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Official Organ of City and County.
CITY AND COUNTY.
Report of President of M. G. M. <fc A.
College.
Middle Georgia Military and )
Agricultural College,
Milledgeville, Ga., July 7th, 1886.)
Hon. D. B. Sanford, President
Board of Trustees:
I have the honor to submit here
with the annual report for the ses
sion of 1885-86.
The enrollment has been 405. Of
this number, 205 were males and 200
females. By classes, the division is:
College Classes, 140
Preparatory Department, 119
Primary Department 146
The gain in the College Classes has
been 29 since last year. This in
crease is gratifying because the digni
ty and importance of a-college depend
so much upon its higher classes.
There is a feeble and scattering repre
sentation from live States outside of
our own, and twenty-one counties of
Georgia are represented in the College.
A few students have been dismissed
aud some have been withdrawn *and
quite a number have - dropped out
from various causes. Still the stead
fastness of the students lias been bet
ter than 1 have been accustomed to
and I have not known in my experi
ence since the war *so few to
leave school. This is a most encour
aging feature in the College.
We had in April some disagreeable
cases of discipline, but in general, the
deportment and the tone of the stu
dents have been most excellent. The
attention to study throughout all the
grades has been fairly good. Many
of the students have made surprising
progress under the disadvantage of a
lack of early training. Not a few have
come here without the inestimable ad
vantage of a taste for reading and lack
ing this culture in their youth become
discouraged with their studies and
abandon them forever. It is with
young people as with young crops,
nothing can make up for neglect of
earlv cultivation. My long experience
as a teacher lias shown me that 75 per
cent of the dropping out from school
is due to the discouragement felt by
those who had not learned in the
morning of life to love reading and to
think and talk about what they had
read.
I have known a taste for reading
imparted by establishing a reading-
room in which were placed the month
ly magazines and the daily and week
ly newspapers. This can be done
with but little cost, as editors give
their newspapers generally to this
class of objects. A relish for readiilg,
learning, thinking and discussing
comes always with the opening of the
reading-room, which may thus do
more good than the costly library; so
cheap an experiment is worthy of a
trial in any college.
I cannot speak too highly of the
Professors and Teachers—all of whom
I believe to be faithful, efficient, con
scientious and untiring in their efforts
to impart instruction and to give a
healthy tone to the school. They
are doing a great work for the town,
the State and the country. There is
a. great deal of defecti\ e^tcaching and
training throughout tiie length and
breadth of the land and that school
should be loved and cherished, which
cultivates the mind and heart and
influences wisely the life and charac
ter of its pupils. 1 know of none that
is doing more good than the Middle
Georgia Military and Agricultural
College. It's quiet and unpretentious
work is none the less useful because
not upon a grand scale or upon a con
spicuous arena. The most important
teaching in the world is first teaching.
The badly taught child seldom or nev
er develops into the intellectual man.
It was ^olomon who said “Train up a
child in the way he should go and
when he is old, he will not depart
from it.” He was a philosopher, as
well as a poet, who said: “Just as
a twig is bent, the tree is inclined.”
Some of the most illustrious men in
American history received no higher
education than is given here. They
became renowned, because their early
training developed and fostered the
great powers that were in them. But
as the stunted child is ordinarily a
dwarf for life, so the badly taught
child is usually an ignoramus all his
days.
Your College, gentlemen, is form
ing the minds aright and # moulding
the characters aright of 400 pupils and
is therefore grand in its usefulness
and impoi tance apd altogether worthy
of your confidence, your care and
your attention.
The marriage of Miss Lee Carring
ton on the 17tli of December deprived
us of the services of an admirable
teacher. She was succeeded by Miss
Grace Lampley, who entered upon the
duties of her' position on the 1st of
January. She has given complete
satisfaction not only by her success
as a teacher but by, her tact in man
aging her pupils.
Capt. J. T. Mathis resigned on the
1st of November in consequence of the
death of his father. He had made a
popular and an efficient Commandant
of Cadets and his withdrawal so early
in the session and the delay in the
appointment of a successor, led to
some demoralization in the school.
Capt. K. G. Matheson assumed com
mand of the Corps of Cadets on the
9th of December. He has shown that
the choice of the Trustees was judi
cious, as he lias proved himself to be
a thorough drill officer, an efficient
Commandant, a good teacher and a
X>rudent counselor in Faculty meet-
ings.
There has been a great deal of sick
ness among the pupils lately, which
has been aggravated, probably, by
the great length of the session. Ex
perience has shown that more success
ful and more satisfactory work is ac
complished in short scholastic years.
The best colleges and schools are now
abandoning the long wearisome ses-
faculty recommend that the
on be used as a barracks or
ing-house exclusively for the
3 It is thought that the dis
cipline would be improved thereby
and that the boarding of the boys can
be made cheaper by this arrangement.
I submit the recommendation of the
Professors for the consideration of
the Trustees. *
The great problem yet to be solved
in mixed schools, is how to prevent
evil effects from the mingling of the
sexes. The boys being under military
discipline are subject to control in
that direction, at least, partially. The
enlargement of the rules and regula
tions to take in the young ladies to
some extent might be judicious and
It is manifestly unjust to hold the
Faculty responsible for the deport
ment and scholarship of their pupils,
if the parents of these pupils with
draw them at pleasure to indulge
them in amusements. AVe have found
these indulgences to interfere serious
ly with the good order, harmony and
instruction of the College. Some au
thoritative utterance from the Board
of Trustees on the subject is much
needed. The Faculty are much em
barrassed by temporary withdrawals
from the College of those who most
need to be in constant attendance.
In most cases, parents do not seem to
be aware of the mischief done to their
children by injudicious indulgences of
this kind. * This grievance is greater
with the female, than the male pupils,
because the withd rawals of the girls are
more frequent and of longer duration.
Then at the close of the session when
the student who has lost, so much
time, fails to rise to a higher grade,
the parents are offended and lay the
blame where it does not belong. One
parent in a thousand may blame his
child, the other nine hundred and
ninety-nine will blame the teachers.
This invidious distinction is still more
marked in cases of discipline. The
fault is never with the unruly boy,
but always with the unreasonable
and tyrannical Faculty.
In conclusion, I would say that I
have been a Trustee or College officer
of Institutions of learning for thirty-
five years, and I have not known one
where on the whole the Professors
and*Teachers were more conscientious
and efficient and where on the whole,
the students were more law-loving
and law-abiding. The Middle Geor
gia Military and Agricultural College
is doing a most useful work whdfee in
fluence will be felt for good long after
its Trustees and Faculty shall have be
come dust and ashes.
Respectfully submitted,
D. H. Hill.
Mr. Fleming’s Address.
The admirable address of Mr. W.
H. Fleming before the Literary Socie
ties of our College has been the object
of general—and so far as the writer’s
knowledge goes—of universal com
mendation, among all who w'ere so
fortunate as to hear it. His analysis
of the character of Iago and of the
atrocious villainy that inspired every
movement of this unparallelled scoun
drel in the tangled web of deception
which he wove with such wonderful
dexterity, was a master piece of skill
ful mental dissection. We may say
that it was as creditable to the speak
er as it was pleasing to the large and
intelligent audience who were so fort
unate as to hear it. The peculiar
mental gifts necessary to the produc
tion of such a criticism, are rarely
met with, even in much the greater
number of men of commanding tal
ents and ability. While the whole ad
dress was unusually clear of anything
like dullness, there were many pun-
gerft ■ayingunnd striking conceptions
which took the fancy of his hearers so
strongly as to elicit no little laughter
and applause. The speaker obtained
the sympathy and favor of his audi
tors in the first few minutes of his ad
dress and retained or rather increased
them till he reached the end. His
style of address was very easy and
pleasing, and we doubt if there were
any of his auditors who Avere not like
Oliver Twist when he upset the equa
nimity of the poor house officials, af
ter eating his small plate of soup, by
“wanting more.”
. As we bring these few remarks to
a close we recall an utterance of the
speaker that struck us forcibly
as being true and also as being,
so far as the writer knows, original
with the speaker. In speaking of
“Shakespeare’s wonderful power of
characterization” he said that “in
creating Iago, he performed the diffi
cult task of drawing the most consum
mate villain.in all literature.” He af
terwards in speaking to the boy pu
pils reminded them that it was a mat
ter for congratulation that Iago Avas
not a real person, but merely a con
ception of the imagination.
The Literary Societies requested a
copv of the address for publication,
and'we have the pleasure of laying it
before our readers in full in this issue
of our paper.
A sad railroad accident occurred at
Carr’s Station about a week since.
The man that was injured was in the
service of the Central Rail road for
manv vears, though not at the time
of the accident. The Savannah
News gives the result as fodows:
' Homer Powers, the injured engi
neer died at the home of 1. is. sister,
Mrs.’ Robert Reddy, at East Macon
on Monday night. Mr. Powers was
an engineer on the Wadley and Louis
ville branch road. He has a sister liv
ing in Milledgeville, and to see her
and his sisters in Macon he got a
couple of days off. When he got to
Carr’s Station he mistook the place
for Milledgeville and got off. Finding
out his mistake he attempted to
board the train, which was in motion,
and he was caught by the wheels in
suoh a manner that he was dragged
along for some distance, and his left
hand and left foot were both terribly
crushed. He was attended to by
Capt. Miller, conductor on the Geor
gia road, who administered all the
remedies at hand and took the unfor
tunate man to Macon.
Miss Mary Lou Hodges of Houston
county who has been visting her un
cle, Mr. W. H. Hodges, left yesterday
afternoon, to visit her aunt, Mrs.
Zack Edmondson, near Eatonton.
Personal Mention.
Mrs. White, is visiting ker daughter,
Mrs. C. G. Wilson.
Mr. Chas. B. Goetchius, of Sapelo
Island, is in the city.
Miss Mary Julia Gibson is visiting
her aunt in Augusta.
Alderman A. J. Carr visited Savan
nah last week on business.
Col. T. O. Wicker of Washington
county was in the city last Thursday.
W. G. McAdoo, Jr., Esq., of Chatta
nooga, was in the city last Wednes
day.
Miss Mamie Boothe, of Cochran, is
visiting Miss Mattie Williams in this
city.
Mrs. J. E. Bivins of Americas is vis
iting her sister, Mrs. O. M. Cone, in
this city.
Professor Bosworth, the Optician, is
in the city'. He is accompanied by
his family. •
Mrs. Crawford Stevens and child
ren were among the visitors to our
city last week.
We are indebted to Mr. J. N. Hogue
who lives near Stevens Pottery, for a
basket of nice vegetables.
Miss Mary Lou Hodges, of Fort
Valley is visiting the family of Mr.
W. H. Hodges in this city.
Quite a q umber of our young peo
ple enjoyed a pleasant evening hist
Friday at the residence of Mr. Wil
liam Caraker.
Mrs. Bazemore, Mrs. McCray, and
Master Forest Goodwyn, of Knoxville,
Crawford county, are the guests of C.
E. Bazemore.
Mr. W. H. Roberts returned home
last Friday after spending fifteen days
at Indian Spring. His health was im
proved by the visit.
The Mrs. John Lamar, whese death
in Macon is noted in another column,
was doubtless the aged mother-in-law
of Major A. O. Bacon.
Mr. W. B. Moore, will leave for
Washington City, about the 20th inst.,
to accept a government position,
which he has secured, in the Pension
office.
Messrs. Phillip Bonner, Charles
Hall, Charlie Bouflliet, Ed. Artope
and Will Jones of Macon lingered in
the city several days after commence-
. ment.
AVe are indebted to Mr. Chas. Brant-
ley for a copy of Sunday’s Constitu
tion. Ours failed to reach us on ac
count of a washout on the Georgia
railroad.
Miss Hattie Jones of Burke, county
who has been a guest of the family of
Mr. R. L. Hunter, left for Sanders-
ville. on Friday last to visit Miss
Pauline Herman.
Misses Mollie McGolrick, Della Mc
Manus, and Lela Aultman and Mr.
AValter Ray, after a delightful visit to
Mr. A. H. Rice in Midway, returned
to their home in Macon today.
Miss Lura Jones of Burke county
who is a visitor of the family of Mr.
AVm. A. Jarratt, will leave for Sanders-
ville to morrow with Miss Eliza Mar
tin, whose guest she will be in that
pleasant town.
Miss Blanche Hall of Macon, after
enjoying our Commencement exercis
es left for Dennis Station yesterday
evening to visit her aunt, Miss Lizzie
Hall, intending subsequently to spend
a short time in * Eatonton before re-
| turning honre.
j Misses Mary Gilmore, of Sanders-
I ville, and Bessie Goodwyn, of Macon,
arrived here on AVednesday morning
last on ca visit to the Misses Fox. Miss
Gilmore left for her home on Saturday
and Miss Goodwyn is still here and
will probably remain some day$ long
er.
Among others who were prevented
by the washouts on the Central rail
road from reaching Milledgeville < in
time to enjoy the pleasures of the
Commencement, was Miss Eliza Mar
tin of Sandersville, who only arrived
here on AVednesday, in time for the
dance of that evening. She has been
the guest of the family of Mr. R. L.
Hunter and will leave for home to
morrow.
Miss Lula Gumming came up on
the Central R. R. on Thursday last
after having speut about six weeks
very pleasantly and profitably in pur
suing her vocation, that of teaching
music and drawing, at Reidsville,
Tatnall Co. Miss Lula failed to get
up in time to attend the. Commence
ment bn account of the wash up on the
Central. She expects to spend her va
cation with her grandmother, Airs.
Vinson, and other relatives. AVe
wish Aliss Lula a very pleasant vaca
tion.
During the progress of the com
mencement of the Aliddle Georgia
college, the German club, Milledge-
ville, enjoyed a delightful time Tues
day evening, at Amusement Hall.
The german was led by Miller AVliite,
of Alacon, and Aliss Hollinacher, of
Augusta. The following couples were
participants: C. AI. Boisfuellet, of
Alacon, and Aliss Ellen Fox; AV. O’D.
Rockwell, of Savannah, and Miss
Lily Frobel, Atlanta; Ben Adams and
Miss Nora Perry; AV. H. Hale and Aliss
Hollmacher, Augusta; K. G. Mathe-
son and Miss AVright, Brunswick; AV.
D. Mims, Bolingbrooke, and Miss
Olive Herty; G. G. Crawford, Atlanta,
and Miss Alar wood Herty; C. H. Hun
ter and Miss Leola Nisbet, Eatonton;
Ed. Hendrix and Aliss Annie Berrie,
Brunswick; L. C. Hale and Miss Bell
AVhite; Marion Harris, Macon, and
Aliss Ada Frobef, Atlanta; James
AVilkes and Miss Rosa AVhitfe; H. AV.
Compton ’ and Miss Edna Stevens,
Alacon; AV. J. Hardy, Savannah, and
Aliss Nora Treanor; Captain Minor
and Aliss Garrard, Sparta; T. McCrys-
tal and Miss Hardy, Savannah; F.
Little, Sparta, and Miss Mamie Fox;
L. Kenan and Aliss Compton; Ed.
Treanor and Miss Taylor; H. Gilmore,
Sandersville, and Miss Lockhart; T.
Treanor and Aliss Flannery, Savan
nah; George Haug and Miss Marshall,
Americus; F. AV. Alims and Aliss
Sliehan, Atlanta; F. Scales, AVaynes-
boro, and Aliss Scott; D. S. Sanford
and Miss AVoodward, Culloden.
Harrison’s Combined Writing and Copy
ing Fluid for sale at this office.
THE MEETING TO-DAY.
It has been suggested to us to urge
the friends of Alajor Bacon to be punc
tual in their attendance at the Mass
Meeting today, to select delegates to
the gubernatorial convention. They
should not desert the man of their
choice, simply because he seems to be
falling behind in the race; on the con
trary it would seem the proper thing
to be more than ever faithful to the
man who has been our friend in the
past.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
Benevolent Lodge No. 3, F. A. AL>
Alilledgeville, Ga., June 16th, 1886.;
AVhereas, In the dispensation of
Divine Providence, God has called
from labor to rest, our Brother Thom
as Mappin in the 48th year of his
c\tr0—
Resolved 1st, That in Brother Mao-
pin we recognize a man, avIio as a cit
izen discharged all duties devolved
upon him faithfully; and as a soldier
he Avas ever bra\’e, and noble and
true.
Resolved 2nd, That as a member of
our fraternity he Avas effiicient. al
ways Avilling and ready, never shirk
ing any duty imposed upon him.
Resol\ r ed 3rd, That Ave most sincere
ly mourn his loss, and that Ave. tender
to his family our heartfelt sympathy
with them in their sad berea\ement.
Resoh'ed 4th, That these resolu
tions be placed on the records of this
Lodge, and that a copy be sent to his
family; also a copy to be furnished the
two city papers for publication.
(A. Joseph,
Com. - J. N. AIoore,
(J. AI. Whitaker.
I heard a lady teacher, a few days
ago telling some of her experiences of
amusements in her school room, one
of Avhich was so laughable, I Avill
try to relate, but will fall far short of
telling it as Avell as the lady did. This
lady was teaching in a rural district,
when it A\ r as rumored that a mad dog
was at large and the men of the neigh
borhood were in search of it Avith
guns for the purpose of killing the
rabid dog, Avhen one of her students
spied a hog at a distance, Avhich he
took to be the dog and Avith eyes and
face all agloAv with excitement, said
to his lady teacher, with great ner
vousness: “Miss! Miss!! Yonder
comes the mad dog.” She ordered the
doors shut, and the greater part of
her students flocked around her for
protection. About this time one of
her students, Avay back in the corner,
cried out, “Oh! Lorddy! Lorddv!
Miss! Aliss! I am shot! I am shot!”
Upon further examination, it Avas
found that some of the children’s syr
up bottle had commenced fermenting
aud the stopper had popped out and
hit the student.
Striking against a mill that has
never paid a dividend is like hitting
a delicate Avoman. Don’t do it.
Thank God for employment in hard
times, especially when labor is paid
and stockholders don’t get a cent’s
return for their money.—Augusta
Chronicle.
The special local Prohibition elec
tions held in AVashington Territory
during the past* few Aveeks show a
large temperance \’ote and indicate a
majority in the territory favorable to
Prohibition.
Franklin Avas doubtless right Avhen
he said: “To feel truly funny, one
.must have plenty of money.*’
The best 5c., Cigar at the new drug
store of Dr T. H. Ken^n.
LIST OF ADVERTISED)LETTERS
Remaining in the Post-Office at Alil
ledgeville, Baldwin county, Ga., July
10, 1886. If not called for within 10
days, they will be sent to the Dead
letter office.
Florrid, O. F. • AVood, T. J.
Pittis, J. F. AVebster, Lizzie
Stevens, G. AV.
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