The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-05
SUMNER SCHOOLS.
A Number Of Them Have Been ORGAN
lied at Athens.


the University Trustees-The Estab-
hshment of a Gymnasium-othe
Points of General Interest.
Athens, July Athens is soon again
70 be thronged with students. The short
term summer schools are Just now open
ing and the prospects are that there will
be a number TO matriculate. The sum
mer school of mathematics, under charge
of Prof. d. c. Barrow, has already
opened on the campus with a good attend
ance. The school is a coaching school for
young men who contemplate entering the
university.
The summer school of ancient languages
will open on the campus July 9. Prof A.
Belcher will be at the head of the school.
Owing to the various methods of teach
ing these branches in the high schools, it
is found that students came to the uni
versity very poorly prepared in them,
although well up in the other require
ments. The summer school of modern
languages-French, German and Spanish
will be presided over by Prof. John
Morris.
The largest summer school, the Geor-
Rld INOEIldl OOAltRt. Will O4j6I us uODIS
July 5. The college is designed for
teachers and those students who will, in
all proba bility, become teachers. Both
sexes are admitted. The faculty is COM
posed of both males and females The
faculty will have at its head Prof. Law
ton B. Evans OF the Augusta High school,
The different departments will he pre-
sided over by almost the same faculty as
last year, Prof d. c. Barrow, Prof. D.
l.. Ernest, Euler B. Smith Mrs. De Jar
nette, Prof. Otis Ashmore, Prof. l.. l..
Landrum, Prof Derry of Macon, Prof.
Bond of Athens, and others The old
Rock College has been thoroughly remod-
eled and renovated and presents now quite
an inviting and pleasant appearance. The
dormitories have been plainly but neatly
furnished and have been placed under the
direction of an eXperien ced matron. The
first floor has been utilized for recita-
ton rooms and dining halls. The second
floor will be the dormitory for ladies,
while the third floor will be occupied by
the gentlemen. The building has been
made to accommodate POO bOarders No
rent is charged for the dormitories and
no tuition is charged in the college. Ar
rangements have been made by the pru-
Dental committee to furnish board at the
college at mere nominal
cost of $3.50 per week. The
school term will probably extend until
Cbpbs l. nc HidlL fODltCJ Vi Llt NOlIGRe
Is, in the absence of a normal college sup
ported by the state to furnish ashort sum
mer course for the instruction of the vast
body of Georgia teachers in the latest nor
NAL methods. In a word, to teach teachers
how to teach. The only support of the
school at present is the Rock college and
the Gilmer fund, donated by the Uni
versity of Georgia, and donation each
year by the city and citizens of Athens,
and $3.50 given each year by Clarke
county out OF the funds brought into the
county treasury by the dispensary.
WORK OF UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES.
Since the trustees have finished their
labors and returned to their homes the
public generally have been much interest
ed in the result. The chancellor and other
members of the faculty, speaking to the
MORNING News correspondent, said that
they considered the work o. the board
this session the most helpful to the uni
versity in a number Of years.
The department of mathematics has
been made especially strong In this de-
partment, in addition to Prof Williams
Rutherford, Prof. d. G. Barrow, Prof
Charles Strain and Prof c. M Smelling,
was elected ad junCt professor, and Prof
II. G. Moreno was elected tutor The de-
partments of modern language and En-
glish have been linked together, as they
naturally are by the election of Prof
John Morris as adjunct professor in both
departments. In the department of an
Gent languages Prof w d.
Hooper was elected adjunct professor.
while A. Belcher, A. b., of Emory col
lege, was elected as tutor in this depart
ment, and at the same time will pursue
the "A. NJ. degree postgraduate at the
university. George p. Butler, B. E. first
honor man in his course this year, was
selected by the trustees as Honorary Eel
low in Mathematics. Noel Moore, A. B.,
of the present graduating class, was
elected Fellow in Biology, with salary
of $500. Both will seek post graduate
degrees
The trustees have made A. M, M. S,
G. Z. and c. and Nj. f. post
graduate degrees Their purpose
is to make these degrees so high
that students obtaining them will
be recognized as finished and thorough
scholars wherever the university is
known. Students who have graduated
from any of the colleges in Georgia can
take these postgraduate courses, or stu
dents who have diplomas from any well
recognized college or university. There
graduated from the University this wear
students with postgraduate degrees,
and the indications are that the number
will be greatly increased next session.
PHYSICAL CULTURE.
Perhaps the best and most lasting
benefit conferred upon the university by
the board during the present session was
the Establishment of the chair of phys-
cal culture. This has long been a crying
need at the university, and the many
alumni over the state, who were deprived
of this feature while they were in the
college, will hail its advent with great
satisfaction.
The trustees elected DIR. Charles Hertv
adjunct professor in chemistry and di-
rector in the department of physical cul-
ture. This selection is an admirable one
For the past three years the University
OF Georgia has made an enviable reputa-
tion in athletics among southern colleges,
and this recognition by the trustees will
give new impetus on this line that will
easily place her among the foremost,
The committee appointed by the governor
TO inspect the university have recon-
mended that a new building be erected to
furnish more space for the scientific
laboratories ana if this is done the TOP
story can be made into a gymnasium with
very little additional cost TO the univer-
sity.
UNIVERSITY CLUB.
The alumni of the University of Athens.
recognizing the great good that has been
and is being done for their alma mater
by the University Club of savannah, have
organized on the same plan a club at Ath-
ems. At an enthusiastic meeting officers