Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-02-22
COLLEGE is FILLED UP
TO POINT OF CAPACITY
Thirty Counties Are Repre-
Sented There,

+, as the District Agricultural College
grows the value of that excellent in
stitution, where students receive 8
practical training along lines thai
will fit them for useful occupations
Already the institution has passed the
point expected by its supporters and
is still growing more rapidly than
any of the agricultural schools.
''Waat's being done out at the col
lege?" was asked of Superintendent J.
] M. Cullom by a Recorder rep
resentative yesterday.
I'VE are planning" came the
ready response from THE superintend-
ent.
THE situation is just such out at
the school that something must be
done at once. We reached the limits
of our accommodation in dormitories
some time ago. Since that time pupils
who desired to enter the school have
been turned away almost every day.
Three applications came in one day
during the present week.
''You know it is a well fixed principle
of nature that the moment we cease
to grow, that minute we will begin to
die. There is only one of two things
to do, to go forward or fall back
AS yet we feel that we are only in
our infancy. Many years of growth
are yet before us"
Build New Dining Hall.
eve have perfected plans by which
we may at very early date let the
contract to erect a new dining hail.
with sleeping apartments on the up
per floor for thirty pupils. The plans
ahve been perfected THAT will enable
US to raise every dollar to erect the
building. The matter is now ,in shape
to lay before the board of. trustees and
requires only their approval.
1t is expected that the board viii
meet at a very early date and pass
upon the matter If immediate ac-
ton is taken, the building can re
ready by September first.
''When this new building has been
erected the present dining hall, that
was built to be ultimately used as
wood shop, will be converted into
wood shop and blacksmith shop at
tached. This will greatly relieve the
present crowded conditions in the
mechanical department"
The paper man then referred to the
recent bulletin issued by the State
College of Agriculture.
Injustice Done i'm Bulletin.
"Yes, we show up we'll in the bulle-
tin, yet the bulletin fails to tell the
whole story.
"By some kind of an accident two
of the finest cuts in the bulletin from
our school are credited to other
schools. The bulletin shows twentv
cuts from the eleven schools, and
five or them are from our school.
They give us credit for having the
best equipped laboratory and the best
equipment in farm machinery, but
the report shows that ten counties are
represented in the school, while we
have pupils enrolled from thirty coun-
ties
"But naturally errors may be ex-
Dected till our system of reports is
better perfected
When we asked how much of the
present term remained, the superin-
tendent was reminded of others plans
Fine Program is Planned.
Eyes; we are planning to make a
radical departure from commencement
exercises as they usually make up the
program of college closings.
1--WE do not expect to put on exH.bi-
ton every article that can be obtain
ed from the shops and the farm, but
we are going to enlarge our stage,
put on it anvils, forges, emory wheels
propelled by power, movable work
benches, tools, ETC., and have the pu-
pills before the audience to forge and
work iron into various shapes and ar
tic1es, and from THE crude material
make articles Of woodenware.
Fertilizer formulas will be figured
out before the audience, the materials
weighed out and mixed. The girls
will cook, cut and finish garments be-
fore the audience. We are going to
make an innovation. But we will tell
you about it later"