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THE WEST GEORGIAN rubli.l.c<! by the Student, of West Uoorgi. College, CurrpUton, Go. p ,,. _ . m. f William Lanier Spence Editor-In ( nief - . i . niu„, Loeman rfiinonton Associate Editor. r , , ... _ Harvey Glazier Bus.ness Manager J a e. r,ju Norwood Lloyd Sports Editor *. _ Hilly Thomas ~ i Doris Wiggins Mum.ging Editor p l', ...Hersliel Whitehurst Excha.bgc Editoi Liddy Murphy, Grace Wing Associate Business Managem L.ances Cruse, Don Barfield, Charles Tuggle . . Doris West Alumni Editor RKI’OHTEHH: Sue McGee, Helen Harding, Tom Harding, Roland Harris, Grace Elder, Mary Green, Helen Hayes, Martha Thomas, Elizabeth Boyd, Edwin Rogers, Preston Wright, Paul Astin, Hill Hrown, Joe Ford, Lueille Port wood, Clarice Cross, Doyce Williamson, Macy Murphy, Pauline Longino, G. F. Towns, Davis Upshaw. Circulation Manager. Henry Kitchen., Kay Dean Watts, Ovid '’uvi. Vacuity Advisors Gordon Watson, Robert M. Strorior ' Now that West Georgia has finally gotten intercollegiate basketball lor this season let’s make the most of it. Let us prove by our actions and school spirit that we really wanted a basket ball team. Since we have won basket ball it becomes the duty as well as the privilege of every member of the student body to prove and impress those in authority of the need and merits of inter-collegiate basketball. Our stand should not be only for our selves but should show a school spirit that will insure inter collegiate games in the future years. , •ince our first two games there has boon a let down of interest. There are groundless rumors of no W cst Georgia victories this season. Out of 275 students only 25 season tickets have been sold. Such a state as this is certainly deplorable when we have a When the year 1934 is reviewed, is there a feeling of failure, defeat, and distress at the thought of little, shal low artificialities we have put into a year of life? We remember opportunities to help someone carry on, opportunities passed \ip to secure some advantages of oirr own. How much we’ve compromised. How little we’ve really grown. Is there then no reason to plan, to feel inspired at .this new year, three hun dred and sixty-five days, clean, fresh, unfilled hours of time. Shall thoughts of. defeat discourage and crowd out ambition and courage, and destroy in itiative for 1935? Cold winter winds blow over bare, desolate fields; snow piles high in fence corners; naked trees mark the passing of the old year. But with the Thirteen New Students Enroll at West Georgia For the Winter Quarter ; Although W. G. c. lost a few stu dents it had thirteen new students to begin classes at the opening of the winter quarter. 'They are: Doyle Breeden, Ringgold, Ga.; Woodrow Floyd, Adairsville, Ga.; Rhoda Dillingham, Fayetteville, Ga.; Shad Callaway, Franklin, Ga.; Charles Almon, Carrollton, Ga.; Charles Hughes, James Lassiter, James Potts, Whites burg, Ga.; Lillian Reihle, Cartersville, Ga.; ’ Opal Tant, Carrollton, Ga.; Mar tha Trimble, Adairsville, Ga., and Margaret Morris, Marion Askew, Tem ple, Ga. Charles Almon, Shad Callaway, and Margaret Morris attended school at West Georgia last year but because of employment they did not come back for the fall quarter. Martha Trimble comes to us from Cox College, and Marion Askew from Bessie Tift. Mr. Floyd is a former student of South Georgia College. GET THE BRAVE SPIRIT chance of hnving a championship team this year. The two games We lost were by close scores and our team held its own throughout most of the game. Indeed, these two defeats have merely shown up our|mjMtfs weak spots—a lack of praeticeWThis defect has been died. We have the opportunity to get revenge from Dahlonega and Rein hardt this season and in a crushing way. We have good enough material on our team and there is certainly lying dormant in the student body an in spiring school spirit. Let’s back the West Georgia Braves with the Brave Spirit. When wo play Dahlonega the twenty-fifth let’s be at tho game and win or lose by all means impress our opponents with an interest and piide we take in our team. Get that Brave Spirit! THE NEW YEAR By MRS. CAPPS coming of the new year, there is soon felt the stirring of renewed life in each tiny blade of grass, in each giant oak. Nature sends out banners of promise, forgetting quickly the winter winds and chilling frosts of yesterday. As spring blossoms forth into new ness of life, flinging out a challenge of hope, each tree and shrub bedecked with green, forgetting in one glorious gesture the cold bleak winter; so youth in life with one grand gesture puts behind all failure, defeats, un fulfilled ambitions and dreams gone astray, and looks wtili renewed con fidence and unbounded enthusiasm into the new year, the unchartered fu ture. Be ready to face life again and just be glnd. SPRING HOLIDAYS The announcement that we would have five or six days of spring holi days between the winter and spring quarters was received as very glnd tidings to the students. These holi days are listed in the calendar which is in the catalogue, but evidently had been overlooked by most of the stu dents because the announcement seemed to be a great surprise. This is a great improvement, over last year’s schedule as we went straight on with the spring quarter then, finishing our exams on one day and roistering the next. This year, we will have a chance to go home and take a rest from our daily routine. Then, too, many of the students live so far away from home that they are unable to make the trip over the week-end and are therefore unable to go except on special holi days. The spring holidays will give everv one a chance to go home before the end of the year. The students all appreciate these holidays and we are sure that they will come back and set tle down to do better work than they would have done. Examinations for the winter quarter will be held on March 15th, 16th, and 18th. The hol- H UE WEST GEORGIAN MISS JEANELLE HARDY WEDS PROF. T. A. HART Of great interest to the West Geor gia students and faculty was the niar liage of Miss Jeanelle Hardy, daughter of Mr. Benjamin L\ Hardy, Sr., of Barnesville, to Mr. Tom Hart, of Car rollton. The ceremony took place at the home of tin; bride’s father on Greenwood street Thursday morning, December 20, 1954. Rev. Harry V. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist church of Barnesville, offeiated. Mrs. Hart is the youngest daughter of Mr. Hardy and the late Mrs. Handy, who was Miss dean Mitchell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell. She was graduated from Gordon College, in Barnesville, and from the art de partment of Sophie Newcomb College, in New Orleans. Since her graduation she has made her home with her father. She is one of Barnes ville’s most tal ented and popular girls. West Geor gia is indeed happy to have her be rime one of the members of faculty family. Mr. Hart is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. and. L. L'art, who arc now repre senting Southern Baptist Convention as missionaries in Chile. He is a grad uate of William and Maty College and Emory University. After a short wedding trip to New Vork Mr. and Mrs. Hart have made their home on Maple street in Carroll ton. The college wishes for Mr. and Mrs. Hart a very happy future in their as sociations and work with West Geor gia faculty and students. MU ZETA ALPHA (Continued from Page One) Mir Zeta Alpha has begun the year of 1935 with renewed hope and en thusiam. Last year was tho first of its existence, and a very successful one. The members, however, this year are looking forward to much more pro gress and work. Among the new projects that the club has taken is that of a scientific museum. Mu Zeta Alpha wishes to leave something that will be of in terest and value to the following mem ber's of the Science Club and the col lege. Among the things that arc be ing started now are these: rock col lection; chemical experiments of a per manent sort; star charts, mineral col lections; mounted embryos; aquariums, etc. These will add to the appearance of tin 1 science room. They will stimu late the rest of college’s interest in science. They will help to acquaint the students better with the actual natural products of West Georgia. They will be a contribution of Mu Zeta Alpha to the progress and welfare of West Georgia. Another undertaking of the club has already received much praise and en couragement. Mrs. Tom Hart has pre sented the club with a scrap book, with covers done in oil. Mu Zeta Alpha sincerely appreciated this gift. The keeper of the book has already started filling it with clippings concerning the club and concerning scientific sub jects. Every member is allowed to con tribute to this. Everyone has found this a source of interest and pleasure. LE CERCLE FRANCAIS The French club held its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon, January 15. This was the first meeting of 1935. A program was given by Eleanor Brisendine entitled, ‘ ‘ Tristesse”. The club discussed new members, five were passed. The club is allowed only five new members per quarter. The five were Rave Chappell, Fope Fendley, Grace Wing, Richard Spence and Mary Cole. These will be received and in itiated at the next meeting. Two committees were appointed by the president, Verdvne McClung, to plan a program for the next meeting. They are: Initiation, Eleanor Brisen dine, Elizabeth Burnham and Roland Harris: Program, Jane Reagin, Lucille Port wood and Preston Wright. idays will begin on the 19th and last through the 24th. DR. HARLOW TO VISIT WEST GEORGIA Dr. K. Ralph Harlow, who is profes sor of Religous and Bihical Literature in Smith College "ill be the guest of West Georgia January 25. The Yolun 11|ry Religious Association is making plans for his entertainment. Dr. Harlow will arrive on Thursday afternoon, but he is not scheduled to appear before the students until Fri day morning, when ho will give a talk in chapel. The period after chapel he will speak to the history classes. Then h e will address the Civitan Club of Carrollton at a luncheon. However the most enjoyable item on the program will be a tea to be given in the log cabin. Tho Voluntary Re ligous association will be host at the tea which will be from three to five Friday afternoon. The student body is invited. This will give the students a chance to meet and talk with Dr. Harlow’ personally. Boston, Massachusetts, is the birth place of Dr. Harlow. The varied ex periences of this man include being a preacher, missionary, chaplain ait a College in Turkey, General Secretary of the Near East Student Voluntary movement. He served in the World War and wars in Turkey. Dr. Harlow is also author of several books. DEBATING CLUB HOLDS ELECTION OF OFFICERS On Tuesday evening, December 11th of last quarter, the Freshman-Sopho more debate was held. The subject was: * ‘ Resolved, that the Bankhead Act is to the best interest of the South orn farmer.” The sophomores were represented by Doyce Williamson and Ovid Davis, while the negative was upheld by William Kelly and Joe Ford. Professors Watson, Hart, and Strozier judged the debate and a decision was rendered in favor of the negative. On January 7th the club elected of ficers for the winter quarter. An amendment was added to the constitu tion making officers eligible for re election. The officers elected were: President, Doyce Williamson; vice president, Virgil Barrett; secretary, Doris Wiggins; parliamentarian, Mayo Royal. The club plans a very active pro gram for the rest of the year. The club has accepted a challenge from Georgia Southwestern College at Amer icas. The Bankhead Act lias been agreed upon as the subject, and the debate is scheduled for Friday even ing, March Ist. Besides this debate, the club is sending challenges to the debating teams of Berry, Dahlonega, and the University of Georgia freshmen. SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB SELECTS TEN PLEDGES The Social Science Club had its first regular meeting of the year Thursday night, January 30. During the business meeting ten new members were voted on and new officers were elected for the last half of the year. The program under the direction of the vice presi dent, Martha Doster, consisted of a criticism of the president’s recent message to Congress which was dis cussed by Fsilding Towns. The new officers elected were as follow’s: President, Doris West; vice president, Luta Herndon; secretary and treasurer, Roland Karris. The organization feels confident that under the able leadership of these new of fices the club will progress much in realizing worthy aims and ideals. Ten pledges were selected for their high scholastic records in the social sciences and their general interest in these fields. They are: Alma Folsom, Mis. C. Capps, Mrs. C. J. Henderson, Hazel McLendon, Frances Williams, Helen Harding, Doyle Williams, Reba Burnham, James Puckett. Stude from Oglethorpe: “Our His tory prof talks to himself. Does yours?” Paul Astin: “Yes, but he doesn’t realize it —he thinks we’re listening.” STUDENT BODY GIVES PRE-HOLIDAY SOCIAL The student body of West Georgia College entertained the faculty at a social Friday night, December 7th, at the gymnasium. Invitations were sent out to the faculty members several days before hand, and practically sll of them were there. There is no doubt but what they all enjoyed it as some said that it was the best social we have had. One coirld be quoted as say ing that it was tho only real dance we have had since the college opened last year. He didn’t w’ish his name used because lie was afraid he might arouse bad feelings among other organiza tions that have given entertainments; but everyone agrees that it was the best entertainment yet held at West Georgia College. For those who w r ished to dance, the Dixie Stars, from Cedartown, by far the best orchestra we’ve had, furnish ed a program of modern dance tunes which was undoubtedly excellent. In deed, the music seemed to affect ev eryone’s dancing like spinach affects Popeye. Then, for the benefit of those who who did not care to dance, numerous games and other attractions were played in the club room adjoining the gymnasium. The decorating committee did its ,job well by providing a background of color and gayety for the occasion with pastel colored streamers, covered hoops and various novel lighting ef fects. Miss Louise Geer was able to get Mr. Frank Hood, a representative of the Georgia Pow r er Company, to come here and assist in decorating the gymnasium. Mr. Hood did an excel lent job and the various lights and spotlights w r ith their changing colors helped a great deal toward the success of the affair. We wish to thank Mr. Il’ood for his services and to commend Miss Geer for bringing him here. Too, paper confetti and bright Colored bal loons contributed to the enjoyment and fun of all the dancers. When the balloons w T ere released there was a gen eral scramble to capture one of them. Those who were so lucky soon had their souvenirs burst by someone who had been unable to get one. Much hard wmrk w T as done in pre paration for the social under the able leadership of Earl Newman, the presi dent of the student body. The variouf* committees that wmrked hard for the event’s success were: Decorating com mittee, Louise Geer, Frances Cruse, Margaret Cheney; orchestra commit tee, Doris West, Florence Crawford, Beverly Campbell; the finanical com mittee, Robert Tillman, Sam Fields, Elizabeth Burnham, Jane Luck and Julian Weiss from the day students, Eleanor Brisesdine, Mary M'errit, Bes . sie Dupree, from the girls’ dormitory; and Lowell Varner, Dawson Lee Tay lor and Norwood Floyd from the boys’ dormitory. Then, last but not least, the bouncing committee Consisted of Jimmy Puckett and Cos. All of these people worked very hard in prepara tion for the social and are all to be praised highly for their good work. Remembering the fun had at this entertainment and at previous similar affairs, the students of W. G. C. are looking forward with enthusiasm to the social to be given by the men’s and women’s glee clubs on the night of the twenty-fifth of January. The clubs are rapidly developing their plans for an entertainment that will provide a few hours of merriment for all the students. Under the supervis ion of the various capable committees the affair promises to be one of the best of the season. Betty Moore: “And that good look ing stranger says I look like the best dancer on the floor. Wonder if I should give him a dance?” Macie: “No, better let him keep on thinking so.” Watts—There’s something very ten der about you, girlie. Mary M’errit—Yes. You’ve been dancing on my feet all afternoon.