Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-31
STIRS SUMTER
BOYS ABOUT
GEORGIA Tech
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES Open
Southern Boys Making Good
as Industrial Leaders

MI VI. IlOllldH GdFuner, OF TIE
Georgia School of Technology, spent
part of yesterday in the city,
and While here addressed the students
1t the High School, and those at
the Agricultural College, on the work
the Tech is doing in equipping the
boys of Georgia for the great work
of leading in the industrial develop
ment of their state and the South, in
preparing the students who enter 1t
for positions of high responsibility
and large remuneration.
Citing number Of instances as
evidences of what Tech graduates
have done, and as an indication of
what others can do who prepare them
selves for similar positions hereaf-
ter Mr.. Gardner gave the boys and
girls a very entertaining talk. At the
High School he especially stressed
the necessity of boys completing the
High School course before entering
Tech. Too many boys come there un-
prepared and are unable to go on
with the work, said Mr.. Gardner Out
of all who enter Tech probably not
over fifteen per cent graduate The
course is not for a child, or an un-
| prepared mind but requires that the
student have the foundations well
laid, and that he buckle down to the
work. knowing that the officials OF
the school insist on thoroughness
There is no easy road through the
| Tech, the idea being to turn out well
equipped men, proficient in their
! iinCs and trained mentally to meet
any contingencies that may arise.
Mr.. Gardner pointed out the enor-
nous possibilities of the South in an
| industrial way. He cited the fact
that the textile industry is rapidly
passing to the South, and predicted
that many other important industries
wou d find rapid development in this
SEQ ion They will require the train
ed brains and hands of the graduates
| Of the Tech to fill their high salaried
positions. In this connection, MI
Gardner offered a prize of book 10
the student preparing the best pa
Iler in the advantages of a scienti-
fc training as applied to Southern
industrial conditions. The following
students expressed their determine
ton to compete for the prize: Misses
Patsy LupO, Mary Eliza Sheppard,
Ruth Hamilton, Clara Everett, Rutn
Britton; Masters C. c. Jones, Joha
Wright, Evan T. Mathis, Inman Grit
fin
Mr.. Gardner called attention to the
fact that out of 1900 notable peo-
ple. men and women, including bank
ers. manufacturers, statesmen and
railroad men, II per cent. are COL
lege trained. Since only five per
cent of our high school graduates g
TO college it will be seen that this
small percentage furnishes II Pc:
cent of the leaders of American life
today. Mr.. Gardner also cited some
i instances of Georgia born and raised
bows who have made good. The top
notcher among the Georgia Tech grad
yates. in the way of salary is Mr.
! George Gordon Crawford, now presi-
dent of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad Company, with salary 81
$50 900 a year. Mr.. Furlow, with
kins people right here in Sumter
county. is now with the Otis Elevator
Company. on a $4,000 salary, the
result of his technical knowledge AM
training. A number of Tech gradu-
ates are commanding salaries of S..
600 to $4,000. The superintendent
of the greatest cotton mills in tht
South took his course in the Georgi1
Tech, and numerous others who are
going up the ladder in the industria
world owe their success to the wori
done and the training secured at the
: great state institution at Atlanta.
) Sumter county is entitled to fifteei
scholarships at the Tech. of whict
probably seven or eight are vacant
) These scholarships reduce the cos
!, of tuition from about $3.50 a yea
y down to $25. Mr. Gardner stated tha
: boy can spend 5000 and get full
g years training at the Tech, coverin
e board. laundry, tuition, etc
e "If the boys of Georgia could onl
h be brought to appreciate the oppor
!. tunities technical training gives ther
0 the demand for admission would b
e 60 great that the capacity would hav
v to be doubled" said Mr.. Gardner
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