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THE WEST GEORGIAN
Published by the Students of West Georgia College, < amrllton, Gu.
Associate Editor Leeman rilmonton
Business Manager I,urve y Gla7ler
Managing Editor Doris W igg lll '
.Sports Editor... Norwood Floyd
Humor Editor Hilly I honins
Exchange Editor Hershel Whitehurst
Typist Grace Wing
Associate Business Managers Frances Cruse, Don Barfield, Charles Tuggle
Alumni Editor Doris West
REPORTERS:
Sue McGee, Helen llurding, Tom llurding, Jtolund Harris, Grace Elder, Mary
Green Helen Hayes, Lanier Spence, Martha Thomas, Elizabeth Hoyd,
Edwin itogers, Preston Wright, Paul Astin, Hill Hrown, Joe Ford, Lucille
Portwood, Clarice Cross, Doyce Williamson, Ishmuel Johnson, Alacy
Murphy, Puuline Longino.
Circulation Managers Henry Kitchens, Kay Dean Watts, Ovid Davis
Faculty Advisor ltobeit M'. Htrozier
STUDENT-FACULTY SPIRIT
Have you over attended another col
lege f Have you ever seen or heard of
a college like West Georgia? There
may bo some that nr better. There
may some in which tho students and
faculty have a better time. There
MAY be.
Here at West Georgia we have tho
best spirit between the faculty and
students that you coiwld find any
where, if we are not badly mistaken.
Have you ever soon a college, or any
school for that matter, in which tho
instructors seemed to be a part of the
studont body as they do here? On our
faculty there aro people who take as
active a part in tho student activities
as if they were members of the organi
zation. It is the rule rather than the
exception that tho students go to the
faculty advisors with their problems.
Why do they go? They know that in
the past they have had friendly rela
tionships with those advisors and that
There are many reasons why there
are two hundred and seventy students
at West Georgia College. One of the
primary reasons is that there are about
that many who are interested in be
coming better citizens by becoming
better educated beings.
There is more to being educated
than is commonly realized. A person
who bas the very best oduation that
it is possible for him to get may be
completely lost when his ability to do
any profitable thing is tested. We
have the tragic example of the thous
ands who have graduated from the col
leges of our land without any specific
place to go for employment.
Just as tragic as these who havo no
specialized training are those who are
not prepared for every-day living with
their fellows. The grace of living with
the world successfully is not native,
or is it acquired with a moment’s
thought.
In the beginning of time, man hunt
ed for his food; finding it, he rushed
to some secluded spot to devour it in
haste before an enemy discovered him
and began to battle for the delicacy.
As men began to become more friend
ly and to live in groups of the fami
lies, food-getting was the responsibil
I love you not only for what you are,
but for what I am when I am with you.
I love you not only for what you
have made yourself, but for what you
are making of me.
I love you for the part of me you
bring out.
I love you for putting your hand in
my heaped-up heart and passing all
the fravilous and the vfeak things that
you cannot help seeing there and draw
ing out all the light, all the beautiful,
radiant things that no else has looked
long enough to see.
I love you for ignoring the possibil
ities of the fool in me and for laying
they wore at all times willing to do
their best to help the students.
The attitude of tho students toward
the faculty show’s their esteem and ap
preciation better than any other moans
could. The feeling of oneness has
made tho situation here more of a joy
than it would have been had the teach
ers been of the type that are extreme
ly formal in class as well as out of it.
There is tho danger, however, that
tho students over step this honor and
privilege that has been given them in
being freely associated with the fac
ulty. If the informality is taken into
the class room, valuable time is taken
and the effectiveness of the instruct
or’s position is lost. There has been
no complaint from this, however.
We have the best spirit that could
be found anywhere. Let’s keep West
Georgia College as it is—the friend
liest campus in the state.
A PART OF EDUCATION
ity of several members of tho family
while others did the other work of the
household. This necessitated the shar
ing of food. From this evolved the
need for courtesy at the table.
Now, in this highly civilized world,
there is still more need for the com
mon courtesies which include table
etiquette. In a college dining hall
there is the tendency to be in a rush
which throws all the niceties of the
table out of order. Consideration for
others should be one of the outstand
ing things in a student’s mind at all
times.
Complaints have been made by the
students who live in the dormitories
concerning tho behavior of a few of
the students in the dining hall. One
of the marks of a lady or gentleman
is that they are at ease and put others
at ease at the table. If the few stu
dents who have not, by neglect or lack
of opportunity, cultivated table man
ners enough to be accepted, it is the
place of those students who have bet
ter taste to help these few all they
can so that they may not enter life
after college with a lack of table man
ners that will handicap them for life.
It is better that these be aided now
rather than embarrassed or ortracized
in later life.
FRIENDSHIP
hold of the possibilities of the good
in me.
I love you because you are helping
me to make of the lumber of my life,
not a taven, but a temple; and the
words of my every day, not a reproach,
but a song.
I love you because you have done
more than any creed could have done
to make me happy.
Yotf have done it without a word —
without a sign.
You have done just by being your
self.
After all, perhaps that is what be
ing a friend means.
—The Cellonade, G. S. C. W.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
ALUMNI NEWS
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The alumni of West Georgia College ,
is ruther widely scattered this year. ,
At the University of Georgia are Mar- .
tha Stone, Margie Trice, Tom Lot tin,
and Frances Lovvorn. From all the
reports that are heard through letters,
horesay and what have ya, these seem
to be having quite a time on our
mother institution’s campus. Glory to
ole Georgia!
School teaching also seems to be
rather popular among last year’s stu
dents. Elizabeth Holbrook is pound
ing away at Tyus; Edgar Kelly has the
rather impressive position of princi
pal in the school at Calhoun, and Kuth
Kown is teaching what she terms a
“co-ed kindergarten” at Emerson, her
home town. I feel sure she is taking
every opportunity afforded by such
an unusual combination, (’hristine Du
pree is also teaching near Powder
Springs. I wonder if she remembers
all the instructions she promised faith
fully to follow’ while taking education
here?
Best of all, however, I like to
enumerate those students who found
dear old West Georgia so much to their
liking that they are back in spite of
the fact of their already being told
that they were through with th e soph
omore year. They had even received
their diplomas w’rapped in clever lit
tle blue leather jackets and probably
added them to the collection on the
library table, nevertheless they were
not the kind who took “no’’ for an
answer. Pat Patrick is back still, for
a reason not hard to guess. Emmie
Lou Bell is still pegging away here,
too. She is even taking music, I hear.
Dear old Cricket came back, too. Mo
tive understood. Edith Daniell came
along to fill up space in the room, I
hear, but she is a person one always
likes to have around. M'ary Lyle and
Louise Geer are both here, too. They
are learning Miss Weaver’s manly art
of smiling self-defense in the library.
Doris West is continuing her ardent
pursuit of Squalus acanthius in the bi
ology department here as lab assistant.
The corner ston e of last year, Stew
art Rosy Martin, is now finding time
to apply Mr. Hart’s teaching in his
endeavors in the field of cytology at
Emory.
Ossie McLarty is at Asbtfry College
in Kentucky. We also miss Wilson
Spence who is going to Evening School
in Atlanta.
One member of this illustrious group
has now’ joined the majority—no, not
by death, but by becoming a Mrs.
Smith, alias Kat King.
Gaines Camp is at his home in Villa
Rica. Sadie Morrow is also at home
in Carollton now, but only for the
time being, I understand. Manor
Cansler is also keeping the home fires
burning. Zemily Adams is at home in
Westminster, S. C.
The whereabouts of the twins of the
senior class of last year are not known,
and unknown to me. If any one knows
anything of these missing star lights,
please communicate with Mr. Ringling
of the Ringling Brothers’ circus. I
understand that they have been award
ed a place as the only living twins who
are equally good in sports.
Anelyn Griffin, Mildred Jackson,
Radford Hamrick, Carlvnn Morris,
Roy Rodgers, Max Steed, are all round
and about. West Georgia is not sur
prised to see them jump in at any time,
particularly at the “get-togethers” on
the c’ampus. We hope that they will
continue to do so.
Harris is also on the campus, even
going in for group dancing this year.
That’s quite a reformation from last
year.
Pat Gober is carrying on the dieti
tion’s job in a school at Boaz, Ala.
All the tlumni are still missed as the
dignified members of tihs institution;
however the freshmen of last year are
fast yearning this trick.
Glazier —Darling, when I’m with you
time seems to stand still.
Virginia—Well, no wonder. Your
face would stop a clock.
CHAPEL TALKS
Mr. L. E. Roberts, of the social
science department, gave, at the chapel
period on November 2, n very inter
esting talk on the new Social Science
Survey courses. He said that the
course would be given five quartern,
three this year and two next year.
The course covers the social relation
ship! of human beings. It approaches
from an objective point of view the
human racial development, and points
out where civilization has been able
to p'rogress after each fault.
Mr. Roberts also says, “This is a
day in which we are groping about in
the dark seeing problems which have
been created by the scientific geniuses.
We are in a machine age, which
changes the way people live, work,
fight and maintain peace. Because of
this we are falling behind in our ways.
The understanding of modern social
science might be able to figure out
some laws for governing actions of the
present day.”
On November 9, Mr. Ingram, pres
ident of West Georgia College, gave a
speech in chapel. He spoke of the
days of the war and the feelings of the
people at that time. H e put in numer
ous remarks of humor about those
days. He said that the present plan
of the government is another war, a
domestic war to conquer the problems
that occur in peace.
Mr. Ingram gave on November 13
another of his interesting, inspira
tional talks with “bits” of humor
strewn through it. His subject was
“Take Care of Today and Tomorrow
Will Take Care of Itself.” He began
by remarking on the results of the six
weeks’ examination. Then in very
forceful words he illustrated how to
day would take care of tomorrow.
Mr. Clark Harrison, of Drauglion’s
Business College, was the speaker on
November 16, and gave an excellent
talk to the students. Before announc
ing his subject Mr. Harrison sand, “I
want to warn you if you set your mind
on minor things you will lose sight
of the larger things.”
He gave illustrations and told the
students to look at the wall and im
agine they could see a tree. Of course
many of the students did not continue
to look at the wall. He said that this
was an illustration that people did not
look for things.
The theme of Mr. Harrison’s talk was
‘‘ My Observation of Individual Re
sponsibility to One’s Education.’ ’ He
said that there are four periods in the
first twenty years in one’s life. The
first period: six year's of elementary
training; third period: four years of
high school, this period being consid-
and is used by many pupils as a'
rest period on a journey; fourth
period: college, trying to make what
is lacking. He urged that the students
develop their personality.
SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB
The Social Science Club gave bids to
ten students at the first of this quar
ter. On October 25th new members
that were received in the club were
Fred Williams, Roland Harris, Lewis
Bell, Luta Herndon, Dovee Williamson,
Reese Ragsdale, Florence Parr, and
Fielding Towns. After the initiation
of each of the new members, refresh
ments were served and everybody en
joyed the meeting.
The next meeting of the club was
on the evening of November Bth. The
following program was rendered:
“The Future of the NRA,*’ by Ro
land Harris.
“Southern Labor Awakes,” by Ver
dyne McClung.
“Business and Government,” by
Doris West.
Everybody seemed to enjoy the pro
gram very much. Air. Roberts, espe
cially, enjoyed it, because “Current
Events” is one of his most favorite
subjects.
To hear the boys tell it, the girls*
promise to be on time carries a lot of
wait.
DEBATING CLUB
The debating club held its soph
omore impromptu debate on October
30 with four members of the club par
ticipating. The subject was: Resolved:
The next state legislature should cre
ate the office of lieutenant-governor.
The affirmative was upheld by Field
ing Towns and Ovid Davis; the neg
ative by Leeman Simonton and Lyman
Aloore. Lyman Moore and Fielding
Towns were selected as the sophomore
impromptu debaters. The club voted
the negative side the decision.
The Club held its second freshman
debate on Tuesday evening, Novem
ber 7, with five freshman participat
ing. The subject was: Resolved: The
next session of the national legislature
should pass an old age pension law.
The winners were Miss Lucile Port
wood and Alayo Royal. Preston Wright
and Forrest Ingram gained sufficient
points in addition to points gained in
the first debate to enter the club.
Joe Ford was given three points tow
ard membership.
The club has given to the faculty
advisor, Mr. Roberts, the authority to
have debaters appear before him to
try out for teams. The question now
under discussion is the Bankhead Bill.
CICERONIAN SOCIETY
The Ciceronian Literary Society held
its regular meeting on November 7th,
with the president in charge.
After a short business session the
president welcomed the new members
of the club, read the constitution of
the club and presented the officers to
the new members.
The first number on the program
was a piano solo by Miss Jane Luck,
Rachmanoff’s “Prelude in C Sharp
Minor.” Following this was a debate
by four of the new members with the
subject: Resolved, The State of
Georgia should levy a two per cent
sales tax on gross sales amounting
above SSOO annually. On the affirma
tive were William Kelly and, Mayo
Royal. On the negative were Marion
Clark and Glenn Hogan. By a vote
of those present, the negative side was
given the decision.
Sophomore Class Honors
Freshmen at Social
The sophomore class was host to the
freshmen at a social at the gymnasium
on Friday evening, November 7th. The
gym was decorated for the occasion
with vari-colored leaves and branches.
The music was furnished by the “High
Hatters’* from Douglasville.
i Mr. “Cotton” Williamson, president
of the sophomore class, and Miss Hil
dred Patrick led the grand march.
HOME EC. REPORTER
One of the most recent projects
studied in the clothing class is the ren
ovating of garments. The girls have
learned to convert old clothes that
have been a skeleton in thein closets
into real spirits that may be seen on
the campus almost any day.
Have you noticed the striking color
combinations which have brought out
the individual coloring of complexion,
hair, and eyes? The girls are using
their study of the colors to their indi
vidual benefit.
The study of harmony, proportion,
emphasis, and balance in design haAe
helped in the transforming of
short dumpy figure into tall, stately
ones, while the taller ones are benefit'
ting by the ability to camouflage their
height.
The sophomore foods class has been
studying meat, its preparation, und
place in the diet. To make this stud}
of the “Lowly Kow and Howg” more
interesting, Afiss Jenkins carried the
class to town to visit some of the Rea
meat markets. Rogers* and the A&l
stores were very courteous and hind
in allowing the inspection of their
markets.