Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-03
NORMAL STUDENTS GREET.
COLLEGE TRAIN WITH SONG.
MiIIedgeviIIe and Eatonton Vie
With One Another in Giving
Great Welcome

the e0ucatiOnal special nelQ IOrLn 10 stu
dents world without end, from capped
and gowned seniors of the Georgia Nor
NAL and Industrial college to tiny tots
from the woods of Baldwin county. The
first impression of anyone who visits
Milledgeville with the agricultural train
Is that there must be, hid around some
where In the neighborhood, farm
equipped with acres of incubators. But
that first impression. invariable though
1t Is and unconscious though 1t may be,
is always wrong. The fact is that only
the small fry youngsters claim Milledge-
Vile as their home. The uniformed stu
dents come from the four corners Of the
earth. II II be true, as has been asserted,
that on the immature mind the radical
lessons of the agricultural train leave
their strongest and most lasting impress
sion, then at Milledgeville q great work
has been done in the next generation, for
school children swarmed about and
through the train, from early morning till
nearly noon. The farmers were here. as
a matter of course-numbers of them, In
fact. But they were in hopeless mi
nority.
FIVE HUNDRED GIRLS.
At o'clock to the second. President M.
M. Parks, Of the Georgia Normal and In
dustrial college, appeared at the train,
President Parks was at the head of over
800 girls. In a column of twos. they
stretched for almost a quarter of a mile
along Milledgeville's sidewalks. The SEN
Tors, IN the lead, wore caps and gowns.
There were IS of these. Trailing them
was the long procession of $50 juniors, and
178 sophomores, and an equal number Of
freshmen, all in uniform brown dress. AT
long range they formed a pretty sight,
and at closer range they refuted the adage
which Goldberg. the cartoonist has tried
SO hard to establish, that they all look
good when they are far away" For an
hour and half the young ladies and
their tutors had the train to themselves.
They studied the exhibis and were lectur-
ed in the open by Director Hite. To their
own promptness was due the uninterrupt-
ed program of their exclusive reception.
AS a pleasing and very fiattering token
of their appreciation of what had been
shown and spoken for their benefit, the
young ladies sang in honor of the lee
turers, rendering a tremendous soprano
chorus of the old song, LAS Was TAX
ing Nellie Home" end finishing with a
stirring rendition OF Dixie" They had
promised to meet the train punctually at
z o'clock, and they did it, the whole col
lege Of girls eating a o'clock breakfast
in order to get here on time. The Georgia
Normal and Industrial gathers its enroll
ment from all over the southeast, and
turns away almost as many students each
season as It enrolls. 1t was founded in
1889. Work is advancing rapidly on the
new science building for which the state
Legislature made appropriation last ses-
sion. Every possible effort is being made
each year to enlarge the school and in
crease its facilities
MAYOR WELCOMES TRAIN
Mayor Miller s. Bell extended for
NAL welcome to the train when the coll
lege girls had zone and the public pro-
gram commenced. He emphasized the
Importance of AGRICULTURAL education,
and told of what he saw on a recent Wis
1t to the college at Athens. He said
that every farmer should take short
course at the college and every farmers
son should be educated in agriculture.
The Georgia Military college came
aboard the train almost in a body. This
is a co-educational institution, with
cadet corps adjunct. and embraces the
public school system of Milledgeville.
The students were dismissed Monday
afternoon with instructions to gather at
the train and to re-assemble for the
lays work at school at 1915 o'clock.
Practically all of their teachers were
with them at the urain,. Is Of them, with
President William E. Reynolds at their
head.
NJ H. Billiard, the county school COM
missioner, was here, with nearly all
the country school teachers of the coun-
ty and a number of the country stu
dents. The county school teachers held
meeting at the courthouse immedi-
ately after the train left, to form the
first organization among themselves and
to perfect plans for great corn and
Industrial club campaign IN this county
this season.
Miss Estelle Bozeman. retained by the
Peabody fund and working under the
direction of Rural School Supervisor Il.
H. Powell. was found here, with num-
Der of the boys and girls of the Bald
win county club which she is so ener-
getically and thoroughly organizing. A
photograph of a group Of the 20 boys
and 125 girls enrolled in this club was
taken for The Journal. Miss Bozeman
and Miss Leona Mccullough, who is de-
tailed in La1rens county, are the pion-
GERS in the work which the Peabody
fund is financing among the rural
schools of Georgia. Miss Dozeman
started her work here last September,
beginning active organization in De-
cember. She is enthused over the pros
poets. and declares that the people or
Baldwin are meeting her more than half
way, ana LnaI she 10 TeC6kNlnE BECAI Sh-
couragement. Plans have already been
made and are now being worked out for
a county fair for the school children,
to be- held In Milledgeviile In November.
Prizes will be Offered for sewing and
domestic science work among the girls,
and for wood work among the boys.
The county board OF education has Of
fered the prizes for corn exhibits among
the boys.
The entire eight classes OF the graded
department of the Georgia Normal came
aboard the train, still further augmenting
the number of students who visited 1t
here. There were over 100 of these. from
the first to eighth grade.
MANY FARMERS PRESENT.
The MIledgeville story would not be
complete without mention Of the farm
ers who really did form part of the au-
dience here Many OF them were gath
cred from all parts of the county. They
were at a disadvantage, though. The
various student bodies almost overwheln-
ed them. They took this good naturedly.
though-as well they might, as they
themselves are responsible for large
proportion of the school population. ].
T. McCrary, J. L. Martin. A. Simpson.
L. M. Smith, Gus Bloodworth, Goodwin