Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-11
"REMINISCENCES OF THE
FURLOW MASONIC COLLEGE

mot manage" 1t is needless to say
that the grand finale OF. this remarR
was utter failure, and in moment CT
anger he impulsively called them -
set of female devils" The writer can
vouch for this story, as she was pr IS
ent and heard the statement. But the
school under his able management,
barring his hasty temper, did regain
for time its former place. He intro
duced new teachers, among them Prol.
Carl j. Schneider, OF Germany, teacher
CT piano music; Miss Carrie Morgan,
OF Lagrange, teacher OF vocal music;
Miss Leftwick. of New York, art teach
err, and Mrs DeJarnett of Americas.
teacher of French and various English
branches of study. After few years
of successful service, he resigned, AMI
Capt. A. H. Flewellen, of Cuthbert, A.
cepted the position.
With Capt Fleyellen there came a
number of South Georgia girls to A.
tend the school, he occupying the
Burkhalter house, corner of Church
and Jackson streets, using it as
dormitory to the college. These girls
were under strict rules, and while not
uniformed, were always accompanied
by teacher when shopping or out for
a walk. And forbidden, under no cir
cumstances, to speak to a man. Of
course, whenever opportunity offered
this rule was slyly broken. 1t is well
just here to relate little story, POI
traying the natural outcome of just
such rules. The students thought *
would be great fun to play a joke on
the president and teachers in the shape
Of an April fool, quietly slipping away
on April first and having a picnic ar
their own, without the oversight OF
teachers. Magnolia Dell was the place
selected, and all went smoothly, the
girls arriving safely without hindr
ance A few young men greatly sym
pathized with the pupil boardees "a
their life of exclusion and determined
in the goodness of their hearts, loI
give them a full day of pleasure, SO
they came unlimited, though welcome
guests, giving every attention in the
way Of boat rides, fiirtations and gen
uine love making. The news in some
way reached the presidents ears, and
he came in all haste, gathering his
girls together and, as punishment,
marched them through the long, hot,
dusty streets, to their intense disgust
and every ones amusement, back to
the dormitory and into their rooms,
where they retmained the rest of the
day in silence and solitude.
1t was While Capt Flewellen was
president that the school entered up
on a last and fatal decline, which !
eventually led to its death as a col |
lege. While through no fault of his,
other educational influences were at
work, church colleges were being built |
in different parts of the state, the
patronage fell away, the best teachers |
accepted positions elsewhere, and feel
ing that in a short time its doors |
would close, he resigned. and Prot. |
Forester, of Lumpkin. Ga, with Mrs
DeJarnett as assistant, made a last de- ,
perate effort to keep the school alive
Put, alas! all effort was in vain, and
the dear old college after thirty years
of activity, as an educational center in
June, 1879, breathed its last, and the
doors were closed forever
And now our story is ended, but in
memory we still see the entranceway
through which many girlish forlrs
have passed, whose spiritualized GU
lines glow imperishably in the menu
DRY and hearts of those of us left be- !
midland only few now remain, but
there still lives the influence of clas-
steal education, gift of priceless
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