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FOUR
SOCIETY
LADIES AUXILARY OF U. C. F.
Thw Ladies Auxiliary of the U. C.
F. will serve a supper at the K. •'
P. hall Saturday at 6:45 p. m All
who expect to attend are asked to
call Mrs. P. F. Kahrs, phone 1345-J.
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DELICIOUS LUNCHEON
SERVED AT ST. JAMES
BAZAR ON JACKSON STREET.
If you haven't visited the ladles
of St. .Tames church at 219 Jackson
street you have missed a treat.
With four beautiful fancy work
booths. Including the "Sugar Plumb
Shop,” you are almost entranced
as you look. As you walk into "The
Oarden Gate” you at once find your
self at n garden party In Novem
ber. Here you are served a deli
cious plate lunch for 40 or 60 cents,
that Is easily worth 76 cnts
Mrs. Met* and her co-workers
are to he congratulated upon the
arranging of such an attractive
display.
Lunches served all day today and
Saturday (any hour) and will con
tinue Into the night hour if the de
mand Menu as follows:
Chicken salad, potato salad, slic
ed fruit salad, cako If wanted, con
gealed salad, whole or half potato
chips, haked ham. Barbecue pork,
ham, rolls, pickles, crackers, tea and
coffee. Special cakes for Sunday
dinner.
YOUR FRIENDS WHERE
THEY ARE AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING
Mr. Donnie Collins' friends will
be pleased to learn of his Improve
ment. after surgical treatment for
appendicitis.
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Mrs. J. F. McNair will spend
the week-end with her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. C. Y. Craddock at Lau
rens, 8. C.
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Mrs. J. W. Braswsll will be the
guest of Gibson friends for the
week-endi
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Friends of Mr. .T. C. Barden will
regret to learn he Is confined to
his home by sickness.
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Mr. P. M. Bennett’s friends are
glad to see htm out, after a recent
illness.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ides Brabham, of
Hattlsville, 8. C., are in the city.
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A beautiful thought In affection
ate memory of the late Mrs. A. 8.
I'hlniiy was the large bunch of
gorgeous white chrysanthemums
sent by the Augusta D. A. R.
chapter Baturday for her grave In
Oconee cemetery. Mrs. Phlnliy was
the oldest member, and the lovely
flowers were fragrant with fond
est memories, and happy rem
iniscences of her long association
with the chapter.—Athens Banner.
Herald.
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Mrs. Thomas Marlon Johnson, of
Savannah. Is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
A .1 Twiggs.
see
Dr. and Mrs. Frank MeKlmmlc
ltcdgers returned today from their
bridal trip and are at their apart
ments at The Ijenwood.
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Mr. Henry M. North, Jr., la down
from Tech for the week-end.
Mr. James IT. Jnckaon has re
•urned home from New York, where
!-<■ went to attend the funeral of
h r, kinsman, Mr. Marlon J. Verdery.
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Mrs. Nlta 8 Majors la leaving
tomorrow for a visit with Atlanta
relatives.
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Mrs J. TV Morgan was down from
De ling. Oa., yesterday.
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Mrs J. M Anderson Is over from
Odumbus. tie . for a visit with her
parents, Mr and Mrs. K. B Pilcher,
and to spend their golden wedding
season with them
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Mrs James M. Hull Is in Baltimore.
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Mrs Max Neeter'a frlenda will be
plea -• d lo bear that ahe Is doing
splendidly after surgical treatment
and has been moved from the hospital
to her home.
ROME RAISED THIRD !
OF CHEST FUND IN
FIRST DAY’S DRIVE
i
ROME. Ga A total of $6.574 50 !
•’»> reported by nine captain* of
the Community Cheat drive, at th* .
luncheon Tuesday. The team head
ed by M. S l-enler reported the
largest amount subscribed, $1,445,
while the American I.eglon com
mittee headed by J. T, Storey, wav
second, with $1,106.50.
The report by captains was *n
follows:
M S. l,anler $1,445.00
I*. H. Covington IS* 00
Hume Eastman 17* 60
Hugh McCrary 105.00
Julian Ueese 170 00
I, N. Sliahan, Jr «4* 60
M W. ir: Collins *l*oo
J. L. storey 1.160 6*
Total $6,274.60
The solicitor* again went out
Wednesday, and Thursday morning
The workers, who on Tuesday in
S hours raised practically a third
of th* total believe that they are
going to get the full sl*.*oo, but
they have found out that it can
only be done with the aid of every
man. woman, and child in Home.
"It I* Rome's chance" said Chair
man Walter Cothran. 1 brlleve th*
city will take It. and am proud of
the first morning's work. It is a
Job for everyone to do. though, and
there ie not to be a minute'* let-up
in the program "
With practically IM> per cent,
membership present, nine team* of
busy Rome business men gathered
at the headquarters of th* Com
munity Che*t at th* Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday morning at » 30
o'clock and fifteen minutes later
left th* building with th* dter
mlnatlon of raising the full amount
of sls,«o# in as short time as pos
sible.
SECURITY PROTOCOL
Is Diacntsed at French For
eign Office
TARIS—The protocol on dis
armament and eecurlty framed ai
tha last assembly of the league of
nations wa* the subject of an Im
portant conference *t the foreign
office Thursday night between Tr«-
mier Herrlot. I-eon Bourgeois*
former Tremier Briand and Paul
Roncour. The result wa* to con
firm the conferees' opinion that
Franc* waa correct In accepting the
Rrltieh request thet consideration
of th" protocol by the leagu# coun
cil be deferred.
France however ha* no Intention
of scr.ippim; the pi tocol. although
If this appeared fleslrsble she would
rot refuse to •tivtage a more eov.
t >t* •VuMon of the problem ssya
♦hr •• • ••■V-r od Matin
AMERICAN
EDUCATION WEEK
NOVEMBER 17 TO 23
(An Editorial)
The American School Is a School for All the People
In most countries there are two school systems. One educates those who are to rule, the other those who are to be ruled. The
educational opportunity that a child receives is determined by birth and social position. The “high-born” are given a complete ed
ucation in one school system. The “low-bom” attend a different system and receive but a meagre elementary training completed
at an early age. In America, we have a different plan. We accept the ideal, even if it is not realized everywhere in practice, that:
“What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all its children. Any other ideal for our
schools is narrow and unlovely, acted upon, it destroys our democracy.”
We sometimes forget that this ideal is of recent origin. In our early history, few could obtain a first-rate educa
tion who were unable to pay tuition. In many places, attendance at a free sch 00l stigmatized a child as a “pauper.”
That time has passed. The community is the exception, today, that does not maintain free schools to which all pa
rents may be proud to send their children. Nearly 23,000,000 children were en rolled in free public schools in 1922. At
least one person in every five in th'e United States is at present attending a free public school.
School Taxes
We are coming to recognize that the public school is our great
est productive institution. Without the trained intelligence for which
the school lays the foundation, most of our wealth would he impos
sible. It is therefore proper that a small part of the wealt'h which
this institution playß so great a part in creating should be set aside
for its maintenance.
Yet, this principle has but recently been accepted. Less than a
century ago, Henry Barnard was threatened with personal violence
for advocating such heresy as the taxation of one man’s property to
educate the children of his neighbor. Such an attitude seems ridic
ulous today. The local school tax is levied everywhere as a matter
of course. Practically all the States partially support their schools
through a state-wide tax. The Nation is contributing for the support
of educatio money collected through a National tax. We have recog
nized the principle that the education of the future generation should
constitute a first lien against all wiealth—that ever dollar of the Na
tion’s wealth, no matter where it exists, should bear its just share in
educating the Nation’s children no matter where they live in the next
house or the next State.
Education An Investment
Many of our States have recognized that money invested in high
schools and colleges, as well as that invested in elementary schools,
brings big returns. They have provided free schools extending from
the kindergarten through the university.
This is as it should be in a democracy. The arguments against
free college education are the same as those advanced against free
elementary schools a century ago, and against free high schools fifty
years ago. No State can make a better investment than to provide a
complete education for all who have the capacity and the desire to
obtain it.
Industry and brains, rather than caste or wealth, are the keys
that should open the doors of educational opportunity in a democracy.
Children In School
A larger percentage of parents are making sacrifices so that their
children may enjoy the benefits of a complete education than ever
before. In 1870 six children of e very ten from five to eighteen years
of age were enrolled in a public school. In 1922 eight of every ten
children from five to eighteen were enrolled in a public school.
Not only are more children enrolled, but more of those enrolled
are attending regularly. In 1870 a U public elementary and secon
dary schools provided 539,503.423 days of schooling. In 1922 they
provided 3,022.882.932 days of schooling. If the general popula
tion of the United States had increased as rapidly as school atten
dance between 1870 and 1922, we would have 216.227.633 people in
the United States at the present time.
Parts of the increase in school attendance is due to the enactment
and better enforcement of compulsory attendance laws. But these
laws are but the reflection of a growing public confidence. In fact, it
is in the high schools, where attendance generally is not compulsory,
that the increase has been most rapid.
In 1920 there were more children enrolled in the public high
schools of New York State than in a 11 public high schools in the Nation
in 1890. In 1920 each of five states (California, Illinois. New York.
Ohio and Pennsylvania) had more children enrolled in public high
schools than were found in all the public high schools of the Nation in
1880.
In 1890 three children out of every one hundred, of ages fourteen
to eighteen, were enrolled in high school. In 1922 twenty-four out of
every one hundred children of the same age were enrolled.
The publication of this page is made possible through the patriotic efforts of the following concerns:
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
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The statistics in this editorial are taken from reports of the U. S.
Bureau of Education.
The growth in public school enrollment is a clear indication of a
growing realization of the value of the service rendered by the public
school both to the individual and to the Nation.
Who’* Who And Education
The importance of education as a condition to success in life is re
vealed by figures just issued in “Who’s Who in America.” Educational
information is given for 22,075 “notables” listed in the 1922-23 vol
ume of this publication. Of this number, 17,077, or over 77 per cent,
have had college training; 3,118, or 14 per cent., have had secondary
or high school training; and 1,880, or less than nine per cent., have
had less than high school training. When these figures are compar
ed with those in the 1899-1900 edition, it appears that it is increasing
ly difficult to achieve notable success in life without a complete edu
cation.
In 1900, 11 out of every 100 people listed in “Who’s Who” had
had less than a high school training. In 1923, eight out of every 100
had had less than a high school training.
An increasing percentage of those who achieve notable success in
life comes from the small proportion of our population that avails
itself of the full opportunity offered by our educational system. One
investigation has resulted in these calculations:
Amount of Education Chance of Achieving Distinction
Without Education i j n 161,290
Bth Grade education i i n 40,481
High School education l i n 1,606 -
College education l i n 173
The figures in this table were taken from a study by George P,
Hambrecht and J. G. Childs, Sheboygan Vocational School, Madison,
Wisconsin.
Innate capacity and many factors, other than schooling, play a
part in determining the success in life of a man or woman, but it can
not be doubted that education plays a major role.
Aim of Modc«.*n Education
$ The objectives of the public school are fundamentally sound.
According to a recent bulletin sent out by the National Education
Association, the objectives of modem education are summarized.
The public school recognizes as its first aim the development of
character through fixing right habits of conduct. The school aims to
give children a good command of the fundamental process—the three
R’s. Health habits and attitudes essential to healthful living are em
phasized.
The development of good citizenship is announced as one of the
primary tasks of modern education. The school aims to give training
essential to effective home life. The foundation for vocational effi
ciency is laid in the public schools. Training children for the effective
use of leisure time is mentioned as another primary object. Summing
up. it is declared that the public school aims to increase the general
mental and moral efficiency of children.
This declaration of the primary objectives of modern education,
as announced by the National Education Association, proves that the
program of modern education is practical, constructive and idealistic.
From the bulletins of the National Education Association.
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