The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-10
BOARD OF VISITORS AT ATHENS.
The RumOred Sensation Did Not
Fan Out.

Fan Out.
Athens, Ga. June 9.-The board of wish
tors to the University of Georgia met in
Athens to-day and are already we'll adj
vanced into their work. The members of
the board are Profs. Hunter of Atlanta,
Reese of Bowman, Gibson of Columbus,
OQuinn Of Triton and Chapman of Ma
con-
The rumored sensational development
that was 20 happen at the meeting of the
board of visitors seems to have fallen
through. 1t was believed that the board
of visitors would very rigidly investigate
the question of the CHARACTERISTIC with
the end in view of seeing whether or not
a change in that Office would be beneficial
to the university. This appears now to
have been abandoned and the session of
the board of visitors at present does not
give promise of any sensa tional features.
one member of the board, however,
takes position that furnishes interesting
reading In an interview he declared that
as a member of the board he expected to
do his full duty and to help frame such
recommendations to the board of trustees
and to the governor as he thought would
be of benefit to the university.
Nevertheless, he said that he was fully
convinced that the board of visitors to
the university constituted pluperfect
faEce They were restricted and their
work was absolutely formal and ineffec-
tive. It was simply a waste of time and
money 20 fool with such meetings, he said
THE university has a board of trustees
to look after it's business AFFAIRS" said
he, land chancellor who each year pre-
sents the needs of the institution to the
legislature, together with such other in
formation as he possesses as to the work
of the institution. Those two cover the
field Of the board of visitors and as the
law is now constituted, render the board
of visitors an absolutely useless body"
The Lucy Cobb blue list. distributed last
night at the close of the graduating eAer-
cises, discloses the following leaders In the
various classes;
Post Graduate-Cassie Briscoe, Athens.
Senior Class-Latin Course-Jessie Reid,
Atlanta; English Course-Ruby Wright,
Albany Eclectic Course-Rosa voolfolk,
Albany.
Junior Class-Latin Course-Glla d. Win
field. English Course-Lucia Abbott.
Sophomore Class-Norma Strickland
Freshman Class-Agnes Goss.
Music Honors- Sixth Grade-Mabel
Hodgson; fifth grade, Isabel Thomas. EN-
lily Belle Lowndes; fourth grade, Nannette
Hodgson Maud Born; third grade, Rosa
voolfolk, Edith Hodgson; second grade
Mamie Crawford, Sybil Voolfolk; FIRST
grade, Katie Hodgson, Sallie Huh.
Violin Honors-Fourth Grade-Mabe
Hodgson; third grade, Mary Munford
Ruby Wight Mamie Carlton; second
| grade, Edith Hodgson.
Mandolin Class-Ruby Wight, Annie
Hobbs. India Colbert, Flora Dancey.
| Vocal Class-Fifth grade, Willie Reid
| Jessie Reid, Susie Mann, Mary ldumford
| Allie Joseph; fourth grade-Ella d. Win
field, Elizabeth Mcfarland, Maud Born
| third grade-Emma Dunbar, Agnes Brad
| ley and Eloise Davenport.
| Piano Class-F1orrie Turner, BERTHE
| Nussbaum Curtice Hammond, Susie Nc
| Mullan, Lena Pitner
| French Honors-Madge Axson, Rosi
| voolfolk. Isolne Wimberly. Bertha Nuss
baum, Ruby Harbin, Sallie Hull, Eleano
/ Young.
The opening festivity of University com
mencement was the german given to-nigh
at Denfree hall by the members of "Yuk
| pail" a college organization whose ma
ture and purposes have never been dis
| covered 1t is one OF the most mysteriou
| of the secret orders among the students.
Rev. c. II. Strong has returned to Sa
vannah after a visit of several days. II
made many friends while here and his ser
mon at Lucy Cobb Institute was highl
COMMUNICATED on all sides, and no dout
will result I'm much good.
The Red and Black, the college news
| paper will have a daily edition during Tn
| versity commencement.