Armstrong Atlantic State University - Geechee Yearbook (Savannah, GA)

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an -169 , 'Vs ,,,..-- 1 ,jf- -1966 arts to electronics in terminal and senior college preparatory programs. The Technical Institute program offers technical training to students in cooperation with local industry. Evening classes permit anyone with the energy and ambition to work for an associate degree in the held of his choice or simply to improve himself or his job- standing by study in appropriate areas. Sludenl' Acfivify An elaborate program of student activity is part of day school campus life as may be seen from the pages of this annual report. Dramatics, music, home economics, bridge, publications, and many others fill the bill of S-Lb' W' 3' -V-Qlll I I III I I Ill1llIlIIl.! f. x offerings . . . the choice rests with the student. The present Armstrong scene is one of con- stant activity keeping pace with the world yet maintaining its own speed and direction as well. Activities, social life, academic endeavor, new faces and old ones, meetings, partings, classes, exams ,... always an echo of the past and oc- casionally an overtone or two of the future. This is Armstrong College today.

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an NLS. from Emory University. Mr. Hawes had been head of the science department of the old Locust Grove Institute and had served as an in- structor of chemistry at Georgia Tech. Upon his arrival at Armstrong to teach chemistry and physical science, he was, in the words of the Ink- wcll, thirty-Five and single. By 1942, Mr. Hawes had become advisor for student activities and Dean of Students, and in 1943, was chosen to fill the vacant office of president. Since then his achievements have been numerous and varied. He created the student center, the Dump, obtained the use of the Georgia Historical Society's Hodgson Hall as the school library, supervised the valuable addition to Gamble Hall and presided over the transfer of the college to the University System of Georgia. Mr. Hawes' achievements, his dignity and in- tegrity have made him symbolic of all that marks Armstrong as an outstanding educational insti- tution throughout its history. 1935- Arms+rong From the 160-member student Today body of city-operated Armstrong Junior College, 1935, has developed Armstrong College of Savannah, 1960, a member of the University System of Georgia and an educa- tional institution with more than eleven hun- dred students. Twenty-five years have elapsed since the vision of a college became a reality, twenty-Five years of astounding growth, maturity and influence in the field of education. lVith an expanded pro- gram of day and evening classes the college has adapted itself to the demands of an expanding community and an ever-growing Savannah be- comes increasingly aware of the important role Armstrong has played in its progress. Alumni of Armstrong have moved on to become outstand- ing citizens of the community and numerous others have contributed to progress by taking advantage of the range of educational oppor- tunity the college offers. Diversified Today the college curriculum Plans oi Sludy provides fully rounded and diversified plans of study ranging from liberal

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