Word: atlantae
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Angeles 51.0 Atlanta 44.7 St. Louis 43.8 Denver 39.3 Seattle 39.3 Newark 37.4 Houston 35.3 Dallas 35.2 San Francisco 34.8 New Orleans 29.2 Detroit 28.0 Indianapolis 26.5 Cleveland 23.0 Minneapolis 21.2 Boston 21.0 Pittsburgh 20.0 New York City 17.7 Philadelphia 16.9 Cincinnati 16.0 Kansas City 13.3 Chicago 12.9 Buffalo...
...papers are pinching pennies. Far from retrenching, the Atlanta Newspapers Inc.'s Journal and Constitution are spending more money. Explained Journal-Constitution Executive Editor Gene Patterson: "It was either retrench or increase expenditures and try for a better product that will sell. We thought the latter would be more rewarding...
...best-known Southern newspapers are shaped in the image of their editors-the Arkansas Gazette of Harry Ashmore, the Atlanta Constitution of Ralph McGill, the Greenville Delta Democrat-Times of Mississippi's Hodding Carter. But to many Southern intellectuals, the finest paper in the region is built not around a man, but on a moderate, conscientious approach to racial integration and the self-declared aim "to give the news impartially, without fear or favor." The paper: the Chattanooga Daily Times...
Secondary education in the South is now "mediocre, but getting better," according to one high school principal in Atlanta. In terms of national averages, Southern educational figures seem dangerously low because of the large undeveloped rural territory. Teachers come from poor educational backgrounds, they receive low wages, and many have never been out of the South. Most of the buildings are antiquated, and above all, the students--to say the least--do not have an overwhelming interest in academic subjects. Consequently, many statistics do not present favorable pictures...
...into ability groups, enabling the poor student to set his own pace, and the good student to move ahead. Many schools direct their good students into college courses, offering analytic geometry to those able to undertake this advanced work. In addition, Ford Foundation grants have enabled some schools in Atlanta to offer elementary calculus and extensive studies in English literature and American history...