Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-26
COLLEGE IS FILLED TO
POINT OF CAPACITY
Students From Twenty Six
Counties There
House Will Be Secured
For Girls Dormitory
May Sell Part of
The Farm.

The Agricultural College in Ameri-
Gus, and the leading one of all the
eleven district schools, is closing it's
| first month of the fall session and
with a record as yet unsurpassed. The
| attendance is at the capacity limit.
with students from several sections
of Georgia and from other states in
attendance.
Some of the places taken at random
from which students are registered
from out of the district are Black
well, Kennesaw, Sandy Plains, East
man, Tifton, Quitman, Putnam, Drane
vile, Marietta, Hartwell, Dawson.
Shellman, Tallahassee, Fla, and Blan-
| ton, Ala.
Demands have already been made
on the school for more men than will
graduate during the present year.
These demands come for men to do
government experiment and demon
stration work and for teachers. The
curriculum of the school is one year
beyond that of other schools of the
kind in the state. The management
thinks that this is best, as a student
may leave this school and take up the
work above indicated, even if he does
not find it convenient to attend some
other institution.
Residence for DOrmitOry.
Every room in the dormitory is now
occupied except one. Supt. Collum,
when seem said relative to the present
situation and the purposes for imme-
diate future:
For the reason that we are about
full at the dormitory is no reason
why other pupils should not come to
the school, and come right along now
We are going to find a place for all
pupils who really want an education
who may apply.
We have been <ered two homes
that are convenient to the school 1t
= s7ouf pan to either lease one of these
homes or buy it. Should we buy we
would then no doubt dispose of that
part of the farm south of the Sea-
board. Should we rent, we will rent
for term of years The matter is in
such shape that we can close the
transaction at any time.
should we rent or lease, we would
convert the home into a girls dor
mitory. One of these homes will
easily accommodate from % to 3OI
girls. We would be able to give the
room now occupied by the girls in
the dormitory to the boys, thus we
can admit more boys. We can then
better provide for the girls, as they
will then come in contact with the
boys only in the class rooms.
Yes, let them come right on, we
will, for the present at least, provide
for them"
Better Result i'm Farming.
Mr.. Collum III referring to the farm.
said:
THE original ideas about these
schools was all wrong. We have a
great deal more land than we will
really need for some time
1--WE must confine the work on the
farm to experimental and demonstra-
ton work, and to intensive farming.
| What Brown has done on the Belmont
farm of only 36 acres, near Marietta,
can be done elsewhere. On this farm
only 8 acres are under cultivation,
and on acres of the profit of
$2,79O has been made the present
| year"
Our farm is too large. We had
in the offset to somewhat follow the
apparent general demand for operat-
ing the farm and the school. We
will break away from outlined plans
and blaze a new course. The farm
will be reduced and we will intensity