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Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 9-29-1951 The George-Anne Georgia Southern University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Georgia Southern University, "The George-Anne" (1951). The George-Anne. 252. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/252 This newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Media at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in The George-Anne by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A*' B '-■I II ■! I III ■ I I III SUPPORT WELCOME YOUR CLUB! The George-Anne FROSH! PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OF GEORGIA TEACHERS COLLEGE VOLUME 24 Georgia Teachers College, Collegeboro, Ga., September 29, 1951 NUMBER 1 Fewer Students, More Small Fresnman Class Improvements for TC Georgia Teachers College has opened the 1951-52 session with few students enrolling but with expanding facilities. This is a reversal of a pattern the college generally has Enrolled for 1951-1952 -known since it began awarding degree in 1929, that of an Pleasing student body but little, The smallest freshman class for many a year trudged othery additional equipment. through the gates of Georgia Teachers College on September "Eli" Hodges Is 17 to enroll for classes. The 105 freshmen students on the COi^ast year the aggregate college Former Okinawan G.A. Manager campus are so few in number because the 12-year school sys- registration, stimulated by the in- tem came into effect last year, thus creating a shortage of stallation of Saturday and evening James "Eli" Hodges has classes, was 934, largest for any been named business manag- high school graduates. Student Awarded er of The George-Anne. He Of this class, there are only- regular session. In the recent sum- seven veterans, which contrasts mer quarter, 1267 were enrolled, as replaces Herman Huff, who resigned because of other sharply with the large veteran en- compared with 1346 for the pre- Scholarship More Girls Than rollments the past few years. vious summer. pressing duties. Outstanding scholarship in Eng- Hodges, a senior and war Another interesting fact con- Potentialities for growth are sig- lish during a year at Georgia veteran, is a native of States- Boys at GTC cerning the freshmen is that five nified, however, in an outlay of Teachers College has earned for bo ro. Females are definitely not the states are represented. Besides more than a million dollars for the Masanori Higa, 22-year-old, Oki- weaker sex in the matter of Eng- Georgia, there is South Carolina, first major construction on the nawan, a sesssion of study at Har- lish scholarship at Georgia Teach- Kentucky, Florida, and New Jer- campus, since 1939. Work on an vard University. ers College. sey. The number of out-of-staters annex to the Laboratory School Higa is one of five foreign stu- Of nine freshmen making suffi- equals only five. building, costing $340,000 should ents in a group of 53 sponsored by College Clubs ciently high scores on a placement Of this class, 33 have attended be completed by January. Gover- the Institute of International Edu- test to exempt them from the in- Georgia Teachers College before. nor Herman E. Talmadge recently cation who have been awarded an Plan Activities troductory course in college Eng- The greater bulk of these were in broke ground for a $384,000 men's additional year of college atten- ■ By ROBERT HURST lish, eight are women. the summer session of this year. dormitory, and an architect is pre- dance in the United States. They are Misses Marilou Hurt, Lastly, of the hundred and five paring plans for an approved He left the Teachers College With the beginning of another graduate of Decatur High School; armory and gymnasium to cost wearing an artificial arm donated school year various clubs and or- students, there are 41 who grad- Faye Henry, of Savannah High; uated from high school before $325,000. by students and teachers here and ganizations began their yearly ac- Vivien Cowart, of St. Vincent's friends at Thomasville. As a tivities with executive committee June, 1951, leaving only 64 who Despite the decrease in the stu- Academy, Savannah; Alice Wil- are this year's graduates. schoolboy he lost his left arm in a meetings. Although a few have lingham, of Camilla High; Mary dent body, the college will operate not completed their plans, the offi- or a' slightly expanded budget of shell blast preceding the Allied in- Jo Jackson, of Attapulgus High; vasion of Okinawa in World cers seem to think that it will be Cherrell Williams, of Perry High; S 00,000, including- an increase in a great year and that this term Htment' by the University Sys- War II. Rose Mary Ammons, of Glynn Student Teachers has brought many new willing Academy; and Annegene Cul- from $180,000 to $270,000. It workers. TI£retain all teachers at an aver- breth of Edison High. The Baptist Student Union Bobby Wright, of Newnan High, age salary increase of 10 percent MA, Appropriation (B.S.U.) council met Saturday, To Meet to Discuss and will charge each student about is the only male who could match September 22, to plan for the them. $20 more for the year. coming year. The presiding offi- Their Profession Academic innovations will in- Increase Is Sought cer, Ed Mitchell, and educational A panel discussion will be held clude a two-year course for indus- Georgia Teachers College is director, John Swint, had charge trial technicians and in the Lab- of the meeting and laid out the at GTC Thursday, October 4, at making one contribution to the 10 a. m. in the library for stu- oratory School a kindergarten and teaching profession that it doesn't schedule for the quarter. twelfth grade. The Primitive Baptist Youth dents who are to do their interne- want to make, President Zach S. ship this quarter. The subject is Henderson complained recently in Fellowship (P.B.Y.F.) have not The Alumni Association has an- held their council meeting yet, but "What I Expect of a Teacher," nounced its objectives for the year his annual report to the Chancel- with the following persons, repre- lor of the University System of Hollis Ray Powell, acting presi- GEORGIA (Sun., Mon., Tues. and as a project for an east entrance dent, says he does not expect as Wed.) "SAMSON AND DELI- senting the various professions, to the campus and a campaign for Georgia. participating as members of the The college, Dr. Henderson ex- great attendance as last quarter LAH." institution of master's degree study since the Primitive Baptist roll At last the long awaited Biblical panel: Dr. Helen Deal, Mrs. Louise at the college. plained, is losing substantial staff Attaway, Rev. John Lough, Mr. members to faculties of other in- has decreased. , epic by Cecil B. DeMille reaches The Presbyterian organization, the Georgia in a supercolossal George Johnston and Mr. S. H. stitutions, because "we have good Sherman. Mr. Morris King, prin- teachers, and we cannot pay them led by Frances Armstrong, has not blaze of Technicolor. Victor Ma- held its regular meeting, but some ture does a bang-up job of acting cipal of Laboratory High School, Council Officers adequately." will act as discussion leader. Though they have been advanc- plans are underway and they are as the mighty Samson, who met ed steadily, salaries at the college, to organize a Westminister Fel- his downfall at the hands of the To Reinstalled the report says, are still lower lowship. This will be duscussed Philistine temptress Delilah, play- than those at other senior colleges more fully at a later date. ed by beautiful Hedy Lamarr. This Band Plans An Formal installation of Student of the University System and is one of the biggest movies ever Council officers will be held in the much lower than those of colleges Besides adequate financial sup- to come out of Hollywood; yet it auditorium Monday, October 1, in the Southern region. port, the report requests that the remains true to the Bible, and as Extended Tour; during assembly. The condition is the same as college be permitted to offer the authentic as years of painstaking *i At this time, the newly-elected described in a recent statewide master's degree in education. There research can make it. It emerges officers and council members will survey, which showed that, despite is much concern, it is alleged, as a great love story, a great spec- Needs Members r tacle and a great religious picture. tf .e office. They are as follows: a salary disparity, teachers here among teachers in South Georgia The band was hit quite hard this President, Ed Mitchell; Vice carry heavier work loads than over the fact that this degree is The cast of thousands includes George Sanders, Angela Lansbury year, having lost 14 members, President Charles Jackson; Secre- teachers at other units in the Uni- not awarded at any state-support- mostly to draft and graduation. tary, Betty Ann Withrow; Treas- versity system. ed institution south of Athens or and Henry Wilcoxon. The story is urer, Billy Moore. Members are: The remedy, according to the at any institution south of Macon. well known; its plot includes the * According to Mr. King, band di- Dan Biggers, Yvonne Jones, John- report, would be an increase next The college greatly needs a legendary feats of Samson's great rector, chances for a good band ny Mallard, Ann Nevil, Jimmy year in appropriation by the Uni- classroom building, a new dining strength: the barehanded slaying are favorable, but it is hoped that Oliver, Carolyn Porter, Hollis Ray versity System to at least $325,- hall and student center, and a of a lion, the massacre of the Phil- everyone with band experience, Powell, Joyce Vaughn and Martha 000.

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