Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-21
EXPECT 3OOAT
ACCIEFOR WEEK
Short Course To Open
Aug. y - Notable
Lecturers Coming

The annual short course and sum-
mer school Of the Third District Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college here
will begin Monday, August %, and
continue in session one. week. John
NJ. France, principal of the college,
announced today he had already re-
ceived more than 100 applications
for enrolment from students resid-
ing outside of Sumter county. This
number, it is confideBtiy anticipated,
viii be increased 80 500 before the
session beginz~and preparations are
now being made to eistertajn shis
number. ! special feature Of inter
est to farmer boys who will attend
will be an encampment Of Boy
Scouts which will be held in one Of
lhe fair b.tia'u2s ON the Campus~
whie1 IS a#w being fitted up for
sleeping Quarters.
All of the regular school dormi-
tories will be used during the week
of the summer school by girls and
women attending the course. Mrs.
Meta Castellow, the college matron,
will be in charge of the dining room,
and all members of the college facul-
ty Will be present to assist during the
short course.
Lecturers Coming.
In addition, number of other
educators of statewide reputation will
be here for lectures. Dr.. J. NJ.
Faulkner, Of Atlanta, a member of
the state board of health, has accept
ed an invitation to deliver four lee
lures during the course, his subject
being, Good Health Through Clean
Living in Youth" This subject will
be handled by Dr.. Faulkner in serial
manner, each lecture being construct
ed as to present different phases of
the subject. Other noted educators
who will be here have not yet def
nitely stated the days upon which
they can come to Americas, but Prin-I
cipal France said he expected about
ten others besides DR.. Faulkner.
The Atlanta Boy Scout headquar-
tiers has arranged to send two scout
masters here during the course, and
these trained instructors will be in
charge of the physical activities of
the boys.
Mrs. DIN Williams, county home
economies agent, will assist in hand
ling problems pertaining to canning
club work, and she expects more than
100 canning club girls to attend.
Schedule of Honors.
The work of the short course will
be specialized along lines of agricul-
ture and home economics, with class
rooms sessions from to IL O'Clock
each morning. These periods will be
devoted to intensive study of vari-
Gus subjects, with Aggie faculty
members in charge, and in addition,
lectures will be delivered by visiting
educators. These lectures will be
given uniformly in the new audito-
mum building between 11:30 and
1880, and every arrangement has
been made to provide for the COM
fort of those attending.
Dinner will be served in the col
lege dining hall at l o'clock daily
during the summer school course, and
the entire afternoon will be devoted
to social activities. The daily recrea-
ton, which will be a feature of the
big gathering, will be in charge OF
trained recreation instructor, vet
to be announced. Supper will Dc
served at convenient hour in the
dining hall, and every evening dur
ing the course there will be com
munity singing upon the campus, fol
lowed by lectures illustrated with mo
tion pictures in the auditorium. II
addition to these pictures there will
be numerous educational films shown