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GRADUATION
IS NEAR
VOL. I
THE KERNEL
MIDDLE GEORGIA COLLEGE, COCHRAN, GA., MAY, 1931
No. 6
Mx
. G. C.
ON TO SOUTHERN
ASSOCIATION
Mercer Olee Club
Renders Program
Meeting of Trustees
—|Dr. Butler Visits
On April the second the ‘hoard
of trustees of Middle Georgia Col-
On Friday night, April* 10, the* lege ^eld its meeting in the office
We feel sure that our, patrons and
friends will be glad to know that
we are laying definite plans for ad
mission to the Southern Association
of Schools afid Colleges, at the next
meeting. This school would have
applied earlier but, under the rules
of the Association, a college must
have graduated three classes before
it can be a member of the Associa,-
tion. This college will graduate its
second class in May, will -make appli
cation in December, and will gradu
ate its third class before that appli
cation is acted upon. All applica
tions are required to be in one year
before accepted.
Dr. Geo. P. Butler, Advisor of the
Association for Junior Colleges visit
ed the school, upon invitation, last
week, and went over all of the “re
cords, teacher’s qualifications, cour
ses of study, equipment, including
Mercer Glee
night, April xu, me legc lts meeting in toe omce
Club and Orchestra j Browning. The following
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gave the first performance - of its
spring tour in the Municipal Audi
torium in Cochran.
Due to the fact that the President
of the Club is W. C. Carlton, Jr.,
son of Prof, and Mrs. W C Carlton,
both professors of. M G. C, two-fold
interest was manifest on M. G. C.
campus.
The program was widely selected
and every number well rendered,
but outstanding was the ensemble
singing. The most difficult and
perhaps best rendered was the cho
rus “Hush, Hush!”
Solos were rendered by Messrs.
Joe Freeman, Jack Dawson, and
George Dayton.
The quartet, composed of Messrs.
Carlton, Freeman, Dawson and John
ston, delighted the audience with
their rendition of “Sweet Sue.
The most collegiate aprt of the
program came in the second scene
with the College Orchestra ‘-“The
laboratory^libraryT etc., and gavel Collegians.” They were full of pro-
such advice as he thought would be verbial “Pep” and nothing was lack
beneficial. Dr. Butler was well re
ceived by this school and student
body, and made quite an impression
because of his profound knowledge
of junior college work. Dr. Butler
was, for many years, at Richmond
Academy, Augusta, and developed
the Augusta Junior College which is
now on the Southern Association
and is considered one of the very
best junior colleges in the Associa
tion.
This college has developed more
rapidly than any junior college in
the State because of the energetic
Board of Trustees and the splendid
faculty secured immediately upon its
organization, and beeouse of the
rapid development of a large, welt
equipped, well catalogued library,
and splendid, fully equipped labor
atory. The Committee on Accredit
ing Relations of the Georgia College
Association has already placed this
school on the B List of Junior col
leges of the State, racing it
next to the few junior colleges which
are on the Southern list already.
The trustees and the faculty have
determined that this school "must
meet every requirement at once, lhe
students from the first graduating
class have entered senior colleges in
junior classes and are doing excel
lent work. Middle Georgia should
be proud of her magnificent junior
ing in their rendition of the modern
day Jazz.
Mention must be made of the skit
between acts given by Mr. John Min-
ter, and Mr. M. Goldeirre. Mr. Min-
ter delighted the audience with hi's
humorous songs playing his own ac
companiment on the ukelele. Later
Mr. Goldierre joined him using as
his instrument his nimble fingers.
The performance was brought to a
close with a burlesque of “Cleopa
tra” followed by the singing of the
“Alma Mater.” I
The Club was entertained at din
ner by President and Mrs. L. H.
Browning of M. G. C before the pei-
formance and a dance followed the
performance
problems were discussed and decided
that the sophomore class be deducted
from the high school department
leaving only the Junior and Senior
classes in the high school depart
ment. A commercial department,
consisting of accounting, shorthand,
and typing and allowing regular col
lege hours, will be added to the col
lege department.
It is a consensus opinion it will be
agreeable not to have uniforms af
ter the end of this school year.
Reports showed that a fine herd
of Durop hogs are now entitled to
be registered ond that the Guernsey
cattle herd has an increase of one
hundred per cent.
The president’s report shows that
the school has made excellent pro
gress in the past two years. All de
partments are making good progress
and the attendance for summer
school which will begin June, the
eighth, is expected to be unusually
good. The attendance during the
fall and winter terms has been un
usually good also.
The most important fact of the
board meeting, however, was the
unanimous re-election of Miv Leo
H. Browning as our president for
another term of three years.
The following members were pres
ent: J. P. Peacock, Guy D. Jackson
and J. B. McWhorter all of Cochran,
Ga., R. F. Burch, Eastman, Ga., H.
L. D. Hughes, Danville, Ga., Judge
Esehol Graham, McRae, Ga., T. E.
Page, Dublin, Ga., C. D. Rountree,
Wrightsville, Ga. '
The next meeting of the hoard
will be held on the afternoon of
commencement, May the twenty-
sixth, 1931.
Middle Go. College
Dr. George P. Butler, former
president of Richmond Academy, Au
gusta, and who is| now located at the
University of North Carolina, will
visit Middle Georgia College next
week. Dr. Butler is also official
advisor to Junior College in the
South. He came here upon the in
vitation of the college to advise and
make suggestions that will assist the
school in applying for admission to
the Southern Association of Junior
Colleges. Under the rules of this
association, a Junior College must
have operated for four years before
it can be admitted; therefore, next
winter is the earliest time possible
for this school to apply for member
ship.
The Southern Association of Jun
ior Colleges is the outstanding edu
cational association in the south and
it will he a great honor conferred
upon this institution to be enrolled
with other prominent junior colleges
who are achieving success irTthis new
educational field, >
Both student body and faculty are
looking forward to Dr. Butler’s visit,
for he will not only prepare the
school for membership in the South
ern Association, but he will also out
line an educational program upon
which the school will operate, making
it one of the foremost Junior Col
leges in Georgia.
Swimming Pool Opens
Teachers to Attend G.
E. A., April 17, 18, 19
A holiday has been given Friday
i,
college.
—L. H. BROWNING.
All of us who swim were delighted ^
to learn last week that the pool was teae ^ ers m ay attend the Geor
filled and quite a number of girls Educational Association in Ma
and boys have been going in every
day. The same system that was
used last year is being used again
this year, the boys alternating with
the girls. The hours are: Monday
Boys 4-5 o’clock; girls 5-6 o’clock.
Tuesday Girls 4-5 and boys 5-6 and
so forth Every student in the school
should ’he grateful that we have this
most welcome addition to our cam
pus, because many boys and girls
swim who enjoy no other recreation.
gia Educational Association in Ma
con-, the last three days of this week.
Two distinguished speakers, out of
the state, with a national reputation
in educational work will address con
ventions of the educational bodies.
They are Charles A. Lee, head of the
schools in Missouri, and Dr. Boyd
H. Bode, professor of Philosophy of
Education, Ohio State University.
Headquarters for the meet will be at
the City Auditorium, but depart
ments will meet in various places in
Macon.
New Books Added
To M. G. C. Library
Mr. J. P. Peacock, chairman of
the Board of Trustees, has recently
donated to Middle Georgia College
a collection of 259 books to be plac
ed in the library. This is the second
contribution of books that the school
has deceived from Mr. Peacock this
year. The other donation, given laBt
fall, amounted to 326; thus making
a total of 585 books. Mr. Peacock
has always been a strong supportr
of our school and has done a great
deal for the upbuilding of it.
Since September, our library has
increased over fifty per cent, mak
ing to date, a varied assortment of
2,404 books. With the wide dange
of literature to be found in our li
brary, it is convenient for the stu
dents to obtain practically all the
recreation, culture and reference
that may be found in any modern
college library.
We are so glad that Adthur Brown
ing will soon be. able to bo in school
again after having pneumonia.