Middle Georgia College - Hilltopper Yearbook (Cochran, GA)

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Students mourned the death of President Roosevelt.

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H»me away from h‘ m, 50 YEARS OF History Middle Georgia College had its beginning in a de- nominational institution known as the College of the New Ebenezer Association. This association was largely composed of Baptist churches in Pulaski, Dodge, Laurens and Telfair counties. Plans for the first building were begun in 1883 and instruction was begun on January 10, 1887. There were approximately three hundred students, most of whom were from the Middle Georgia section, al- though a few students attended from neighboring states. During the early period the institution was divided into primary, intermediate, and high school departments. The opening of New Ebenezer College brought to this section educational and cultural advantages. The college operated until 1898, when, because of financial difficulties. The New Ebenezer Association discontinued its support. The presidents served as follows: P. J. King, 87-88; J. M. Kelly, 88-90; W. B. Seals, 90-93; E. M. Turner, 93-96; A. M. Duggan, 96- 97; and W. E. Jenkins, 97-98. The teacher with the longest tenure was S. C. Speer, head of the Com- merce Department, during Seals' and Turner's terms. In 1917 an agricultural and mechanical school for the twelfth congressional district was established to continue the educational services for the section on the same campus. It was chartered as one of the branches of the Georgia State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, a department of the University of Georgia. There were five presiding officers: L. C. Hart, 1919-1920; H. L. Swain, 1920; J. W. Mosely, 1920-1922; T. M. Green, 1922-1926; and T. L. Everett, 1926-1928. On August 20, 1927, the Middle Georgia College Agricultural and Mechanical Junior College was es- tablished with Leo Hagood Browning, 1928-1929, as its only president. This, too, was a branch of the Uni- versity of Georgia. On August 28, 1929, the name was changed to Middle Georgia College, and the in- stitution was operated under a nine-man Board of Trustees. On August 27, 1931, the Board of Regents which is today functioning as a constitutional body assumed the function of the trustees, and the Middle Georgia College became a separate unit of the Uni- versity System of Georgia. It has had the following presidents: Leo Hagood Browning, 1929-1947; Lloyd A. Moll, 1947-1950; Lucien E. Roberts, 1950-1964,- and Louis C. Alderman, Jr., 1964-.

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the Drill Tram performed under Dran .Moms » direction. May Quern Virginia Dykes Cunngton, now Dean Moms'i secretary, in traditional dress. Graduation Procession I I'U by Sanford Building.