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* This acorns to boa good time to con
gratulate Coach Braswell on the splen
did work he is doing in our midst..
He has completely changed the atti
tude of the students toward physical
education and now it is the most uni
versally popular thing on the campus,
lie has made us feel that we are one
of the fellows and that wo nre neces
sary for the success of the new pro*
gram that is on trial.
Coach Braswell issued the following
statement When approached on the sub
ject: “The co-operation in our system
by you students has been very fine and
X appreciate the nttitudo that bus been
'taken. I suggest, now that the educa
tional pnoccss is over, that you be
sure to turn in every thing you do
every day."
It looks now as if wo will have a
•ping pong tournament for the faculty.
One by one the mombers are begin
ning to become enthusiasts of the
game with six of them playing often,
and four regularly.
- This next month should be a busy
'one for West Georgia athletics. Fivo
tournaments arc under way and are
creating a great deal of interest
among the students in tlie whole sys
tem.
Even this early in the year, basket
ball keeps coming up in every conver
sation on athletics- The dormitory
boys are discussing a game between the
{freshmen and sophomores that will
.decide bow long the freshmen will
have to wear their “rat caps." The
-Varsity team comes up for discussion
for only four of the letter men are
.back from hint year’s team, which
leaves the positions practically wide
open.
Now that the guns and ammunition
have been procured, rifle practice
should begin under the managership
of Dot Justice very soon.
Manager Eleanor Brisendine has or
ganized soccer teams with the fresh
men and sophomores. Game# will be
played between these teams in the
nean future and practice is well under
way. This school is one of the few
sdhools in the south who have this
activity and the sport seems to hai e
had an enthusiasatic welcome.
The art of tumbling is entirely new
to most of the West Georgians. Few
studonts here had ever seen any tumb
ling until it was introduced as anew
activity. Despite this fact ten men
signed for tumbling. These men are
j)ouglas Bishop, lvress Lntrekin, Roy
Ferny, Sam Fields, James Roe, Ishmael
Johnson, Lowell Varner, Leeman Si
ihonton, Henbert Abernathy, M. L.
Fisher, manager. These men have
beeir practicing the fundamentals of
tumbling. These fundamentals are: the
forward roll, the backward roll, chest
roll, cart wheel, front handspring,
long dives, high dives, kip up, hand
stand and head stand. Real ability
has been shown by some of these men,
Bishop, Varner, and Entrekin doing
exceptionally well with it.
After five weeks of school the stu
dents have become adjusted to the new
physical education set-up. Continuous
tournaments have already been started
in many of the activities. These tour
naments will run all the year so that
the best pnospects can be picked from
the students. These men and Women
will be rewarded in some way by the
athletic department.
The boys’ intramural tennis tourna
ment drew thirty boys. Interest is
keen in this tournament and some good
matches have already been played and
rtany more ane in prospect. Duma
Morris drew the number one position
NORWOOD FLOYD, Sports Editor
and lie has already defended it against
Hugh llouseworth who is number
twenty-three. The boys who have en
tered this touriiument and in the or
der they are at present are: Duma
Morris, Ovid Davis, Lowell Varner,
Cecil Stanley, Leeman Simonton, Rob
ert Witcher, Douglas Bishop, Lovett
Newell, Bd Bucket, Earl Newman,
Mayo Royal, Herbert Abernathy, Nor
wood Floyd, Earl Brown, Roy Perry,
Hanris Hay, Earnest Denny, Ed Har
man, Beverly Campbell, Ed Rogers,
Tom Harding, Deryll Dickey, Ed
Neely, Hugh llouseworth, Rufus Wood,
Locke Barksdale, Marion Clark, Jack
Stone, Tom Smith.
A girls' tennis tournament was be
gun Friday, October 26. A special
class has been organized to teach girls
now to the game how to play.
Golf, which has been introduced for
the first time at W. G. C., base been
met with much enthusiasm. The
course is not yet Completed. FEItA
workers, however, nre making steady
progress toward getting the course in
shape. It is their goal to have it
ready for use Christmas. Until then
the golfing enthusiasts will have to
he content with practicing their put
ting and driving. Jack Stone and
Mary Lyle, the assistant managers,
have exhibited unusual skill. They
will co-operate with the managers in
preparing the students fori the spring
tournament.
Horse-shoes is coming to the fore
in West Georgia sports. Practically
all the students participate in this ever
popular activity. The five courts ane
full almost every day. With So much
practice some of the students are be
coming proficient at the game. Prob
ably the best at present are Kress En
trekin, Charles Tuggle and Margie Lee
Robinson. These three have stood out
in practice nearly every day. Tourna
ments for the boys and for the girls
have already started- The girls en
tering their tournament are: Margie
Lee Robinson, Dorothy Justice, Mil
dred Patrick, lteba Burnham, Vola
Ayres, and Mildred Weaver.. The
boys are: Mayo Royal, George Wat
kins, Robert Tillman, Lewis Weaver,
Leon Wooten, Bill Brown, and Glenn
Hogan.
The game of ping pong is another of
the moro popular sports. The tables
are never empty all day. Some of the
more prominent members of our fac
ulty have been trying their skill at
the fame. Mr. Gordon Watson, Mr.
Robert Strozier, Miss M’able Carpen
ter and Miss Dorothy St. Clair are
the ping pong enthusiasts- The mem
bers of the faculty are rapidly becom
ing quite fine players. A tournament
has been going on for smoe time. The
men entered are: M. L. Fisher, For>-'
rest Tngram. Harvey Glazier, Leeman
Simonton, Nonwood Floyd, Deryll
Dickey, Leon Wooten, Joe Ford, Doug
las Bishop, Lovett Newell, Lewis
Weaver, Roland Hanris, Tom Harding,
William Collier, Bill Trent, Earl
Brown, Bill Brown, Charles Tuggle.
The art of wrestling under the com
bined efforts of Ed Neely and Billy
Thomas is rapidly becoming one of
the mone popular sports at West Geor
gia. All the boys signed up for
wrestling are very much interested and
more have expressed their intentions
of trying it. Several boys in this
class at present have shown promise
of becoming excellent wrestlers. In
gram and Wooten are the best in the
115 lb.-125 lb- weight. In the 125-35
lb. weight Leroy Hogue seems to have
the upper hand. Sam Fields, who
was last year elected West Georgia's
most athletic boy. seems to be the best
of the class of the 145-55 pounds.
Billy Thomas is the favorite for the
TOE WEST GEORGIAN
championship in the 155-165 lb. class.
These boys do not have the cham
pionships of their weight class clinch
ed by any means. Several men have
expressed their desire to try to defeat
them.
After fhrcc weeks of group dancing,
improvement in both the boys and the
girls of the group are very noticeable.
Eighteen couples have been attempt
ing to improve their poise, footwork,
etiquette, position and grace- This
improvement was especially noticeable
at the last social. After the social,
remarks as “such a boy is much
smoother,” or, “such a girl is much
easier to lead,’’ were heard about the
provomout should go to Frances Hud
dle, Margaret Butler, Eleanor Brisen
dine and Doris Wiggins because of
their interest and eo-operation they
have shown by playing for this activ
ity. The managers, Kress Entrekin
and Mary Merritt, have both worked
hard on this group and they should
be congratulated for the excellent re
sults. This group will be reorganized
Thursday, November 1. This group
will be filled up on the basis first
come, first served. The old members
will be permitted to sign again after
the new students liavp had a chance
if the group is not filled. The same
managers and instructors will continue
throughout the year.
Each new sport at West Georgia
has its own appeal to the students-
Archery is fast becoming a favorite
with the girls who each afternoon try
their skill at hitting the bull’s eye.
The girls who have signed for this
popular sport are: Dorothy Justice,
who was appointed manager, Ruth
Nunnallv, Grace Wing, Andie Duncan,
Mary Earnest, Margie Lee Robinson,
Elizabeth Moore, Florence Parr, Eva
Lee Harris and Martha Hogan. The
best scores for the season so far with
twenty-four arnows are Dot Justice
56, Margie Lee Robinson 50, and Mary
Earnest 32.
Volley ball is well under way at
West Georgia. Two teams have al
ready been organized by Managers
Harding and Williams. Practice games
have shown some real talent among the
men reporting for practice. Williams,
Sinclair, Smith and Whittemore have
starred in practice so far. A play-off
senies began October 25 between the
team of Fred Williams and Tom Hard
ing’s band of volley bailers. This se
ries will be three out of five games,
the winner to be considered the volley
ball champions of West Georgia-
The intramural athletic season was
ushered in October 10 by a touch foot
ball game between the Ramblers, led
by Ovid Davis, and Bill Brown’s Tro
jans. The Trojans won a tough game
by the score of 12-6. The Trojans
showed a real passing attack in de
feating the Ramblers. A series of
short passes right after the opening
whistle gave the Trojans the ball in
midfield. Brown passed a beautiful
twenty-yard pass to Joe Ford, who
ran the remaining twenty yards for
the first touchdown. The Ramblers,
fighting hard for victory, outplayed
in the minutes of the second quarter.
They tied the score at six all by a se
ries of short passes. Captain Davis
went over for the touchdown.
The strong Trojan team was not to
be denied. They uncorked such a
clever pass attack that the gallantly
fighting Ramblers were not able to
stop them. Sam Fields scored the
winning touchdown in the closing
minutes of the last half.
They say that B. D. has a “wow”
of a nickname. If it isn’t too per
sonal. how did you acquire that
“nawsty” name, Bessie? (No offense.)
WHOOPEE!
Oh October 16, 1934 at three o’clock
a novel game of donkey Softball was
played at the Carrollton High School
athletic field, between impromptu
town and college teams. From all
accounts it was a riotous success with
disastrous results. This statement is
made after considering remarks of
both the players and the audience.
Tlie rules of this amusing game are
few and simple. The batter, after
hitting the ball, mounts his dangerous
steed and steers for first base. An
inning consists of a ten minute period
instead of the usual three-out inning
as in regular baseball. A game is
made up of seven periods. Fielders
have to go within three feet of the
ball that is batted, dismount, pick up
the ball, and mount again before
throwing to the base.
On interviewing several players
these conclusions were drawn: as a
game, burro ball is highly interesting
and hilarious- These statements are
taken from interviews with various
players on the teams:
“A one word description of the
game from me is TRAGIC”, said one
of the players as he limped off.
‘ ‘ The novelty wore off after I was
bucked off about a dozen times’ ’.
“All I know is that the burro and
I were of different temperaments —
and we never did seem to agree”.
11 A crazy spont —too slow until the
mules get started, then —that’s speed
for you!"
“The only statement that I can
make is that I am plenty sore”. ,
“Burro ball ain’t all it’s c'racked
up to be; I got all the cracking’’.
“From the sidelines the game is
very humorous; in the field it doesn’t
‘set’ so well."
It was voiced about that Bill felt
very stepped on at this particular
game when a burro decided to put its
foot on the same acre that Bill’s foot
was on. Davis also took a liking to
the game and the steeds. He was
seen embracing one of the front limbs
of his mount. Also, from all reports,
Sam got some valuable experience
that will help him in his career of
bnonc busting. If you are able to bor
row an iron plated suit of armour, you
might say to one of the burro game
players, “Burro”, and see if you come
out alive.
The line up of this unusual game
was:
Carrollton West Georgia
Glazier lb Robinson
Brown 2b Fields
O. Davis 3b Hay
Reeves c Weaver
R. Hamrick p Parker
“Rod” Martin ss W. Brown
L. Barksdale cf Simonton
Levens rf Entrekin
Driver If Barrett
Substitutes: West Georgia—Upshaw
for Robinson. Runs: Weaver*, Simon
ton, Parker.
The final score was 4-1 in favor of
the West Georgia College Braves.
Miss Downs and Mr. Gunn were
present at the Seventh District Educa
tional meeting at Barnesville recently.
Both Mr- Gunn and Miss Downs were
on the program.
Miss Jenkins and President Ingram
attended the Fourth District educa
tional meeting at Rome where Miss
Jenkins was a speaker.
It is given to The West Georgian
from a good source that work will
begin in preparation for the new build
:ng program prior to January first.
The next issue will carry deails of this
building program which will mean
much to the progress of the school.
Famous last words: “I haven’t got
a match,” “I won’t clean up your
rooms,” “Shine your own shoes."
And there’s the one about Fred Hol
loman. They say that he inhales bis
cuit. Nine waiting people can’t be
wrong.
LYCEUM ATTRACTIONS
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for their guests’ entertainment. Smith
College, Columbia University, Mt.
Holyoke College, University of North
Carolina and numerous other colleges
have enjoyed these performances. In
New York city they have scored suc
cesses for four years under the aus
pices of the Theatre Guild.
The second attraction is to be a lec
ture-recital by Sidney Langdon, pre
senting character studies and speak
ing likenesses of great literary men.
Through the interpretative genius of
Mr. Langdom, men like Poe, Longfel
low, Tennyson, Stevenson, Hugo,
Thackeray, Kipling, Brete Harte, Car
lyle, Mark Twain, Bill Nye, Artemus
Ward, Josh Billings and others live
again. Mr* Langdon knew personally
many of these later writers, such as
James Whitcomb Riley and Mark
Twain. Others he has learned through
visits to their former homes, inter
views with close relatives and friends
and various other sources. At many of
His performances he has been compli
mented as being near enough like the
original to fool even close friends of
the men impersonated.
CHAPEL SPEAKERS
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against nations, neither shall they
learn war any more-” He outlined in
forceful language the real horrors of
war and the horrible sufferings dur
ing, and the awful consequences of,
war. He said that the youth of to
day should become conscious of the
great need for war-prevention and be
come educated themselves against it
so that they can show other people
and the following generation the cost
and uselessness of war.
At the chapel hour on last Friday,
President Ingram gave a most inter
esting talk to the student body urging
them to learn to adjust themselves.
He said, “Learn to have a long and
a short range sight in life.” He ex
pressed himself as being well pleased
with the activity program at the col
lege and told of the high compliment
that has been paid our program by
several other junior colleges. That is,
several of them have adopted the plan
of student activities that was insti
tuted last year at West Georgia Col
lege.
President Ingram also told a few of
the most immediate plans for the
changes of the buildings to accom
modate the increasing student body-
The back porch of the academic build
ing is to be converted into an assem
bly room for the students and the old
office will be made into a student ac
tivities office with desks, files, and
typewriters for the heads of the va
rious campus clubs, etc.
SEMINAR GROUPS
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participate just as soon as the organ
ization could be perfected-
An executive committee was elected
consisting of the following officers of
the club and junior college representa
tives: President, George H. Boyd;
vice-pnesident, Beatrice Nevins; sec
retary and treasurer, James Stokes;
representing the junior colleges on the
executive c’ommittee, J. D. Anthony
and T. A. Hart.
The senior group extended to Dn
Boyd many thanks for his earnest and
efficient efforts on the syllabus, for
his tremendous patience and intelli
gent and helpful leadership of the
seminar studies, and for his many kind
nesses.
Mr. M- E. Howell, of the chemistry
department at W. G. C., was placed as
a member-at-large of the Administra
tive Council of the Math and Science
division group organization.
Representing West Georgia College
at the System Council at the Univer
sity were: President I. 8. Ingram; T.
A. Hart, biology; L- E. Roberts, social
science; J. C. Bonner, social science;
M. E. Howell, chemistry; James E.
Boyd, mathematics and physical
. science.