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INTERNATIONAL
CONGRESS ON
WELFARE OF
THE CHILD
Questions of Hiqhcst Concern
to Everv Parent and Teacher
in the Civilized World to Be
Discussed at Mcetinq in
Washinqton. D. C., April
22-27 to Be Held Under the
Auspices of National Con
qress of Mothers and Parent-
Teacher Associations
"Art fht fundamental* In educe* |
Hon taught at thoroughly today at
they wart In tha old-time achool?"
"Art puplla developing the power
of concentration today at fully at
they did in the achoola of our fort* 1
father*?"
"Are present day school* prepar
ing children for lift at fully a* did
the school* of a quarter of a cen*
tury ago?"
These three questions of the highest
concern to every parent and teacher, n'*t
only In the United Htates hut In the
whole clvlllaed world, are set for die
cues on and authesitative answer at the
forthcoming Third International Con
gress on the Welfare of the Child, to to#
hald under the auspices of the National
Congress of Mothers and I’arent-Teacher
Asaoclatlona In Washington, April li-H,
Ltd By Or. O'Shta.
The particular discussion, of, which
the three queston* form the subject. Is
to he led by !>r M V O'Shta. profess h
of psychology In the University of Wis
consin, who Is chairman of the national
department of education of the National
Congress of Mothers. I'r <l. Stanley
Hall, of Worcester. Mass., and l>r. Helen
C. Putnam, of Providence, It 1., are
among others expected to participate in
the discussion, which has been arrange!
for Saturday evening. April 26.
Dr. O’Shea is making cartful ’repara
tion for this feature of th»- emigre** 1
program It la *ti»le«l nt the Washington
headnuartera. and la Nkrtlnf «a partlcl-
I'ltnta thoM- whose opinion* will h«vo
the weight of nuthorltv upon wlcl«»
study, observation and r*p<rknc«. Tn#
discussion la thus assured <>f
of the moat vuluult #* contributions of
present times toward a solution of *h<*
problems Involved,
New Problem.
Following this symposium on present*
dsy •durational method* and tendencies,
I»r. O'Shea 1* also planning for another,
entitled "New Times Bring New I’roo
lenis in Child Training " This discus
sion, }ike the first, will attempt t>
throw light upon following impor
tant question*:
"Can the individual hernia train ita
Children etfactlvely with regard to
aociai, ethical and moral proOlema
in contemporary urban life?”
-la it reaeibla and desirable >or
communltlee to act aa a unit In de
tfrmlnlng the conduct of the young
In preeent-day lifeT"
"Will a acnool aa a social canter
solve the problem of the eocial, eth
ical and moral training of the young
In preeent-day Amarican Ilfs?”
These three qlieetlone, vitally touching
the relation of the parent to the train
ing of the chilli, are ulao designed *o
locus attention of |>arents and teachers
upon new problems that are the product
of modern civilisation.
The tendency of parents to shift the
raaiainnlMlity for the entire training
of children to the schools, community
action, aa expressed In Juvenile courts
and otherwise. In determining youthful
conduct; end the value of the modern
use of schools for social center purposes
are to be fudy considered In this duppl<
mentary discussion.
Wash's Program.
The whole program, extending for a
week, la rich In contributions to child
welfare, and Is expected to he one of
the most Important International gath
erings ever held In Washington or in
the United States.
Mrs Frederick Bchoft, of Philadelphia,
an official of the United Staiie ltureau
of Education, la president of the Na
tional Congress, under the iiusplces of
which the Thrld International Congress
on the Welfare of the Child Is to oe
l held Its officers, councilors ami man
agers comprise many of the leading
| educators and philanthropists In tho
1 United States.
Rapidly Completing Preparations
For Carnival at Tubman April 17th
Hiffb School Girls Will Put on "Tho Minstrel Show,” "The
Oeestrict Skule," and Other Humorous Side Shows. Will
Be a Dazzling Mid Way, Doors Open 8 P. M.
The Junior* of the Tuhm»n High |
school will h»v* a carnival on Al'rll 17ih
at th* Tubman. That *re planning f"r
a numlwr of attractive * da-abowa.
* There will be a highly entertalnli'g
“mlnatral show" which the junior* hop*
will give‘a deep Inelght Into the char
acteristic* *of “our toother* In black."
The “Deeatrict Skule," t* another In
structive a* well as humorous perform
ance.
At the Country Store the shop-keeper
guarantees that anything whatsoever
may be purchased. Ho save your *pr i ng
•hopping to do there. One may gei
many helpful hlnta from "The Rachelor s
Augusta Schools' First “Garden Clubs” To Be Organized Soon
Twenty Five Flower Gardens Will Be Planted in Large Vacant Lot in Beautiful Section of Greene Street By Children of the Davidson Grammar School—A Movement For Civic Beauty.
WITH THE AUGUSTA SCHOOLS
DAVIDSON PUPILS DID
WELL IN “CLEANING UP”
Cleared a Vacant Lot Adjacent
to School of Accumulated
Rubbish.
The eighth grade puplla of tho Mav
aon whnnl have taken ipillr iin Intcr
rat In "t'lean Up Week,” making n
very creditable showing In removing
from a vacant lot, oppoalte the achool
ih* accumulated rubbish of year*.
muni! II rc.W II 111-11 l;l [||l* ;i l;i I|C(- Win
cannot people tic educated to have the
■(•mil taate to dtapoae of waate paper,
tin eana, etc.. In the proper way, In
atead of throwing them In the atreeta
amt vacant lota, to the detriment of
our etty'a attractlveneea, and to the
utter dlataate of thnae who prefer or
der and cleanllneaa?
We have wide heautlful atreeta hut
their beauty la areatly marred hy
paper that la wantonly thrown around
in all localltlea. | wlah we could have
aorne of the anod lawa, we read about
In Iterlln, for keeping clean atreeta.
They are moat stringent about keep-
Inx paper, bottlee <>r i-ana from off the
at reet
ELIZABETH LOGAN.
22ND ANNIVERSARY
MADGE ST. SCHOOL
Public Exercises at City’s
Larqest Colored Public School
Tomorrow
(By Silax X. Floyd.)
The twenty-second annlveraary of
the Mauae Street Grammar School for
colored children will take place on
Monday afternoon, April 13, at 3
o’clock, promptly, In the school's as
sembly hall.
Blahop It. H Williams, who haa been
a resident of Augusta for about twen
ty years, will deliver the address. Hc
niarka will be made by Supt. 1,. B.
Kvnns, and others.
Following the exercises the friends
will he Invited to Inspect the work
that has been done in the achool dur
ing the paat year and which will he
placed on exhibition Monday after
noon In each of the class rooms
there will he a display of the work
done hy the puplla urn! In the sewing
room, laundry and kitchen a splendid
exhibit will lie made of the work done
In the home economies department.
Recent Vieitore.
Among our recent visitors might be
mentioned I»r. U. Sherwood Whitney,
who brought with him some friends
from Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. Fra
sier, who came about ten days ago.
The past week we hud the pleasure
of having Mrs. W. C. Kellogg and her
mother-in-law, Mrs. Kellogg, from
Connecticut, whose son, Dr. W, C.
Kellogg, la serving as one of the mem
bers of the board of education from
the First ward, and also Mr*. Renton,
president of the Augusta Woman's
Club. These friends say that the white
cltlr.ene of Augusta do not know what
good work Is being done In Ihe line
of domestic science In the colored
schools of Ihe city, and that they
ought to visit the colored schools and
see for themselves.
The principal and teachers of Mange
Street School extend a cordial Invi
tation to the public to come out and
witness the exercises and also gu
through the different rooms and In
aped the work that has been done.
The trustees of the Mange Street
School are Messrs lleury It. Fund.
W. It. Johnston and Chas. H. Huird
The trustees are very much Interested
In Mauge Street School and are con
stantly doing something to show their
Interest.
Tho Faculty.
There have heoit enrolled, In all.
during the past tear kf.O pupils, un
der sixteen teachers. Following ia the
corps of teachers:
Si lax X Floyd, principal: Ursula E
Collins, assistant principal and teacher
of cooking; Ruth K, ltattey, teacher
of sewing; Mary K Chinn, teacher of
laundering: Itcrtha K. Hilbert, Hello
Frasier, Norma C. T. Horton. Claudia
It. Whitmore. Anna 1,. Sharpe, M
Frances Caret . .Marietta JitnteH, Emma
l„ Wylie, Julia V. Dove, Emma L
Newsome, F.thel is Hudson and A Ce
clle Johnson.
It Is expected that a large number
of parents and friends will he present
on Monday afternoon at the anniver
sary exercises Mange Street Schist!
has a large constituency that always
stands loyally by tt.
a tallvNUi compoitil of lovely
glria and- of course, the bachelor.
A pretty fortune-teller will read your
fortune and will warrant not to disclose
a glimpse Into your poet, present or
future life The midway for there Is
Certainly to he a midway will he lined
with prettily decorated booths where de
lirious refreshment* may he obtained.
"The March of the Nations," a panto
mlne. is a free attraction which I* to
take place at 9 o'clock. Clowns peanut
vendors, etc, w.U help to enliven the
evening.
The doors will he opened at 8 o'clock
—HEI.RNE SCIIACU
Board of Education Authorizes Building
of Fire Escape on Davidson Schoolhouse
• i
At Meetinq Yesterday Was Also Decided to Place “Public School —Drive Slowly” Siqns at
Approaches to City Schools, As Signal # of Warning to Drivers of All Vehicles.
Accept Use of Lot on Greene Street For School Gardens
At the regular monthly ineetlug <d
the Hoard of Education held yester
day at the Tubman High School tnc
building of a fire escape on the David
aon Grammar School. Third Ward,
was authorized, with the design, mini
ner of coiisiructlon, nature of mate
rial, etc., to be left to the trustees
of the ward.
While the trustees of the Third
Ward have not yet decided whether
the fire escape will he constructed Of
metal «>r part metal and part wood, it
la authoritatively stated that the rec
ommendation of Fire Chief Reynolds,
who personally inspeteed the build
lug was to have nothin* but a lire
escape built of metal throughout
Immediate Action.
It Is understood that action in re
gards to erecting the fire escape at
Davidson will he taken right tyway.
Mr Henry North, the member of
the Hoard of (education, win agitat
ed the iptesilon of the need oT a lire
escape on the Davidson achool, Is cn
deavoring to have the proper Investi
gations made hy the city of all the
city public schools, none of which are
equipped with fire escapes, with a
plan in view of having provided more
adequate means of escape in case ol
fire than exists at present. It I*
found that the city code is silent on
the subject of fire escapes on school
buildings.
Report of Trustees.
The trustees of the third ward stnt
ed to the Hoard that they had Inves
tlgated the conditions at the David
son school, so far as protection from
fire and panic la concerned, and their
report, as submitted yesterday. Is as
follows:
"The holler r.xim Is a brick pH
lined throughout with steel and cor
rugated Iron with complete asbestos
Insulation There Is no exposed wood
work In the holler room. The holler
generally carries two or three pounds
of steam and Ihe Janitor Is In and out
constantly during school hours. There
seems but little likelihood of a fire
beyond control In the holler room.
“Mr Sanford, Ihe principal, reports
constant fire drills during the term,
Hint that the children understand sev
eral ways of getting out of the build
ing The superintendent gave a tost
recently, emptying the school rooms
in two minutes Chief Reynolds ulso
gave a test when all the children were
up stairs In the assembly hall and the
building wits emptied In three min
utes In neither Instance was any
body expecting a fire drill. The true
tees themselves tested the fire alarm,
finding five stations at various points
In the building At the pressing of
the button Ihe gong sounded, the
children rose Immediately, leaving
books and hats and marched out in
perfect order, emptying the building
In a tnfnute and a quarter.
“So far as exits are concerned,
there are two ample staircases lead
ing front the upper floor, and five
exits on the first floor with all doors
opening outward.
"While the trustees do not think
thnt there Is the slightest danger of
any child being caught In the building
In case of fire or panic, yet as an ad
ditional precaution In case the school
is massed In the assembly hall or the
hall Itself is crowded during an enter
talnment and a ftre escape leading
from the assembly hall to the yard on
Ihe west side of the building. This
will provide three ample and distrib
uted exits from Ihe second floor,
i thereby making It very unlikely that
anybody should be caught, even under
the most favorable conditions."
“Garden Clubs.”
It was announced by the secretary,
Mr Kvans. that the board had been
given the privilege by Mrs. J. h
Hransford. owner, the use of a 13--
foot square lot on the 1000 block of
Greene Street for twenty-five school
CHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA.
flower gardens, the gard< ns to he
planted and looked after hy the pu
pils of the Davidson Grammar School,
under the supervision of the Parent-
Teachers' Association oT the school.
Plans for the gardenx are now hr
Ihg drawn hy the Berckmani Nures
rles and will be ready. It is under
stood, hy the end of the week. Actual
work by the children will commence
In all probability the first of next
week.
The seed will be purchased from N
L. Willett Seed Com; any, which hUH
offered the quantity needed at hall
price.
Prizes Be Given.
Prizes will be given the most sue
cessful boys and girls of the "garden
clubs,” and to this end the Merchants
and Manufacturers’ Association will
be called on.
From the interest and active co-ope
ration shown by the school children
in Augusta's recent “clean-up" week,
even more civic pride has been arous
ed among the pupils of the schools,
and the "garden clubs" follow along
the same line in the work to make Au
gusta more beautiful. In addition ttie
duties Incident to these clubs will be
an education In its'if.
Art* and Craft* Efficiency School.
* Favorable action was taken on a
petition submitted to the board by the
Carpenters anil Joiners of the city
asking that they bo allowed to use
the IVAntlgnac Street school on cer
tain nights during the week Tor a pro
posed "Arts and Crafts Efficiency
School.” the Idea of Mr. Wheeler, a
local superintendent of building in
struction. The matter was referred to
TOO MANY HOLIDAYS
If the public will stop to think how many days the
children miss from school out of the entire year, they will
appreciate the distress of the school authorities in trying
to make good in this business of teaching.
Five days in the week for nine months in the year gives
about 195 days total. Take off 10 days at Christmas,
Thanksgiving, Lee’s Brithday, Washington’s Birthday, Me
morial Day, and we have 180 days left. Take off rainy
days, snowy days, circus days, measles, mumps, picnics,
etc., etc., and the time the average child goes to school
during the year is ridiculously small. The average attend
ance is 144 days for each child in school, or a little over
one-third of the time.
If to this we add opening and closing week as practi
cally lost time, in getting books and standing examina
tions, where in the end will the schools be if this cry so%
more holidays keeps up? /
So far as Good Friday is concerned, we recognize the
sacred traditions of the day, but if the schools should
close there would be about five thousand children on the
streets, or staying at home, where only a few hundred
would attend the churches. We take it that the sacred
day is better observed in doing one’s duty and one’s ap-
Eointed work in life than in making it the occasion of
lleness.
Impromptu Test At
Houghton School When
Messenger Lad Rings
Fire Gong by Mistake
The tenehers ami pupil* at Hough
ton arc In little danger of being caught
napping by any fire. A fine Illustra
tion of their ready response was given
a few days ago when a messen t >c r
boy concluded that the only bell In
sight must be the one to ring, and
touched off the fire alarm. As soon as
he had pressed the button he saw
doors opening and children come pour
ing out of the rooms.
Bravely lie stood his ground and
even when one of the teachers asked
him if he had rung the bell he emu
lated ihe Immortal George of cherry
tree fame, by replying: "Yes'm, I dun
It."
Well, the Impromptu drill was a
success and all were rescued from the
fire!
This little Incident shows that the
fire drills are not cut and dried nf
falrs but that they form a real safe
guard In the remote possibility of a
fire.
—Houghton School Correspondent.
Fifth Grade Roll of
Honor, John Milledge
The honor roll In the fifth grnde.
John Milledge School, for last month
follows:
First Honor Annla Little, Marjorie
Gibson. Kva Smith. Minnie 15. Fell.
Kdna Crouch. Mamie Buck and Jessie
Burnett.
Second Honor —I.lly Maud Platt.
Mario Smith. Klwood Newton, John
Chambers and Wickliffe Toole.
the trustees of the ward In which the
IVAntlgnac Ft reet school Is located
and they decided to permit the
use of the school on such nights as
it was not being otherwise used, as
one of the night achoola Is conducted
In thlH building The school will be
put Into operation by Mr. Wheeler at
once.
"Public School—Drive 910w1y."
At the suggestion of Dr W. C. Kel
logg, trustee from the first ward,
made at the meeting of the board last
month. It was decided to purchase and
have Installed prominent signs hear
ing the words, boldly printed, "Public
School—Drive Slowly." The signs
are to be made of wood two feet by
three feet and placed in a conspicu
ous place at the approaches to all the
city schools. Twelve have been or
dered.
Danger to Children.
The point was made by Dr. Kellogg,
himself an automobile owner, that the
lives of hundreds and even thousands
of Augusta school children have been
endangered hy the rapid and reckless
manner Ir. which many automoblllsts
race past the sch,K>l houses at the
hours when the children are coming
to and from school or when they are
at play at reecss These conspicuous
signs, according to Dr. Kellogg, are
found in the vicinity of all school
houses In a great many other cities,
and he says that here, as elsewhere,
are bound to have the desired
effect, for they caution drivers of all
vehicles that there Is a public school
nearby—drive Mowly.
The signs will be put up In the next
few day*
March Honor Roll
at John Milledge
Eighth Grade.
First honor—Belle Thompson, L«-
rena Martin, Stone, Ada Lee
Gore, Viola Skinner, Janie ltateß.
Second honor —May Belle Wall,
Oliver Burch, William Fell, Mildred
Pitner, Frank Cadle, Jessie Archord,
Ruble Wheeler.
Seventh Grade.
First honor —-Willie Britt, Henrietta
Knight, Glayds Kitchings, Sylvester
Wilhelm.
Second honor —Mary Brown, Ethel
Dorn, John Bohler Thompson, Fred
lteeiand.
Sixth Grade.
First honor —Camille Geeter, Mel
rose Hamilton, Dan Con, Ethel Col
lier, Rttie Tussing, Leah White, Lu
olle Beutse, Lillie Britt, Adelaide
Moorman Alma Vaughn, Estelle Ro
per, Estollp Loaptrott.
Second honor —Thelma King, Annie
Wright, Thomas Barnes, John White,
Maxte Hewitt, Voneta Heirs, John
Blitchington, Alberta Skinner, Ella
Woodward.
General Order Out on
School Announcements
•
The following general order has
bean issued by the superintendent of
the Augusta public schools and will
be posted in all of the schools this
week:
Advertisements and Announcement*.
Principles may distribute advertls
lng matter and make announcements
to the .pupils of their schools subject
to the following regulations:
1. Previous written consent of the
superintendent must be obtained.
2. No visitor is allowed to make
announcements in person
3. Announcements or distributions
NIIIIM CAMPS FOR
HIGH SCHOOL BOVS
Maj. Oen. Wood Sends Letters
to Superintendents. Camp at
Asheville Begins July 6th.
Washington, D. C.— Major General
Wood, chlef-of-staff of the army, yes
terday sent to school superintendents
letters endorsing the student summer
military Instruction camps, onn <1
them to take place in Asheville. Re
marking that the camps have the en
dorsement of President Wilson and
former President Taft, as well ns lead
ing educators. General Wood says:
"Knowing the benefit of a certain
amount of military training to a na
tion and that in the United States
such training can only be obtained by
voluntary effort and that the great
majority of young men are unable to
afford this training as given in the
various military schools anil colleges,
the secretary of war has decided to
establish four students' military in
struction camps during the . coming
summer, to which students 18 years
of age or over—members of the grad
uating classes at high schools through
out the country—are eligible to at
tend; this at the minimum cost for
food and clothing and transportation.
"These campg are of great yalue not
only to the student from a physical
and educational standpoint, but to the
nation. In that it spreads among its
citizens a considerable amount of
sound military information and In
creases by Just that much the number
of partially trained men who would be
available and greatly needed in time
of emergency."
The superintendents are asked to
bring to the attention of eligible bow
the establishment of the schools. The
Asheville camp will he maintained
from July 6 to August 7.
CLASS POEM
T. H. S„ 1914
“US SENIORS.”
We’re the Class of nineteen-fourteen
from the good old Tubman High,
We’re nearly thru with lessons and
the end is drawing nigh.
We are twenty-four in number, a very
learned bunch,
Bue we have had to struggle with
many a weary punch.
We have studied hard together for
twelve long weary years,
But now the end Is nearing, we cat*
scarce refrain from tears.
We have learned our lessons, mid
groans and heavy sighs
Tho you’d scarce believe it now to
hear our merry cries.
In Basket Ball we head the line,
we’ve won most every game,
And IT you listen long enough you’ll
hear more of our fame.
We converse in French and German,
in I-Atin we can’t be beat.
And can you believe it? We can
cook things good to eat!
But the work will soon be over, the
end is drawing near
And the Class of nineteen-fourteen
will be a memory dear.
—KATHERINE WHITNEY,
T. H. S.. ’l4.
of circulars or cards must be made
at the dismissal of school and at no
other time except In case of assembly.
LAWTON B. EVANS,
Superintendent.
Places of Interest in Augusta
As Seen By a Pupil of Houghton School
Last week Miss Durban gave the
children in her class an outing cf
great pleasure. At ten o'clock they
started out on a trip. 1 was too sick
to go with them, so my mother
went with me In my uncle's car. Our
first stop was In front of St, James
church, to see the monument erected
to the boys In Gray. This Is the only
church which has ever erected a mon
ument to those of her children who
served In the Civil War.
Then we stopped In front of tho
court house, to see the monument to
the signers of the Declaration of In
dependence from Georgia, Hall, Gwin
nett and Walton. Under this monu
ment are the remains of two of the
signers Gwinnett’s remains have
never been found.
Next was the pretty and new mon
inent to four of our poets of the South
land, who are Hayne, Lanier, Ryan
snd Randall. We can never forget
these poets, and espeelaly Randall,
who wrote "Maryland, My Maryland."
Then a little further up came a neat
little shaft to the poet. Richard Henry
Wilde, who wrote, “My Life is Like
the Summer Rose."
Then across that beautiful bridge
over the canal, erected to one of the
heroes of the Tttantlc, Major Archi
bald Butt, who lost his life in that
terrible shipwreck. The story of his
bravery we all know.
Then to glorious old "Meadow Gar
den.” the old Walton home, where
Washington and Lafayette stopped
while In Augusta many years ago. This
SUNDAY. APRIL 12.
Edited By
H. J. S.
UNVEIL STATUES
TOMORROW TO'
TWO AUGUSTA
TEACHERS
Event of Much Interest Takes
Place at John Milledqe School
at 1 P. M. Memorials to Mrs.
Auqusta Primrose Leckie and
Miss Rebecca Fleminq Stand
in Assembly Hall —The Pro
gram
Tomorrow, for the first time in the
history of Augusta, memorials will he
unveiled to women teachers of this
city. The event will take place at
the John Milledge Bchool und the pub
lic is cordially invited to be present.
The memorials—statues of Mnemo
syne. the goddess of memory and
mother of the Muses, and Urania, the
goddess of astronomy—stank in the
spacious Assembly Hall of the John
Milledge School, one on each side of
the stage. Each figure is seven feet
high and rests on a handsome base.
They lend considerable attractiveness
to the schoolroom.
Miss Fleming—Mr*. Leckie.
Mnemosyne Is the statue selected
in memory of Miss Rebecca Fleming
and Urania In memory of Mrs. Au
gusta Primrose Leckie, two pioneer
teachers of the Fifth ward.
The unveiling exercises, beginning
promptly at 1 o’clock, should attract
a large attendance. Addresses will be
made by Mr. Evans, the superintend
ent of schools, and Mr. Garrett, prin
cipal of the Tubman High School and
assistant superintendent. The statue
of Urania will be unveiled by Miss
Sarah Primrose Bohler andd Master
Edward Jester and the statue of Mne
mosyne by Miss Martha Murrah and
Master Ralph Shea.
The Program.
Following is the program:
Song, ’’America.’’
Unveiling of statuary, Urania; me
morial to Mrs. Leckie, by Miss Sarah
Primrose Bohler and Master Edward
Jester. Mnemosyne, memorial to Miss
Fleming, by Miss Martha Murrah and
Master Ralph Shea.
Address, Mr. T. H. Garrett.
“Reminiscences of School Days With
Miss by Miss Josie A. Bo
deker.
“Reminiscences of School Daps With.
Miss Fleming," by Miss Annie E.
Campbell.
Music, Mrs. W. W. Thompson.
Address, Mr. L. B. Evans.
Song, “Auld Lang Syne.”
7th Grade Honor
Roll at Davidson
SEVENTH GRADE.
Honor Roll.
Gladys McGowen, Gladys Odom.
Excellent in Geography.
Philip Goldstein, Gladys McGowen,
Margaret Nixon, Scott Nixon, Gladys
Odom, Myrtis Wilson, Emily Wright.
Excellent in History.
Bessie Bateman, Gladys McGovern,
Margaret Nixon, Scott Nixon, Gladys
Odom, Benita Taylor, Myrtis Wilson,
Emily Wright.
Excellent in Grammar.
Margaret Nixon, Myrtis Wilson.
place is kept up by the D. A. R. and Is
full of relics of interest, among them
the chair that Washington sat in, the
tattered flag of our country, a copy
of the first paper published in Geor
gia, and all kinds of old furniture and
curiosities Many of the tourists,
spending their winters in the hotels in
and around Augusta, make frequent
visits to this common ground on which
the Blue and Gray can meet and to
gether unite in doing ttionor to the
memory of the men who won for us
our Independence,
In the beautiful Barrett Plaza stands
the monument erected to the memory
of Patrick Walsh, born in Ireland,
ppssed his early years In the city of
Charleston, where he learned the trade
of a printer, nnd then came up to Au
gusta, By industry, energy and ability
he rose step by step to the manage
ment of the Augusta Chronicle. He
was at one time IT. S. Senator and la
ter on mayor of our city. He was loved
by all who knew him and did kindness
to all who came to him in distress.
Near the Butt memorial bridge there
is a simple monument of rough stones
put together, giving the name of
Denis Cahill, a brave young Irishman
who lost his life in a fruitless effort to
save the life of a little girl who fell
into the canal while carrying dinner
to her father. There was the heart
of a hero in the bosom of this brave
young man.
CECILE CARR SMITH,
Fifth Grade,
Houghton school.