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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