Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-10
Defeat Of G0ber, Dorsey
Man, in Senate, Startling
Sensation of ASSembly

One of the liveliest political SEN
sations of the legislature has grown
out of the refusal of the senate to
ratify Governor Dors9y's appoint
ment of Judge George F. Gober to
College in Carroll county.
It is said to be the first time in
has been so aggressively opposed and
so dec1sively rejected, the vote Of
the senate being twenty-four to
seventeen after two hours of red hot
debate on Thursday afternoon.
Bowdon college IS an old private
accepted by the state two years ago
as a branch of the University of
Georgia. The act taking over the
college provided for a board of sew
en- trustees to be appointed by the
governor, with the stipulation that
certain named counties adjacent to
Carroll county, one of these coun-
ties being Cobb.
Governor Dorsey last january ap-
pointed Judge Gober, who practices
law in Atlanta and resides in Cobb
The appointment was sent to the
senate for confirmation last Thurs
day and was rejected. The governor
states that he named Judge Gober
at the request of the citizens who
had been instrumental in rendering
having it accepted. These citizens,
he said, were grateful for the as
sistance rendered them by Judge
Gober in putting through their plan.
His residence in Cobb county made
him eligible under the terms of the
act taking over the college.
Judge Gober Is a. member of the
board Of trustees of the University
Of Georgia. He was appointed July
26, 1915, by Governor Nat E. Harris,
for a term of six years. Prior to
board for several years.
History OF Case
A few years ago the Legislature
az hst Of fhe Geo saia
should have on it's local board of
trustees three ex-officio members
from the board of the University of
Georgia. the same to be designated by
the chairman Of the university board
Henry. B: Mcdaniel, former governor
University of Georgia, designated
Judge George F. Gober, Judge Rich
ard B. Russell and W. E. Simmons
from the university board to serve as
ex-officio members Of the local board
Of the Georgia Normal and Industrial
COI10SO dL h111SuSON111C ucIlACh
other members of the university
board to serve as eK-officio members
on the local boards Of the other
branches of the university.
Friction soon developed between
Judge Gober and DR.. M. M. Parks,
president Of the Georgia Normal and
Industrial college; One Of the. sen.
legislature was controversy be-
tween Judge Gober and DR.. Parks.
1t was asserted by friends of DR..
Parks that Judge Gober was stirring
up jealousy between the G. N. I. c.
and other branches of the university.
June, at the annual meeting Of the
board Of the G. N. I. c., in resolu-
ton put through by Judge Gober to
take the admission of students out of
the hands Of the president and fac
ulty Of the G.. N. I. c. and put it in
ton. DR.. Parks asserted that this
would destroy the standard of schol-
arship required for admission and
completely demoralize the work of
the G. N. I. C.
Friends of the G. N. I. c. intro
duced in the senate and house., as
soon as the legislature convened, q
bill to abolish from the board of
that college the ex-of1cio trustees
from the University Of Georgia
board. The purpose Of the bill was
to get rid of Judge Gober, Judge
Russell and w. E. Simmons. They
also introduced bill to place the
admission of students in the hands
of the president and faculty of the
school. This bill passed both the
house and senate early in the session
The senate passed also the bill abol-
ishing the ex-officio trustees from the
G. N. I. G. board.
Dorsey Sends Appointment
Following closely on the passage
by the senate of the latter bill, Gov
ernor Dorsey sent in his appoint:
ment Of Judge Gober to the board
of trustees of Bowdon college. That
institution, of course, is in no way
connected with the Georgia Normal
and Industrial college, but the feel
ing aroused against Judge Gober BY
the controversy between him and DR..
Parks was so acute that the senate
refused to confirm his appointment
AS soon as the senate had turned
him down, the friends of Georgia