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The Master Builder Gf Georgia State University here isn t enough room to chronicle all of the efforts of George M. Sparks to make a viable learning facility for the men and women of Atlanta. He saw the school through some of the most trying times of our history. At one point, uring the Depression, he mortgaged his home and borrowed on his insurance to pay the 'alaries and utility bills for his dream. ln histories of Georgia State, he is called the master builder. He took a college with ne hundred-sixty students and a sixty-five book library and constructed a lively :enter for learning for working adults as well as high school graduates. The student Jody was then and is now composed of students of all ages and all walks of life. 1 . . I . . Tl , . . Y . . M , . . Q , A A 1 2 a Ti by Gayle C. Smith j . . 3 ost of the students work and have families in addition to their scholastic ndeavors Whether students work or not the spirit of the school is one of etermlnation and the search for excellence The attitude prevails largely because he energy of George M Sparks put it there Sparks was an amazing man himself Born in Quitman Georgia Dr Sparks oved to Macon as a boy graduated from Lanier High School and acquired his aster s and Doctor of Letters from Mercer University He was named Who s Who n American Journalism, lnternational Who s Who and Who s Who Among American uthors. He was a Mason, a Kiwanian, and a member of the First Baptist Church of tlanta where he was the chairman of the Board of Directors. Many other colleges ave studied Georgia state to discover the secret of our success. A large part of our 'uccess lies in the efforts of George Sparks. He carried with him the satisfaction of a man who made his dreams come true nd those connected with Georgia State University will always remember him as the an to whom so many owe so much.
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