Gordon Institute opens with record enrollment and renewed vigor
Gordon Institute begins fall term with Prof Jere M Pound back as president. Enrollment exceeds 300 on day one and rises daily as new pupils arrive from across the state. Pound outlines strict reforms, new rooms, and battalion rules while teachers and departments show strong early progress.
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Jere M. Pound
Barnesville
Pound
J. M. Brittain
Prof. Pound
Lieut
Palmer
Jennie West
Annie McCulloch
J. M. Cochrane
Mary Lovelace
M. Kathryn Lockhart
Jessie Campbell
Military Department
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Barnesville Notes Highlight Local Sports and People
Miss Belle Murphey returns from Atlanta improved in health. Barnesville teams beat Griffin in tennis with J. C. Elder and Frank Cook representing Barnesville. A $375 batch of new quarters arrived from Macon, and farmers sold cotton at prices above nearby markets. Col. M. V. McKibben dies, J. H. Graham visits, and Judge E. T. Pound to lead Southern Musical Association convention at Locust Grove. Possible local wedding hints emerge before Christmas.
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