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HE KERNEL
An Editorial
WELCOME
Welcome students! You are
our Ebenezer. An Ebenezer is
a stone of help. Samuel set up
a stone between Mizpah and
Shen to commemorate the
Lord’s deliverance of the Israe
lites from the Philistines. In
the first faculty meeting our
new president, Dz\ Louis C.
Alderman, Jr., reminded the
faculty of its direct responsi
bility for your success. This
institution exists for you.
Fortunately, the relationship
is a mutual one. The admin
istration and faculty form a
‘‘stone of help” for you. Used
properly, these sources can be
your deliverance from indeci
sive, inactive, lax, immature,
and uninformed youthfulness
into discerning, healthy, re
sponsible, moral, and mature
adulthood.
Appropriately, Middle Geor
gia College was first called
the New Ebenezer College. Its
growth from that time has
been x’apid and sure. Its fu
ture appears exciting and chal
lenging. For you exist a new
school, a new administration,
and a new start. The past pro
mise of this institution can
become a present and future
reality. You can make Middle
Georgia College a truly "new”
Ebenezer,
TheKernel
Staff
Published Monthly by the
Students of Middle Georgia College
Cochran, Georgia
A UNIT OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS
J. T. MORRIS, Dean
THE EDITORIAL POLICY OF THE KERNEL ...
To publish the school news accurately and completely
To support worthwhile activities
To encourage good scholarship and high personal standards
To serve as a medium of student expression
To inform and entertain the reader while broadening reading scope
To report news which will form a chronological history of the
College
Temporary Chairman — Johnny Lister
SPORTS
Robert Stephens*
William Harrell
Barbara Terry*
Kay Truitt
REPORTERS
Barbara Terry
Sylvia Turner
Bill Merritt
Steve Kinard
Don Miller
Kenny Griffin
Harry Ray
Steve Head
Barry Hoffman
Charlotte Brown
BUSINESS and LAY-OUT
Kenny Griffin
.Martha Lee
Robert Stephens (asst.)
Johnny Lister
Barbara Moring
PHOTOGRAPHY
Steve Colson*
Mary Ann Crenshaw
ART and POETRY
Charles Lewis
Alicia Johnson
Sylvia Turner
Linda MsEacheon
TYPING
Pam McCanlis
Johnny Lister
Kenny Griffin
William Harrell
HUMOR
Alicia Johnson
Ann Archer
FEATURES
Jim Wooten
Linda McEacheon
EXCHANGE
Shelia Beardon
SPONSOR
Miss Teed
Special to the Kernel
. COCHRAN _ Middle Geor
gia College began its 37th an
nual session on September 22
with an opening assembly at
t>:30 a.m. in the college audi
torium, when an official wel
come was brought by Dr. Louis
C. Alderman, Jr., President.
Dr. Alderman, who succeed
ed the late Dr. L. E .Roberts
as President on August 1,
states that the student body is
the largest in the history of
Middle Georgia College. A
total of 944 students are reg
istered for the fall quarter. Of
these 381 are former students
and 563 are new students. This
represents a 22% increase in
the enrollment over the fall of
1963. The President indicated
that these classes will not only
be the school’s largest but the
oest-prepared academically.
In the up-grading of facili
ties at Middle Georgia College,
projects started during the late
spring and completed during
tiie summer months, total $195,-
00°. In preparation for the
largest enrollment in the his
tory of the institution, exten
sive renovation of Walker Hall,
the main academic building!
has been completed. Extensive
redecorating of the Science
Buridmg, the college Dining
Hall and the Student Center
has also been completed. Tal-
madge and Ebenezer Halls,
boys dormitories, have been
completely redecorated. Brown-
mg, Peacock and Wiggs Men's
Residence Halls have been
painted. A new lighting sys
tem has been installed on the
campus at a cost of $20,000
New roadways, sewers, and
gutters have been installed at
a cost of $35,000.
The Guidance
Program
Middle Georgia College is
initiating a guidance program
tins year designed to be of
assistance to all students at the
College. Special attention is
being given to developing a
comprehensive program oi
guidance services and to mak
ing these services available to
students on a personal basis.
Included in the services of a
comprehensive guidance pro
gram are the following types
of services:
(1) The orientation service.
The orientation service is a
special type of assistance made
available to new students or
any student approaching new
experiences in the college pro
gram. The central purpose of
the college orientation program
is to help each person feel at
ease, understand, and adapt to
his new surroundings, its tra
ditions, rules, offerings and ac
tivities.
(2) The information service.
The information service has
been described as a service
which embraces the various
types of information that may
be needed by a person in eval
uating his opportunities. There
is considerable evidence that
the information service should j
include three main areas of
information — occupational,
educational, and personal-
social.
(3) The individual inventory
service. This service, often re
ferred to as individual analy
sis, is designed to assist the
student in maxing a realistic
self-appraisal. The service,
which includes administration
and interpretation of standard
ized tests, is designed to pro
vide assistance to the student
by collecting, synthesizing, and
interpreting student data.
(4) The placement service.
Placement, as understood in
tlie guidance field, usually in
dicates assistance offered the
individual in taking “the next
step,” whether toward further
education, a job situation, or a
different course of study.
(5) The counseling service.
The counseling service is often
referred to as “the heart of
the guidance program." For
some students, the counseling
service may provide an oppor
tunity to discuss freely and in
formally topics of particular
concern. The counseling rela
tionship may provide an op
portunity for the individual to
evaluate himself and his op
portunities, to choose a feasible
course . of action, to accept re
sponsibility for his choice, and
to initiate a course of action
in line with his choice.
(6) The follow-up service.
Descriptions of the follow-up
service have indicated that two
very important aspects of the
service involve securing infor
mation about students who
have taken “the next step' 1 and
pioviding additional assistance
to these persons when such as
sistance is requested.
FROM THE OFFICE
OF THE DEAN
Enrollment - Fall Quarier-1964
r ine college opened the fall
quarter of 1904 with 946 stu-
uuius which is 19 percent in
crease over the fall quarter of
1963.
Students are classified as
xollows:
Fresnmen - — 564
uopnoinores - 382
Total 946
Campus students 596
rL-ys renting rooms
in town 110
Commuting students 240
Total 946
The office of admissions pro
cessed approximately 1200 ap
plications for admission of
which 972 were accepted.
Twenty-six failed to report on
September 21 for registration
of classes-
The students registered for
classes as follows:
Engineering ... —* 245
Business
administration 235
B. S. pre-medical, etc. 168
Education — _ 108
A.B. pre-law. etc. 78
Commercial art, Home
Economics, Music 46
General Education
and undecided 66
Lhe Guidance Office, located
in the Academic Building, is
open Monday through Friday
Lorn 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 am
and 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
un Saturday mornings, the 0 f-
^ al ' e 8:30 t0 *2:00
Students are invited to visit
office during these hours
Dr. Edwin D. Davidson"
My New Mother
The gracious “Ma” Lingo, as
of today, is the most interest
ing person I have met on cam
pus.
“Ma” Lingo was the very
first person I met, upon my ar
rival at Middle Georgia Col
lege, As 1 was receiving her
cordial welcome, I was won
dering whether all of the fac
ulty here was as nice and
sincere as she. Her warm, out
going, and matchless person
ality give a person a sense of
security.
Friendliness
On Campus
When I first arrived at Mid*
die Georgia College, and d U: .
ing my first day here, it Wa ,
as if 1 had been plucked fro m
earth and deposited in .
strange new universe. I k nev ,
loneliness, and perhaps a little
fear and resentment. It Was
comparable to being a tiny
satellite among many other in.
significant satellites all re
volving around the huge
mother planet.
However, these feelings were
not long-lasting. Everyone on
campus, and especially in niy
dormitory, was very friendly
and eager to help me become
adjusted. It surprised me act
ually, the atmosphere of good
will and friendliness that was
present everywhere.
I was dubious as to what
would be my reception in
Ebenezer Hall, but each per
son there was quick to intro
duce themselves, help me un
pack, and make me feel at
home.
I suppose when I first ven
tured out on campus, the same
cl o u tots and wonderment
coursed through my veins as
did those through the veins
of Captain John Smith when
he first stepped ashore at
Jamestown. In other words, 1
was an invader and had
broken apart a complete king
dom. How wrong feelings
could be! It was not long be
fore the reality c-f the situation
came through to me. There
were some six hundred other
lreshmen feeling exactly as 1
did. When this fact parted the
foggy mists of my brain, I
almost laughed aloud; the lone
liness and apprehension had
vanished. Still, without the
support of the friendliness on
campus I would have been
right back where the first day
found me, alone.
I have visited other colleges
and looked them over. In my
honest opinion, none has such
an aura of friendship and good
will as does Middle Georgia
College. It is very easy to.
settle down and feel at home
because of the fine spirit of
geniality and cordiality pre
sent amon-g all the people at
Middle Georgia College.
It is really amazing to see
an elderly little lady, like Mrs.
Lingo, keep a considerable
amount of order during the
day, among approximately two
hundred rambunctious and lo-
quaticus young men. These
young m en referred to are the
students that occupy Wiggs
Hall, Wiggs Annex, and Ebe
nezer But when eight o'clock
m the evening rolls around
the clamoring 0 f the day is
silenced by a Jew word, o1
philosophy by “Ma”
One reason the students of
-is. Lingo's dormitories have
b0 much aspect for her is b-
to U kno he t3keS ** UP ° n her ^if
to know each resident by his
name an * to know something
uuuut eacn ones personal life,
ojje doesn't pry or anyming to
i-iiac enect, put Dy aany con-
v ciaa. non wan eacn siuaent,
me reams muen aoout tneir
rives ana many proorems. It
rs noi uriusuar t-a enter tne
luoDy ox vvigg^ nan ana find
rvra suirounaea uy oc-ys
eagerly searemng to rind me
answers ip tnen varied ques-
uuns. if sne is unaDie io solve
mese proorems, sue can tell
wnere me answer may be
iuunu, it mignt p e sam, that
a ftuaent wun a problem will
nna rvra' to be his best
friend.
i m sure that next year Mid
dle Georgia College will be
irKe a cnain with a missing
firuc. Every boy’s “second
mother,’ Mrs. Lingo, is going
to retire, leaving a big gap
that will never be filled.
Campus
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