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The ■■■■ Fitzgerald Leader
Semi
" Weekly
Official Organ Ben Hill County.
College on Wheels
Here Monday
Thousands Greeted Educa=
tional Special At A. B.
& A. Depot.
The Educational Train, bearing
exhibits from the State College of
Agriculture, arrived in Fitzgerald
on schedule time Monday morning
and was given a warm welcome by
the hordes of interested seeker of
knowledge as it pulled up to the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
Depot at eleven o clock.
Long before the appointed h ,
the town was i e
coming from every directi
mil " S ar ^ U .f’ and a e eek^Mook ___
on the • College on n wh W heels look-
edout over the immense throng
of humanity who were pushing
and squirming to get within hear-
ing distance of the car, they stated
unhesitatingly that it was the big-
gest crowd they had seen since
starting the itinerary of the state
a week or so ago.
The diff erent speakers addressed
the large audience from a Hat car,
which was arranged so that the
live stock exhibits could be
positfon brought out and placed in such a
that all could have a
fair view of them.
Dr. A. M. Soule, of the College
of Agriculture, was the rs
dress the gathering and confined
his lemarks prmcipa y
profitable cultivation an p ■■
tion of cotton, using to goo -
sessst
state of Georgia, „ho made an
able address be^ on soil and how to
pet the results from it.
Following these gentlemen, Mr.
H. Brumter, of this city, addressed
the audience on the subject of
raising Alfalfa ia thk eounUry.
f _ b
its on ° The Educational Train would
be useless as they were thorough¬
ly advertised previous to the com-
ing of the special, and it is true
that every thing was just as ad¬
vertised.
The only objection that could be
registered against the arrangement
was that it was not here long
enough to afford everybody to get
a perfect conception of the exhib¬
its, which however, was due to
record breaking crowd.
While the Educational Special
is traversing the Atlanta, Birming¬
ham and Atlantic, the train is ac-
companied by Mr.-jW. H. Leahy,
General Passenger Agent, Supt.
G. C. Smith, and Commercial
Agent, J. B. C. Blitch. The ex¬
pedition was made possible only
by the excellent service which is
being furnished, without cost, by
the diff erent Railroads over which
the Special will pass, in its tour
of forty seven days.
During the two hours’ and a
half stop in Fitzgerald, there was
a continuous flow of humanity
through the exhibition cars, and
there were courteous lecturers to
explain every feature. One of the
most interesting cars was that of
the International Harvester Com-
pany which contained numerous
devices to lessen and facitate farm
(work.
That the College on Wheels is
a success is not den ied by anyone,
and none will deny the assertion
that it is one of the most effective
means ever inaugurated for the
effective dissemination of know¬
ledge among the farming classes,
and such ovations as the Train
received from Ben Hill is encour¬
aging to those backing the move-
ment.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTV, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 15, 1911.
THE STATE’S FOREMOST SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
MXUOH
The Georgia Normal and Industrial College
11 HictAfV fh£ t][l0 ScllOOl If n 0111 ltS • CfOcltlOIl r* • 111 |S»Q tfi w thp Present Time, Specially • ii
Prepared for the I* itzgerald , ur Leader j u by Miss Abner Mrozier.
^ Q a Normal & i ndustri .
^ Cq11 was crea t e d by a special
act of the Legislature p ssed in the
summer of m% The bill for its
establishment was introduced into
the lower house of the Legislature
^ by the late lamented Hon. William
Atki who was then a rep .
frora Coweta county ,
^ ^ afterwards for two terras
f the state T he
stone of the main building
0? lgqo ' wit h
^^ . ind thp ed .
rnshed ranidlv to com-
pienon. fiction Additional Aouiuouai apnropria p f
tions tor building pui p s
made by the Legisla uie 1 1 ’
B'Oo uub ana
ihe amen e *■ *
Chappell was president Horn 1891
°
Professor MM Parks has serv-
date,
On Monday Sept 30 1891 the ™
the work of the first session began.
g e session 171 students
r
number of applications rece.v
ed in recent years is shown by the
followtog table:
1904, Applications 332, admitted
turned away 0.
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1905, Applications 363 admit.-
ted 363, turned away 0.
1906, Applications 529, admitted
399, turned away 130.
1907, Applications 600,
ted 421, turned away 179,
1908, Applications 847, admitted
483, turned away 364.
1909, Applications 954, admitted
549, turned away 405.
1910, Applications 1066, admit¬
ted 549, turned away 517.
For the term 1910-1911 over
noo applications have been
ceived out of which number only
549 could be admitted on account
of a lack of room.
PURPOSES OP THE COLLEGE
The object of the State this in school estab-
lishing and supporting the
is to provide for young women
of Georgia an institution in which
they may get such special instruc-
tion and training as will prepare
theui to-earn their own living by
the vocation of teaching or by
I those industrial and fine arts that
are suitable for women to pursue.
Subsidiary to this main object, the
institution also teaches those
branches of learning that consti-
tute a good general education. It
furthermore instructs and trains
its pupils in those household arts
that are essential to the complete
education of every woman, what
everber calling in life may be or
in whatever sphere of society she
may move.
The institution never loses sight
of the fact that nearly every wo-
man is destined to become to a
greater or less extent a homemak-
er, and that, after all, home-male-
in* is her most important calling.
Hence from the beginning, one
ims ot - the college
ias been to fit the young women
of Georgia " for proper home-mak-
. , iyi them careful and
a
"“cooking, thorough course of instruction house- in
hold ecocomics > home sanitation,
sewing, dressmaking, etc. It has
been exceedingly gratifying to ob-
serve that these studies, which
raake for domestic utility, have
become each succeeding year more
popular with the pupils, and there
equipment
The value of the buildings and
of the Ge»,rpa Normal &
Industrial College amounts to more
than $300,000. The present
ment is as follows:
f. Campus. The college
pus consists of twenty-three acn -
in the central part of the city oi
Milledgeville. Surrounded by
well shaded streets and adorned
stately buildings, with well
kept lawns and with a luxuriant
growth of trees, the campus at¬
tracts universal admiration.
2‘ Mansion Dormitory. This
magnificent building was erected
in 1838 as a residence for the gov-
e rnors of Georgia when Milledgc-
v ille was the capital of the state.
jf or thirty years, it was the Exec¬
utive Mansion of the state of
Georgia and as such it served as
home of Governors Gilmer
Charles J. McDonald, George V\ .
Crawford, George W. Towns,
Howell Cobb, Joseph E. Brown
James Johnson, Ruger, and Chas.
J. Jenkins. It is now used as a
college dormitory and as a resi-
dence of the president of the col-
lege.
3. The Main College Building is
a commodious edifice of four stor¬
ies. It was erected in 1891. It
is used exclusively for teaching
and class room purposes and is
situated in the center of tne col-
lege campus.
4. The Annex Dormitory was
erected in 1892. It is connected
with the Mansion Dormitory by a
short arcade.
5. The Atkinson Hall Dormi-
tory was elected m 1896 It is a
large brick budding and accomo-
dates nearly 200 boarding students.
6. The Chappell Industrial
Building was completed in May,
1907. The building is beautiful
in architecture and affords addi-
tional class rooms for use of the
payments. physical Training and Normal de-
the Domestic Science
department and Domestic Arts'de-
partraent. As soon as the college
»
0 f this building shall be devoted
t0 the work of Household Eco-
n0 mics-that is, to work related
to the hora e, including both Do-
mestic Arts ( s3 wing, dressmaking,
m jllinery) and Domestic Science
(0 oo king, study of foods, home
s ,ck.)
7. The Lamar Hall Dormitory
was completed in September M*
and is considered one of t ie i»m
somest college dornntones m the
South. It is attractive in the r»-
terior furnishings as well as in ihe
evterior architecture. The ro nu>
weh .dilated, well lighted,
and furnished in simple and refill-
ed taste. In addition t - tlie
dinaiy furniture, each room coi -
tains a small closet and also each
room is supplied with a lavaton .
having both hot and cold watei.
This dormitory accommodates
about 148 students besides having
apartments for the matron.
8. In addition to the above,
work will soon be begun on a new
Science Hall, the plans for which
have been accepted and are very
beautiful and convenient. 'This
building will be used for class-
room work in Agriculture, Biolo-
£Y and “* Natural Science.
9. Several .years ago, a large
still was purchased in order that
all water used for drinking pur-
po»es could be distilled.
five hundred gallons of drinking
water are distilled every day and
kept in a large tank, from this
pipes run toali t] ie
carrying the perfectly pure
water within easy reach of the stu-
dents.
10. Recently, about thirty new
pianos have been added to the
equipment of the music depart-
inent; in the dormitories, new mat-
tresses have been supplied and
much of the old furniture has been
replaced by new furniture; the
rear part of the campus has been
improved and the grounds
been leveled and prepared for
playgrounds and tennis courts
Altogether, nearly 840,000 has
been spent for improvements dur-
ing the past three years; includ-
ing improvements made and the
buildings erected, more than $125,-
000 has been added to the value of
the plant of the college during the
past four years.
The faculty selected to carry out
the purposes of the school has been
chosen with great care. Elections
have been made with singleness of
purpose to secure the right person
t - or the work in hand. An effort
has been made in every ease to
the characters .f P"»pe°«n« <*«■-
er» have been no ess to - g y
vest, gate,!. Ihe faculty
' n g U ac mrs am assis n ,
numbers forty-eight members, is
a thoroughly equipped, earnest
and enthus'asfic body of workers.
Tm; dki’akt.mkxts of tuk coi.i.kok
'n„. college is divided into three,
co _ ord j na t e and closely related de-
partmPnts; rhe Collegiate,
Norm . di the Industrial.
The Collegiate t Apartment is a
r . gu j Hl . aeademic school of collegi-
a ^ e rank for women. Its course
Qf stU(]y jg distinguished from the
C0UrsPS () f the departments by a
stronger emphasis upon Latin and
higher mathematics. This course
j s open to all, and ranks as equid
j n importance with the other
courses.
The Normal Department is d< -
vised eipecially for thepurpose of
training teachers. Its curriculum
is strong in science and particula -
ly in those phases of science which
bear upon the knowledge of child-
ren and upon the lives of people
in the state. In connection with
this department, for instance, even
more than in connection with tl e
Industrial department, is being dc-
vein) ed a thorough course of ap -
ricultural subjects . While in the
VOL. XVI. NO 13
C. E. Raker Enters
Supply Business
] The Baker Supply Company is
: the name of
a new enterprise
which has opened in the Opera
House Building, with Mr. C. E.
Baker as manager.
Mr. Baker will handle Buggies,
Harness, and Farm Implements,
besides being local agent for the
Savannah Chemical Company’s
Fertilizers. He was formerly in¬
terested in the^Central Warehouse
and Supply Company, and invites
all his old customers to call on him
at the Opera House Building when
in the city.
agricultural work sufficent em¬
phasis is laid upon theory to make
intelligible the processes engaged
in, the work isexceedinglypractical
and aims to render teachers com¬
petent to serve the State by intro-
and successfully carrying
out practical instruction of the
kind in elementary schools,
In the Normal department much
stress is laid upon actual teaching,
During the Junior year students
observe and discuss with expert
instructors teaching done in the
eight grades of the Training School
and through the Seiner year they
actually teach classes. This is to
they are responsible, and they
f° have ne, thera ,° l nc and c asM ^ while they
’ must «>™
up to the professional standards.
At all stages of their teaching these
student teachers are subjected to
expert criticism, and the princi¬
ples governing their procedure are
always kept before them to guide
and to correct.
,
stenography dressmaking , typewritiog, millinery, sewiD^-
an<l certitic ^ ^ cooking;
of com tem . are
to students upon / completion ^
of designsted c01)r es . Do .
mestic Science work courses are
been^nT* t°d
above ’ w,th the < : ° lle fr i »te and
-
Normal diplomas. This diploma
chemistry of foods, in house
hold administration, in cook¬
ing, in dietectics, etc. The aim
of the course is to prepare a young
woman to conduct with economy,
elegance and success her own home
if she is called to such a place in
life, or teach such subjects in the
schools if she prefers so to use her
knowledge and skill. The work
of the department is both theoret¬
ical and practical, the theory being
worked out for the purpose of
meeting the practical problems of
the cooking and of
other phases of instruction. As
an inuication of the high appreci-
j a ti 0n with which this department
j- s regardedj the department is lo-
ca ted in the choicest rooms of the
j beautiliul new Chappell Hall, and
its laboratories are the most thor-
equipped in the school,
Throughout all the departments
j great stress is laid upon English
jand science. graduate No student is allow-
to from any depait-
ment who cannot organize and ex-
press her thoughts in good, effect-
ive English, who has not ability
to read intelligently and syrnpa-
thetically the great masterpieces
of world literature, and who has
not taken a sufficiency of both
physical and biological science to
be reasonably familiar with the
work of the fields and particularly
to be possessed of the scientific at-
titude to life and its problems,
Below are given some quotations
from three prominent men of te
South:
It was my privilege to attend on
June, 3, the commencement of the
Georgia Normal & Industrial Col¬
lege at Milledgeville, and I desire
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