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Thursday, March T, 1963
Dr. Irvine S. Ingram Traces
History Education in Georgia
By Dr. Irvine S. Ingram
(President Emeritus)
It pleased me last week to
lecture by invitation to a coll
ege class in Georgia history and
problems. The professor was
kind enough to let me choose
my subject, within the scope of
the objectives of the class. I
chose a history of education in
Georgia. Os course I had to be
brief and omitted muc.h But
it is a storv that I like to tell.
With the possible exception
of groups around Savannah and
Sunbury, the people who sett
led Georgia came from as far
up as Maryland and they were
restless, land hungry adven
tures, and hard-drinking in
the main. They were not people
who thought too much of educ
ation. They had the English
tradition that education was for
“the rich, the well born, and
the few.”
The groups who were the
founders of the University sy
stem were from Yale and were
among the people around Sun
bury. Abraham Baldwin, with
the encouragement of his fri
end, Dr. Lyman Hall, of the
same congregation and also a
Yale graduate, started planning
for “seminaries of learning” as
early as 1777. Through the in
strumentality of another Yale
man, Governor Nathan Brown
son, 40,000 acres of land were
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secured in 1784, to be dedicated
to the founding of the Univer
sity.
While Georgia is the oldest
chartered state university in
the United States, the Univer
sity of North Carolina opened
its doors prior to the University
of Georgia in Athens.
Abraham Baldwin was the
first president of the Univer
sity, but he was never active in
the administration of the Uni
versity. The second president,
Dr. Meigs, another Yale grad
uate, came to Athens in 1801
and started the building prog
ram. Very little was ever given
to the support of the University
until very recent years.
In the 183 O’s a movement for
private religious denomination
al colleges arose. Emory-at-
Oxford, under its first presid
ent, Dr. I. A. Few, opened in
1838 with 20 students. Mercer
University, under the leader
ship of Dr. Jesse Mercer, was
founded about the same time in
Penfield, which was over near
Greensboro, Georgia, and Og
lethorpe University was found
ed at Milledgeville. Its most
famous alumnus was Sidney
Lanier.
As early as 1825 Duncan
Campbell, a teacher and legis
lator, endeavored to get a bill
through the Legislature to es
tablish colleges for the educa-
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Kyle. Sonny is a graduate of Newton County High School where he was an active mem
ber of the Hi-Y, Pep Club, Student Council, was a member of the Ram football team, and
selected a Senior Superlative. He was employed by Brunswick Sports in Covington
before his enlistment. Sonny is now taking his basic training at Lackland AFB, San An
tonio, Texas.
tion of women. However, it was
not until 1836 that Wesleyan
College, the first chartered
degree-granting college for wo
men in the United States was
established at Macon. Yet it
must be remembered that La-
Grange College, organized in
1831, gave degrees to women
prior to Wesleyan College. Tift
College seems to be the oldest
Baptist College (1847) for wo
men in continuous operation.
The War Between the States
in 1861-65 set Georgia back, as
well as some other Southern
states, approximately one
hundred years.
In the year 1932, under the
administration of Governor
Richard B. Russell, Jr., thou
ghtful citizens devised the pre
sent plan of putting all state
operated institutions of higher
learning under one board.
Among the leaders of this
movement was Dr. Philip
Weltner, later chancellor.
At the time of this reorgan
ization, our legislature in the
year 1932-33 appropriated to
the Board of Regents $1,469,333.
for the operation of all the
units of the University System.
Contrast that to the appropri
ation of 1962, which was in the
amount of $28,597,274.
The next big step in public
school education took place
under Governor Rivers’ admin
istration and in 1937 he was
able, through the Legislature,
to guarantee Georgia seven
months of public school ser
vices.
In 1932-33 the total amount
appropriated for public schools
was $6,987,032.40. Contrast
that figure with last year’s ap
propriation of $183,045,000. I
am indebted to Comptroller
McWhorter of West Georgia
College for these figures.
Georgia, percentage-wise,
appropriates to education am
ong the top states of the nation.
But as to the total amount sp
ent in the public schools, as
well as higher education, Geor
gia ranks very close to the bot
tom. Its rank is number 41.
It seems that Governor San
ders is wise in saying that the
local people must put more in
to the education of their stud
ents. Otherwise the state may
be forced to accept federal
funds. These words are mine,
not Governor Sanders. This is
the principle of accepting the
money where it is and spending
it where the children are. The
state of Georgia practices this
principle. Most state taxes in
Georgia come from eight co
unties.
The state of Georgia was named
in honor of King George II of
England, who in 1732 granted
charter for colony to Englishmen
led by James Oglethorpe, accord
ing to Compton's Pictured Ency
clopedia.
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Mrs. Robertson's
Class Cited for
Fine Attendance
PORTERDALE — Perfect at
tendance is quite an accomplish
ment in the midst of flu, epidem
ics. and operations plus the un
usually cold weather of January
and February. Mrs. Carter Rob
ertson’s Seventh Grade at the
Porterdale School led other class
es with twenty maintaining the
perfect record for the past six
weeks.
Listed according to rooms, the
students were:
FIRST: Mrs. Charlotte Adams,
teacher — Larry Cheek, Cathy
Daniel, Monty Edge, Johnny
Glass, Peggy Harmon, Vickie Haw
kins, Danny Johnson, Holly Luns
ford, Keith Martin, Tommy Ma
son, Daniel Meyers, Richard Nel
son, Robby Payne, Wayne Rut
ledge, Tim Stevenson, Gerald
Walden, and Wayne Wilkerson.
Mrs. Scarsborough, teacher —
Lynnia Blitch, Ricky Childers,
Jimmy Harrison, Betty Jean In
gram, Terry James, Virgil Long,
Cindy Massey, Mike Presley,
Randy Rutledge, Ronnie Vining,
Gerald Watts.
FIRST AND SECOND: Mrs.
Loyd, teacher — Clay Bailey,
Cathy Blankenship, Nancy Cro
well. Connie Daniel. Jeff Fisher,
Randy Hall, Mike Hodges.
SECOND: Miss Thompson,
teacher — Ricky Cason, Oscar
Coady, Billy Fincher, Linda Glass,
Deborah McCord, Ray Middle
brooks. Miss Willis, teacher —
Wayne Crowe, Colleen Davis,
Wayne Hailey, Vickie Harrison,
Ronnie James, Carl Stevenson,
Vickie Wilson.
THIRD: Mrs. Patterson, teach
er — Patricia Crowe, Faye Gar
ner, Kathleen Head, Terry Massey,
Stanley Moore, Teddy Piper, Dan
ny Presley, Mary Wells. Miss Ro
binson, teacher — Nancy Ann Ai
ken, Connie Bennett, Cathy Canup,
Teresa Layson. Lee Milligan. Joe
Patterson, Jane Polk, Kenneth
Watts.
FOURTH: Mrs. Robertson,
teacher — Patsy Dickson, Tom
my Hailey, Keith Harper, Becky
Lance, Barry Mathews, Bobby Mc-
Gee, Dinah Payne, Reginia Simp
son, Tim Singley.
son, Tim Singley. Mrs. Whitte
more, teacher — Mark Christian.
Glenn Clegg. Danny Hall, Paul
Stevenson.
FIFTH: Miss Trippe, teacher—
Barbara Coady, Edward Crowe,
Mike Davis, Gerald Fuller, Randy
Layson, Johnny Moon, Donny
Moore, Peggy Nelson, Darrell
Payne, Kay Smith. Mr. Walker,
teacher — Johnny Fincher, Syl
via Hardegree. Kathy Jo Hayes,
Ann Ingram, Dwight Jones, Lynn
Ragan, Diane Stevenson.
SIXTH: Mrs. Meeks, teacher —
Brenda Chapman. Judy Clay. Pri
dlla Crowe. Kathy Dunevent,
Jackie Freeman. Randy Garner,
Ricky Henderson. Tony Moon,
Marsha Penn, Tommy Reid, Ka
ren Rutledge, Barbara Taylor,
Mary Frances Thomas, Teresa
Walden. Mrs. Morris, teacher —
Nathaniel Glass, Brenda Herring,
Brenda House, Larry Johnson,
Tommy Moore. Karen O'Kelley,
Vickie Polk
SEVENTH: Miss Hardman,
teacher — Beverly Armistead, Jan
Cason, Judy Childs, Linda Clegg,
Matt Crowell, Rita Dimsdale,
Sheila Dimsdale. Rita Fisher, Gail
Harrison. Ronnie Sears. Phil Shaw,
Jackie Stewart, Charles Sullivan.
Miss Ramsey, teacher — Randy
Fincher Jerry Fisher. Doug Gar
ner, Joe Loyd, Gary Price, Gary
Taylor. Mrs. Robertson, teacher—
Wayne Allen, Ronny Barnes, Joe
Capps, Ronnie Davis, Teddy Dav
is, Rosemary Few, Pat Hall, Ca
rolyn Head, Steve Hudson, Linda
Lance, Gerald Lewis, Reba Milli
gan, Sally Kay Mills, Donna
Moore, Stanley Owens, Patricia
Payne, Garry Sears, Brenda
Smith, Becky Strawn, Eugene Sul
livan.
EIGHTH: Mrs. Blitch, teacher—
Gloria Dunevent, Ronnie House,
Grover Johnson, Rita Rutledge,
Diane Thacker. Mr. Johnson,
teacher — Gayle Allen, Brenda
Duckett, Morris Fincher, Rhonda
Jeffries, Theresa O’Kelley, An
gela Payne, Randy Payne, Judy
Standard, Patricia Steadham,
Monty Stone, Ann Wilder.
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"Erroneous”—
McDonough
The president of the Georgia
Power Company today termed as
“completely erroneous and irres
ponsible” a recent accusation by
the National Rural Electric Co
operative Association accusing the
company of overcharging its cus
tomers.
John J. McDonough pointed out,
“This false accusation against 38
investor-owned electric utilities has
been made by Clyde Ellis, general
manager of a trade and political
lobbying organization in Washing
ton, D. C. This is the Clyde Ellis
who has said that commercial
electric utilities are the No. 1
threat from within to our free en
terprise system, and that these
same utilities are more dangerous
even than Communists, who. Mr.
Ellis said, are no longer a threat
from within.
“In view of the fanatical absur
dity of those accusations,” Mr.
McDonough added, “perhaps the
recent Ellis outburst accusing us
of overcharging ought to be ignor-
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ed. In fairness, however, to the
5,000 Georgia employes making
up the Georgia Power Company,
we feel the accusations, despite
their total inaccuracy, require a
reply.”
The utility president pointed out
that Georgia Power rates, regu
lated by the Georgia Public Ser
vice Commission, are among the
lowest in the nation, with rates
to its residential customers 22 per
cent below the national average.
In fact, he said, the price per
kilowatt - hour to the company's
residential customers has declin
ed from 7 6 cents in 1927 to 1.88
cents today.
“We are proud,” the Georgia
Power official said, “of the record
of low rates, not only to residen
tial users, but also to commercial
and industrial users, which has
been a factor in attracting indus
try in competition with other
areas.”
Mr. McDonough pointed out that
“Mr. Ellis is head of no rate
making body nor of any group
of economists worthy of the name.
Not a single fact has been pre
sented to support his false claims,
released indiscriminately by a
man whose obvious aim is to dam
age the Georgia Power Company . ”
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Scout News
TROOP 774
PORTERDALE — Gail Moon
called the meeting of the
Brownies No. 774 to order at
nine-thirty o’clock on Satur
day, March 2, 1963. Susan
Crowell called the roll. We had
thirteen members present. Di
anne Shaw took the dues.
Each person was supposed
to give a Bible Verse begin
ning with “B”. Susan Crowell
led the prayer.
We had the flag ceremony.
Brenda King gave the order*.
Colleen Davis held the flag. ’
We worked on our poster*
we are making for Girl Scout
Week. *
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borough furnished our refresh
ments.
Becky Lance, Reporter
By: Lanier Hardman
The middle of the nineteenth
century saw one of the molt
significant strides in the long
history of medicine—the use of
anesthetics to relieve pain of
surgery. Os course a wide va
riety of soporific potions were
known and used much earlier,
but they were difficult to con
trol and often exerted fatal in
fluence on the heart and res
piration.
Surgeons of the pre-anesthe
tic days either tied their pa
tients securely with ropes or re
lied on speed to finish opera
tions quickly before the patient
had much time to reflect on his
suffering.
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