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NUMBER 40
e. M. C. Graduates to Receive OCONEE TOWN TO, NEW BRIDGE TO
Diplomas on Tuesday June 4th. RE EXPLORED SPAN CAMP CREEK
Rev. James M. Teresi to Preadi
Commencement Sermon; Dr. S.
V. Sanford to Deliver Address.
Sixty-one graduates will receive
Iheir diplomas and military certifi
cates from Col. Joe Jenkins on next
Tuesday morning, June 4th, when
the graduating exercises of the fifty-
fifth commencement of the Georgia
Military College will be held.
The commencement exercises will
be S m on Sunday morning when
7>cv. James M. Teresi, pastor of the
First baptist church of this city,
tt .jll deliver the commencement ser
pen. A special musical program has
been arranged for the services by the
ra det choir. The public is cordially
invited to be present. The services
will be held at the First Baptist
Chnr-h in cider that the entire
cadet battallion visitors and citizens
of the city may attend.
On Sunday afternoon the ’final
dress parade will be held rn the
athclctic field. This last parade of
school year will be of special
Interest and will be .in the nature
a review to the graduates a*
t! c honor students and winners of
; linuuished honors will receive th'
, view with the major of the bnttal-
■
On Monday afternoon the first sec-
t in i.1 the competitive drills will be,
» cld. The sound extended order and ;
tent pitching drill will begin the 1
program. The company extended
order formations will be the feature
of the program on Monday.
Monday evening the college band.
Maj. Godfrey Gsterman, director.
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS
REV. JAMES M. TERESI
• their annual concert in
college chapel. The program will
dude a new overture, solos,
special numbers by the college
the
Dr. Arthur Kelly, of Smithsonian
Institute, Will Excavate Site of
Indian Village.
Dr. Arthur Kellv, of the Smithson
ian Institute, in charge of the arche
ological research of the Indian
mounds in Macon, will come to Mil-
Icdgeville at an early date and
excavate at Oconee Town, near the
site cf Rock Landing, in an efl.’ort to
establish the name cf the tribe of
Indians that occupied this site and
search for Indian relics.
Dr. Kelly will bring his crew- of
nen from Macon to do the work and
a scientific search will be made of
this section. The site of the camp cf
the tribe will be excavated and
graves will be located if possible.
The territory will also be mapped
and the route of old trails estab
lished.
Dr. Kelly will do the work under
the auspices of the D. A. R. and S.
A. R. and will come here each
Thursday until the job is completed.
The work will he the most im
portant that has been done in this
section toward research and location
of Indian relics.
On Tuesday morning the graduat
ing exercises will be held. Dr. S. V. j
Sanfr rri. president of the University
of Georgia nnrt Chancelcr elect cf
the j»"’i University System, will de-*
liver the Baccalaureate address. Dr
Sanford is one of Georgia’s most de
lightful and entertaining speakerc
and his address to the graduates will
Ik: the outstanding event on 1
mencoment program.
The diplomas, medals and other
awards will be delivered 1
Jenkins. On Tuesday afternoon the
final competitive drills will be held.
The drills will include, Individ-
drill, squad drill and company close
order drill. Special reserve seats
will be provided the sponsors. The
four companies are building one
float and the winning company will
l>e allowed to ride on this Jerora*cd
■ ar after the drills. Col. Joe Mul-
drow is arranging fer the prize
'rills and many awards will be
made, including a pint of ice cream
for each member of the winning
company.
Taps Tuesday afternoon will bring
1 a clrrc one of G. M. C.’s most
(T. fiil years. Much progress has
DR. S. V. SANFORD
nade du:
the ye
OLD CAPITOL MAY
BE RENOVATED
G.S.C. ALUMNAE
PLANSPROGRAM
Classes to Have Reunions During
Commencement Season. Ahm-
nae Banquet June 8th.
Plans have been announced for
the entertainment of the alumnae
cf G. S. C. during the commence
ment season, when it is expected
that several hundred former gradu
ates will return to the campus for
class reunions, the annual banquet
and commencement exercises.
Miss Mary Lee Anderson, president
cf the association, has announced the
following program: r »
June 7th—Reunion starts for class-
of 1902. ’03. '05. ’21
Conty Gives Costract by Highwey
to Bsild Concrete Bridge Over
Cusp Creek no Irwinton Road.
Another unit in the new road lead
ing to the Wilkinson county line and
Irwinton was provided this week
•hen the state highway department
ave the county commissioners a
contract to build a concrete bridge
Camp Creek, a *few miles south
of Hardwick.
The contract calls for the expendi
ture of $6,965.25. The bridge will be
concrete on cresoted piles. Work
will be started at once on the new
bridge and will be carried for
ward as rapidly as possible so that
the read will not be closed to traffic
any longer than 1” necessary.
The section of the road from Hard
ick practically to Scottsboro has
been finished.
About five hundred yards of the
road has to be giadcd and resurfac
ed before reaching Scottsboro. The
county hopes to receive additional
contracts so that the entire road to
the Wilkinson county line can be
finished by early fall.
NINE GAMES ON
CADET GRID CARD
Work on Two C C C Camps
To Be Started Immediately
27th. Coach Batchelor Pleased
With Spring Work.
Nine games have been scheduled
on the G. M. C. foot ball program
for the 1935 season, Maj.
Rentz.. head of the department of
athletics, has announced.
The schedule opens with Brewton
Parker Junior College cn Sept. 27th.
This is one of the strongest teams
in the state and the best opening
game opponent the cadets have had
in many years.
The second game cn October 5th
is in Annapolis. Md.. where the
Naval Academy Plebes will be play
ed for the second year. The follow-
REV. A. G. HARRIS
GETS MACON CALL
Fint Prcibyt-rim Chnrck «f Ma
con Unanrmonslv Invite, MiJ-
ledgeville Minnter a, Paitor.
Rev. Albert G. Harris, for the
past six years pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of this city, has
received the unanimous call of the
First Presbyterian church of Macon
to accept the pastorate at his earliest
convenience.
Rev. Mr. Harris has not reached
a decision, but it is believed that
he is seriously considering accepting
the call, although it will be several
days before he announces his decis
ion. He will resign his pastorate here,
if he decides to go to the Macon
church.
Members of the local church ex
pressed the hope that their pastor
would decline the call. The church
has shown unusual progress under
his ministry and the membership
has practically doubled. The church
auditorium docs not accommodate Union Hill church
the consrecatinns each Sunday. | lcry nnd wiU bc approximately ten
Mr. Harris came to Milledgcville, miles from Milledgeville.
The camp in Hancock county will
be in the vicinity of Devereaux and
is* located to handle soil erosion
work in the section of Hancock coun
ty and east Baldwin. The camp in
this county will supply workers for
south Baldwin. Twiggs. Jones and
Wilkinson counties.
The camp has been located away
from the city in order that discipline
may bc better enforced and the
camps wil be nearer the vicinity
where the soil erosion work is to be
done.
It is expected that Milledgeville
will be the chief buying center of the
two camps.
Two Comps to Be Located Near
Milledgeville. Selection of
Baldwin Camp Announced.
Engineers and construction gangs
will begin this wck the construct!on
of the Citizens Conservation Corps
Camp to be located in this county
and the camp that wil be establish
ed betwi cn here and Sparta for soil
erosion work in this section.
Farm Agent L. R. Langley, who
:sisied in the .selection of the camp
rite, said todav that engineers would
to Milledgcville this week to
supervise the construction of the
camp. The camp will be built to Be
rn odate two hundred men, fifteen
roil erosion experts and other offici
als connected with the camp. In ad
dition lo the barracks and mess hall,
tennis courts and a base ball diamond
•ill be provided. The camps will be
ready for occupancy by July 1st.
Following an inspection of the
camp sites early last week, Mr. Rast,
head of the soil erosion division and
Maj. Sledge, an army engineer, came
here on Thursday and gave a final
approval of the site from nine that
had been recommended and offered.
The camp will be in the vicinity of
Stevens Pot-
32 and ’34. Miller Bell Hall will be ing week is open and on Oct. 18th
FERA Project Callia? for Expendi- the reunion center. Hie local alum- j the cadets journey to Douglas^ to
ture of Severe! Thousand Dollars
cd Old Building Planned.
lasses, will assist in the entertain-
nent c»‘ the visitor*. Mrs. Martin is
muse mother of Bell Hall.
Engineers have worked out plans J June 8th—Alumnae Induction cere-
to renovate the old capitol building > monv. front campus at 7:30.
at a cost of several thousand dol- Alumnae Banauet, Ennis Recrea-
lars and the project was sent to | tion hall. 8:00 o clock. Miss Lottie
Atlanta Wednesday
? members of the reunion inlay the South Georgia Junior Co'
nors have b«
the students and facult;
the closing with m*
I C. Albritton. George W.
U • • benjamin F. Allen. B.
o;.nk! : M Anderson. Ethel L An-
v-mie E. Andrews. James A
Grover C. Barfield. John A
la-.?. Ti-iH Blackwell. Joseph R
n, '-h Wililam S. Blakely. Warren
IV. well. Charles W. Buck. James
1 lobn A Cash. David E.
n- n. William W. Childs. Gladys
hoi Wayne E Couch. Robert G.
J;;■/!. William F. Dval. Roy S. Epps,
m J. Forehand. James P. Grif-
J. Hawkins. Archie Hniton.
Hu
Horri.
• -v. Joseph William Jenkins.
]! " r - T-amm. Roger Lawson.
•» Lockhart. Lawrence Me-
f arh- Pnice McCaskill. Claude
Robert Mathews. Clar-
n. Flo ! se Newton. Fred
Teat, J. H. Patrick. Fleming
■’ ” r ' n . James R. Rowland. Owen
Silver, Ix*stor Lionel Sisko
' If. Slocumb. Charles Smart.
" R. Slack. Walter A. Smith.
Lamar Sims. Edwin Simp-
' ‘ James S. Swarts, William H.
Jtihn P. Thornton. Louella
Frr-nk E. Watson, Jr.. Clar-
" P. Wolf, James F. Wilkerson.
Fi-.- u :o Chalmers Woodall. RandaU
'Tttrouer.
REV
TERESI
A1
Rev. James M. Teresi, pastor of the
First Baptist church, delivered the
Missionary sermon at Prienship
c -urch on Wednesday morning.
district supervisor, for approval.
Cel. Joe Jenkins said the work
•ould place the main academic
building in a splendid state, of repair
and includes a complete check un of
both the inside and outside of the
building. The FERA authorities
here are anxious to have the pro
ject approved so that work can be-
and be completed dur
ing the vacation period.
The government is also planning
construction o. a number of arm
ory-auditoriums for military schools
and the college has asked that one
of these projects be located on the
campu:
Mr. Glenn.' Muring Curl 2nd Vice president at
large, toast mistress.
June 9th—Reunion breakfast. At
kinson Hall dining room. Alumnae
Vesper services in the afternoon with
the 1925 class in charge.
June 10th—Graduation exercises.
Completion of induction exercises.
This is the year for the election i f
officers and the election will be held
at the annual banquet.
It is expected that the largest num
ber of former graduates yet to at
tend the commencement exercises
will be present.
PI a i
also bci
iade
thr
college to secure public wo
funds for the enlargement of
barracks to accomodate 150 m
boys. This work will also includ.
swimming pool.
Col. Jenkins is having plans made | r>,
frr all these projects and t
an early approval of them.
fflVEY. 1AWS0N. TENNUIE
HONOR GRADUATES AT 0 M.C.
• nt. SUvey Wins West Point An
ointment. Five CTher Cadctr Co
to Military Academy.
Cadet Can
i Silve
Silvc
i of
has been
MOVING PICTURES OF
activities at g. m. c. to
BE SHOWN SATURDAY
Films With Sound are Made Sun
day at MUltarv College. Parade
and Campus Scenes Feature.
Moving pictures of activities at
G. M. C. were filmed Sunday by
•special camcrmnn from Atlanta and
nn Saturday of this week they
be shown for the first time at
Campus Theatre.
The pictures will show the m
ctivitier • G. M. C. Formations
church, the parade, swimming, r
ing. baseball, tennis, foot ball, scenes
f the campus, pictures'of the honor
raduates and Col. Jenkins and
acuity are included in the film. The
rusic and sound will be added In
the studios.
During the summer the film will
be shown over the entire Martin
circuit of theatres and in other
theatres in Georgia and Alabama.
The picture was sponsored by the
Union-Recorder with the coopera-
of the Kiwanis Club. City of
Milledgeville and friends of the col
lege.
W. W
named honor graduate at O. 1
and will receive thr* npnointm-
the United State Military Ar:
at West Point
lege because
rating.
Roger Lawson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Lawson’s and William
Tcnnille. sin of Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Tcnnille. both cadet captains,
were named second and third alter-
Five other cadets rf G. M. C.
have received nnDO'ntments to West
Point and have received their train
ing at the college for entranee to
the military academy. The appointee!
are: Maj. Emmett McCom*
lege. The final game in October will
bc with the Georgia Fresh on Oct.
25th in Milledgeville. In November
the Oglethorpe 01 Mercer Frosh will
ccme here '.’or a game to bc follow
ed by three games away from Mil
ledgeville with Middle Georgia Col
lege, Cochran on Nov. 8th; South
Georgia Teachers. Statesboro on Nov.
15th and Fort BcnninR in Columbus
on Nov. 22nd.
The final game wil bc on Thanks
giving Day with Gordon Junior Col
lege here.
Coach Batchc,or has been conduct
ing spring practice for several weeks
and is highly pleased with the pros
pects for next fall. Many of this
years team will return for a year in
Junior College.
The practice season will be start
ed Sept. 1st. several days before the
regular term opens.
BAPTIST BEGIN
REVIVAL JUNE5
Mr. Harris received his early edu
cation at Erskine College and later
studied at the Union Thcologiral
Seminary. He also graduated
Princeton. He began his ministry in
North Carolina and later served
churches in Alabama. He married
Miss Eugenia Pou. of Columbus, and
they have three children.
Mr. Harris has been identified with
the young people’s work throughout
his ministry, and has been greatly
in demand as n speaker at the col
leges throughout the south. Last
year he conducted the week's religi
ous service at Presbyterian College
and has delivered cofWTHmce
ment sermons this spring.
Mr. Harris it chairman of the
Men’s work in the Synod of Georgia
nnd is a ir.mber of the Board of
Trustees of Chicora College. He has
been active in the work of the Amer
ican Legion end was chaplain of the
American Legion of South Carolina.
Mr. Harris is also identified with
all departments of the Masonic fra
ternity.
Rev. Mr. Harris went to Macon
on May 19th end preached before
the congregation there. On last Sun
day the nulpit committee recom
mended that he be called to the
Macon church and the congregation
unanimous in its approval. The
ilpit committee came here Sun
day afternoon nnd delivered the call.
Mr. Harris asked for time to con
sider.
COMMISSIONERS AMD COUNCIL
CONFER ON PUBLIC WORKS
PROGRAM
Conference Il**«d at Court House on
Monday. Plans of County arc
Presented.
The County Commissioners and
the City Council held a joint ses
sion on Monday of this weekf to dis-
j cuss plans for public works pro-
Rev. James !W. Teresi to Conducti '< r,s ,h " ".-oneratim of the two
. _ governments in working these plans
Senes of tvansensttc aervice3 out .
at Church. i The commissioners aie asking to r I Childs, of Macon, after Its location
funds from the government to place bad been lost for many rears.
Teresi has an-, r ' y: ' PQ lines and a water system ; ! Among the outstanding members
... n f evangelistic Hardwick. The council was a**kcd to of the D. A. R. present at the un
in rn next Wednes- crns * der nmnin * a water main to (veiling ’-ere Mir. Julian McCurry.
the Baptist churrh 1 ,!i,rd '" ck «•» «* "«***
ROCKLANDING
MARKERPLACED
Ceremonies Sunday Afternoon At
tract Large Crowd. Hoi. War
ren Grier Principal Speaker.
Rock Landing, the po*ot cn the
Oconee River where Indian trails
crorsed nnd early* settlers e^mped,
was marked Sunday afternoon when
a granite boulder with a bronze
tablet of inscription war unveiled
by the D. A. R.. C. A. R. and S. A.
R.. in the presence of a large gath
ering r,” interested peonlc.
Miss Flrride Allen. Regent of the
D. A R.. presided. The tablet was
unveiled by Edwin Allen. Jr., and
•Tune Bell, after the opening cere
mony of the D. A. R. was complof-
ed. Mr. R. W. Hatcher, lirerident of
S. A. R.. introduced the spenker
of the occasion, Hon. Warren Grice
cf Macon. Mr. Grice reviewed the
early Indian history of the state and
inted out the historical import-
ire of Reek Landing.
Thj* boulder marks one of the im-
:rtnnt places of historical Interest
in the early development of this sec
tion. Many ontrtanding events were
enacted Imre and the enrlv settlers
:tiblished connections with the In-
nns at this point. The discovery
Rock Landing was made bv Dr.
iced that a ser
ices will bn
ntinue to, ten days. I ^ that dirertly nf-
Scrvices will bc held every nl«ht| frrt bo,h c,, . v ?. nrt
at eight o’clock except Saturday
n : ght. The music will be in charge
ef Miss Laura Shurley, organist o(
the church, who will organize a large
choir in addition to the regular
choir of the church.
Rev. Tere.-i will preach at
ident general of the rational
izatinn: Mrs. John W. Daniels,
regent: Mrs. John S. Adams,
including the proposed j state vice regent: Mr?. Harrison
change in the Eaton ton highway to Hightower, state recordings secre-
rntcr Milledgeville on Wilkinson tary; Mrs. Thomas Mell. state treas-
•treet under a culvert at the Oeor- urer; Mrs. Thomas Wood, state enr-
ria railroad. A section of the road responding secretary: and Mrs. Har-
n f (service and the public is cordial 1>
nnd ^ Mrs. R- H. McComh. CWrt| tavlted ’
Forehand, of Sylvcs
W. J.
Cadet Hugh Jones. Columbus. Cadet
Julian Shinglrr. Ashbum. Go., and
Cadet James Lnney. Dublin.
The young men will enter the
•ademy in July of this year or the
ass of 1936.
BANKS TO BE CLOSED NEXT
MONDAY
Monday. June 3. will be a holiday
for the four banks of Milledgeville.
The occasion is the birthday .anni
versary of Jefferson Davis, president
cf the Confederate States and one
of the South’s beloved hcroc-s. The
banks will remain clcscd through
out the day.
Arrangements are being made frr
the golf team of the Erhetah Coun
try Club and the team from Coving
ton to meet in the third and play
off match.
The games will be played in
Athens one day next week and the
team of the Echctah club will be
present in full force. The Echeteh
team won the first match here and
the second was won by Covington
on their home course. The play-off
match will determine the champions.
in MoslewiUe that the count;
a'kin', paving for lies within the city
limit".
Nr .*.r v - un cement wns mad.*
whether agreements were reached,
but it is understood that the council
will consider the feasibility of
nmg the water to Hardwick.
The commissioners expect to go
forward with their public works
program as announced in last weeks
issue of this paper.
PROGRAM OF WEDDING MUSIC
TO BE GIVE” AT COLLEGE.
The music department of G. S. C.
. will give a program of wedding
music at the college auditorium on
Saturday evening at seven o'clock.
Organ, piano and voice pupils will
ke part. Miss Alice Lcnore Tucker,
director of the department, invites
the public to attend.
old Nicholson, state curator. Mrs.
Mark Smtih. state director of the
Children cf the American Revolution
wns also present
AWo present were Dr. and Mrs.
C. C. Hnrrold. Macon: Dr. nnd Mrs.
Rice cf Greensboro, and Dr. A.
Kelley, representative from the
Smithsonian Institute now at work
on the Indian mounds near Macon,
and Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Childs.
DR. SANFORD TO ADDRESS
G. S. C. IV. STT’DENTS
Dr. S. V. Sanford. * rthancelor
Elect of the University System of
Georgia, who delivers the baccalau
reate address at G. M. C. next Tues
day, will, remain over and speak at
chapel exercises of G. S. C. W., cn
Wednesday. At noon he will be 1 the
guest of Dr. Wells at a luncheon at
the Mansion.
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