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THE RED AND BLACK, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1950
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Veteran's Honeymoon Ends
As Uncle Sends Greetings
By Richard Conley
Marriage has its problems.
Only three short weeks of wedded bliss—and then they were sepa
rated. Jtfmes E. Weldon, assistant supervisor of special services for
the extension division, was called to active duty by the Air Force
Monday. lie hus been assigned to Randolph Field, Tex., for one year’s
service as a gunnery instructor.
POW Will Resume
Baby Silling Project,
Art Rental Program
The Party of Organized Women
will resume Its baby-sitting service
and art rental library program Mon
day, Pres. Mib Brown, disclosed this
week.
Plans for reactivating the projects
were discussed at the POW meeting
this week .
Baby sitters will be available to
all married students and faculty
members throughout the week, she
said. Sitters' hours extend to 10:45
p.in. Sunday through Thursday, and
to 11:45 on weekends.
Transportation must be supplied
for the women. The service will cost
40 cents an hour.
Paintings may be rented by groups
or Individuals for the quarter, and
may be hung in dormitory rooms.
Any person who now has a painting
is requested to cbntact Miss Brown
by Monday afternoon.
Appointments for baby sitters or
requests for paintings may be made
by phoning 9303. POWs Memorial
Hall office will be open between
4:30 and 5:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, Miss Brown revealed.
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POWs have also mnde plans to
sell personalized Christmas cards to
students and faculty members. The
cards will lie displayed in women’s
dormitories and at the POW office
in tlie near future.
Weldon, who married Sybil Gunn,
secretary to Pres. O. C. Aderhold, on
Sept. 2, is an Air Force veteran of
World War II. He flew 35 missions
over Germany as a B-17 gunner. A
technical sergeant, he has applied for
a commission.
Prior to his induction Weldon was
organizing the University drama loan
library, which will distribute play
scripts and technical books on stage
craft to schools throughout the state.
During his year’s leave of absence
from the University, Frank Dobbs
and Frances Martin, extension ser
vice staff members, will supervise the
drama library.
Weldon Is a graduate of Emory
University, where he edited the cam
pus annual and served as president
of Emory Theater players. He is a
member of Kappa Alpha social fra
ternity.
karla8 Will Lead
(MF-Campiis Series
Despy Karlas, music department
professor, will be .the first performer
in the off-catnpus artist series which
begins Oct. SO at Gainesville.
The concert pianist will perform
at Rome on Oct. 31, at Columbus
Nov. 1, at Waycross Nov. 2, and at
Savannah on Nov. 3.
Four other members of the artist
series to tour later include Rudolph
Kratlna, music department visiting
artist cellist; Howard Thomas, art
department professor; Glee Club,
und University Theatre.
The concerts are sponsored Joint
ly by the Division of General Exten
sion and civic organizations in the
cities to he visited.
New Heating Plant
To Reduce Smoko
On Main Campus
A central heating plant which will
remove major smoke problems on
Main Campus, is ready for use, B. C.
Kinney, plant operations head, said
this week.
The high pressure furnpee replaces
two boilers used to warm Candler
Hall, Chapel, and Physics Building.
Work on the heating system was
started last quarter.
All coal used this winter will be
oil-treated and dustless to further
remove smoke nuisances, he said.
Automatic heat regulators have
been attached to furnaces In five Ag
Hill buildings. Controls costing $300
each have been placed in three wom
en’s dormitories, Dawson Hall, and
Physical Education Building. The
new equipment needs setting only
once a year, and will keep room tem
perature at an even level, Kinney
said.
Plant operations workmen are also
laying pipe behind Clark Howell
dormitory to shuttle drainage water
into the creek next to Stegeman Hall.
This Is being done to prevent drain
age water from pooling behind Clark
Howell, where an annex is being
built, Kinney said.
He reported that two of the four
planned tennis courts on Ag Hill will
be completed within the next three
weeks, but workmen must wait until
spring to finish the others.
Museum Will Display
Brazilian's Art W orks
An exhibition based on the
work of Aleijadinho, Brazilian
sculptor and painter of the 18th
century, will be on display at
the Georgia Museum of Art dur
ing October.
The exhibition will include
selections from the Holbrook
collection representing a hun
dred years of American art, with
a wide variety of color, subject
matter, and medium.
Fifteen paintings from the
Georgia Museum of Art are now
on display at Rich’s Magnolia
Room in Atlanta.
COIjONEIj WILLIAMSON
. . . and in the Air
OOIjONKL ROWDIIH3E
On the Ground . . .
Bowdidge, Williamson Chosen
Cadet Colonels in ROTC Units
John S. Bowdidge, Charleston, 8. C., and James L. Williamson, Re
becca, ♦ere named cadet colonels in the University’s military units
this week. <
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serve as student head of the Air ROTC program.
The student officers were chosen for scholastic work, aptitude,
attitude, and leadership abilities.
J. R. Ridgell, Lyons, and W. A. Fleming, Augusta, were named in
fantry lieutenant colonels. Other regimental staff officers are Maj.
W. G. Powell, Calhoun; Capt. Charles
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R. Beaty, Winder; Capt. Donald F,.
Willey, Athens, and Master Sergeant
H. H. McNeel, Marietta.
enough. He said the current world
situation had also increased the de
mand for reserve officers. •
Edward Woodht^use, Savannah,
was-, named Air ROTC lieutenant
colonel. Cadet majors are Thomas
Hays, Naval Base, S.C.; Joseph L.
Conine, Hapeville; R. W. Stephens,
Reidsville, and Wilbur Owens, Al
bany.
Meanwhile, military department of
ficials revealed that veterans may
take a condensed one-year advanced
training course, attend summer camp
for six weeks, and qualify for reserve
commissions. Ordinarily, a veteran
would attend military classes for two
years before becoming an officer can
didate.
Col. J. V. V. Shufeit, military de
partment head, said the Army is
making a concerted drive to build its
reserve strength, but has not been
enlisting reserve officers quickly
Quotas for both the Army and air
ROTC programs here have been in
creased, bui are still too small to
.handle all applications, he revealed.
(’lasses Organized
For Negro Students
At Columbus Center
Classes got underway in Columbus
this week at the first off-campus cen-
I ter for Negroes in the South.
Julius A. Lockett has been ap
pointed director of the center, a
branch of Albany State College, It
will be under the direction of the
| Division of General Extension.
Women’s Phys Ed Groups
Schedule Meets Next Week
Three women’s physical education
clubs—ewimmlng. tennis, and tumb
ling—have slated their first meet
ings of the quarter next week in
Physical Education Building.
Tumbling Club will meet Tuesday
night at 7 p.m. Pres. Jean Dixon,
Jonesboro, urged all Interested
women to attend. “Interest, not skill,
is stressed," she said.
Tennis Club will meet Thursday
at 4 p.m., and Dolphin Club at 8 p.m.
Enrollment figures have not been
released but E. A. Lowe, director of
general extension, said more than
125 students were expected. Negroes
will be given residence credits for
all freshmen and sophomore work to
a maximum of 96 hours, just as in
junior colleges.
In recommending the off-campus
center, Lowe pointed out that the
project will be regarded as a “pilot”
program. “We will observe it very
closely with the thought in mind
that it may be a pattern for the same
program in other communities,” he
said.
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