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1827—UNION RECORDER CENTENNIAL EDmON—1927.
G. S. C. W. KEEPS PACE WITH RAPID GROWTH
MANY BRANCHES
OF EDUCATION
tution in which not only MHedge-
ville and this section, but all the
Empire state, take just pride. About I
li-iior Recorder Ha* Witnessed Its
Growth From Small School to
Great College.
rtv years. Each year practically
DO girls attend classes.
The Georgia State College for
men." declares the foreword to
yearly bulletin, “i*i distinctly a
man's college. It does not seek to
imitate the educational practices that
FIRST SESSION IN YEAR 1891 have prevailed in colleges for men.
—. It does not seek to conform to tra-
Institution Made Distinctively for requirement.
Women. First in Physical Edu-
cation for Georgia Girls.
the growth of the Georgia State
C .".. tv for Women since its birth as
jK, ;-fant Georgia Normal & Indui*-
College, in 1891. to this date
in 1927. when it is Georgia's largest
v. < :nan's college numbering an en
rollment approaching 1,500.
The Recorder, in its Nov. 25, lRl'O,
edition, published an article dealing
with this institution, and the mili
tary college on Capital hill. It was
entitled. "Our Two Colleges.” and is
found in the files as follow:
"In the enthusiasm of our citizens
for the Georgia Normal and Indus#-
tnai College for girls, the Middle
Georgia Military and Agricultural |
College, for both boys and girls, j ^
rh> uld not be forgotten or neglect
ed by our citizens. This branch of
the state university has the prestige
of ten years of thorough wosk and
phenomenal success. Inside the walls
of the historic old capitol more chil
dren are taught than in any institu
tion of learning in our great state.
With u deep sense of security in its
thorough work and an abiding faith
in its establishing and recognized
worth, its trustees and faculty, with
entire unanmity, have been among
the leaders to secure in our midst
the location fif the industrial school.
“When a bill was before the gen
eral a.-sembly to sell the state’s prop
erty in this city, the trustees sent
them a strong petition against such
action. In presenting this petition in
the house, Hon. Ivy W. Duggan sug
gest =d that this property might be
needed for the establishment of a
girls' industrial school. The bill to
sell this property was defeated. No
sooner was this property safely con
firmed in the hands of our college
trustees than they tendered it to the
legi-luture for the establishment of
the Georgia Normal and Industrial
College. This proposition, in the
skilful hands of Hon. Robert Whit
field. Hon. F. G. DuBignon and oth
ers, led to the location of this great
industrial school in Milledgeville.
"Appreciating the high honor con
ferred upon the old capital, by a
unanimous vote of our citizens the
issue of $22,000 in bonds was au
thorized to be used for the erection
of the industrial college—$10,000 as
a dunution and $12,000 aw a loan.
“In this matter, our citizens were
a unit and also declared that the
city would make good the losses of
our college on uccuunt of the liberal
and n.ugnanimous action of its
has deliberately broken
hat it considers many of the
false fashiens of the past. It believ
es that women have interests and
ambitions and spheres of usefulness
peculiarly their own. It believes that
there are fields of work for women
which call for new courses of study.
It believes that the education of
young women should be vitally con
cerned first about matters of health
and character and personality. It be
lieve- that all the sciences and arts
should be made to contribute Jo an
improvement of the home, the school, i
j the farm, the child, and of society
I in general. Follow ing these new*
I ideals in education, the College asks
jnot only what has been taught, but
j also w hat ought to be taught to
"In addition to the loss of about
one thousand dollars of rentals, the
transfer of the executive mansion
will deprive the M. G. M. and A. Col
k-ge of barrack* for cadets. Anion
other things suggested was that the
city could issue bonds for the <
tion of new barracks, providing the
The instution has b
i officials declare, i:
of education which
popular, and an
be of vast service
in 1889, by
legislature, and opening
many forms
re becoming
promising to
> the Mate,
n act of the
1891, fol- I
lowing upon the establishment of the
Georgia Technological School for men
institution was the first college
women supported by the State
of Georgia, and the first to offer a
•dern professional training for
tachers. It was the first college to
require Agriculture and Home Eco
nomics in a regular course of study
for students. It was the first college
Georgia to teach Home Economics.
It was the first institution in the south
:o place (in 1906) Home Economics
»n a par with any other department-
ind to offer diplomas for speciali
zation in the home sciences and arts.
For several years, even before the in
fluence of the great war had accel
erated interest in that direction, this
institution has been among the first in
the country to place great emphasis
n Health Education, and to main-
i a fully organized department
the study of that subject. It like-
} was the first normal school in
state to rise into a standard col-
i and to confer the baccalaureate
degrees.
ie yearly bulletin declares that
ecunt rapid growth of the college
is gratifying; that the increasing at
tendance, the new buildings, the at
tractive equipment, *hc harmonius
organization, the splendid cirriculu,
the fine college spirit, that all of thist
are cncoura ring. But. they assert,
more important than temporary suc
cess is the influence a coliege exerts
upon the formation of correct ideals.
Hence, the Georgia State College for
Women desires not primarily to
achieve success, but to promote a type
of education suited to the real needs
of the present day. The college de
sires most of all to exert an influence
upon the formation of the right kind
of fashion in education. Its success
View of Dormitories
The New Auditorium
The building pictured above, the Coll ge Auditorium, was the la;-*,
building completed by Dr. Parks before hla death. The dedication
ceremonies were conducted in November and the belov.-d President
was accidentally killed in December.
The building is considered one of the finest in the south. Its arch
itectural granduer stands out pre-emlnei.ily w one of the most
beautiful on a Georgia campus. The building stands a* a monu
ment to the life w ork and achieve merits of the late President.
In this auditorium building has a pointing of Dr. Park?, which
was presented to the college last June by the senior class. The
paint'.ng is a wonderful work of art, being completed only a short
time before Dr. Parks’ death.
Adjoining htis building is the New Class Room building, whose
architecture and design is in keeping with the other buildings on
the campus.
in his respect is its proudest achieve
ment.
The purpose of the institution is
declared to be prepare the young
women of Georgia:
1. To do intelligent work as teach
ers, according to the best methods
known to modern pedagogy.
2. To earn their own livelihood by
the practice of some one or other of
those industrial arts suitable for wo-
3. To exert an unlifting and refin
ing influence on the family and so
ciety by means of cultured intellect,
which can only be attained by a sy
tematic education in the higher
branches of learning.
4. To he skilful and expert
those domestic arts that lie at the
foundation of all successful house
keeping and home-making.
The college is a member of the As
sociation of Georgia Colleges, Amer
ican Association of Teachers’ Col
leges, and the Association of (Toi
lette* and Secondary Schools of the
southern states.
ffho industrial plant, including
buildings, grounds and equipment,
is now valued at nearly $1,000,000.
The actual appropriations from the
state for buildings and equipment
since the establishment of the col
lege thirty-six years ago have been
small. But the f present estimated val
ue has come not only from direct
appropriation by the state, but also
from the marked economy in con
struction, from the equipment added
through the savings from dormitory
management, from the grounds and
old executive mansion and annex,
donated to tHte college, and finally
from the rapid increase in recent
years in the value of buildings and
grounds.
The material equipment is as fol
lows:
Campus, consisting of twenty-
three acres; Nisbet wood, more than
twenty acres of wooded land near
the campus; the Mansion, home of
the president; main college hall; an
nex dormitory; Atkinson hall; Chap
pell Industrial hall; Terrell hall;
Parks hall; Ennis hall; Terrell hall
annex A; Terrell hall annex B; Ter
rell hall annex C; new auditorium;
heating plant; new class room build
ing; new class room building addi
tion 1; new class room building ad
dition 2; Horne house and Newell
house; Peabody practice school; play
grounds; music equipment, including
massive pipe organ.
The college maintains four sub-
I ordinate units of organization, which
pursu e definite lines of work in the
accomplishment of the several aims
and purposes of the institution as a
whole. These are:
1. College of Art** and Sciences.
2. Teachers' College, including the
School of Education and the School
of Home Economics.
o. Division of College Extension.
4. Summer School.
The several subordinate organiza
tions of the general work of the col
lege offer the following courses:
- Four-year college course lead
ing to A.B. degree.
2. Four-year college course lead
ing to B.S. degree (in general sci-
3. # Four-year college leading to
B.S. degree (in education).
4. Four-year college course lead
ing to B.S. degree (in home econom
ics).
5. Two-year college course lead-
"'fement
st on such bonds. This
seemed to be a desirable solution of
the difficulty. If the obligation of th<
city on such bonds should be paid
by the trustees, the credit thus
tended by the city would cost
zens nothing.
"The direction of the Industrial
college, not having immediate use of
the mansion, having kindly allowed
its ute for barracks to be continued
for the present term. The indications
now are that the barracks will not
be able to accommodate the increas
ing number of cadets from a dist
ance even ut the approaching spring
season. If the barracks system is to
be continued other arrangements
must be made at an early day.
“We merely mention this matter
now, with full confidence that our cit
izens will equal the emergency, and
will bear with pleasure the glorious
burdens they hav e taken on their
strong and willing shoulders. To
make Milledgeville an educational
center Is the solid rock upon which
our citizens will delight to build. A
grander work, inviting to happier
and more prosperous results, was
never set before any people.
“Long live our two colleges!'*
And so, continuously holding this
attitude of support, the Union Re
cord . ha* watched the marvelous
growth of the G. S. C. W., an insti-
PANORAMIC VIEW OF NORTH CAMPUS
ing to Normal diplor'-a
6. One-year coliegTcour.,.
to certificates.
The Georgia State Colley. f ...
nien maintains „ high W °’
r«° b"ive r M ™ bm " f thc f««!ty
for their superior qualMray,,*'’"
training in the best colleges ?
versities. The entrance reqgj '" 1
for unconditional admission w
Freshman class i« graduation from” '
four-year accredited high school
a minimum of afteen units ot T
I ardized high school work „ .
equivalent. The courses of study
the several departments „f irsru “
■ton are built upon necessary pre
requisite work, which lifts the couu!
es to the level of standard under
graduate work prevailing throughout
the country. Students’ schedules art
carefully watched, to prevent ta e
taking of more hours of work than
are allowed on a standard colleg,
assignment. The equipment for every
course offered is the best possible
within the recources of the institu.
tion. These conditions, which make
for true standards in higher educ,.
tion are observed, with care ami l„y.
alty to high ideals, in every depart,
ment of the college.
The Georgia State College for
Women was created by a special act
of the legislature in the summer of
1889. The bill for its establishment
was introduced into the lower h<.u»t
of the legislature by Hon. W. Y. At
kinson, then a representative from
Coweta county, and afterward- for
two terms governor of the state. He
president of the board of direc
tors of the college from it founda
tion to the time of his death in 1899.
He was succeeded in this office by
»he Hon. F. G. DuGignon, by CoL
James M. DuPree, by the Hon. T.
E. Atkinson, and by Judge Richard
B. Russell.
The first president of the college
as Dr. J. Harris Chappell, who held
the office from 1890 to 1904, a term
of fourteen years, when he wa>
granted leave of absence because of
his health. He was succeeded as pres
ident by Dr. Marvin M. Parks, who
served as president from 1904 until
December, 1926, when he died. Dr.
Parks was killed by an automobile
in Tampa, Fla., December 29, 1926.
as borne to his final resting
at the Milledgeville cemetery
after funeral exercises in the colleg
luditorium, Jan. 2.
Dr. Parks left a visible monumer.
of his power as an administrator ant
financier in the wonderful building
upon the campus of the college whic:
he had just finished as he left up*
brief vacation for a few days be
fore his death. But his true mon
to be sought in the woma
hood of Georgia, whereto he ga
rhole life to inspire, to enric
;o perfect in all graces and hig
aspirations. He had a marvelou
power of infusing students, alumna
and faculty with his own educatior
al ideals and has them in his death
task to carry on, that challengt-
the«r carefullest thought and highe?
endeavors.
Dr. Jaupct Luther Beeson servei
acting president after Dr. Park#
death.
DR T. M. HALL
LEADING CITIZEN
Century. Coll.,. Phy.ici.
Among those men who have
tributed in large measure
ing the last quarter century to Mil-
ledgevilie's well-being, and written
their names large in the hearts of all
their townspeople, is Dr. Then
Mar-hall Hall, for thirty-five year?
practitioner of medicine, surgery
and obstetrics in his home city
Dr. Hall came into his heri
rightly, as a healer of ills. His father
and three uncles before him ha<
the oath of Hippocrates. Then
Dr. Hansel Hall, his father, ol
Milledgeville; Dr. Hartley Hall, oi
Dublin, and Dr. C. H. Hall, of
There was also Dr. I. L. Ham-
Ms maternal uncle, of Milledgevill'
There are few of the older re?
dents of Milledgeville, and practica
>ne of the natives, who have nf
ne time or another been undo?
his kindly and efficient care. Hi?
record in obstetrics has been betU'f
ed by no man anywhere, specialist
not. As a surgeon, especially
abdominal cases, he has drawn
admiration and esteem of his «
league* here and elsewhere. And
the sympathetic and intelligent phy-"
occupying almost a priestly
status in his daily confessional)’,
has the devotion and love of *ver>-
It is not hyperbole to °
him:
‘None knew him but to love him*