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College Notes.
Prof. W. H. Kilpatrick, formerly Vice-President
of Mercer University, has been made Principal of
the Columbus High School.
Prof. K. G. Matheson who was recently elected
President of the Georgia Technological School has
received the degree of LLD from Washington and
Lee University, Lexington, Va.
The commencement exercises of the Georgia Tech
nological School have been recntly concluded. A
large class in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical En
gineering received degrees. The annual address
was delivered by Dean J. E. Russell, of Columbia
University. An address was made by George Foster
Peabody.
Prof. Edward T. Holmes of Mercer Un
iversity was married on June 27th to Miss
Elizabeth Virginia Jemison, of Birming
ham, Ala.
Dr. M. B. Wharton, now of Eufaula, Ala.,
and at one time editor of the Christian
Index, has received the degree of LL.D,
from the University of Alabama.
The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars
has been given to Furman University,
Greenville, S. C., by the general Education
Society to be used in the erection of a
building to be known as the James C. Fur
man Science Hall. The gift is conditional
upon the raising of the similar amount by
the friends of the institution. A large
part of this has already been raised.
At a recent meeting of the Board of
Education of the Public Schools of At
lanta, Ga., it was decided to establish play
grounds for the children of the city in two
of the public school yards. The rule re
quiring teachers to attend Normal school
during the summer vacation was dispensed
■with. The schools will be formally opened
on Tuesday, September 4th for their next
term.
The degree of Doctor of Divinity has been con
ferred upon Rev. John Roach Straton, formerly of
Georgia and now pastor of the Second Baptist
Church of Chicago. Dr. Straton is a brilliant
young man who has many friends in Georgia and
the South. His home was formerly in Atlanta, and
he attended college at Mercer University. He
taught for some time at Baylor University and was
called from there to his present pulpit.
George Foster Peabody has recently made a gift
to the University of Georgia of three hundred and
fifty acres of land to be used in enlarging the Uni
versity campus. The campus now contains nine
hundred acres and will be made one of the finest in
the South. At the Alumni banquet a notable ad
dress was made by Hon. J. J. Connor, of Bartow
County, author of the bill appropriating a hundred
thousand dollars to the University fund for the de
velopment of the State College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts. \
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Chancellor D. C. Barrow.
The election of Dean David Crenshaw Barrow to
the high office of Chancellor of the University of
Georgia is very gratifying to the entire alumni,
and indeed to everyone who knows him.
Continuously since his graduation from the Uni
versity in 1871, he has been a member of the Facul
ty, and by his sincere interest in them, and faith
ful devotion to them, has invariably won a warm
place in the regard of the student body.
Believing that he speaks the experience of a typi
cal alumnus the writer begs to say that he has
long since forgotten the calculus taught him by
Prof. Barrow, but has not forgot, and can never for
get, the beautiful ideal of blameless Christian life
so sweetly wrought into reality before us daily by
11 Uncle Dave.” Professor Barrow taught with
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ability the very necessary subject of mathematics,
but “Uncle Dave” has walked with God before more
than a generation of students. What Professor Bar
row taught may crumble and rust in the dusty tomes
of memory, but what 11 Uncle Dave” taught ennobles
mankind, purifies life, and elevates the ideals of the
strong men who make Georgia. It will live to
bless the world throughout Time, and in Eternity
will rest on his loving brow, a crown of fadeless
glory.
Without a trace of affectation "Uncle Dave”
lives more nearly the loving, trusting, believing life
of Jesus than the writer has ever seen elsewhere.
He loves the boys—genuinely loves them; he be
lieves in them with full and simple faith; he trusts
them completely. And the boys—they love 11 Uncle
Dave” like a father, and do anything for him.
This case occurred recently while he was acting as
Chancellor. A student had been guilty of certain
conduct which demanded discipline. The wayward
boy was up before him. Clearly of the two men
Uncle Dave” bore the burden of sorrow. Said
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he, “you have done something very wrong. You
have been doing wrong quite a while. I suppose I
ought to expel you,” and here the good man lost
his voice from very sorrow, “but that won’t do any
good. Suppose you quit your bad ways 'and stay
here. That will be better. Let’s try it.”
And it is a fact that the boy stayed there, and
continued his work in a manly, honorable fashion
for the sake of “Uncle Davie.”
Let it not be thought that Chancellor Barrow’s
strength lies alone in his greatness of heart. He is
a very wise man, a great student, has the rare gift
of seeing the future mirrored in the glass of the
present, and possesses the patience and constructive
genius to transmute possibilities into actualities.
He will be ably assisted in his great work by the
virile and bold Chas. M. Snelling, elected Dean of
the Faculty. One in heart and one in purpose with
Chancellor Barrow, Dean Snelling, ready
and suave, insistent and logical, is the per
fect complement to his winsome chief.
W. F. UPSHAW, Class of 1898.
Prize Essay Contest.
Tn response to the many requests which
have come to us we have decided to prolong
the time fixed for the closing of the prize
essay contest from July 4th to September
Ist. The reason for this as given by the
students desiring to compete for this prize
is that during the closing weeks of the ses
sion at the various schools and colleges
there was not time for this contest and
therefore, with the vacation period there
would be ample opportunity to prepare and
present the essay. We do not think it
necessary to repeat here all the rules of
this contest as they can be had on appli
cation to this office. But we wish to state
again that THE WORK MUST BE THE
ORIGINAL AND UNAIDED EFFORT OF
STUDENTS; we cannot, of course, be cer
tain that no outside assistance is given,
but on this point WE TRUST ABSOLUTE
LY TO THE HONOR OF THE CONTEST
ANT. The Prizes offered are SSO, $25 and
sls in gold respectively, for the three
best essays on some phase of the “ Making
and Meaning of Citizenship.” Editor.
Major Darwin, son of Charles Darwin and at
one time a member of the British Parliament, has
been appointed a lecturer on “Municipal Owner
ship and Public Service Industries” at Harvard for
next year.
The hundred and fifth commencement of the Uni
versity of Georgia has just closed. The following
medals and prizes were awarded: The Freshman
prize for general excellence, J. M. Michael. Ready
writers prize, L. S. Moore. Prize for best drilled
cadet, F. S. Colbert. Senior French prize, fifty dol
lars in gold, S. H. Bradberry. The German prize,
fifty dollars in gold, C. N. Fuddson. Psychologi
cal essay, fifty dollars in gold, J. J. Hill. The W. J.
Bryan prize, for best essay on “Our Form of Gov
ernment,” M. F. Goldstein. The Junior oration
prize, J. K. McDonald. Agricultural essay, R. L.
Nixon. Several prizes and medals have not yet
been awarded.
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