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Fourth District A&M School

The Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical (A & M) School was established to educate rural youth in 1906 by the Georgia General Assembly. It operated from 1908-1933 in Carroll County. In 1933 the A & M School was disbanded and the University System of Georgia Board of Regents established West Georgia College, now known as the University of West Georgia, at the site.

Photos

Fourth District A & M meeting held in front of Aycock Hall, around 1900s
Photograph of 4th District A & M 1910 Senior Class, 1910
Handwritten note accompanying the photograph identifies people as follows. Front row (left to right): Nanette Rozar, Boozer Culpepper, Pearl Dial. Back row (left to right): Bass Burson, Theo Floyd, Eugene Barnett, James Stovall, Lee Sharp. Given by the daughters of C. B. Culpepper: Mrs. J. R. Huff, Mrs. Harold Whiddon, Mrs. Robert Bergeron.
Photograph of Fourth District A. & M. Ciceronian Literary Society, circa 1913
Reprint of photograph. Written on verso: 1913 or 1914. Bottom Row: unidentified, unidentified, Minor Roberts Smith (niece of Dr. Melson, is in middle holding pennant), Martha Melson, Fred Hallum, Raybun Stevens. 2nd row up (left to right): Laura Turner (who worked for Dr. Huff).
Photograph of class of 1915
Handwritten note accompanying photograph identifies people as follows. Starting at top, moving clockwise: Ethyl Nixon Robison, David King, Fred F. Hallum, Bernard Fleming, Ruth Crane Strickland, Julian Beall, Tom Rutland, Jessie Henry Widener, Arthur Hyde, Dira Lou Foster, Laura H. Turner, Ridley Whitaker, and Abner Nixon. Howard Ware (not pictured).
Photograph of 4th District A & M 1917 Football Team
Handwritten document taped to verso identifies team as follows. Top row: Gross (mascot), Harvey Hallum, Lee Barr, unidentified, unidentified, Neil Hall, Dixon (coach-graduate of Clemson). Middle row: Fram Bro, Howard Bennett, Howell Robinson, Estes, Lewis L. (Coffee) Combs. Bottom row: Unidentified, Clyde Chestnut, Richardson (center), Hugh Mickle, J.D. Duke.
Photograph of the Graduating Class, Fourth District A & M School, Genola, Georgia, 1919
Inset portraits of Kathryn Pike, Nora Kelley, Dollie Craven, Cliff Stephens, Dudley Holmes, Willie May Henry, Belle Todd, Thelma Warren, Mercleen Johnson, Grace McLendon, Herman Holloway, Lee Barr, Ben McKoy, Clifford Smith, and Bradley Hallum.
Photograph of the 4th District A. & M. School Senior Class, May, 1921
Inset portraits. Top (left to right): J. C. Bonner, Rebecca Richardson, Brewer Anderson, Louise Jones, William Glenn, Eunice Merrell. 2nd row from top (left to right): Oliver Charles, Amanda Glenn, Ardy Chambers, Florye Reid, Thomas Jalbert. 3rd row from top (left to right): Ben Rudy, Eva Mae Jones, Jackson Smith, Mattie Earnest, Ozie Horton, Mamie Cook. Bottom row (left to right): Gladys Gordon, Alton Hallum, Lucile Baird, Ruth Wynn, Owen Bare.
Photograph of the 4th A. & M. School, Senior Class, 1924
Inset portraits. Top (left to right): Roy Hayes, Vena Cook, Thomas B. Brown, Lena McKinley, Byron Dyre, Olin Arnett. 2nd row from top (left to right): Elizabeth Hargett, Sheteham Peeler, Irvine S. Ingram (Principal), George D. Phillips, Monte Mae Tolbert, Harvey Arnett. 3rd row from top (left to right): C. W. Walls, J. Clayton Underwood, Lillian B. Stevenson, Clyde Atkinson, Neal Tolbert, Lynn Hendon. Bottom row (left to right): Elmer Walls, Willie Cook, Theressa Bazemore, Elbert Williamson, Ruth Burns, Jim T. Mickle, Katie Smith.
Photograph of the 4th A. & M. School, 1925
Inset portraits. Top row (left to right): Claude McGarity, Jewell McKinley, Joe Buffington, Clarice McClendon (Sect.), Louie Denney (Pres.), C. T. Payne (V. Pres.), Frances Burson, Terrell Bailey. 2nd row from top (left to right): Comet McWilliams, Alma McGuire, Donald Doster, Annie Arnell, I. S. Ingram (Prin.), Eva Storey, Clifford Hammond, Jewell Hardy, Spurgeon West. Third row from top (left to right): Robert Stone, Ruth Hemmone, Carl Simonton, Olin Hightower, Fred Cleghorn, Ruddie Maxwell, Allmon Carter, Eunice Parrish, Brannon Knight. 4th row from top (left to right): Clifford Hightower, Ovie Cater, Alvin Rogerers [Alvin Rogers], Verda Kent, Robert Marlow, Vesta Kent, Pope Baird, Broughton Earnest, Evert Lamar Upchurch. Bottom row (left to right): Blanche Kimbrough, Joe Thompson, Carrie Barnes, Joe Ward, Olin Nixon, Moody Prichett [Moody Pritchett], Lucy Pullen, Weyman Strickland, Ruskin Lett.
Photograph of the Senior Class, 1927, 4th A & M School, Carrollton, Ga.
As identified in a typed document accompanying the photo. Top row (left to right): Elva Smith, Agnes Stevenson, Helen Stevenson, Mildred Crawford, Alise Kaylor, Curtis Kaylor, Alma Strickland, Glenn Wortham, Estelle Arnett, Adilea Coats, Gladys Reid, and Harold Bishop. 2nd Row (left to right): Pauline Jones, Nina Crews, Era Gable, Berehard Ballard, Evelyn Almon, Felton Martin, Faith Copeland, Chelsie Barker, Jane Vickers, Loudie Matthews, Loyd Stallings, Mildred Caswell, and Taft Swygert. 3rd row (left to right): Opal Farmer, Estelle Nutt, Render Davis, Mary Moore, Harold McGarity, Lovella Bonner, Clara Smith, James Spence, Pauline Crawford, Reese Boynton, and Carrie McGuire. 4th row (left to right): Joe Veal, Guy Rogers, Pearlie Mae Kelley, Wailes McGuire, Ruth Musick, Homer Worthy, Ruby Fussell, R. Lee Earnest, Hazel Spradlin, Alton Hamrick, Hugh Lane, and Richard Hamrick.
Photograph of Fourth District A. & M. Band, circa 1927

Papers

Carroll Wins Over Muscogee: Fourth District Agricultural School Awarded by Governor, 8 December 1906
Press release issued from Columbus, Georgia, on December 8, 1906.