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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
from 4 to 24. Every town, city, and almost every village in the
State now has at least a three-year high school, and during the
last ten years something more than three million dollars has been
spent upon these buildings. An important feature of the State
high school work is that represented by the eleven district agri
cultural institutions for the special training of farmers© boys and
girls.
In addition to the elementary and secondary facilities men
tioned, higher education has made rapid progress. The University
and its branches compose a chain of colleges extending to every
part of the State. The center is the University at Athens the
College of Liberal Arts. The State College of Agriculture, in
the same city, increases the scope of its influence each year
through its extension work, and is helping the farmers in prac
tically all the counties. In Atlanta the Georgia School of Tech
nology is recognized as the foremost institution of its kind in the
South, and has nearly a thousand students preparing for the
various positions in the technical and mechanical world. At
Dahlonega there is another branch of the University doing ex
cellent work in the mountains, while the Medical College at Au
gusta is that part of the university system which trains young
doctors. There are three normal schools for teachers, one for
BAINBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, COST $45,000