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Title: A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Battey, George Magruder, 1887-1965
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Publisher: Atlanta, Webb and Vary Co.

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ct of his life. Dr. Hertys articlein the Constitution of Nov. 2d is time-ly, and the authorities of the Univers-ity can be trusted to make all neededchanges for all possible considerationpertaining to the welfare of its stu-dents, if they are given the means andthe confidence their loyalty and highsense of duty should deserve.** Yours most respectfully,VON GAMMONS MOTHER. For several weeks the enemies offootball trained the guns on the gamethrough the newspapers, and its de-fenders replied. The Athens Banner,the ancient paper published at theseat of the University of Georgia, de-clared, We do not favor a game wherebrutality steps in and usurps the placeof athletic development; it was a dis-play of savagery which tarnishes thefair names of both of the great uni-versities represented in the contest. The Charleston News and Courierdeclared: Football is worse than hazing andprize fighting, both of which are pro-hibited in all well regulated colleges. 350 A History of Rome and Floyd County
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ALLS FAIR AT THE NORTH GEORGIA EXPOSITION ^ ^^ ^ . _..j: „> «„ Pparp; Dart of the M ALLS FAIR Al inr, l-^--;. „ r^; peace- part of the Home-comingClaude H. Porter addressing tr--^^°f,^^tfck\nd Le^ J Langley after barbecue andcrowd in the grandstand; Gov Thos. W ^^^^^^^^^fai^^n^g Gov. Hardwick and a party ofBevo; George G. Stil, noted horseman a group cont^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ Smith-Cuyler, hospitable Romans; Lee J. Langley, mrs. «.elsewhere, the young carnival performers. Anecdotes and Reminiscences 351 Young men go to college to make use-ful citizens of themselves, not crip-ples. There are numerous manlysports and athletic exercises which donot involve risk of lifelong injury ordeath as the price of indulgingin them. If we must have footballriots for the popular entertainment—pugilistic mills and bull fights andbear baitings being forbidden—letthem be committed to professions.They are not adapted to the propercharacter and ends of college train-ing. They should be prohi

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