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University Reporter.
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more faithful in its service than he, is but to mention what is a
universally admitted axiom among the members of that Society;
and that no more worthy reviewer of the .mouth of Cobb,
Stephens and Lumpkin could have been found, let the brilliant
career of Mr. Jones, in his duties as a student of the Univer
sity, speak for itself,
Mr. S. P. Jones was born in the classic city, on November 3,
1869, and is the son of Dr. W. L. Jones, for a score of years
past the professor of Geology in the University. Mr. Jones’
childhood days were spent in Athens, and his earliest school-
day recollections are associated with Sale’s school, which was at
that time a flourishing institution in this city. Here he was
noted as a quick and thorough scholar, and a fluent and ready
speaker. His prestige in this latter direction, at even so early
an age as this, is shown by the fact that he secured the first
prize for speaking at this institution. From Athens Mr. Jones
removed to the neighborhood of Atlanta in 1880. Here he
attended Neal’s Military Academy, completing his course there
with first honor and covering himself in his graduation with
distinguished honors.
From this institution, Mr. Jones came to the State Univer
sity, entering the Freshman class in the Fall of ’86. His record
since his entrance into the University has been one continua
tion of honors richly deserved. In his Freshman year he was
elected Spring Debater from the Phi Kappa Society, and his
ble speech on the memorable Spring Debate of ’87, is still
\erished as a tradition at the University. In his Sophomore
\r he was selected one of the declaimers at commencement,
v there were many who thought the medal should have fallen
f\s lot. In his Junior year, Mr. Jones was doubly honored
matter of speakers places, receiving one each on declama-
k°Y'.d composition—a distinction rarely attained at the Uni-
ver* jj e was a j so e i ec ted President of his Society. It re-
mair \ however, for the Senior year to come in order to crown
a c °l\ course full of honors, with the highest distinction in
^ le "f of his society, that of Anniversarian, and we hazard
no thinly predicting that the address which will be delivered
by M r \ones on February 22, 1890, will be as chaste and
scholarly , a effort as was ever made in the University chapel
tiy an uni..graduate.
