An addition or two was made.
■I the facilities are much better titan
rist year.
Medical College
Opens; 350 Enrolled
1 t that the Atlanta ('allege of
' s iclan K and Surgeons has placed its
*' r;in<». requirements on a par with
’ <’arn»‘gie fourteon-unit system
d’t<-d by many of the litcrarv <ol
" has caused a decrease in the en
l|,s of this year's freshman d iss.
'•H< ge Opens tod;;', w ith < x< r< is« < in
’ building in Butler stre.-t. opposite
Grads hoMpiuil m l .h< n tin
v‘hi s work hegm
I' Robert Stuart Ma-Arthui. pastor
Baptiwt rabernacle, ha bi ■ n -*
to ifiak«- tin opening .oldn-w
»'• T P \\ • ■liiinli hirid, pieHident of
'i’l -te.. . will preside* and w«d< oiim'
' I mb nt,
” ■” add u -smd.s also will h< made In
■'iiHk Tb ut n 4V lucuHy, injopM tic in
i :■ , '■ 'O' one of the chasms iii’i
*. • .*• ••• ■! 'i, iool yard -
' a sport just as Ibiza (lons as it.
Ioo!;s in this remarkable snap
shot. It is a quick way to avoid
t itioi's journey over hills and
dales a quick, but not entirely
safe way.
SHORTER COLLEGE IS
OPENED WITH A NEW
ATTENDANCE RECORD
' ROME. GA.. Sept. IX. —Shoror col
lege for girls will open this morning <
with tin largest attendance in its his
tory.
Every bit of space in (lie residence
halls had been reserved and numbers
of girls hat t been placed on the wait
ing list.
Many improvements have been made
on the grounds and buildings during
’ tie : <st sail in' r. There are many new
•a. I''it ions to the faculty, and President
' VanHoose is of the opinion that be has
■ one of the best corps of Fishers in the
' entire South.
I
RICH MAN IS SWINDLED
IN‘GOLDEN CHEESE’GAME
SEATTLE WASH , Sept. 18.- A $lO.-
000 go'll brick swindle three years ago
on W. R Marion, a w althy resident of
South Bend. Wash., who has since died,
was disclosed v. l" n a ehej se-shap *d
' "biick” weighing 100 pounds was de
'iclared at the United States assay office
| here to be made of an excellent grade
of copper coated with a thick layer of
pine gold.
Marion evidently discovered that he
had been swindled, but did not com
plain. and th' 1 success of the confidence
man was brought to light only when
hi- widow began an investigation of an
f apparent .10,000 shortage in her hus
, I band’s estate.
i S, aii h of his effects revealed the
1 i golden cheese” reposing in the bottom
I of a t'unk. and brought to light a draft
.I so slo.one drawn bv Marion in favor
lof himself and cashed by him at a
j S« attic bank in October. 1909.
i _. ——————,
In. Wi Westmoreland, president of
i de , oii' c. , and In W S Elkin,
of the faculty.
Moi. Ilian 350 students arc expected
this ven .uni while the raise In en
trane, >• : iiliiniem lias cut down the
• I*4. of tii fi'wlumui class, most of the
i ,-t bn( ■ oi la i pin him iinmmin <<i
' i;■ <ii nt. iilloii of i< turning so llinl
the If.-mhinie will I), about Us luig<
II a form ci 'j* ,
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDAV. SEPTEMBER 18. 1912.
7 JI//
_ --y *-‘ *■' ' A /
/ /oW/ /
Ims I I
W /
Iff* caafc !<;f /
IM / /
sxz tvs it, y / I
V W\\
V v / to
''.'iireitce in one of tiie Tenth street school yard chasms.
Ihe picture strikingly illustrates the outrageous condition of
the yard, this one hollow being deeper than a child and forming
a fine trap for active youngsters inclined to care-free running
about.
ARMY ORDERS |
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—The fol
lowing orders have been issued:
First Lieutenant Elsworth Wilson,
medical reserve corps, from Fort Hua
chtica, Artz., to Benicia Arsenal. Cali
fornia.
First Lieutenant Oha'rles J. Boies,
medical reserve corps, from Fort Banks.
Mass.. to College Park. Md.
First Lieutenant Hew R. McMurdo,
medical corps, from Fort McDowell.
Calif., to Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
WOMAN IS NOW ACCUSED
AS LEADER OF SMUGGLERS
LOS ANGELES, CAL., Sept. 18
The Federal grand jury took up todav
the alleged smuggling plot headed by-
Mrs. Ethel Hall, now in the county
jail. in which were involved several of
the most prominent Chinese merchants
in San Francisco, some of whom ate
now under bonds.
According to Captain Charles T Con
nell, of the immigration service, the
smugglers have grown rich by bringing
in chlm from Ensenada. Lower <‘al
ifoniia undei i contract that virtually
meant life servitude for the contra
bands.
A < harg of laim was liripoa* d upon
each Chinese to be Worked out at the
tat*- of $1 'at a day A dollar a day was
allowed th* Ciiines. foi Hying .• x
P» ■> * » ami t h<- debt was paid off Hl lln
tat* of Jo t • tils a day
MODERNIST QUITS
SCHOOL: DOESN’T
ACCEPT MIRACLES
SAX FRANCISCO. Sept. 18. After
eight years of battling for beliefs not
acceptable to the Presbyterian synod of
California, Dr. Thomas F. Day. proses
-1 sor of Old Testament History and He
brew at tite San Francisco Theological
seminary, has resigned.
His resignation has been accepted, and
Dr, Day is now en route for Europe for
a year's vacation Dr. Day has not re
ceded from his position, and his resigna
tion wits offered to forestall removal, an
noyance to his friends and embarrass
ment to the seminary
Among the specific charges brought
against Dr Day were that he taught,
among other things:
That God never Interrupted the orderly
workings of nature
That accounts of miracles In the Bible i
are to be so explained that the occur
rence may be regarded as having taken,
place according to known laws of na
ture, and that, if this can not be done,
the accounts are to be regarded as false
trunk’held for bill
DELAYS WEDDING A DAY
ST IXH'IS. Sept 18. To satisfy a bill i
of $8 for conveying a would-be wedding
party to various points In St Louis ami
East St Louis lames Hurley, a practi
cal-minded chauffeur, appropriated a
trunk containing the wlntei wardrobe of
Frank W Scoville and caused Scoville's
marriage to Miss Tessin Kh-ffm-i to be
delayed a day
Finally married. Inn still minus the
trunk, s* ot III* called a policeman t*» bis
boitrdli-g *■ and mudtt a complaint
sgulliel (he * huuffeur*
\ ' <<\
Bad Lands of the West
Never Had Anything
on Photo Supposed
To Be Playgrounds,
But Often Used as
D u m ping Ground.
School Head Shows
Up the Need of Im
mediate Action.
Unless the Atlanta city council can
lind funds sufficient to regrade a num
ber of the public school yards*, moun
tain climbing, chasm jumping and kin
dred sports bid fair to displace the old
fashioned pastimes with Atlanta
youngsters.
According to school authorities, the
.yards of Porrest Avenue. Tenth Streel.
Highland Avenue and Luckie Street
schools bear a distinct resemblance to
the ”B,id Lands" of ihe far West. Ero
sion, caused by the heavy summer
rains, has sculptured the surface of
the yards into miniature mountain
ranges and deep canyons.
In the yard on the west and north
sides of the Eorrest Avenue school chil
dren can hide from one another in the
arroyas the rain has cut. One gully
is so deep that Superintendent Slaton
says he has ridden a horse into it. but
with considerable danger to himself
and the horse.
Forced to Play in Street.
The same condition exists at the
Tenth Street school. Here the yard
is not as mountainous as at Forrest
Avenue, but the children since the
opening of school have been forced to
take to the street during recess.
The yard of the Luckie Street school,
if it can be called a yard, will have to
be filled in before it will be presentable.
It is really a hollow about twenty feet
deep. At the Highland Avenue school
| two sides of the yard are in such bad
condition the authorities have been
forced to prohibit the children from
using it.
Davis Street school yard is a dump
ing ground. During all hours of the
day wagons drive up and unload old
brick, tin cans and all manner of trash
■ directly in front of the school building.
Corpses in the Caverns.
Last week one of the more adven
turesome pupils told the teachers that
, lie had found a dead chicken across
I the street and the teacher, upon ln
| vestigation. found a dead eat also.
| Superintendent Slaton Is authority
| for the statement that the council
\ should act at once, ff a number of
Isi hind jards arc not destro.veil abso
lutely While th" superintendent has
not made an estimate of the tost that
would be entailed in putting tin s< htiol
yards In shape, he has made a brief I
schedule of the work to be dmu
The yards at Forrest 'venm. Tenth
Street and Highland Avenin will h.tv,
I" In I'Vijpli'l and a retaining w I
built around tin propertv to prevent
fmt In i erm ion.
The hollow In th. ear, at the Ltjeki*
Silent S' bind will liaVe Io be filled 4lld
( limbing the Alps in the Eorrcst avenue school varfi*
Ihe mountaineers in the picture being young anti optimistic,
they re not greatly appalled by the perils of this pastime; hut,
the dangers would daunt many ait older person and efl'ectually
discourage any ‘‘tag” games.
PROGRESSIVES A PARTY
OF MEN AND WOMEN NOT
[AFRAID, SAYS PERKINS
Second of a Series of Articles Written for The Georgian.
By GEORGE W. PERKINS.
Gov< i ll'll* Johnson, of I’allfornia. Pro-i
gressive vice presidential candidate, In
his address before ihe Progressive con
vention at Syra-
,'W : '
cuse. said:
"This is a party
of men and women
unafraid.”
What prompted
Governor Johnson
to use that expres
sion? What is the
real significance
underlying it ? J list
this: We, as a peo
ple, here in the
United States, are
no longer a race
of men and wom
en who are afraid.
Fear is based on
ignorance and su
perstition. and we
have spent 135
years and billions of dollars since our
Declaration of Independence in a titanic
struggle to dislodge, uproot and dissi
pate both, with the result that we have
thrown off one superstitious yoke after
another anil have become unafraid
We have been coming out into the
open as individuals and thinking for
ourselves--making up our minds for
ourselves.
This is not Hie sixteenth century; it
is the beginning of the twentieth cen
tury.
The fears, the .superstitions, the
timidity, the ignorance of the sixteenth
century have no place with us in the
opening days of the twentieth century
We, as a people, have spent many bil.
alone in this country, and many more
billions *>n high schools, private schools,
lions of dollars on primary education
colleges, etc.
All this has been done to build up our
educational system.
At the same time we have spent many
billions in building our railroads.
We *-xpect our railroad systems to
a retaining wall built At Walk* r
Street school the lawn, as does th**
lawns mound many school buildings,
heeds sodding
It is absurd." said Superintendent
Slaton, "to build new and expensive
•* bool buildings and Inst ill perfect
! i'<iulpment an<l ih**u give no attention
lto the school yards. Many **f the yards
I liny* Iley 1-r b* 111 taken 1.1.. Ilf. and I
■an aSHUti the people of Atlanta that
I Jv,
| earn and pay dividends. Why should
we not expect at least as much of our
educationa 1 system ?
As a matter of fact, our educational
systems do , irn and pay dividends, and
the dividends are getting bigger and
bigger all the while. We now
reached a point where we are gathering
in tin* results results not only from
the education that comes through book
learning, but the education that comes
through travel, through contact with
people, through intercommunication.
You hear many people saying just
now, "What is all this hubbub about"
\\ liv this sudden demand for a larger
and more direct participation in munic
ipal. state and national political af
fairs?”
The answer is that you have first
to sow the seed and then reap the har
vest, and it sometimes seems a good
while fiom seeding time to harvest
time, but progress is being made just
the same.
The crops grow gradually, but with
good soil, good seed, proper cultiva
tion and average rain and sunshine,
tile day is bound to come when you
must garner in your crop or allow
ail the work, all the care, all the ex
pense. all the blessings of rain and
sunshine to go to waste. There are
many cloudy days; there may be either
too much rain or too much sunshine;
but, finally the crops come on with a
rush and the day of the harvest ar
rives. The time of actual garnering
comes almost to a day. and the wise
farmer knows almost the exact hour
when he must put in the sickle or lose
his crops.
The same process applies to many
affairs of life, and the Progressive par
ty is indeed made up of men and wom
en unafraid unafraid because, through
tin* educational seed that has been sown
in good soil, they know that the time
lias come to harvest the crop, and the
Progressive party is the machine that
proposes to garner it at the hour when
it is ripe for the harvest.
In place of very many good people
in this country being alarmed at what
the harvest Is going to be. they should
rejoice, because we are moving for
ward. not backward. Il is distinctly
and in all respects a progressive move
ment, and progress that is real Is noth
ing to be afraid of. It Is something to
lie proud of something to welcome and
not .repel.
I r.gret that absence from the city
fur sex, i.il lays and a very great pres
sure onjiiy lime made It Impossible sot
me to furiiish articles lain week sot
-pa'e s.i generously offered by Mr.
Hearst; but unless some unusual and
unfotseen thing occurs to prevent I
shall contribute articles three times e
week from now until November.
3