Word: atlanta
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...trip of the Yale Apollo Glee club was the most extended one yet taken by that organization, concerts being given in Charleston, Atlanta and Savannah...
...steam launch up the river to Magnolia Gardens, and afterwards to their hotel. A concert was given in the evening in the Charleston Opera House, followed by a reception at the house of Mr. Henry Buist, '84. Leaving Wednesday morning on a special train, the men arrived at Atlanta at 1 p. m. and were driven to the Kimball House. The members of the club were given a reception at the Gentlemen's Driving Park Club in the afternoon, and in the evening sang at De Give's Opera House. The concert was followed by a dance given...
...will spend two days, singing at the Grand Opera House on Monday evening, April 22. After the concert, a German will be given in their honor by the Savannah German Club. On Tuesday morning they leave for Charleston, singing there that night. Wednesday night the club will play at Atlanta, and after the concert they will attend a ball given in their honor. On Thursday two receptions will be given, after which the club will leave for New Haven...
...Glenn bill, which makes it a penal offence to teach in mixed schools of white and colored pupils, has brought the Atlanta University into prominence. In 1869, the Freedman's Burean established the university and soon after the State appropriated a large sum for its support. The outcry raised against the Glenn bill was so great that a modification was introduced which withheld all State appropriations, and by so doing a direct income of $8000 per year was taken from the university. The policy of the institution has not been abandoned on this account, and the subscriptions of private individuals...
Chicago has raised $300,000 for a School of Technology. The State of Georgia has also decided to establish a similar school at Atlanta, costing...