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10 A IIF.ARXT’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, HA., SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1913. TECH PRESIDENT URGES STATE TO MEET SCHOOL’S GREATEST NEED Professor Matheson Declares In stitution Must Have More Land Space if It Is to Progress. On the eve of the annual com mencement of the OeorRin School of Technology, Prof. K. Q. Matheson, president of the Institution, ha* Is sued an appeal to the people of At lanta and the State of Georgia to help to bring about a larger appro priation by the State for the school, in order that the capacity of the In stitution might be enlarged to meet the demand*. Prof. Matheson give* an outline of the work of the school. It* value to the State and Its needs In this arti cle, and conclude* with an Invitation to the people of Georgia to partici pate In the quarter centennial cele bration, which begin* to-morrow night and will continue through com mencement week. BY K. G. MATHESON. (President flrorain Rrhool of Tech nology.) The South ha* become *o wide awake to the need of developing Its natural resource* that the technological schools of the coun try cannot turn out graduate en gineers fast enough to meet the demand. The men trained at all our Southern Institutions are numer ically but a drop In the bucket. An army of trained leaders is needed. ree years ago. for every gra . i.ate engineer who came out of a Southern Institution, fifteen came Into this territory from the North. p,nd then there were not nearly enough. No Limit To Need. There Is no limit to the num ber of men of this class needed. We graduate about 70 this year. I believe that If the class was composed of 700, they could all find Important work to do with out waiting a month, and with out going outside of Georgia. The possibilities for the en largement of Georgia Tech are boundless. In the next 10 years we ought to enlarge our proper ty to 50 acres; we ought to double our equipment; we ought to more than double the size of our stu dent body. We of the South have already awakened to a full realization of the fact that wo have the great est combination of natural re sources in the world, but while great strides are being made, our resources are still for the most part lying dormant. They are awaiting efficient development. The only possible way In which this can be accomplished Is to have trained Industrial leaders and engineers. One such skilled leader may actually accomplish In real prog ress more than an army of un trained men. Take, for Instance, our first graduate, Mr. George G Craw ford, president of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company, of Bir mingham, who, due to his train ing and experience, Is directing the energies of some 20.000 men. He Is helping make of Birming ham and its surrounding territory one of the great steel sections of the world. While nature has been prodigal in bestowing upon the South these natural resources, we have been equally so In our waste and In efficiency. The first thing need ed is technically trained men. The supply of such leaders Is the ob ject of the Georgia School of Technology. Tills Is strictly an engineering Institute, giving hlgil ly efficient courses in the seven following deiwrtments: Mechanical engineering. Electrical engineering. Civil engineering. Textile engineering. Engineering chemistry. Chemistry. Architecture. Must Broaden Facilities. So great Is the demand for trained engineers in each of these departments that the school can not even begin to supply It. We need to broaden out our facili ties, not only in the seven degree courses mentioned, hut In other departments of engineering as well. Located as the school is In the leading manufacturing city of the South, and In the very heart of its richest and most prosperous see- RICHMOND AND RETURN $16.70 VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Tickets on sale June 7 and 8. Through Pullman Sleeping Car leaving Atlanta 2:45 p. m. daily, arriving Richmond 8:40 a. m. Dining car. City Ticket Office No. 1 Peachtree Street. DR. PR ATT CORKK< T«, AT OXCI y i The Make* the Faee rT HOOKi DentTBail! hump limi t <»o Tiuaugh Life at a Disadvantage Every Dollar 1 <>u >i»eu«! on Vourself is well Invested. Write for information book, sent free. Hr Pro11 1122 Bro * dwa -' - New York A/1 • II dllj 6 W. Randolph St.,Chnas- Whj^e City Park Now Open i ■pilOF. K. <1. MATH EXON, president < f (Jeorgia School of -» Technology, busy at his desk. I’rofe ssor Matheson writes a striking appeal to the people of Georgia telling the needs of the institution. remain in enjrln**f»in(c pursuit*, and the large majority of them are In commanding positions. Is It any wonder that we feel we have the right to nek the peo ple of Atlanta and Georgia to help uh double the c/ipaclty of our in stitution? More Ground Space Nece«s*ry. We need twice as much ground space. We neeo to reconstruct temporary buildings and make them permanent. We need more buildings. We want to be able to accommodate within a few years a student body of 1,500 to 2,000. Our annual resources now amount to $90,000 from the State, $7,000 from the city and $30,000 In fees. We need to double them, and even then we will be able to use more. Several years ago at the Mas* sachusettH Institute of Technolo gy, the budget for maintenance for one year was $625,000. The attendance was only twice as large as that at the Georgia Tech. Yet, after spending the $126,000, they had a deficit for the year of $75,000, or more than the entire appropriation of the State for Tech at that time. We hope that the State under the revised system of taxation will give us more adequate sup port for maintenance, as well as for equipment. We hope that the City of Atlanta will recognize still further that It Is the chief bene ficiary of the school as regards the spending of money, and that In addition we annually educate about 300 men from Fulton Coun ty, including night s< hool stu dents, practically free of charge. In Cambridge it is considered a disgrace for a well-to-do man to die and not leave sofnethlng to Harvard. We hope to Instill that vital and righteous doctrine In the hearts of the citizens of Atlanta. In the 25 years of Tech’s life, we have had practically only one be quest, though numbers of hand some donations have been receiv ed, and have been of inestimable value to the Institution. Georgia Tech is or.e of the best advertising assets the State has. In my tours in all parts of the country, I find that Georgia Tech is invariably recognized for its high standards and that in tech nological and manufacturing cir cles everywhere, the efficiency and thorough character of the work done at the Tech Is appre ciated. The great corporations send representatives here every year at commencement time, to select men from our senior class. And our men are to-day occupy ing high positions in all parts of the country. The Georgia Tech belongs to Georgia and the people of Geor gia. We invite them all to par ticipate with us in the quarter centennial celebration # that will begin to-morrow night. STODDARDIZE By the “UNCLE SAM” Way! TjEOPLE living away from Atlanta will find it to their advantage to send us their Dry Cleaning work by the PARCEL POST. That’s what is called ‘ ‘ STODDARD- IZING by the UNCLE SAM Way!’ 1 We pay Charges (one way) on Out-of-Town Orders of ?2 or mors. Stoddard 126 Peachtree Street Bell Phone, Ivy 43 Atlanta Phone 43 Dixie's Greatest Dry Cleaner and Dyer Alarm Clocks Guaranteed America Alarm Clocks. Regu lar $1.00 val ues, now at. .. 50c BLUE TAG SPECIALS IN THE BARGAIN BASEMENT Ice Boxes Solid oak, lined with Kalemeined iron—$10 lt ms : $7.50 \ We have selected at random a few choice values from our Blue Tag Bargain Basement. Every piece in the Basement is a Bargain —discontinued jmttems and close-outs. It will pay you to watch our Blue Tag Basement—new bargains every day. Solid Walnut Sofa $10.00 Solid Oak Settee 3.50 Upholstered Oak Rocker 3.50 Two Upholstered Oak Chairs, each 2.50 Old Hickory Settee 7.50 Upholstered Mahogany Chair 4.00 Natural Ash Dresser 15.50 Bird’s-Eye Maple Dresser 20.50 Quartered Oak Buffet $12.50 Colonial Oak Sideboard 18.00 Heavy Golden Oak Sideboard 22.00 Two Oak Extension Tables, each 5.00 Golden Oak Center Table 1.00 Leaded Glass Oak China Close.t 12.00 Two Easy Chairs, with foot-rest, each 6.50 Child's Rocker 25 Complete Bed $17.90 Consisting of Bed, Spring, Mat tress and two Pillows, on the very easy terms of 90c Cash, $1 a Week tlon, it is In a position richly to repay Georgia tor pome adequate and ever Increasing support. With a proper amount of effirient in dustrial leadership* we are des tined io become the greatest sec tion of tin- United States. The two greatest factors in the ma terial growth of any nation are agriculture and manufacturing, and they should by all means go hand In hand. We are rejoicing to see the re naissance of agriculture in the South, and our desire is to see the same thing accomplished along manufacturing and Industrial lines. In fact, it has already been begun, but it must be carried for- ward. We are moving in the right direction. The essential thing is to keep on moving. Hero in Atlanta, our young men come in contact with manufactories of all kinds. There are over 800 factories in the city, which fur nish to the students at Tech an unequalled opportunity not mere ly for inspection and observation, but for actual practical experi ence. It is an inspiration to them. The intense practicality of the Georgia School of Technology is our chief pride. We keep a careful record of every graduate, and so far as we know, not a sin-.t gle one Is failing to make his mark. Over 85 per cent, of them FOR FAT FOLKS “FAT OFF” will allow you to use again the clothes laid away aa TOO SMALL. 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New York. Send for free booklet "T,." Gives full particulars of actual results. Mailed in plain, sealed envelope. Sanitary Steel Davenport .....$3.00 Go-Cart, rubber-tired 2.00 Collapsible Go-Cart 5.00 Rattan Baby Carriage 5.00 Collapsible Go-Cart 4.00 Mahogany Writing Desk 5.00 Upholstered Mahogany Armchair 6.00 Two Old Hickory Chairs, each 2.50 SPECIAL BED OFFER Bronze Bed, Cotton Mattress, Steel Spring, 2 Pillows, all for $17.90 Our Bronze Bed Complete Outfit THE BED THE Full, large, heavy, just as shown—finished in white or gold bronze—continuous 2-ineh post with heavy connecting rods, Made full size of sanitized cotton, covered with MATTRESS good ticking. THE All steel coil wire—supports evenly distributed SPRING so as to prevent sagging. THE 5 pounds in weight—a good striped tick, filled with PILLOWS soft, sanitized odorless feathers. 90c Cash, $1.00 a Week 90c Cash $1.00 a Week BRASS BEDS 150 designs in Brass Beds in Polish finish, Satin finish, Velvet finish, Ro man Gold finish. Biggest, handsomest line in Atlanta. GENERAL ELECTRIC & DAYTON FANS Are the Best and arc tor sale by the Lead ing Electrical Firms. W. E. CARTER ELECTRIC CO. 12 WALTON ST. Ivy 5666 COTTON STATES ELECTRIC CO. 13 S. BROAD ST. Ivy 314 GATE CITY ELEC. CO.. 4 Walton St. Ivy 3360 McGAlGHEY ELEC. CO., 37 N. Forsyth St. Ivy 1956 RISSELL ELEC. CO.. 15 S. Forsyth St. Main 1328 BAILEY ELEC. CO.. 34 N. Pryor St. Main 2643 HUNTER HOGUE ELFC. CO., Walton Bldg. Ivy 4071 THE “COLONIAL” Buffet, China Closet, Dining Table, all for Our Unapproachable Dining Suit THE BUFFET This handsome quartered Oak Buffet Is made in the true Colonial pattern. Finely polished and rub- lied to a mirrorlike brilliancy. 52 inches long with French beveled mirror, 42x12. THE CHINA CLOSET THE DINING TABLE Made throughout of quartered oak rubbed and polished. Has rounded end glass, and all the feet are properly shaped on Colonial lines. 62 inches high, 39 Inches wide. This table is the largest medium priced table in Atlanta. When closed it is 48 inches in diameter, a perfect circle. Open, It spreads to a length of 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. $5.00 Cash, $5.00 Monthly DINING ROOM GOODS Full and complete matched Dining Suits in Oak, Mahogany and Circas sian Walnut In all finishes. Prices to suit every purse, from full matched suits at $50 to great values at $500; 75 different styles for your selection. nADtlN ' om/fTmo amwmx fZ/MPOAK all^ame; price Our Terms Remember our terms are made to suit you. Your con venience is our pleasure. SELLERS CABINETS Just received a big lot of these Cabinets. Some with heavy maple tops in place of alumi num. Cost little and saves you many dollars every month. $1.00 a week buvs. Rugs, Linoleums, Shades, Curtains Our Rug Department is a store in itself. We invite comparison as to values, and you will find on inspection a large line of Rugs, Art Squares, Linoleums, Shades, Curtains. No trouble to gratify your taste here in furnishings. And the terms apply in the Rug Department same as all over the store. Our Stock We show the largest, com- pletest furniture stock in At lanta. Your critical inspec tion invited. REFRIGERATORS AA T e still have left a good assortment of the Eagle and North Star Refrigerators. All sold on strict guarantee of satisfaction. $7.50 up. $1.00 a week buvs.