. Atlanta, yesterday, today and tomorrow. years, there have been only seven occupantsof this high office. Governor Brown was succeeded as presidentof the board in 1887 by ^Y. A. Hemphill. Thelatter was succeeded by Hoke Smith, anotherpresident of the board who became a UnitedStates Senator. He served as president for anumber of years and then, after an absence ofsome time, was again elected to this office. Otherswho occupied the post were D. A. Beatie, WilliamS. Thomson, Howard Van Epps, Hamilton Doug-las, Luther Z. Eosser, Eugene M. Mitchell, Wal-ter E. Daley, George M. Hope, E. J. Guinn, A.
. Atlanta, yesterday, today and tomorrow. years, there have been only seven occupantsof this high office. Governor Brown was succeeded as presidentof the board in 1887 by ^Y. A. Hemphill. Thelatter was succeeded by Hoke Smith, anotherpresident of the board who became a UnitedStates Senator. He served as president for anumber of years and then, after an absence ofsome time, was again elected to this office. Otherswho occupied the post were D. A. Beatie, WilliamS. Thomson, Howard Van Epps, Hamilton Doug-las, Luther Z. Eosser, Eugene M. Mitchell, Wal-ter E. Daley, George M. Hope, E. J. Guinn, A. , Paul L. Fleming, Fred E. Winburn andHenry B. Troutman. The last named was suc-ceeded by the incmubent, W. W. Gaines. The Board of Education as it stands now con-sists of W. W. Gaines, president; W. L. McCal*ley, vice-president; James S. Floyd, Mrs. J. , C. F, Hutcheson, A. C. Meixell, withMayor James L. Key and J. C. Murphy as ex-officio members. It is under the leadership ofthese members that the tremendous strides of. IHIREWYORK 1POBUC LIBRARY ASTOf^. LENOX AN!TlLDEN^OUNDATIr MILLIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS 353 the present are being taken, and their adminis-tration will remain for ever notable because ofthe progressive measures inaugurated duringtheir terms of office. A new and enlarged board, created under re-cent charter changes, goes into office in January,each ward having a representative. The newlyelected board consists of W. Hoke Blair, W. , W. W. Gaines, Dr. R. M. Eubanks, J. Penn, Mrs. J. OE^ef^e Nelson, W. L. Mc-Calley, Jr., J. T. Hancock, A. G. Meixell, C. , Z. V. Peterson and Mrs. Kate GreenHess. During the fifty years that the public schoolshave been in existence, the number of buildingshave increased from five to seventy-three—withmany others in the course of erection. From acorps of twenty-seven teachers, the system hasgrown until a total of more than a thousand arenow employed. The attendance has increasedfrom 2,090 to 41,3
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