Georgia Southern University - Reflector Yearbook (Statesboro, GA)

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Emily Simpson, B.S., P.E. Physical Education B. S. P. E. University of Georgia. Alvin Arthur Singley, A.B., M.A. Professor of Education A. B. Newberry College; M. A. Univer- sity of South Carolina. Byron Lambert {Crook) Smith, B.S.C. Director of Athletics B. S. C. Mercer University, Macon, Geor- gia; Bryson College, Fayetteville, Tennes- see. Frances Stubbs, A.B. Librarian Normal-English Diploma G. S. C. W.; A.N. Degree from G. S. C. W.; one sum- mer Peabody College for Teachers; one summer Columbia University. Malvina Trussell, B.S. Professor of Science B.S. Georgia State College for Women; two terms graduate work at Cornell Uni- versity; one term Emory University. Guy Herbert Wells, A.B., M.A. President A.B. Mercer University; A.M. Colum- bia University; Diploma in Superintend- ency, Teachers College, Columbia Univer- sity; one and one-third years graduate work at Peabody College for Teachers; candidate for Ph. D. degree. Marie Wood, A.B. Training School and Latin Normal-English Diploma G. S. C. W.; A.B. degree G. S. C. W. ; summer school Mercer University.

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Mae Michael Secretary Hester Newton, A.B., B.S., M.A. Professor of History A. B. Brenau; B. S. and M.A. George Peabody College for Teachers. Summer School at Columbia. Viola Perry, M.S. Registrar and Mathematics Diplomas. State Normal School, Athens, Ga.: B. S. Peabody College; one summer at University of Georgia; two terms grad- uate work Peabody College. John M. Phagan, B.S. Director of Extension and Assistant in Mathematics B. S. State Normal College, Florence, Ala. Edith Robertson, B.S.H.Ec, M.A. Professor of Home Economics B. S. H. Ec. University of Georgia; M. A. Columbia Universitv. Marion Shuptrine, B.A. Professor of Industrial Art B.A. Wesleyan; Normal Diploma from S. G. T. C; summer schools at S. G. C, McRae; Miss Cook ' s China Painting School; University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, N. C.

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History of South Qeorgia Teachers College HE South Georgia Teachers College was established by the General Assembly of Georgia in the summer of 1906. The name of the institution at the time of its creation was the First District A. M. School. The school was originally located within the Congressional District and in the town and county making the best offer for its establishment. The people of States- boro and of Bulloch Countv offered the greatest inducement and Statesboro was rec- ognized as the location for the school. I ntil August 19. 1924, the school continued to operate as a District A. M. School. Realizing the need of a State Normal college in this section of the state, the trustees drafted a bill which was passed by the General Assembly of Georgia and approved by Governor Clifford Walker on August 18, 1924. converting the First District A. M. School into the Georgia Normal School. In August of 1929, the State Legislature changed the name of the school to South Georgia Teachers College. The college has also been granted the legal right to award the B. S. degree upon completion of four years of college work.