Winn Parish Louisiana Archives Biographies.....Gaar, Malcolm C. 
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Greggory E. Davies gedavies@winnfield.net January 14, 2007, 3:57 pm

Author: Winn Parish Enterprise or Winnfield News-American

From Farm to Head of College of Agricultural Dept. Record of Gaar



From a farm in the Gaars Mill community to head of the agricultural department 

in the State Teachers' College, Statesboro, Georgia, is the enviable record of 

Malcolm C. Gaar, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Gaar of Gaars Mill.  The journey 

was not made in a short jump but required fourteen years of work, study, and  

planning.



Taking advantage of every opportunity presenting itself, Malcolm Gaar 

graduated from the Dodson high school in 1922, and forthwith entered the 

Louisiana State University.  In June 1927, he received his B. S. degree.



The next six years of Mr. Gaar's career were spent as teacher of vocational 

agriculture and science at Readhimer high school.  While he was holding this 

position in 1932 he was selected as master teacher of vocational agriculture 

in Louisiana.  He was awarded a fellowship to the Louisiana State University  

as assistant in the agricultural department and in 1934 he received his M. S. 

degree from this institution.



Mr. Gaar served as principal and agricultural director of the Robeline high 

school in the year 1934-1935.  In the summer of 1935 he attended the Ohio 

state university as a candidate for the degree of doctor of philosophy.  In 

the fall of 1935 and 1936 he attended Cornell university at Ithaca, New York, 

as candidate for Ph. D. and served as assistant in the department of Rural 

Education.  He will receive the degree of doctor of philosophy at completion 

of disertation.



Mr. Gaar is now employed as head of the Agricultural Department at South 

Georgia Teachers' College, Statesboro, Ga.  He and his family spent the 

yuletide season with relatives in Louisiana.  he is fine, affable young man 

and his friends are congratulating him on his outstanding record.





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Source:  December 31, 1936 Winn Parish Enterprise or Winnfield News-American

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