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Educational Leaders and Their Work for Georgia Schools
A portrait of prominent Georgia educators led by Chancellor Walter Barnard Hill of the University of Georgia. The piece highlights Hill’s leadership, Dr. Henry O. White of the State College of Agriculture, Franklin College Dean Vit Barrow, President Eugene O. Branson of the State Normal School, and long-time Lacy Cobb Institute principals Mrs. Mildred Rutherford and Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb. It notes their influence on university progress, teacher training, and statewide educational development, including support from the General Education Board and benefactor George Foster Peabody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athenais
Walter Barnard Hill
University of Georgia
Hill
Chancellor Hill
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Henry O. White
Georgia
White
Te State College
Vit C Barrow
Franklin College
Athens
University Fac
Ion
South
J. L. M. Curry
Peabody Educational Fund
Branson
North Carolina
Arhens
Girls’ Normal and Industrial School
Milledgeville
State Normal School
E. O. Branson
Mildred
Rutherford
Daughters of the Confederacy
Winnie Davis Memorial Hall
M. A. Lipscomb
Lucy Cobb Institute
Thas Institution
Lacy Cobb Institute
George Foster Peabody
New York
State Normal Echo
Grate Normal School
East Athens