Middle Georgia College - Hilltopper Yearbook (Cochran, GA)

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The Tradition Lives On From the day that the college opened as New Hbenezer College, academic excellence has been the key word. Be the college opened its doors in 1887, it Pern Th HTH RTATTULMTTAHTTTTET PTET dt PTO TG boasted four divisions: 1) the bit i JUV Ad AAU Preparatory; 2) the Collegiate; 3) the School of Music; and 4) the School of Design. In addition there were military and commer- cial departments. Subjects were offered in English literature, mathematics, natural science, moral science, history, languages, art, music, business, home econ- omics, and military science. Some 100 years later, the same basic courses are still being taught at Middle Georgia College. New Ebenezer College is thought to be the first college in America opened with the sole purpose of providing the first two years of a four-year college degree. {n 1984, the tradition of academic excel - lence is still an important MGC standard. The library in the early 1930’s was located in Walker Hall. Engineering has been a major part of the MGC course of study since the mid-1930’s. Quiet hours and study periods were required as part of dorm life. 10 1884-1984