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THE GEORGIA STATE BULLETIN

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GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

SPECIAL NEWS ISSUE

DECEMBER, 1947

The Georgia State Bulletin

Special Mews Issue

Vol. 1

December, 1947

No. 1

THE GEORGIA STATE BULLETIN is published in October, December. February, March, April and May, by Georgia State
College. Application for Entry as second-class matter at the Post Office at Savannah. Georgia pending.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

From the President's Desk 3

Georgia State College Staff 4

The Student Personnel Council 6

Office of Dean of Men 6

Office of Dean of Women 6

Health Standards Committee 7

The Health Department 7

Staff Activities 8

Campus Chest Drive . . 9

Alumni Activities 10

Georgia State College Serves Needs of People 11

Home-Coming 12

A New Day in Agriculture 14

Teacher Education Conference 14

Education Department Laboratory 14

Division of Home Economics 15

The College Inn 15

Powell Laboratorv School 16

Adams Hall 16

From the Department of Business Administration 17

Our Veterans "... 18

Our Library 18

New Emphasis on Music at Georgia State College 19

Trades and Industries 21

Improvement and Building Programs 22

Religious Life Program 22

Artist Series 23

FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK

HPHE program of Georgia State College aims (1) to
prepare students to earn a living in a socially useful
occupation or to enter a graduate program of specialized,
technical or professional training, to assist them in
developing creative, spiritually enriched lives and to
enable them to share in the life of the College so that
they will become responsible, democratic citizens; (2) to
contribute as far as possible to the improvement of the
immediate community, the State and the Nation.

The entire curriculum of the school which includes
four major divisions and out-of-class activities such as
music, art, drama, forensics, creative writing, athletics
and health activities and the guidance program (ad-
ministered through the Student Personnel Council and
the instructional staff) are directed to the end of meeting
both the needs of the students and the needs of the
community.

The program of the College, directed by a well-
prepared, consecrated faculty and staff of 96 persons, is
being restudied and evaluated in terms of these ob-
jectives. Resulting from this study will come not only
revisions in the curriculum and modifications in out-of-
class activities but considerable changes in the entire living and learning atmosphere of the campus.
Classroom buildings, the library, the dining hall and residence halls are in the process of complete
renovation. To improve the health services, an infirmary unit with 22 beds is being erected.
Through the facilities of a fine arts building, which is currently under construction, a greater
opportunity for creative development in music and art will be afforded. The new cafeteria and
recreation building, the third of the buildings secured through the Federal Works Agency, will
greatly improve the food service and provide opportunities for city students and visitors to the
campus to secure wholesome meals. The faculty housing program, which anticipates an expenditure
of approximately $124,000, will provide adequate housing for the present faculty and staff and
enable the College to attract additional well-prepared faculty members. The pages that follow
give some indication of this program in action.

James A. Colston, President,
Georgia State College.

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Georgia State College Staff, 1947^8

-CVEN though President James A. Colston did not take office until July first, he was successful
in assembling a well trained and, with few exceptions, experienced faculty. The faculty is
headed by William K. Payne, A.B., A.M., academic dean, who correlates and supervises the work
of the four divisions:

Division or AomcuLTURE-Edward Harmond, B.S., M.S., director of division; L. S. Alexander,
B S Frank Tharp, B.S.; and J. B. Wright, B.S., M.S.

Dl v ISI o N or Arts an, Sciences -William H. Brown, A.B., M.A director of division. Biology
-B T Griffith, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., chairman of department; Joseph Wortham, B.S., M.S., Busi-
ness-Eunice Colley, A.B., M.A., acting chairman of department; Lenora B. Be linger, B.S
Robert C. Long, Sr , A.B., M.A. Chemistry-C. V. Clay, B.S., M.S., chairman of department;
W E Murray, A.B., M.A. Education-W. K. Payne, A.B., M.A., chairman of department; W,
H.' Brown, A3., M.A, Alma Stegall, A.B., M.A.; P. A. Stewart, A J. M.A . ^~^
B Dudley A B M.A., Ph.D., chairman of department; J. Randolph Fisher, A.B., M.A, Alice
M Haynes, A.B., M.A, Coragreene Johnstone, A.B., M.A, Louise Lautier, A.B., M.A, Janie
L 'Lester A B M.A.; Timothy C. Meyers, A.B., M.A. Fine Arts and Languages-R Hayes
Strider A B MA., chairman of department; Grace E. Hunt, A.B., M.A.; Alice C. Wright, A.B.
Health and Physical Education-Theodore A. Wright, A.B., M.A., chairman of department,
Albert Frazier, A.B., Geradline Hooper, A.B., John H. Myles, A.B., Edward M. Richardson,

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GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE STAFF (Continue*)

B.S. Mathematics Martha Wilson, B.S., M.S., chairman of department; J. B. Clemmons, B.S.,
M.S. Natural Science W. V. Winters, B.S., M.S., co-ordinator of department. Social Science
E. B. Sarreals, A.B., M.A., chairman of department; Joan L. Gordon, A.B., M.A.; W. E. Griffin,
A.B.; William J. Holloway, A.B., M.A.; Louis E. Lomax, A.B., M.A.; A. E. Peacock, A.B., M.A.

Division of Home Economics Ella M. Epting, B.S., M.S., acting director of division; Martha
M. Avery, B.S., M.A.; Robbie L. Boyd, A.B., M.S.; Christine Coleman, B.S., M.S.; Mary Pitts,
B.S., M.A.

Division of Trades and Industries W. B. Nelson, B.S., M.S., director of division. Auto
Mechanics L. W. Brown, B.S.; W. T. Perry. Bodv and Fender H. L. Ware. Carpentry Murrel
S.Johnson, B.S. Electricity Rutherford Lockette, B.S. Machine Shop Robert L. Chisley, B.S.
Masonry Arthur C. Carter, B.S.; W. F. Edwards. Mechanical and Architectural Drawing
Antonio Orsot. Painting S. L. Lester. Radio Rollins Bacon, Ben Singleton, B.S. Shoe Repair
C. F. Flipper, Sol Harden.

Under the supervision of Chatham County Public Schools and the college, the Powell Laboratory
School serves approximately 166 pupils with Susie S. Davis, A.B., M.A., principal, and the follow-
ing critic teachers: Lucille T. Lewis, B.S.; Catherine G. Mathis, B.S.; Josie B. Sessoms, A.B.,
M.A., and Thelma L. Walker, A.B.

The Officers of Administration are as follows: James A. Colston, president; William K. Payne,
dean of the faculty; Timothy C. Meyers, registrar; P. D. Davis, business manager; Janie L. Lester,
dean of women; William J. Holloway, dean of men; Luella Hawkins, librarian; Madeline Harrison,
assistant librarian; Felix J. Alexis, superintendent of buildings and grounds; Clarence Wright,
assistant superintendent of buildings and grounds; Loreese Davis, head resident, Camilla Hubert
Hall; Marian Strider, matron, Camilla Hubert Hall; Joseph Wortham, head resident, Hill Hall;
Wilton Scott, public relations; S. M. McDew, Jr., college physician; and Gertrude H. Holmes,
college nurse.

Business Management is directed by P. D. Davis, business manager; Emanuel C. Bertrand, B.S.,
comptroller; John Gilmore, A.B., secretary and cashier; Willie T. Shropshire, A.B., budget assistant.

The Secretarial Staff includes Mildred L. Burch, administrative secretary to the president;
Florence Derrick, secretary to the academic dean; Lenore B. Bellinger, secretary, Business Office;
Josephine F. Hubert, secretary, Division of Arts and Sciences; Delores Lomax, secretary to deans
of men and women; Mildred Marquis, secretary to office of buildings and grounds; Eugenia Law,
secretary to registrar; Angeline Brown, recording clerk; Marjorie Wallace, recording clerk; Mildred
McFarland, clerk, president's office; Beatrice Orsot, secretary, Business Office; and Mary B. Pearson,
clerk, Division of General Extension.

Other Staff Members are Mozelle D. Clemmons, A.B., M.A., manager, college bookstore;
Varnette Frazier, dietician; Ursuline B. Ingersoll, postmistress; Emma Wortham, manager, College
Inn; Howard Jackson, superintendent of the laundry; R. A. Thomas, farm manager; and Louis
Lomax, college minister.

The Georgia Agricultural Extension Service has offices on the campus. The staff numbers P. H.
Stone, state agent for Negro Work; Camilla Weems, assistant state agent for Negro Work; A. S.
Bacon, assistant supervisor, Negro Work; Alexander Hurse, Negro State Club Agent; Augustus
Hill, assistant, Negro State Club Agent; and Vera L. Dowdell, clerk.

This group of one hundred teachers and staff members is dedicated to the task of training the
youth of Georgia in the areas of their choice. The success of the group is to be measured by the
type of citizen which the college graduates.

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The Student Personnel Council

THE Student Personnel Council
assists students to make adjust-
ments from the time of entrance until
they are graduated and gain employ-
ment. Professional counselling is
provided for all students in the areas
of religious and social life, problems
of conduct, financial aid, scholarship
and work on the campus, health
and study habits.

So far this year the Council has
sponsored student socials, aided in
compiling the school calendar, as-
sisted in planning pep meetings, and
directed the Freshmen Orientation
Program.

The Council is working with the Business Club and the Veterans' Club to provide a
Loan Association for the student body. A weekly recreation program has been planned
are being taken to provide more campus organizations for the enrichment of student life

The Student Personnel Council is composed of: Wm. J. Holloway, chairman, Miss J
Lester, Miss Loreesc Davis, Mrs. Mary Pitts, Miss Geraldine Hooper, Louis E. Lomax, W
Scott, W. K. Payne, Dr. S. M. McDew, and Robert C. Long, Sr.

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THE OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF MEN

THE office of the Dean of Men promotes programs and projects for the desirable development
of all of the men enrolled in the College. All of the activities are geared toward providing
many opportunities for well-balanced growth. Special emphasis is placed on providing rich ex-
periences in group living.

Problems of adjustment are handled by members of the staff. The counselling corps is composed
of the Dean of Men, the School Physician, the Veterans' Secretary, the College Minister and two
dormitory directors.

Practice in democratic living is provided in the Hill Hall Dormitory Club. Among the projects
of this organization are group socials, cultural programs, forums, athletic activities, publication
of dormitory paper, and an annual Men's Day Program.

An employment bureau places men in jobs on the campus and follows their progress. Men are
also assisted in gaining employment in Savannah. Aid is given to veterans or others who desire
to take advantage of the educational program of the army, the air corps, and the navy.

A cumulative personnel record system is being developed to compile essential data concerning
the following: health, scholarship, work record, special achievements and honors, personality
data, and other information showing growth and development of each individual.

THE OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF WOMEN
HE young women of Georgia State College are especially favored this year in that a definite
divisional staff has been set up to secure their welfare and training. In addition to the Dean
of Women, the personnel council for women includes Miss Loreese Davis, head resident, Mrs.
Marian Strider, matron, and Mrs. Lula Carson, night matron.

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Camilla Hubert Hall and Boggs Hall have been renovated and beautifully decorated in soft
pastel shades. New furniture has replaced the old in Camilla Hubert's reception room. Boggs
Hall is now heated by gas instead of wood and coal stoves. These modifications have enhanced
the comfort and the beauty of the buildings one hundred percent.

Under the supervision of Miss Davis, many activities have been planned, and some are already
in operation for the utilization of leisure hours. These include birthday parties, card tournaments,
bicycling, gardening, hiking, skating, and dramatics.

Putting the new plans into operation has entailed much moving, advising, and revising, but no
one complains because all feel that it is a small price for what is gained.

Health Standards Committee

"V\ 7HILE the college has not been unmindful of health standards as a necessary and essential
aspect of an educational program, special emphasis is now being placed upon this area
to the end of achieving improved health standards for all members of the college community.

The Committee on Health Standards of the Georgia State College recently made a significant
report of its activities to the present time and of its projected activities for effecting noteworthy
goals.

After reporting the completion of general physical examinations, given all new students under
the direction of the college physicain and the nurse; and the TB and VD tests administered to all
students and members of the faculty through the extended service of the Citizens Planning Com-
mittee of Thunderbolt, Georgia, the committee was pleased to note the progress being made in
the construction of an infirmary on the campus for more adequate care of students requiring
medical attention.

In its report the committee took special cognizance of the role of general physical facilities,
nutritional adequacy, sanitary and hygienic practices in the development of a healthy body,
educational activities in the development of a health-consciousness in every member of the college
community, and recommended such measures as will make positive contributions to those factors.

The Health Department

r TP HE Health Department of Georgia State College extends Seasons greetings to the friends,
students and faculty of Georgia State College.

At the beginning of the school year all students and faculty members were given blood tests and
X-rays of the chest. General physical examinations were given all new and transfer students;
where necessary, advice was given for corrections and treatments. The Freshmen were, in addition,
given lectures on personal hygiene and disease prevention.

The Department plans to have monthly lectures on health by outstanding health authorities.

An Infirmary Building, now under construction, will contain three semi-private rooms for men
and three for women, a nurse's office, a doctor's office, an examination room, a treatment room, a
bath room, and a dinette. Thus equipped, the department will be able to treat almost any ailment
except major surgery.

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STAFF ACTIVITIES

PRESIDENT James A. Colston and Dean W. K. Payne attended the Council of the University
of Georgia on October 10, in Atlanta.
Although Georgia State College is no longer a land grant college, it is an associate. At the
conference of the presidents of land grant colleges, convening in Washington, D. C, October 23-25,
one person in attendance was President James A. Colston.

Mr. J. Randolph Fisher, associate professor of English, represented the college at the inauguration
of Mr. Hardy Liston as president of Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Many members of the faculty are engaging in off-campus activities as well as performing their
duties on the campus. Among those rendering off campus services are Mr. E. B. Sarreals, who
conducts a class in labor relations at the YMCA in Savannah; Miss Alma Stegall, who has been
the principal speaker on several occasions at various churches and conferences; Mrs. Joan Gordon,
who spoke at the Woman's Day Program of St. Phillips A. M. E. Church, Miss Coragreene John-
stone, who delivered the address at Bryan Baptist Church on Woman's Day. Mr. R. Hayes
Strider, head of the department of music, together with Mrs. Alice C. Wright, the choir, and the
band, has furnished music on many occasions.

Mrs. James A. Colston, charming wife of the president of Georgia State College, was the principal
speaker at the Woman's Day Program of the Congregational Church. She chose for her subject,
"What We Women Want."

The Entertainment Committee of the Campus entertained the Georgia Committee on Cooperation
and Teacher Education and the faculty at a Halloween Party, on Friday evening, October 31, in
Adams Hall. Games and dancing were enjoyed by those attending.

On October 31-November 1, the Georgia Committee on Cooperation and Teacher Education
convened at Georgia State College. Among the faculty members belonging to this conference and
participating in the discussions were President James A. Colston, host; Dean W. K. Payne, treasurer;
Mr. W. H. Brown and Miss Alma Stegall, group leaders.

Those who have attended conferences in their major fields of work are Mr. E. B. Serreals, who
attended a Social Workers Conference in Durham, North Carolina; Mr. E. H. Harmond and Mrs.
Ella Epting, who served as judges at the Liberty County Harvest Festival at Hinesville, Georgia,
November 20-21; and Mr. W. K. Brown, who was in attendance at the conference of the Accrediting
Committee in Atlanta, on November 10; and Miss Alma Stegall, who attended the Jeanes Teachers
Conference, November 3, in Atlanta.

President James A. Colston, Mrs. Ella Epting, Miss Susie Davis, Mr. Timothy Myers, Miss Alma
Stegall, Mr.' William H. Brown, Mrs. Eugenia Law, Miss Angelina Brown attended the Principals
Conference in Americus, Georgia, November 20-21.

Dean W. K. Payne delivered an address over WTOC during Achievement Week, sponsored by
the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.

President James A. Colston is kept busy filling the many speaking engagements requested of him.
Among those that he filled in Savannah was an address delivered before the congregation of the
First African Baptist Church. On November 28 he addressed the Georgia A. M. E. Conference,
in session in Savannah.

Mr. J. Randolph Fisher's "profile" ("Z. Alexander Looby: an Effective Leader") of Z. Alexander
Looby, the celebrated attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, appears in the November, 1947, issue of The Crisis, page 339. This is one of several
vignettes that the writer has been asked to do.

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Campus Chest Drive

T)RESIDENT James A. Colston appointed a committee to direct the 1947 Georgia State College
Campus Chest Drive, which began on November 15 and ended on December 7-

The aim of the Drive is to have every member of the College Family to contribute liberally once
yearly to charitable agencies, instead of several times yearly. To facilitate this the President's
Committee is attempting to develop a healthy attitude toward giving. Also it has had a repre-
sentative of the Savannah Community Chest and representatives of various organizations to come
to the Campus and explain their needs.

President Colston began the chest Drive with an inspiring address on the objectives of the
Campus Chest. Mr. James T. Ellerbe, executive secretary of the West Broad Street Y.M.C.A.,
spoke on the Community Chest.

Mr. Wilton C. Scott, Georgia State College director of Public Relations, recently praised for his
proficient work as general chairman of the College's Homecoming celebration, is general chairman
of the College Chest Drive Committee. Mrs. Lenore B. Bellinger is general secretary.

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Alumni Activities

(^\N Friday night, November 7, graduates, former students, and friends of the College gathered
^-^ in beautifully decorated Adams Hall to honor President James A. Colston, recently appointed
administrator of the school. Sharing honors with him was his lovelv wife, Mrs. Colston.

Tables and chairs were arranged in the shape of an "A" extending the length of the room. The
school colors, orange and blue, were expressed in the decoration of the room and the tables. A
delicious menu, ranging from a cocktail to after-dinner coffee, was prepared and served under the
direction of Mrs. Varnetta Frazier, dietition of the College dining hall, and also a graduate of the
school. The program of the evening was as follows:

School Song All

Invocation Rev . James Bailey

Greetings:

From President Wright's Administration Mr. R. P. Pinkney

From President Wiley's Administration Mrs. E. S. Warrick

From President Hubert's Administration Mr. Robert Young

Solo Mr. Robert Long Introduction of the speaker. . Miss Louise Lautier

Address. Mrs. Clara Brownlee Gay Presentation of Pres. Colston Miss Frankie Golden
Response. . Pres. James A. Colston Piano Selection Mrs. Fannie Preston

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Of those participating on the program, Mr. Robert Long and his accompanist, Mr. R. Hayes
Strider, are members of the faculty of Georgia State. All were thrilled by Mr. Long's expressive
dramatic performance. Mrs. Gav, in her address, likened Georgia State College to a ship whose
captain is President Colston, and whose crew is made up of the graduates. "Give us your order,
Captain, and we will do your bidding," she said. Her assurance that the Alumni are ready to
support the school and its leader was met with hearty approval. President Colston, as usual,
was most gracious in his response. He expressed again his intention to expand every effort to
make and to keep Georgia State the best possible school that it can be. The affair recreated school
spirit and resulted in strengthened ties between the school and its alumni and friends.

Registrar Meyers Registration

Georgia State College Serves Needs of People

TN AN attempt to serve further the needs
t of the people, this year Georgia State
College has extended its program so that
persons seeking classes at any time during
the day, night, or week, may avail them-
selves of the opportunity.

During the fall quarter seventy-four in-
service teachers from many nearby towns
attend classes on the campus each Satur-
day. Thirty others who live too far to
commute to Savannah are enrolled in ex-
tension classes in towns to which the
instructors go. Still others are enrolled in
evening classes: seventeen in Public Speak-
ing and thirty in Sociology.

But by far the largest number of in-service teachers and students are taking courses by corres-
pondence. Today this enrollment has reached the high level of eight hundred and three.

All of the courses are offered by the regular staff who maintain the same standards in all their
classes. All persons enrolled receive full academic credit leading toward the A.B. or B.S. degree.
In this way the college reaches the many persons who desire refresher courses, courses leading to-
ward degrees, and professional advancement while they pursue their everyday tasks. Indeed,
Georgia State College serves the needs of the people of Georgia.

Also in this connection it may be interesting to note that the Georgia State College Campus
Chest helps to support no less than nineteen organizations: Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Children's
Council, Children's Free Clinic, Family Service of Savannah, Hodge Memorial Nursery, Mary
MacLean Milk Depot, Mills Memorial Home.

In addition Savannah Boys' Club, Social Service Center, Y.M.C.A., 4-H Club of Chatham County,
Greenbriar Center, Tuberculosis Association, Infantile Paralysis Foundation, Cancer Society,
Savannah-Chatham Health Council, United Negro College Fund, and World Student Service Fund.

Moreover, students who are majors in the Social Sciences Periodically make trips to some of
these agencies so as to familiarize themselves with the needs of the people served by these agencies.
Thus Georgia State College students prepare themselves to become genuine assets to the communi-
ties in which eventually they will serve. Especially significant and helpful to Savannah and to
the students have been trips to the Y.M.C.A., the Children's Home, The Boys' Club, and The
Boys Farm (County).

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State College Homecoming was th
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Beginning with a Formal Alumini ]
James A. Colston and the faculty, th
highly enjoyable Dance. Also there
Party, a Parade led by the well-liked (
fifty-piece marching band, and a footba
celebration "Homecomers" and others i
State College Community House by the

R. Hayes Strider, Band Director, Surrounded by Charming Majorettes

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memorable celebration ended with a
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A New Day in Agriculture

r T^HERjE has never been a time when there were greater opportunities in the field of agriculture
*- than those we have today. The present-day student of agriculture is able to enter into new
phases of agricultural enterprises. There is a greater need for trained farmers, landscape gardeners,
florists, vegetable gardeners, agronomists, dairy specialists, poultry specialists, agricultural engi-
neers, and soil technicians.

We are living in an age of specialization, and, since agriculture is our basic industry, it cannot
be excluded. Food is an item that man will need as long as he exists, and agriculture is the medium
through which he must secure his food.

At Georgia State College, we no longer strive to teach some one to teach some one to teach
agriculture, but we, instead, train the man or woman to return to the community, take his place
in his specialized civilization and live a useful and fruitful life. At this College he chooses a major
from one of the fields mentioned above and leaves school equipped to do a job. He can do a good
job in his community or in the field of higher studies, for, while he is learning all that he can about
one phase, he is learning something about all phases.

Teacher Education Conference

r T"*HE conference of Georgia Committees on Teacher Education convened at Georgia State College,
-* October 31-November 1. Miss Alma Stegall, head of the Georgia State College Department
of Elementary Education, served as chairman of the Pre-Service Education and Certification Com-
mittee; Mr. W. K. Brown, head of the Division of Arts and Sciences, acted as chairman of the
committee on In-Service Education and Improvement of Instruction.
Representatives from all sections of the state attended the meeting.

Education Department Laboratory

STUDENTS and staff of the Education Department of Georgia State College are in the process
of changing one of the rooms in Meldrim Hall, the academic building, into an educational
laboratory.

The room is to serve as a study-center for those who are studying or are interested in education,
especially those students who are planning to enter the teaching profession as a life's work.

The floor has been sanded and painted, an aquarium and a set of files have been added, and tables
for fourm discussions, work and study are to be placed in the room. Draperies are to be put at the
windows and plans are to make of the room, generally, a "place of beauty", conductive to work
and study.

The work is under the direction of
committees from clases of Miss Stegall,
Mr. Brown and Mr. Stewart. The stu-
dents are compiling materials from various
State Departments of Education concerning
curriculum studies, certification, super-
intendents' reports, in-service training
programs and a wide variety of educational
subjects. Other plans include having
teachers, supervisors and other in-service
personnel come in from time to time and
lecture to interested groups.

Morgan Hall: Industrial Arts
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Division of Home Economics

Class in Foods

NEVER before in the history of Home
Economics has there been a greater
need for a program based on the needs of
the groups which it must serve. Our
present economic crisis and the state of
world relationships point to a need for an
examination and reinterpretation of the
goals of education in the light of these
problems.

Homemaking education has never been
a more important force. Solution of large
problems lies in intelligent and consistent
effort in small areas. Added together
these small segments make up the life of

mankind. How the families of our communities live; how they think and how they use their
feelings; how they care for and train their young, the quality of adult maturity they produce and
use will determine the course of our nation in the history of the world.

Attention on solving personal and home living problems and problems of vocational competence
cuts across many subject-matter areas. It is the purpose of home making education to derive from
these fields an integrated body of material dealing with these problems with the purpose of pre-
paring students for satisfactory adaptation. Such a program to be effective must have as its basis
an over-all understanding of the needs of the individuals and the community which it serves.

The Home Economics Division is reviewing the conditions in contemporary Georgia and in the
light of these conditions and those of our broad social order has set up its program with emphasis
in the following areas: Foods and Nutrition, Housing, Home Management, Home Furnishings
and Home Equipment, Clothing, Family Economics, Child Development, Family and Group
Relationships, Family Health, Home Care of the Sick, First Aid and Safety in the Home, and
Vocational Education. In addition to the regular course offerings provisions are made for experi-
ences which will provide further development of skills and abilities started in the courses. These
experiences include residence in the home management house, experience with children, community
experiences, homemaking experiences, work experiences, and directed teaching experiences.

The College Inn

' I "HE entire college family was surprised to see the College Inn open on the first floor of Boggs
* Hall within such a short time. After a brief discussion of plans by President James A. Colston,
a group of students, and faculty members, the building employees went to work renovating the
old rooms in Boggs Hall to establish a student activity shop. On September 27, just four days
after the college opened, the College Inn opened its doors to serve the Georgia State College Family.
The purpose of the "Inn" is to sell sandwiches, ice cream, cold drinks and to serve as a center
for relaxation during vacant periods and after-school hours. Under the efficient manager, Mrs.
E. H. Wortham, and a student assistant, William Webb, the "Inn" has successfully carried out its
plans. The College Inn also serves as a laboratory for practical expereince for some of the students
who are interested in business, and at the same time it aids several students in meeting some of
their college expenses through part-time employment. Mr. Robert C. Long, an instructor in the
business department of the college, has given valuable services in coaching the employees in person-
ality and developmental tactics that are vitally necessary in a small business enterprise. The "Inn"
serves approximately nine hundred persons daily.

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The Bookstore, which adjoins the lunch room, carries necessary textbooks and other school
supplies for the convenience of the the students. Veterans' supplies are also issued at the bookstore.
This department of the "Inn" is under the management of Mrs. M. E. Clemmons.

The College Inn is temporarily located in Boggs Hall. A new building is to be constructed at
an early date and will provide ample space for the serving of hot meals and other necessities that
the present site is not able to afford. This new cafeteria will be located near Wilcox gymnasium
and Parson's Hall.

Powell Laboratory School

HPHE Powell Laboratory School began its 1947-48 session in a newly decorated building with
* an enrollment of one hundred and fifty-nine. The enrollment consists of children from Thunder-
bolt and East Savannah, with the exception of small groups that come from Wilmington Island,
Whitmarch Island and Dutch Island.

A child study program is being conducted at present. The main purpose is to study the needs of
the children that come from these varied communities. The community survey is a very vital
part of this program. Standardized tests and the use of anecdotical records are among some of the
other methods being used to determine the needs of the children. After the results of this infor-
mation have been checked and analyzed, an instructional program will be designed on the basis
of the findings.

A school lunch room will be constructed for the Powell Laboratory School in the very near
future. However, temporary arrangements for hot lunches have already been made in the College
Dining Hall. These lunches are served at a very small cost to the children able to pay and free to
those unable to pay.

The P. T. A. was organized during the beginning of the school session and is doing an excellent
job in helping to promote the total program. At present the P. T. A. is fostering drives to help
supply some of the equipment needed. It is the desire to have all parents take an active part in
the P. T. A. for the purpose of strengthening the relationship between the community and the
school.

It is the aim of the staff to make additional improvements in the instructional program of the
Powell Laboratory School by providing playground equipment, audio visual aids, libraries for
each classroom, maps, globes and other equipment that is essential in developing a worthwhile
elementary school program.

Adams Hall

Farm Shop and Canning Plant

A DAMS Hall, on the South side of the
Georgia State College campus, is an
imposing one-story brick building with
wide arch windows on the sides and across
the entire front. This is the popular dining
hall, where students, faculty and friends
eat three times daily. Here competent
cooks for students and faculty prepare un-
commonly home-like meals under the,
direction of capable Mrs. Varnetta Frazier
the College Dietitian.

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From the Department of Business Administratin

A LMOST two-hundred students are enrolled in the Department of Business Administration.
*- * This represents the largest number of students ever to enroll in this Department. Veterans of
World War II constitute 33- 1 <3 r Y of the total enrolled.

The work in Business Administration at this institution has a three-fold purpose:

1. To give basic courses for all students in:

(a) Practical business methods and procedures

(b) Sound business theories

2. To give basic training for business as an occupation, especially for small
business enterprises.

3- To give accurate preparation for those who wish to teach business and
commercial subjects.

To meet the needs of many of the students, especially the veterans, much stress is being placed
on training in small business. Many of the students, male and female, have made known their
intentions of going into some type of retail or service business upon graduation. As a great number
of these students come from the surrounding areas of the college, a course in Small Business Enter-
prises is offered. This course seeks to give actual experience and observation in small business
enterprises in the city of Savannah. The student is permitted to choose a problem and the place
and location for study of that problem for the first six weeks. The second six weeks is the ap-
prenticeship period in which the student gains valuable knowledge concerning that particular
enterprise.

The students taking the course in Business Organization and Finance, have completed as a
project, a directory of all Negro owned-and-operated retail and service businesses in the city of
Savannah. This is supposed to be the first directory of its kind for this area, and is to serve as a
guide for study and observation of small businesses.

Among the courses offered in the Department are: Typewriting, Stenography, Office Practice
and Machines, Elementary and Intermediate Accounting, Insurance, Retailing, Business Law,
Negotiable Instruments, Business Organization and Finance, and Small Business Enterprises.

It is expected that in the very near future specific courses will be instituted to prepare those
who wish to teach business and commercial subjects. They will receive laboratory practice in
nearby secondary schools where such subjects are being taught.

In order to encourage initiative in establishing small, well-operated business units and, at the
same time, furnish a laboratory for actual business participation, there has been organized a retail
store known as the College Inn where ill

sandwiches and soft drinks, etc., are sold.
The sales and managerial personnel receive
special training under the direction of the
Department of Business Administration.
The courses given are Salesmanship and
Supervision of Personnel. Students of the
Business Administration Department and
others interested in retail training are
given actual experience in working in the
Inn for a period of six weeks.

Community Center: Interior

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OUR VETERANS

"K TOW in the front ranks with colleges training veterans, Georgia State College has attracted a
total of 555 veterans, including 5 former WACS, for a record enrollment this year. Of this
number 187 are enrolled in the Division of Arts and Sciences with major preferences in Business
Administration and Social Sciences.

The additional service of the Office of the Veteran's Secretary has been of much assistance to the
former G. Is.

From all indications the veteran at Georgia State College has every opportunity to become
adjusted to college life. The Veteran's Club is very active and has already presented four activities
on its program for the year: (1) A one-act comedy entitled "A Womanless Wedding," (2) An
assembly program at which time Mr. Benjamin Crawford, club president, made a short address on
"The Four Fears", (3) The presentation of a float in the Homecoming Parade; and (4) The collection
of an initial sum of money towards the establishment of a Loan Fund a project begun last summer.

OUR LIBRARY

tc A BOOK that is shut is but a block." Certainly no one can doubt the truth of this adage.
Yet how often do we measure our libraries by the books as they stand on the shelves. We
must, of course, have the books if we are to read. But, in the last analysis, the use of these books
tests the effectiveness of the library collection. We know that an individual's need for recreational
and general or cultural reading is as important in the library's scheme as is his need for collateral
or required reading for the courses he pursues. Once each year special emphasis is given to these
general cultural needs. Book Week is celebrated bv libraries, schools and publishing houses
throughout the world.

This year the Georgia State College Library celebrated Book Week with a program that featured
reviews of some of the most widely read and discussed books of the season. Miss Celeste Hatcher,
Librarian of the Carnegie Library, Savannah, Georgia, reviewed "The Bishop's Mantle" and
"Drums of Destiny". Miss Louise Lautier, instructor in the Department of English, gave the
high points of the novel "Knock On Any Door". The student body was well represented by Mr.
Raphael Oliver who reviewed "Speaking Frankly" and Mr. Lawrence Young who gave an outline
of "Trinidad Village". The Meister-
singers of Georgia State College, directed
by Mr. R. H. Strider, presented several
selections.

At Open House, held in the Library
after the program, over five hundred
visitors, instructors and students browsed
among the many new volumes on dis-
play, drank punch, renewed acquaintance
and made new friends.

Section of Library

Ellhte.

New Emphasis on Music at Georgia State College

Four Year Maior
/"BOURSES are being outlined to develop students in two phases of music endeavor. The per-
^^ fection of this outline is wholly dependent upon the immediate and future music needs of the
elementary and high schools of the State of Georgia. Incidentally, the training and development
will be of such a comprehensive nature as to guarantee musical products that will be an asset to
the community, church, and school.

Upper Division Classes

The four-year major in music will include two phases: First, students may elect a major in
Music Education which will include such upper division courses as Choral Conducting, Counter-
point, Methods and Principles in Elementary and High School Music Teaching, Orchestral Con-
ducting, Voice Class Methods, and Orchestration. Secondly, students may elect a major in Music
with emphasis on development in a special phase of applied music such as piano, organ, voice, or
one of the band or orchestra instruments.

In either case, a finished product is guaranteed in that the candidate will receive instruction
toward the development of a first classs musician with a knowledge of voice, piano and the instru-
ments of the band and orchestra for the teaching of vocal and instrumental classes in the public
schools.

Lower Division Courses

Basic courses in Ear-Training, Written and Keyboard Harmony, and Survey of Music Literature
are pursued during the first two years. These special orientations courses comprise one-third of the
student's total number of required hours.

Applied Music
The study of piano, organ, voice, or some orchestral instrument is a definite part of both the
Music Education and Music major curriculums. Candidates for the degree in Music Education
are drilled thoroughly in the art of accompanying. The study of piano also includes efficient
playing of technical material and at least two compositions of the Romatic Period. The study of
voice for a minimum of one year is also required of majors in this branch. Concentration in one
applied field is required of majors in Music. Candidates for the degree are also required to give
a recital in their chosen instrument or voice at the end of the senior vear.

Georgia State College Choir

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Organisations

The College Choir This group affords the student the opportunity of becoming acquainted
with the most outstanding of choral music. All music majors will receive regular assignments in
conducting this group of eighty voices which supplies the music for the Sunday Worship Hour.
The College Choir also participates in a weekly broadcast originating from Radio Station WDAR,
Savannah, Ga., gives seasonal on-campus concerts, and makes several appearances in nearbv com-
munities.

The College Band This group is to be considered an outstanding medium in the development
of good public relations as well as a unit wherein students may become acquainted with the standard
library of marching and concert band literature. A goal of seventy-five pieces has been set and this
should be reached by September, 1948. The present group numbers fifty pieces and has added fan-
fare and color to public events.

Salon Orchestra A Salon Ensemble of approximately thirty pieces, predominatlv strings, is
in the near-future plans of the department.

The Popular Orchestra This organization, soon to become a reality, will afford an oppor-
tunity for the instrumental student to become acquainted with the most effective styles in modern
dance orchestration. This group will be limited to eighteen members and membership in the unit
will guarantee the development of a technical viewpoint of mediums which contribute to the
organization and successful operation of the modern dance orchestra.

Small Vocal Groups The Male Quintette and the Female Sextette are constantlv appearing
both on and off-campus.

Georoia State College Marching Band

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Trades and Industries

Georgia State College Students of Electricity:
Doing Line Work

' I "HE objectives of the Division of
* Trades, Technical and Industrial Edu-
cation of Georgia State College are:

1. To give students the fundamentals in
the various trades offered.

2. To fit students for practical, every-
day work.

3. To meet the ever increasing demand
of industry for skilled workman in
the practical arts.

4. To keep students aware at all times
of all things happening in their trade
or occupation; new techniques and
devices developed; new ways of doing
things and installing, repairing and
using new gadgets brought to the
public for the use of mankind.

5. To fit students for active, progressive
citizenship.

6. To train teachers of Industrial Arts.

7. To train teachers of trade and in-
dustrial subjects.

This Division is offering a degree in
Industrial Arts Education. In this course

teachers are prepared to teach students of the junior and senior high school level many phases of
several trades so that the student can learn enough to obtain the following objectives:

1. Exploratory ideas of several trades.

2. Appreciation of neat, clean, accurate and efficient work.

3. Handyman activities.

4. Consumer's knowledge and appreciation.

5. Develop hobbies.

6. Social habits and a small per cent of vocational preparation.

The four-year degree course for teachers of trade and industrial subjects has for its purpose to
prepare teachers to teach a trade and its related subjects to students of the high school level. The
student is taught a trade so that he can go out and teach a specific trade to his students. These
students in turn acquire enough techniques and skills to enter the trade as semi-skilled workers
and journeymen. The student finishing this course can teach on the vocational level or enter
industry as a workman.

The prospective teachers are being required to obtain actual practical experience in order that
they may be aware of life and occupational situations. They are being trained to function as
good teachers. These students are being taught to understand and interpret industrial and labor
legislation. Emphasis is also being placed on instructional needs so that they will be able to do
an effective teaching job in the school shops in the State of Georgia, or set up a shop wherever one
is needed.

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The major objective in the Division of Trades, Technical and Industrial Education at Georgia
State College is not only to teach the student technical information, coupled with enough trade
experiences to acquire the essential skills of the trade. It also fits the individual to enter gainful
occupation with a greater earning capacity as well as working power.

The Division also seeks to train the student in the fundamental principles of good citizenship
which may be exemplified in attitude, clean workmanship, a co-operative spirit, team work, fair
play, pride in his work, interest in his home life, pride in his community, pride in his state and
government.

A certificate of proficiency is given at the successful completion of one of the unit trades.

Improvements and Building Programs

"\ yf UCH of the recent praise accorded Georgia State College has been the result of its intensive
- LVJ - all Campus Improvement Program. A Project necessitating the expenditure of several
hundred thousand dollars, this one Program calls for the renovating of all of the thirty buildings
on the Campus, the installing of a new water system, and the setting up of a communication
system, including a switchboard.

The building program is well under way. Presently three structures are going up: a Music or
Fine Arts Building, an Infirmary, and a Cafeteria. Faculty housing is expected to become a reality
soon. Immediately following this Project, the Campus roads will be rebuilt.

An Athletic Field, encircled by a quarter-mile track, is to be completed by August, 1948. Ad-
jacent to it is to be a baseball diamond.

Six houses for faculty and staff members are to get underway soon. They will occupy space on
the front grounds near the entrance to the Campus, and each house will have six rooms.

The Dining Hall (beautiful Adams Hall) is to have a new automatic steam generator heating
system.

An important addition to these praiseworthy plans is a Campus beautification Program, which
also is underway.

Religious Life Programs

' I 'HE fact that we are a state school does not alter the certainty that Georgia State College has
-*- a definite Religious Program.

The Religious Life Program of the College is set to meet two objectives. First, to create within
the students a desire for a personal religious experience. In these times, when chaos seems impend-
ing, the world at large is looking for a way out. It is our philosophy that Christianity offers man
that way and we have constructed a program requiring the services of a College Minister and com-
prising four organizations to meet this need. In this regard it should be said that we do not at-
tempt to "denominationalize" our students. The College Sponsors a Protestant service each
Sunday Morning, a College Mass for Catholic students, and an Inspirational Vespers Hour in the
Evening. To meet this first need the College is also sponsoring a Religious Emphasis Week In
January at which time emphasis will be put on having students make decisions for the Christian
way of life.

Our second objective is to give the student a series of experiences designed to fit him for service in
the local church of his community. We have long realized that the church poorly pays those
whom it does employ, and that it cannot afford to pay for extra lay leadership. We feel that by
giving our students an opportunity to plan and participate in the religious programs of our campus
they will develop "know how" and techniques which can be used in the community in which
they work.

Above all the total aim of our program is to produce in these students a moral philosophy as a
guide to their mental efforts. In times such as these a more worthwhile objective could not be
attained.

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ARTIST SERIES

T

1 HE 1947-48 Georgia State College Artists Series will include five major attractions:

1. January 28-29. S. Hurok the original Don Cossack Chorus and Dancers, conducted by
Serge Jaroff,

2. February 4-5- One of America's leading sopranos, Muriel Rahn,

3. February 24-25- The Southernaires.

4. March 26. The American Negro Repertory Players, under the direction of Milton Wood,
will present, performances of "Angel Street" and "Private Lives."

5. April. An outstanding Pianist.

In an effort to accommodate the large student body enrolled at Georgia State College and the
people of Savannah, the College has arranged to present each performance twice once at the
College and once at the City Auditorium.

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GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE

Savannah, Georgia

Founded, 1890

T OCATED in Chatham County, five miles from the heart of downtown
Savannah, Georgia's oldest and chief seaport city, Georgia State
College is a four-year institution supported through the Board of Regents
of the University System of Georgia and accredited by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the State Department
of Education.

The College is concerned that each student shall live deeply and
happily as a socially balanced and spiritually mature person. Hence
the College provides ample opportunity for individual student expression
outside of the classroom. Students engage in a variety of extra-cur-
ricular activities including inter-collegiate and intra-mural athletics,
dramatics, music organizations, and debating.

Competent faculty effective curriculum instructional methods
geared to the abilities, interests, and needs of students improved
library service modern program of student personnel service beautiful
Campus consisting of thirty buildings on a moss-laden tract of 136 acres.

Courses leading to the A.B. and B.S. degrees. Majors offered in Agri-
culture, Biology, Business Administration, Chemistry, Elementary and
Secondary Education, English, Home Economics, Mathematics, Music,
Physical Education, Social Science, Trades and Industries.

Registration January 5-6

Classes Begin January 7

For Information and Bulletin, write

The Registrar

GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE

State College Branch

Savannah, Georgia

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THE GEORGIA STATE BULLETIN

GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

ALUMNI NEWS NUMBER

MAY, 1948

THE GEORGIA STATE BULLETIN

Alumni News Number

Vol. l

MAY, 1948

No. 5

lvrJ-?^v G r??rS^ ?& T n i? ULLE X I] ? is L P ublishe d J n October, December, February, March, April and
May by Georgia State College. Entered as second-class matter, December 16, 1947, at the Post Office
at Savannah, Georgia, under the Act of August 24. 1912.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

From the President's Desk:

The Year in Retrospect and a Look to the Future__ . 3

Alumni Heads Hold Important Posts 5

G. S. C. Alumni Scholarship Fund Drive _ 5

G. S. C. Graduates Enjoy Buffet Supper . 7

Physical Education and Health Department 7

Alumni News Items 7-10

Calendar of Commencement Events 8

Off-Campus Field Work 3

"The Alpha Man of the Year". - 9

Some Aspects of Faculty Growths 9

All-State Festival- -11

First Annual Men's Day 12

State High School Basketball Tournament,

and Oratorical and Spelling Contest 13

G. S. C. Health Service ._ -14

The College Inn _14

Southeastern Conference Basketball Tournament 14

The Senior Class 15

News of General Interest 16

Off-Campus Business School 1 18

FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK:

The Year in Retrospect and a
Look to the Future

QNE CALENDAR year has passed
since the Regents of the University
System elected me to serve as your presi-
dent. When I accepted the honor to work
with you, I recognized the opportunities
made available to me and the correspond-
ing responsibilities attached to such a
sacred calling as that of a college presi-
dent.

I recognize that we are living in a most
critical period a period in which educa-
tional institutions must make rapid
change and considerable progress in their
programs and facilities in order to meet
the needs of this changing era. In this
connection there is much, as you well
know, that needs to be done at Georgia
State. Even though we have hardlv
scratched the surface in terms of our

plans and hopes for our college, we have
made some small beginnings. And it is
these that I shall mention now.

The first step in the job to be done at
Georgia State was to enlarge and im-
prove the calibre of the faculty and the
student body. Some progress in that di-
rection has been made. At the beginning
of the fall term, a faculty and staff of
96 people greeted the 1,063 regularly en-
rolled students, the largest enrollment in
the history of the school. These students
came from high schools in 94 counties in
Georgia and 11 other states. Among the
faculty members were two Ph.D.'s four
who have done practically all the basic
course requirements for the doctorate.
Several have done additional study above

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the master's degree and 36 of them hold
the degree of Master of Arts. As near
as possible, the faculty was selected not
only for high scholastic attainment but
on the basis of suitability for work at
Georgia State College and consecration to
the task of teaching young people.

Other steps in the direction of placing
Georgia State in the rank of a good col-
lege include an almost complete renova-
tion of the campus buildings and grounds;
the provision of offices and equipment for
the administration of the college ; the in-
stallation of a new telephone system that
connects all departments on the campus;
the erection of an 18-bed infirmary with
an examination room, offices for the doc-
tor and nurse, and livin<? quarters for
the nurse ; a fine arts building with choir,
band, radio-broadcasting, and piano-prac-
tice rooms; a modernly equipped home
economics practice cottage ; a College Inn
with a seating capacity of 200, a recrea-
tion room, a book store, and a confection-
ary counter. Interior decoration and
more comfortable furnishings have been
provided in all of the dormitories. Con-
siderable care has been given to the prep-
aration and service of food in the dining
hall. New uniforms for the band and
football and basketball teams have been
purchased. A well-rounded athletic pro-
gram giving opportunity for all of the
students to participate is in its d^veloo-
mental stage. A well-balanced social p.nd
cultural program bringing to the campus
a "name band" and other outstanding ag-
ists of the concert stage has been provid-
ed. Students at Georgia State College
are provided with the kind of experiences
that enable them to become well-integrat-
ed personalities.

Then, too, the school has served the
community. Both the faculty and stu-
dent body are regular participants in and
contributors to the social, civic and re-
ligious life of the immediate and nearby
communities.

A Look to the Future

As gratifying as the progress in the
past has been, Georgia State's real con-
tributions are in the future. Our strides
must be forever forward. We cannot
stand still. Any institution that does not
make progress will retrogress. Georgia
State must move forward.

The immediate members of the Georgia
State family cannot do the job alone. It
is ours together.

These are some of the things that must
be done. Our faculty must be enlarged
and become better qualified. We must
secure a better calibre of student. Al-
ready twelve members of the faculty who
can be released from teaching have plan-
ned to go away for further study this
summer. One member of the staff has
already secured a Rosenwald Fellowship
to complete her work for the doctorate
degree next term. We hope to secure fel-
lowships that will enable two others to
study next year, and four members of
the staff plan to study on their own.

I believe that we can take care of up-
grading the faculty. You must help us
secure better students. If each alumnus
would be responsible for directing to the
college at least one very good student, the
calibre of our student body would be
greatly improved. Then, too, you can
help build the kind of football team both
you and I want if you will make a gen-
erous contribution to the Alumni Scholar-
ship Fund. We cannot compete in ath-
letics with the other good schools unless
we get better athletes. A contribution
from you will help us to do that.

Georgia State must expand its physical
facilities. We need immediately a new
library, an administration building with
class rooms and an auditorium, two new
dormitories, a second unit to the gym-
nasium and adequate housing for the
faculty. The majority of these are neces-
sary to make us a real grade-A school. We
are pushing the Regents as rapidly as
possible for these facilities. I believe that
we will get them.

So we look to the future with full con-
fidence that through the cooperation of
the Regents, the alumni, and friends of
Georgia State, our alma mater will as-
sume her rightful place in the scheme of
education today. With your help and God's
help our dreams for Georgia State Col-
lege will come true.

The very backbone of an institution of
learning is its products those who have
passed through it into the problem solv-
ing world which awaits them. In the
final analysis it is they who create those
qualities, circumstances, and what have
you which cause a school eventually to be
designated as genuinely distinguished. It
is, therefore, natural that we pause just
here to pay tribute to our two key Alumni
leaders above, who have done and are
doing well.

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Alumni Heads Hold Important Posts

Leonard Law, President of the Chatham County Miss Frankie Golden, President of the State
Chapter of the Georgia State College Alumni Georgia State College Alumni Association, is
Association, is Personnel Assistant for the Union Consultant in Elementary Education for Chat-
Bag and Paper Corporation in Savannah. ham County Schools.

The Georgia State College Alumni
Scholarship Fund.

T^OR SOME time the alumni of Georgia
-*- State throughout the country have ex-
pressed great dissatisfaction about the
poor showing made by our teams in ath-
letic competition. Many have been par-
ticularly critical about the successive
drubbings our football teams have suf-
fered over a period of several years.

After much prolonged discussion, a
group of local alumni got together and
formulated plans for the current scholar-
ship drive. This group was headed bv
Miss Frankie Golden, president, General
Alumni Association, Alexander Hurse. a
former president, Leonard D. Law, presi-
dent, Chatham County Alumni Associa-
tion, and Rutherford Lockette. The group
set up a tentative board of directors and
a statewide committee to initiate the drive.
In addition to those named above the ten-
tative steering committee consists of the
following persons : Board of Directors,
Alexander Hurse, Chairman ; A. S. Bacon,
Robert Blakely, Roosevelt Campbell, Mrs.
C. V. Clay, Charles DuVaul, W. H. Har-
ris, Mrs. Mabel Henry, Augustus Hill, B.
J. James, Leonard Law, T. C. Meyers,
Wesley Myers, J. B. Stevens, Reno Tap-

ley, Mrs. Mary Trawick ; State-Wide Com-
mittee, Miss Leonard Bacon, Mrs. Mary
Smith Blount, A. L. Boykin, R. C. Brown,
Mrs. C. D. Camp, Mrs. Mary Catchings,
R. C. Childers, Mrs. Lucille Cooke, Miss
Mabel Cooke, Willie Cummings, Mrs.
Jimmie Dennis, Chester Devillars, Homer
Edwards, Mrs. Pearl Fennell, J. H. Flagg,
Joseph Frambo, Mrs. C. E. Gay, Miss
Loretha Gilmore, David Griffin, J. H.
Griffin, Mrs. Essie Hannah Hall, Mrs. W.
T. Harris, Mrs. Johnnie Mae Henderson,
Mrs. Augustus Hill, J. M. Hill, Cula Jack-
son, Mrs. J. Jackson, John B. Jackson,
Miss Olive Ruth Jackson, John King, U.
S. Lane, Miss Annie Luten, Augustus Mc-
Arthur, Miss Bessie McClendon, James
McMullen, Raleigh Macon, T. R. Maxwell,
John H. Moody, Elmore Morgan, J. S.
Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. James Odum,
Raleigh Parson, Walter Powell, Charles
Rawls, Miss Thelma Raye, Carl Reese, J.
C. Sanders, M. Saunders, Odessa Shanks,
John Shaw, Miss Lillie Skrine, Miss Annie
R. Smith, Mrs. F. M. Staley, William
Stevens, P. H. Stone, Jr., Mrs. Florine
Sumner, C. L. Tapley, Henry Tarver, M.
L. Walden, Otis Watson, Miss Pauline
Wilcher, S. J. Williams, M. J. Woods.

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Miss Janie L. Lester, Dean of Women at Georgia
State College, looks on as two alumni register
at the College booth during the Convention of
the Georgia Teachers and Education Association.
As a result of the efforts of Miss Lester and
her staff, up-to-date data on more than 500
alumni were secured. A follow-up on the part of
the Offices of the President and the Director
of Public Relations has brought the new reg-
istry tic ns up to over 800.

The committee recognized at the out-
set that every college which excells in
athletics has to offer considerable finan-
cial help to attract good students who are
also good athletes. The goal of this
scholarship fund is $6500. The purpose is
to attract students of good moral charac-
ter, superior scholastic ability, and out-
standing athletic promise.

To date one hundred thirty-five letters
of solicitation have been sent out and the
following persons have contributed
$426.50. Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Allen, $5.00;
A. S. Bacon, 5.00 ; Miss Leona Bacon
5.00; Miss Lila Bell, 2.00; Charles Benne-
field, 5.00; Mrs. Annie T. Blakenev 5.00;
R. E. Blakeney, 10.00; Mrs. Leola Coop-
er Blunt, 5.00; N. R. Bolten 5.00; Miss
Rosetta Booker 1.00; Wash Bradley 5.00;
Mrs. Susan White Briggs, 5.00; Mrs.
Mavis Montgomery Brown, 10.00 ; A. C.
Carter, 5.00; R. C. Childers, 5.00; Mrs.
C. V. Clay, 5.00 ; Miss Ellen Cogdall, 5.00 ;
Mrs. Amelia Sloan Davis, 5.00 ; Mrs. Jim-
mie R. Dennis, 5.00 Miss Vera Dowdell,
5.00; Mrs. Carrie Dukes, 2.50; Miss An-
nie M. Early 5.00; Miss Frankie Golden.
10.00; Mrs. Sarah F. Hart, 5.00; Walter
Home, 5.00; Mrs. Ernie Von Hudson,
3.00; Alexander Hurse, 10.00; Cula Jack-
son, 5.00; Mrs. E. B. Jackson, 5.00; B. J.
James, 15.00; Mrs. Carrie B. Johnson,
2.00; Mack Johnson, 1.00; Sammy L.
Johnson, 2.00; G. B. Jones, 1.00; Miss

Marie Jones, 5.00; J. C. King, 5.00; Mrs.
Leonard Law, 12.50; Leonard Law, 13.50;
Mrs. Hattie Lewis, 5.00; J. E. Luten,
5.00; R. E. Lockette, 10.00; Mrs. Aggie
McLeod, 5.00; Theodore Maxwell, 5.00;
T. C. Meyers, 10.00; Wesley Myers, 15.00;
Mrs. Almalda Morgan 3.00; R. P. Pinck-
ney, 50.00; Mrs. Mary Randall, 1.00; Miss
Thelma Ray, 10.00; Miss Juanita Sapp,
1.00; Miss Madeline R. Shivery, 5.00; Miss
Lula Smith, 25.00; Miss Melinda Smith,
5.00; F. R. Spencer, 10.00; W. J. Step-
hens, 5.00 ; Mrs. Majorie P. Tapley, 10.00 ;
Reno Tapley, 10.00; H. W. Tarver, 6.00;
Frank Tharpe, 10.00.

Alumni of Georgia State College have
thus embarked on a program which has
for years been established practice among
alumni of other colleges. This is a new
idea for Georgia State alumni. Therefore,
considering the novelty of the appeal, we
feel that Georgia State followers have rea-
son to be congratulated on such a fine
start.

Alumni of the College throughout the
nation are now urged to do the follow-
ing things in furtherance of the scholar-
ship fund program :

1. If the alumni in your section are not
already organized, organize at once
and put over this drive. At the same
time mail us your roster of officers
and members, indicating the year of
graduation of each.

2. Captains or solicitors in each chapter
should get a contribution from every
Georgia State alumnus and former

student in your section.

3. Solicitors should give each donor a
temporary receipt. Then send all
money collected, in the form of a check
or money order, payable to the Georgia
State College Alumni Scholarship
Fund, Box 8, Georgia State College,
Savannah, Georgia.

Note that official receipts covering
total and individual contributions will be
sent back to the chapter from the Fund.

T. C. Meyers, Chairman

Finance Committee.

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ALUMNI NEWS ITEMS

DOROTHY JENKINS (B.S. 1945) re-
cently received the M.A. degree in Home
Economics at New York University.

JOHN L. ROBINSON, former student,
is reportedly the only Negro technician
in the United States making contact lenses
(newly created invisible glasses that fit
the balls of the eye) . Mr. Robinson is em-
ployed by the Gaynes and Firestone Com-
pany of Detroit, Michigan.

Lawton Junior High School, Screven
County, Georgia, is progressing rapidly
under the principalship of SUSIE MOR-
GAN JACKSON (B.S. 1942) and her
assistant, COLLEEN EDWARDS (B.S.
1947). Their Annual Field Day was held
on May 7 at the Screven County Training
School in Sylvania, Georgia. Closing ex-
ercises for Lawton Junior High are plan-
ned for May 21 and will include a play
and readings.

GEORGIA STATE GRADUATES AT-
TEND TEACHERS' MEETING, ENJOY
BUFFET SUPPER AT THE COLLEGE

More than two thousand teachers, prin-
cipals, et al, attended the Annual Meet-
ing of the Georgia Teachers and Educa-
tion Association here in Savannah, April
15-17, 1948. Among them were hundreds
of Georgia State College graduates, for-
mer students and friends. The College
served as co-host with the Chatham Coun-
ty Teachers Association.

Meetings of the G. S. C. Alumni Asso-
ciation were held at the West Broad
Street Y. M. C. A. in Savannah and on
the campus.

The College's fifty-piece, blue and gold
uniformed band and the eighty-voice choir
assisted in providing excellent music for
the delegates during the sessions of the
meeting.

On April 16, a heavy, early rain changed
the plans of the College for an outdoor
barbecue picnic in the College Park and
the setting was changed to the Dining
Hall. The skies cleared and the sun came
out brilliantly just before the hundreds
of delegates arrived on the campus where
the serving began at 5:00 P.M. and lasted
continuously until after 8:00 P.M. Over
two thousand persons were served a tasty

barbecue plate and a refreshing cold drink.
The following evening those of the dele-
gates who were alumni and former stu-
dents returned to their Alma Mater for a
delicious and most attractive buffet sup-
per and renewed fellowship with class-
mates and College associates. Music and
flowers added to the beauty of the occa-
sion.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND
HEALTH DEPARTMENT

This Department offers a four-year
curriculum, which has already attracted
twenty-three majors working toward the
B.S. degree in Physical Education.

Evidences of progress in this Depart-
ment are reassuring. A new athletic field
has been started ; and soon to be set up
is a regulation football feild, attached to
which will be a quartermile track and- a
baseball field.

Hence in the very near future the Phy-
sical Education and Health Department
will be one of the chief assets of Georgia
State College.

Members of the Savannah Alumni Chapter of
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity at their Annual
Guide Right Program held in the auditorium of
Meldrim Hall April -8. L. to r.: W. Vergil Win-
ters, Bowles Ford, Paul A. Stewart, Father
Gustave Caution, C. C. Spaulding (President of
the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Com-
pany and speaker for the occasion), W. Dick-
erson Donnelly, James T. Ellerbe, John Lyons,
Jr., N. H, Collier. Not shown is R. Hayes Strider
who provided the piano accompaniment for the
fraternity hymn.

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Campus Photographer snaps students as they relax for refreshments in the recently
constructed College Inn.

GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE

Calendar of Commencement Events
1948

Monday, May 31
8:00 P.M. Physical Education Demon-
stration Willcox Gymnas-
ium

Thursday, June 3
11:30 A.M. Senior Chapel
Auditorium

Meldrim

Friday, June 4
8:00 P.M. Class Night Exercises
Meldrim Auditorium

Saturday, June 5
8:00 P.M. President's Reception for
Seniors Community House

Sunday, June 6
3:00 P.M. Alumni Meeting Meldrim

Auditorium
5 :00 P.M. Baccalaureate S e r v i c e
Meldrim Auditorium.

Sermon by Dr. William
Holmes Borders, Pastor
of Greater Wheat Street
Baptist Church, Atlanta,
Georgia
7:00 P.M. Reception Community
House

President and Mrs. James
A. Colston at home to the

alumni, members of the
graduating class, their
parents and friends

Monday, June 7
10:00 A.M. Achievement Hour Mel-
drim Auditorium
Alumni Induction Hour
Meldrim Auditorium
Commencement Exercises
Meldrim Auditorium
Address by Dr. Ira DeA.
Reid, Chairman of the
Department of Sociology,
Atlanta University, At-
lanta, Georgia

OFF-CAMPUS FIELD WORK

BY

PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS

Georgia State College has undertaken
an intensive program for the training of
teachers of Home Economics, secondary
school subjects and elementary grades.
The program is designed to produce a
superior type of beginning teacher one
who will know how to take responsibili-
ties in Georgia schools. These teachers
are expected to make substantial contribu-
tions to the programs in the schools em-
ploying them.

Continued on page 10

Eight

President James A. Colston receives "Alpha Man of the Year" award from National
President, Belford B. Lawson, as (left to right) Brs. Colston and their daughter, Jean
Alliece, and Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilson look on. Dr. J. W. Wilson is Chairman of the
Educational Commitee of Beta Phi Lambda Chapter who named President Colston "man of
the year.' C. V. Clay, who is absent from the photo, is President of the local chapter.

"The Alpha Man of the Year"

During the Georgia State College April
4 Vesper Hour Attorney Belford Lawson
of Washington, D. C, general president
of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, on
behalf of the Beta Phi Lambda Chapter,
presented "The Alpha Man of the Year"

Award to President James A. Colston of
Georgia State College "in recognition of
outstanding community service and edu-
cational leadership in Savannah."

A literally crowded Meldrim Hall Audi-
torium audience witnessed this impres-
sive ceremony symbolical of the phenom-
enal achievements of the youthful, yet
particularly able, educator, whose very
name growingly identifies itself with
Georgia State College progress.

SOME ASPECTS OF FACULTY
GROWTH

The healthy growth of an educational
institution is always related to the de-
velopment of its faculty and staff. Col-
leges which serve a changing social order
must always keep in tune with society.

The faculty, in addition to being well-
trained, must participate in the life of
the larger community in order to provide
effective learning experiences for each
new college generation.

In order to provide for this continuous
growth of staff members, the college has
encouraged its faculty to acquire the
knowledge and experiences from the larg-
er social world that would make them
effective teachers. In their extension be-
yond the classroom, they have performed
numerous services which have been bene-
ficial to the groups whom they met as
well as to themselves.

During the present school year, mem-
bers of the Georgia State College faculty
have delivered fifty-seven prepared ad-
dresses to many different kinds of social
groups. In the preparation of such ad-
dresses, it was necessary for the faculty
members to find out as much as possible
about the groups to whom they would
speak. Some of the addresses came in
the form of radio speeches or special feat-
ure programs which required preparation
for wider and more varied audiences.

Nine

Another indication of faculty growth
comes through writing. The faculty mem-
bers of the college have contributed more
than seventeen articles to professional
magazines and newspapers. Through Ihis
medium the instructor continues his study
and likewise extends his influence be-
yond the walls of the institution.

Finally, one must not overlook the op-
portunity for growth and stimulation
found in attending and participating in
professional meetings and in holding
membership in learned societies. The col-
lege has been represented by faculty mem-
bers at nine professional meetings held
in and out of the State. The staff mem-
bers hold membership in eleven different
learned societies. Membership in these
societies provide the instructor with op-
portunity to contribute to professional
journals, knowledge of trends of develop-
ment in the field, and publications of re-
cent developments in their areas of speci-
alty.

OFF-CAMPUS FIELD WORK

BY

PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS

(Continued from page 8)

The teacher-education program includes
an initial field experience in schools fol-
lowing the students first year in college.
This experience is providing prospective
secondary school teachers through an ar-
rangement between the college and prin-
cipals of high schools by which the stu-
dent is permitted to work in the high
school in his home town as a "helper."
This experience is arranged during Sep-
tember before the college opens.

Under the supervision of an experienced
teacher, our students assist with records,
organization of classroom materials and
other routine tasks in a high school. The
students attend faculty meetings and pre-
planning conferences held in the home
town school. It is felt that this experience
provides an opportunity for students to
gain deeper insights into the problems of
schools from the point of view of a teach-
er. Further, it is felt that the experi-
ence can provide a background for sub-
sequent work done at the college by the
student in preparation for teaching.

A similar experience was provided for
prospective elementary school teachers
in connection with the course known as
"Orientation to Teaching." The prospec-
tive elementary teacher makes frequent
trips into the community to observe
schools in action. These observations
form the basis for discussions carried on
in seminars for elementary school teach-
ers.

During the sophomore and junior
years, all education students are given
opportunities to do field work, either in
the schools or with community groups in
connection with the regular education
courses. During the senior year, all pros-
pective teachers spend an entire quarter
as student teachers in schools in or near
Savannah. Spending full-time in the
schools, they gradually assume responsi-
bility for two or three classes, depending
on their ability to plan effectively for
these classes. It is felt that the produc-
tion of superior teachers requires the stu-
dent to take responsibilities not too much
unlike those taken by veteran teachers.

A maximum of two student teachers
is assigned to a supervising teacher who
has been carefully selected by the direc-
tors of practice. In the schools, the pros-
pective teacher finds rich opportunities to
engage in a variety of activities designed
to produce a teacher with many capabili-
ties. Not only do they teach classes, but
they take an active part in community
programs and in extra-curricular activi-
ties in the school.

Georgia State College feels that these
experiences can produce a teacher who
does not cry on the shoulder of the prin-
cipal, but rather one who takes responsi-
bilities immediately upon entrance into
his first job.

ALUMNI NEWS ITEMS

HAROLD EDWIN GRIER (B.S. 1941)
received the M.S. degree from the Uni-
versity of Minnesota on March 18, 1948.

JULIUS HAND GOODEN (A.B. 1946)
who holds the M.A. degree from the Uni-
versity of Minnesota, is working on the
Doctor of Philosophy degree in Animal
Husbandry and Agricultural Education at
the same University. Mr. Gooden form-
erly taught at Georgia State.

Ten

hi C ff e h e schools A wi?h ta R ^ USiC F |f^ a1, y h[cl }. inclu d/d approximately 800 students from 23
Crfecv WH^r seVvW a SyeS Strider . greeting and Mrs. Jane Parker Starr and Mrs. Alice

^ lceL J vv 1 lffni SeiVinff as accfimnanict;

fight serving as accompanists

ALL-STATE FESTIVAL

The first All-State Music Festival was
held at Georgia State College on May 7.
Willcox Gymnasium was filled to capa-
city as twenty-three high schools repre-
senting all sections of Georgia participat-
ed in this impressive observance. R.
Hayes Strider, director of Music, served
as general chairman and conductor of the
mass chorus of 800 voices which climaxed
the festivity.

Other features of the program were
small group ensembles, instrumental and
vocal solos as well as school choruses vary-
ing from twenty to 100 voices. Among
the renditions were classics, semi-classics,
folk songs, and Negro spirituals.

Beach-Cuyler High School of Savannah
had a 100-voice chorus directed by Peter
J. Smalls and Mrs. Jane Parker Starr.

Other participants included Boggs
Academy, J. C. Briggs, director, Keys-
ville; Boston High School, R. M. Wilson,
director, Boston; Brooks High School, L.
M. Johnson, director, Quitman; Carver
High School, E. H. Hall, director, Doug-
las; Carver High School, D. D. Carter,
director, Milledgeville ; Dasher High
School, J. Hunter and M. Hunter, direc-

tors, Valdosta; Dickerson High School,
Rev. G. W. Culpepper, director, Vidalia
Douglas High School, C. W. Thomas, di-
rector; Hudson High School, M. L. Mor-
gan, director, Macon ; Hutton High School
J. R. Williams, director, Bainbridge, In-
dustrial High School, J. V. Atkinson, di-
rector, Fort Valley ; Jenkins High School,
B. C. Gay, director, Millen ; Liberty High
School, J. R. Dinkins, director, Riceboro;
Moultrie High School, L. M. Billings, di-
rector, Moultrie; Risley High School, A.
W. Howard, director, Brunswick; Tift
High School, E. O. Bynes, director, Tif-
ton; Todd-Grant High School, M. F. Mc-
Farland, director, Darien ; Washington
High School, R. M. Meyers, director, Dub-
lin.

The Georgia State 80-voice choir and
50-piece band were presented the night
before the Festival in the Annual Col-
lege Music Concert in Meldrim Auditori-
um with P. D. Davis, the Georgia State
College, Comptroller, as guest cornetist.

President James A. Colston has an-
nounced that this All-State Festival will
be an Annual affair during National Mu-
sic Week at Georgia State College.

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First Annual Men's Day

HISTORY was made at Georgia State
College Saturday, April 24, as the
Hill Hall Dormitory Club sponsored the
First Annual Men's Day. This sports
carnival was presented with the aid of
the Department of Physical Education
and the Office of the Dean of Men. The
all-day program of athletic events includ-
ed a softball tournament and track and
field activities.

Competition for the softball champion-
ship was between four intra-mural teams :
Trades Club, Agriculture Association,
Physical Education Club and the Arts and
Sciences Club.

President James A. Colston tossed out
the first pitch to start the play in the
Trades-" Aggies" game. The Trades edged
their arch rivals 8-6 in a hotly contested
battle. The Physical Education Club
trounced the Arts and Sciences Club 9-5
in the second game of the day. In the
championship game. Captain Emerson
Ragsdale and his power-laden Physical
Education Club overpowered a gallant
Trades team 10-3. The sterling pitching
performance by Jesse Morgan of the
champions was a feature of the contest.

The track and field events in the after-
noon gave the young men a chance to
show their prowess in intramural com-
petition. The list of winners follows:

60 vd. dash: Wright, T. (PE) ; Harris,
G. (PE); and Conrad, J. (PE). Time:
5.7 seconds.

100 yd. dash: Roberts, E. (T) ; Wright,
T. (PE) ; and Woods, W. (A&S). Time:
13.2 seconds.

Shuttle relay: Physical Education
Club. (Forfeiture) Conrad, J.; Harris,
G.; Smith, C; and Wright, T.

Discus: Hawkins, K. (PE) ; Billups, H.
(T) ; and Bristow, J. (PE). Distance 99'
3%".

Shot put: Hawkins, K. (PE) ; Savery,
Jr. (PE) : and Bristow, J. (PE). Dist-
ance: 40' 11%".

High Jump: Denton, L. (A) ; Smith, C.
(PE) ; and Harris, G. (PE). Height:
5' 8V2".

Broad Jump: Harris, G. (PE) ; Davis,
C. (T) ; and Hart, A. (A&S). Distance:
18' 3".

Officials for all athletic events were:
Edward M. Richardson, Albert Frazier,
J. H. Wortham and William Shropshire.

A banquet, held by the men in Adams
Hall, climaxed the day's festivities. Ar-
thur Hart served as toastmaster for this
occasion. William J. Holloway, Dean of .
Men, introduced Mr. Norman Roosevelt
Dixon, the guest speaker. Mr. Dixon is
principal of Euclid High School in De-
Land, Florida, and has achieved an envi-
able reputation in educational, youth wel-
fare ,and interracial activities in North
Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

Speaking on "The Fable of the South,' :
the speaker issued a powerful challenge
to the men to seek full citizenship rights
and privileges in our democratic society.
"We are in need of a social hypodermic,"
he said. "We must arise and march forth
to conquer hatreds and doubts here and
now." Emphasizing the necessity of in-
terracial cooperation to help America
reach her potentialities, he urged his list-
eners to "be men, brothers. Speak forth
bravely and courageously for truth and
justice . . . There is a new day dawning,
and there must be new men for that day."

Prizes were awarded by President
James A. Colston to winners in all of the
day's events. The most outstanding soft-
ball player award went to Jesse Morgan,
ace hurler of the Physical Education team.
Leroy Denton, broad jump star of the
Agriculture Association, received the
award for outstanding performance in
track and field activities. Merchants and
friends donated prizes.

Music was furnished by R. Hayes
Strider, Director of Music, Robert Charles
Long, faculty vocalist, and William For-
rest, student pianist.

Short speeches were made by Henry
Johnson, President of the Hill Hall Dorm-
itory Club, Clyde Hall, President of the
Student Council, and Samuel L. Harris,
Editor of the Hill Hall Gazette.

Members of the planning committee
were Harrison Miller, Arthur Hart and
Mack Davis.

Twelve

Georgia State College was host to the Georgi
during their Second Annual Conference. The
dressing the Council.

Annual State High School Basketball

Tournament, and Oratorical and

Spelling Contests

Twenty-two Georgia High School teams
participated in the Twelfth Annual Geor-
gia State High School Basketball Tourna-
ment at Georgia State College, March 18-
19, 1948.

Fifteen hundred enthusiastic fans saw
the boys' team from Haines Institute of
Augusta defeat Beach-Cuyler High School
(defending champions) of Savannah for
the championship. In addition to that,
the Haines girls defeated Candler High
School, Metter, thus winning the girls
championship.

The fourth Annual Statewide Oratori-
cal and Spelling Contests were held here
on the campus also on March 18-19, 1948.

Winners of the oratorical contest prizes
were: First ($50) Miss Phoebe Robinson
(Beach-Cuyler High School, Savannah) ;
second ($25), Miss Bettye Peterson, Dick-
inson Training School, Vidalia; third
($15), Miss Dorothy Duncan, Henry Hunt
High School, Fort Valley; fourth' ($10)
Miss Lucile Bristor, Brooks High School,
Quitman.

Winners of the Spelling Contest prizes
were: first ($50), Mr. Adolphus Carter,
Beach-Cuyler High School, Savannah;
second (25), Miss Lula Mae Luster, Staley

a Council of Workers on the State Level
picture above shows President Colston ad-
High School, Americus; third ($15), Miss
Constance Braswell, Henry Hunt High
School, Fort Valley; fourth ($10), Miss
Elaine Cash, Risley High School, Brun-
swick.

The Fourth Annual Statewide Oratori-
cal and Spelling Contests were sponsored
by the Savannah "Morning News" and
"Evening Press" at Georgia State Col-
lege.

Miss Phoebe Robinson, Beach-Cuyler School stu-
dent, receives first place award for oratory in
State-wide Oratorical Contest from President
James A. Colston as Adolphus Carter, winner
of first place in the Spelling Contest, and Mifs
Ethel Jacobs, their high school instructor, look
en.

Thirteen

The scene above shows the new College In-
firmary's first patient being examined by the
medical staff Dr. S. W. McDew, Jr., Miss Cutie
Weaver (student assistant) and Nurse Gertrude
W. Holmes.

GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE
HEALTH SERVICE

The College Health Service in coopera-
tion with the United States Public Health
Office and the Savannah-Chatham Coun-
ty Health Service X-rayed and blood-test-
ed approximately 1,000 students at the
beginning of the school year, 1947-48. Fol-
low-up and care where needed have been
given the students throughout the year.
Health talks and motion pictures have
been presented for educational purposes.

THE COLLEGE INN

The College Inn has entered its new
home, a spacious white frame building be-
tween Willcox Gymnasium and Parson
Hall.

The Main Dining Room accomodates
one hundred people. Attractive furniture
and a picolo make it especially popular.
At the snack bar sandwiches, cold drinks,
ice cream, candies, and "fountain spe-
cials" are available.

To the left as one enters from the front
door is the Game Room, where students
play cards, table tennis, and the like dur-
ing spare moments.

Also in The College Inn is the Bookstore
and Veterans Supply Center, under the
management of Mr. N. R. Freeman. Here
are textbooks and other school supplies,
notions, etc.

Effectively managed by Mrs. Emma H.
Wortham, whose assistant is Mr. William
Webb, The College Inn serves more than
1,000 students and teachers daily.

1

Students receiving care in the new 18-bed Col-
lege Infirmary.

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

As Georgia State College served as host
to the Southeastern Conference Basket-
ball Tournament this year, the Georgia
State girls' team emerged victorious as
championship winners, and the boys came
out in second place.

Participating in the Conference were
teams from Albany State College, Al-
bany, Georgia; Bethune-Cookman Col-
lege, Daytona Beach, Florida; Claflin
University, Orangeburg, South Carolina;
Florida N & I College, St. Augustine,
Florida ; Paine College, Augusta, Georgia ;
Morris College, Sumter, South Carolina;
and Georgia State.

Both Georgia State College captains
(Miss Ida B. Girvin and Jesse C. Mor-
gan) were voted the most outstanding
players of the Tournament.

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Activities of the Georgia State College
1948 Senior Class

^ EORGIA State College looks forward
^* with keen anticipation to the grant-
ing of degrees to approximately ninety
young men and women at its June Com-
mencement.

These young people have come from
representative sections in Georgia, and
Florida and South Carolina. They have
majored in agricluture, business admini-
stration, elementary education, English,
home economics, industrial education, ma-
thematics, natural and social science.

During their stay here the student body
has exhibited confidence in their ability
and leadership by placing them at the
head of the leading student organizations.
Clyde Hall is the president of the Student
Council ; Benjamin Crawford is president
of the Veterans' Club; Walker Williams
is editor-in-chief of "The Tiger's Roar,"
the student publication ; Charles A. Ogles-
tree is president of the Agriculture As-
sociation and was president of the Little
Theatre in 1946-1947; Felton Ransby is
president of the Trade Association ;
Samuel Smith is the president of the
Senior Class; Henry Johnson is president
of the Hill Hall Dormitory Council ; Char-
les Mention and Marie Scantling are mem-
bers of the executive board of the Student
Council ; Naomi Bailey is president of the
Rodelta Club ; Mary McRae is president
of the YWCA ; Arthur Heywood is presi-
dent of the YMCA; Maggie Hayes was
elected Miss Georgia State in 1946-47;
Thelma Perry was elected Miss Georgia
State in 1947-48.

Many of the seniors have rendered lar-
ger service to their Alma Mater, and in-
cidentally to themselves, through a furth-
er development of their special talents.
In athletics, Lindsey Weatherspoon, Ben-
jamin Crawford, Arnor Davis, General
Stone, Robert Washington, Alcie Robin-
son, and Clyde Hall are members of the
Varsity team in football. Luther Conyers
and Carlton Cannaway are number one
trainers and made themselves indispens-
able to the team. In business, Gwendolyn
Thompson, Lula Battle, Sanders Golphine,

Lawrence Young, Ruby Parks Thelma
Perry, Annie M. Williams, and
Nelson Freeman are outstanding in type-
ing and shorthand and have gained valu-
able experience through their work in the
various offices connected with the College.
Elizabeth Billups, Gwendolyn Thompson,
Marie Scantling, and Jacqueline Carter
have had special practice and training in
library science. Walter Gambrell, Maggie
Hayes, Mary McRae, Lawrence Young,
Theresa Finch have played leading roles
in dramatics, playing parts in such plays
as "Silas Marnor," "The Brave Shall
Serve," "St. Agnes Eve," and "Jane Eyre."

Ossie Ash, Milla Ball, Ida Dowers, Bes-
sie Elison, Nancy Neal, and Susie Wilker-
son have shown superior ability in know-
ing not only the theory of, but the prac-
tice in the culinary arts.

In music, Walter Gambrell, David
Thomas, Esther Bush, Alton Spells, and
Lula Battle have sung in the College
Chorus to audiences throughout Georgia,
and over the radio to innumerable indivi-

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Shown in the living room of the new Home Man-
agement House at the College are six resident
senior Home Economics students and the Di-
rector, Mrs- Ella M. Epting, in a discussion of
operation plans. The house, which accomodates
six students md the director during each six-
week period, has been completely remodeled, re-
decorated and refurnished to give students ex-
perience in the techniques and skills involved in
homemaking.

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News of General Interest

TN HONOR of the Tigers, the College
Football team, students have voted to
change the name of their newspaper from
THE GEORGIA HERALD to THE
TIGER'S ROAR.

April activities for the Department of
Music included (1) a tour for a group of
the members of the Band and Choir to
Hinesville, Vidalia, Douglas, Moultrie and
Columbus; (2) a broadcast through the
facilities of WDAR from the City Audi-
torium on April 15, in connection with the
Convention of the Georgia Teachers and
Education Association; (3) the initial ap-
pej ranee on April 30 in Chapel of "The
Ar stocrats of Rhythm" an 18-piece or-
chestra followed in the evening by a
three-hour performance and dance in the
Gym. There have been other special ap-
pearances both on campus and off of in-
dividuals and groups from the Depart-
ment, as well as regularly scheduled ap-
pearances in Church and Vesper Services
and over the radio.

May events for the Department of
Music follow: May 2 Septette at St.
John's A. M. E. Church in Savannah ; May
3 Meister singers on regular broadcast
over WDAR; May 4, 11:00 A. M. Choir
and Band at SSSS Community Center for
the Music Week Program of Beach Cuy-
ler High School in Savannah; May 4, 8:00
P. M. Choir at First A. B. Church in Sa-
vannah ; May 9 ; Meistersingers in Mont-
gomery, Georgia, for the Ground-Break-
ing Ceremonies of the Montgomery Com-
munity Center; May 10-14 Choir and
Band on tour to Dublin, Macon, Monroe,
Athens and Sandersville ; May 21 Or-
chestra and Band at Commencement Ex-
ercises at Guyton, Georgia ; May 23
Choir at St. Paul's Church in Savannah.

The Dormitory Council presented a
special program on Race Relations Day
with the Honorable David S. Atkinson,
Superior Judge of the Eastern Judicial
Circuit Court of Georgia, delivering the
morning address and the Honorable An-
drew J. Ryan, Jr., Solicitor General, giv-
ing the evening address.

A new feature of the expanding pro-
gram of Georgia State College is the
Employment Bureau of the Student Per-

sonnel Council, under the direction of
Dean of Men William J. Holloway, which
secures employment for students both on
and off the campus. Cooperating con-
cerns include General Foods, Inc., New
York ; Cullman Brothers Tobacco Com-
pany, Connecticut ; Rocky wold Camp, New
Hampshire ; the Michigan Camp Associa-
tion, Michigan ; the Migrant Child Care
Program, New York.

In addition to observing National Negro
Health Week on the campus the College
sponsored two radio programs on April
7 and 8 the first presenting Dr. S. M.
McDew, Jr., (College Physician) over
WTOC and the second consisting of a
panel discussion on nutrition over WSAV
in which the following persons took part:
Dean of Instruction, William K. Payne;
Dr. Booker T. Griffith, Chairman of the
Department of Biology; Mrs. Gertrude
Holmes, College Nurse; and Miss Robbie
Boyd of the Department of Home Eco-
nomics.

In order to facilitate joint donations
from students and faculty of Georgia State
College to organizations supported by vol-
untary contributions, the College has or-
ganized a Campus Chest Fund.

The Leadership Institute sponsored by
the Student Personnel Council was very
much of a success. The purpose of the
Institute was to help leaders and potential
leaders prepare for more effective service
on the campus and in their communities.
Addresses were made by President Col-
ston who spoke on the Institute theme,
"Intelligent Leadership in a Dynamic
Society;" by Mr. James T. Ellerbe, Savan-
nah Y. M. C. A. Secretary, whose subject
was "Basic Principle of Democratic Pro-
cedure ;" and by Rev. Leroy G. Cleverdon,
Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Sa-
vannah, who discussed 'Social Responsi-
bility for Leadership." Group discussions
which proved most stimulating, as evi-
denced by the lively participation of stu-
dents, were as follows: "Duties and Re-
sponsibilities of Presidents" Dean W. K.
Payne, Leader; "Duties and Responsibi-
lities of Treasurers" Mr. E. A. Bertrand,
Chief Accountant; "Duties and Responsi-
bilities of Secretaries" Miss Mildred L.
Burch, Administrative Secretary; "'Dut-

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ies and Responsibilities of Committees"
Miss Alma Stegall, Department of Edu-
cation ; "Problems of Parlimentary Pro-
cedure" Mrs. Martha W. Wilson (Ma-
thematics). Miss Loreese Davis, Coun-
sellor for Women, Mr. E. B. Sarreals
(Social Science), and Mr. Carl F. Flipper
(Shoe Repair). A panel discussion in sum-
mation was led by Rev. Louis E. Lomax,
College Minister, assisted by Mr. W. W.
Law, alumnus, Mr. W. H. Brown, Director
of Arts and Sciences and Mr. W. B. Nel-
son, Director of Trades and Industries.

Individual contributions from the Geor-
gia State Faculty and Students to the
American National Red Cross Campaign
this year amounted to $229.05 An "Award
of Merit" was sent to Dr. B. T. Griffith
and his committee by the Savannah Chap-
ter of Red Cross for their work in this
10-day drive.

National Urban League's Sixteenth Vo-
cational Opportunity Campaign observance
on the campus, March 14-21, was spear-
headed by Mr. George L. Edwards, As-
sistant Director of the Southern Field Di-
vision of the League, and Miss Frances
McKnight, Director of the Migrant Child
Care Program of New York, who address-
ed assemblies and held group discussion
meetings. Other speakers were Mr.
Leonard Law (1931), Personnel Counsel-
lor for the Union Bag and Paper Cor-
poration of Savannah, whose subject was
"Opportunities and Problems in Indus-
try," and Mr. W. Weldon Herring, Ad-
vertising Managar for Radio Station
WCCP, who spoke on "Opportunities in
Radio."

Deans and Registrars of the State Col-
leges for Negroes in Georgia held their
third meeting April 10 in the Administra-
tion Building. They approved nine regu-
lations designed to promote a more uni-
form and effective program of higher
education. The representatives from Al-
bany State College were Dean R. L. Jef-
freys, E. J. Granberry, Director of Teach-
er Training, and H. M. Mayes, Records
Clerk and Acting Secretary; from Fort
Valley, Dean W. E. Blanchett and Regi-
strar H. A. Bowen; and from Georgia

State, President James A. Colston, (ex-
officio), Registrar T. C. Meyers and Dean
of Faculty William K. Payne.

Recent Vesper programs have included
(1) Mr. Norman Roosevelt Dixon, Princi-
pal of Euclid High School in DeLand,
Florida, who spoke on "Education for Our
Times." Mr. Dixon was presented by the
Dormitory Club; (2) Dr. Grace Sloan
Overton, nationally known authority on
marriage and the family; (3) Dr. Fred-
erick H. Dedmond, Chairman of the De-
partment of Modern Languages at Mor-
gan State College in Baltimore, Mary-
land; (4) Mr. C. C. Spaulding, President
of the North Carolina Mutual Life In-
surance Company, presented by Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity; (5) Attorney Bel-
ford Lawson of Washington, D. C, pre-
sented by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity;
(6) Dr. Leonea Dudley of the Georgia
State faculty; (7) Attorney Elise Austin
of Washington, D. C. presented by the
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; (8) Mrs.
Esther Warrick, Florance Street Ele-
mentary School, Mother's Day speaker.

ACTIVITIES OF THE

GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE

1948 SENIOR CLASS

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duals wherever Georgia State has been
represented in Song. Naomi Bailey and
lola Kinsey have rendered special service
as pianists. On several occasions, lola
Agatha Dingle, Leon Dingle, Theresa
Kinsey have gone to rural schools and
played for their closing exercises. Jewel
Thornton and Agatha Dingle are mem-
bers of the College Band.

June brings to a close a great adventure
in the life of each member of the class.
The College can only hope that every sail
has been set aright ; and, that as each
leaves these protecting walls he remem-
bers :

"To labor with zest and give of your best

Is the sweetest joy of living;

To help folks along with a hand and a

song,
Why, there's the real secret of living."

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Off-Campus Business School

Business courses, accounting, short-
hand, and typewriting are now being
conducted off-campus at the West Broad
Street Y. M. C. A. in Savannah, for high
school graduates who find it difficult to
attend classes in the day and others. This
off-campus Business School is an exten-
sion of Georgia State College. College
credits will be given those who have grad-
uated from high school ; while others will
receive credit to apply to their high school
records.

Th< : course in accounting is designed to
develop the ability to keep personal book-
keeping records for an individual or for
businesses. Upon completing this course
students are qualified as bookkeepers.

The course in shorthand is primarily
for those who plan to become stenograph-
ers and secretaries. This course is de-
signed to develop in the student the abil-
ity to take dictation, which one encount-

ers in a business situation, speedily and
accurately.

The course in typewriting is designed
to enable students to acquire a functional
knowledge of the typewriter, including
the keyboard and all other operative parts.
It is also designed to develop ability to
type for personal use simple business
forms (such as letters, manuscripts, re-
ports, and tabulations) and to prepare
students to adapt themselves to business
procedures and to practice acceptable
standards of business behavior.

At the end of two years or six quar-
ters, students will receive a certificate of
completion, certifying their ability to
qualify for positions as bookkeepers,
stenographers, secretaries, and typists.

Robert Charles Long, Sr., Assistant
Professor of Business Administration
here at the College, is director of the
Georgia State College Off-Campus School.

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GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE

Savannah, Georgia

Founded, 1890

OCATED in Chatham County, five miles from the heart of downtown
Savannah, Georgia's oldest and chief seaport city, Georgia State
College is a four-year institution supported through the Board of Regents
of the University System of Georgia and accredited by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the State Department
of Education.

The College is concerned that each student shall live deeply and
happily as a socially balanced and spiritually mature person. Hence
the College provides ample opportunity for individual student expression
outside of the classroom. Students engage in a variety of extra-cur-
ricular activities including inter-collegiate and intra-mural athletics,
dramatics, music organizations, and debating.

Competent faculty effective curriculum instructional methods
geared to the abilities, interests, and needs of students improved
library service modern program of student personnel service beautiful
Campus consisting of thirty buildings on a moss-laden tract of 136 acres.

Courses leading to the A.B. and B.S. degrees. Majors offered in Agri-
culture, Biology, Business Administration, Chemistry, Elementary and
Secondary Education, English, Home Economics, Mathematics, Music,
Physical Education, Social Science, Trades and Industries.

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Registration for the Fall Quarter 1948 September 21-24

Classes Begin September 27

For Information and Bulletin, write

The Registrar
GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE

State College Branch
Savannah, Georgia

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THE GEORGIA STATE BULLETIN

GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

SPECIAL NEWS NUMBER

VOLUME 2 October, 1948 NUMBER 1

HILL

PRESIDENT COLSTON HONORED

On July 29, 1948, President James A.
Colston of Georgia State College was in-
stalled as president of the University Club
of the New York University Summer Ses-
sion at Chautauqua, New York.

Unanimously elected, President Colston
became the first Negro ever to hold an of-
fice in the University Club. He succeeded
James A. Vaughan, executive director of
Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts,
who served as president last year. Other
officers include William Roberts, Director
of Music, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., vice-president;
Miss Marion Williams, Florida Park, Long
Island, Secretary; Miss Katherine Sher-
wood, Nottingham High School, Syracuse,
New York, Treasurer.

The Board of Directors includes Dr. Ben-
jamin Fine, Educational Editor of THE

HALL

NEW YORK TIMES : James A. Vaughan,
Executive Director of Simmons College;
Mrs. Claire Davies, Assistant to the Direc-
tor of the New York University Summer
Session at Chautauqua; Miss Margaret
Hutchinson, Newark, Ohio ; Arthur Nichol-
son, Director of Public Relations, State
Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. ; Mrs. Zolma
Morrison, Director of Public Relations,
Eastern Washington College of Education,
Cheyney, Washington; Dr. Alonzo F.
Meyers, Co-ordinator of the New York
University Summer Session at Chautau-
qua and Chairman of the Department of
Higher Education at New York University.

Dean W. K. Payne served as a consul-
tant in college education during the 1948
meeting of the American Teachers Asso-
ciation in Atlantic City.

Volume 2

OCTOBER, 1948

Number 1

THE GEORGIA STATE BULLETIN is published in October, December, February, March,
April and May by Georgia State College. Entered as second class matter, December 16, 1947,
at the Post Office at Savannah, Georgia, under the Act of August 25, 1912.

Georgia State College Facility and Staff List 1948-49

The largest Faculty in the history of Georgia State College greeted the
student body at the opening of the fall quarter

ADMINISTRATION

James A Colston President

William K. Payne .. _ Dean of Faculty

P. D. Davis, Jr.__ Comptroller

Timothv C. Meyers - Registrar

Charity E. Adams (Miss) _. Coordinator of Student Personnel Services

Janie L. Lester (Miss .. Dean of Women

William J. Holloway_ Dean of Men

Stephen M. McDew, Jr. - College Physician

Ernest W. Armstrong, Sr._. - College Minister

Luella Hawkins (Miss) v L lbrarian

Wilton C. Scott- - Director of Public Relations

Mildred L. Burch (Miss)_ ..Administrative Assistant to the President

OFFICERS OF STUDENT PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

Charity E. Adams (Miss) _. Coordinator of Student Personnel Services

Janie L. Lester (Miss). Dean of Women

William J. Holloway_. - Dean of Men

Ernest W. Armstrong, Sr._. College Minister

Stephen M. McDew, Jr. ... - College Physician

OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION

William K. Payne Dean of Faculty

Luella Hawkins (Miss)___. Librarian

Edward H. Harmond___- Director, Division of Agriculture

William H. Brown Director, Division of Arts and Sciences

Christine H. Coleman (Miss)_ Acting Director, Division of Home Economics

W. B. Nelson Director, Division of Trades and Industries

Lillian A. Price (Miss) Principal, Powell Laboratory School

INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF 1948-49
Division of Agriculture Department of Business Administration

Harmond, Edward H. Long, Robert C.

Jeter, Thomas * Bellinger, Lenore B.

Tharpe, Frank D. Carr> Franklin *

Wright, J. B. Department of Chemistry

Department of Biology Winters, W. V.

Griffith, B. T. Murra ^ W - E -

Wortham, Joseph H. Emanuel, Katheryn *

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INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF 1948-49 (Continued)

Department of Education

Pavne, W. K.
Brown, W. H.
Moore, Thelma *
Stanley, Eugene*
Adams, Charity *
Gadsen, Ida B. *
Parker, James E. *

Department of English

Fisher, J. Randolph
Quinney, Marseille *
Cunningham, Emma R. *
Hamilton, Homer H. *
Johnson, Beulah *
Lester, J. L.
Jacobs, Ethel *
Smith III, Charles J. *
Meyers, Timothy C.

Department of Fine Arts

Hatchett, Hilliary *
Ballon, John J. *
Simon, Walter *

Department of Health & Phys. Education

Wright, Theodore A.
Hooper, Geraldine
Frazier, Albert
Martin, J. H. *
Webb, Ella M. *

Division of Home Economics

Coleman, Christine

Brown, Mynna *

Dixon, Sarah Ann Jordan *

Avery, Martha

Hunter, Evelyn *

Department of Languages

Hunt, Grace E.

* New Teachers

Powell Laboratory School

Price, Lillian A.
Carter, Dorothy C.
Crawford, Leanna T.
DeVeaux, Emily C.
Watson, Rosa M.

Department of Mathematics

Clemmons, J. B.
King, Muriel *
Bowen, Sylvia *

Department of Physics

Parker, James E. *

Department of Social Sciences

Griffin, W. E.
Gordon, J. L.
Holloway, W. J.
Armstrong, Ernest W. *
Peacock, A. E.
Black, Blanton E. *

Division of Trades & Industries

Nelson. W. B.
Orsot. A.
Bacon, Rollins
Brown, Leroy W.
Carter, Arthur C.
Chisley, Robert M.
Flipper. Carl F.
Harden, Sol
Johnson, Murrell S.
Lester, S. L.
Owens, Fred *
Perry, W. T.
Singleton, B. R.
Traylor, A. Z. *
Tharpe, Frank D.
Warrick, J. H. *
Ware, Henrv L.

FACULTY MEMBERS RETURN

Fifteen members of the Georgia State
College faculty have returned for the fall
quarter after spending the summer doing
further study at some of America's lead-
ing colleges and universities.

The group was headed by President
James A. Colston who studied at New York
University. Other members of the staff
who did further study are Miss Janie L.
Lester, New York University ; Miss Made-
line G. Harrison, University of Illinois;
W. H. Brown, Ohio State University ; Mrs.

Joan L. Gordon, University of Pennsyl-
vania; W. E. Griffin, Iowa State College;
Mrs. Martha M. Avery, Columbia Univer-
sity ; Miss Grace Hunt, McGill University ;
W. E. Murray, Ohio State University; A.
E. Peacock, New York University; Frank
Tharpe, Iowa State College; Albert Fra-
zier, New York University; A. S. Bacon,
Connecticut State College, and W. V. Win-
ters, Ohio State University.

Miss Hooper received the master of sci-
ence degree in physical education. Mr.
Bacon is assistant supervisor of Negro ex-
tension work in the State of Georgia.

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RECORD ENROLLMENT

A record enrollment of 1243 students
are attending Georgia State College for
the fall school term.

Pre-school planning activities began
with a general faculty meeting at 10 A.
M. on September 17. This meeting was
followed by divisional and departmental
meetings.

Freshmen reported to the college and
began orientation on September 21 and
completed registration on the 23rd. Ad-
vance students reported for regstration
on the 23rd and continued through the

24th.

Classes began Monday, September 27.

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

Appointment of 26 new staff members
to the faculty of Georgia State College
was announced September 10 by President
James A. Colston.

At the same time, President Colston dis-
closed three innovations in the college pro-
gram. They are:

1 An expanded program of Student
Personnel Services co-ordinated by Miss
Charity Adams, Assistant Professor Ed-
ucation Miss Adams holds a Bachelor ot
Arts degree from Wilberforce University
and a Master of Arts degree from Ohio
State University. She did her graduate
work in Vocational Guidance and Person-
nel Administration. Miss Adams served in
the Women's Army Corps for nearly four
vears, and was discharged with the rank
of lieutenant colonel, the only Negro wo-
man to hold such a rank in the U. S. Army.
She is a former member of the Tennessee
State College faculty.

Assisting Miss Adams will be Homer
Hill Hamilton from Dallas, Texas. Mr.
Hamilton holds a Bachelor of Arts degree
from Talladega College and Master of Arts
and Master of Education degrees from
the University of Illinois. He has done
additional graduate study at Columbia
University.

2. A Reading Clinic which will be con-
ducted by Mrs. Emma R. Cunningham,
Associate Professor of English and Edu-
cation. She holds the Bachelor of Arts
and Master of Arts degrees from Atlanta

University. Mrs. Cunningham has done
additional graduate study in the field of
Reading at New York and Temple Uni-
versities. She is a former member of the
LeMoyne College faculty, Memphis. "The
purpose of this program is to assist stu-
dents who show reading deficiencies on
standardized reading tests to improve
their reading skills," according to Presi-
dent Colston. During the ensuing school
term, the program wil be conducted pri-
marily for entering freshmen.

3. A Visual Aid to Education Labora-
tory under the direction of James E. Par-
ker. Mr. Parker will be responsible for
developing and coordinating a visual aids
program for the entire campus and will
especially serve the Department of Educa-
tion. He will hold the rank of Associate
Professor of Science and Education. Mr.
Parker received the Master of Arts degree
from Fisk University and has done addi-
tional graduate work at the University of
Chicago. He is a former member of the
Knoxville College faculty, Knoxville, Ten-
nessee.

THUNDERBOLT CONCERT

Approximately 2,500 persons witnessed
the first open air cancert presented by
Georgia State College, July 25, in Thunder-
bolt. The concert was staged in front of
the town hall.

Participating were: the college band,
chorus and soloists under the direction of
John J. Ballou.

The hour and a half concert was spon-
sored by the town of Thunderbolt. Per-
sons who spoke included: Mayor Herbert
Woods of Thunderbolt; President James
A. Colston; Dr. Ralph M. Gilbert, pastor
of the First African Baptist Church, Sav-
annah ; and the Rev. W. Williams.

The Rev. E. E. Seckinger, pastor of the
Wesley Oak Methodist Church served a?
master of ceremonies. Wilton C. Scott,
Georgia State College Public Relations
Director assisted in planning the concert.

The Arts and Crafts Workshop at Geor-
gia State College last summer was de-
signed to help teachers throughout the
State. Opportunities were provided for
gaining insight into the philosophies, tech-
niques, and media of art education and
ways of adapting these to the particular
problems and environs of elementary and
secondary schools.

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Four Co-eds pause momentarily on the steps of Boggs Hall, Senior Women's Dorm., before leaving for

Class.

T B COURSE

During- the first session of the 1948 Sum-
mer School, a course in Tuberculosis was
conducted at GSC by the Chatham-Sav-
annah Tuberculosis Association.

Georgia State was one of five Negro
colleges in Georgia that offered this course
in Health as a Summer School Workshop.
Other schools were Paine, Fort Vallev
State, Albany State, and Atlanta Univer-
sity.

Miss Dorothy Ury, Health Education
Consultant for the Georgia Health Depart-
ment and a graduate of Georgia State
College and the University of Michigan,
conducted the course.

Consultants for this course were L. L.
Young, executive secretary of the Geor-
gia Tuberculosis Association; Dr. A. C.
Schenck, director, Division of Tuberculo-
sis Control, Georgia Department of Health ;

*=-^ .

Dr. Rufus F. Payne, Superintendent, Bat-
tey State Hospital, Rome; C. B. Shroyer,
tuberculosis specialist, Division of Voca-
tional Rehabilitation, Georgia Education
Department ; Miss Mary Moten McKinney,
field representative, Georgia Tuberculosis
Association; and Miss Olise Campbell,
superintendent, Charity Hospital, Regional
Consultant Nurse.

LOUNGE FACILITIES

Lounge facilities for off-campus stu-
dents are among the projects to be com-
pleted for the 1948-49 academic year. This
was recently disclosed by Miss Charity
Adams, coordinator of student personnel
services.

Accomodations for women students will
be on the first floor of Parsons Hall and
for men students in the College Inn build-
ing.

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TWO ALL-STUDENT SOCIALS

HIGHLIGHTED THE SUMMER

SOCIAL SEASON

The summer session activity program
was administered by William J. Hollowav
director of student personnel services. He
was assisted bv Miss Loreese Davis, J. J.
Ballou, Theodore Wright, Sr., and Miss
Charitv Adams. This group composed
the special Summer Activity Committee.

The summer session cultural-arts series
consisted of two concerts. For the first
session the Metropolitan Artists grour.
was presented. Charles Everett, tenor
soloist, was the feature attraction for the
second session.

Summer session assemblies were held
twice weekly and emphasis was placed up-
on activities which would prove of value
to teachers and prospective teachers.

WORKSHOP

Georgia State College sponsored a sum-
mer workshop for 102 in-service teachers
of Washington and neighboring counties
June 14 - August 21. The workshop was
held at the T. J. Elder high school in San-
dersville.

Special emphasis was placed on the im-
portance of preparing better teachers for
the State of Georgia. The purpose of the
workshop was to "provide teachers with
information relative to their individual
professional needs and with help in making
long-term plans for meeting some of these
needs; to provide information and skills
which teachers might use in improving
learning and teaching in the schools, and to
enable teachers to earn undergraduate
credit which would be accepted by the
State Department of Certification and re-
sult in higher certificates for teachers."

J. C. Reese, Supervising principal, Cen-
ter High School and schools in the Wav-
cross system, was director of the work-
shop. Miss Gwendolyn Thompson, a June
GSC graduate served as secretary and li-
brarian.

Mesdames Yvonne Campbell, Theodore
Maxwell, Athea Bailey, Misses Willie and
Dorothy Gambrell, and Mr. Elijah La-
Mare have represented the Georgia State
College Music Department in serving for
the production of plays, for church ser-
vices, assemblies, etc.

Six

DO FIRST THINGS FIRST

President James A. Colston, of Georgia
State College challenged an overflow audi-
ence in Meldrim Hall auditorium Monday
morning, September 27, to do "first things

first."

Speaking at the initial chapel exercises
of the school year. President Colston told
the old and new students that the "whole
( Georgia State College) instructional pro-
gram is designed to assist you in attaining
mental maturity." The strength of Am-
erica todav and in the future will depend
in a large measure upon the mental
strength of its vast population, he said.

President Colston declared, "If America
is to be phvsicallv and intellectually strong,
there are "some things that we definitely
need In the first place, there is need tor
an aroused public opinion that will demand
better education and health facilities. And
then we need financial support that is
based on need rather than tradition.

"On whom can we depend to arouse this
public opinion? Whom shall we expect
to provide the courageous civic and politi-
cal leadership ? It is not the people who go
to college? If a minimum foundation pro-
gram for education such as is proposed in
Georgia and other states is to be realized,
is it not true that leadership in promoting
it rests with the people who are educated
or in the process of gaining an education
"Will you join a nationwide movement
to make America strong, he asked? If
you would, vou too must consider and put
into operation first things first."

The Booker T. Washington high school
band of Atlanta played seven selections
which included, "The World is Waiting for
the Sunrise," "Sky Pilot," and Night
Rider." The band was under the direc-
tion of E. A. Starling.

A large delegation of in-service teachers
of Washington and neighboring counties,
enrolled in the GSC Workshop at the T. J.
Elder High School, Sandersville, spent
an entire day in Atlanta visiting bus-
inesses and educational institutions.
Among the places visited were the AT-
LANTA DAILY WORLD, Atlanta Lite
Insurance Company, Atlanta University
System, the Capitol, Grant Park, Stone
Mountain Cyclorama, and housing pro-
jects. The group was headed by J. C.
Reese, director of the Workshop. Late in
the afternoon, the group was received by
Mayor W. B. Hartsville at the City Hall
who extended greetings on behalf of the
citizens of Atlanta.

PERSONNEL PROGRAM

The Personnel Department at Georgia
State College is made up of the following
members: The Coordinator of Student
Personnel Services, the Dean of Women,
the Dean of Men, the directors of dormi-
tories , college physician, college minister,
and the Veterans Secretary. This depart-
ment works under the immediate super-
vision of the President of the College and
in cooperation with the Dean of the Fac-
ulty and heads of divisions and depart-
ments. However, the total program is
functional only in terms of the assistance
of all members of the staff.

Specific aims of this program include:

1. assisting the individual in adjust-
ment to new study conditions,

2. helping the individual in the many
adjustments in the ways of college living
and general social relations incident upon
leaving home and upon entering college.

3. helping the individual to budget his
time and his financial resources.

4. assisting the individual in the devel-
opment of worthy goals and in making
plans to attain these goals,

5. helping the individual in the study
of occupational opportunities, qualifica-
tions and requirements and in the selection
of his own occupation.

6. helping the individual in analyzing
and appraising his personel assets and lia-
bilities,

7. helping the individual to chose
wisely among the athletic, literary and so-
cial activities represented in the college,

8. assisting the individual, where nec-
essary, in securing part-time employment
during the college career and permanent
employment after graduation.

The personnel program as planned includes
the following activities:

1. Freshman Orientation

This project includes Freshman Week,
prior to the official opening of school,
and a year's program activities, includ-
ing class work, directed toward the
satisfactory adjustment of all Fresh-
men.

2. Counseling Service

To provide guidance for all students,
both preventative and curative, for a
wholesome college community.

3. Testing Program

To provide testing services, as a tech-
nique of guidance, for all students in
specific areas such as prediction of
college success and native ability, col-
lege placement, personality adjust-
ment, and vocational guidance.

4. Placement Service

To provide part-time work for deserv-
ing students and to assist in finding
employment for students leaving
school.

5. Student Organizations

To keep accurate information regard-
ing functioning student organizations,
sponsors for and purposes of the or-
ganizations.

6. Religious Activities

7. Extra-Class Activities

To sponsor additional campus activi-
ties for thecontinuous training and cul-
tural development of students in gen-
eral.

8. Information Service

To provide information to members of
the school community about facilities,
policies, regulations, on the campus
and off, when such information is
needed.

9. Health Service

To coordinate the services of the
Health Service Department for effi-
cient service to all campus personnel.

4-H CLUBS

Fifty counties were represented at the
twenty-first annual 4-H club short course
held at the Georgia State College August
8- 14.

Directing the program were P. H. Stone,
State Agent for Negro work; A. H.
Bacon, Assistant Supervisor-Negro Work;
Alexander Hurse, Negro State Club Agent ;
Augustus Hill, Assistant State Club Agent,
and Camilla Weems, Assistant State Agent
for Negro Work.

The short course program was design-
ed "to train boys and girls in the funda-
mentals of 4-H club work."

Seven

COMMUNITY HOUSE

Georgia State College Campus

MRS. IDA B. GADSEN

Mrs. Ida B. Gadsen, Georgia State Col-
lege graduate, was recently appointed to
the position of health educator in the Sav-
annah-Chatham (County) health depart-
ment and instructor in health education
at Georgia State.

Her services to Georgia State are being
made available by the health department
at no cost to the college. She is the first
and only Negro woman employed in this
capacity by the health department. Mrs.
Gadsen finished GSC in 1936 with a major
in home economics. Since graduation she
has taught one year in the Nicholasville,
Kentucky, high chool (1936-37) and at
Beach High in Savannah from 1937 until
1947.

Last year she was granted a one year
U. S. public health fellowship by the Nat-
ional Infantile Paralysis foundation to
study for the master of science degree in
public health at North Carolina College,
Durham. She received her degree in Au-
gust. Mrs. Gadsen has also studied for
two summers at Cornell University.

Her duties with the health department
will consist of public health education in
the schools and communities in Savannah
and Chatham county.

Mrs. Gadsen will teach a course in health
education at Georgia State College. The
course is designed to acquaint pre-service
teachers with the problems of healthful
school living, health instruction and school
health services.

OFFICIAL REGISTRATION FIGURES

Official registration figures for the fall
quarter show that 1243 students are en-
roled at Georgia State College, according
to T. C. Meyers, registrar. This is the
largest enrollment in the 52 year-old his-
tory of the institution.

The breakdown is as follows:

Men: 745. Of this number, 550 are
veterans. Two hundred and seventy-three
veterans are enrolled in the Trade School.
Fifteen men are attending evening classes
and two are attending Saturday classes.
There are 193 non-veterans in school.

Women: 498. Five women veterans
are enrolled. Twenty-eight women are
attending evening sessions and 29 are at-
tending Saturday classes.

ITEMS OF INTEREST

During the August, 1948, GSC com-
mencement, eighty-one persons received
degrees and thirty-four received certifi-
cates in trades and industries. Dr. Ralph
M. Gilbert, Pastor of the First African
Baptist Church, Savannah, delivered the
Baccalaureate Sermon, and Dr. Judson C.
Ward, Jr., Assistant Chancellor, University
System of Georgia, delivered the Com-
mencement Address.

* * * *

The first Southwide 4-H Club Camp for
Rural Colored Boys and Girls was held,
August 24-30, at Southern University.
Eighty-eighty delegates from sixteen
states atended, representing the nation's
300,000 colored 4-H club members. The
delegates were accompanied by twenty-
nine extension leaders. Among the states
represented at this history-making en-
campment were Alabama, Arkansas, Flor-
ida and Georgia.

* * * *

P M L A (Publications of the Moden
Language Association of America, 1947;
American Bibliography, Research in Pro-
gress, 1948) lists J. Randolph Fisher's
"Christopher Milton."

Journalism is offered for the first
time at Georgia State College this school
term. The introductory course has as its
aim "to train prospective teachers in the
fundamentals of practical journalism in
relation to student publications."

The course is taught by Charles J.
Smith III, Director of Publicity and In-
structor in Journalism. He holds the M.
A. degree in Journalism from the State
University of Iowa.

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Moss laden trees give added beauty to the GSC
Campus.

AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS CENTER

The Audio- Visual Aids Center was
opened at Georgia State College, July 31.
The Center is housed on the ground floor
of Boggs Hall and consists of a large class
and work room about 20 ft by 36 ft. a 12
ft. by 15 ft. storeroom, and a 6 ft. by 13
ft. darkroom. The class and work room is
provided with ample space for books, mag-
a zines, and exhibits. The lower walls and
shelves are in light green. The upper
walls, provided for bulletin boards and
photographic salons, are in eggshell, and
the ceiling is in ivory. There are four 4
ft. by 8 ft. work tables and an 18 inch by
24 inch projection table in this room. Space
is provided for a library, and a "listening"
corner for individuals and small groups in-
terested in music and dramatic recordings.

The darkroom is provided with a 4 inch
by 5 inch Eastman Precision Enlarger,
graphic camera, print box and other dark
room accesories.

The Center has two 16 mm. projection
machines, one Eastman and one Natco
Lightweight. There is a Victor Sound-
master for playing of transcriptions and
records, one RCA sound recorder, one RCA
filmstrip and 2 in. by 2 in. slide projector,
one delinescope for large slides and opaque
projection. There are two large filing cab-
inets in the Center for pamphlets, re-
cords, and student papers.

THE PROGRAM OF THE CENTER

The Center is dedicated to the improve-
ment of instruction. To this end there are
four major areas of interest.

1. The training of in-service teachers.

During both sessions of summer school a
course in Audio- Visual Methods and Ma-
terials was offered. This course served
ninety-nine in-service teachers during the
two sessions of this summer school This
course was conducted along lines which had
some characteristics of a workshop and
some characteristics of a seminar. It was
the purpose of this course to give training
to teachers in the underlying philosophy
ot audio-visual education, experience in
the selection and evaluation of appropriate
aids, training in the more effective utili-
zation of A-V aids, and some experience
in the use of the various kinds of equip-
ment.

2. Pre-service teacher-trainer. This
phase of the work will be accomplished
a long several lines. First, during the reg-
ular school term the Methods and Ma-
terials course will be offered. Second
through curriculum intergration students
will gam a functional insight in effective
utilization of A-V aids.

3. Curriculum Integration. Most peo-
ple agree that teachers teach as they were
taught rather than as they were taught
to teach. It is assumed, therefore, that if
students are to be expected to use Audio-
Visual aids when they become teachers
they ought to be taught with a variety of
these aids. The Center aims, therefore,
to work toward serving all of the college
departments in the more effective utili-
zation of Audio- Visual aids. In a sense
the A-V Center is or should be cognate to
the college library. That is, it should be
somewhat of a hub from which radiate
many avenues of instructional aids.

4. A Photography Club. The photo-
graphy club offers opportunities for tea-
chers and students to develop a hobby in
photography. It is also a center for' the
making of photographic visual aids. To
this end the director of the center hopes
to acquire soon, among other things, a 16
mm motion picture camera. This club pro-
poses to serve the College Public Rela-
tions Department by doing a good deal of
the photographic work needed by that de-
partment.

This club is operated on a self-support-
ing basis. That is, the activities which are
not a part of the A-V classes are supported
by club membership fees. The club is a
regular organization with its own Consti-
tution and By-Laws.

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AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS

(Continued from page 9)

TYPES OF SERVICE.

The Audio-Visual Center proposes :

1. To serve in an advisory capacity
to individuals and teachers in the selection
and utilization of audio-visual aids.

2. To provide a center from which
audio-visual trends and developments can
be transmitted to all departments and to
Georgia public school teachers. To this
end, memoranda will be prepared from
time to time, and these will be mailed to
the various departments and to teachers.

3. To arrange departmental forums
and teas as a means of bringing together
small groups of faculty members for an in-
terchange of ideas on utilization, avail-
able materials, new A-V horizons, pre-
views, etc. It is hoped that in. this way
a community interest will be developed.

4. To train a corps of student opera-
tors who can serve any teacher or class in
the way of operating machines for class-
room use.

5. To serve the county schools through
certain types of extension services.

6. To operate a photography club for
students and teachers.

7. To provide preview services for tea-
chers and students.

a. Teachers. Teachers who use A-
V materials will want to preview
them before presentation in class.
The Center will provide opportuni-
ties for these previews.

b. Students. Students who are
working on certain assignments
may find certain A-V materials
available and invaluable.

8. Provide a record library and a "lis-
tening period" program for small groups
from classes, interested individuals and
groups of teachers and or students.

9. To cooperate with the Director of
the Reading Clinic in ways which will
make for more functional services on the
part of both the Center and the Clinic.

10. To attend conferences as a means
of enlarging our own ability to render
services and of keeping abreast of new de-
velopments.

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11. To provide Requisition and Evalua-
tion forms for use by those using A-V
materials. In order to render the most ef-
fective service, the Center seeks the co-
operation of such users in filling out special
evaluation forms for the files. Such forms
will help the Center to know trends, needs,
etc.

12. To hold exhibitions, conferences
for in-service teachers, and forums, etc.

Professor James E. Parker is director
of the GSC Audio-Visual Aids Center.

SUMMER SESSION STAFF

Thirteen persons were added to the sum-
mer session staff.

They were Miss Charity Adams, A. B.
Wilberforce, M. A. Ohio State University,
visiting professor in Education from Tenn-
essee State College, Nashville ; Mrs. Emma
R. Cunningham, A. B. and M. A. Atlanta
University, English and Education, from
LeMoyne College, Memphis, Tennessee ; Dr.
Asa H. Gordon, A. B. Atlanta University,
M. A. Columbia. LL. B. Hamilton College,
Litt. D., Allen University, in Social Sci-
ence from Delaware State College; Miss
Donella Graham, A. B. Morris Brown Col-
lege, M. ED., Atlanta University; Miss
Thelma E. Moore, A. B. Fort Valley State
College, M. Ed. Atlanta University, critic
teachers in the demonstration school;
Ben Ingersoll, A. B. Morehouse College, M.
A. Atlanta University, in Business Admin-
istration; Miss Beulah V. Johnson, A. B.
Spelman College, M. S. Tennessee State
College in English from Knoxville College ;
Mrs. Ellen S. Murray, A. B. Clark College,
M. A. Atlanta University, in Science and
Education from Knoxville College ; Eugene
Stanley, B. S. Wilberforce, M. A. Ohio
State University, in Social Science from
A. & T. College, Greensboro, North Caro-
lina; Miss Louise Terry, B. S. and M. A.
New York University, in Art, from Lane
College, Jackson, Tennessee ; Miss Dorothv
Ury, A. B. Georgia State College, M. S. P.
H., University of Michigan, in Health Ed-
ucation, from the State Department of
Health Education for Negro Schools; and
Isaiah A. Woodward, B. S. Bluefield Insti-
tute, M. A. Atlanta University, in Social
Science from Morgan State College.

On July 18, James E. Parker, Asso-
ciate Professor of Natural Science deliv-
ered the Men's Day address at the Temple
Baptist Church. His subject was "Ur-
gency, Faith, and Service."

STAFF APPOINTMENTS

FOOTBALL

Appointment of twelve Georgia State
College graduates to the College Business
and Instructional staff was announced
September 1, by President James A. Col-
ston.

Six of the twelve are natives of Savan-
nah. They are Theresa M. Finch, tran-
script clerk; Ann L. Eason. secretary to
the Coordinator of Student Personnel Ser-
vices ; Johnnie Mae Smith, clerk, Office
of the Comptroller; Ethel Jacobs, Assis-
tant Professor of English ; Mrs. Ida B. Gad-
sen, Instructor in health Education; Thel-
ma Perry, secretary, Office of General
Extension and Mrs. Mildred R. Romanski,
recorder, Office of the Registrar. Miss
Perry was "Miss Georgia State" of 1947-48.

The others appointed are Esther Bush,
clerk Office of the Registrar, Royston,
Ga. ; Sanders Golphine, cost accountant,
Ellaville, Ga. ; Leanna T. Crawford, critic
teacher, Powell Laboratory School, Ken-
nesaw, Ga. ; Nelson Freeman, Veterans
secretary and manager of the bookstore.
Lake Wales, Fla. : and Gwendolyn Thomo-
son, secretary and veterans clerk, Douglas,
Ga.

STAFF MEMBERS ON LEAVE

Five members of the Georgia State Col-
lege faculty have been granted leaves of
absence for the academic year 1948-49,
to do further study.

They are C. V. Clay, associate professor
of chemistry and chairman of the depart-
ment, University of Michigan; Mrs. Alice
Haynes, instructor in English, New York
University; Miss Louise Lautier, instruc-
tor in English, New York University;
Rutherford Lockette, assistant professor
of industrial education in electrical en-
gineering, New York University; Miss
Alma L. Stegrall, associate professor of
Education and chairman of the elementary
education department, Indiana University.

Miss Lautier was granted a General Ed-
ucation Fellowship award to do special
work in reading on the freshman college
level.

Miss Stegall, granted a Julius Rosenwald
Fellowship, will complete work for the
doctorate degree in elementary education.

The Blue and Orange Tigers of Georgia
State College will engage in eight football
games this fall. Six of these are confer-
ence contests. The two non-conference
foes are Edward Waters College of Jack-
sonville, Florida and Allen University of
Columbia, South Carolina.

The Bengals opened the 1948 season
against Edward Waters on the evening of
October 2 in Grayson Stadium. They
journeyed to Orangeburg, South Carolina
October 9 and met the Claflin College
Eleven.

The homecoming game, slated for Nov-
ember 13. matches the Tigers against Flor-
ida N & I of St. Augustine, Florida. The
season closes with the traditional Thanks-
giving contest against Paine College of
Augusta, Georgia. The latter game will be
the first contest played on the new GSC
athletic field which is currently under
construction. All other home games will
be played in Grayson Stadium (the Muni-
cipal Field).

The Tigers Avon one and tied one game
last year. They are a member of the
Southeastern Athletic Conference.

The complete Georgia State Football
schedule is as follows:

(Home games) Oct. 2 (night) Edward
Waters College; Oct. 14 (night) Morris
College ; Oct 21 (night) Bethune-Cookman
College; Nov. 13, Florida N & I College
(Homecoming), and Nov. 25, Paine Col-
lege (Thanksgiving Day).

(Games away) Oct. 9, Claflin at Orange-
burg, S. C. ; Oct. 30, Albany State College,
Albany, Ga., and Nov. 20, Allen Univer-
sity, Columbia, S. C.

A five-piece combo (an orchestra with-
in an orchestra) from the Georgia State
College Aristocrats of Rhythm played for
the opening of the St. Benedict's Recre-
ation Center in Savannah on July 16;
for the Summer Session Social, August 6 ;
and for dances at Collins, Georgia, design-
ed to raise funds for building a high
school.

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SPORTS

by
CHUCK SMITH, Director

GSC Sports Information Service

BETHUNE DEFEATS GSC 20-0

The Bethune Cookman Wildcats troun-
ced the Georgia State College Tigers 20-0.
Thursday night, October 21 before 5,000
fans in Grayson stadium. The win ran
the Wildcats victory string to five and
knocked the Tigers from the list of un-
defeated teams. GSC entered the fray
with a 3-0 record.

Bethune's forward wall kept the Tigers
speedy backfield bottledup throughout the
game while opening holes in the Tiger line
for its own shifty backs.

SLOCUM, HARDY
PACE STATE VICTORY

Shaken loose by superb downfiekl block-
ing for touchdown jaunts of 32, 40. 65 and
00 yards, two flashv Georgia State Col-
lege half-backs. Joe Hardv and Robei't
Slocum, pared thp Tie-ers to a 32-13 vic-
tory over Morris College of Sunmter. S. C.
before 4000 fans in Gravson stadium
Thursdav night, October 14.

The Tigers overcame a 6 point deficit
registered aeainst them earlv in the first
ouarter to cop the contest and remain un-
defeated.

GSC TO MEET FLA. N & I NOV. 13

Georgia State College's Blue and Orange
Tigers meet the Florida Normal Eleven
of St. Augustine, Fla., Saturday after-
noon, November 13 in Grayson stadium in
a homecoming tilt.

The Florida team is coached bv John
Miles, former GSC grid great and coach.
During the 1947 grid season Miles served
as an assistant coach under Ted A. Wright,
Sr., who is in his second year as coach of
the Tigers.

This year's GSC homecoming will be the
largest in the history of the institution, ac-
cording to Antonio Orsot, chairman of the
homecoming committee.

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GA. STATE COPS OPENER 15-6

The Georgia State College Tigers won
their opening football game of the season
Saturday night October 2, in Grayson
stadium by downing a scrappy Edward
Waters eleven 15-6.

Two freshman backs from Spencer hi>h
of Columbus, Ga., Joe Hardv and Robert
Slocum, spearheaded the GSC attack by
scoring both touchdowns.

GA. STATE DEFEATS CLAFLIN 16-6

The Georgia State College Tigers won
their second game of the season in Orange-
burg, S. C, Saturday night, October 9,
when thev defeated Claflin Universitv,
16-6.

The Bengals scored two touchdowns and
two extra points in the second quarter.
Two additional points were picked up in
the third stanza when a blocked Claflin
punt gave them a safety.

HARRISON MILLER

Harrison Miller, 193 pound guard from Newton
Ga., is currently the leading Tiger candidate for a
berth on the all-conference squad. Miller, a senior
in the Division of Agriculture, has gained the praise
of opposing coaches and players alike in all games
played this season because of his tremendous
"drive."

GEORGIA STATE TIGERS COACHING STAFF

TED WRIGHT, SR.
Head Coach

JOHN MARTIN
Assistant Coach

|3l|lH||i

ALBERT FRAZIER
Assistant Coach

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TRADES AND INDUSTRIES

Realizing the paramount importance
of keeping pace with the growth of the in-
stitution by preparing journeymen, mas-
ter workmen and trade and industrial arts
teachers for Georgia and other states,
the Division of Trades and Industries is
ever on the alert, installing new and mod-
ern machinery and equipment, improving
its staff and providing new trade exper-
iences.

IMPROVEMENTS

New machinery has been purchased and
much of the old idle machinery has been
put into operation. In the Department of
Automobile Mechanics, there is now in op-
eration a new Bear Alignment machine,
Sun Testing equipment and a Hoist Ma-
chine. In the Machine Shop a Cincinnati
Milling Machine has been put into service.
Pieces of new machinery have also been
installed and are now being operated in
the Carpentry Shop, Shoe Shop, Radio Re-
pair Shop, Electricity Shop and Paint
Shop ; each piece aiding greatly in the im-
provement of our instructional program.
Students in all classes are inspired to learn
and are putting forth their best efforts to
use science with practice.

Another feature in our improvement
program is an addition to our staff. This
new addition is an efficient, well-trained

itinerant teacher-trainer who will aid in
the preparation of young, prospective
teachers in the division. With his help
we hope to prepare students to go into the
state and do an effective job as trade
and industrial arts teachers and to also
contribute their bit to community leader-
ship.

The itinerant teacher-trainer will also
aid teachers of shop work on the field with
their problems of instruction, shop organi-
zation and other problems affecting their
services as efficient teachers. The teacher-
trainer will, with the help of the institu-
tion, conduct conferences for shop teach-
ers in various sections of the state dur-
ing the year, when and where the need
arises.

The curriculum in the division is being
improved and the following has been
worked out by the staff in the division:
a curriculum leading to the degree of Bach-
elor of Science in Industrial Education
with major in Electrical Engineering,
Automotive Engineering and Building
Construction in addition to the offerings
already listed in our catalog. The stu-
dents majoring in any one of the fields
will be qualified to teach this work, en-
ter graduate school in engineering without
having any supporting work to do or may
enter the field as a journeyman in the
trade.

ENROLLMENT

The chart below shows the trades offered, length of courses in months (class at-
tendance requirement, thirty clock hours per week), number of students enrolled
in each course for the school year, 1948-49 (fall, winter, spring), and number of
graduates for each quarter.

Trade

Enrollment Ceritficates granted

Length of Course Fall Winter Spring Fall Winter Spring

Automobile Mechanic

30 months

19

18

24

Body and Fender

18 months

47

38

41

1

Carpentry

24 months

28

30

34

Electricity

18 months

17

17

19

1

5

2

Machine Shop

36 months

13

13

13

Masonry

12 months

42

37

46

1

Painting

18 months

28

26

25

2

9

2

Radio Repair

12 months

40

38

46

11

6

10

Shoe Repair

12 months

49

32

38

12

9

6

Industrial Education *

4 years

44

54

56

1

* Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Education.

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NEWS ITEMS

A field training program, begun in Sept-
ember, 1948, enables sophomores who plan
to teach to observe the teaching of their
major subjects in schools in their home
towns. Thus, they become thoroughly
familiar with current teachers' problems.
Mr. William H. Brown, director of the di-
vision of Arts and Sciences, is supervis-
ing this training program.
* * * *

Head Coach Ted Wright attended the
annual meeting of the Southern Intercol-
legiate Athletic Association coaches and
officials in Birmingham, Alabama, Sep-
tember 4 and 5. Georgia State is a mem-
ber of the Southeastern Athletic Confer-
ence.

sj; Hj ^ ^

A. S. Bacon, former vice-president of the
State Alumni Association, has been elected
president to succeed Miss Frankie Golden,
who has rendered valuable service to the
group. Other officers elected were as fol-
lows Charles Rawls, vice-president; Mrs.
Eunice Clav, recording secretary; Miss
Louise Lautier, corresponding secretary;
and B. J. James, treasurer. Alexander
Hurse, State 4-H Club Agent, was reelected
Chairman of the Board of Directors.

* * * *

The Alumni Association awarded $1200
in athletic scholarships for the academic
year of 1948-49.

SjC sfi ^s ifi

The Powell Laboratory School was open
during the summer under the auspices of
the GSC Elementary Education Depart-
ment for pupils in grades one through
seven. Misses Donnella Graham and Thel-
ma E. Moore (Jeanes Supervisors of Doo-
ley and Crisp Counties respectively) were
in charge.

During the second session of summer
school an Atomic Energy Display was in
the Georgia State College Library. Mr.
Isaiah A. Woodward, visiting professor
of Social Science from Morgan State Col-
lege, brought the display here.

* * * *

Georgia State College Alumni chapters
have been established recently at Milledge-
ville, Louisville, Sparta, and Sandersville.
Mr. Alfred W. Bass is president of the
Milledgeville Chapter ; Mr. Miller A. Clay-
ton, of the Sparta Chapter ; Mrs. Thomas-
ine Jordan, of the Sandersville Chapter;
and Mrs. Flora B. McCall is president of
the Louisville Chapter.

Book Reviews

The Negro in America. By Arnold Rose. Harper
& Brothers: New York. 1948. pp. 325. $3.75.

Arnold Rose's The Negro in America is a con-
densation of Gunnar Myral's An American Dile-
mna, published in 1944 and recognized as the
most exhaustive study of the Negro. Mr. Rose,
who with Richard Sterner assisted Gunnar My-
rdal in producing the Dilemna, has managed his
task with remarkable expertness. So much so
indeed that his book is more than a mere conden-
sation; it is also a first-class analysis.

The Foreword is done by Gunnar Myrdal.

Like the Dilemna, The American Negro has as
its central viewpoint that the American Negro
problem is a problem in the heart of the Ameri-
can, that the American dilemna is the ever-raging
conflict between the values which we call "the
American Creed" and the value of individual and
group living. This book emphasizes that there
is a great struggle in white people's minds the
struggle between the democratic ideals of equal-
ity in the American Creed and the obvious lack of
equality in the treatment of the American Negro.
Hence the dilemna.

The conclusion is reminiscent of Tannenbaum's
Why Men Hate, Sach's Black Anger, and Gal-
lanz' Our Threatened Values: "If we are to live
at peace in the world. . . we will have to win
them (colored peoples) by ideas and not force.
Today, as always, the ideals of freedom and equal-
ity, if lived up to, are our strongest tools in
building the international future."

An effective condensation of An American
Dilemna is its own recommendation.

Witnesses for Freedom. By Rebecca Chalmers
Barton. Harper & Brothers: New York. 1948.
pp. 249: $3.50.

_ Witnesses for Freedom by Rebecca Chalmers
Barton is a very helpful analysis and interpreta-
tion of the autobiographies of twenty-three Ne-
gro Americans, a praiseworthy effort to evaluate
obectively the life stories of a half-century of
American Negroes. Thus Mrs. Barton has per-
formed an espectilly needful task. Dividing the
autobiographies into four parts (The Accomoda-
tors, The Achievers, The Experimenters, and
Protestors for a New Freedom), the author be-
gins with Booker T. Washington's Up From
Slavery and ends with Richard Wright's Black
Boy.

The Foreword is done by the eminent scholar
Dr. Alain Locke of Howard University.

Mrs. Barton's book is a valuable addition to
the rapidly growing body of literature which con-
cerns itself with the status, problems, and de-
sires of the American Negro especially and col-
ored peoples throughout the world generally.
Her treatment is objective, scholarly, painstaking.
Assigning herself a task which has obvious draw-
backs, this brilliant writer has gone about per-
forming it with such thoroughness and clear-
headedness that the outstanding result is a com-
position that is deserving of wide reading.

Fifteen

BOOK REVIEWS (Continued)

The Autobiography of Robert Morss Lovett: All
Our Years. The Viking Press: New York. 1948.
Pp. 373. $3.75.

The life story of Robert Morss Lovett is more
than just another autobiography. Also it is a par-
ticularly engaging account of one of the world's
leading institutions of learning, the University of
Chicago, from which Mr. Lovett has retired as
professor emeritus of English Literature. De-
dicated to his students, some thirty thousand of
whom have enjoyed the high privilege of studying
under him, this is a truly distinctive life story
of one of the most distinguished educators, edi-
tors, and public figures of the world.

Born in Boston in 1870 on Christmas Day,
Professor Lovett has stood out through the years
as a liberal championing the cause of the down-
trodden, not only here in the U. S., but also in
the Virgin Islands, where he served as secretary
to the governor, and in Puerto Rico, where he
remained a member of the University English
Department for two years.

Dr. Lovett distinguished himself as a teacher
at Harvard, Chicago, and Colorado Universities.
Moreover, under his able editorship the "Dial"
held a commanding position among literary mag-
azines of the Middle West. As associate editor
of the "New Republic," Mr. Lovett stimulated
a trend in literary criticism: "I felt that the re-
viewer's first responsibility was to the public in
the selection of works of value, and then to the
author last to himself as a member of the staff
of his paper."

As to Robert Morss Lovett's proteges, well, a
roster of them looks like a Who's Who of prom-
inent contemporary literati. A few who come
to mind are James T .Farrell, Meyer Levin,
Katherine Keith, Dorothy Scarborough, Katherine
Anthony, Vardis Fisher, Howard Mumford Jones v
Harry Hansen, Sterling North, Samuel Harper,
John Gunther, Gertrude Emerson, Elsie Weil,
Helen Sard Hughes, Odell Shepard, Paul S. Wood,
Vincent Sheean, et al. Also noteworthy are cele-
brated persons who appear in All Our Lives:
Jane Adams, Hamlin Garland, Harriet Monroe,
Robert Herrick, Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Thor-
sten Veblen, Charles W. Eliot, Robert M. LaFol-
lette, Willam James, Harold Ickes, Clarance Dar-
row, William Vaughan Moody, George Santayana,
Rexford G. Tugwell, Amy Lowell, Vachel Lind-
say. Carl Van Vechten, et al. The writer of two
novels (Richard Gresham and A Winged Angel)
and one play (Cowards, "which enjoyed a success
de scandale"), Mr. Lovett had a hand in the pro-
duction of several other books. For Houghton,
Miffling Company he served as consultant and
editor of books on their English list. Among his
contributions in this connection are A History of
the Novel in England (with Helen Sard Hughes),
British Poetry and Prose (with Root and Lieder),
Eighteenth Century Prose (with Shepard and
Wood). Writers of the Western World (with Hub-
bard), American Poetry and Prose (with Foers-
ter) and A Preface to Fiction.

A great teacher, a genuine lover of mankind,
possessed of a happy flair for effective composi-
tion. Mr. Lovett has given us a worthwhile auto-
biography.

Trumpet in the City. By Helen Topping Miller.
The Bobbs-Merrill Company: Indianapolis. 1948.
Pp. 269. $2.75.

Here is an exceptional novel of Georgia in
1775, a fascinating tale of the Savannah of the
Revolutionary War Days. Effectively using
Georgia's oldest city as her setting, Helen Top-
ping Miller presents an intricately interwoven
series of circumstances which inevitably deter-
mine the destiny of some attention-impelling
characters.

How various American colonies were literally
driven into union and rebellion against the Eng-
lish tyranny long since became a matter of record.
To that impressive record must be added Trum-
pet in the City which addresses itself to Georgia
generally and to Savannah particularly.

Mrs. Miller's protagonist is Maggie Clay, the
spirited heiress and belle of the 1770's who likes
"dangerous things better than being clever and
seductive." Engaged, through family "arrange-
ment," to Hardee McClure, the most eligible wid-
ower between Fernandina and Charles Town, she
becomes enamoi'ed of handsome Major Richard
Pryde, a British officer stationed in Savannah.
Hence here we have the unusual eternal triangle,
but, be it noted, this author gives the hard-to-
handle circumstance a novel development.

The King's law was being openly despised by
men of high estate in Savannah and there was a
virus of recklesness in the air that was making
rebels of strong men. Georgia patriots were be-
coming determined to help other colonies by send-
ing supplies to Boston and to Washington who
was preparing an army. Proclaiming her own
loyalty to the Patriots against King George, Mag-
gie declares: "Gentlemen, whenever I prove my-
self not so good as any man in defending Georgia
against her enemies, you may ride me down Bull
Street on a rail."

Mrs. Miller's graphic picture of Savanah pre-
paring for attack is reminiscent of Henry Tim-
rod's "Charleston," an especially memorable
poem, which portrays Savannah's great rival
city in an identical attitude. "What on earth has
happened," demanded Maggie. "It looks as though
someone had blown a trumpet in the city and
everything became invisible." Following colonial
successes in Boston, Bunker Hill, and Savannah
a wave of nationalism becomes discernible. Deep-
seated changes arrest attention and terrify.
"Savannah", thought Maggie, "will never be the
same again. The trumpet that had blown in the
city had worked an alchemy of change and uncer-
tainty upon it."

A small, bright red book, Trumpet in the City
has a peculiar appeal for Savannahians. They will
recognize such renowned persons and places as
Noble Jones (who fought with Oglethorpe to
build Georgia), Edward Telfair, Archibald Bul-
loch, Joseph Habersham, George Houston, et al.,
and the Savannah River, Wilmington Island, Ty-
bee Island, Bull Street, Percival Square. Adher-
ing apparently to historical accuracy, our author
has done a splendid novel. Excellent as healthy
entertainment, this book is, in addition, uncom-
monly informative. Finally Trumpet in the City
is a noble tribute to one of the world's most
warmhearted cities.

J. RANDOLPH FISHER

Sixteen

THE GEORGIA STATE BULLETIN

GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

VOLUME 2

SPECIAL NEWS NUMBER

DECEMBER, 1948 NUMBER 2

PRIZE-WINNING FLOATS

PRIZE-WINNING HOMECOMING
FLOATS These three floats won tro-
phies during Homecoming festivities. In
the top photo is the Veterans float, win-
ner of the Homecoming Committee's tro-
phy for being the most original. In the
middle picture is the Architectural float,

winner of the N. H. Collier trophy, pre-
sented to the most beautiful float in the
collegiate division. The bottom photo
shows the Savannah Alumni float, award-
ed the B. J. James trophy for being the
most beautiful Alumni' float.

Two

To achieve scholastically, is the primary desire of students. Georgia State
College students are achieving scholastically. The following four stories ex-
emplify scholarship.

Continuing Honor Students, 1947-1948

Twenty Students Maintain
Continuing Honor Status

Twenty Georgia State College students
successively made the honor roll during
the Fall, Winter and Spring quarters of
the 1947-48 school year. Nineteen are
Georgians.

Statistics show that although male vet-
erans constitute only 29.1 per cent of the
present full-time enrollment, they com-
prise 75 per cent of the honor holl. While
2.2 per cent of all full-time college stu-
dents now enrolled maintained honor
status throughout the three regular ses-
sion quarters last year, 5.8 per cent of
present full-time college veterans held
places on the honor roll. Men comprise

approximately 50 per cent of the present
full-time college enrollment but they have
80 per cent of the honor roll. Male non-
veterans comprise approximately 20 per
cent of the present full-time college en-
rollment. However, they comprise 5 per
cent of the honor roll. Honor students by
majors are Agriculture, 35 per cent; So-
cial Science, 20 per cent; Business Ad-
ministration, 20 per cent; Mathematics,
10 per cent; Home Economics, 5 per cent;
English, 5 per cent, and Biology, 5 per
cent.

Continued on page 4

Volume 2

DECEMBER, 1948

Number 2

The GEORGIA STATE BULLETIN is published in October, December, February, March, April and
May by Georgia State College. Entered as second class matter, December 16, 1947, at the Post Office
at Savannah, Georgia, under the Act of August 25, 1912.

TWENTY STUDENTS MAINTAIN
CONTINUING HONOR STATUS

(Continued from page 3)

Students who maintained honor status
are Douglas Anderson, junior, Agricul-
ture, Hawkinsville ; Waldo Anderson,
senior, Social Science, Fitzgerald ; Rob-
ert Baker, senior, Social Science, Ludo-
wici; Barbara Burke, sophomore, Social
Science, Savannah ; John H. Day, senior,
Business Administration, Savannah ; John
A. Demons, senior, Agriculture, Thom-
son; Wiliam H. Grier, senior, Agriculture,
Stovall; Samuel Hamlet, senior, Agricul-
ture, Savannah ; Johnnie Harris, senior,
Agriculture, Thomson; Prince Jackson,
junior, Mathematics, Savannah; William
Jackson, junior, Mathematics, Savannah;
Henry Lockhart, sophomore, Business
Aministration, Savannah ; Hewitt Lundy,
senior, Business. Sparta; Cornelius Mc-
Iver, senior. Agriculture, Miami, Florida;
Thelma Moss, senior. English, Columbus;
Thomas Roundtree, senior, Agriculture,
Blackshear ; Folia Shields, junior, Home
Economics. Athens : Frances Waddell,
sophomore, Business Administration,
Waycross; William Webb, senior, Biology,
Thomaston, and George Williams, senior,
Agriculture. Waynesboro.

HILL RECEIVES AWARD

GSC Freshman
Receives Scholarship

Harold Henderson Hill, GSC freshman
of Madison, was recently awarded a $50

college entrance scholarship from Pepsi
Cola Company.

The presentation was made by W. K.
Payne, Dean of Faculty, during college
assembly on November 2.

Honor Society
Elects Officers

The Georgia State College honor so-
ciety, with a membership of 20 students,
elected officers for the school year,
Wednesday, November 22.

Organized for the purpose of stimulat-
ing scholarship, the GSC honor society
will carry on such activities as coaching
students who are having difficulty and
presenting such programs as will interest
students in scholarship and in persons who
have attained distinction as scholars.

While the College at present does not
have a chapter of Alpha Kappa Mu Na-
tional honor society, membership in the
national society may become retroactive
to this group at such time as the College
receives a chapter. This was disclosed by
Miss Beulah V. Johnson, faculty advisor
of the group and national AKM officer.

"It is hoped that during the celebration
of Scholarship Week at the College, rep-
resentatives may be secured from both
Alpha Kappa Mu and Phi Beta Kappa as
speakers and consultants," Miss Johnson
said.

Officers elected are John Demons, sen-
ior. President; Mrs. Frances Waddell,
senior, Vice-President; Miss Thelma
Moss, senior, Secretary-Treasurer: Sam-
uel Harris, junior, Assistant Secretary-
Treasurer, and Samuel Hamlet, Reporter.

Three members of the college staff at-
tended the annual meeting of the South-
ern Association of Colleges and Secon-
dary School for Negroes in Wiimington,
N. C, December 8-10.

They were President James A. Colston,
Dean W. K. Payne, and W. H. Brown, Di-
rector of the Division of Arts and
Sciences.

Four

Regent Scholarship Winners

Twenty-Six Freshmen Attending GSC
On Regent Scholarships

Twenty-six freshmen, graduates of ac-
credited Georgia high schools are attend-
ing Georgia State College on Regents
scholarships awarded for the 1948-49
academic year.

The scholarships are given each year
to honor graduates of accredited high
schools in the state to attend a unit of the
University System of Georgia. They cov-
er the cost of tuition for the year.

The awards are as follows : Virginia
Bell Baker of Cordele, Holsey Institute;
Illene Brown of Cuthbert, Randolph Coun-
ty Training School ; Wilile James Dixon
of Shiloh, Meriweather County Training
School ; Betty Louise Douse of Statesboro,
Statesboro High and Industrial School;
Senoia Downer of Elberton, Elberton
High ; Willie Alfred Hardee of Homer-
ville, Carver High; Grace Ethel Henry of
Tifton, Tifton Industrial School ; Harold

H. Hill of Madison, Burney Street School;
Rethel E. Holmes of Cuthbert, Randolph
County Training School; Lillie Bell John-
son of Claxton, Evans County High; Ed-
die Lindsey of Columbus, Spencer High;
Hosea J. Lofton of Blackshear, Lee Street
High ; Dorothy Mclver of Savannah,
Beach Cuyler; Curtis Michael of Way-
cross, Center High; Dorris P. Morrison
of Mcintosh, Liberty County Training
School; Mary Leah Pitts of Jasper, Pick-
ens County School ; Willie Mae Polite of
Savannah, Beach Cuyler; Rubye E. Pugh
of Bainbridge, Hutto High; Delois J.
Rawlings of Sandersville, T. J. Elder
High ; Reppard Stone of Macon, Ballard
High ; John D. Van Buren of Monticello,
Jasper County Training School; Eudell E.
Wilcox of Lumber City, Glenwood High;
George Williams of Sandersvillel, T. J.
Elder High, and Johnnie Mae Williams of
Vidalia, Dickerson High.

Five

G. S. C. Staff Member
Attends AKM Meet

Miss Beulah V. Johnson, a member of
the GSC English department, and nation-
al officer of Alpha Kappa Mu National
Honor Society, recently attended the an-
nual meeting of the Society's Executive
Committee at Clark College, Atlanta. The
Committee formulated plans for the an-
nual AKM conference to be held at Mor-
ris Brown College, Atlanta, in February.

Miss Johnson

Alpha Kappa Mu has its purpose the
recognition of scholastic attainment in
Negro Colleges where to date Phi Beta
Kappa, the oldest honor society of this
type in America, has not granted charters
for chapters, according to Miss Johnson.
At present there are 34 active AKM
chapters,

Miss Johnson, national historian, is in
the process of completing a history of the
first twelve years of the Society, the first
official history to be released.

President Colston
Speaks At Ala. State

President James A. Colston was the
speaker for the opening public program
for the observance of American Educa-
tion Week at Alabama State College,
Montgomery, Sunday, November 7.

President Colston based his discourse
on the Bible quotation, "Ye shall know
the truth and the truth shall make you
free." He pointed out the fact that truth
and knowledge are basic and emphasized
that people want to know the truth but
seem to have little inclination to practice
it.

He further pointed out many of the
inadequacies in our present day system of
American education and expressed hope
that national legislation might soon re-
duce those that exist primarily because
of accident of race or place of birth.

The program was sponsored jointly by
the College and the teachers of Montgom-
ery city and county.

Dramatics Play
Important Role at GSC

Dramatics play an integral part in the
well-rounded life of the Georgia State
College student. "Campus Quarantine," a
three-act comedy staged in Meldrim Hall,
Thursday evening, December 2, was the
first production of the newly organized
GSC players.

Miss Beulah V. Johnson, Director of
Dramatics here at the College, was in
charge of the production. She has ex-
pressed desire of having the players de-
velop into a permanent little theater
group such as is found in leading colleges
and universities throughout the country.

The dramatics program for the remain-
der of the year is as follows:

Sidney Howard's Silver Chord, Janu-
ary 28 ; and in April, either Randolph Ed-
ward's Earth and Stars, or a series of
three one-act plays

Six

GSC Stages Gala Homecoming Celebration

The guiding hand in the largest home-
coming parade in the history of Georgia
State College and perhaps the most color-
ful Negro parade in the history of Savan-
nah Saturday, November 13, was Antonio
Orsot, Chairman of the homecoming com-
mittee.

The parade began on the GSC campus
and was routed through four of Savan-
nah's most densely populated thorough-
fares: Victory Drive, East Broad, West
Broad, and Oglethorpe Avenue. It was
witnessed by many Savannahians.

Included in the parade were approxi-
mately 20 floats representing Georgia
State College, city, fraternal, business,
professional, military organizations, and
GSC Alumni floats representing Jenkins
County, Liberty County; Statesboro and
Savannah Alumni chapters.

Alumni' Queens and representatives for
the homecoming celebrations were as fol-
lows : State Alumni Queen, Mrs. Mary
Blount, Americus ; Miss Ethel Jacobs, Sa-
vannah, Attendant; Savannah Alumni
Queen; Miss Viola DeVillas, Savannah;
Mrs. Catherine Mathis and Miss Annie
Luten, Attendants, both of Savannah;
Miss Statesboro, Mrs. Lee Bertha Wil-
son of Statesboro; Attendants, Mrs. Ger-
aldi'ne Campbell and Mrs. Loretha W.
Butler of Statesboro; Miss Liberty Coun-
ty, Miss Victoria Mullinox of Riceboro;
Attendants, Mrs. Eugenia Dunder and
Mrs. Vernell Maxwell.

In addition to the GSC band, Beach-
Cuyler band, the Simmons Drum and
Bugle corps, two out-of-town high school
bands, Ballard High school band and Cen-
ter High of Waycross, participated in the
parade and half-time festivities.

Many Savannah firms cooperated in
making the parade a success by providing
trucks, automobiles, and even decorated

floats. "Without their help, it would have
been impossible to stage the parade,"
Orsot said.

During half-time ceremonies at the foot-
ball game in Grayson Stadium (Florida
Normal edged Georgia State 15-13),
Thelma Perry, Miss Georgia State Col-
lege of 1947-48 crowned Bernice Thomp-
son, Miss Georgia State College of 1948-
49. Other half-time activities included
musical numbers and performances by the
previously named bands and their major-
ettes.

The Veterans float was awarded the
Homecoming Committee's trophy for be-
ing most original. The Architectural
float won the N. H. Collier trophy for be-
ing the most beautiful in the collegiate di-
vision and the Savannah Alumni chapter
float was awarded the B. J. James trophy
for being the most beautiful float in the
Alumni division.

A dance in Wilcox gymnasium on the
GSC campus Saturday night attended by
College students Alumni and friends
culminated the 1948 homecoming festivi-
ties.

Members of the homecoming commit-
tee were : Antonio Orsot, Chairman ; Miss
Janie Lester, A. S. Bacon, Dr. L. D. Law,
W. E. Griffin, Frank Tharpe, Miss Mad-
eline Harrison, Walter Simon, P. D. Davis,
Leroy Brown, Wilton C. Scott, Charles J.
Smith., Ill, Miss Charity Adams, John
demons, John Ballou, Mina Brown and
Ted Wright, Sr.

Wilton C. Scott, director of Public Re-
lations, has played an integral role in or-
ganizing Alumni Chapters in the follow-
ing districts:

(Southeast), Waycross, Riceboro and
assisting in the program at Albany. Mr.
Scott has organized district chapters at
Milledgevflle, Sandersville, Louisville,
Sparta, Statesboro, Swainsboro and oth-
ers.

Seven

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS

ROYAL COURT Watching the game between Georgia State and Florida Normal
with interest is Miss Bernice Thompson (center), Miss Georgia State College; her at-
tendants, and various Alumni queens and their attendants

CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER

CONGRATULATIONS President James A. Colston congratulates Miss Bernice
Thompson after crowning her Miss Georgia State College during half-time festivities.
Placing the royal cape around her is Miss Thelma Perry, last year's queen. ;

Eight

Library Observes
National Book Week

"Books Tell the Story," was the theme
as the GSC library observed National
Book Week, November 14-20.

.;v : *Wsi|

The library presented a culmination
vesper program Sunday evening, Novem-
ber 21, in Meldrim Hall. The program had
as its theme, "Civilization on Trial," with
special emphasis on the Far East.

Following the program, open house was
held at the library.

A-V Center Holds
Initial Open-House

The Georgia State College Audio-Visu-
al Aids Center, established in July, was
opened to the public for the first time dur-
ing four open-house sessions as the College
observed National Audio-Visual Aids
Week, October 25-30.

The public saw in operation the Cen-
ter's two 16 mm projectors, sound record-
er, Victor Soundmaster (for playing of
transcriptions and records), RCA film
strip and slide projector and delinescope
(for large slides and opaque projection).
The adequately equipped darkroom, which
serves the Center and the Office of Pub-
lic Relations, was also open to the public.

Other activities of the week included
three film forums. They were (1) A film
forum designed to show more effective
ways of utilizing classroom film, (2) A
film forum designed to illustrate broader
concepts of instructional methods and,
(3) A film forum designed to illustrate
the use of Audio- Visual materials in the
Sunday school.

Additional activities included two lec-
ture-demonstrations by W. A. Simon of
the Art Department, a lecture-demonstra-
tion by Mrs. Emma Rush Cunningham,
Director of the Reading Clinic and two
chapel programs by the class in Audio-
Visual Aids. James E. Parker is Director
of the Audio-Visual Aids Center.

Eight Objectives Comprise
GSC Plan of Study

Eight objectives comprise the tentative
outline of study currently being discussed
at bi-monthly meetings by the Georgia
State College faculty.

They are Higher Education for Ameri-
can Democracy (President's Commission
on Higher Education), Significant Plans
of Reorganization Developed in Other
Colleges, Current Problems of Education
in Georgia, The Students and Alumni of
Georgia State College, The Development
of Objectives, Developing the Curricu-
lum, and the Improvement of College In-
struction and Student Personnel Pro-
gram.

Dr. William J. Trent, President, Liv-
ingston College, Salisbury, N. C, was the
guest speaker during special Assembly
November 15.

The well-known educator and religious
leader was introduced by President James
A. Colston.

Nine

"Innovation" Synonymous
With "New Georgia State 7

Since June of 1947, the word "Innova-
tion" has become synonymous with Geor-
gia State College.

In keeping with this policy, announce-
ment was made in September of three
"innovations" in the academic program
for the current school year. They were
(1) An expanded program of Student
Personnel Services, (2) A Reading Clinic
and (3) An Audio-Visual Aids Labora-
tory.

However, "innovations" have not been
limited to the academic phase of the Col-
lege alone. Under the supervision of Felix
Alexis, Superintendent of Buildings and
Grounds, many "innovations" have been
made in the GSC physical plant.

Several hundred feet of sidewalk has
been constructed; thus not only afford-
ing adequate walkways but adding to the
already unique beauty of the campus.
Newly constructed asphalt roads have
been laid making all parts of the campus
easily accessible. By next spring these
roads will have been topped with crushed
slag and one-half inch rock, according to
Alexis. Road signs, designed to promote
safety on campus, have been placed in stra-
tegic places. Recently, the roads were
shouldered and sodded. All this work with
the exception of the latter, was done by
the State highway department.

Water pressure on the campus has been
increased from 10 to 46 pounds. This in-
crease assures an adequate and sanitary
supply of water at all times. It also as-
sures an adequate supply of water in case
of fire.

In the matter of communications, fif-
ty-seven telephones provide excellent com-
munication facilities to on-campus users.
There are two trunk lines from the Col-

lege to Savannah and this number is ex-
pected to be increased as soon as materi-
als become available, according to Alexis.

A completely new recreational-play-
ground outfit greeted Powell Laboratory
students when they returned to school in
September.

Georgia State College is currently en-
gaged in developing one of the finest ath-
letic fields in the south. This field, when
completely developed will contain a base-
ball diamond, 440-yard track with a 220-
yard straightaway and a modern football
stadium. The Tigers played their first
game on the field when they defeated
Paine College, 6-0, Thanksgiving Day.

Extensive renovations and repairs are
being made on the college buildings. Hill
Hall, Parsons Hall, The Fine Arts Build-
ing, Edwards Cottage and the Dining
Room are among the buildings already
renovated or in the process of being reno-
vated.

A look at the dining room discloses the
following: A domestic atmosphere, mod-
ern ovens, coffee urns, juice cooler, 240-
gallon steam kettles, steam pressure cook-
er, new Magic Chef range, deep-fryer,
dishwasher and drying machine, new
tables and racks, one large revolving elec-
tric toaster, two large elctric mixers and
a giant electric refrigerator. This new
equipment constitutes only a part of the
extensive improvements. The interior has
been painted and new furniture has been
painted and new furniture installed.

These improvements or "innovations"
are just the beginning of the "New Geor-
gia State College." The institution will
continue to grow and innovations will
constitute an integral part of this growth
if past performance is any indication.

Ten

Traylor Surveys

Teacher-Trainer Needs

In High Schools

A. Z. Traylor, the first Negro trades
and industries itinerant-teacher in Geor-
gia, returned to Georgia State Colege dur-
ing the middle of last month from a 1600-
mile trip that included visits to high
schools and veterans groups in 16 Geor-
gia towns and cities.

Traylor, who works through the GSC
Division of Trades and Industries, joined
the staff September 1. His trip was pri-
marily concerned with the making of a
survey on the needs of teachers in high
schools in reference to the establishment
of a teacher trainer program.

Rev. Armstrong
Receives Commission

The Rev. Ernest R. Armstrong, Sr., as-
sistant professor of social science and
college minister, was recently commis-
sioned a captain (chaplain) in the U. S.
Army Reserve Officers corps.

Rev. Armstrong joined the staff at the
beginning of the fall quarter. He is a na-
tive of Soper, Okla., and graduated from

B. T. Washington high school, Tulsa. Rev.
Armstrong received the A. B. degree
from Dilliard University in 1942, the B.
D. degree from Howard University in
1946 and the M. A. from the same insti-
tution in 1947.

Religion Integral Part Of Life At GSC

The Religious Life Committee is the con-
sultant group for the College Minister
and the two coordinate religious activi-
ties at Georgia State College.

The outstanding features of the re-
ligious groups for the fall quarter are as
follows :

The Student Christian Associations
(YMCA and YWCA), "Recognition Serv-
ice" on October 31. The Thanksgiving as-
sembly program sponsored by students of

the Religious Life Committee on Novem-
ber 23.

Each month during the quarter there
has been a guest minister for morning
worship services. Father G. H. Caution,
Rector, St. Matthew's Episcopal Church,
Savannah, spoke on October 24 and on
November 21, the Rev. A. E. Peacock, as-
sistant professor of social science at the
College was the guest speaker.

Continued on page 12

Eleven

RELIGION INTEGRAL PART
OF LIFE AT GSC

(Continued from page 11)

Georgia State College Vespers are
dedicated to the three-fold development
of body, mind and spirit. To carry out this
purpose, the Religious Life Committee
has had various kinds of programs and
speakers, including President James A.
Colston, Miss Frankie Golden, Consul-
tant in Elementary Education for Public
Schools in Chatham county; James T. El-
lerbe, Executive Secretary, West Broad
Street branch YMCA, Savannah: Rev.
W. C. Davis, minister, St. Phillips Monu-
mental A. M. E. Church, Savannah; The
Sigma Gamma Phi Sorority presented
Miss Gladys Hammond, of Washington,
in concert in their annual Founders Day
celebration ; the Omega Psi Phi Fraterni-
ty presented President J. W. Seabrook,
Fayetteville State College, in their Na-
tional Acievement Week culminating pro-
gram. The Library staff of the College
celebrated Book Week.

The class in American Government
presented two assembly programs dealing
with the 1948 national elections. On No-
vember 2, they presented a "Presidential
Election Pre- View," and on November 4,
a roundtable on "The significance of the
1948 Election." The class is taught by
Dean William J. Holloway.
* * #

Two members of the staff, the Rev.
Ernest Armstrong, Sr., College Minister,
and Robert Long, Sr., acting Chairman
of the Business Department, appeared on
Radio Station WDAR Sunday evening,
November 28, during the Derst Baking
Company regular Sunday vesper services.

The C. E. A. Critic (formerly The News
Letter of the College English Associa-
tion) for October, 1948, pages 3-4, con-
tains a review of Victor Gallanz' Our
Threatened Values by J. Randolph Fish-
er. (Presently the C. E. A. Critic is the
official organ of the College English As-
sociation ; the editorial office is at Brook-
lyn College, Brooklyn, 10, New York.)

News About the Faculty

Eugene Stanley, Assistant Professor of
Education, was the Men's Day Speaker
at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Sun-
day morning, November. 28. His topic on
that occasion was "Now Is the Hour." He
called upon the men to direct their ener-
gies toward the regeneration of the spir-
itual life of the world in order to bring
peace, harmony, and stability to a world
torn by greed and avarice.

Mr. Stanley is serving his first year at
Georgia State College. He comes to this
institution from the Agricultural and
Technical College of North Carolina where
he served in a similar capacity. He is a
graduate of Wilberforce and Ohio State

Universities.

* * *

Miss Madeline G. Harrison, assistant
GSC librarian, attended the two-day meet-
ing of the North Carolina Association of
Negro Librarians in High Point, N. C,

November 5-6.

* * *

Nine students are enrolled this quar-
ter in the course in Journalism being of-
fered at Georgia State College for the
first time.

Mrs. Ida B. Gadsden, Instructor in
Health Education, who was recently ap-
pointed to the executive committee of the
Chatham County Health Council, played
an important part in the recent X-ray
survey on the campus. Some 1100 students,
faculty and staff members participated in
the survey.

The lure and charm of far away places
their people, customs, beauties are a
hobby of Miss Mildred L. Burch, Admin-
istrative Assistant to President Colston,
who is being called on increasingly to
share some of her overseas experiences
with others. During the past two months
she has lectured for the Wesleyan Serv-
ice Guild at the Asbury Methodist Church
on "Haiti Past and Present" ; for the
Ladies Aid of the First Congregational
Church on "Glimpses of Australia, the
Philippines, Japan and Korea" ; for the
Photography Club of Georgia State Col-
lege, showing color slides of Japan and
Korea. She has also shown slides for the
women in Camilla Hubert Hall.

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PLENTY OF MILKSHAKES

MAXIMAE LEONIA, a registered Guernsey cow here at the college attracted nation-
wide attention to GSC during the middle of September when she gave birth to twin
calves. Her picture appeared in the Savannah Evening Press, local daily, and on the
feature page of the Pittsburgh Courier, one of America's leading Negro weeklies. She
is shown above with the twins shortly after their birth. According to animal husbandry
experts, the probability of a cow giving birth to twins has been approximated to be
"one-half of one per cent of all calves born yearly." The sire is Rfegeldale Emory's
Chester, also registered in the Guernsey herd book.

Extension Agents
Hold Annual Conference

"A Look in Both Directions" was the
theme of the Annual Conference of Ne-

gro Extension Agents held here at Geor-
gia State College, December 7-10.

In addition to the State Agents, Agri-
culture Extension Officials, Specialists,
and Supervisors were present at the meet-
ing.

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1948 Georgia State Football Squad

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Tigers Close Season With 5 Wins, 3 Defeats

The 1948 GSC gridiron Tigers closed
the season with a hard-earned, 6-0 vic-
tory over the Paine College Lions, thus
earning themselves an impressive record
of five wins against three defeats.

The Tigers lost to Bethune, last year's
conference champs, to Florida Normal,
and the Allen University Yellowjackets.
Edward Waters, Albany State, Morris
and Claflin were the other teams that fell
to the cagey Tiger squad.

Eight members of the Tiger squad fin-
ished their collegiate competition against
Paine and each of them ended their ca-
reer in a blaze of gridiron glory. The
group included Charlie and Arthur Wil-
liams, Lenwood Denton, Asa Eaddy, Noah
Lester, Howard McCord, Earl Williams
and Harrison Miller.

Returning for the 1949 season will be
such promising men as Bunky Wright,
Thomas Vann, Edgar Worlds, Jesse Mor-
gan, John Vinson, Joe Turner, Joe Har-
dy, Mark McLendon and Bob Slocum.

Tigers open Cage
Season Against Pirates

The Georgia State College basketball
team opened the 1948-49 cage season
against the strong Hampton Institute Pi-
rates in Willcox gymnasium, Monday eve-
ning, December 13.

The Tigers, winners of the last year's
conference crown, and tournament final-
ist, will, with the exception of one man,
field the same squad. He is F. Carruthers
who currently is out of school. However,

Head Coach Ted A. Wright has disclosed
that he may return at the beginning of
the Winter quarters.

Presently, the conference schedule has
not been completed. Among the non-con-
ference foes, in addition to Hampton, who
will engage the Tigers include Morehouse,
Morris Brown, Florida A&M and Ft.
Benning.

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w4 1Revieev&

The Secret Thread. By Ethel Vance.
New York; Harper & Brothers, 1948. Pp.
261. $2.75.

The highly popular author of Escape
and Winter Meeting has given us anoth-
er fascinating study of human behavior
(or, should we say, misbehavior?). In
The Secret Threat Ethel Vance (Grace
Zaring Stone) provides additional rea-
sons for her well-deserved popularity.
For here again we have actual people,
grappling with the realities of life, who
are portrayed with praiseworthy effec-
tiveness.

En route to Washington, D. C, in New
York City for a day, Cass Terhune de-
cides to see his boyhood home again. Dis-
covering that houses throughout the
neighborhood have been condemned, Cass
is pleasantly surprised to learn that his
old home is still standing, though it is to
be torn down presently. Examining his
boyhood bedroom, he falls, breaks his an-
kle thus becoming entrapped in a den
of racketeers, who specialize in stolen
whiskey, nylons, etc. Sought to no avail
by his friends, Cass remained at the mer-
cy of Mort's gang over a weekend.

Cass is a highly successful man accord-
ing to American standards. He's a college
president. Through extensive traveling,
he has become a polished man of the
world, a cosmopolite. Hi's admirers are
found in far-flung corners of the world.
Yet he suffers from a mental sickness,
symptoms of which are headaches, nau-
sea, pains, weakness, sleeplessness, and
apparently because of this "I've been il-
lusioning and disillusioning myself over
a whole lifetime." The horrible claustro-
phobia never left him till he returned to
the old house of his boyhood and met Ed-
na, a frail sixteen-year-old girl, who jeop-
ordized her life that he (whom the mean-
ingfulness of life had so long escaped)
might find himself.

Yes, our author has given us another
particularly informative story, whose far-
reaching message might escape the casual
reader; so involved is it with the mind of
man. Ethel Vance's protagonist sees in
an uncultivated girl of the underworld
"the complete knowledge of love, the ul-
timate knowledge, which is that the ob-
ject of love is never worthy. And it does
not matter. What matters is only the need
to love."

Hence the all-important question, "Is
it that a particular person must be the
loved one, or simply that there must be a
loved one?" is raised and treated with ad-
mirable effectiveness. (Is not an appre-
ciable percentage of life's difficulties as-
cribable to failure or refusal to face this
question?)

Ethel Vance's numerous readers are in-
debted to her for another heartwarming
story interestingly related.

"Cotton-Patch Moses," by Cedric Sel-
fridge in the November, 1948, Harper's
Magazine, is an account of the Share-
cropper Strike of 1939, "one of the most
significant and because war came soon
afterward most neglected events of re-
cent American labor history." This is the
fascinating story of the Rev. Owen H.
Whitfield, a Missouri Negro, who orga-
nized well-nigh 2,000 white and colored
evicted sharecroppers and led them so ef-
fectively that the phenomenon arrested
the attention of the President's cabinet
and eventually of F. D. R. himself, who
summoned Whitfield to the White House.
Thus Owen Whitfield has been a godsend
to hundreds of the oppressed sharecrop-
pers of Southeast Missouri, who in 1939
received 75c for a day's labor in the cot-
ton fields and who today get $3.50 for
the same work. Having become a highly
respected labor leader, Mr. Whitfield now
enjoys a nation-wide reputation, especi-
ally for his work in Memphis, Winston-
Salem, and some other cities.

J. Randolph Fisher

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Since my statement in the May BULLETIN outlining programs in process
and needs at Georgia State College, these things have been realized:

The athletic field designed as a labcratoiy for physical education experiences
was opened to the public for the traditional Thanksgiving game with Paine Col-
lege. Although there is much to be done before we can consider it complete, the
first step has been made. Presently the field is suitable for football and track,
and by spring the baseball diamond will be ready. Even though we closed the
football season with five victories and three defeats, which represents considerable
progress over last year, it is obvious that we need more and better football
material.

In basketball, we expect to launch out from our regular conference by in-
cluding such teams as Hampton Institute, Texas College, Morehouse, Morris
Brown, Fort Benning, Florida A. & M., and Knoxville College. We also expect
to improve facilities for basketball, and the physical education program generally,
by adding a second unit to the gymnasium. This unit will include shower rooms,
toilet facilities, locker rooms, office space, and quarters for visiting teams.

Housing for the faculty has been increased to take care of six families in
comfortable apartments and seventeen single persons. Parsons Hall has been
completely renovated and made into five spacious five-room apartments, single
rooms for nine women, and lounges for faculty and city students. Occupants
of this building have the advantages of all modern conveniences including a
thermostatically controlled heating system. The Edward Cottage has been con-
verted into a six-room apartment and single rooms to accommodate seven men.

The dining hall has been completely redecorated and modernized. The in-
stallation of kitchen equipment, including steam tables, has added much to the
efficiency of the food service program.

Completely paved campus roads accompanied by a program of campus beauti-
fication add considerably to the beauty of our spacious campus.

Our growth has not been altogether in physical improvements. The calibre
of our student body has been improved. The faculty has been strengthened and
enlarged. Last summer, fifteen members of the staff studied at leading uni-
versities, and five are on leave for study this year. A Reading Clinic, an Audio-
Visual Aids Laboratory, an Educational Laboratory, a coordinated program of
student personnel services, and an Art Department are additions that are greatly
enhancing the effectiveness of the educational program.

But we have a long way to go before we can boast of having a first-rate
college. We need at least two dormitories, a library, an administration building
including an auditorium, more classroom space, supplies and equipment. All of
these are vitally necessary. We have completely outgrown our facilities. The
library which will adequately take care of about 400 students now serves nearly
1,300. The science laboratories are terribly overcrowded. Classroom space is
utilized to a maximum each period in the day. It is necessary to house twice
as many men in the dormitory as it will adequately accommodate.

There is no doubt but that Georgia State College needs better and enlarged
facilities. So do the schools throughout Georgia. The Governor has said that he
favors legislation that will provide better schools, but the final decision will be
in the hands of the people. If we want a better college or better schools through-
out the State, we must busy ourselves to create favorable sentiment in their
behalf. This is an undertaking for which all citizens of Georgia must accept
ful responsibility.

James A. Colston

THE GEORGIA STATE BULLETIN

GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

AOMiNISTRATiOl

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VOLUME 2

ALUMNI NEWS

MAY, 1949

NUMBER 6

Letter From President Bacon
of General Alumni Association

Dear Alumnus:

It is with the utmost sincerity that I call
your attention to how important each of us
is to our Alumni Association. I am trusting
that each one of us will evaluate ourselves to
determine whether we are giving the Alumni
Association the proper support, financially and
otherwise. In order for us to build a strong
alumni organization, it is necessary for each
of us to assist in developing and maintaining
a functioning organization that will reflect
great respect and strength on our 'Alma Mater."

The alumni are a very definite and useful
part of the college. The college administration
often refers to the alumni as making up a
third of the college family. Each one of us
is acquainted with the fact that no chain is
any stronger than its weakest link. Let us all
strive not to let this weak link be the Alumni
Association.

One of the great characteristics of human
nature is that individuals tend to guide and
assist in the development of those things they
love. Whatever success our lives have been,

the credit must be given to the things and per-
sons who have aided in our development. It
is my firm belief that a person's Alma Mater
certainly plays a very important part in his
development. This being true, I would like to
stress how urgent it is for all of us to make
liberal contributions of our money and time
each year, accord ng to our ability.

The Alumni Association needs your support.
Won't you make new efforts to aid in building
a strong association?

I am sure each of you will join me in ex-
pressing our appreciation to the entire college
staff for dedicating May's issue of the College
Bulletin to the alumni. I think of no better
way of doing this than to attend and support
activities during the commencement season,
especially the alumni affairs.

May I urge each alumnus to give his loyal
support toward developing the kind of Alumni
Association we all can be proud to claim. This
can not be done unless all of us support the
association to the best of our ability.

With best wishes, I am

Yours for a strong association,

A. S. BACON,

President.

GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEETS AT COLLEGE ... THE GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS ARE A. S.
Bacon, president; Charles Rawls, vice-president; Mrs. C. V. Clay, recording secretary; Miss Louise Lautier, corresponding
secretary; and B. J. James, treaso r er.

Vol. 2

MAY, 1949

No. 6

THE GEORGIA STATE BULLETIN is published in October, December, February, March, April and May by Georgia State College.
Entered as second-class matter, December 16, 1947, at the Post Office at Savannah, Georgia, under the Act of August 24, 1912.

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President Colston and Chancellor Caldwell

PRESIDENT JAMES A. COLSTON AND CHANCELLOR HARMON CALDWELL PAUSE IN FRONT OF MELDRIM HALL during
the Chancellor's recent visit to Georgia State College.

Chancellor Harmon Caldwell Visits Campus

Delivers Impromptu Address;
Cites Need For New Auditorium

Dr. Harmon Caldwell, Chancellor, Uni-
versity System of Georgia, paid a surprise
visit to Georgia State College Tuesday
morning, April 19.

Speaking before an overflow audience
of students and faculty members at noon
in Meldrim Auditorium, the outstanding
educator said, "It is indeed a pleasure for
me to be present this morning ... I didn't
come prepared to make a speech but I
will say something . . ."

Chancellor Caldwell said although he
had visited the campus only a few times
before, he was aware of its natural beauty
and added that he thought it was one of
the most beautiful in this section. "The

potential beauty of the Georgia State Col-
^ge campus is much greater than its pres-
ent natural beauty," the Chancellor said.
He then pledged whatever support he
could to see that other State agencies
would lend their resources in carrying
out any campus improvements.

During his impromptu address, Dr.
Caldwell touched on two other items that
he thought of utmost importance to the
audience. He stated that not only was
he aware of the need for an auditorium
but he was also aware of the need for ad-
ditional housing. He said although the
recently created university housing au-
thority was all right, there is the need
for the erection of other buildings of a
non-self-liquidating nature. However,
this is up to the officials and tax payers
to provide the funds to do the job.

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Chancellor Caldwell then stressed the
importance of the Georgia State College
trade and industries program. The men
taking this training can play an impor-
tant role in communities throughout the
State,

President James A. Colston introduced
Chancellor Caldwell and welcomed him
to the campus in behalf of the adminis-
tration, faculty and student body.

Dr. Clement, Bishop Wright,
To Address June Graduates

Speakers for the June commencement
exercises will be Rufus E. Clement,
Ph.D., and Bishop R. R. Wright, Jr., Ph.D.

Dr. Clement, noted educator, will deliver
the Commencement Address on Wednes-
day, June 8 at five o'clock. He is Presi-
dent of Atlanta University. He received
his M.A. degree in 1922 and immediately
accepted a professorship of history and
government in his home town of Salisbury,
N. C, at Livingston College. Three years
late Dr. Clement joined the staff of Louis-
ville Municipal College where he was
named Dean of Faculty. He remained at
the Louisville institution until 1937. At
this time he accepted the Presidency of
Atlanta University.

Dr. Clement has written a number of
books on Negro history and education.
Among these are, "The Church School as
A Social Factor in Negro Life," and "A
History of Negro Education in North
Carolina."

Bishop Wright, a member of the first
class to graduate from Georgia State
College, is Presiding Bishop of the AME
church in Georgia and will deliver the
Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday evening,
June 5. He is the son of the late Major
R. R. Wright, Sr., the first president of
Georgia State College.

Bishop Wright has presided over the
AME districts of New York, Kentucky,
Tennessee, and the African district for
four years before taking over the Georgia
charge.

The Bishop is a well known scholar,
educator, writer, philosopher, traveler and
leader. He has twice served as President
of Wilberforce University, one of the first
Negro institutions of high learning estab-
lished in America.

GSC Represented

At National Alumni

Meeting; President Colston

Delivers Address

Georgia State College was well repre-
sented by three individuals at the 40th
annual meeting of the National Alumni
Association held at Florida A. & M. Col-
lege, Tallahassee, April 7, 8, and 9.
The three President James A. Colston,
Miss Frankie Golden, and Wilton C. Scott,
Director of Public Relations, were very
much in the spotlight.

President Colston addressed the group
on "A Reasonable Equalization of Educa-
tional Opportunities." (Before accepting
the Presidency of Georgia State College,
he was Director of Public Relations at
Hampton Institute where he gained the
reputation of being one of the best men
in the field in America.)

Miss Golden, well-known in Savannah,
Chatham County and State educational
circles, was elected delegate-at-large and
was also elected a member of the Bul-
letin Committee. Florida and Georgia
comprise the district which Miss Golden
will represent in the delegate capacity.

Director Scott was elected Chairman of
the Membership Committee and named to
both the Publicity and Bulletin Commit-
tees.

The Cover

The three young ladies gracing the
"Spring" edition of THE BULLETIN are
typical of future graduates. They are
looking forward to the day when they
become Alumni of Georgia State Co'lcge.
Left to right, Catherine Jackson, Mattie
Turner, and Willie Mae Simmons. Ed.

Mrs. Ayler Mae Lovett, President, Chat-
ham County Teachers Association, and
a graduate of Georgia State College, play-
ed an important role in the recent battle
for equalization of teachers' salaries in
Chatham County. She teaches at Flor-
ance Street School here in Savannah.

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Plans Set For Grand Class Reunion

Mrs. Lemon Banquet
Speaker; "Nine" Classes
To Hold Spotlight

Mrs. Harriet Lemon, daughter of the
late Major R. R. Wright, Sr., will be the
main speaker at the Alumni Banquet
Tuesday evening, June 7, in Adams Hall.
Mrs. Lemon graduated in the class of
"19."

Her address will highlight a week of
Commencement activities which mark the
reunion of the "nine" classes.

Plans for the "grand class reunion"
were initiated November 26 when Wil-
ton C. Scott, Director of Public Relations,
called a class reunion meeting of all mem-
bers of the classes of "nine." This meet-
ing was held in the office of President
James A. Colston. Miss Frankie Golden
presided as chairman of the meeting. It
was decided that the reunion of these
classes would be held during Commence-
ment Week at which time the classes
would sponsor a project. The members
present agreed to boost the contributions
to the $6,000 Athletic Fund already being
sponsored by the State Alumni Associa-
tion. Mr. Scott was asked to contact all
members of the "nine" classes. Persons
present were: President J. A. Colston,
Mr. Scott, John B. Jackson, Joseph Flagg,

A. A. Mason, Miss Golden and Mrs. Mary

B. Pearson.

The Executive Committee planning for
the reunion of the graduating classes
of 1909, 1919, 1929 and 1939 met Satur-
day, February 12. in Macon, at Washing-
ton Center.

At this meeting it was suggested that
Georgia be divided into zones by the gen-
eral chairman, Miss Golden, and key peo-
ple or leaders given a list of names
and addresses of Georgia State "nine"
graduates in said zones to solicit contribu-
tions for the drive. It was also suggested
that every zone set up its own goal and
the college's Public Relations Office work
with Miss Golden and members of the
committee in contacting persons and mak-
ing visitations as often as possible to cen-
ters where Georgia State College Alumni
are in large numbers.

The committee pledged itself to cooper-
ate with the college officials to do its ut-
most to make Georgia State outstanding
in athletics and to boost other activities.

Presentation of the gift, secured from
the drive, will be made by a representa-
tive of the zone raising the largest amount
per capita. The time of presentation will
be at the Alumni Banquet, June 7.

The final meeting of the Executive
Committee was held Saturday morning,
March 26, in the Fine Arts Building on the
campus. The College and the Savannah
Alumni Chapter were the host.

The "Nine" Graduates of High
School-College Department
From Class of 1899 to 1939

The following names are listed as they ap-
peared on the commencement programs. For
the past two years the staff in the Office of
the Registrar has been "pulling together" Un-
assembled details of former students and grad-
uates. Editor.

High School Graduates 1899

Name

C. G. Coakley
H. H. Culpeper,
Javors Lucas

D. S. Larsheay
Jas. Monroe
W. N. Nelson
J. W. Haizler
C. G. Wiley

College Class of 1899

L. B. Thompson

High School Graduates 1919

Name

Bettie B. Abernathy
Dewey C. Belcher
Geneva H. Bogan
Minnie C. Clark
William M. Cuthbert
Edith Hall
Vincet Harris
Earnest T. Hemby
Thomas J. Hopkins, Jr.
Allen G. Maynor

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Ernest C. Maynor
Julia H. Prioleau
Milton L. Reed
Luceybelle B. Rood
Theodosia L. Thurman
Lafayette W. Williams
Sara C. Williams

College Clas of 1919

Harriet Wright Lemons

Senior College Graduates, 1929

Wesley Meyers
Raymond P. Pinckney
Verdelle E. Stevens
Mattie L. Thomas

Senior Normal, 1929

Mattie L Henry
Julia M. Gillison
Katheen F. Campbell
Magdalene M. Harrison
Alma Gladys Mical
Jimmie Juanita Rogers

Graduates of Georgia State College 1939

Elsie Adams, B.S., Elementary Ed.
Mary Beaton, B.S., Secondary Ed.
Ethel M. Best, Normal.
Harvey Black, B.S., Secondary Ed.
Matthew Burke, B.S. Agriculture
Leslie Calhoun, B.S., Home Economics.
Evans B. Cooper, B.S., Agriculture
Gladys H. Davis, B.S., Elementary Ed.
Paul Dixon, B.S., Agriculture.
Ruth Dudley, B.S., Social Science.
Willie Grant Edwards, B.S., Element-
ary Ed.

Joseph Flagg, B.S., Agriculture.
Margaret Frippe, B.S., Elementary Ed.
Frankie N. Golden, B.S. Elementary Ed.
Lennie M. Gordon, Normal
Robert Greyar, B.S., Home Ec.
Annie M. Hall, B.S., Elementary Ed.
George Hall, B.S., Secondary Ed.
Mattie Harvey, Normal.
Marion Heath, B.S., Agriculture
Eunice Hendley, Normal.
Viola Holbrook, B.S., Elementary Ed.
Ponola Hopkins, Normal.

McJoseph Horton, B.S., Agriculture.
John B. Jackson, B.S., Agriculture.
Emory Jordan, B.S., Secondary Ed.
Johnnie B. Jordan, B.S., Secondary Ed.
Ruby Lee King, B.S., Elementary Ed.
Robert Kirkland, B.S., Secondary Ed.
Mildred Johnson, Normal.
Helen Lambert, Normal.
Louise Lautier, B.S., Secondary Ed.
Elizabeth Livingstone, B.S., Home Ec.
Rutherford Lockette, B.S., Secondary
Ed.

James Luten, B.S., Agriculture.
Charles Lyons, B.S., Secondary Ed.
Bernice McChester, Normal.
Robert McClinton, B.S., Social Science.
Mildred Henry McWhorter, B.S., Busi-
ness.

Charles Maddox, B.S., Agriculture.
Nathaniel Mayes, B.S., Secondary Ed.
Nathaniel Morris, B.S., Agriculture.
Alonza Ninon, B.S., Home Ec.
Rosemae Perrin, B.S., Elementary Ed.
Mabel Perry, B.S., Elementary Ed.
Susan Pollard, B.S., Elementary Ed.
Hattie Reese, B.S., Elementary Ed.
Nellie E. Simmons, B.S., Home Ec.
Rufus Spencer, B.S., Agriculture.
Carrie L. Starks, Normal.
Mattie Tharpe, B.S., Home Ec.
Harvey Walden, B.S., Agriculture.
Elizabeth Wells, B.S., Home Ec.
Hebron Williams, B.S., Agriculture.
Leon Young, B.S., Agriculture.
Annie Young, B.S., Secondary Ed.
Mabel Young, B.S. ; Secondary Ed.
Ralph Young, B.S., Agriculture.
Pauline Howell, B.S., Home Ec.

Summer School opens June 13. First
sessions ends July 16, second session be-
gins July 18 and closes August 20. For
additional information write Office of
the Registrar, Georgia State College, Sa-
vannah, Ga.

A pleasant place to attend Summer
School Georgia State College excellent
physical plant strong faculty varied
curriculum beautiful campus.

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GSC Alumni, Former Students Attend GETA Meet

C!

THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS THOUGHT THE ANNUAL GEORGIA TEACHERS AND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
meeting in Augusta would be a good place to find Georgia State Alumni, so off went Editor C. J. Smtih and he got the fol-
lowing pictures. Upper left, (left to right) Mrs. Mary Blount, Mss A.'umni; Dean W. K. Payne, GSC; Miss Frankie Golden,
chairman, Grand Class Reunion Committee, and Wilton C. Scott, Director of Public Relations. Upper right, GSC Alumni
now employed as County Supervisors. Part of the approximately 300 GSC Alumni attending the convention are in the
center picture. Lower left, Wilton C. Scott, and Miss LillieB. Ashe, receptionist at the Alumni Registration Table register
two GSC Alumni, Mrs. Marie B. Martin, and Miss Bessie J. McLendon. At the bottom right, GSC Alumni employed as prin-
cipals throughout the State on the steps of the Charles T. Walker Elementary School scene of the three-day meeting.

Sevev.

THE WAYCROSS CHAPTER MEETS
Oscar Moody is president, Alton
Spells, vice-president; Mrs. Willie
E. Creigh, secretary; and Nicholas
Fluker, treasurer. Also in the pic-
ture are Wilton C. Scott, College
Director of Public Relations and
Secretary of Alumni Affairs, Mrs.
Scott, and Miss Viola DeVillars,
Miss Savannah Alumni.

I

GEORGIA STATE MACON ALUMNI
chapter entertains the "Grand Class
Reunion" committee at a banquet
held in their honor during the re-
cent committee meeting in Macon.
Miss Frankie Golden, chairman of
ihe committee is at the head of
(he table. Officers are Walter L.
Thomas, president; John M. Hill,
vice-president; Miss Olive Ruth
Jackson, secretary; Miss
Epps, assistant secretary
Theodore P. McLean, busine
ager.

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SAVANNAH ALUMNI CHAPTER
poses for the 'photog.' Officers
ere Leonard Law, president; Robert
Young, vice-president; and Miss
Annie Luten, secretary.

Eight

GRADY AND THOMAS COUNTY
Alumni Association Meets . .
Seated around the table are a
few whole-hearted workers of the
Grady and Thoma; County Alumni
Association. S2ated left to right,
Mrs. Pauline Easten, Miss Virginia
McCoy, J. H. Morgan, Mrs. Evelean
Lancaster, C. A. Ogletree, Mrs.
Eula Fair Williams, Mrs. Juanita
Harper and Mrs. Arminta Brown.
Walter Dawkins is standing in the
rear.

THE JENKINS COUNTY ALUMNI
"Get-To-Gether." L. R. Gay is
president of this up-and-coming
chapter.

PART OF THE GSC ALUMNI NOW
Employed at Georgia State . . .
Left to right, T. C. Meyers, Mrs.
Gwendolyn Thompson Conyers,
Mrs. Leanna Crawford, Nelson
Freeman, John Warrick, A. C.
Carter, Miss Johnnie Mae Smith,
Mrs. Sadie Cartledge, and Sanders
Golphine. They hold membership
in the Savannah Alumni chapter.

Nine

FINANCIAL REPORT

of the

GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE

ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FUND

April 21, 1948

Report of Expenditures for the
month of February, 1948.

Cash on Hand $ 60.00

(Money received from Mr. R. E. Lockette
on January 27, 1948)

Expenses:

Letterhead __$23.15

(with envelopes)

Return Envelopes 7.75

Stamps 2.70

Secretary's Salary 14.40

Total Expenses 48.00

Balance of Cash on Hani $ 12.00

Amount
Contributed

Miss Hattie B. Lews 5.00

R. E. Blakeney 10.00

Mrs. Annie T. Blakeney 5.00

Mrs. Sarah Flournoy Hart 5.00

Mrs. Susan White Briggs 5.00

Mrs. Ernie Von Hudson 3.00

Mrs. Amelia Sloan Dav:s 5.00

Mrs. E. B. Jackson 5.00

Mrs. Leola Cooper Blount 5.00

Mrs. Mary Randall 1.00

T. C. Meyers 10.00

F. R. Spencer 10.00

Wesley Myers 15.00

H. W. Tarver 6.00

Frank Tharpe 10.00

R. E. Lockette 10.00

A. S. Bacon 5.00

Mrs. C. V. Clay 5.00

Alexander Hurse 10.00

Mrs. Leonard Law 12.50

Leonard Law 13.50

Theodore Maxwell 5.00

Walter Home 5.00

Mrs. Mavis Montgomery Brown 10.00

Reno Tapley 10.00

Cu]a Jackson 5.00

Mrs. Marjorie Pughsely Tapley 10.00

Miss Thelma Jean Ray 10.00

Miss Annie M. Early 5.00

Mrs. Aggie McLeod 5.00

Mack Johnson 1.00

Charlie Benifield 5.00

M.'ss Juanita Sapp 1.00

R. R. Bolton 5.00

Miss Rosetta Booker 1.00

Miss Carrie B. Johnson 2.00

Miss Lila Bell 2.00

K. C. Childers 5.00

Mrs. Almalda Morgan 3.00

Miss Sammie L. Johnson 2.00

Miss Marie Jones 5.00

Mrs. Carrie Dukes 2.50

W. J. Stephens 5.00

J. C. King 5.00

Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Allen 5.00

Miss Frankie Golden 10.00

Wash Bradley 5.00

R. P. Pinckney 50.00

Miss Leona Bacon 5.00

B. J. James 15. CO

Mrs. Jimm'e Rogers Dennis 5.00

Miss Madeline R. Shivery 5.00

Miss Melinda O. Smith 5.00

Miss Lula Smith 25.00

Miss Ellen Cogdell 5.00

G. B. Jones 1.00

A. C. Carter 5.00

J. E. Luten 5.00

Miss Vera Dowdell 5.00

Total amount of contributions

April 21, 1948 $42G.5J

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE
MONTH OF MARCH APRIL 21, 1948

Balance of Cash on hand $ 12.00

Cash received from Contributors 426.50

Total amount of cash on hand $438.50

Expenses:

Stamps $ .99

Receipt book and

Rubber Stamp 3.45

Secretary's Salary 9.00

Total Expenses 13.44

Total amount of cash on hand

April 21, 19482:30 P.M $425.06

Brought Forward from 4-21-48 $425.06

CONTRIBUTORS

Amount
Contributed

Carl Kemp $ 16.67

Mrs. Sadie Cartledge 5.00

Mrs. Julia Mae Stevens 10.00

Mrs. Julia Mae Harris 10.00

Mis. M. Thomas Barron 10.00

Mis. Katheryn Chisholm 10.00

Miss Florence Bacon 5.00

Oscar Brooks 5.00

Dr. W. C. Atkinson 5.00

Mrs. Viola Holbrook 5.00

Miss Veronica Arnold 5.00

Miss Carrie Hendrickson 10.00

Mrs. R. W. Grissom 10.00

Mrs. M. O. Jackson 5.00

Ten

Mrs. Annie Gray 10.00

J. L. Stokes 5.00

Rollins Bacon 5.00

John McGlockton 5.00

Mrs. S. M. Tompkins 5.00

Mrs. O. S. Alexander 5.00

Mrs. L. G. Blunt 5.00

Mrs. C. D. Williams 5.00

Mrs. T. L. Stevens 5.00

Mrs. R. W. May 5.00

Mrs. M. D. Rivers 5.00

W. M Sampson Mrs 5.00

Mrs. W. B. Hopkins 5.00

Mrs. W. Rhaney 5.00

Mrs. M. W. Lavender 5.00

Miss H. E. Carter 5.00

Miss Elizabeth Cash Smith 2.00

Mrs. Sarah W. Molette 2.50

Mrs. C. L. Lavender 1.00

J. Herbert King 2.50

Miss Ruth Mullino 2.00

Miss Viola E. Burroughs 1.00

Mrs. Rosalie Badger Gamble 2.00

R. E. Baisden 2.00

Mrs. Eloise Pinkney Jones 1.00

Mrs. Lucile Atkinson 1.00

Mrs. Leo Harris 1.00

Mrs. Dorcas L. R. Smith 1.00

Prof. R. H. Perry 1.00

Prof. J. S. Wilkerson 1.00

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gordon.. 10.00

Brought Forward $425.06

Received between 5-21 and 6-5-48 227.67

On Hand 6-5-48 $652.73

Expenses 19.45

Cash on Hand $633.28

Received from Yearbook 8.00

Total Cash Balance 6-5-48 $641.28

Brought Forward from 6-5-48 $641.28

Amount
Contributed

B. J. James $ 10.00

Rev. James Bailey 5.00

Ellis Whitaker 5.00

B. R. Singleton 5.00

E. R Gay 5.00

Mrs. C. B. Gay 5.00

Mrs. M. L. Duckett 25.00

Edward Greene 5.00

Christopher Greene 5.00

Miss M. W. Maree 5.00

Class of 1948 (Submitted by

Miss Marie Scantling) 110.00

Mrs. Ethel W. Jackson 10.00

Miss Retha M. Gibbs 5.00

R. Holmes 15.00

J. S. Delaware 10.00

Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Hill 10.00

Rev. E. D. Curry 5.00

Carl Harden 10.00

Sol Harden 10.00

M. J. Woods 10.00

Mrs. M. Haynes 5.00

M.ss Thelma Seay 5.00

Mrs. Eula Kate Moon 5.00

Mrs. Mary E. Smith 5.00

Prof. R. L. Moon 5.00

Chatham County Alumni Ass'n 395.00

Total Contributions $690.00

Brought Forward $341.28

Received from Contributions 690.00

Total Cash on Hand 7-6-48 $1331.28

Expenses:

Stamps $1.50

Exchange Charge (Bank) .55
Clerical 6.00

Total Expenses 8.05

On Deposit 7-6-48 $1323.23

Withdrawn by Mr. Bacon 9-20-48 1282.00

(Turned over to Mr. Colston for
scholarship aid to nine students)

Balance on Hand 9-20-48 41.23

Brought Forward $ 41.23

1. Chatham County Alumni

Association $ 5.25

2. Nathaniel Essie 5.00

3. Mrs. Georgetta Barr Griffin 1.00

4. Mrs. Beatrice Gisendaner__ 10.00

5. Miss Annie Epps 3.00

6. J. M. Hill 5.00

7. Miss Olive Ruth Jackson ___ 5.00

8. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thomas 5.00

9. Daniel Gordon 5.00

10. Miss Bernice Macon 3.00

11. Mr. Alex Hurse 5.00

12. Mrs. Mary Trawick 5.00

13. Mrs. Trudie Mosely Brown 5.00

Total Cash on hand to be

Deposited $ 62.25

Brought Forward 41.23

Total 5103.48

Submitted by

T. C. MEYERS

Attend the Annual Alumni banquet
Tuesday evening, June 7.

Baccalaureate Services, 5 P.M. Sunday,
June 5 Commencement 5 P.M. Wednes-
day, June 8.

Eleven

Major T. J. Hopkins

Mrs. Willie G. Edwards

Major Hopkins (USARC) is but one of the Georg ; a
State Alumni slated to play an integral role in the
forthcoming grand class reunion. He received the B.S. de-
gree from Howard University in 1922, and also earned
the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the same
institution in 1924. During the recent war Major Hopkins
served with the 360th Coast Artillery "Anti-Aircraft"
Regiment and saw overseas action in the Philippines.

At present he is engaged in electrical contracting
and operates an electrical appliance shop at 1002 Mont-
gomery, Savannah, Ga.

Mrs. Wiilie G. Edwards is principal of Florance Street
School here in Savannah. This elementary school is the
largest in the city. Florance Street has an enrollment
of 1244, 21 teachers and seven persons assigned to the
lunch room. Mrs. Edwards received her B. S. degree from
Georgia State in 1939. She earned the M. A. degree at
Hampton Institute in 1942. Mrs. Edward has done further
study at the University of California. She has taught in
Chatham County for over 30 years and also taught
summer school at Georgia State College in 1945, 1946
and 1947.

Prof. Ellis Whittaker

Mrs. Vioia Holbrook

Prof. Whittaker, in true Georgia State College fashion,
is rendering excellent service to his community. He is
principal of the Candler County Training School, Met-
ter, and is president of the Alumni chapter in the same
county.

Mrs. Vioia Holbrook is a teacher at Florance Street
School and graduated from Georgia State College in
1939. She received the M. A. degree from Atlanta Uni-
versity in 1946. Mrs. Ho'brook has pursued further study
on the Ph.D. level at Columbia University.

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GSC Thinclads Compete In First Track Meet

These six Georgia State College thinc'ads represented the College at the Alabama State College Relays Saturday,
April 16. This marked the first time that GSC has been represented in an intercollegiate track meet. Kneeling left to
right, Enoch Roberts, Ted A. Wright, Jr., and Ceasar Davis. Standing left to right, Frank Prince, C. P. Harris and "Big Joe"
Turner. A seventh member, Clarence Smith was not presen at the time the photo was taken.

Prince Triumphs in American Debut

Frank Prince, the half-mile champion
of Panama who enrolled in Georgia State
College last fall, made his American track
debut Saturday, April 16, in the Alabama
State Relays in Montgomery and won his
specialty in 2:01.

Although his time was slow, Prince was
never pushed and was held back by Coach
Ted A. Wright because he still had to run
the anchor leg on two relays. Coach
Wright took a seven-man squad to the
meet and scored 10 points. This was the
first time that Georgia State has ever
participated in an inter-collegiate track
meet.

Men making the trip included Bunky
Wright, C. P. Karris, Enoch Roberts,
Joseph Turner, Clarence Smith, Clarence
Davis and Prince. Not only was this the
first track meet of the season by the fel-
lows, but it was the first that some of
them had ever participated in.

They were greatly handicapped by lack
cf practice and the condition of the GSC
track. However, this did not keep the
local team from winning the sprint medley
in 3:38.24. Running in this race were
Turner, 440; Roberts and Wright, 220
and Prince 880. The Panama flash was
unofficially clocked in 1:55 for his leg
which is an indication of what he can do.

Thirteen

Harris qualified in the 440 trials during
the morning but was scratched by Coach
Wright because he had to run a leg on
each of two relays. Wright broadjumped
23 feet, two inches but scratched in the
takeoff. However, he won fifth place in the
javelin by tossing the spear 147 feet with-
out any previous practice this season. He
has thrown it 167 feet. Smith failed to
place in the high jump and went out at
five feet, six inches. Turner, Harris, Rob-
erts and Prince composed the mile relay
team.

eastern side of the field, and also a broad
and highjump pit. Cinders have been
placed on sections of the track and the
job is slated for completion in the very
near future.

Tigers To Meet

Kentucky Wildcats

In Season Opener

Another milestone in the history of
Georgia State College is slated to take
place Saturday afternoon, September 24,
when the 1949 edition of the gridiron
Tigers clash with the Wildcats of Ken-
tucky. This contest will be the second play-
ed on the new athletic field which is well
on the wav to becoming one of the best in
this section.

The game will also mark the first time
that a member of the SEAC (Southeastern
Athletic Association) has ever competed
against a Midwestern Conference outfit.
The Frankfort eleven is coached by Randy
Taylor, one of the up-and-coming young
coaches in the nation.

Tentative plans call for the field to be
dedicated at this game, Athletic Director
Ted A. Wright, Sr., said recently. How-
ever, at the time of his statement further
details had not been completed. The 1948
Tigers closed the season with an impres-
sive record of five wins against three de-
feats. In a hardfought battle they edged
the fighting Lions of Paine College 6-0
Thanksgiving Day in the first contest
played on the new field.

Speaking of the athletic field, consider-
able work has been done in developing
the track and field facilities. A 220-yard
straight-a-way has just been added on the

President Bacon Cites
Four-Point Program; Executive
Committee Meets At College

Four points were emphasized by Gen-
eral Alumni President A. S. Bacon when
the Executive Committee met Sunday,
April 24, in the faculty lounge of Parson
Hall. They were (1) expanded organiza-
tion of the Association to include 1,000
paid members, (2) continuation of the
Athletic Scholarship Fund, (3) improved
relationship between the college and the
Alumni and (4) the development of a big-
ger and better Association. At the same
time President Bacon appointed Leonard
Law, B. J. James, Alexander Hurse, K. C.
Childers and T. C. Meyers to the new cre-
ated Finance Committee. Mr. Law was
named chairman. Mr. Bacon also disclosed
that Miss Idonia Dutchie, a student at the
college, has been appointed as a special
worker to keep the Association's records
and handle any additional business as-
signed to her by him.

The committee accepted a suggestion
by Wilton C. Scott, College Director of
Public Relations, that a fund-raising con-
test should be held to elect Miss Alumni.
This suggestion, later put in the form of
a motion, stipulates that the chapter which
raises the largest amount of money per
member be given the right to name Miss
Alumni.

Later T. J. Hopkins suggested that the
annual dues be increased from $2.00 to-
$5.00 (with $2.00 being earmarked for
the annual banquet.) Following this sug-
gestion a motion was passed to initiate a
fund-raising drive. A key member of each
chapter will be named to collect the funds
from this drive.

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TriHi-Y District leaders

Left to right: Mrs. A. L. Shsppard, Adel, Ga., '33; Mrs. M. J. Jacbcn, Adel, Ga., '38; Mrs. Gertrude Murry, Dixie, Go
'41; Mrs. Julia Harris, Quitman, Ga., '44; Mrs. C. W. Tolbert, Savannah, Ga., '48; Mr. C. W. Tolbert, Savannah,' Gc
Mr. Talbert, Savannah, Ga., Mr. A'phonous McLean, Savannah, Ga., and Mr. Chas. Julian, '47 Quitman, Ga.

The following poem "came into" the posses-
sion of the Office of Public Relations and the
staff thought it very fitting to publish it in
this edition of THE BULLETIN. Editor.

On Mr. Colston

(President of G. S. C.)

Working in the day

Slaving in the night

Ever trying to keep things right;

Unt:ring in your manner,

Sleeping little at night

But keeping ever on the job.

You, the Citadel of information,

Whose help for man takes no vacation,

A face revealing all contemplation;

Some thirteen hundred destinies in your hand,

Futures of men at your discretion,'

Could not rest in a better man.

Back of each student you are the thinker,

Like the toiling Blacksmith with his hammer,

Out of boys, men you help to mold.

Watching students through stress or strain

Yours is the mind behind thern

Back of the brawn you're the brain.

Though you may get many blows

Others may dislike your plan,

You're the clear-eyed man who knows.

Yes, in the back you're the Schemer,

The man who drives things through;

Yes, back of the job, you're the dreamer,

And you are making the dream come true.

By Walter J. Leonard.

present of the dire need for supporting
the Alumni Scholarship Fund.

Following his address Mrs. Alenes Hea-
cock, class of '22, and outstanding New-
York business woman, said she would give
a full scholarship.

President James A. Colston was the
guest as the New York Alumni chapter
held a banquet recently. He told those

GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE

COMMENCEMENT EVENTS
June. 1949

Friday, June 3, 11:45 A.M. Senior
Chapel, Meldrim Auditorium.

Saturday, June 4, 5:30-7:30 P.M.

President's Lawn Party for Seniors, Com-
munity House Lawn.

Sunday, June 5, 5:00 P.M. Baccalau-
reate Service, Center Campus, Richard R.
Wright, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., LL.D., Presid-
ing Bishop in Georgia, African Methodist
Episcopal Church.

Monday, June 6, 8:00 P.M. Class
Night Exercises Meldrim Auditorium.

Tuesday, June 7, 6:30 P.M. Annual
Meeting of General Alumni Association,
Meldrim Auditorium. 8:00 P.M. Alumni
Banquet, Adams Hall.

Wednesday, June 8, 5:00 P.M. Com-
mencement Exercises, Center Campus,
Rufus E. Clement, A.B., B.D., A.M., Ph.D.,
President of Atlanta University, Atlanta,
Georgia.

Fifteen

Last year at this time I reviewed the growth of the institution during the
one-year period of my service and pointed out that while accomplishments over
this short period of time indicated that the institution was growing in the right
direction, we have to constantly press forward if we are to provide the educational
opportunities that our young people deserve.

It is true that many improvements have been made in the quality and
the professional attitude of our faculty, in the size and quality of our student body,
and in the physical facilities. Twelve members of the staff studied in leading
universities in the country last summer. Four members of the staff are on leave
for a full year of study dur ng this term. One of these members, Miss Louise O.
Lautier, a graduate of Georgia State College, is studying on a General Education
Board fellowship secured for her by the college. Mr. Rutherford E. Lockette,
another one of Georgia State's favorite sons, will complete his work for the Master
of Arts degree at New York University this Summer. One member of the faculty
received his Ph.D. degree in March of this year. Another one expects to complete
her work for the degree of Doctor of Education during the month of August.
Several others are expecting to continue their work for advanced degrees during
the summer session, and it is hoped that General Education Board fellowships
will be available for two or three other members of the staff for study next year.

The enrollment this year reached a new high of 1,260 regularly enrolled stu-
dents in our college and trade departments. The laboratory elementary school
enrolled an additional 186. According to a report of the Registrar, the college
had 1773 students enrolled in off-campus, summer and extension programs. This
means that the college has served during the year approximately 3,300 students.
Not only has the college served more students but it has been fortunate to serve
students with real abilities and defmite purposes for their lives.

To more effectively provide for the needs, interests and abilities of our stu-
dents, several innovations in the educational program have been made. They
include an expanded program of Student Personnel Services, a Reading Clinic,
an Audio- Visual Aids Laboratory, an Education Laboratory; and plans are under-
way for the development of Social Science Business, and Mathematics Laboratories.
All of these represent the developing philosophy of functional teaching and learn-
ing on the paid of the faculty.

The dining hall has been completely renovated and modernized. Parson Hall
has been completely renovated also. It now provides comfortable apartments for
five families, rooms for nine single teachers, a faculty lounge, and a spacious
lounge for city students. A well-furnished and beautifully appointed nursery
school has been established as a part of the training program for home economics
teachers. The campus roadways have been paved and plans are now under way
for providing curbing and walks throughout the camp's,

There has been increased interest in the development of the institution on the
part of the alumni. Alumni organizations have been activated in many sections
of the State and in some cities outside of the State. Last year the alumni con-
tributed $1,221 for athletic scholarships, and it is quite clear that their contribution
helped considerably in the improvement of the athletic program during the past
year.

Working together, our accomplishments have been great; but even so we have
only scratched the surface. Our job now is to build an educational climate that
will make the American public increasingly more aware of the value of education
and the importance of providing support for an adequate program of education for
all of our citizens. This is a responsibility which alumni, not only of Georgia
State but of all colleges, must assume.

It is true that for the vast majority of young people, education on a higher
level is based not on their ability to profit from educat'on but on their ability to
pay the cost of an education. For every young person with ab lity who is financially
able to pay the cost of his education there is one with equal ability who is not
able to pay the cost. It is to this second person that I invite the alumni of
Georgia State College to direct their efforts during the ensuing year. Young people
with talent in music, in drama, in athletics or with other abilities should be
encouraged to come to Georgia State and assisted in their efforts to finance their
education.

I congratulate you upon your efforts during the past year and urge your
continued support in the provision of scholarships for some of our most talented
students. With the full cooperation of the alumni and increased financial support
from the State of Georgia and you can do something about both of these the
future growth and development of Georgia State College will be assured.

James A. Colston
President.

TATE COLLEGE

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

NEWS BULLETI

)

The GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE BULLETIN is published in October, December, February, March, April
DECEMBER 1949 and May by Geor g> a State College. Entered as second-class matter, December 16, 1947, at the Post Office VOLUME 3 No. 2

at Savannah, Georgia, under the Act of August 24, 1912.

A.C.O.E. Admits Geo rgia State

(Kljrteimas (Imiings from tip prestfratt

The season of the year for giving is
at hand. How long man has practiced
this custom of giving is unknown, but
the observance of this custom at this
time of the year in western civilization
may be traced directly to the influence
o^ Christ. It is interesting to, note to
what extent the spirit of giving has
taken place in America. People give to
those whom they love and to those for
whom they have a feeling of warmth.
In all of the giving there is that link of
interest and love which comes from
fundamental thought and regard of
other individuals.

As one goes through America he is
impressed with the breadth of this con-
cept of giving. In one city he sees hos-
pitals that have been given for the bene-
fit of the entire community. In others
he finds libraries, churches, recreation
centers, parks, museums, and services
of various kinds. Every community en-
joys at some time a gift from someone
who is interested in all of the people.
Tne s pirit of giving warms the hearts
of people and brings hope to all. It
keeps alive that fundamental bond of
unity which makes everyone realize that
Americans are one in purpose and
ideals.

Some donors are very careful in plan-
ning their gifts. Some wish to have
their gifts reach many people during
the time when the gifts are made and
also to have these gifts reach larger
numbers of people at later dates when
new groups come to the institution,
schools, churches, hospitals and mus-
eums are examples of this desire to share
what one has with people of more than
one generation. Often this sharing on
the part of one individual furnishes the
idea and the stimulus for the people to
provide for themselves additional facil-
ities in the particular areas concerned.
This has been especially noticeable in
the development of public libraries and
the.-Suj. ervising of Jeanes -Teacijer Pro- . ,
grair>: .-' ^^f

Altuough th give -/^stands out hi the
eyes of the peopj^f one should never
forget the men aud and women who as-
sisted the donoyi in 'working out their

plans. Many of the people who posess
money to give have not given because
they do not know how to plan their gifts.
These potential givers need information
and inspiration to guide them into the
channels where real need exists. The
individuals who play this role, though
unseen, serve mankind in no unworthy
manner. For them the world is grateful.

Georgia State College falls in the
class of many public institutions which
need the stimulus and warmth of don-
ors. There are a few places on the
campus where one feels the presence of
this spirit of giving. The number of
places on the campus can be increased
if the men and women who pass through
the institution and the friends of the
College will assist some of our public-
spirited people in planning their gifts.
The College needs many things that
could be provided by public spirited
persons in our county, state, and nation.
jf?. vithout money himself can make
this contribution by helping someone
else plan his gift for the College.

The opportunities for helping larger

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KEY AMERICAN
EDUCATION GROUP

V

Georgia State College has been grant-
ed institutional membership in the
American Council on Education. The
disclosure was made at a press confer-
ence by Acting President W. K. Payne.

The American Council on Education
is a council of national education. ] as-
sociation; organizations having related
interests; approved universities, col-
leges and technological schools; state
departments of education; city school
systems; selected private secondary
schools; and selected educational de-
partments of business and industrial
companies. It is a center of coopera-
tion and coordination whose influence
has been apparent in the shaping of
American educational policies as well as
the formulation of American education-
al practices during the past twenty-eight
years. Many leaders in American edu-
cation and public life serve on the com-
missions and committees through which
the Council operates.

President Payne was all smiles at the
press conference. He said, "I tnink it
will mean much to the College to hold
membership . . . because it (the r >ouncil)
conducts surveys and studies in .trategic
areas of education and most impor-
ant of all, keeps member institutions
in touch with the important develop-
ments in the field of education. The
membership should mean a let to the
instructional program of the Col-
lege ..."

He displayed the letter from Ceorge
F. Zook, President of the Coune 1. Mr.
Zook wrote, "I am happy to irMrm you
that our Executive Committee selected
the Georgia State College ... to insti-
tutional membership in the American
Council on Education ..."

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GEORGIA STATE NEWS BULLETIN

December, 1949

College Establishes Reading Clinic

One,jjf the few in the South

If you have had trouble toiling your
way through magazine articles, news
stories, and books on the economic as-
pects of the cold war . . . don't worry.

No doubt you have passed the en-
soamters off as being too technical be-
cause they were difficult. If you are
such a victim, then you need to go to
a clinic A Reading Clinic. Such a
clinic was established here at Georgia
State College in 1948 (as part of the De-
partment of Language and Literature)
and is now under the supervision of
Miss Juanita Sellers, attractive young
Columbia University (M. A.) trained
reading expert.

To enable students with reading defi-
ciencies to improve and/or overcome
these handicaps through increased effi-
ciency and comprehension (understand-
ing) this is the aim of the Georgia
State College Reading Clinic.

Two methods of approach diagnostic
and remedial-are pursued in attaining
the aims of the Clinic. Diagnostic pro-
cedure embodies scientific approach
through the employment of precision in-
struments and machines (mechanical
aids,) and standardized tests. In every-
day language this simply means find-
ing out on what grade levels the
"patients" read.

Let's take a look at these mechanical
aids and see how they work. Currently,
there are 61 "patients" in the Clinic.
Each was given the Iowa Silent Read-
ing Test, New Edition (Revised Am.)
at the beginning of the quarter. Statis-
tics obtained presented Miss Sellers with
the following picture a median score
of 138, grade equivalent of 6.2 and age
equivalent of 10-5. This simply means
that on an average, the "patient's" read-
ing level is the same as that of a
student in the sixth grade and in the
age group of 10 years and two months.
Of the 61 tests, five read on the col-
lege level, four on the 11th and 12th
grade levels, and the remainder (52) be-
low these grade levels. The mechanical
instruments are now employed to de-
termine or find other causes of deficient
reading.

The Tachistoscope (or flashmaster)
measures visual span. It operates in
this manner. Words, phrases, numbers,
figures, and paragraphs are flashed on a
screen in fractions of a second. Through
the constant presentation of these visual
span increasing "devices" the student's
recognition ability is expanded. This
results in faster reading and more ac-
curate recognition of words.

Moving pictures are made of the eye
while reading by the Ophthalmograph.
Upon the subsequent development of the
film (right here on the campus,) the
supervisor knows each student's rate
if reading, number of regressions per
100 words, and, among other things,
low well he understands what he reads.

Meantime, errors in phrasing, pro-
nunciation of words, enunciation, and
reading with clarity are detected
through the use of the Recording
machine in other words the student is

MISS JUAITA SELLERS, SUPERVISOR OF THE READING CLINIC operates the
flashmeter during a typical class session. The instrument, which flashes words . . .
on a screen in fractions of a second is employed to increase the "recognition ability"

confronted with an audio (hearing)
means of knowing how he sounds to
others. Through a filing system, the
student "hears" his improvements.

Oops' Almost forgot . . . eye diffi-
culty is determined by the Telebinocular
This instrument, which is one of the

most important ones in the Clinic, is used
to keep an accurate record of the physi-
cal condition of both eyes. Thus, Miss
Sellers is able to tell when a student's
eye difficulty is sufficient to warrant
seeing an optometrist.
Remedial Program Important

Now that we have a mental picture
of the diagnostic procedure, let's see how
the remedial program works. This is no-
thing more than correcting reading
deficiencies.

Miss Seller's remedial program is
founded on the premise set forth by
Miss Ruth Strang (under whom she
studied at Columbia).

It is:

1. Read.

2. Read.

3. Read some more.

4. Read everything.

5. Read about everything.

6. Read enjoyable things.

7. Read things you yourself enjoy.

8. Read and talk about it.

9. Read very carefully some things.
10. Read on the run most things.

11. Don't think about reading, but

12. JUST READ.

The first week of school Miss Sellers
required each student to write an auto-
biography. She found that most of their
reading consisted of reading the comics.
"Many confessed that they just didn't
like to read. Then too, I learned that
the span of concentration of a great
number of students was relatively short.
This is one reason why they preferred
reading comics rather than a book from
cover to cover. However, I also learned
that some students didn't know what a
novel was," Miss Sellers disclosed.

J. Hooper Wise's THE MEANING OF
READING, and the accompanying work-
book are the basic text materials, along
with Miss Strang's STUDY TYPE OF
READING EXERCISES. The latter is
used to help students gain insight in
reading problems (causes,) effects, and
how to eradicate them, Miss Sellers
says:

Included in Wise's book is an antho-
logy of reading selections by famous
authors. Subject matter treated (poet-
r y psychology, religion, essays, funda-
mental philosophy) is of such a nature
that the personal reading prejudices of
most students are present. "It is an ex-
cellent book, and one that has proved
to stimulate interest because in many
instances the students must think thus
posing a challenge," according to Miss
Sellers. "At the same time I just had
to increase their leisure time reading.
The College Library has cooperated
wonderfully along these lines," she ad-
ded.

Oral activities are a definite part of
the remedial program. Book reviews
are presented certain students are ap-
pointed to lead the discussion on var-
ious reading matrials.

How does Miss Sellers feel about her
work? "The Clinic should be open to
all students, regardless of classification.
(Its facilities are now limited to fresh-
menTT Is other words, Miss Sellers be-
lieves the C^nic should be operated on
a teacher refemtfcle basis. That- is, a
Chemistry teacheiVmay be confronted
with a student who w doing poor work
(Continued o\rv P*ee 7 Cal. 2)

December, 1949

GEORGIA STATE NEWS BULLETIN

Page 3

A-V Center Serves Campus Community

MISS STEGALL
GRANTED Ph. D.

Miss Alma Lirline Stegall, Chairman
of the Department of Education, has
been awarded the Doctor of Education
(Ed. D.) degree from Indiana Univer-
sity. This was disclosed in a recent an-
nouncement by the Board of Directors
of the famed Mid-Western University.

Dr. Stegall joined the staff of Georgia
State College as head of the Elementary
Education Department in 1947. Prior
to this, she served in various capacities
throughout the State. Dr. Stegall is a
former Jeanes Supervisor, Lowndes
County; at one time she directed the
student teaching progarm at Albany
State College, and has served as Act-
ing Consultant, Georgia Negro Elemen-
tary Schools, State Department of Edu-
cation.

The popular G. S. C. staff member is
a native of Colt, Ark. She graduated
from the Laboratory High School of
Mississippi Industrial College, Holly-
springs, and received her undergraduate
degree from the College department of
the same institution. She holds the

M. Ed. (Master of Education) degree
from Atlanta University.

Dr. Stegall first entered Indiana in
1945, spending the school year of '45 and
'46 there. She also studied the first
semester of the 1946-47 school year. She
earned an enviable reputation at Indiana
University where she returned in 1948 on
a $2,000 Rosenwald Fellowship. She
majored in Elementary Education and
minored in Elementary Educational
Psychology. Her dissertation is entitled
"A Critical Analysis of the Pre-and In-
Service Education of Jeanes Supervisors
in Georgia."

While pursuing her studies in '45-'49,
Dr. Stegall served as a graduate assist-
ant in the Division of Personnel. She
was elected to membership in Pi Lambda
Theta National Honorary Fraternity for
Women in Education, and Alpha Kappa
Delta National Socialogical Fratern-
ity.

Dr. Stegall is a key member of the
Committee on Higher Education of the
National Education Association.

PRESIDENT W. K. PAYNE recently
visited the Audio-Visual Aids lab dark-
room and was given a few pointers on
enlarging. Here he is shown with M. S.
Stokes, Director, and Charles McDaniels,
student assistant at the enlarker.

Establish Local FTA

A charter chapter of the Future Tea-
chers of America has been established on
the campus. It is composed of 31 mem-
bers.

The charter was presented to John
Camper, faculty advisor in a recent
chapel program, by Acting President W.
K. Payne. The presentation was fol-
lowed by colorful induction ceremonies,
and a challenging speech by the Chief
Executive.

Miss Catherine Hill, president of the
organization, envisions an active year
for the chapter.

Entrance Xam Slated
January 2

Freshmen seeking admission to Geor-
gia State College during the Winter
Quarter who are not graduates of ac-
credited high schools, may qualify by
taking the entrance examination which
will be given at the college the morning
of January 2 at nine o'clock. This was
disclosed by T. C. Meyers, Registrar.

At the same time Mr. Meyers pointed
out that those individuals who are
graduates of accredited secondary schools
must see that the necessary credentials
are on file in his office prior to regis-
tration. The dates are January 2, and
3, with payment of late registration fees
on the 4-5 admitting qualified persons.

Those individuals who have not com-
pleted high school but have had un-
usual opportunities may qualify for ad-
mittance by the successful passing of the
college entrance examination, Mr. Meyers
disclosed. He added that there are a few
openings for qualified veterans or specia 1
students in several trades.

Laboratory Gets
National Award

Many changes have taken place dur-
ing the first part of the twentieth cen-
tury. Complex and intricate aspects of
the occidental civilization have been re-
vealed on all sides of our indigenous
culture. Parelleling the vast material
development has been the most startling
extension of knowledge and wisdom for
college students. One of the most re-
cent curriculum innovations at Georgia
State College has been the Audio-Visual
Education Department which is a part
of a larger movement for providing ade-
quate experiences for all concerned.

Over one hundred years ago, Daguerre
experimented with photography; then
came the Eastman Kodak late in the
nineteenth century. During the second
decade of the twentieth century the
silent motion picture became establish-
ed. In 1920, KDKA of Pittsburgh in-
augurated its first broadcast. Finally
during 1929, the second motion picture
made its way into several of our larger-
universities and colleges. In recent
years, various mechanical devices and
machines have been utilized by educa-
tors. Today, on our campus there are
two 16 mm sound projectors, one de-
lineascope projector, a filmstrip and

The Audio-Visual Aids Center re-
cently was awarded a certificate of
merit by the Audio- Visual Project De-
partment-Secondary Teachers-Nation-
al Education Association. The citation
was made in recognition of the Cen-
ter's cooperation with the Department
and the indication of its faith in the
important place Audio-Visual Aids
hold in the Curriculum of the nation's
schools, and for commendable advan-
ces in the area of instructional ma-
terials. Ed.

slide proje for, several recordios and
cameras. Naturally, the radio and tele-
vision aids a. > closely related.

After taking"? brief panorma of some
of the mechanica s aids, it is easy to un-
derstand that t-ey are not ends in
themselves but rati ar a means to an end.
They enable us ti have direct and vi-
carious experiencce , This inevitably
leads to the question. What is Audio-
Visual Education ? It es meaning to
drama, models, demonstrations, exhibits,
graphs and pictures that are both flat
and projected, etc. The connotations of
the term Audio-Visual Education ; mply
an abstraction which is difficult to de-
fine with precision. It is a conceptual
term. As our knowledge and under-
standing increase, definitions will prob-
ably change. For the immediate pur-
pose of this article, "Audio-Visual In-
structional Material and Methods will be
defined as those which do not depend
exclusively upon comprehension of
words or similiar symbols."

The wonders of educational films have
been shown in order to help students.
During the current quarter a variety of
topics have been chosen by different
instructors in the college and the lab-
oratory school. A few of the many
films that have been shown are Pasture
and Exercise, The Negro Soldier, The
Cattleman, Living and Learning in a
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GEORGIA STATE NEWS BULLETIN

December, 1949

News Round-up Divisional and Departmental

Trades and Industries

Some divisional and departmental
news has been omitted because of space
limitiations. However, they will be
"carried" in a future edition. C. J. S.,
III.

Keeping- in mind that some of the
chief functions of education are (1) to
transmit a way of life, (2) to improve
and reconstruct that way of life, and
(3) to meet the needs of individuals, the
Division of Trades and Industries at
Georgia State College is constantly eval-
uating, revising, adding to, and improv-
ing its program in order to fullfill such
needs of each student in the Division.

Skill or the acquiring of skill is the
core around which our work is centered
and it is essential that we supply as
much working- experience as possible
for each individual in the Division. Many
types of work experiences are provided
in each shop for the benefit of the
students. Constant adding of new equip-
ment, supplying of tools and materials,
increased preparation of staff members,
use of various techniques of instruction
are all means being used to develop in
each student the fundamental principles
of education for making a living.

The division does not end its service
to the student on the campus, but has a
program to aid in-service teachers of
trade work in various sections of Geor-
gia. To promote this phase of the work,
an itinerant teacher-trainer for trade
and industrial education is establishing
extension classes in various parts of the
state and is doing much in aiding said
teacher in the use of modern methods of
teaching shopwork. With his help these
teachers are overcoming many problems
facing them. The itinerant teacher-
trainer maintains offices in the Divis-
ion of Trades and Industries at Georgia
State College.

Each Summer a trade conference is
held at Georgia State College to aid in-
service teachers in securim additional
trade experiences and new nethods of
teaching. At these con' rences the
teachers share the exr .jrienees and
problems of others ar- 1 devise means
of solving problems. ;

The staff members, n the Division, in
cooperation with administrative officials
of the college, are ' -rking on additional
courses and trade, to be added to the
Division so tha' - r large varieties of
trades will be *"' ' ered, trades that will
aid students in eping up with the pres-
ent age of de uipment in industry and
new fields of employment which call for
efficient F&mi-skilled and skilled work-
All of our graduates are finding
places in this work-a-day world. Of our
four students who graduated in the Sum-
mer of 1949 all are employed in schools
in the state. One of our 1948 graduates,
one has received his Master of Science
degree from Iowa State College and is
now employed in the Division of Me-
chanic Arts at Arkansas State College,
Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Our enrollment in the Division of
Trades and Industries is at its highest
peak. Of the Industrial Education

majors there are twenty-six freshmen,
eighteen sophomores, twenty-two jun-
iors and fourteen seniors. Our enroll-
ment in the Special Unit Day Trade fol-
lows: Automobile Mechanics; Automo-
tive Body and Fender Repairs; Carpen-
try; Eelectricity, Machine Shop Prac-

tice; Masonry; Painting; Radio Repair-
ing and Shoe Repairing.

Of the Special Unit Day Trade ap-
proximately one hundred and fifty (150)
students receive certificates of profici-
ency yearly and many of these students
are working at their respective trades
in various sections of the country.

This year, in cooperation with the
Director of Student Personnel Services,
chapel programs are being planned and
executed by students in the Division.
Friday of each week has been set aside
for Trade Assembly.

The trade students have recently or-
ganized a Glee Club and have perform-
ed at one of their assembly programs.

The students of the Division of Trades
and Industries invite you to visit the
nine departments in their division and
to assemble with them in Meldrim
Auditorium each Friday at 12:00 Noon.

MUSIC

The Fine Arts Department is seeing
a busy season this year with music ac-
tivities in full sway. With three music
instructors staffing the steadily-grow-
ing Department (in addition to one in-
strutor in graphic arts) a finer quality
of work is evident.

Aside from the instructional program
the music instructors are highly concern-
ed with the "service" program of the De-
partment. This involves the rehears-
ing and preparing of various music
groups for performances, as well as
providing the campus with wholesome
music experiences. Georgia State Col-
lege can boast of one of the smartest-
stepping (180 S. P. M.) military bands
in the country. This band has had con-
centrated training experience under Mr.
John J. Ballou, director and Mr. Allen
Pyke. It has made the 'half an inter-
esting part of every football game this
season as well as stimulated school
spirit among students. Now that the
football season is over the band will con-
centrate on concert repertoire building.
The dance band, made up of members
from the regular band, is providing
'sweet' music for many affairs on the
campus as well as fulfilling engage-
ments out-of-town. Each man in this
group is an 'artist' in his own right and
enjoys working out the many arrange-
ments among which Mr. Pyke has
thrust some very interesting ones.

The choir soars 'On Wings of Song' to
new heights in musical performance,
tackling some of the most difficult and
intricate arrangements. This group,
comprised of approximately thirty-six
men and women, is in constant demand
for radio and concert appearances and
is under the able directorship of Mr.
Pyke.

Two glee clubs take pride in being
able to contribute to the musical wealth
of the Georgia State College Campus, the
Women's Glee Club under the director-
ship of Hilliary R. Hatchett, who is
also acting chairman of the Department
of Fine Arts; and the Men's Glee Club
under the directorship of Mr. Ballou.
The Women's Glee Club has a mem-
bership of twenty - four and the Men's
Glee Club, approximately forty.

Both groups have had radio and con-
cert experience. To date the Men's
Glee Club has already fulfilled an out-
of-town concert engagement.

Aside from preparing these groups
for performances (5 to 10 hours rehears-
al per week) the staff firmly believes

that these activities provide the partici-
pants with an enriching experience
which will prove invaluable in later
years. The Music Education curriculum
requires that future music teachers
from Georgia State College have ample
opportunity to participate in these ac-
tivities. 'Joining up' with a music group
on the campus has been encouraged by
the department.

Switching to a different aspect of
the Music Department, we discover that
each instructor has revealed to the
student body and faculty his perform-
ance abilitites which tend to indicate
versatility in professional attainment.
Mr. Hatchett, a pianist and organist,
has lately revealed another talent; that
of singing. At a vespers program re-
cently he very successfully rendered two
selections in Italian. Mr. Pyke is a
well versed instrumentalist, performing
on the piano, organ, bass violin, and
orchestral instruments. He has sung
with the Howard University Choir. Mr.
Ballou is another instrumentalist who
has performed on the piano and organ.
His experiences as a tenor with the
Wilberforce Quartet give definite indi-
cation of his singing qualifications.

Georgia State College can boast of a
Fine Arts Department that is increas-
ing steadily, in size and scope, at a rate
that will carry it to surprising heights
in a short neriod of time, with a group
of people who are constantly behind the
wheel.

HOME ECONOMICS

The evolution of the Division of Home
Economics at Georgia State College
from its early beginning in 1915 has
grown from an initial enrollment of
around 25 to the present number of 127.
From a college area whose purpose was
to train home economics teachers and
home demonstration agents to one
whose aims are to: enrich the cultural
and social background of students so
that they might become more worthy
members of the families, homes and
communities in which they live; to train
vocational home economics teachers; to
give young women the pre-professional
training and upon completion of a diet-
ary internship, they may pursue profess-
ional careers as dietitians in approved
hospitals, schools, or other institutions,
become owners and managers of restau-
rants, tea rooms, cafes, cafeterias, etc;
to offer such background subject matter
courses which will enable young women
to satisfactorily pursue graduate train-
ing in their chosen field of endeavor to
achieve the all over College functional
educational responsibility of offering-
related training through service courses
for persons majoring in th efields other
than home economics. These are the
Divisions Objectives*

The College education of the home
economics women embodies a condition
of the biological, physical and social
sciences, thus the changes which are
evident in the curriculum have come be-
cause of the developments and advan-
ces made by science and education in
the past half century.

Sociological and economic trends in
todays living and employment have
brought certain pressures for the train-
ing of young women, therefore it be-
hooves educational institutions to recog-
nize these signs and meet the challen-
ges.

All schools of higher learning in Geor-

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gia have trained home economics teach-
ers for seconday schools for many years.
The picture today shows that Georgia
has almost reached the saturation point
relative to placement of prospective
teachers. In Negro schools the turn-
over is very slow due to the fact that
most of our teachers remain in the
classroom after marriage.

To overcome employment handicaps,
Georgia State College is making a ser-
ious effort to find out the number of
trained home economists in the fields
$ther than teaching, and what the po-
tential opportunities are in unexplored
fields. These fields of endeavor have
been presented to freshmen, sophomores,
junior and senior women to offer en-
couragement and enlightenment in order
that they might know that employment
is open to them upon graduation. A
check as to percentage employment will
be a further aid to their placement.

In step with the increasing College
enrollment, the Division of Home Econ-
mics has kept pace for a functioning de-
partment. The American Home
Economics Association has set a stan-
dard of at least a 10% home economics
enrollment of the over-all figure of col-
lege women Georgia State College has
22.5% of its women in the Division of
Home Economics. We are proud that
this figure is indicative that we're serv-
ing the tax paying citizens of Georgia
satisfactorily, and the prospective gradu-
ates feel definitely that a purposeful and
productive future awaits them.

This year the Chemical Rubber Com-
pany of Cleveland, Ohio is awarding the
31st edition of its Handbook of Chem-
istry and Physics, to the freshman stu-
dent with the best scholastic record in
Chemistry for the school year 1949-50.
A handbook is almost a "must" for stu-
dents in Chemistry courses today. The
Award will be made at the June Com-
mencement.

CHEMISTRY

The work in the Department of Chem-
istry at Georgia State College is in-
tended to serve several purposes. It pro-
vides a thorough foundation in general
courses for students who seek an under-
standing of the methods and achieve-
ments of the Chemist. It provides for
pre-professional training for the stu-
dents who intend to study dentistry,
medicine, nursing, etc., and affords
training for persons who plan to teach
Science in the Secondary Schools.

It also provides needed semi-special-
ized preparation for students who are
majoring in Home Economics, Trades
and Industries and also training for
those who plan to enter graduate
schools.

In order to provide additional oppor-
tunities and experiences for the increas-
ing number of students who are pursu-
ing courses in Chemistry, additional
equipment is constantly in demand. The
maintenance department is now install-
ing a new fume hood. It is the latest
type with provisions for water, gas and
electricity with controls from the out-
side for safety and convenience.

For the students in Analytical Chem-
istry, another analytical balance has
been added. It is the chainmatic type
which will provide students with train-
ing in work requiring a high degree of
precision. Last Spring saw the addition
of a new laboratory table which pro-
vides additional locker and working
space for sixteen students. Among the
immediate needs of the department is
additional laboratory space. An Organ-
ic Chemistry Laboratory and an Analyt-
ical Balance room as well as adequate
facilities for Physical Chemistry would
greatly enhance the training facilities.

This Spring will see the first students
to graduate from Georgia State College
with a major in Chemistry, which re-
quires a minimum of fifty quarter hours.

ENGLISH

The establishment of an English
Workshop* has been authorized by the
President. The idea for this project was
conceived by Miss Luetta Colvin, In-
structor in English, and has been well
received by the "College family."

Realizing the need for a project de-
signed to eliminate the English prob-
lems that face the entire campus com-
munity, this Workshop will serve those
students who are in need of assistance
in solving problems of mechanics,
(grammar, spelling, syntax) literature,
and vocabulary.

Additional aims and proposals include
the following:

Scope and Method of Procedure: The
English Workshop will assist those who
are interested in self-development via
the media of selected reading materials
and creative experiments; those who
have some special and immediate prob-
lem in the field (term papers, bibliogra-
phy form, letters of application, etc.)*

The English Workshop will meet twice
a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays,
from 12:00 to 1:20 P. M. Those stu-
dents attending chapel on Tuesdays
will have advantage of the Workshop
on Thursdays, and vice- versa.

Letters will be sent out to the various
departments advising them of the avail-
ability of the project. All instructors
will be urged to inform their students
of the existence of the Workshop; there-
by each department will with the
aid of the individual instructors, serve
as a clearinghouse for soliciting and
encouraging students to avail them-
selves of this opportunity.

Value to the Institution as a Whole:
The English Workshop will not only
serve as an efficacious substitute for
English 99, (remedial English) but
will also act as motivating agent for
those students who are interested in
creative work and self-development. As
a result, each department will realize
benefit from the services of such a pro-
ject. Integration can be secured through
the use of volunteer consultants from
various departments.

Personnel: The Workshop will be
guided by a chairman (to be appointed
by the head of the Department) ; and
will employ the services of the English
Department.

*A Workshop may be defined as a
practical experience in working out prob-
lems.

PERSONNEL

An enriched program of student per-
sonnel services has been inaugurated at
Georgia State College this year and is
contributing more effectively to student
adjustment and general welfare.

The Freshman Orientation program
has been reorganized and divided into
three sections. The first deals with ad-
justment information relative to pur-
poses of college, study habits, health,
human relationship, dress, religion, and

school activities. The second consists of
testing. The following types have been
utilized: aptitude, personality, interest,
intelligence, achievement, and general
culture. The third will be concerned
with special individual and group prob-
lems.

A new counseling system has been
installed providing for assigned faculty
counselors to all freshmen and sopho-
mores. The major advisors handle
counseling problems of juniors and sen-
iors. This will enable us to provide finer
professional counseling for all of our
students.

The health services have been reor-
ganized and the infarmary provides 24-
hour medical care for staff as well as
students. This year physical examina-
tions were scheduled for all college
students. Plans are being made now for
chest x-rays to be given annually. Lec-
tures, Motion pictures, and periodic in-
spection of buildings are regular activi-
ties of the Committee on Health Stand-
ards.

Thirty-seven approved student organi-
zations are at work on the campus cov-
ering a wide range of significant activi-
ties. All groups have planned programs
for the cultural advancement of the col-
lege community. This year a new
committee on Student Organizations is
working with the officials and sponsors
of these groups to improve their gen-
eral effectiveness.

An activity calendar has just been re-
leased showing the schedule of socials,
concerts, plays, athletic events, ve-spers,
tnd special projects for the entire school
year.

Highlighting the student activity pro-
gram this year will be a series of special
projects planned jointly by students and
faculty. These include Religious Em-
phasis Week, Leadership Week, Mar-
riage And Family Conference, Vocation-
al Opportunity Week, Charm Week,
Men's Day, National Negro Health
Week and Better Business Week.

Aiding students to solve their finan-
cial problems is a major objective of the
Student Personnel Department. Job
assignments are made on and off the
campus. The Department worked with
a group of students to form the Stu-
dent's Loan Association. Vacation jobs
are secured for male and female stu-
dents.

Religious activities are directed by the
College Minister with a joint-faculty
committee assisting him. Regular ser-
vices on Sunday, counseling, community
welfare projects, and special programs
are activities promoted in this area.

This Fall a new system of cumulative
records has been installed at the Col-
lege. The basic form was constructed
by the American Council of Education.
This gives us a first class records sys-
tem and will improve the effectiveness
of our Placement Bureau which is re-
sponsible for securing positions for
graduates and students who withdraw
from school prior to receiving a certifi-
cate or degree.

One of the most encouraging signs of
the times has been wider participation
on the part of the faculty in the pro-
gram of student personnel services.
This-in the long run will result in the
development of men and women proper-
ly adjusted and adequately prepared to
assume the full responsibilities of first
class citizenship.

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GEORGIA STATE NEWS BULLETIN

December, 1949

EDUCATION

Teaching provides a challenging op-
portunity for usefulness and devotion to
human welfare; thus only those per-
sons who find deep satisfaction in such
usefulness are encouraged in this sphere.
It requires belief in the public schools
as a basic means of promoting and
maintaining a democratic way of life.
A teacher must be able to participate
with administrators, teachers, students,
parents and the community at large in
efforts to improve the quality of social
services.

It is with these dominant factors in
mind that we provide experiences in
student teaching during the Fall, Winter
and Spring quarters at Georgia State
College. Then, too, this is the last step
in the teacher education program to be
taken by progressive teachers. It is in
this step that prospective teachers find
opportunities to plan, try out, evaluate
and improve the learning activities of
pupils under direct guidance of critic
teacher and college personnel. In this
step prospective teachers and children
work together, each taking a share of
the responsibility for making the ex-
perience valuable to all concerned. The
student enters student teaching with the
hope that he has those qualities neces-
sary to assure a reasonable amount of
success in the teaching profession. How-
ever, no assurance is guaranteed the
student teacher of graduation from the
teacher education curriculum unless his
performance during this period is sat-
isfactory to all concerned. It is often
found that during the student teaching
period, many attitudes and other defi-
ciencies are manifested and the student
is required to repeat Lhe experience
until the necessary changes are evidenc-
ed or is guided out of the teaching pro-
fession entirely. He is required to pre-
sent a minimum of ninety hours of gen-
eral education, a total of forty hours in
major field of concentration and a 1.4%
average in quality points.

There are approximately forty-eight
persons enrolled for work "on the field"
during the next two quarters with
twenty-three persons in the field of
Social Science, fourteen in Elementary
Education, four in English, three in
Mathematics and four in Chemistry and
General Science.

Dr. Alma Stegall, Chairman of the
Eduaction Department, is director of
the teacher-training program. Miss
Murial C. King will serve as supervising
teacher of secondary education while
the supervision of teacher - training in
elementary education will be done by
Miss Donella J. Graham.

The schools cooperating in the pro^
posed teacher-training program serve
as laboratories which offer great prom-
ise as a means for bridging the gap be-
tween educational theory and practice.
Also, these schools provide opportuni-
ties for prospective teachers to observe
how those educational theories, cham-
pioned by the college, may be put into
action in "good learning situations."

Seminars in Elementary and Secon-
dary Education will parallel the student
teaching program. These Seminars will
be conducted when necessary. Partici-
pants in the seminars will be student
teachers, the critic teachers, the super-
vising teachers, the subject-matter
specialists, other resource persons and
the director of student teaching.

LIBRARY

People, books, magazines, and news-
papers are the stock in trade of every
library. The library of today is no
vault in which to keep these books. The
librarian is not a keeper of books, but a
person interested in getting people and
books together.

In keeping with this philosophy, the
Library of Georgia State College holds
open house everyday and makes every-
one of the fifty-two weeks of the year
Book week. A lot of people know that.
Yet, There are some who do not know
the helpful services that the library of-
fers... So to put special emphasis on
our wealth of reading materials, we cele-
brate along with the other libraries of
the United States, N tional Book Week.

Each year we have observed this
Week by bringing to the students, facul-
ty and friends of the College speakers
who gave some interesting and provoca-
te reviews of timely books.

Lest we become one-sided in our think-
ing and in our approach to books, we
decided this year to vary our program.
So for the celebration of Book Week
we brought to our audience Mrs. Phoe-
be Burney, Dean of Women at Clark
College, Atlanta, Georgia.

"Lifting the Arches of Our Souls
Developing Ability to Take It was the
theme for her inspirational address. She
said in part:

"Our world today is precariously bal-
ancing itself upon its shaking founda-
tions. And man in his fear is casting
about for devices and techniques which
will minimize the conditions and circum-
stances which threaten his security and
he is seeking refuge in any citadel, where
blind to his inevitable fate, he can make
himself believe that 'God's in His Heaven
and all's right with the world! In what
direction, then, shall man turn ? Since
personal unbalance never leads to social
stability, man must learn first, then, the
art of living with himself. Marcus
Aurelius has the direction for us when
he says that 'Man must be arched and
buttressed from within else the temple
wavers in the dust.'

"I can offer one splendid promoter of
reassurance in efforts to raise the aches
of our souls to such promotions that we
will have ability to accept with equani-
mity the pummelings of fate and for-
tune. I offer the long and intimate as-
sociation with noble literary, philosophic,
and artistic masters and critiques of
the ages. Accept the challenge of
Kirby Page and explore great biog-
raphies, courage is sustained and the
willingness to make sacrifices is stren-
gthened by the discovery that these
great social reformers triumphed in the
face of strenous opposition and ruthless
hope that he has those qualities neces-
persecution. Explore great biographies.
Be captured by noble and commanding
leaders in the battalion of worthy
achievement. He who cherishes a beau-
tiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart,
will some day realize it."

BUSINESS

The Department of Business has re-
vised ite curriculum offerings to more
neartly meet the needs of business. The
first students, under the new curriculum,
will graduate in June, 1951.

The Department of Business aims,
through its curricula offerings and
through counseling of individual stud-
ents, to approach the following goals:

(1) preparation of competent teachers of
business subjects for secondary schools;

(2) reparation of competent secretaries;

(3) preparation of competent account-
ants; (4) reparation for gainful par-
ticipation in the business world.

Three major areas of concentration
are offered the student. The student may
major in Business Administration, Busi-
ness Education or Secretarial Science.

All students majoring in the Dejart-
ment of Business are required to de-
velop special competence in typewriting,
accounting and office organiaztion and
management.

At the beginning of the sophomore
year, each student desiring to work
toward a major in the Department is re-
quired to decide upon a three-year pro-
gram of courses and other activities
comprising his major work. The stud-
ent reaches this decision in conference
with his advisor.

One of the new projects of the Busi-
ness Department for this y;ear is the
Student Loan Association. This is an
organization for the benefit of the
students, owned and operated by the
students.

This loan association is unique in that
the money was raised by selling stock
to the students at fifty cents ($ .50) per
share. The money purchase of stock
makes each stockholder a part owner of
the association.

The money obtained is loaned to any
student, who qualifies, desiring a loan
at 1% interest. The borrower signs a
note for the money, and the note is can-
celled upon payment of the loan.

It is 100% student owned, operated
and participating. Professor Franklin
Carr is sponsor to the Student Loan
Association.

The Business Club, though not a new
project, has begun their year of activity
with a social hour held at the Community
House. The Business Club is under the
advisorship of Associate Professor Ben
Ingersoll, and with the assistance of the
ladies of the auxiliary, prepared a pro-
gram of entertainment, and refreshments
were in abundance. The motif was in
keeping with Hallowe'en.

The second annual Business Education
Institute will be held in April this year.
The theme of the institute will be "Job
Clinic." The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity
has agreed to cooperate with the in-
stitute thus utilizing an entire week
featurinj cnoo i s of higher iciivities.

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December, 1949

GEORGIA STATE NEWS BULLETIN

Page 7

Serves Students,

Faculty and Staff

(Continued from Page 3)

Rural School, The Nervous System,
Football Thrills of 1945, King Cotton,
Symphony Orchestras, Know Your Li-
brary, Blood, The String Choir, French
for Beginners, Macbeth, Chemistry in a
Changing World, Heredity, The Mole-
cular Theory of Matter, Aptitudes and
Occupations, Julius Caesar, Tuberculosis,
and Nature of Color.

It is thought that students should be
informed about personal health, econo-
mics, industry, social and occupational
competency. Aesthetic art, physical and
biological understanding have been pre-
sented also. A student should be in-
formed about all phases of life in a
democracy. Because of documentary
films access has been given to free
judgement, opinions, and interchanging
of ideas.

The phenomena of developing the
expressional phases of the language,
arts has been and will continue to de-
velope in public speaking, story telling,
the art of conversation, using the tele-
phone, the interpretation of dialect and
poetry. The concrete and dramatic
manner in which large numbers of
students take advantage of recordio
training at the present give momentum
to the statement that this was unheard
of yesterday, it is the marvel of today,
and the common place action of tomor-
row.

During the Winter quarter a course
will be given in Audio-Visual Education.
Basic objectives and purpose of Educa-
tion, various materials, operating equip-
ment, photographic aids, and non-photo-
graphic aids, and the administration of
Audio-Visual Education are some of the
units that will be presented. Georgia
State College students will have an op-
portunity to exchange ideas with the
teachers of the State, visit musems,
art galleries, and libraries. It is
thought that this is an integral part of
a general education.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

(Continued from Page 1)

and large numbers of Negroes through-
out the State of Georgia are on the
increase here at Georgia State College.
Each year the number of students grows
larger and larger. More and more is
needed to prepare students to be citi-
zens which our state and this age re-
quire. Among the pressing needs at
this time are a library, a chapel, dormi-
tories, a student union, a bus, an athlet-
ic field house, lights for the athletic
house, a central heating plant, special
endowments, and a general endowment.
Gifts of this kind, though material, be-
come immortal when transplanted into
the youth of our state and nation.

We have tried something new in this
edition of "The Bulletin". You'll find
divisional and departmental news, some
"straight" news as well as feature
stories. The time element is of the
factors that convinced us that we should
emphasize feature material. If you like
what we've done ... and then too, you
don't . . . drop us a line sometime.
Thanks. .ram of fifty quarftelations

COLLEGE INN,

CAMPUS HUB

"Meet me at the Inn!"

The College Inn, that is. Opened March
13, 1948 the Inn has become an integral
part of the every day living of the Geor-
gia State "family", and at the same time
serves an important function in the in-
formal education of the student body.

"Meet me at the Inn" is the campus
by-word whether one is seeking shelter
from the elements or is merely taking
time out for a "Coke." It's just the sort
of place that furnishes facilities and ser-
vices that make it a hub for student
activities of many types.

For the sake of "oletimers" the Inn
is the cussessors to the Co-Ap. However,
the basement of Boggs Hall housed the
"Inn" when it was first opened back
in '47.

Now that we're up to date . . . the
present day building, though of frame
construction, is modern in every respect
and very attractive. However, one must
confess that the newcomer to the campus
is somewhat shocked by the ultra-
smartness that is apparent once he's en-
tered its revered portals.

A soda fountain that reresents the
latest in fountain equipment is staffed
by courteous and neatly dressed student
employees. Stainless steel chairs and
tables are available for those who wish
to sit. On the other hand counter
stools are also provided and lend that
"corner drug store atmosphere."

Now back to the original objective of
this story . . . College Inn . . . The Inn
is a meeting and eating place for stud-
ents and their friends, a "lounge" and a
center of additional activities for the en-
tire College "family."

Students stop in to relax in the cor-
ner lounge, listen to the juke box, meet
their dates or just to spend those extra
minutes between classes, and take that
last quick glance at notes before going to
class.

Currently the Inn is under the
management of Mrs. Dora Martin. Along
with one other person, she is the only
full-time employee. Six students are also
employed. This staff of eight persons
is responsible for the smooth operation
of the Inn.

The volume of business attests to the
popularity of the Inn. One day of
observation disclosed that 300 cups of
coffee, and 300 cups of hot chocolate
were consumed. At the same time, some
five dozen donuts and between three
and four dozen coffee cakes accom-
pained the coffee and hot chocolate on
their "journey".

"Pop" is also pouplar, with the large
ones being the favorite, Mrs. Martin
said. Many kinds of sandwiches are
available. However, the ten cent sau-
sage sandwiches is more widely bought
than any other, she added. Other types
sold include hamburgers, pork chops,
boiled hams, pressed ham, cheese, ham
and egg, chicken, chicken salad, shimp
salad cream cheese, egg salad and bar-
becue. They are all made fresh daily.

To accomodate those persons who wish
dinners, the Inn offers as its speciality,
chicken and steak . . .both being priced
far below "off campus" rates ($.50 and
$.65 respectively).

Ordinarily the Inn is open from seven
a.m. to seven p.m. However, on special
occasions it remains open much longer.
For example, during homecoming acti-
vities it remained open for 19 hours. Be-
tween 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. the Inn

is jammed daily. The hardest thing dur-
ing these hours is to keep the tables
cleared, according to Mrs. Martin.

Campus organizations are beginning
more and more to take advantage of its
facilities to hold smokers and the like.
Alpha Phi Alpha and Omega Psi Phi
Fraternities, the Y. M. C. A., and the
Hill Hall Dormitory Council are only a
few of those who have already done so.

READING CLINIC

(Continued from Page 2)
and ordinarily he would suggest that
the student budget his time more care-
fully, thinking this would improve the
quality of the student's work. However,
on the other hand, the student might be
deficient in reading, which naturally
means that he would have trouble un-
derstanding his content subject matter.
After she has worked with the student
in the Clinic, this could be erased and
the student would become a better
Chemistry student.

Miss Sellers advocates giving every
freshman the standardized reading test.
Those found with a reading level should
be referred to the Clinic individually
and in groups, she says.

Poor background is the greatest fac-
tor in the low reading levels of the 61
patients now enrolled. This may be at-
tributed to the fact that there is little
or no reading in high school. Conse-
quently, the students have no means of
knowing whether they are reading below
par, Miss Sellers disclosed.

Quietly, and without fanfare, the
Reading Clinic is more and more be-
aming one of the most important edu-
cation "ventures" in the entire academic
program. It is one of the few in the
entire Southeast.

A product of the Georgia State Read-
ing Clinic may not be able to read and
understand all the things about the
economic aspects of the cold war, but
can be assured that he or she has a
knowledge of the various types of ma-
terials and methods desirable to pro-
mote the integration of reading in the
content subjects.

The Religious Life Department con-
sists of the official organization of the
campus, whose general aims are to pro-
mote the religious growth of the student
body. The organizations which are con-
sidered as officially, affiliated with the
department are the College Churoh, Sun-
day School, the Usher Board, the
Y. W. C. A. and the Y. M. C. A.

A student who has successfully pur-
sued English as his major subject should
have some power to discriminate between
that which is genuinely great and that
which is least great in literature, should
have an intelligent acquaintance with a
fair number of English masterpieces,
should bave some facility, taste and un-
derstanding in expression, and should
have some idea of the main trends of
English and American thought.

The aim of the Department of Lan-
guage and Literature is to help the
student become proficient in oral and
written language, and to help him de-
velop an appreciation for good literature.

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GEORGIA STATE NEWS BULLETIN

December, 1949

College Infirmary Ranks

To the Georgia State College Infirm-
ary each day come as many as 35 stu-
dents. They explain their problems to
the College Nurse and Physician: "I
have a score throat . . " "I wonder if
the doctor would look at my ear." "I
think I've fractured my thumb."

A trained staff, consisting of one
physician, one full-time nurse, and a
student assistant, gives the finest of
professional service to these students,
many whom are away from home for
the first time.

"Keeping- the College community in
good health is a problem of preventive
and therapeutic medicine that includes
personal contact with each student,"
says Dr. Stephen M. McDew, Jr., Col-
lege Physician.

"Our program begins the moment a
student first registers at Georgia State
College, when he is given an appoint-
ment for a thorough physical examina-
tion. Each Freshman is required to
take a complete physical. At the same
time we probe the family background.
In this way physical disabilites and
health problems requiring special con-
sideration are detected," Dr. McDew
added. The majority of the student

ailments are treated in the out-patient
clinic. Here the students receive care
for most of the health problems that are
apt to befall a student body of 1,271. per
sons.

The Infirmary is equipped to render
ambulatory (able to walk about; not
bedridden) and bed services to nine men
and nine women students. The physical
plant which was opened in 1948, is com-
parable to any other institution this
size, Dr. McDew said.

An office for the nurse is provided
along with sleeping quarters. In addi-
tion there is the doctor's office, a dis-
pensary, (stocked with all types of
drugs) treatment room, separate bath-
room and shower facilities for both men
and women, a diet kitchen which con-
tains an electric stove, refrigerator, and
all the necessary appliances. Light
house foods such as soups, juices, broths
are always kept in the kitchen.

Dr. McDew emphasizes that the In-
firmary offers the finest in professional
skill. Mrs, Gertrude. Holmes, College
Nurse, is considered one of the best.
She is a graduate of Charity Hospital
Training School for Nurses (in Savan-
nah), and has also attended Simmons
College in Boston. Miss Cutie Weaver,
the student assistant, is a former mem-
ber of the Women's Army Corps
W.A.C's, serving in the medical
branch. Dr. McDew received his under-
graduate training at Georgia State, and
the M. D. degree from Meharry Medical

College. He is recognized as one of
Savannah's top surgeons and physicians.

The facilities of Charity Hospital are
available to the College staff. To quote
Dr. McDew, "Charity Hospital works es-
pecially close with us. For example,
our students receive a reduction of 20%
of hospitalization fees. Consequently,
cases that the Clinic is unable to handle
are referred to Charity where they are
taken over by "specialists." "These
specialists are always available to ren-
der services to the College family," Dr.
McDew stated. However, anxious par-
ents may be assured that they will be
notified if their daughter or son is ill
enough to require hospitalization of sev-
eral days duration.

Do students make use of the Health
Service ? Statistics made available
(Oct. 48 Oct. 49) disclose the follow-
ing:

Freshman physicals for 1949; Boys
102, Girls 119; students treated; Boys
176; Revisits, 247; Girls Treated, 196;
and revisits 486; Secondly, Persons ad-
mitted: Boys 31, Girls 46; Major oper-
ations 6; Minor operations 8.

During the Winter one gallon of
cough syrup is consumed every ten days
and one hundred influenza or "flu" cap-
sules are consumed every three weeks.

The efficiency of the clinic is attested
by the fact that a student requiring an
appendectomy is only out of school ten
days, and this includes the weekend.
The efficiency is further widened by an
unusual case that occurred two years
ago. Ten days prior to Commencement
exercises, Dr. McDew removed three
feet of intestine from a student; how-
ever, on Baccalaureate Sunday she wore
her academic gown.

Because of the implicit faith in him,
Dr. McDew is the campus "Dr. Chris-
tian." Many students take to him their
personal problems and as yet he has never
been too busy to take the time to discuss
and help them to reach a solution.

A small fee of $3.00 ... is included

i Infirmary Staff Miss Cutie
** Weaver,, Student Assistant,
Mrs. Gertrude Holmes, R. N.,
and Dr. S. M. McDew, Jr.

in every student's bill to take care of
the health service. (Contrast this with
professional rates which average $2.50
per visit.) On the other hand, the
Georgia State Medical College student
is assured of skilled medical advice
whenever he needs it.

President Payne Named
Consultant

W. K. Payne, Acting President of
Georgia State College, was selected as
Chief Consultnat for the 12th annual
Georgia Prinicpals' Conference held at
Albany, Friday and Saturday, November
18th and 19th. He was chosen for the
position by Robert Cousins, Director of
the Negro Division, State Department of
Education.

Said by many to be the best such con-
ference ever to be held in the State, the
meeting ended by President Payne's giv-
ing a summary and evaluation of the ac-
complishments of the various work
groups at the two-day Negro Principals'
Conference.

Other consultants from Georgia State
College included Timothy Meyers, regis-
trar; Dr. Alma Stegall, head of the De-
partment of Education; Miss Muriel
King, Supervisor of Secondary Educa-
tion; Leo Ballard, Principal of Powell
Laboratory School, the Rev. R. M. Rob-
erts, Assistant Chaplain; and Wilton C.
Scott, Director of Public Relations.

President Payne and Mr. Scott, while
at the conference, addressed a special
meeting of the Georgia State College
Southwest Alumni Chapter at Albany.
A. Z. Taylor, G. S. C. Itinerant Teacher-
Trainer, Industrial Education and Scott
spoke at a meeting of the Georgia Inter-
Scholastic Association, which met in con-
junction with the Principals.

The theme of the conference was "The
Principal in Curriculum Development."

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avannah State College

SAVANNAH - GEORGIA

ALUMNI NEWS

JUNE. 1950

VOLOUME I NO. I

PAYNE FIFTH S. S. C. PRESIDENT

Dr. George W. Gore, Jr.
To Deliver Commencement
Iress June 7

Dr. George W. Gore, Jr., newly-elect-
ed President of Florida A & M College
will deliver the Commencement address
Wednesday, June 7. He succeeds Dr. Wil-
liam H. Gray who resigned as President
of Florida A & M College last year.

A native of Nashville Tennessee, Dr.
Gore has been Dean of A & I College
for 23 years. A graduate of DePauw
University Indiana, he holds the Ed. M.
degree from Harvard University and the
Ph. D. regree from Columbia University.

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II

Yvhiie an undergraduate, Dr. Gore was
a Rector scholar for three years and
graduated cum laude. Later he received
a Rosenwald Fellowship and two Gen-
eral Education Board Fellowships for
graduate study. At one time, he was sec-
retary in Marion, Indiana.

The first Negro to be elected delegate
to the National Education Association
from a Southern State, he has been a
member of the Tennessee delgation for
five years. Dr. Gore has for many years
been secretary of th Tennessee State
Teachers Association and is now presi-
dent-elect of the Southern Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools. A mem-
ber of the American Council on Edu-
cation, and member of the Joint ATT
and NEA committee, he is past president
of the National Association of Collegi-
ate Deans and Registrars in Negro
Schools.

Rev. J. S. Bryan
Baccalaureate Speaker
4

An alumnus of Savannah State Col-
lege, the Rev. John S. Bryan, pastor, St.
Phillip A. M. E. Church, Savannah,
will be the Baccalaureate speaker Sun-
day, June 4. He graduated in the Class
of '27.

Rev. Bryan received his A. B. degree
at Savannah State College, his D. D.,
Turner Theological Seminary (1930), and
an additonal D. D., Morris Brown Col-
lege, (1937).

He has attended Hartford University,
Hartford, Connecticut; Gammon Theo-
logical Seminary, Atlanta, Georgia and
received a B. D. at Morris Brown College.

Rev. Bryan has served as pastor of the
following churches; Wesley Church of
Savannah; St. Paul of Macon, Georgia;
Cosmopolitan Church of Atlanta, and St.
John of Columbus, Georgia. He is con-
nected with the General Committee of
the A. M. E. Churches, and a trustee of
Morris Brown College.

Dr. Bryan is a candidate for Bishop

in 1952 and has been endorsed by the

Connectional Council of the A. M. E.
Church.

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Move Lauded

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William Kenneth Payne, 46, well-known
administrator, and educator, is the new
President of Savannah (Georgia) State
College.

His appointment Wednesday, March 1,
by the Board of Regents of the Universi-
ty System of Georgia was announced
by Chancellor Harmond W. Caldwell
following a meeting of the Board. Presi-
dent Payne was named to the acting

presidency of the College last Septem-
ber following the resignation of James A.
Colston.

Some 1,200 students, faculty and staff
members learned of his elevation during'
a special assembly at which time Wilton
C. Scott, Director of Public Relations
revealed that the popular leader had
been unanimously elected. He is the fifth
president of the institution which was
founded in 1891.

Miss Janie L. Lester, Dean of Women,
one of the oldest members of the staff
in point of continued service, was one
of the individuals to appear on the
assembly program. She said of the
President, "I've known him (President
Payne) a long time. .. and I know that
he is the man to make Savannah State
College the type of college it should be."'

Emerson Ragsdale, President of the
Student Council, representing the stu-
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SAVANNAH STATE ALUMNI NEWS

JUNE, 1950

Plans Set For Alumni Reception

Letter From President Bacon

Of General Alumni

Association

Dear Alumnus:

As we approach the close of another
year, I would like to express my grati-
tude' to everyone who supported the
Alumni Association this year, in any
way.

There has never been any time in the
history of the College when the support
of the Alumni is needed more than now,
morally as well as financially. Therefore,
may I urge you to support the Alumni
Association by attending the meetings
and helping to build the kind of organi-
zation you desire. The College is still
our school, regardless to the number of
changes it undergoes, and we cannot
do too much about stabilizing the things
we like about our Alma Mater unless
we develop a well organized Association.
This makes it imperative for us to unite
and begin working for the good of the
College and its family. Let us make
this Commencement Season the greatest
in the history of the College by encour-
ing all graduates and friends to attend
all the programs, especially Alumni
meetings.

I am sure that each one of you will
join me in expressing our appreciation
to President Payne and his staff for dedi-
cating this issue of the College Bulletin
to us.

The support of every loyal alumnus is
needed to build the kind of Association
we would like to see. Let us start a re-
vival of our school spirit for a stronger
Alumni.

Sincerely,
A. S. Bacon, President
General Alumni Association

Board of Regents Appoint
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dents, expressed the feelings of that
group by saying that they stood behind
him 100 per cent in his program. W. B.
Nelson, Director, Division of Trades and
Industries, spoke for the faculty.

"The College will continue to grow
... I sincerely appreciate the efforts
of everyone. . . and I'm sure that we all
have the concern of the institution at
heart and will do everything possible to
see that it progresses in the right di-
rection. . . " declared the newly-elected
president in his initial speech.

President Payne is a graduate of More-
house College (A.B.), and Columbia
University (M.A.), and has done ad-
vanced study at the Universities of Min-
nesota, and Chicago. He is regarded as
one of the top men in the field of admin-
istrative finance.

The Chief Executive has long been
active in local civic and religious activi-
ties as well as in national and state edu-
cational circles.

Summer School opens June 12th. First
session ends July 15, second session be-
gins July 17th and closes August 19th.
For additional information write Office
of the Registrar, Savannah State Col-
lege, Savannah, Georgia.

Dr. J. H. Griffin
Principal Speaker

Dr. Joseph Howard Griffin, Class of
1911, will be the principal speaker at
the Alumni Reception Tuesday evening,
June 6, in Adams Hall. His address will
highlight a week of commencement act-
ivities which will mark the reunion of
the ( 19001910192019301940 )
classes.

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The Savannah State alumnus, valedic-
torian of his class, also won this same
honor at Meharry Medical College where
he received the M. D. degree in 1915. He
has done post-graduate study at Cook
County Hospital, Chicago (1928), Em-
ory University (Summers of 1931, 32, and
'33), and at the University of Pennsyl-
vania (Summer of 194S).

Dr. Griffin founded Johnson Memorial
Hospital in 1935 where he is senior sur-
geon, as well as owner of Griffin Hospi-
tal and Clinic, Bainbridge. He performed
his 8,000th major operation June 15,
1949. He plans opening the New Me-
morial Hospital June 1.

He is a member of the following or-
ganizations:

John A. Andrew Clinical Society, (For-
mer President), Florida A. and M. Clin-
ical Society, (Co-Founder and former
President), South-Eastern Medical So-
ciety, (Founder), Georgia State Medical
Association, and National Medical Asso-
ciation.

The program for the evening follows:
Instrumental solo, Hilliary R. Hat-
chett, Acting Chairman, Fine Arts De-
partment; Introduction of President W.
K. Payne, Wilton C. Scott, Director of
Public Relations; Welcome address, Pres-
ident Payne; Response, A. S. Bacon,
President, General Alumni Association;
Solo, Dorothy Gambrell, Class '50; In-
troduction of main speaker, Alexander
Hurse; address, Dr. Griffin; Greetings,
chapter presidents and/or representa-
tives; annual Alumni meeting and elec-
tion of officers, Meldrim Auditorium,
8 p. m. L. D. Law will serve as toast-
master at the reception.

"Zero" Graduates
To Hold Spotlight

The following names are listed as they
appeared on the commencement pro-
grams. For the past two years the staff
in the Office of the Registrar has been
"pulling together" unassembled details
of former students and graduates. Ed-
itor.

Class of 1900 (High School Depart-
ment) W. H. Bryan, Ethel W. Jackson,
Florence A. Ester, Samuel A. Grant, J.
W. Haigler, E. W. Houston, Etta Jud-
kins, A. J. Shootes, Mamie L .Duckett,
and E. A. Overstreet.

Class of 1910 (High School Depart-
ment) J. T. Brown, M. Rebecca Brown,
J. S. Frazier, N. B. Hester, Gertrude
Holmes, Jennie L. Mcintosh, Elizabeth
Radford, M. L. D. Spears, Frank B.
Stoney, and Essie Thorpe.

Class of 1920 (High School Depart-
ment) Alfred A. Alston, Ralph Baisden,
Nathaniel H. Collier, Amanda M. Curley
Jefferson H. Edwards, Clyneta C. Ford,
Laura Mae Ford, Wm. R. Jackson, Leon
E. Josey, Luther Ison. S. L. Lester,
Mazella * R. Moultrie, Carrie L. Pope,
Samuel Mansfield, Denefield Player,
Julia Robinson, Fredrick B. Reeves,
Clarence R. Sampson, Herbert L. Tom-
linson, and Mildred E .Whigham.

Class of 1920 (College Department)
Jessica L. Arline, Nixon D. Bryant, and
Moses D. Havnes.

Classes of 1930 (Senior College)
Ceorge Henry Cannon, Arthur C. Carter,
Albert Cutter, James B. Stevens, Jr., El-
sie Juanita Adams, Ola Beatrice Bass,
Dorothy Marie Davis, Amanda Bell Din-
kins, Nianza Dorothy Freeman, Jeannette
Permelia Caston, Lennie Magnolia Gor-
don, Geneva Earle Hamilton, Janie
Louise Greene, Cecilia Anita Hazard,
Margaret Hutchinson, Flossie Gertrude
Livingston, Grace Mae Moon, Fannie
Cleveland Moore, Theresa Victoria Mur-
ray, Wilbert Wilkins Smith, Nancy Vic-
toria Thomas and Sidney Elizabeth
Woodruff.

(Senior High School) Camille Gwendo-
lyn Barnes, Laura Mae Barrett, Frank
Battle, Doris Belcher, Herschel Bell,
Robert Armintha Bryan, Elizabeth Cook,
James Henry Flemister, Mildred Cecile
Grant, Alma Eleanor Louise Hughes,
Samuel S. Kelson, Mary Tallulah King,
Dorothy Roumanier Lawson, Martha
Anita Manes, Willie Eleana Meyers, Hal-
lie Quinn McGahee, Theodore Phorston
McClean, Eleanor Josephine Mosley, Ma-
bel Marie Perry, Willie Clyde Ponder,
Nobel Porter, Rynalder Dean Rambeau,
Martha Lovenia Readdy, Marguerite
Hortense Sanders, Matthew Sloan, Alonzo
Smith, Florine Albertina Solomon,
Eunice Marika Walker, Rosalie Clemen-
tina Whitfield, and Leah Lucinia Woods.

(Class of 1940) John Louis Davis, Wes-
ley Barthelmew Hudson, Ernest Gatson,
James Wesley Graham, Walter Thomas
Pace, Walter Rambeau, Shelley Rambeau
Hazel Walker, Mary Alice Jenkins, Flo-
rine Able, Christopher Brown, Fannie
DeVeaux, Alice Haven, Roger Bernard
Jones, Canzadie Keith, Vension Oliphant,
Janie Sibert, Annie Mae Washington,
Pearl Williams, Elsie Adams, Walter
Boles, *Lenora Durham, Dorothy Hubert,
Mary Manes, Benjamin Ralph Singleton,
Sepherine Barnett, Dannie Dennson, Arie
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JUNE, 1950

SAVANNAH STATE ALUMNI NEWS

Page 3

College Changes Name
Second Time Since 1891;
Regents Make Move

For the second time since its founding
in 1892, the name of the College has been
changed.

Savannah State College, established
by an act of the Georgia legislature in
1890 as "The Georgia State Industrial
College for Colored Youths," had this
name changed to "Georgia State Col-
lege in 1931, and was renamed "Savan-
nah State College" on January 18, 1950
by the Board of Regents of the Univer-
sity System of Georgia.

President W. K. Payne, who announced
the change in name at a press conference
also disclosed that several changes were
made in curriculum offerings. He ad-
ded that both changes were made by the
Board following a recent survey of the
University System by a committee of
outstanding educators.

While neither President Payne nor
the Board has given any specific reason
for the change in name, it is felt that this
was done to eliminate any possible con-
fusion of the local college with other
colleges in the system. Savannah State
was established originally, and still is
as one of the schools of the system
which is comprised of 18 units, many
having the name "Georgia State" con-
nected with them in some manner. The
Two other Negro state colleges, Albany
and Fort Valley, are named for the
towns within which they are located.
The change has brought mixed reaction,
both on the campus and in nearby areas.

"The college (Savannah State) will
continue most of the things that it has
been doing for the past 20 years. While
it will still provide work in the arts and
sciences on the bachelor level, it will
center its chief efforts on the industrial
and business fields.

"New areas for expansion will be in
the graphic and plastic arts, home eco-
nomics from the commercial and indus-
trial aspects, elementary education, and
secondary education 'as soon as' ade-
quate facilities are provided for ap-
prentice teaching." President Payne
said.

It is expected that the academic
changes will be brought up to recom-
mended standards by the survey com-
mittee within the next few months, Mr.
Payne added. In his opinion, the new
things will afford increased opportuni-
t.es for the College to expand, and, at
I d tame time, be of more use to the
youth and citizens of this state.

0cie Finals Speech

President W. K. Payne delivered four
commencement addresses during the
week of May 22 in Georgia and Alabama.

The Chief Executive spoke at Alabama
State College Monday, the 22. It was here
that his illustrious career as an educator
began. President Payne served as in-
structor and later as principal of the
high school.

He delivered the address at the State
Branch of the School in Mobile, Tuesday,
the 23rd. Thursday and Friday, May
25th and 26th respectively, he spoke at
Mitchell County Training School, Pel-
ham, and Wayne County Training School,
Jesup.

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held at the College are shown in tbe above picture. They are: (left to right) Mau-
ric S. Stokes, Director Audio-Visual Aids Laboratory, J. Randolph Fisher, Acting
Chairman, Department of English; President W. K. Payne, Savannah State College;
John Lawton, Statesboro; William Fielder, Managing Editor, Savannah Morning News;
E. A. Lowe, Director, Division of General Extension, Miss Emily Woodward, Director
of Forums, University System of Georgia; Mrs. Mary Hall, Jeanes Supervisor, Bryan
and Evans Counties; Rev. Richard Roberts, Savannah State (Class of '50); John Q.
Jefferson, Savannah; and Wesley Meyers, Brunswick.

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Rev.

State

Wilton C. Scott, Dirctor of Public Re-
lations, Savannah State College has been
named editor of the Winter Newsletter,
quarterly publication for the Southeast-
ern Regional Conference for the Ameri-
can Association for Adult Education. He

The Rev. J. W. Maxwell, Class of '96
was in the office of Public Relations re-
cently for a short visit. He was accom-
panied by the Rev. John S. Bryan, Class
of '27 and the Baccalaureate speaker.

Rev. Maxwell is currently Presiding
Elder of the Brunswick District of the
A. M. E, Church. He has been and' still is
one of the strongest supporters of the
College. The well-known minister was a
classmate of Bishop R. R. Wright who
delivered the Baccalaureate address last
June.

was elected at the three-day confab
held at the University of Virginia at
Charlottesville which adjourned recently.
In addition to being elected to the
editorial post, Mr. Scott was also named
to the conference publications committee.
The following states were represented;
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JUNE, 1950

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The division of pictures on the next page is as follows: (1) elementary school teachers, (2) high school teachers, (3) Savannah State
Alumni in attendance, and (4) home economics and agriculture teachers.

JUNE, 1950

SAVANNAH STATE ALUMNI NEWS

Page 5

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SAVANNAH STATE ALUMNI NEWS

JUNE, 1950

College Initiates Recruitment Drive

President W. K. Payne
Enlists Aid of Alumni

Without students there would be no
need for colleges. However, not just
students are desired by Savannah State
College, but good students. Consequently
a concentrated drive to secure students
of high caliber is currently underway at
the College.

President W. K. Payne and Public Re-
lations Director Wilton C. Scott have
enlisted the aid of certain Alumni in
various communities to carry out this
program.

The following form letter was mailed
out by the President:
My dear Alumnus:

Savannah State College is interested
in securing some of the best students
of our state as members of our student
body.

It is our opinion here that the men
and women who know Savannah State
College best are able to assist the Col-
lege in recruiting such students. Your
record and standing in your community
place you in position to be a valuable
representative of the College on the
field.

I know that in most communities there
are several individuals who might be
helpful in this recruitment. I would like
for you to utilize all of the interested
persons in your community in the re-
cruitment of desirable students for the
Savannah State College.

I am requesting all of the designated
representatives who attend the Georgia
Teachers and Education Association at
Macon next week-end to hold a con-
ference at the Ballard-Hudson High
School. The hour and room will be an-
nounced during the first day of the
meeting.

If you cannot be present for that meet-
ing, please write your willingness to be
such representative for the College. At
that meeting more detailed plans will
be drawn for the recruitment program.
However, it will not be necessary for
you to wait to begin your work as a rep-
resentative of the College if it is agree-
able with you.

I wish to thank you for your demon-
strated interest in the Savannah State
College and express my wish for your
continued co-oneration.

Below are the names of some promi-
nent Alumni who have been asked to
heln recruit students to Savannah State
College.

Mr. Josie B. Sessoms, 740 West 45th
Street. Savannah; Charles DuVaul, Snen-
cer High School, Columbus; Mrs. Ollie
Ruth Jackson 105 Dubose Street, Macon;
Otis Watson, 476 Flint Avenue, Albany;
Charles Ogletree, Inner Boulevard,
Thomasville; Miss Loretha Gilmore,
Jeanes Supervisor. 704 West Magnolia
Street. Valdosta; Mrs. Ernestine Holle,
116 Hamilton Street, LaGrange; R. C.
Blakeney. Principal, Waynesboro High
School, Waynesboro; General Stone,
County Agent, Swainsboro; Walter J.
Boles, 380 Andrew Street, Cuthbert;
James Edward McCoy, 103 Cooper Street,
Pelham; Mrs. Julia Mae Cooper Harris.
1306 S. Washington Street, Quitman;
Mrs. Mary C. Catching, Home Demon-
stration As:ent, Camilla; Henry T. Jones,
South Jefferson Street, Dublin; Ellie R.
Gay, County Agent, Millen; Richard

Chisholm, Statesboro High & Ind. School,
Statesboro; E. B. Cooper, Liberty Coun-
ty Training School, Riceboro; Mrs. Louise
D. Edwards, Log Cabin Center, Mayfield;
James Smith, 243, Lawrence Street,
Cuthbert; Charles Julian, Brooks Co.
Training School, Quitman.

Miss Bernice Williams, P. O. Box 452,
Wrens; Mrs. F. M. Staley, E. Forsyth
Street, Americus; Mrs. Eula P. Williams,
310 Hayes Street, Douglas; Mrs. Louise
Butler Jackson, 502 10th Avenue West,
Cordele; Thomas Blount, 301 N. Lee
Street, Americus; Miss Dorothy F. Jones,
408 5th Avenue, N. W., Moultrie; Miss
Mary Ellen Jones, 221 Newman Street,
Sandersville, and J. Copeland, Principal,
Colored High School, Boston, Georgia.

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Augustus Hill, class of '37 was recent-
ly appointed State Agent in Rural Hous-
ing. His appointment was announced by
P. H. Stone, State Agent for Negro
Work, Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service.

The new appointee, who is a native of
Telfair County, comes to his assignment
with a fine background of training and
experience, having worked with his
father, who was an outstanding builder
in McRae. He is an excellent builder and
planner, and has served as a high school
principal and teacher of vocational agri-
culture. During the operation of the
N. Y. A. project at Albany, Georgia, he
was director and also supervised the
construction of the various project units.

In 1942, he left this assignment to ac-
cept the position in Grady County as
Negro County Agent, and, in 1945, he was
appointed as Assistant Negro State 4-H
Club Agent. While serving in this capa-
city, he was given a summer's leave to
study methods and trends in rural hous-
ing and has, since then, in addition to
his other duties, supervised the develop-
ments at the State 4-H Club Camp at
Dublin.

After Mr. Hill's return from his study
of rural housing, he directed a State-
wide housing school which was held
under the auspices of the Georgia Ag-
ricultural Extension Service. Community
leaders were brought in from the var-
ious counties and given instructions in
the fundamentals of simple construction
required in repairing, or building simple
farm homes. Reports from all of the
trainees have shown that splendid re-
sults have been obtained from their
training received at the school.

John Warrick, Graduate,
Masonry Instructor Passes

The peace and quiet of this College
community was shaken by the death of
John Harrison Warrick, Assistant Tech-
nician of Masonry on April 5. The Sa-
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of injuries sustained in an automobile
accident while enroute to work the morn-
ing of March 28.

Final rites were held in the College's
Meldrim Auditorium Saturday after-
noon, April 8. The spacious college chapel
was bedecked with flowers. Remarks were
made by President W. K. Payne, Wil-
liam Nelson, Alexander Hurse, John
Q. Adams. Rev. J. H. Bryant, L. L.
Law, and David Johnson. The invocation
was given by the Rev. Andrew J. Har-
grett. Music was furnished by the Col-
lege choir, the College Park Baptist
Church Choir, and Robert C. Long.

Mr. Warrick was born in Baxley,
Georgia. He came to Savannah as a
lad and entered what was then known as
Georgia State Industrial College with
the late Major R. R. Wright as president.
There he remained until the outbreak of
World War I when he was called to the
service of his country. He was then in
the graduating class. His diploma was
presented by proxy to his father, the
late Reverend Allen Warrick. After the
war he returned to the college to serve
as head of the Department of Masonry,
, succeeding the late L. B. Thompson, who
resigned to enter the wrecking and con-
struction business in Philadelphia. Here
he served efficiently and faithfully al-
most continuously until his death.

Just as he sought education, he also
sought spiritual guidance, and soon after
arrival he became affiliated with Col-
leg Park Baptist Church

He was one of the organizers of Vance
Allison Post, V. F. W.. and served as one
of the members of the Trustee Board
and chaplain.

He never severed his connection with
New Jersey Baptist Church, Baxley, and
would make periodic trips to Baxley to
participate in its activities. He also
served Beth Eden Baptist Church where
he was considered almost the same as
an active member.

Continued on Page 8

JUNE, 1950

SAVANNAH STATE ALUMNI NEWS

Page 7

Alumni Activities Report
Compiled, Released By
Office of Public Relations

Southwest Alumni Group

The following report on Alumni activ-
ities was compiled under the supervision
of Wilton C. Scott, Director of Public
Relations. Its purpose is to acquaint you
with what Savannah State College's for-
mer students and alumni are doing.
However, it is by no means conclusive,
and any additional information received
will be highly appreciated. Editor.

The report follows: Chatham County
teachers, 180; Georgia teachers exclud-
ing Savannah, 515; outside of Georgia,
20; Jeanes Teachers, 28; county agents,
25; vocational agriculture and veteran
farm instructors, 94; State Agriculture
Extension Agents, 3; home demonstra-
tion agents, 3; and home economic teach-
ers, 20

These four charming personalities
(left to right) Misses Doris Harris, Leona
Carter, Sarah Derrick, and Opie Mar-
cus, are employed here at the College.
Each of them finished in the class of 49.

We have alumni working at the fol-
lowing colleges:

Savannah State College, Southern Uni-
versity, Florida Normal and Industrial
College, Prairie View College, Bethune
Cookman College, Jackson College, Al-
bany State College, Fort Valley State
College, A & T College, and West Vir-
ginia State College.

In various businesses we find the fol-
lowing:

Business proprietors, 44: (radio shops,
shoe shops, grocers, morticians, etc;
Physicians dentists, and surgeons, 14;
Nurses 8; office workers other than col-
leges, 21; clergymen, 15; college presi-
dent, 1; college dean, 1; army officers,
(Majors, captains, and lieutenants)
World War II, seven; school principals,
68; American Legion District Officers,
20; skilled occupations, 40 (carpenters,
brickmasons, etc.); miscellaneous, 250
(cleaners, pressers, etc.) social workers,
8; Federal government, 27; factories and
plants, 41.

This information is based on facts se-
cured from alumni, state agencies, etc.

Some of Savannah State College's
most outstanding graduates follow:

Dr. Julian W. Ross, M. D., 619 Florida
Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. Grant
H. Davis, carpenter and builder, 2241 E.
93rd St., Cleveland 6 Ohio; Dr. L. C.
Youngblood 2587 East 55th Street, Cleve-
land, Ohio; Dr. J. W. Griffin, founder and
owner, Memorial Hospital, Bainbridge,
Georgia; Dr. David I. Griffin, Jackson
Street, Thomasville, Georgia; B. J. James
grocer, Thunderbolt, Georgia; John Mc-
Glockton, solicitor of 5,000 Negro votes

Representatives of Southwest Savannah Alumni Association Seated (left to right)
are: Mrs. Birnell Rivers, Odest J. Watson, President; and Mrs. Helen Mayes, Corre-
sponding Secretary. Standing (left to right) are: Mrs. L. O. Hall, Howard Seay, Mrs.
Catherine Cooper, and Nathaniel Mayes (future Statite.)

and grocer, Savannah; Oliver T. Strong,
funeral director, grocery and cafe owner.
Moultrie, Georgia, and Dr. R. R. Wright,
Jr., Bishop, Bethel A. M. E. Church,
Atlanta.

Rev. J. S. Bryan, outstanding clergy-
man and candidate for A. M. E. Bishop,
Savannah, Georgia; Dr. Robert Pugh,
President, Florida N & I College and for-
mer Dean of Religion there, St. August-
ine, Florida; Homer Edwards, Supervis-
ing Principal, Athens Public Schools,
President, Georgia Teachers & Educa-
tional Association, Athens, Georgia;
Charles DuVaul, Supervising Principal,
Columbus Public Schools-Treasurer,
Georgia Teachers & Educational Asso-
ciation, Columbus, Georgia, and A. S.
Bacon, Assistant State Agent for Ne-
groes, Savannah State College.

Leonard Law, Assistant Personnel Of-
ficer of Union Bag & Paper Co., Larg-
est paper mill in the world, Savannah;
Mrs. Alene Heacock, owner of three
New York apartments, 145 Gate Avenue,
Brooklyn, New York; Dr. S. M. Mc-
Dew, Jr., President, South Atlantic Med-
ical Association and noted Savannah
physician; Dr. N. H. Collier, noted Sav-
vannah Dentist; Dr. Henry Collier, Sr.,
owner of Savannah X-ray Clinic, Savan-
nah; Dr. L. W. Williams, 415 Church
Street, Valdosta; Dr. W. H. Stafford,
116y 2 N. Ashley Street, Savannah; E.
B. Stevens, funeral director in Quitman
and Valdosta, 215 E. Broad Street, Quit-
man, and O. W. Bryant, District Mana-
ger, Atlanta Life Insurance Company,
Valdosta.

Edgar Law, District Manager, Atlanta
Life Insurance Company, Savannah; Carl
Lawrence, public relations consultant for
advertising syndicate and candidate for
city council and for correspondent for
New York Amsterdam News, 10 West
138th Street, Apt. 10D, New York, New
York; Miss Dorothy Lampkin, supervisor
of local vocational school and recipient of
State homemaking award, Savannah; Al-

exander Hurse, Negro State Club Agent,
Savannah State College Branch; Augus-
tus Hill, State Rural Housing Agent,
Savannah; T. C. Meyers, Registrar, Sa-
vannah State College, and John L. Rob-
erson, optical lens technician, Gayner and
Firestone Optical Lens Company, De-
troit, Michigan.

In Vidalia recently, a representative of
the Office of Public Relations staff
photographed the following Savannah
State Alumni: (left to right) C. D.
Jackson, T. R. Maxwell, Douglas Holmes,
W. J. Bryant, G. H. McCord, W. O.
Home, W. P. Forest, R. E. Ellison, and
W. C. Scott, Director of Public Relations.

Wilton C. Scott Gets

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Florida, Tennesse, South Carolina, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama, North Carolina, and
Virginia. Mr. Scott attended the meet
after being invited to serve as a group
leader. As director of Public Relations,
Mr. Scott co-ordinates all phases of the
College public relations program and
serves as a personal representative of
the President in College community rela-
tions, alumni and public affairs. He is
assisted by Charles "Chuck" Smith and
Miss Leona Carter.

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SAVANNAH STATE ALUMNI NEWS

JUNE, 1950

50 Track Team

s Tops

A look at the 1950 track record of
the Savannah State College "Flying
Tigers" discloses that they were un-
defeated by a team east of the Missis-
sippiThis makes them "THE NUMBER
ONE TEAM IN THE SOUTHEAST."

In Montgomery, Alabama on Aprii 15
a five-man squad consisting of C. P.
Harris, Enoch Roberts, Joe Turner, Frank
"Breadtruck" Johnson, and Frank Prince
scored 25 points with one additional point
being made in the shotput by Kenneth
Hawkins.

Frank Prince (left) 'and Curtis Harris
were interviewed over radio station
WFRP following the return of the track-
team's return from the Drake Relays.
Here they are shown with Dick Mc-
Laughlin, sports director.

This is how they scored those points
successfully defended their sprint-med-
ley title (Johnson, Turner, Roberts,
Prince), time 3:34; won the mile relay
(Turner, Roberts, Roberts, Harris,
Prince), time 3:24.4; won the mile run
(Prince), time 4:43; Won the half-mile
(Prince, Johnson, third) time, 2:3, and
second in the 440 (Turner).

At the Tuskegee Relays the two-mile
relay team finished second behind Tex-
as College, and third in the mile as Til-
ston College and Texas College beat
them to the tape.

John Warrick, Graduate

Continued From Page 6

His quiet manner, his desire to serve,
and his love for people endeared him to
all with whom he came in contact. The
beauty and solemnity of his funeral were
compatible with his private and public-
life.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Es-
ther S. Warrick, one son, John Warrick,
One daughter Jean Elizabeth Warrick,
one sister, Birdie W. Stewart, two broth-
ers, Samuel W. Warrick, Baxley and
Ronald M. Warrick, Fort Pierce, Flori-
da, and a large number of neices, neph-
ews, cousins, and a host of friends.

Honorary Pallbearers were President
W. K. Payne, Mr. William B. Nelson,
Mr. Alexander Hurse, Mr. Arthur Dwight
Mr. Wilton C. Scott, Mr. L. L. Law,
Mr. C. 0. Ryals, Dr. M .P. Sessoms, and
Dr. S. M. McDew, Jr.

Active Pallbearers were Mr. B. J.
James. Mr. James Butler, Jr., Mr. James
J. Edwards, Mr. S. L. Lester, Mr. E. J.
Simmons, and Mr. James Ferguson.

When better cars are built, the back-
seat driver will be enclosed in a sound-
proof case.

SCHOLARSHIP CONTRIBUTORS

Names of contributors to the 1949-50 Alumni Scholarship Fund as released
by General Alumni President A. S. Bacon follow: Amount Contributed: A. S.
Bacon, 5.00; T. R. Maxwell (Vidalia Chapter) 18.00; Alexander Hurse, 5.00;
Savannah State College Chapter, 158.50; Miss Annie M. Sams, 5.00; Wesley
Myers, 5.00; Mrs. Hattie Reese, 5.00; Grant H. Davis, 5.00; Joe Martin, 3.00;
Timothy C. Myers, 5.00; Calvin Pressley, 2.00; B. J. James, 15.00; J. C. Sanders,
5.00; James Luten, 5.00; Mrs. Rosemary Harrell, 3.00; George M. Robeson, 15.00;
W. D. Carnegie, 3.00; John Camper (N. Y. Fund), 10.00; Miss Annie M. Daniel,
1.00; Miss Ruby King, 5.00; Miss Mary Rushia, 1.00; Alonza Ninons, 2.00; A. W.
Moss, 1.00; Mrs. Elizabeth Gaston, 2.00; Mrs. L. L. Austin, 1.00; Mrs. Mamie
Harrell, 1.00; Mrs. Sarah W. Mollette, 3.00; Tatnall County, 5.00; Mrs. Roselie
B. Gamble, 3.00; Miss A. Walker, 5.00; Mrs. Eloise Pinkney, 1.00; Mrs. Viola
Holbrooks, 5.00; Mrs. R E.. Baisden, 300; Frank Tharpe, 15.00; Mrs. Lucile
Harris, 1.00; J. B. Stevens, 10.00; Mrs. Eloise Pinckney Jones, 1.00; Mrs. L.
Orene Hall, 5.00; Mrs. Viola C. Daniels, 3.00; J. C. Few, 1.00; Mrs. Frankye
Roberson Mosely, 2.00; Mrs. Parmela Taylor, .50; Mrs. Eunice J. Brown, 5.00;
Mrs. Helen Mayes, 5.00; Miss Thelma Walker (for Alumni members attending
AU), 5.00; R. P. Pinckney, 10.00; Mrs. Rhina Miller, 5.00; Mrs. M. G. Seabrook,
5.00; J. S. Delaware, 5.00; Mr. & Mrs. I. M. Jackson, 10.00; Mrs. Melandia Smith,
5.00; James M. Washington, 5.00; C. A. Edwards, 2.00; C. A. Wiggins, 5.00;
Mrs. M. W. Law, 5.00; L. D. Law, 10.00; Rollins Bacon, 2.00; Fred Owens, 1.00;
A. C. Carter, 2.00; F. D. Tharpe, 10.00; Mrs. Beatrice Gisenaner, 10.00; Miss
Jessie Dunn, 2.00; Mrs. E. Hall, 6.00; Walter Horne, 5.00; Raymond Head, 5.00;
Ernest S. Spikes, 2.50; Odest Watson, 5.00; Total $482.50. *The names of mem-
bers of the "Nine" classes and their contribution was not available at press time.

The following students received scholarship aid; Edgar Worlds, Jr., Beach,
Savannah; Frank Johnson, Hudson, Macon; Robert Slocum, Spencer, Columbus;
Willie Johnson, Hutto, Bainbridge; Willie C. Hardwick, Moultrie, Moultrie;
Ulysses McDowell, Center, Waycross; Wade Travers, Center, Waycross; and
Willie Patterson, Wayne, Jesup.

Mrs. Lampkin Receives

TIGERS TAKE S. E. A. C.
TRACK, FIELD TITLE

The New Homemakers of America
holding their annual meeting at Fort
Valley Georgia, where more than 600
girls and advisors were in session, re-
cently paid signal honor to Mrs. Dorothy
R. Lampkin (Savannah State graduate),
homemaking teacher in the Savannah
School system and advisor of the Senior
Chapter of N. H. A. at Beach High
School where she received the national
emblem, a gold pin. The award was made
at Fort Valley College.

Each year three individuals are named
by the Executive Council for Honorary
Degrees. Those individuals whose work
towards improving youth in educational,
religious and cultural activities has been
outstanding based upon the objectives of
the New Homemakers receive the coveted
honor.

Mrs. Dorothy R. Lampkin" will be one
of the 15 advisors reprsenting the State
at the national convention which convenes
at Southern University, Baton Rouge, La.
in the near future.

Savannah State College's Flying Tigers
completely outclassed the three-team field
here Saturday, May 20 as they rolled up
76 points to win the second annual South-
eastern Atheletic Conference track and
field championship on a wet and soggy
track during intermittent showers.

Claflin College, Orangeburg, S. C,
followed the local squad in rolling up
40 points to place second with Albany
State being held to eight, and third place.
Last year at the inaugural meet, host
Claflin finished behind Sa\annah, as
they were the only S. E. A. C. schools
to participate.

'rsnce Impressive
a Kansas Relays

"Zero" Graduates

Continued From Page 2
Gilbert, Ella Hardwick, Eunice Margue-
rite Leake, Mary Smith, Gaynell Wil-
loughby Mattie Boles, Alethea Bailey,
Carrie Cole, Madeline Hannar, Susie
Joseph, Samuel Byrd, Jammie Lee Mc-
Donaldr Arthur H. Richardson, Peter
James Smalls, Ernest Williams, Carrie
Akery Wright, and Mable Perry.
'"Represents students who received Nor-
mal Diplomas

Savannah State's Frank "The Rocket"
Prince added more glory to the name of
the school as he finished third in the
invitational Glenn Cunningham mile at
the Kansas relays April 22.

He finished behind Don Gehrnman,
recognized as America's top collegiate
:miler, and Monte Javez. Invitations
were originally extended only to the top
five collegiate milers in America.

Sanders Golphin, Class of '48, is cur-
rently managing the College Inn.

Many people think the air is better
in the summer without knowing the
reason, which is; many radio programs
are off of it.

Savannah State College

SAVANNAH - GEORGIA

Summer Bulletin

AUGUST, 1950

VOLUME I, No. II

iSMf

Howard Jackson Retires; Serves College 1 Yrs.

Compared to Mr. Howard Jackson,
veteran Savannah State College em-
ployee who retired July 1, Alexander
Woolcott's "Man Who Came to Dinner"
is a "babe in the woods."

Mr. Jackson "came" to the Colleg'3
at the invitation of the late Major R. R.
Wright, Sr., "State's" first president,
in June of 1914 as a consultant for the
establishment of a laundry and remained
for 26 years. And in this amount of
time he supervised the washing of
approximately 7,488,000 pounds of
clothes or enough to fill 3,740 two-ton
laundry trucks that would extend over
a distance of 15 miles if lined bumper
to bumper.

In describing recently how he was
employed by President Wright the vet-
eran employee said, "I had an exhibit
at a fair in Macon when the Major ap-
proached and asked, ' . . Don't you think

you would like to work for the college?'
No! I don't think so, I replied. And
we dropped the matter after he asked
what I was doing. At the time I was
engineer for the Georgia Steam Laundry
downtown (Savannah).

"Sometime later Major Wright dropped
by to see me, and finally he got me to
say what was needed to set up and
equip a laundry at the College. Sub-
sequently, I took time out from my job
to supervise the placing of the equip-
ment. After this was done, the Major
still didn't have anyone to run the
laundry, and I consented after much
insistence on his part, mainly because
it would make me look bad if I didn't.
Evidently no one was ever found who
could run it because I remained for 36
years."

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President Payne
Listed in "Who's Who"
In American Education

President William K. Payne, already
widely acclaimed as one of the South's
great educators, recently received ad-
ditional honor by being listed in the
1950 edition of "Who's Who in American
Education" (p. 944).

However, this is not the first time
that the ^eminent leader has been listed
in an outstanding publication in the
field of education, as he is one of the
few Negroes whose biographical sketch
appear in "Leaders in Education" (One
of the most distinguished directories
of ranking educators.)

President Payne is active in other
areas related to his field particularly
those organizations that strive for and
stress the value of professional attain-
ment. He is an active member of the
Academy of Political Science, a con-
sultant for the American Teachers As-
sociation, a member of the National
Society for the Study of Education,
the National Educational Association
(NEA), treasurer, Georgia Committee
on Cooperation in Teacher Education
and a member of Sigma Phi Fraternity.

Savannah State College, under his
administration, was admitted last
December to membership in the Amer-
ican Council on Education.

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SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE SUMMER BULLETIN

August, 1950

HOWARD JACKSON RETIRES

(Continued from Page 1)

Prior to joining the staff, in addition
to his employment at the Georgia Steam
Laundry, Mr. Jackson worked as a
plumber and steamfitter in Portsmouth,
Virginia, and in Charleston, South Caro-
lina.

In working here for 36 years, Mr.
Jackson served under five presidents
R. R. Wright, C. G. Wiley, Benjamin
Hubert, James A. Colston, and W. K.
Payne. "When I came, there were only
a few buildings on the campus. In fact,
Hill Hall was the first building con-
structed. The others were here when the
College was moved from Athens," he
said.

In addition to his duties as Super-
visor of the laundry, Mr. Jackson at one
time taught laundering and plumbing.
The laundering curriculum is listed in
as late edition of The Catalogue as
1944-45. However, it has been longer
than that since anyone received a cer-
tificate in the field. There are a num-
ber of individuals who received certif-
icates that either own laundries or are
employed in the field throughout the
State, according to Mr. Jackson.

He lists four important things neces-
sary for the successful operation of a
laundry maintaining a good engine
room, assorting, washing, and the abil-
ity to get along with people. Mr. Jack-
son emphasizes the value of marking
clothes because if anything is lost, you
are - -irl to encounter trouble from
a.. upi\:-a individual.

In order to avoid the above, he devised
a marking system which has proved to be
foolproof because he used it successfully
during the time of his employment, and
it is still in use. He describes it as
follows: "When the laundry was first
established, I assigned every individual
who lived on the campus a number, i. e.,
assuming there were 300 persons on
the campus, each of them was given
a number, which was placed in the
record book, and they kept this number
as long as they were here. At the end
of each year, a new book was made
consisting of numbers, and as the stu-
dents, faculty, and staff returned in the
Fall, their names were placed opposite
their old number. In this manner I was
able to determine those who didn't
come back, and subsequently, new-
comers were given numbers of those who
failed to return. Of course as the en-
rollment increased it was necessary that
I increase the numbers, but the pro-
cedure was the same, and I used it
throughout my employment."

Mr. Jackson stressed the importance
of knowing the types of soaps, how to
load, and temperature control in regards
to washing. He also emphasized how
necessary it is to know what colors will
not fade, and those that will. "I've stayed
up many nights bleaching some light
or white piece that was mistakenly
placed with the colored clothes," he
said.

"The engine room constitutes another
major problem. The boilers must be
kept lubricated and most of all, they
must maintain a certain amount of
pressure not too high or too low.
One problem that is peculiar of this
region is that the water contains an
excessive amount of lime and magnes-
ium, and periodically the boilers mast
be cleaned to remove those chemicals

SUMMER SESSION STRESSES WORKSHOPS During both Summer Sessions the
accent was on workshops, shown above are two workshop scenes. In the top photo
Miss Evanel Renfrow, Director of the Division of Home Economics, examines a child
as members of the Health and Nutrition Workshop look on. In the bottom picture,
0. L. Douglas (standing far left), lends a helping hand in the Secondary Education
Workshop.

Outstanding Educator
Speaks During Assembly

Students Debate
"Mercy Killing'

The retiring president of the Geor-
gia Teacher-Education Association, R.
J. Martin, spoke at the College Thurs-
day morning, August 11.

Mr. Martin who is principal of the
Ballard-Hudson High School, Macon,
discussed the purpose, program, and
needs of the GTEA. He was introduced
by President William K. Payne.

I efore they make the boilers useless.

"The last, but by far perhaps, the most
important phase of successful laundry
operation, is the handling or the ability
to get along with people. You come in
contact with all kinds of people and
you must know how to handl? them
tactfully. If this is successfully done,
half the job has been accomplished,"
Mr. Jackson declared.

For a man who has worked under
five college presidents and has come
in contact with students for 36 years,
Mr. Jackson has truly been a man whose
perserverance can stand as a model for
generations of students yet to come.

One of the Summer Session's most
"heated" and perhaps enjoyable assem-
bly programs at Savannah State Col-
lege transpired when the speech class
presented a debate, "Resolved that
Mercy Killing Should Be Made Legal."

Some 400 persons, many in-service
teachers, heard the provocative point
discussed for some 40 minutes as both
the affirmative and negative quoted
well-known sociologists and the Bible,
and subsequently maintaining that his
point should be accepted.

Representing the affirmative were
Benjamin Simon, Mrs. Mattie Stephens,
and J. H. Solomon. John W. Scott, Mrs.
Georgeanna Bleach, and the Rev. H. L.
Stinson carried the banner for the nega-
tive.

Mrs. Clemetine Wilburn was chair-
man. Miss Ethel Jacobs is instructor.

The first football game of the sea-
son sends the Savannah State College
Tigers against the Kentucky State
Thorobreds in Frankfort, September
23.

August, 1950

SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE SUMMER BULLETIN

Page 3

MOSS KENDRIX OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONA ASSOCIATION (third from
left) is shown with College officials following an address he delivered. Left to right,
Dean Eugene Stanley, William J. Holloway, Dean of Men; Mr. Kendrix, and President
W. K. Payne.

Cumulative Summer
Session Enrollment 1,026

The cumulative enrollment for Savan-
nah State College during both Summer
Sessions was 1,206. Enrollment for the
First Session was 1,067, for the Second
Session 933.

An analysis of the cumulative en-
rollment presents the following picture:

491 men and 115 women. Three hun-
dred and sixty-six male veterans were
enrolled with 181 in the College and
185 as trade specials. There were six
trade special non-veterans and 119 reg-
ular College veterans. Two women vet-
erans were included in the 715 women
enrolled.

All except the 37 enrolled at the
Appling County Off-Campus Workshop
were in residence.

A general breakdown for the First
Session discloses that:

476 men were enrolled. Three hun-
dred and sixty-five veterans were in
attendance with 171 in the College, and
185 trade specials. Total non-veterans,
120, College non-veterans, 114, trade
special non-veterans, six.

An analysis of the Second Session en-
rollment follows:

Men, 400. Of this number, 323 are
veterans. One hundred and thirty -eight
veterans were enrolled in College and
185 as trade special students. Only
six non-veterans were enrolled in trades
with 71 attending College.

Of the 533 women enrolled, two were
veterans.

Moss Kendrix, NEA

Represetative Speaks

An overflow audience of Savannah
State College students, faculty, and
staff heard Moss Kendrix, Public Re-
lations Representative of the National
Education Association speak on "Edu-
cation The Great Task" during special
assembly Monday, July 24. He was in-
troduced by President W. K. Payne.

Mr. Kendrix, who is widely recog-
nized as one of the top young public
relations men in the country said, educa-
tion is no longer a sectional problem but
is national in scope. He cited statistics
uncovered during World War II which
pointed to the inadequate training which
a large number of draftees had when
called to service.

"Every teacher should belong to a
professional organization and the N. E.
A. is the strongest organization of that
nature. It is trying to get the United
Sates Congress to pass the Federal Aid
to Education bill, which will result in
better salaries for teachers," Mr. Ken-
drix declared.

Remarks were made by Dean Eugere
Stanley. The College Choir, under the
direction of Hilliary R. Hatchett sang,
"Oh What a Beautiful City." Dean Wil-
liam J. Holloway, presided.

Following his appearance in asembly,
Mr. Kendrix spoke to a joint meeting

News Digest" Makes
Debut on S. S. C. Campus

"The Savannah State College News
Digest" is the name of the latest publi-
cation conceived at the College. It is
the brainchild of Wilton C. Scott, Pub-
lice Relations Director.

Serving as editor is J. Randolph
Fisher, acting head of the English De-
partment, who has had considerable ex-
perience in the editing field. "The News
Digest" is a mimeographed effort and
is being published monthly. Its circula-
tion is limited to the campus and news
items contained therein are directly re-
lated to happenings among the faculty,
staff, and their families. The "News
Digest" is the name given to the official
college publication by President W. K.
Payne.

of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Workshops. Again he pointed
to the N. E. A. as working for the im-
provement of teaching services, as well
as professional services provided. Miss
Donella J. Graham, and O. L. Douglas
are the directors of their respective
workshops.

Faculty In the Headlines

Miss Evanel Renfrow, Director of the
Division of Home Economics, was a
consultant at the Foods and Nutrition
Workshop at Florida A & M College
during the latter part of July.

Miss Luella Hawkins, head librarian,
attended the annual meeting of the
American Library Association which
met in Cleveland, July 16-22.

Charles J. Smith, III, Director of Pub-
licity and Editor of The Bulletin pre-
sented a research paper at the Eleventh
Annual Meeting of the National Negro
Publishers Association in Houston, June
17.

Be an active member of the Alumni
Association!

Keep in contact with the College
through the Office of Public Relations.

Arthur Hart, Class of '50 (June) is
the new manager of the College Inn.

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SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE SUMMER BULLETIN

August, 1950

SCENES FROM THE DEDICATION OF GRIFFIN HOSPITAL AND CLINIC Above are four photographs made during the
recent dedication of the $250,000 hospital and clinic owned and operated by Dr. J. H. Griffin, outstanding Savannah State College
alumnus. Top left, part of the crowd that visited the hospital dur.ng open-house, and to the right, Dr. Griffin poses with his proud
mother. Bottom left, he receives the keys to the building from Carl Kemp, who built the hospital, and who also is an alumnus
of the College. At the light Dr. Griffin is shown with the charm'ng nurses on the staff.

Thousands Attend Dedication of Dr. Men's $250,000 Hospital

President W. K. Payne
Speaks; Kemp, Hopkins
Build and Wire Edifice

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following story
was written by Wilton C. Scott who at-
tended the dedicatory services.

Over three thousand people gathered
in Bainbridge's city park for the dedi-
cation of a hospital valued at a quarter
million dollars, built by Dr. J. H. Grif-
fin, graduate of Savannah State College,
constructed by Cark Kemp, contractor
and Savannah State College alumnus
with electrical work by Major T. J.
Hopkins, electrical contractor, also an
alumnus of Savannah State College.

Ralph E. McGill, editor of the Atlanta
Constitution delivered the principal ad-
dress and lauded the tremendous efforts
of Dr. Griffin.

President W. K. Pavne of Savannah
State College (S. S. C.) voiced the
sentiment of the faculty and the alumni
of Savannah State College in pjaisin.^

the venture of Dr. Griffin, assisted by
Major Hopkins and Mr. Kemp.

With T. Jan Perry, Sr., business ad-
ministrator for Griffin Hospital and
Clinic presiding, a most enjoyable pro-
gram was presented. The invocation
was given by Rev. R. C. Crouch, presi-
dent emeritus, Georgia State Baptist
Educational Association; and choral
renditions, Albany State Choir.

Greetings were extended by Hon.
R. A. Griffin, mayor, City of Bain-
bridge; R. M. Reynolds, chairman, De-
catur County Commission; Dr. M. A.
Fort, Health Commissioner, Decatur
County; Dr. H. A. Bridges, President,
Second Congressional Medical Associa-
tion; Dr. W. L. Wilkerson, former mayor
of Bainbridge; Marie Johnson, women's
clubs of Bainbridge; and H. L. Mclver,
Sr., retired postal employee, who rep-
resented the citizenry.

Mr. Kemp, president of Kemp Con-
struction Company, presented the build-
ing keys to Dr. Griffin.

Dr. J. L. Shirley, president of the
Southeastern Medical Association, rep-
resented colored physicians; Rev. J.
Howard Dell represented churches, and
Professor . H. S. Dixon, public schools;
Presidents Aaron Brown and William
K. Payne of Albany State and Savannah
State Colleges represented the various
colleges.

Mr. McGill was introduced by the Rev.
Olin C. CooDer, pastor of the First
Methodist Church of Bainbridge.

Griffin Hospital is recognized as the
most modern for Negroes in Georgia
with telephones and bathrooms for pri-
vate rooms.

Among those attending the dedi-
catory ceremonies from Savannah were:
Dr. Smith, Dr. J. E. Fonvielle, Wilton
C. Scott, college public relations of-
ficer and Mrs. Scott, T. J. Hopkins, Mrs.
Muriel Williams, the Rev. and Mrs. J.
P. Lampkin, B. J. James and numerous
students and alumni.

Savannah State College

SAVANNAH - GEORGIA

NEWS BULLETIN

THE SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE BULLETIN is published in October, December, February, March,
OCTOBER 1950 April and May by Savannah State College. Entered as second-class matter, December 16, 1947, at the VOLUME 1 No. 1

Post Office at Savannah, Georgia, under the Act of August 24, 1912.

The President Speaks

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W. K. PAYNE, Fifth President of Savannah State College Speaks

GREETINGS FROM THE
PRESIDENT

Savannah State College is happy to
greet members of the alumni, faculty
and staff, students and visitors for the
1950 celebration of homecoming, Nov-
ember 2, 1950. In no previous year in
the history of the institution has more
warmth and cordiality been extended.
It is our hope that the occasion will be
a mere indication of homecoming
throughout the year 1950.

To our visiting opponents on Home-
coming day, President Troup and mem-
bers of the Fort Valley State College
aggregation, we wish to extend hearty
greetings. It is our desire and hope that
the day will bring joy and happiness to
each of you and that the contest engaged
in on that day will further demonstrate
our mutual goodwill. Whatever the out-
come of the contest, it is our desire that
the end of the day will find both institu-
tions nearer and closer together in the
genuine things which count in the edu-
cation of college youth.

Since the Homecoming of last year,
our Alumni have noticed that the Col-
lege has continued to press forward in
the development of a sound educational

program. Many of the improvements
have been made in the physical plant.
The value of the plant has been increased
by more than $40,000. The nucleus of
a central heating plant has now been
assembled on the campus. The install-
ation of two new boilers, a 125 h. p.
boiler and a 30 h. p. high pressure boil-
er, has been completed as the first step
on the heating plant. The recent ac-
quisition of another 125 h. p. boiler and
related equipment valued at more than
$10,000 have provided the major special
equipment needed for the development
of the central heating system. In
Camilla Hubert Hall long-due repairs
have been completed at a cost of more
than $3,500. Boggs Hall which has been
on the condemned list for a long time
has been made safe and now houses the
expanding department of Business Ad-
ministration.

On the campus attention has been
given to the mounmental trees that pro-
vide a distinctive college setting un-
equalled anywhere else in the state.
More than a thousand dollars have been
spent providing the first scientific prun-
ing of the trees which are so intimately
related to the life of the College. It is
not difficult to see what has happened

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EX-REGISTRAR NAMED
ACTING DEAN

Timothy C. Meyers, 50, a native of
Cordele, Ga., was appointed Acting
Dean of Faculty at Savananh State Col-
lege September 1. This was announced
by President W. K. Payne.

Mr. Meyers is a graduate of the old
Georgia State Industrial College High
School. He holds the A. B. degree from
Lincoln University, Pa., having grad-
uated from that institution magna cum
laude, and the M. A. degree from Co-
lumbia University. He has also com-
pleted residence requirements for the
Ph. D. degree in English at Columbia.

The new Acting Dean brings maturity
and rather extensive know-how to the
position. He has had considerable teach-
ing and administrative experience in-
cluding work at Tuskegee Institute,
Johnson C. Smith University, Tillotson
College,, and Hampton Institute.

Prior to coming to Savannah State
College, Meyers was Administrative As-
sistant to the President of Hampton In-
stitute, and Director of the Division of
Education, and the Division of General
Studies at the Virginia institution. In
1944 he re-established the Registrar's Of-
fice at Hampton Institute and remained
there as registrar until 1947. He became
registrar at Savannah State College in
July 1947. During his tenure at the Col-
lege both enrollments and graduates
have reached record numbers.
Widely Known in Educational Circles

Acting Dean Meyers is widely known
in national, state, and local educational
circles. In recent years he has edited
the Journal of the National Association
of Collegeiate Deans and Registrars, and
has taken an active part in the work of
the Georgia Commission on Cooperation
in Teacher Education. He is also active
in community life, serving currently as
President of Saint Benedict School
P. T. A. and as Treasurer of the Gen-
eral Alumni Association of Savannah
State College. He is affiliated with the
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
Family Man

Mr. Meyers promotion to the position
of Acting Dean of Faculty came on the
twentieth anniversary of his marrige to
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SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE NEWS BULLETIN

October, 1950

Ten New Faculty and Staff Appointments

Department of Education
Gets New Head

Ten new faculty and staff appoint-
ments have been made at Savannah
State College for the 1950-51 academic-
year, President W. K. Payne has an-
nounced. Nine of the appointments are
replacements.

The new faculty members are grad-
uates from some of America's most out-
standing colleges and universities. Many
of them are recognized specialists in
their respective fields.

New appointments include: Miss Al-
bertha E. Boston, A. B., Howard Univer-
sity, advanced study, New York Uni-
versity. Miss Boston attended Savannah
State before enrolling at Howard. She
joins the Department of Business as
Instructor, and replaces Mildred L.
Burch.

Mr. William H. M. Bowers, A. B.,
Morehouse College, M. A., Atlanta Uni-
versity. He joins the faculty as an In-
structor in Business Education, and the
Business staff as Assistant in Public
Relations. Mr. Bowens replaces Mr.
Charles J. Smith, III, now at Florida
A. & M. College.

Mr. Henry F. Bowman, Jr., B. S. de-
gree, South Carolina State College,
Summer Study South Carolina State
College and Tennessee A. & I. Mr.
Bowman is Assistant Technician in
Masonry in the Department of Trades
and Industries. He replaces Mr. John
H. Warrick, deceased.

Mrs. Mollie N. Curtright, B. S., Kan-
sas State College, M. S., University of
Minnesota. She is a former Instructor
of Home Economics in the Phoenix,
Arizona Public School System, Beach
High School, Savannah, Ga., and for-
mer Research Assistant in Home Eco-
nomics Education at the University of
Minnesota. Mrs. Curtright, a new mem-
ber, joins the faculty as Assistant Pro-
fessor of Foods and Nutrition.

Mrs. Ruth S. Dobson, B. S., Savannah
State College joins the faculty as a
Critic Teacher in the Powell Laboratory
School, and replaces Mrs. Josephine W.
Browning.

Miss Nella F. Harris, B. S., West Vir-
ginia State College, A. M. Columbia
University joins the faculty as an As-
sistant Professor of Home Economics,
and replaces Mrs. Evelyn Hunter Lock-
hart. She is a former Kindergarten
teacher at Topeka, Kansas.

Mr. Calvin L. Kiah, A. B., Morgan
State College, A. M., Columbia Uni-
versity, advanced study Columbia Uni-
versity. He is a former High School
Teacher and Principal of Frederick
Douglas-St. Clair High School, the third
largest high school in the public school

PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION The receiving line at the President's Reception for
Freshmen on Wednesday evening, September 20. The reception was held at the Com-
munity House. Shown from left to right are: Mrs. Helen Carr, President W. K. Payne,
(shaking hands with one of the Freshmen), Mrs. W. K. Payne; Dr. Carter C. Beverly
of Orlando, Fla., brother of Msr. Payne; Acting Dean of Faculty, T. C. Meyers; Mrs.
T. C. Meyers; and Mr. E. A. Bertram!, Comptroller.

Payne Addresses
!

nt Less Than
Last Year

"We live in a different world than
that of a few years ago, when the 'cold
war' was in progress. Today's outlook
is different, because of the shooting war
that is now taking place. We still look
forward to a world faced with problems
so difficult that present-day minds have
not been able to solve them."

Thus spoke President W. K. Payne,
as he addressed the first All-Campus
Assembly audience on September 28, for
the academic year 1950-51 at Savannah
State College in spacious Meldrim Audi-
torium. "One cannot develop and grow
when at odds with present-day accepted
principles and standards of our society,"
the outstanding educator pointed out.

Mr. W. Virgil Winters resumes his
position as Associate Professor of Phy-
sical Science after a year's study at the
University of Ohio.

system of Maryland. Mr. Kiah has com-
pleted his work for the Ed D. degree at
Columbia, which will be awarded this
year. Mr. Kiah is Associate Professor
and new Chairman of the Department
of Education, and replaces Dr. Alma L.
Stegall.

Miss Edna L. Ligon, an alumnus of
Savannah State College, replaces Miss
Ruby E. Mikle as Transcript Clerk in
the Registrar's Office. Miss Ligon re-
ceived the B. S. degree in August, 1950.

Registration figures for the Fall
School term show that 1127 students
have enrolled in Savannah State College
according to Ben Ingersoll, Registrar.
This is slightly less than last year's
record figure of 1,263. These figures
do not include registration for Saturday
classes, and for evening classes.

Significant in the decline in enroll-
ment is the drop in veteran enrollment
from 478 for the 1949 Fall Term to 314
for the 1950 Fall Term.

The breakdown is as follows:

Men, 606; of this number 294 are non-
veterans and 312, veterans. Eight non-
veterans are enrolled in the trade school,
and 286 in the College. One-hundred and
sixty-eight veterans are enrolled in the
College, and 144 in the Trade School.
Non-veterans enrolled in the Trade
School and the College of men and
women increased from 785 last year to
813 this year.

There are 521 women enrolled in the
College. Two of these are veterans. At
the same time, preliminary figures
show that 39 women and 4 men, (3 non-
veterans and 1 veteran) are enrolled for
Saturday classes. Sixty-two students are
enrolled in evening classes. Twienty-
seven of these are women, two of whom
are veterans. Thirty-five of these are
men, five non-veterans and 30 veterans.

October, 1950

SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE NEWS BULLETIN

Page 3

Savannah Mayor and Aldermen Ask Aid For S.S.G.

Freshmen Orientation

Cl) Freshmen student? get X-ray exams on campus. This program is sponsored an-
nually by the Chatham County Tuberculosis and Health Association. (2) Miss Loaiise
Lautier, Assistant Professor of English, administers one of the several Psychological
and Intelligence tests given to frehmen students annually. (3) Professors R. Long,
and F. Carr, consult with freshman students on registration day about their course
choices and academic loads.

Ingersoll Named Registrar

Ben Ingersoll, a native of Columbus,
Ga., was apointed Registrar of Savan-
nah State College by the Board of Re-
gents of the University System of
Georgia, effective September 1. This an-
nouncement was made by President W.
K. Payne.

Mr. Ingersoll received the A. B. de-
gree in Business Administration from
Morehouse College, and the M. A. de-
gree in the same field from Atlanta
University. He has also done advanced
study for 2 years at the Catholic Uni-
versity of America in Washington, D.
C.

The post of Associate Professor of
Business Administration was held by
Mr. Ingersoll for 2 years at Savannah
State, his first appointment being made
in the summer of 1948. He also served
as Treasurer of Savannah State College
in 1947.

Mr. Ingersoll is a member of the
American Economics Association, Amer-
ican Institute of Accounting, and the
American Accounting Association. He
is also a member of the Georgia Teach-
ers Educational Association.

Mr. Ingersoll, who resides in Sa-
vannah at present, is married, and has
no children.

Gigantic Homecoming
Plans in the Making

Prof. Antonio Orsot, Chairman of the
Annual Homecoming Committee an-
nounces that immense plans are near-
ing completion for one of the most color-
ful and magnificent Homecomings ever
sponsored at the College, on November
4th. Plans are being made for a 1,000
car parade from downtown Savannah
to the campus. Also featured in the
parade will be several gorgeous and
dazzling floats representing Miss Sa-
vannah State, the various departments
and organizations at the college, and
several local business concerns.

All-American News cameramen are
slated to be on hand to photograph the
Junior Mardi Gras for nation-wide movie
audience consumption.

According to Professor Orsot, this
will be one of the biggest homecomings
ever staged at the college.

Members of the Homecoming Com-
mittee are Antonio Orsot, Chairman,
Wilton C. Scott, E. A. Bertrand, Prof.
E. H. Harmond, Prof. Mollie N. Curt-
right, Dean Jannie L. Lester, Mrs. Ma-
rie Orsot, Prof. R. E. Lockete, Prof.
W. E. Griffin and James Savery, F. J.
Alexis, and W. H. Bowens.

Praises Work of College

Realizing the splendid job that Sa-
vannah State College is doing in edu-
cating the Negro youth of Georgia and
the nation, the Mayor and Aldermen of
Savannah met on September 22, and
asked the Board of Regents of the Uni-
versity System of Georgia to allocate
more funds for the institution.

The following article which appeared
in the Savannah Morning News, Sep-
tember 23, outlines the group's pro-
posals:

Savannah Morning News, Saturday
September 23, 1950: The Mayor and
Aldermen yesterday unanimously ap-
proved a resolution commending the
record of the Georgia State College at
Thunderbolt to the State Board of Re-
gents.

The resolution urges that the proposed
building program for schools in the Uni-
versity System include the Thunderbolt
college in keeping with the institution's
"dignity, scope and work."

Among other things the resolution
points out that the Negro college here
now has a total of 1,525 students and
it is the only large college for Negro
education in this section of the state.

The resolution reads as follows:

"Be it resolved by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah in
Council Assembled, and it is resolved
by authority thereof that,

"The Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Savannah are keenly interested
in the future development of the Sa-
vannah State College, a branch of the
University System, located in Chatham
County, Georgia, and engaged in the
teaching and the dissemination of know-
ledge to Negro men and women of Sa-
vannah, Chatham County and other dis-
tricts, and, whereas

"It appears that said institution now
has approximately fifteen hundred
twenty-five students, of which eight
hundred thirty-five are registered from
Savannah and Chatham County alone,
and,

"Whereas said institution spends well
over one million dollars a year for liv-
ing in Savannah and serves as a force
for improving and enriching the life
of the Negroes in said community and
has been an instrumentality in raising
the economic standards and the educa-
tional knowledge of the Negroes who
have been a source of good will to the
State of Georgia, and,

"Whereas, it is the only large college
for Negro education in this immediate
section of the South, and,

"Whereas, the State of Georgia is

about to embark upon a large building

and rehabilitation program designed to

improve the status of all of its branches

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SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE NEWS BULLETIN

October. 1950

News Round-up Divisional and Departmental

BUSINESS

The Department of Business aims,
through its cnrricular offerings and
through counselling of individual stu-
dents, to approach the following goals
for the 1950-51 school year: (1) Pre-
paration of competent teachers of busi-
ness subjects for secondary schools;
(2) preparation of competent secre-
taries; (3) preparation of competent ac-
countants; (4) preparation for gainful
participation in the business world as
pertains to the efficient establishment
and operation of businesses.

All students majoring in the Depart-
ment of Business are required to de-
velop special competence in typewriting,
accounting, office organization and busi-
ness management. To this end, certain
courses are required, i. e., accounting,
business organization and management,
typewriting, retailing, insurance, and of-
fice practice.

At the beginning of the sophomore
year, each student desiring to work to-
ward a major in the department is re-
quired to decide upon a three-year pro-
gram of courses and other activities
comprising his major work. Students
may major in business administration
with emphasis on accounting and busi-
ness management, secretarial science,
and business education (teaching). The
student reaches this decision in con-
ference with his advisor. The content
of the program will depend upon the
student's ambition and purpose under-
lying his choice of business as a major.
The major program for the B. S. degree
requires a minimum of 185 quarter
hours, with at least 45 hours of busi-
ness courses. Such courses may be
planned with a view toward concentra-
tion in accounting, business education,
and secretarial science.

Students in business administration
desiring a major in accounting must
satisfactorily complete a minimum of 35
quarter hours of accounting, including
15 quarter hours of laboratory practice,
above the sophomore year.

Students in business administration
may secure specialized training for em-
ployment or for ownership and opera-
tion of business enterprises.

Persons desiring to become certified
as teachers of business subjects in the
secondary school must meet require-
ments set up by the Department of Edu-
cation. In the business education curri-
culum all of the professional education
courses, particularly those in business
education, together with field experi-
ence, are designated for this purpose.

All eyes are focused upon the stu-
dents who are seniors this school year,
for this is the senior year of the revised

MATHEMATICS

The Mathematics Department is happy
to welcome Mrs. Wilson back to its
staff after a two year maternity leave.
Mrs. Wilson received the B. S. degree
in Education with a major in Mathema-

MRS. WILSON

tics from the University of Minnesota,
and the M. A. degree in Statistics from
the same University. She has enrolled
for advanced work at the same institu-
tion in the summer of 1940 and 1946.

curriculum in the Business Department.
This year for the first time on a large
scale, prospective senior business or ac-
counting, secretarial science, business
management, and business teachers, will
be placed on the field to receive actual
experience in the schools and business
in the community.

It is felt that training within the four
walls of the classroom are not sufficient
for the overall growth and development
of the business student, therefore, for
each quarter of the present school year,
students will be placed in business situ-
ations where they will receive experi-
ence in an actual working situation.
This field experience will begin early
in October, as soon as available con-
tacts are made.

Two new members have been added
to the business staff for the coming
school year. They are Miss Albertha E.
Boston, graduate of Howard Univer-
sity and New York University, and Mr.
William H. Bowens, graduate of More-
house College, and Atlanta University.

The complete staff for this school
year consists of Mr. Robert C. Long Sr.,
Chairman, Mr. PYanklin Carr, Miss Al-
bertha E. Boston, Mr. William Bowens,
part-time, and Mr. Ben Ingersoll, part-
time.

FINE ARTS

Mr. Hilliary R. Hatchett Jr., Acting
Chairman of the Department of Fine
Arts announces that the Department of
Fine Arts which no longer offers a ma-
jor in the field of music, is now in the
process of formulating an intensified
minor curriculum. Plans t a.Ye also being
made to formulate a major curriculum
in the field of Graphic Arts.

The Department provides opportunity
for work in music and the graphic arts
foi 1 students who have special interests
and abilities in these fields, and for
those who desire an intelligent under-
standing of the arts, as a vital part of
their general education.

The Department of Fine Arts also
provides for the general student body,
an opportunity for an understanding,
and an appreciation of the graphic and
the musical arts, thereby creating a
background for the overall development
of the student.

In order to supplement formal edu-
cation on the campus, many activities
are presented for cultural enrichment.
To this end the department sponsors
interesting and inspirational college
worship services; stimulating band
music and art during the annual home-
coming activities; original and creative
dance music by the college dance band,
programs for football games, popular
music for college dances and social ac-
tivities, intensified music programs for
vespers, special chapel programs, art
exhibits, and open house.

Plans have just been completed to
copyright the Savannah State College
Hymn. During the Summer Convoca-
tion this Hymn was sung by the choir
and a large number of Alumni, grad-
uates and friends, accompanied by the
college band. Music for this Hymn was
composed by Mr. Hatchet. The words
were composed by Mr. J. Randolph
Fisher of the English Department, and
the Hymn is humbly dedicated to all
the Alumni of the college.

The Savannah State Marching Band
under the direction of Mr. L. Allen Pyke,
will also be greatly improved this year,
and will be doing interesting things on
the field during the halves of the foot-
ball games this season. Mr. Pyke has
taught the band several new and inter-
esting formations.

The Choir, under the direction of Mr.
Pyke, plans to present the "Messiah"
for Christmas. Other music organiza-
tions on the campus are the Women's
Ensemble, a Male Quartet, and Male
Glee Club.

October, 1950

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Page 5

Home Economics

Whither the Home Economist

The Home Economics professor is more
versatile at this time in history than
every before. An ever running stream
of lucrative opportunities are available
to those women who have prepared them-
selves for productive and creative liv-
ing. Preparation embraces the biologi-
cal, social, physical, and natural sciences
with required collegiate courses in gen-
eral education.

For too long the profession of home
economics has meant to most people,
classroom teaching. However, trends in-
dicate that Home Economics is fast as-
suming the authoritative position to
solve problems in consumer education
on better buymanship in clothing, foods,
and household furnishing, and assume
creative and consultant jobs in other
areas of training.

It is refreshing and stimulating to
know that in no branch of the profession
has the door been closed to a Negro
woman who shows proficiency in the
field. The door is open to qualified and
trained women.

The profession has two professional
organizations; The American Home Eco-
nomics Association and the American
Dietetic Association to which qualified
persons may belong, and benefit by a
continuous flow of professional en-
couragement and help.

Membership in the American Home
Economics Association is open to any-
one who has finished an accredited col-
legiate Home Economics course. The
American Dietetic Association is open
to persons having some home economics
training with a major in foods and nu-
trition or institution management, and
who have done a fifth year in intern-
ship in an approved hospital or admin-
istrative unit, or its equivalent.

The American Home Economics Asso-
ciation has encouraged full participa-
tion and membership. At least three
Negro women have received fellowship
awards for study on the doctorate. One
of the young women is at present study-
ing at the University of Chicago.
COMPLEMENTARY FIELDS

The above suggestions on how a Home
Economist may use her talents does not
include possible combinations in com-
plementary fields; that is, allowing the
student to minor in her field of second
choice.

Among the possible combinations are:

Home Economics and Journalism, for
the person who has a flair for writing,
and who knows her consumer public and
what will appeal to them. Her job is to
inform, interest, and sell through the
printed page.

The increasing popularity of house-
hold magazines with all members of the
family makes it more and more neces-
sary to interpret the subjects for the
better understanding af all concerned.

Home Economics and Nursing. This is

f

a five year course which gives the stu-
dent academic standing and an oppor-
tunity to seek further training at a
higher level.

Home Economics and Chemistry. Such
a combination of subject matter usually
leads to a research career in either the
field of foods and nutrition or textile
chemistry.

The development of new goods, the
improvement of other marketable goods
for consumption to meet the needs and
demands of a changing civilization is
forever before us and it is incumbent
upon those who are trained in the sci-
entific fields to develop these things.
Many universities retain students who
excell in the laboratory as research as-
sistants. Other students by choice, and
by appointment, find employment in in-
dustry and with the Federal Govern-
ment.

A combination of a student's field
of major interest and minor interest in
Home Economics offers the student wider
choice of jobs. This combination has
proved to be very beneficial when new
highways to jobs have just opened up.

The foregoing discussion gives an
overview of what students may hope to
do when finishing courses in Home Eco-
nomics. Too much stress cannot be
placed on the fact that specialized
training is necessary to do specialized
jobs. The Home Economist, by the very
nature of her scientific profession is
required to be consistent with the philo-
sophy that we are exponents of an edu-
cational system which places emphasis
on growth of the individual and on
breadth of training.

In keeping with the broad phases of
vocational outlets in the Home Eco-
nomics field, Savannah State College
is preparing its students for leadership
in divergent fields.

The college prepares students for
work in the areas mentioned below:

Home Management and Family Life
Education in which the student is taught,
by living example, how to achieve
through the philosophy of home man-
agement, a way of life, with home mak-
ing goals based upon human values and
management.

Child Development and Nursery
School Education, which provides lab-
oratories for the study of normal young-
children. The Nursery School provides
experiences in studying and observing
various stages of development and the
care of the whole child.

Institution Management, which offers
practical "on the job" experience in
quantity food preparation in the school
lunch room. This is only one of the areas
for such experience. Other areas include
the College-Inn which offers problems
comparable to a commercial unit, where
the manager is entirely on his own, and
the College Dining Room which serves
as the central unit for feeding the Col-
lege family, and offers training in cater-
ing responsibilities for special occasions.

BIOLOGY

Dr. B. T. Griffith, Professor and
Chairman of the Savannah State College
Department of Biology, jointly with
Dr. W. M. G. Tyson, local physician, is
currently conducting a study of pollen
grain count, and mold colonies in the
Savannah area. The study which has
been in progress since 1949 by the
American Academy of Allergy.

The purpose of the study is to isolate
the different fungi that are causative

DR. GRIFFITH

agents for certain respiratory diseases.

For several years, in various parts of
the globe, scientists have been working
quietly under the auspices of the Acad-
emy in their battle against respiratory
fungi.

Dr. Griffith, and Dr. Tyson who con-
ducted their work in the Savannah State
College Biology Laboratory, have had
their findings thus far, published in the
September issue of the Journal of Al-
lergy.

SOCIAL SCIENCE

The Social Science Department has
approved the following program for the
school year of 1950-51, according to Mr.
Elmer J. Dean, Chairman.

Each professor in the department
will have daily office hours which will
be posted on the department office door.

A complete file, with individual fold-
ers for each Social Science major will
be kept, thus eliminating any future
misunderstanding concerning any stu-
dent's record.

Closer contact with the department's
major students by the departmental
staff will be stressed in an attempt ts
improve the overall efficiency of majors.

The Social Science Club is being
recognized as to purpose, scope, and
contribution to the total college pro-
gram. The club proposes to inaugurate
monthly forums, and to improve the
caliber of its social activities.

At least one informal seminar will
be held in each quarter. All seminars
will be open to the entire College.

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SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE NEWS BULLETIN

October, 1950

Savannah State Gets

Lights For Night

Football

THE JUBILEE SINGERS

From a cornfield to night football!

That is the story of the newly lighted
football field at SSC where the in-
stallation of lights for night football
was completed October 4, 1950. The
project was launched by Coach "Ted"
Wright during his first year as coach
here.

Coach Wright, who came to SSC from
Xavier University in New Orleans,
Louisiana, is an old hand at building
and lighting football stadiums. He ini-
tiated and sparkplugged, from the plant-
ing of the grass to the laying of the
last stone, Xavier University's Athletic
Stadium, one of the most imposing edi-
fices in the nation. He also drew up the
plans for, and started work on, the ath-
letic stadium at Florida A. & M. Col-
lege in Tallahassee, Florida.

The modest, congenial, former head
football mentor, and now Athletic Di-
rector at SSC did not hesitate to point
out that praises for the lights and the
progress of the stadium project as a
whole should go to all of those persons
who have so wholeheartedly cooperated
with the plan thus far.

"He cannot be praised too highly,"
Coach Wright said of F. J. Alexis,
SSC's industrious, affable Superintend-
ent of building and grounds. He kept
driving until a dream became a shin-
ning reality. Superintendent Alexis and
his co-workers, working jointly with a
power company crew installed the
lights.

Continuing, he pointed out that Presi-
dent W. K. Payne, then Acting Presi-
dent of SSC, stated in a speech at the
opening football game of the 1949 sea-
son that the lights would be completed,
thereby giving his stamp of approval
to the project, as his predecessor, Presi-
dent James A. Colston had done. E. A.
Bertrand, upon being appointed Comp-
troller of the college, also endorsed the
measure.

Thanks also go to Prof. Frank D.
Tharpe of the Industrial Arts Depart-
ment who surveyed the field, and who
is now responsible for the upkeep of the
posts and woodwork.

The lights were financed by the State,
the County, the School and athletic
funds. The job is not yet completed; the
plan is to build a cement stadium around
the lights and the playing field.

Even though the stadium is not com-
plete, the lights should be a boon to
night pigskin contests in and around
Savannah, since it is the only field
lighted especially for football in this

Jubilee Singers Head Savannah State College Lyceum Series

The appearance of the Jubilee Sing-
ers, formerly of Fisk, will mark the
opening of the Savannah State College
Lyceum series for the school year
1950-51 The singers, under the inspired
direction of Mrs. James A. Meyers, will
appear in concert in Meldrim Audito-
rium on Tuesday, November 21, at 8
p. m.

The Lyceum group, which was origi-
nated in 1871 at Fisk University, has
come before the people of the world
with their message of hope where dark-
ness abounds; of joy, when all around
is shoddy hopelessnes and dreary un-
ending pain. To them the world is in-
debted for a new and unusual form of
folk music which lays bare the soul of
a people, naive, perhaps, and unlettered,
but wise in belief and strong in faith
in an Almighty God.

Through the years the personnel of
the Singers has changed frequently. The
small group that will be heard on Nov.
21, represents the third generation of
Jubilee Singers. This group is composed
of Mr. Norton Evans and Mr. Starling
Hatchett, Tenors; Mr. Brooks Alexan-
der, Baritone; Mr. Colston LeGrand,
Bass; and Mr. Matthew Kennedy,
pianist.

Mr. Starling Hatchett is the brother
of Mr. H. R. Hatchett, chairman of the
Fine Arts Department and the Lyceum
committee.

Other attractions on the Lyceum
series include: The Y. M. C. A. Players,
December 1, 1950'; Hal and Ruby Hol-
brook, Dramatists, February 2, 1951,
and Dr. Luther Gable, Atomic Special-
ist, March 8, 1951.

Miss Louise Lautier resumes her
duties as Assistant Professor of Eng-
lih after two years at New York Uni-
versity. Miss Lautier practically com-
pleted all resident requirements for the
Ph. D. degree in English Education. She
was a General Educational Board Fel-
low for one year.

area. Grayson Stadium in Savannah,
which is used for the majority of the
night football classics in this immediate
community is a baseball stadium, and is
lighted for the American pastime.

Also, night games mean that many
loyal supporters of SSC's fighting Ti-
gers who could not attend afternoon
games because of their jobs, or other
similar reasons, will now be able to come
out and root for their favorite team.

Savannah Mayor and Aldermen

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of the University System, and,

"Whereas, it is fair and proper that
a substantial portion of said sums should
be donated and used towards increasing
the effeciency, the sphere of operation
and the work of Savannah State College,

"Now, therefore, be it resolved as
aforesaid that the Mayor and Aldermen
commend to the Regents of the State of
Georgia the records and accomplish-
ments of said institution and request
that in the allocation of funds for the
improvement of the branches of the Uni-
versity System, that a substantial por-
tion of said funds in keeping with the
dignity, the scope and the work of said
institution be allocated to be used for
the benefit of said institution at the
earliest possible time."

October, 1950

SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE NEWS BULLETIN

Page 7

THE MANAGEMENT HOUSE-
COUNCIL OF THE HOME ECO-
NOMICS DEPARTMENT.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Miss Nella Harris, (extreme right
Assistant Professor of Home Eco-
nomics conducts a class in Child De-
velopment at the Child Development
Center Nursery School of the Home
Economics Home Practice Building-.

Greetings From The Office
of The Dean of Faculty

As we launch into the sixtieth long
session at Georgia's oldest institution
for the higher education of Negroes,
this office extends most cordial greet-
ings to students, alumni, and staff. This
anniversary is, indeed, one of hope,
bearing great promise of rewarding la-
bor.

The faculty program of intensive in-
stitutional self-study begun so aus-
piciously under President Payne (then
Dean) in 1947 continues with unflag-
ging vigor. Concrete results are now
reflected in the annual catalog, the stu-
dent handbook, and less tangibly but
no less real in evidence of improved
instructions and a healthier student-
staff morale.

A pre-planning conference note-
worthy for one hundred per cent partic-

ipation of the entire instructional staff
of seventy-eight persons ushered in
this year's phase of the faculty study
program. Divisions and departments
severally outlined and resumed the at-
tack on some of our chief instructional
problems.

These problems will be dealt with in
staff sessions throughout the year. The
complete agenda is, naturally, too de-
tailed for inclusion in this brief note.
Some of the problems to be considered
are:

1. Improvement of Internal Commu-
nication.

2. Coordination of All Staff Efforts
in Carrying out Institutional Aims and
Purposes.

3. Improvement of Student Advise-
ment.

4. Publication of a Faculty Manual.

Sincerely yours,
T. C. MEYERS,
Acting Dean of Faculty

MACHINE SHOP A student at work
in the Machine Shop of the Department
of Trades and Industry. The Depart-
ment offers special terminal prepara-
tion for students which will fit them for
employability in a trade or in industry.

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SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE NEWS BULLETIN

October, 1950

Tigers Trample Claflin,
Morris, Lose to Kentucky

The Savannah State College Tigers,
showing a classy brand of football un-
der the leadership of new Head Coach,
John "Big John" Martin, yielded to
Kentucky State of the Mid-western
Conference, 13-0, in the 1950 season
opener at Frankfort, Kentucky, but
came back to trample Claflin and Mor-
ris College on successive week-ends.

In their first SEAC tilt of the season
at Orangeburg, S. C.'s Municipal Sta-
dium on October 7, after an idle week-
end on September 30, following the Ken-
tucky game, the Martinmen romped
over a favored Claflin eleven, 18-3.

On October 13, in the first home game
of the season, before a capacity crowd
of approximately 5,000 eager fans, the
Tigers staged their second upset of the
season. This time it was over Morris
College of Sumter, S. C, 28-0. The Ti-
gers kept possession of the ball practi-
cally all evening, and not once did Mor-
ris come closer to the Tiger goal line
than the 30 yard stripe.

The superior line play and running
attack, led by Robert "Nancy Hanks"
Slocum, Doc Graham and W. F. John-
son, highlighted the evening.

The Tigers, who show promise of win-
ning the SEAC pigskin crown this sea-
son are sheduled to play five more
games. The schedule is as follows:

October 28, Albany State at Albany;
November 4, Fort Valley State at Sa-
vannah (Homecoming); November 11,
Florida Normal at Savannah; Novem-
ber 18, Open; November 23, Paine Col-
lege at Savannah (Thanksgiving); and
December 2, Open.

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MR. L. D. KENNEDY President of
General Alumni Association and County
Agent, Hancock County. Mr. Kennedy is
doing a splendid job organizing the
Alumni and rallying them to the support
of their Alma Mater.

Miss Savannah State College

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN Miss Beautine Williams Hardwick will reign over
Homecoming Festivities this year as Miss Savannah -State.

THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS

EX-REGISTRAR

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on the athletic field. Lights have been
provided at an initial cost of more than
$4,000. The building of an adequate
field for football, baseball, and track
goes forward.

As one might expect, all the improve-
ments taking place at the College have
not been centered in the physical plant.
Significant developments have been
made in the up-grading of all aspects
of the institution. Curricula, tone of
the institution, and faculty and staff
have been continuously improved and
up-graded. The institution's fiscal sta-
tus has been improved and placed in
first-class condition. The reported sur-
plus of last year has been added to the
current year's budget, thus making pos-
sible some of the improvements already
listed and many of those to be done in
the coming months.

Since the homecoming celebration of
last year the College has been admitted
to membership in the American Coun-
cil on Education. New equipment, such
as, fluorescent lights, an electric mimeo-
graph machine, and photostat machine
for the Registrar's office have placed
the institution in a better position to
provide a more efficient program of
education. The increased participation of
students and alumni in the administra-
tive and educational affairs of the in-

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the former Miss Mildred Stone, a Na-
tive of Brunswick, Georgia. They have
three children, Timothy Jr., Ann Ma-
rie, and Michael Joseph.

When asked to coment on his ap-
pointment, Mr. Meyers stated briefly
that he was naturally grateful to Presi-
dent Payne and the Board of Regents.
He regards the step as an opportunity
to reaffirm his complete loyalty to the
work of the college and his devotion
to the cause of higher education.

stitution is beginning to provide an at-
mosphere of belonging for the entire
college family.

The extension of the activities of the
College into the surrounding commu-
nities, the participation of its staff mem-
bers and students in activities and pro-
grams beyond the college campus, and
the attraction of various kinds of in-
terest groups to the College provide
stimulation for both the College and the
outlying communities. The radius for
this kind of development continues to
grow.

Savannah State College can only ex-
press in a meager manner its greetings
to you on this occasion and wish that
the homecoming spirit of today will
bring you closer to the College and its
continued growth and development.

Savannah State Bulletin

SAVANNAH - GEORGIA

CHRISTMAS ISSUE

THE -SAVANNAH STATE BULLETIN is published in October, December, February, March, April and
DECEMBER 1950 May by Savannah State College. Entered as second-class matter, December 16, 1947, at the Post Office at VOLUME 4 No 2
Savannah, Georgia, under the Act of August 24, 1912.

MORMG NEWS PRAISES PRESIDENT PAYNE Al COLLEGE

Cljrtstmas drawings from % -pregthmt . . .

It is a pleasure to communicate at
this season of the year with alumni,
students, faculty, and friends of the Sa-
vannah State College. The Christmas
season unlike Thanksgiving lasts for a
long time. It usually comes in on the
evening before Christmas Day and lasts
throughout the year. During this period
of time, one is particularly impressed by
the general spirit of merriment and the
less obvious signs of inventory taking.

For weeks and, in some instances,
months individuals plan for the cele-
bration of Christmas. Many of the pres-
ents and greetings are selected with
care and placed in some secure deposi-
tory. It is predominantly a season when
people are interested in giving for the
chief purpose of lightening the hearts
of friends and associates. Some individ-
uals or groups work on large scale
projects and become benefactors for
whole institutions or less fortunate
groups. Almost everyone enjoys playing
Santa Claus to the extent of his ability.
The ability to do this at Christmas time
clearly demonstrates that it is possible
for individuals to develop such a spirit
for other parts of the year and alleviate
much of the tenseness in our social or-
der. The ability to give happiness to
and to create good will among one's
fellows needs to be generalized on a
much larger basis and a longer period
of duration. To this present world, the
friends of higher education whose train-
ing and experience have put them in
positions of leadership are obligated to
help encourage the happiness of man-
kind in general. The aim here is to en-
courage those of you who possess that
power to utilize it during the 1950
Christmas Season.

The other special sign of Christmas
comes as a natural part of the close of
the calendar year. In almost all cases,
everyone tends to compare his status
with that of the former year. One often
itemizes definitely the progress or loss
made during the year. This is true not
only in respect to individuals but also

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in cases where institutions are involved.

Taking inventory at Savannah State
College at this Christmas season in-
creases our sense of responibility to the
thousands of boys and girls who will
fashion and shape their ideals on the
basis of the training and development
which they receive here. Their spirit of
giving and spreading good will must
become broader and more active because
of the observance of this Christmas of
1950. Everyone, whether alumnus, facul-
ty member, student, or well wisher, can
give a token which will grow and en-
dure in the hearts of men.

Savannah State College comes to the
end of the year 1950 in such a position.
During the year the institution has con-
tinued to move forward in strengthen-
ing the various phases of its program.
This is especially noticeable in internal
improvements and planning for the fu-
ture development and growth. The Col-
lege has been able to re-establish its
financial stability and the value of the
plant has been increased to $1,359,867.74.
Improvements and repairs made during
the year have placed the college in
a better condition to perform the func-
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Unanimously Adopt Mayor

And Board of Aldermen

Resolution

The following editorial appeared on
the editorial page of the Savannah
Morning News, September 24, 1950:

Aid Asked For Negro College

The resolution unanimously adopted
by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
calling on the State Board of Regents to
supply a "substantial portion" of the
University System's allocation of funds
to the Georgia State College, focuses
public attention on the excellent record
the local institution has made from both
an administrative and scholastic stand-
point under the able presidency of Dr.
W. K. Payne during the past eighteen
months. The college has a first-rate
faculty, an enrollment of 1,525 students
and is, as the resolution points out, the
only large college for Negro education in
this section of the State. Thoughtful
citizens of both races will agree with the
observation of the Mayor and Aldermen
that the local institution "serves as a
force for improving and enriching the
life of the Negroes" in South Georgia,
and that it deserves to receive sufficient
financial aid from the Regents to carry
on its highly important work. The Morn-
ing News congratulates Dr. Payne and
his associates on their fine showing, and
we add our voice to the hope that the
Regents will give careful consideration
to the appeal of the City Fathers.

WILLIAM J. FIELDER

NEWS EDITOR, SPEAKS

AT SAVANNAH STATE

Mr. William J. Fielder, Managing
Editor of the Savannah Morning News,
was the speaker for the weekly upper-
classmen assembly in Meldrim Audito-
rium, Thursday, Nov. 2, 1950. Mr. Field-
er's theme was "Keep Your Feet On The
Ground."

George Washington Carver, he pointed
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SAVANNAH STATE BULLETIN

December, 1950

Moss Kendrix, National Education Week Speaker

PRESIDENT W. K. PAYNE and Acting Dean of Faculty, T. C. Meyers, chat with
Mr. Kendrix on the steps of beautiful Meldrim Auditorium, following his address on
the observance of National Education Week.

SSC Celebrates National
Audio-Visual Education
Week

Panels, Educational Films,
Highlight Week

In keeping with the celebration of
"Audio-Visual Education Week"
throughout the U. S. A., Savannah State
College conducted its annual observance
of the week, October 22-28, under the
direction of Mr. Maurice S. Stokes, Di-
rector of the College Audio-Visual cen-
ter. The purpose of the week was to
show and acquaint the general public
with audio-visual aids, and their use as

educational devices.

Several interesting and educational
programs highlighted the week long
educational venture. On Tuesday, Octo-
ber 24, at 11:15 a. m., the members of
the "Audio-Visual Materials and Meth-
ods of Instruction" class conducted a
panel in Meldrim Auditorium Under-
standing Audio Visual Aids." Partic-
ipants included Misses Helen Fuller and
Ruby Wright, and Messrs. Joseph Wil-
liams, Robert Moberly, and Joseph Jack-
son, Chairman.

On Thursday. October 26 in Meldrim
Auditorium, T. C. Meyers, Acting Dean
of Faculty presided over a symposium
on "Better Education Through Audio-

Visual Aids." Participants included Mr.
Calvin Kiah, Chairman of the Depart-
ment of Education, Miss Christine Cole-
man, Asst. Professor of Home Eco-
nomics, Miss Althea Morton, Asst. Pro-
fessor of French, and Mr. Franklin Carr,
Asst. Professor of Business Adminis-
tration.

At the close of the session Pres. W.
K. Payne gave summary remarks. The
SSC Womens' Glee Club sang "Listen
to the Lambs." Professor Stokes was
also presented a certificate of merit for
his outstanding work at the College
A. V. Center.

In an attempt to carry the benefits
of the Audio-Visual Education Program
to the secondary school, Mr. Stokes,
with the aid of Mrs. Viola Holbrook,
Critic Teacher, conducted a demonstra-
tion unit at the Florence Street School
in Savannah at 4:00 p. m., Thursday.
The topic of this demonstration unit was
"Physical and Commercial Forces of
the Southeastern States."

On Friday evening, October 27, at
7:45 p. m. a series of short educational
films were shown in Meldrim Audito-
rium. The films represented the various
departments of the college.

Remarks lauding the celebration of the
week and the value of Audio-Visual aids
were delivered by Pres. W. K. Payne
following the showing of the movies.

ensnip

Mr. Moss Kenrix, Legislative Assist-
ant of the National Education Associa-
tion, Washington, D. C, was guest
speaker at Savannah State College on
November 8, in observance of National
Education Week.

Speaking to an overflow crowd of stu-
dents, faculty and staff members in
expansive Meldrim Auditorium on the
topic, "Becoming a Responsive and Well-
Informed Citizen," Mr. Kendrix pointed
out that we live under a government of,
by, and for the people.

Continuing, he stated that we should
work to keep it that way by becoming
as well informed about our government,
and our way of life as is possible.

Kendrix is a well-known journalist
and fraternal leader. He founded the
Delta Phi Delta Journalistic Society,
and was responsible for the founding
of National Negro Press Week.

Dean T. C. Meyers, Acting Dean of
Faculty, was in charge of the program.

Savannah State Faculty and
Staff Members Attend
Principals' Conference

Several Savannah State Faculty and
Staff members attended the Annual
Principals' Conference at the Main High
School, Rome, Georgia, which was held
November 17-18.

Among those attending were Acting

SYMPOSIUM PRINCIPALS Pictured

above are, from left to right, Mr. Calvin
Kiah, Chairman of the Department of
Education; Miss Christine Coleman, As-
sistant Professor of Home Economics;
Miss Althea Morton, Assistant Profes-
sor of French; and Mr. Franklin Carr,
Assistant Professor of Business Ad-
ministration, all of whom appeared in
a symposium on Audio-Visual Aids in
Meldrim Auditorium, October 26. "Better
Education Through Audio-Visual Aids"
was the title of the symposium.

Dean of Faculty T. C. Meyers; Miss
Thelma Moore, Assistant Professor of
Education; Mr. Calvin L. Kiah, Chair-
man, Department of Education; Mr. Leo
Ballard, Principal, Powell Laboratory
School, Miss Louise Lautier, Assistant
Professor of English; Mr. Theodore R.
Wright, Athletic Director, and Mr. Wil-
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December, 1950

SAVANNAH STATE BULLETIN

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Season's (Breetings from tt)e Mlusic iDepartment

As we approach the Yuletide season,
joyous strains of "Silent Night, Holy
Night" fill the air, and men everywhere
pause to pay their humble respects to
the Savior of Mankind. Men at war with
each other turn their eyes heavenward
and pray for peace everlasting peace.
Beautiful Christmas carols, symbolic of
this peace, ring out from their war-
weary lips, and for the moment at least,
worldly hatreds are forgotten.

Through music, men have learned how
to express themselves aesthetically; also
through music, as well as the other
arts, men have been able to transcend
national and language barriers.

There is no one wholly unresponsive
to the elevating appeal of music, regard-
less of whether it is sung in their native
tongue or in a foreign tongue. At this
season when mankind gathers in the
church, the home and elsewhere to sing
the international music of Christmas,
the staff of the music section of the Fine
Arts Department, Mr. Hilliary R. Hat-
chett, and Mr. L. Allen Pyke, extend
to you their heartiest wishes for a happy
holiday season. The members of the
five musical organizations, the Male
Glee Club, the Female Glee Club, the
Choir, the Marching Band and the State
Collegians (Swing Band) also extend to
ycu best wishes for a most enjoyable
Christmas season.

This year, the Choir under the direc-
tion of Mr. Pyke, will present an inter-
esting and inspiring program of Christ-
mas music in Meldrim Auditorium to
usher in the Christmas season. The pro-
gram will be held during the regular
Sunday Vesper Hour on Sunday, Decem-
ber 10.

The twenty-eight voice Male Glee
Club and the twenty-four voice Female
Glee Club under the direction of Mr. H.
R. Hatchett, will both present major con-
certs this spring. Both of these groups
were formulated by popular request of
students this vear.

WILLIAM J. FIELDER

(1) THE FEMALE GLEE CLUB; (2) THE MALE GLEE CLUB

(3) THE MARCHING BAND

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out, was a person who kept his feet on
the ground. Dr. Carver, he reiterated
was a man who lived by the "I'll Show
You" philosophy; he could explain any-
thing by demonstration.

Mr. Fielder pointed out that he and
Dr. Carver corresponded frequently and
that he has a collection of over 100 let-
ters from the noted scientist which he
cherishes as one of his most prized pos-
session.

In conclusion, Mr. Fielder cited the
college for the position of leadership
which it has assumed in the state, and
pointed out that Georgia is one of the
richest states in the Union with refer-
ence to natural resources.

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SAVANNAH STATE BULLETIN

December, 1950

President and Mrs. W. K.
Payne Hold Homecoming
Reception For General
Alumni Chapter Meet

General Alumni President, Presi-
dent Payne Address Group

On Saturday afternoon, Nov. 4, at
5:30 p. m., the Savannah State College
General Alumni Association held its
Annual Homecoming Meeting at the
College Community House, with General
Alumni President, L. D. Kennedy, presi-
ding. President and Mrs. W. K. Payne
were on hand to greet the members of
the Association.

The group discussed plans for an an-
nual Football Classic in Columbus,
Georgia between Savannah State and
Albany State College. Other general
matters were also discussed.

President Payne welcomed the group
formally to the Homecoming activities,
and praised the Association for the fine
work which it is doing on behalf of the
College. He also pointed out the prog-
ress which the College has made in the
past few years.

President Kennedy welcomed the
group on behalf of the General Alumni
Association, and pointed out that the
many hardworking Alumni of Savan-
nah State College are producing results.
The Alumni Association, and the extent
of its activities, he stated, are growing
by leaps and bounds.

Mrs. W. K. Payne served the group
refreshments.

Among the outstanding Alumni pres-
ent were Mrs. Josie Sessoms, Secretary
of the General Alumni Association; Mr.
C. D. Jackson, Vidalia, Principal of
Dickerson County Training School; Mr.
Casey Childers, County Agent from
Waynesboro, Georgia; Mr. Odest Wat-
son, President of the Southwest Geor-
gia Alumni Chapter, Albany, Georgia;
and Mrs. Irma Fields of the Candler
County Training School.

GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
PRESIDENT ADDRESSES ALUMNI
Pres. L. D. Kennedy, General Alumni
Association President of Savannah State
College, speaks to the Alumni of the
College at the Community House on
Homecoming Day. Shown in the back-
ground (right) is Pres. W. K. Payne,
President of the College; in the fore-
ground (right) is Mrs. Josie Sessoms,
Secretary of the General Alumni Asso-
ciation.

Southern Association of Secondary
Schools and Colleges Representa-
tives Inspect Savannah State For
Possible "A" Rating

Come at Request of Board of
Regents

On Wednesday, November 15, 1950,
several representatives of the Southern
Association of Secondary Schools and
Colleges inspected Savannah State Col-
lege in order to determine whether or
not it should be given an "A" rating.

PRESIDENT AND DEAN OF FAC-
ULTY HAVE DINNER WITH SOUTH-
ERN ASSOCIATION REPRESENTA-
TIVES Pres. W. K. Payne, (center) and
Acting Dean of Faculty, T. C. Meyers,
(back to camera), have dinner with rep-
resentatives of the Southern Association
of Secondary Schools and Colleges, who
came to inspect the College for an "A"
rating on November 15. They are: Mr.
Frank A. DeCosta, Dean of the Grad-
uate School of South Carolina State
College, left, and Mr. W. H. Brown of
the North Carolina College, Division of
the Bureau of Education and Research,
right.

They came at the request of the Board
of Regents of the State of Georgia.

Chancellor Harmon W. Caldwell,
Chancellor of the University System of
Georgia, accompanied the representa-
tives. At present Savannah State, as well
as the other two state institutions of
higher learning for Negroes have "B"
ratings with the Association.

Payne Speaks At First
Congregational

President W. K. Payne was Men's Day
Speaker at The First Congregational
Church, Habersham and Taylor Streets,
Savannah, on November 26.

The Brotherhood of the church was
sponsor of the program.

SAVANNAH STATE FACULTY

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ton C. Scott, Director of Public Rela-
tions.

The purpose of the conference was to
discuss problems in schools and how to
alleviate them. Special consultants were
brought in to discuss various phases of
school programs, problems connected
with these various phases, and how to
intelligently solve these problems.

Former SSC Student Named

"Outstanding Trainee of the

Day" at Fort Knox

Recruit Gussie O. Doe, 21, a former
student at Savannah State College, was
recently named as the "Outstanding
Trainee of the Day" for the 3rd Ar-
mored Division at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Doe was chosen for this honor by the
officers and cadremen of his training
outfit, Battery "C" of the 54th Armored
Field Artillery Battalion. The selection

RECRUIT DOE is congratulated upon
being named "Outstanding Trainee of
the Day," by Brigadier General R. E. S.
Williamson, Commanding General of the
3rd Armored Division, Fort Knox, Ken-
tucky.

was based on his military bearing, ini-
tiative, and devotion to duty.

As the "Outstanding Trainee of the
Day," Recruit Doe served as enlisted
aide for a day to Brigadier General R.
E. S. Williamson, Commanding General
of the 3rd Armored Division. In this
capacity, he accompanied the General on
all inspection tours and all staff meet-
ings held that day.

Recruit Doe was a Sophomore at Sa-
vannah State College when he enlisted
in the Regular Army in August, 1950.
While at Savannah State, he was a
model student, and was very well liked
by all who knew him.

He is the son of Mrs. Edna Doe, 812 *
Carter Street, Savannah Georgia.

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

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tions allocated to it. The College looks
forward to an era of physical plant ex-
pansion. Preliminary plans for building
structures have been made in several
instances. The boy's dormitory housing
210 individuals is being planned for
early construction. Let us hope that this
will be followed by an annex to Willcox
Gymnasium, a sewage disposal plant,
and a central heating plant and other
needed structures. The thought of these
tends to heighten our spirit for Christ-
mas and the coming year. We stand in
an atmosphere of joyous expectancy!
W. K. PAYNE

December, 1950

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PARADES, QUEENS, FOOTBALL

These were the order of the day as Sa-
vannah State College celebrated its An-
nual Homecoming Day on November 4.
Pictured above are some of the out-
standing scenes and events of the gala
occasion. (1) "Miss Alumni," Miss Louise
Lautier, Assistant Professor of English
at SSC, reigns supreme as thousands of
eager, bedazzled spectators watch her
beautifully decorated limousine pass by,

on West Broad Street in downtown Sa-
vannah. (3) Charming and lovely Mrs.
Beautine W. Hardwick receives a beau-
tiful bouquet from Pres. W. K. Payne
during the halftime ceremonies of the
Homecoming football game with the
Fort Valley Wildcats as Tiger Captain,
James Neal, looks on. (4) Miss Lautier,
"Miss Alumni," also receives a bouquet
at halftime as Mr. L. D. Law, President
of the Savannah Alumni Chapter, looks

on approvingly. (5) The royal court of
beauty, Mrs. C. V. Troup, Mr. L. D. Ken-
nedy, General Alumni Association Presi-
dent, and President and Mrs. W. K.
Payne watch the Tigers lose a hard
fought battle to the Wildcats, 20-18.
(6) Captain James Neal moves in on
Calvin Turner of the Wildcats during the
third period, as Turner's teammates,
Alexander Douse (89) rushes in to as-
sist him.

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Principals in the Sigma Gamma Rho
Sorority Founder's Day activities chat
with Pres. and Mrs. W. K. Payne at the
Community House following their found-
er's Day Program in Meldrim Audito
rium, Sunday, November 12. They are
from left to right, Mrs. W. K. Payne;
Miss Harry Mae Simons, Basileus, Omi-
cron Sigma, Memphis, Tenn., who was
guest speaker at the Founder's Day
Program, during the regular Sunday
Vesper Hour; Miss Elizabeth Toles,
Omicron Sigma, Memphis, Tenn.; and
Mrs. Nona Hopkins, Alpha Iota Sigma,
Savannah, Georgia. Alpha Iota Sigma
graduate chapter, Savannah, and Alpha
Iota undergraduate chapter, Savannah
State College, were joint sponsors of the
Program and Reception.

JUBILEE SINGERS APPEAR On

Tuesday evening, November 21, at 8:00
p. m. the Jubilee Singers, formerly of
Fisk University, appeared in concert
before an overflow crowd in Meldrim
Auditorium. Their appearance marked
the opening of che 1950-51 Lyceum series.
Following the concert, a Reception was
held at the College Community House.
Shown above are the members of the
receiving line. They are left to right:
Mr. Brooks Alexander, Baritone for the
Jubilee Singers; Mr. Matthew Kennedy,
pianist; Mr. Starling Hatchett, Tenor;
Mr. Colston LeGrand, Bass; Mrs. James
A. Meyers, Director; Mrs. W. K. Payne;
Pres. W. K. Payne; Mr. Norton Evans,
Tenor; Mr. Hilliary R. Hatchett, Acting
Chairman of the Dept. of Fine Arts, and
Mr. R. C. Long, Sr., Acting Chairman,
Dept. of Business.
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MR. M. E. JACKSON INTERVIEWS
PRESIDENT PAYNE On November
23, 1950, Mr. Marion E. Jackson was at
Savannah State College to cover the An-
nual Turkey-Day Classic between the
SSC Tigers and the Purple Lions of
Paine College. While here, Mr. Jackson
interviewed Pres. W. K. Payne at thr;
Community House about the College in
general. Mr. Jackson is Sports Editor
of the Atlanta Daily World.
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December, 1950

SAVANNAH STATE BULLETIN

Pagre 7

News Roundup * Divisional and Departmental

Business

The Department of English at Savan-
nah State College is instructing trade
students in composition for the Division
of Trades and Industries at the request
of the latter.

These classes are conducted volun-
tarily by prospective teachers of Eng-
lish who are gaining actual practice
which will enable them to become bet-
ter teachers.

This unusual program of cooperation
was conceived when Professor H. F.
Bowman, Assistant Technician of Ma-
sonry, conferred with Professor J. Ran-
dolph Fisher, Chairman, Department of
Languages and Literature, concerning
the need of coaching for special trade
students, many of whom are veterans
lacking the benefits of a high school
education.

Professor Fisher immediately tackled
the problem, developing the project
which is now popularly called, "The
Division of Trades and Industries De-
partment of Languages and Literature
Project in English," conducted by Eng-
lish majors. The most competent and
capable students were searched out and
invited to join the project. The number
of prospective participants greatly ex-
ceeded the instructional demand which
resulted in a handpicked group being
selected on the basis of scholarship,
ability, interest and reliability.

Officials of the project have been
praised for their undertaking which has
enjoyed tremendous success in the few
weeks it has been in progress.

The plan at present requires one stu-
dent teacher to conduct the afternoon
classes for a day and to distribute writ-
ten assignments among the project
group for grading. Weekly meetings are
held to evaluate the program and to in-
vite recommendations or criticisms which
may add to its effectiveness. The pro-
ject organization includes student of-
ficers and a supervisor whose functions
are independent of the regular college
department.

Students who are working with the
project are: Miss Lillie Belle Johnson,
Miss Mildred Boyd, Secretary; Miss
Carolyn Lewis, Miss Emma Mayo, Miss
Mary L. Telfair, Miss Alethia Sheriff,
Mr. Hosea J. Lofton, Field Secretary,
and Miss Corine Williams, Chairman.
All these students are juniors and
seniors with teaching in mind.

Faculty officials are Professor J. Ran-
dolph Fisher, Supervisor, assisted by
Prof H. F. Bowman, and Prof. Arthur
Carter, Assistant Technician in masonry.
Mr. W .B. Nelson is chairman of the
Division of Trades and Industries. Proj-
ect has sanction of Pres. Payne and
Dean Meyers.

The Department of Business instituted
an orientation program on November
10, for all of its majors, designed
specifically to keep them constantly
informed of all general, special, and new
policy matters of the college and the de-
partment that will affect them while
here.

The orientation sessions are held each
Friday from 12:30 to 1:20 p. m. in the
assembly room of the business building,
Boggs Hall. The full time members of
the departmental staff conduct the orien-
tation periods.

Subjects to be discussed are: General
Information, History of the College,
The College Calendar, Admission, Esti-
mated General Expenses, Scholarships,
Registration, Degrees, The Business
Education Program, The Secretarial
Science Program, Job Opportunities for
Business Education (Teachers) majors,
Administration and Management ma-
jors, and secretarial Science majors. A
program listing each topic and the staff
person designated to discuss each topic
has been placed in the hands of all busi-
ness students. A program is also posted
on the bulletin board.

Mr. Robert C. Long, chairman of the
department, conducted the first meeting
on November 10. Mr. Franklin Carr, as-
sistant professor of accounting, con-
ducted the second meeting on Friday,
November 17, and Miss Albertha Bos-
ton, instructor in secretarial science,
conducted the third meeting on Decem-
ber 1.

Plans are now being made to offer
certain business courses to business ma-
jors attending evening classes. It is
hoped that Accounting, Business Law,
Salesmanship, Money and Banking and
typewriting wil lbe among the courses
offered.

Planning for Business Education
Institute

The idea of a job clinic for seniors
was chosen with a view towards helping
graduating seniors to find jobs. The
following seminars will be conducted:
"Where Do I Look for Job Contacts?"
"How Do I Catch The Employer's Eye?"
"What About That Letter of Applica-
tion?" "How Do I Dress During the In-
terview?" "I'm Still Confused" "Ques-
tions and Answers." "Rubbing Elbows
With Men Who Know," will be the con-
cluding seminar.

The department will bring prospective
employers to the campus. Among them
will be State and City employment
agents; high school principals; and
business operators and managers. In
this manner students will learn first-
hand, what prospective employers want.

Religloys Emphasis Week to
Be Observed February 4-8

Savannah State College will observe
Religious Emphasis Week February 4-8,
1951. The purpose of the week is to make
religion a living reality on the college
campus.

Rev. A. J. Hargrett, college minister,
announces that plans are well underway
for the event, and that this year's ob-
servance promises to be one of the best
in the history of the College.

Several outsanding speakers will par-
ticipate in the week-long program.
Among them will be Dr. Harry V. Rich-
ardson, President of Gammon Theologi-
cal Seminary, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. Melvin
Watson, Dean of the School of Religion
at Morehouse College in Atlanta; Dr.
Thomas C. Allen, Co-Secretary, Depart-
ment of Race Relations of The Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ in
America, and the Federation of Churches,
Washington, D. C; and Mr. Charles M.
Jones, for seven years, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, University of
North Carolina.

There are 14 committees, composed of
100 students, presently carrying out
plans to make the week a success.

Also, all local ministers and their
congregations have been especially in-
vited to attend the sessions.

Annual Homecoming Parade
A Gala Success

Thousands of friends, alumni, and for-
mer students watched the colorful, mam-
moth, magnificent, Savannah State Col-
lege Annual Homecoming Parade with
fervent, breathless admiration, as the
float-bedecked column, with pretty
girls, marching units and marching
bands splattered in between, got under-
way at 1:30 p. m.

Among the most colorful floats in
the parade were the Home Economics
floats which featured the moon, the
stars and little angels; "Miss Savannah
State's float which was a beautiful,
miniature home and garden scene, and
the Fine Arts float which was based on
a Greek myth. "Miss Fine Arts" rode in
a chariot, drawn over the clouds by the
dove of peace and goodwill. The Trades
and Industries float also rated tops.
Representing the progress of industry,
the Queen of Trades and Industry sat
on her throne surrounded by the "Wheels
of Industrial Progress."

There were approximately 39 floats
in the parade which represented down-
town business concerns, fraternities,
sororities, the various classes, Alumni
Chapter floats and other campus or-
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SAVANNAH STATE BULLETIN

December, 1950

THE 1950 TIGERS

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vannah; Theodore Wright,
Thunderbolt, Ga.; Alex
Ellis, Savannah; and Jesse
Morgan, Savannah.

Two outstanding Tiger
players, Robert "Nancy
Hanks" Slocum, and C.
P. Harris were named on
the Pittsburgh Courier
All-Ameriean second team
by Mr. Marion E. Jack-
son, Sports Editor of the
Atlanta Daily World. Slo-
cum and Joseph Turner,
Tiger Co-captain were
named to the All-SEAC,
offensive first team.

The official 1950-51
basketball schedule of the
SSC Tigers was also de-
cided at the SEAC Com-
mittee meeting in Orange-
burg, December 7, and
will be announced later.
The 1950 cagers have
been practicing for sev-
eral weeks, and show
promise of ending up in
the first division at the
end of the 1950-51 season.

SSC TIGERS WINNERS OF 1950 SEAC FOOTBALL

CHAMPIONSHIP

BASKETBALL SCHEDULE TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER

The Savannah State College Tigers,
with newly appointed Head Coach John
"Big John" Martin at the helm, com-
pleted their 1950 season of 8 games
with 4 wins, 3 losses, and 1 tie. This
record makes the Tigers the 1950 South-
eastern Athletic Conference champions.
The Tigers were named conference
champs at the annual post-gridiron sea-
son meeting at Claflin College, Orange-
burg, S. C, on December 7, 1950.

The Tigers have a conference record
of 4 wins, 1 loss and 1 tie. Their 1950
record is as follows: Kentucky State 13,
SSC 0; Claflin 2, SSC 18; Morris Col-
lege 0, SSC, 27; Bethune-Cookman 32,
SSC 13; Albany State 6, SSC 13; Fort
Valley State 20, SSC 18; Paine College
0, SSC 33. The Tigers racked up a total
of 122 points to their opponents 73, to
make their average per game 15.25
points. They scored in every game at
least twice, with the exception of their
encounter with Kentucky State College.

The runner-up for the title, 2nd place,
Morris College, was trounced by the
Tigers, 27-0. Morris played four con-
ference games, won 3 and lost one.
Bethune-Cookman, mythical champions
of* the SEAC, played only two confer-
ence games.

ELEVEN PLAYERS GRADUATE

Eleven SSC players all seniors, saw
action for the last time in their college

career in the Annual Turkey-Day Classic
with Paine College at Savannah.. They
are: Collis Florence, Statesboro; Ken-
neth Hawkins, Dayton, Ohio; Richard
Lyles, Baltimore, Md.; Clarence Rey-
nolds, Savannah; Calvin Smalls, Quit-
man; Matthew Vinson, Macon; Perry
Williams, Columbus; Edgar Worlds, Sa-

ANNUAL HOMECOMING

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ganizations. The procession was over
two miles long and in addition to the
many beautiful floats was composed of
the Moultrie High School Band, the
Beach High School Band, the Ballard-
Hudson High Band, the Savannah State
Band; flag groups from Local American
Legion Posts 513 and 500, the Savan-
nah Marine Corps base, and a marching
unit from Hunter Field.

FORMER SSC ATHLETES SEE ALMA MATER DOWN PAINE COLLEGE 33-0 IN
ANNUAL TURKEY-DAY CLASSIC These former SSC athletes posed for the photo-
grapher along with Pres. W. K. Payne and Athletic Director, Theodore A. Wright
after the Paine College-SSC football game on Thanksgiving Day. They are from left
to right: front row, R. E. Lockette, halfback, '35-38; A. A. "Brick" Mason, tackle,
'35-38; M. C. Blount, end and basketball forward, '40-41; Pres. W. K. Payne; Mr. L.
D. Law, end, '28-31; N. R. Freeman, end, '42-43; Robert B. Washington, end, '36-37;
Virgil C. Demery, halfback and fullback, '36-38; back row from right to left, Boston
Williams, halfback, '47-50; James M. White, tackle, '47-50; G. H. McCord, tackle,
'46-49; L. W. Schmidt, halfback, '47-50; Athletic Director Theodore R. Wright; Roger
B. Jones, basketball, '36-38; John H. Myles, halfback, '39-43; Noah Lester, halfback.
'46-49; and Frank B. Mullins, halfback, '46-47.

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