University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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24 he Uniipersity of Qeorgia V m ! ill :i UH Mi ' ] XTHEN the University of Geor- gia — the first of American State universities — was established in 1785, the constitution provided that it should be the head of the educational system of the State, and governed in large measure by that provided in the Reorganization Act of 1931 passed under the progressive administration of Governor Russell. It is confidently believed that the chaos which now exists m our edu- cational s stem will be eliminated by the vision ami wisdom of the Hoard of Regents; that Georgia will have an educational system in fact as well as in name, and instead of University of Georgia a University for Georgia. Fift} ' 3 ' ears ago Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill, an illustrious son of the University ' , a great man and a x ise leader far in advance of the thought of the da ' , in his scholarly address before the Alumni Society, uttered these memorable words: The first step of upward progress is to build up our universities. Flow- ing down from these, education must reach the masses. The begmning of all improvement in Georgia lies in the enlargement of our system of education. Education is like water; to fructify, it must descend. Pour out floods at the base of society, and only at the base, and it will saturate, stagnate, destroy. Pour it out on the summit, and it will quietly and con- stantly percolate and descend, germi- nating every seed, feeding every root, until the whole area, from summit to base, will spring ' the tender blade and then the ear, ami then the full corn in the ear. ' The first step in any eilucational system, therefore, and the first, the highest, the holiest dut - n ow pressing upon every Georgian, is to build up the University. This is our summit. Education is the one subject for which no people ever yet paid too much. On jvIioj i skull this loved V nivcrslty iioiv lean iiilli faith, it not on our ojvn alumni? The Board of Regents has decreed that there shall be no competition among these twenty-six units in the University System of Georgia e.xcept upon the basis of high scholastic attainment. The Uni- versity ' of Georgia welcomes this announcement on the part of the Board of Regents. It will meet every demand of the Regents, the alumni, and friends of higher education. The most hopeful sign in education today is the demand on the part of educators and the thinking public for quality ; numbers used to be the distinctive feature of a college, but they are no longer — it is now quality; quality in teaching, quality in student work, qualit ' in finished product, — its graduates. That which will differentiate universities in the future will not be equipment and costly buildings, important as they are, but the quality of its students. In proportion as a State prepares by means of its own supported institutions men and women for certain professions and others for the creation of new knowledge without regard to immediate utility, will that State rake its rank and influence among other States. With emphasis placed on the qualit ' of its finished product, the college will not admit anyone not qualified, nor permit the bright, promising students to be held back by their limping comrades. With (Continued on Page 3(1) Dr. S. V. San ' ford [ ' resident of the V niversity of Georvia I

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(Chancellor Sy dling o 23 N JANUARY 1, 1932, the new Board of Regents, of the University System of Georgia, chose Charles Mercer Snelling, then Chancellor of the University of Geor- gia, to fill the newly created post of Chancellor of the entire University S stem of Georgia. Colonel Snelling had held the post of Chancellor of the University since the resignation of Chancellor Barrow in June, 1925. When Colonel Snelling was chosen by the Board of Trustees to succeed him, Chancellor Emeritus Barrow said of the new Chancellor, He was Dean for nearly twenty years and I recall no case in which he did not succeed. As Dean he was patient and careful. Very much of his success was tlue to this. He sometimes seemed very hard, but I think that he was always right. He won the place and Won it fairlw What John Temple Graves, the illustrious journalist, said more than a score of years ago as editor of an Atlanta paper when Colonel Snelling was made Dean of Franklin College still holds true tc)da , Colonel Snell- ing is full of the dash and charm of manner that belongs to aggressive type of men. He has the brilliancy and the forcefulness of the soldier. Charles Mercer Snelling was born in Richmond, Virginia, November 3, 1862, the son of Zaccheus and Cleo- patra (Perdue) Snelling. He was educated at Virginia Military ' Insti- tute, receiving his A.B. degree there in 1884. In 1890 he was awarded an honorary A. M. degree from the University of Georgia. He then continued his studies at the Universities of Gottingen and Berlin in 1893 and 1894. In 1911 he received the degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Pittsburg. Chancellor Snelling began his career as an educator soon after his graduation from irginia Mili- tary Institute, serving as adjunct professor of mathematics the following year. He came to Georgia Military Academy in 1885 as professor of mathematics. After one year there he taught for two years at South Georgia College at Thomasville. His first connection with the University of Georgia came in 1888 when he bacame adjunct professor of mathematics and ccmmandant of cadets. In 1909 he was made Dean of Franklin College and pro- fessor of mathematics. In 1925 when Ch ancellor Barrow resigned he became Acting Chancellor for that year and the following was selected by the Board of Trustees to the position that he held until he was selected to head the entire University system on January 1, 1932. Three years after he came to the University of Georgia, Colonel Snelling married Miss Matilda Janet Morton of Athens. They have seven sons, and lost a daughter in her youth. Chancellor Snelling has taken an active interest in the community in which he lives. He is a Director of the NationalBank of Athens, and the Southern Mutual Insurance Company, and is also President of the Commission of Bonded Debt of Athens, Georgia. Chancellor Snelling is a Baptist and a Democrat. He is a member of the American IMathematical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and the Sigma Nu social fraternity, and several other honorary clubs and societies. Charles Mercer Snelling

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Qeorgia State College of cAgriculture THK institution witli which I am associated has just completed twenty-five years of continuous and satisfactory service to the people of Georgia. During that time it has grown from an isolated and unknown entit - into an institution which has won recognition throughout the length and breadth of the commonwealth. It was appropriate under these condi- tions that it should have selected Service as its motto and adopted as its slogan, (lur Campus the State. From the beginning, it has had a threefold objective in view; namely, 1. The development of courses of instruction calculated to prepare the men and women of Georgia for leadership in all those fields of work associated with rural life. 2. The inauguration and mainte- nance of research activities of every kind and character related to the wel- fare interests which the institution is designed to serve. This procedure is necessary in order that new facts and information ma be brought to light as needed for the benefit and uplift of the people of the State and the strengthening of the instructional service. 3. The dissemination of data ob- tained from local and nation-wide sources into the life-stream program of the people who live out in the open country or who are connected or associated with industries integrated with our progress along economic and industrial lines. Substantial progress looking to the accomplishment of these essential ends has been made, more than a thousand men and women havmg already been prepared for leadership and sent out into a great variety of fields of service. The prep- aration of teachers has been strongly emphasized, with the result that 24 per cent, of its men and 45 per cent, of its women graduates are thus employed. In other words, some 448 vocational teachers of Agriculture and Home Economics are now at work in Georgia, thus bringing a new objective purpose and understanding into the rural life program of the State. The benefit which the research work carried forward has conferral upon the State is well illustrated b the fact that 330 soil types have been discovered and delineated, thus bringing into cultivation such outstanding crops as bright leaf tobacco and alfalfa. This has enabled the State to introduce and cultivate new crops, which have added millions of dollars annually to the income of our landowners and made it possible for them to recoup and prote;t themselves against the losses incident to the boll weevil invasion. Through the medium of the Extension Service, the job of contracting with a half million citizens of the State each year has been successfully accomplished. The nature and character of our agricultural practice have also been substantially changed until Georgia has now come to be widely recognized as having one of the best diversified programs of production followed in any State. 1 hat this has been a saving grace from both an economic and a social point of view is self-evident. In the meantime, the campus at Athens has been enlarged and beautified until it presents a very (Contmucd on Page 36) Dr. Axdrew M. Soule Piesif eiit Gcortria Stale College of J gricultiire and Mechiinic Arts III