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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 Continued from Page One 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 Continued from Page One 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 Continued from Page One 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.