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Editorials
Who Will Chain the Giant?
William Cullen Bryant, in
writing about the free spirit of
mankind, once asked the question,
“Who shall place a limit to the
giant’s unchained strength, or curb
his swiftness in the forward race?”
The question has relevance today
to a giant growing in our own
midst, a veritable colossus of
education which, like the phoenix
of old, has arisen from the ashes of
its own destruction.
Like most things lasting and
worthwhile, Gordon Junior College
has matured slowly after ridding
itself of the shackles of an
antedated method of education.
Gordon was once known for its
military curriculum, for the spit
and polish of its cadets who
distinguished themselves on fields
of valor around the world. Coeds
then were just frosting on the cake,
rah-rah girls who led the cheers
and kept the boys from having to
dance with themselves at home
comings.
But the agony of Vietnam
changed the character of the school
and the thrust of its educational
pursuits. Blue jeans have replaced
the gray uniforms and coeds now
outnumber the boys to the delight
of both.
The transition of Gordon from
a private, military-oriented college
to membership in Georgia’s
University System was not
accomplished without full public
airings and a publicity campaign
designed to inform the populace of
the change.
However beneficial the effect
of changing the college from a
private to a publicly-supported
institution might have been, still
such a dramatic turnaround cannot
account for the dynamic growth of
the past few years.
A college, like a nation or a
business, is but an extension of the
shadow cast by its president. The
influence a president has on a
college may not be visible to
observers off campus, but the
None But the Brave
So often in life we see the race
won by the swift and the brave and
the beautiful.
Not so, in war. Wars are won
by the brave and, as all good
soldiers know, the very best
soldiers are the ones who sleep
under foreign soil.
Monday is Memorial Day. A
busy country will pause for just a
few hours to remember those
whose bravery insured the unsure
world we live in today.
The defeat in Vietnam casts a
pall over the celebration of the day.
And the cowardice of those who
refused to serve there throws a
shadow across the land and places
in doubt the resolve of the present
generation to fight a real war,
popular or unpopular though it may
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teaching faculty can sense its
subtleties, the students respond to
its warmth and understanding and
the entire state listens to a
president obviously dedicated to
building a program marked by the
academic excellence and moral
stamina of its students.
Dr. Jerry Williamson has
already built Gordon Junior
College into the intellectual giant of
the 33-unit University System.
Over 85 per cent of Gordon’s
students passed the Regents’ Test
in the Spring Quarter of 1977. The
average of the entire University
System was only 63 per cent on the
same test. No other unit in the
System had as many as 80 per cent
of their students pass the test.
In answer to Mr. Bryant’s
query, no one will be able to chain
this giant, not so long as Dr.
Williamson is charting the course.
His infectious enthusiasm, his
attention to detail-even to knowing
the name, home town and
parentage of every student-, his
Christian character and inspira
tional quality give him a charisma
and adulation that is unmatched by
any college president in the
country.
Mark the name well, Gordon
Junior College, especially if you
are approaching college age or the
parent of a teenager who soon must
make a choice from the many fine
institutions of higher learning in
our state. But don’t let the name be
indelibly ingrained on your
memory. For it will change
someday, in the not too distant
future, to Gordon College.
Any college with such splendid
programs in math and the
sciences, in the arts and literature,
whose students can outshine and
outperform those from four-year
schools, is deserving to be ranked
as a senior college.
The giant is awakening. The
colossus is emerging. And no one
shall chain his strength or curb his
swiftness in the race for academic
preeminence.
be.
But perhaps no generation
shows its real mettle until the chips
are down, the threat is real and the
stakes are unmistakable.
Valor is worthy of remembrance
and respect. The poppies still blow
on Flander’s Field, the blood at
Gettysburg still hallows the soil,
soft Pacific swells still wash
Tarawa’s beaches, Omaha Beach
hasn’t forgotten the cannonade of
D-Day and the shot heard around
the world still echoes through
Concord’s valleys.
Our freedom was bought by the
blood, and lives, of brave American
men and women, patriots all.
Remembering them can make
Memorial Day more memorable.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
The Last
Straw
BY
VINCENT JONES
One of the most common
and embarrassing failings of
man is his susceptibility to
the foot-in-the-mouth dis
ease. Although seldom fatal,
this disorder can sometimes
produce alarming symptoms
and shocking after effects.
Any male opportunist can
catch the disease in an
unguarded moment when his
conversation is faster than
his brain action. Here are
just a few examples that may
or may not, have happened
to you or me:
“That’s a right nice pass
you toss there, podner.
Pretty good for just a
youngster. Here, throw me
one over there near the pond
and I’ll show you how a real
end used to grab the old
pigskin. Lead me plenty,
now, so I’ll have to really
jump. That’s it—kersplash.”
“No need to get an
electrician to remove that
piece of extension cord stuck
in the outlet. You underrate
the old master at times like
these. See just a few prods
with my trusty Scout knife
and zzzzzzzzzzzz.”
"I know I’m not a watch
repairman but there’s
nothing complicated about
this mechanism. To demon
strate my lecture and allay
your fears. I'll begin by
removing this one tiny screw,
and then I'll ”
-Jr.
“Why don’t you buy a
model 872 bomber, son, the
one that has 8,486 moving
parts, so that you and your
brother will have plenty, to do
on these cold winter eve
nings?"
r
V
"Sure, I can handle
another sack of groceries.
Here, give me the one that’s
too full of those nice juicy
oranges, will you?”
"Yes, I trained him
myself. How do you like the
way he’s covering that weed
field? Just wait until he
strikes birds and you’ll see
how stanch and sure he is.
Safe as money in the bank, I
always say. What’s that I
heard? Sounds like quail.
Hey, wait, come back here
you mangy hound.”
“I just don’t savvy this
modern art. Take that piece
of slapstick canvas and paint
that someone assembled
over the mantle there. Now
who in the world would ever,
oh. your wife?”
“Sure, dearie, I’ll hold the
tomato stake while you step
on the bench and drive it with
the axe. That’s right, Easy
now. 0.K., here we g0...0h...
0h...0h.”
“You’ve never tasted tea, I
say, until you’ve added some
of this tangy tangerine juice.
Aw, don’t be stingy. Here,
dump the whole can in. Now,
wrap your lips around that.
Did you ever taste such ”
“Gee, but your children
are all so handsome. How in
the world did two such....oh,
well, it’s a strange world,
isn’t it?”
“You gotta be tough, Joe,
don’t ever let her get the
upper hand or your life will
be miserable. Rule or be
ruled, I always say. Right off
I let mine know who was
gonna boss this family. Ouch.
All right, dear, I’m coming,
just take it easy on that ear.”
“It’s tight, but it’ll make it.
Take an old piano mover’s
word for it. I’ll take the two
corners while you all get the
back and push. Thai way, I’ll
steer it through the door.
Okay, here we ”
A Stroll Down I
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| Memory Lane
News of 10 Years Ago
A. L. Burrell, representa
tive of the American Nation
al Insurance Company, has
won a trip to Las Vegas for
his sales record during the
past year.
Anew Girl Scout Brownie
Troop is being organized
here, with Miss Pat Minton
as leader and Mrs. Elwood
Robison, Jr. and Mrs. Robert
Fincher as assistants.
Thomas R. Cochran re
ports he has a Christmas
cactus in full bloom in late
May.
Four outstanding 4-H Club
members brought the Ki
wanis Club’s program Tues
day night. They were Miss
Ellen Pinckney, Miss Patsy
Maddox, Benjie Parrish and
Paul Rice.
Ronnie Howard, of Or
chard Hill, has been appoint
ed Wildlife Ranger for Butts
County.
The Elder Hotel at Indian
Springs has announced that it
will open the 1967 season on
Saturday, May 27th.
Deaths during the week:
Ray Edw'in O’Neal, 35;
Samuel Prentice Ridgeway,
78.
News of 20 Years Ago
Butts County was the first
county in the state to meet its
Mental Health Drive quota.
Mrs. H. M. Fletcher, Jr. was
chairman and the County
donated $575.00 to the cause.
Mrs. Gladys K. Wilson was
elected treasurer of the State
Federation of B&PW Clubs at
the Savannah convention.
Nancy Power suffered a
freak accident during the
senior's visit to Washington
when a piece of luggage
slipped from a bus rack and
struck her on the head.
Mrs. A. R. Kimbell has
been named Sweepstakes
winner in the Butts County
Dress Revue and will
represent Butts County in the
state competition.
The Jackson B&PW Club
won the top award for service
at the recent convention in
Savannah. Mrs. Maymie
Coggins was the 56-57
president and Miss Elizabeth
McMichael, program coor
dinator for the local club.
Carol Adams and Diane
Bearden have been named
the best 4-H bakers of
muffins and biscuits in the
4-H contest held here
recently.
News of 30 Years Ago
A group of Kiwanians from
Jackson, Macon, and Mc-
Donough called on Governor
Thompson in the interest of
building the Macon Short
Route.
The Indian Springs State
Park has been given $5,843 to
provide hot water for
mineral baths, outside light
ing, 25 swings and new
mowers.
Dawnie Ruth Edwards,
daughter of Mrs. Robert C.
Edwards, and a freshman at
Bessie Tift College, has been
elected president of Alpha
Gamma Beta.
Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Brooks observed their golden
wedding anniversary on May
30th.
The Mimosa Garden Club
met at -the home of Miss
Hattie Buttrill with Mrs. W.
H. Wilson, Mrs. George
Mallet and Miss Pauline
Mallet as cohostesses.
Mrs. George Coleman and
Miss Daisy Harris gave a
dance Friday night at the
Foy Hotel in compliment to
Miss Alice Coleman, a
member of the Jackson High
senior class.
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1977
News of 40 Years Ago
Col. B. B. Garland has been
appointed chairman of the
committee seeking to raise
Butts County’s quota of $272
for the Warm Springs
Foundation.
Lightning destroyed a barn
on the W. L. Wilder farm and
Mr. Wilder, a former Butts
County Commissioner, says
the hail was the heaviest he
has ever witnessed.
Named to the City of
Jackson Tax Assessor’s
Board w.ere J. M. Currie, J.
B. Guthrie and Walter D.
Pope.
Dedication of Jackson’s
new post office and agricul
tural building has been set
for July 3rd.
The Thornton Furniture
Company has accepted the
agency in this section for the
new Easy washers and
ironers.
The Jenkinsburg Garden
Club met with Mrs. Marvin
Farrar, with Mrs. Carrie L.
Price, program chairman,
presiding.
Deaths during the week:
Charles H. Jones, 41, in an
auto accident involving three
teenagers; R. Van Smith, 97,
the County’s oldest citizen.
Mr. Smith was born August 6,
1840 and was a lieutenant in
Colquitt's Bridgade during
the Civil War.
News of 50 Years Ago
The Sunday Schools of the
three Jackson churches will
have a union picnic at Indian
Springs on Friday afternoon.
A Bar Association for the
Flint Judicial Circuit has
been organized, with Col. E.
O. Dobbs, of Barnesville, as
president and Col. W. E.
Watkins, of Jackson, as
secretary.
Frank S. Carmichael has
been elected president of the
Georgia Wholesale Com
pany, operating grocery
stores in Jackson and a
number of mid-Georgia
cuties.
cities. He succeeds J. H.
Carmichael, whose death
occurred recently.
Members of the four
primary grades of Jackson
public schools presented the
operetta, Kay and Gerda, on
Friday evening. Directing
the production were Mrs. R.
L. Smith, Miss Annie Lou
McCord and Miss Sue Cowan.
Mrs. C. M. Compton and
her Sunday School class gave
a delightful party Wednesday
evening at her home compli
menting Miss Mary Carmi
chael and Miss Susannah
Foster, members of her class
and of the Jackson High
graduating class.
The Southern Railway
System has installed anew
non-stop Atlanta-to-Macon
passenger train that can
make the run in less than two
hours.
Deaths during the week:
Miss Matilda Heath, 80;
Levin Clayton Matthews, 60;
Troy A. Saunders, 53; Mrs.
Lucy Jones, 85, the widow of
Gus Jones who was killed in
the Civil War.
BUMPER STICKERS
j A HUNCH IS AN
IDEA THAT YOU'RE
IS WRONG.
Editor s Quote Book
The great source o/
pleasure is variety.
Samuel Johnson
ruth at random
By Rufh Bryant
THEN AND NOW
I used to think when I was young
And never ill at ease
It seemed I had a rabbit foot
So always I could please!
But now that I am getting old
My rabbit foot has gone
And though I can’t please anyone
I still must linger on!
And now I pray for strength and love
To please my precious Lord
As earnestly I seek His will
And read His Holy word!
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MANY ROADS
One of the joys of professional writing is the
correspondence that comes your way. I used to try to answer
it all. Now, with no staff but myself, I have decided that that
was an impossible task.
I can remember a year or so ago a fellow called me long
distance to simply tell me how much my weekly column
meant to him. He said he used it quite often with a class of
teenage boys that he taught in church. And one day a church
school teacher said she used the column with a class of sixth
graders. I think that is one of the highest compliments I have
ever received. Sixth graders can understand what I write.
That is a compliment!
And some few months back I got a letter from a young
soldier down at Fort Polk. I guess that letter meant about as
much to me as any I have received. I laid it on my desk, fully
intending to answer it and tell that young soldier how much
his few lines had lifted my spirits. He was from Monticello,
Mississippi. But I lost the letter and never could find it to
answer it. So I wrote in my column that if he was still reading
to please accept my thanks and apologies.
One of the amazing things about the bulk of the letters I
receive is the number of different denominations
represented. They run the whole gamut of the various
groups, from one end to the other. And most of them feel as
though I’m one of them. And, personally, I kinda appreciate
it. For all of us who follow the Carpenter of Galilee are
brothers, regardless of our minor differences.
Quite often I get kinda put-out with some of my brethren
in the ministry. For too often the emphasis in their message
is division - separation. God knows there is enough division
among us already. What we need is not one who will further
divide us but one who can make us see our kindship with each
other. If God is our Father, then we are brothers. All of us.
One central theme you will find running throughout the
whole of that New Testament is this: the Fatherhood of God
and the brotherhood of mankind. If we could look at it this
way, perhaps we could do a lot to heal the hurt and mend the
wound that is in the world. It’s kinda hard for most of us to
hate our brother. Rather, we feel a responsibility toward him
and wish.to help him.
I like to think that I am a brother of any man who calls
God his Father. To be sure, we aren’t going to see eye to eye
on theology. No two people see eye to eye on anything. But
despite our differences, can’t we strive to work together for
the cause of the Carpenter?
Being a Mississippian, I have watched many times in my
life the cotton farmers bringing their cotton to the gin during
the fall of the year. Some would come over gravel-covered
roads from the east, their wagons full of cotton. Others would
travel over paved roads from the north, bringing their cotton.
Some came from the west, traveling on superhighways. And
still others came from the south, coming on good two-lane
highways. When they all got to the gin, the ginner never
asked them which road they took to get to the gin. Rather, he
only asked them how good was their cotton.
And I feel that is the question the Galilean is going to ask
us.
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I By Michael A. Guido, Metter, Georgia
“No husbands allowed in
the delivery room,” barked a
nurse to a young man. “But
I’m going in with my wife,”
boasted David Shultz.
Just before she was taken
in, David handcuffed himself
to her. Beamed Bernice, “I
knew you wouldn’t leave me.”
A bond stronger than hand
cuffs links the Lord to His
own, and one sang in Psalm
9:10, “Thou hast not forsaken
them that seek Thee.”
He does not forsake His
own in danger. One evening a
terrible storm arose. High
waves beat into the boat. It
was about to sink. Frantically,
the disciples asked the Lord,
“Don’t You care that we are
about to drown?” He rebuked
‘Whatsoever
Things'
By Donald E. Wildmon
the wind and said to the sea,
“Quiet down!” And there was
a great calm.
He does not forsake His
own in duty. He said to
Joshua, “Lead My people into
the Promised Land.” But how
could he, without a military
organization, cross the river
and defeat the armed forces
of a superior enemy? The
Lord said, “I will be with
. you.” He kept His word and
enabled His people to take
the Promised Land.
Is there any help for us in
dur dangers and duties? Yes,
the Lord Jesus. He promised,
“I will never fail you nor
torsake you.” And He keeps
His word!