The bulletin of Atlanta University, 1889 vol. 1 no. 6

              Vol. 1. ATLANTA, GA., JANUARY, 1889. No. 6. THE BULLETIN OF ATLANTA  UNIVERSITY. Issued monthly during term time from the University printing office. Entered at the Atlanta, Ga., post office as second class mail matter. Subscriptions at 25 cents a year may be sent to the treasurer of Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga. Editorial. "Why don't you get a train of Pullman cars, and bring a lot of our good northern friends down here to see this wonderful work ?" Thus remarked Rev. Dr. Joseph B. Clark, Secretary of the Home Missionary Society, the other day, as he was taking a survey of Atlanta University. If we were as fortunate as some of our •companion institutions are in possessing a location nearer to our northern friends, such a suggestion would not seem visionary. As it is, we must depend on] such reports of our work as we can make through the Bulletin, and on those which such friends as Dr. Clark may feel interested to convey from their own personal observation. We are fortunate in catching occasionally a traveler bound to Florida or New Orleans, and to all ;such we extend a most hearty welcome. The following paragraph, which appeared in the Atlanta Constitution Dec. 22, carries its own comment:  "The Christmas drunks have begun in earnest. A surprisingly large percentage of the drunks are white men. Not more than one in four is a negro. One white man was brought in from the lower end of Decatur street on a negro's back. The darky's name is Henry Rhodes and the man was brought for nearly a mile. He was too drunk to tell his name. Patrolmen Walton and Abbott, who arrested the man, came in with Rhodes and his passenger. The sight was a comical one and there was quite a procession behind them as they left Decatur street." Comparatively few people are aware how much good is being done through the agency of the Wednesday afternoon temperance meetings held by the girls in Stone Hall. We hope to be able to present soon a short report of the work being done by this society. An interesting evidence of the value of these meetings was recently brought to light. One of the girls who attends regularly succeeded in persuading her parents to banish wine from their          e n Christmas day, when she was at home for a brief vacation. Wine had always before been served at her home on that occasion. WANTED—LIGHT! Among the minor wants of Atlanta University just at present is a good magic lantern. One of the teachers has commenced a series of talks to the students on Africa. The latest data regarding the continent, political, religious, educational, social, moral and scientific, is to be embodied in these talks. In order to give vividness and realism to the information thus conveyed, a light of some sort is greatly needed which will enable the speaker to take advantage of a promised loan of over 80 lantern slides illustrating Africa, and such other slides as are procurable from eastern houses that deal in lantern material. Best of all, of course, would be a first class gas lantern or stereopticon. Unless some good friend provides such a machine, we shall be contented with a first class oil lantern. The most powerful oil lantern made can be had for $40. Who will pledge this sum of money, and who will pledge another sum, equal or larger, as a fund for the purchase of slides ? FIVE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. The Bulletin hereby submits to its readers a list of five different minor needs of Atlanta University, for any one of which they are at liberty to provide . I.   A collection of good, modern maps for use in teaching geography. II.   A printing press with a bed-plate measuring 13x19 inches—large enough to print two pages of the Bulletin at a time. III.  A good magic lantern, or better still a stereopticon, and a fund for slides. IV.  Chandeliers for the college chapel. V.   Twenty-five more benches, seating  six  persons  each,   for  the   college chapel. ------------•------------ THE PRINTING OFFICE FUND. The Bulletin gratefully acknowledges receipts and pledges as follows in aid of the printing department fund: Reported in December Bulletin,............................$128.00 Mrs. Carrie M. Bryant, Amherst, Mass.,.........................5.00 Woburn, Mass., Cong. S. S.,.........................................25.00 Plainville, Ct,  Cong. S. S ,........................'.................36.00 E. P. Dutton, Auburndale, Mass.,................:............50.00 Geo. M. Fiske.................................5.10 Mabel Hutchinson, ,................................5.00 Mrs. N. W. Farley,.,................................2.00 Mr. L. Snow's S. S. Class, Auburndale, Mass.,...........2.00 Mrs. Walker, Auburndale,   Mass.,..............................1.00 Rev. F. E. Clark,.................................1.00 A Friend.....................................50 Mr. Cooley,.................................1.00 Mrs. E. B. Knapp,................................,...5.00 E.E.Hardy,..................................3.00 G. D. Dutton,.......................................50 E. H. Sampson,....................................5.00 C. C Burr,.................................5.00 Northboro, Mass., S. S.................................................10.00 Proceeds Selika Concert, Atlanta, Ga.,.........................27.80 Meriden, Ct., Cong. S. S...............................................15.00 Total,.....................................$332.80 [Of the above amount $139 was pledged with particular reference to the purchase of a paper cutter.] To the kind friends who have thus remembered us we tender our sincere thanks. If any of you come south this winter, or at any future time, we extend a most cordial invitation to you to visit us, and see what good fruit your benefactions are destined to bear. It will be seen that the printing office fund has already reached $300, so that one of the conditions attached to Mrs. Spelman's offer, (referred to in our last issue), is realized. The offer, it will be remembered, was one of $50, based upon two conditions: first, that $300 was raised by outside means, and second, that a Sunday School   in    the    city   of   New