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VOL. 1.
THE KERNEL
MIDDLE GEORGIA COLLEGE, COCHRAN, GA„ NOVEMBER 26. 1920
No. 1
A SAVING TO THE STATE
The per capita cost of students at
Middle Georgia College for the schol
astic session 1928-29 was $91.95 to the
state; for 1929-20 $156.25 to the state.
The reason for this increase was that
several departments were added and
had to be enlarged and equipped.
This is extremely low cost. Suppose
for instance there was a hoy who
wanted to go to a State College for
the first two years and he c6uld only
go to the State College where it costs
the State a per capita of from $300 to
$600 per year, since he can get these
two years at this institution at a sav
ing to the state and the taxpayer of
from $144 to $444 per year and he can
also come to Middle Georgia College
at a personal saving of about the
same amount, it would he advantag
eous to the hoy and the state. If Mid
dle Georgia College has ONE HUN
DRED such boys then the saving to
the State in one year would he from
$14,000 to $44,000 for TWO HUN
DRED the saving would he $28,000 to
$88,000.00
This saving is not had by giving
any the less efficiency. This Junior
College has recently been elected a
member of the American Association
of Junior Colleges of the United
States.
No class is too large and every
teacher is an expert The graduating
class this year is more than 100 per
cent over last year.
College Presidents and Trustees
must realize that while education de
serves every cent, they geY and very
much more still many parents are
not able to give that brilliant hoy or
girl an education if it costs more than
the parents can possibly pay. The pa
rents are willing and- the colleges
are anxious and the State will do
its part. Let us all cooperate and
hold the expenses down to a mini
mum.
LEO H. BROWNING.
President of School,
Leo H. Browning
Armistice Program
Given at M. G. C.
Cabaret Minstrel
Enjoyed By Students
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In spite of the weather conditions
a splendid audience assembled to see
“The Cabaret Minstrel", presented by
the College Glee Club, under the di
rection of Miss Maxwell. The curtain
opened on a beautiful cabaret setting,
its loveliness enhanced by the pret
ty chorus girls: Misses Marie Lily,
Dorothy Bowen, Doris Milburn, Mir
iam McNiei, Elsie Smith, Georgia
Wilcox. Maude Burch, Helen Burch,
Belle Ashley, and Mozel Cansler. The
interlocutor, Milton Carlton, and the
circle men, Messrs. Joe Tennant, Oak-
man Etheridge, .Elmer Mayo, Pete
Harrell, Albert Meade, Alex Colter,
John Scarborough, and Sparkman
Walker contributed much to the
cross fire of the end men: Red Mc-
Cutcheon, Roy Smith, Ernest Stokes,
and Howard Nolan. The Bluegrass
widow, Miss Mildred Rinor, and her
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The people of Middle Georgia and
of the territory which the school
Middle Georgia Colelge serves and
stands as a monument to education
should feel proud that they have a
man as head of this school who has
put lii s heart and soul in education
and in the development of education
in Middle Georgia.
Mr. Leo H. Browning came to
Cochran in the fall of 1927 to serve
as President of Middle Georgia Col
lege. although he has been here only
two years and a half, one would hard
ly know the school if he had been
away .for three years.
A picture of the school before he
came will give some idea of the
amount of progress that has taken
place under his short administration.
The enrollment of the student body
has increased from 150 to over 300.
The dormitories have been remodel
ed and new furniture placed in the
rooms for the hoys and girls. Only
two dormitories were .ill use before
1927, now there are three with anoth
er building being used for a teachers’
home. The school has grown under
his administration from a high school
to a Junior College and now has an
enrollment of over 100 students and
the college work being done is par
allel with that of the University of
Georgia. The. advancement of the
scholarship of the student body has
made rapid progress as the literary
and scientific attainment of the school
has been increased by more study, in
terest and better equipment to work
with. The faculty has grown from
twelve to twenty with every teacher
holding the required degrees and the
increase in salary for the teachers has
been due to President Browning’s un
tiring efforts. A new swimming pdo!
and gymnasium has been added to
the campus for the students.
President Hiowning is an untiring!
worker and has plans for the school J
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In spite of the fact that old Sol
refused !o shine Tuesday, November
11th, was a red letter day for the
people of Cochran and Bleckley
County, Approximately 2.000 people
gathered at. Middle Georgia College
in celebration of Armistice Day and
to study the conditions of a farm
program plan. Not only the town and
county residents but people from the
adjoining counties came to hear the
addresses and to take part in the
events of the day.
Mr. Browning presided over the
morning exercises which were held
In the college auditorium. As a pre
liminary to the main topic of the day,
a Farm Program Plan, the following
patriotic program was rendered:
Parade of World War Veterans,
America—Audience.
Invocation—Rev. T. O. Lamber.
Welcome Address—Mayor J. E.
Cook.
Armistice Address—Supt. T, M. Pur
cell.
Reading—“Flanders Field—Mrs,. W.
L. Harris.
Reading—“America’s Response”—
Mrs. L. A. Whipple.
Duet—“Chorus of War-Time Songs"
Mrs. A. L. Thompson and Mrs. C.
H. Mullis.
Since the occasion was a combined
Armistice Day and Farm Program
Day, Col. L. A. Whipple introduced
Mr. Wiley Moore, of Atlanta, a for
mer resident of the county and now
president of the Georgia State Cham
ber of Commerce. Mr. Moore advo
cated a farm program for Bleckley
county such as that adopted by Floyd
and Colquitt counties.
Col. IT. McWhorter introduced ihe
main speaker of the day, Mr. W. T,
Anderson, editor of the Macon Tele
graph. Mr. Anderson showed the im
portance of adopting a diversified
program of farming. He urged the
farmers of Bleckley county to fall
in line with the Colquitt county plan.
The college orchestra furnished
music during intermission.
At the conclusion of the program
Dr. Frank Cochran dismissed the au
dience with a prayer.
Tiie host of people were invited to
the gymnasium for dinner. The bar
becue served was provided by the
farmers and merchants of Bleckley
county. After dinner all were invited
to see Hie basketball game. This end
ed the day which had been heralded
by men, women and children all
over the county.
Virginia Redmond.
OUH SCHOOL, PAPER
Stokes—When did you first know
you loved me?
Mildred Rawls—When I began to
get mad when people said you were
harmless and ugly.
Gary—Bay. Pop, can you stand on
your head?
Pop L.—No, son, it’s too high.
Our first issue L'ellofvs!
Let’s everybody get behind this
movement and pusli it forward, A pa
per is one of ihe most essential items
of school life. It creates more school
spirit, more loyalty £o the school and
a better feeling of good fellowship
between students than any one thing
the school can have.
We have selected for the, pa-per a
name that has a two-fold meaning—
"The Kernel'”’.
First: One would think of the ker
nel as the "heart", the nucleus around
which the life of a substance is built
and maintained-. We want “The Ker
nel” to he that “nucleus" around
which onr school spirit, our loyalty
to the school, and o'ur friendliness
is to be built.
Every hoy and girl should subscribe
to this paper. There will he happen
ings there that only the minority
would know, but since they are in
the paper the whole school, the folks
back home, the friends, the pals and
sweethearts all will learn about them
and will be interested in them.
Let us, the student body, get this
paper going. Let us'have a paper we
will he proud of. One that excells
other papers. We want the best I To
do this students must cooperate with
tlie staff. If anything of interest,
should happen, report it to the staff
or write it up and hand it in. If
there is anything that you want to
write, i-o. your attitude towards any
one of the numerous things that the
school is interested in write it and
hand it to the staff. They will publish
it for you.
Let ns all subscribe for tiie. paper.
Get our friends to subscribe for it.
Our dads to pat ads in it. (We will
have a big circulation and an ad will
pay—in onr paper.)
Do we want a paper?
Show it now! Buy one o r three!
Wolverines To Clash
With Douglas Tigers
Coach Morris and his gridsters will
journey to Douglas Thanksgiving to
clash with H. F. Johnson’s Tigers for
their second Turkey day battle.
The last two years the Wolverines
have come out vie.torous . over the
Tigers, but Douglas has a stronger
team this year than ever before. So
the fans who journey down south that,
day will lie assured of a good game.
And too, this game is an important
feature in the standing of the Georgia
Conference.
A crowd of M. G. C. supporters is
expected to ho in Douglas Thanks
giving to do their part in cheering
the "Red and Black’ to the third vic
tory in three years from the State
College.
The following boys have been go
ing out for football this year and
most of them will probably see ser-
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