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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF GRACE WING
BUSINESS MANAGER GLENN HOGAN
ASSOCIATE EDITOR LUCILE PORTWOOD
ASSISTANT EDITOR AUBREY JONES
MANAGING EDITOR EDWIN ROGERS
CLUB EDITOR ELIZABETH BURNHAM
SPORTS EDITORS Jack Smith, Virgil Barrett, Douglas Bishop
FEATURE EDITOR JACK STONE NOVENA HARRISON
LOVETT NEWELL
SOCIAL EDITOR JEWEL STRICKLAND, VIRGINIA
COLQUIT, ROBERT KNOX
REPORTERS Walter Abney, Sara Helen Acklin, Max Beck, Taft Col
lett, Bessie Dupree, J. B. Edgeman, Rosalind Hayes, Elbert Hendrix
Bab Jackson, Dot Juatiee, Frank Kelly, Marian Jeanette
Pennington, Alvada Pope, Harold Plunkett, Ralph Racey, Lewis Reese,
Sara Shannon, Mildred Sims, Marian Stephens, Ethylene Word, Preston
Wright, Esther '/All, Bob Richardson.
EXCHANGE EDITOR MARTHA TRIMBLE
BUSINESS STAFF Bernard Harris, Jane Luck, Halmon Wood,
Billy Johnson, Mary Caroline Turner, Weems Boyd
FACULTY ADVISER MR. STROZIER
STUDENT ADVISER LANIER SPENCE
New Deal Asked
The adverse sentiment of the
student body of West Georgia has
been definitely aroused against
the present set-up of Physical Ed
ucation requirements. Students in
general have been voicing com
plaints about the inconvenience
and apparently valueless part ot
this year’s program. It has been
requested that these complaints
and arguments be formally pre
sented in an organized manner,
and such is the purpose of this edi
torial.
The present set-up calls for
three periods of recreation per
week, or rather tor two periods of
recreation and one of class work.
This period of class work consists
of one lecture per week, delivered
by the professor on some subject
relative to Physical Education So
far these periods have proven
ouite profitable and altogether un
objectionable. One of the recrea
tion periods is left to the individ
ual tastes of the students them
selves, and they are asked merely
to give reports of the activities
they participated in. Opportunities
and materials are furnished for a
varied number of sports from
which the student can select each
week bis choice of activity. But it
is the third unit which, in the op
inion of the student body, has com
pletely defeated its own purpose
and proven nothing but a nuisance
and inconvenience to all of whom
it is required This unit requires a
period of recreation, supervised by
the director, which must be or
ganized in the class period of the
student. That is to say, that the
student is expected to report to
class as usual, tell the activity in
which he wished to participate, se
cure the director’s approval, be as
signed to the group which is to
engage in that particular activity,
and in the time left in the period,
busv himself with that sport. The
student is also expected to report
to his class in recreation fully
dressed for physical activity. By
the time the student has donned
his gvm clothes, gone through
with the red tape of being assign
ed to his activity, and has left in
time to change again to his form
er attire, he has lost a great per
centage of tbe class period. Any
benefit he might gain from the re
laxation gained from physical ex
ercise in that short period of time
is lost in the rush and anxiety of
making himself ready in time to
avoid being late to his next class.
How can such a period of worry
and haste, sandwiched in between
regular class periods, be of any
possible benefit to the student as
a means of relaxation? It does
nothing but try his patience and
tire him thoroughly.
The primary object of this class
in relation to the student’s individ
ual Interest is to provide him with
supervised instruction. Under this
ins'ruction, the student is suppos
ed to become proficient in various
means of recreation which he may
wish to cultivate. Theoretically,
this is well-thought, and any stu
dent would appreciate professional
criticism and coaching in his fav
orite sports. But divide some thir
ty or forty minutes of actual activ
ity between the class average of
twenty or twenty-five students, en
gaged in several different sports
at the same time scattered from
the tennis courts to the tumbling
mats at the gymnasium, and esti
mate the amount of personal in
struction a director would be able
to give. No instructor could pos
sibly supervise that much activity
in such a given time. The student
merely goes ahead with his par
ticular group literally serving his
sentence till the bell rings.
The program in force last year,
faulty though it may have been,
allowed the student some freedom
! n selecting his own recreation.
When the student was not forced
to play basketball whether he
wanted to or not simply because
the entire gymnasium was given
over to it. he found it very easy to
report not just three hours a week
of exercise, but even five or six
barring practice in inter-collegiate
sports. It is in contrast with the
freedom and enioyment of last
year’s program that the present
set-up seems so unbearable .Rec
reation is the part of a student’s
life in which he needs freedom and
relaxation. This is what the stu
dent body is asking.
Challenge Accepted
Almost three months ago a
small group of scientifically mind
ed students sat in the presence ot
one who, in his own reserved man
ner, was issuing a challenge that
was to set fire to the heart oi
campus activities. The immediate
cause was the program which
went before: a series of excellent
but bookish and involved treaties
which were made up of borrowed
styles and ideas. But underlying
this is the fact that in colleges all
over the country freshmen and
sophomores, as they evolve front
high school simplicity and naive
straightforwardness, become in
fatuated with a sense of intellect
ual maturity which is reflected in
their program contributions as in
volved, deep, but little understood
phraseology that is borrowed front
some textbooks.
Since that quiet evening fiery
undercurrents have silently eaten
into the minds of campus leaders
showing itself here and there in a
radically different series of pro
gram contributions, masterpieces
of originality, humorisms. that are
convincing that truly, the chal
lenge must have been accepted.
Students here no longer stand
hunched before an audience over
a microscopic clipping or stand
THE WEST GEORGIAN
clutching a bulky manuscript of
borrowed ideas; but they go to
many sources for their material
they observe life about them, and
they present their results in an in
teresting way. Here, programs are
presented in the original way—the
only way in which a personality
can escape from under the camou
flage of borrowed ideas.
The origin of this movement lies!
In the effort of one campus organi
zation to stay on top. It spread as
other clubs baceame alive with the
fire of competition. Its significance
will be seen, when, after a year’s
progress it has changed the char
acter of this school from a color
less patch in the crazy-quilt of all
the colleges to a distinctive pat
tern, a pattern built on originality
and individualism.
Above Board
If this paper had not been re
signed to a conservative policy
last year, a different note might
have been sounded in election
write-ups. But nothing can be said
of the recent Fresnmen polls, ex
cept in a favorable view. Not only
in balloting, but throughout the en
tire campaign, the outward activ
ity spurred by healthful competi
tion, the absence or undercurrents
of prejudicial propaganda, con
trasting so favorably with the “Si
lent Candidates” in some races oi
the mud-slingers in others as car
only excite admiration from upper
classmen. It is hoped that this ex
ample will establish a precedent.
Why The Family?
After studying problems ol
twentieth century families, the
Family Relationships Class n?
Home Economics came to the con
clusion that the maladjust
ments of the family had been em
phasized too much and decided to
list a few things the family is still
good for.
There is a tendency in the pres
ent age to look pessimistically at
the family. This is probably be
cause of the changes made in tht
present living conditions and lack
of proper attitudes of life to meet
these changes. There are taboos
erected against marriage and i‘s
relations, the establishment and
stability of a home which we as
future home economists should
study, try to understand and strive
to destroy. Should we because of
the present living conditions in
the family think that there is
nothing to be gained from a fam
ily? After study and thought, we
resent the accusa’ion that the
present family holds very little in
comparison to the past ones for
its members and that the future
of the family is doomed to destruc
tion. Mazzini said “The family is
the heart’s fatherland; the fa'her
land is the cradle of humanity.”
It is obvious that love and af
fection are essential for full living.
In the family love and affection
are displayed and acquired more
effectively than in anv other in
stitution. This display in the fam
ily lends self-expresssion and self
development to an individual and
also leads to the development of
sympathy, understanding and re
spect for the rights of others.
The family is of great value in
the social life to its members. P
sets up goals, interests and finds
desirable and adequate means of
self-expresssion. Social relation
ships are necessary for mental
growth as are food, water, and air
for physical development. No bet
ter place exists than the family to
practice what Burnham has sum
marized as the nature of helpful
social relations, “To act with oth
ers as follower, or leader, to serve,
jf CICIE AM ILIIN lEjf
Santa Claus Letters-Some Last Requests
Well Santa Ole Top:
Now, we want to make a few re
quests. As some of the boys and
girls on the campus are rather
timid they have asked us to write
you this year for them. Please
bring Andy and Litten one of Prof.
Hercules Armstrong’s Courses in
Physical Culture.
Some of the boys and girls are
requesting Wedding Bells this
year, those having turned in then
names to us are: Jane Hardage
and Tom Smith, Esther Rose Zill
and Robert Jackson, Claire McLar
ty and Frank Kelly, Dot Holmes
and Andy Floyd, Orel Payne and
R. L. Crawford, Jr., Evelyn Bal
lard and O’rea Treadway, Kitty
Overby and Bob Richardson, Jew
ell Strickland and Billy Johnson,
Betty Sewell and James Maxwell,
and Mable Carpenter and Gordon
Watson (Faculty Advisor). Most
of the above are running for Class
Offices but we think you ought to
bring Jack Stephens an office be
cause he ain’t got no wimmen.
Please bring Andy Floyd an ex
tra set of keys for his car so he
won’t have to bother Dot when he
wants tc use his car. Pete Potts
only request is a stocking full of
Ducks. Halmon Wood’s crying
desire is anew bottle of Hair Re
storer, and don’t forget to bring
Owen Malcolm some Mustache
Wax. You will find Chubby Turner
easy to please, her only desire is
Peace and Quiet. Mr. Bonnet
seems to think that Novena is sad
ly in need of a memory course. I
suspose you know by now that
Bernard wants a one-way ticket
to Alabama (This will also be ap
preciated by the school in gener
al). Why don’t you bring Miss
Weaver some toy soldiers, until
the next Teacher’s Convention in
Columbus; and speaking of sold
iers Fletcher Carmichael would
appreciate a Soldier’s Uniform.
(He doesn’t need the hat, he’s got
one). Beth Almand craves a man
of action, and Norman Tant wants
a woman who will listen to his
words of affection. Lovett seems
f o be very unhappy of late so
nlease place a reason to smile in
his stocking, and speaking of un
happiness you would brighten the
lives of Virginia, Bessie and No-
to cooperate, on occasion to re
sent, or to fight, represent health
ful forms of activity; to deceive,
f o act cruelly, to be suspicious, to
hold a grudge, represents unhealth
ful as well as unsocial mental atti
tudes.
Although, we frequently hear
the problem discussed of women
working outside the home, or
spending much of her time attend
ing various social activities break
ing up the home, we should not
forget that there are many wo
men who are real homemakers
with sufficient initiative to carry
on these outside activities and
supervise their home at the same
time and thus keep the family to
gether as a unit.
If this life has meant nothing to
us as college students why do we
anticipate so eagerly holidays and
week-ends when we can go home
and be with our family? Do you
not suppose it was this that caus
ed John Payne to say: “Be it ever
so humble, there’s no place like
home?”
With these things in mind the
rising generation should strive to
adjust the family to changes which
are inevitable so thast the family
will continue to have something
that it can be good for.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1935
vena by bringing them just one
true friend.
The students of this Institution
are in dire need of better food.
Orchids to Mr. Lavender, he haa
been the best sport and just the
tops ever since he has been here
at West Georgia. It will be one of
the greatest losses we have ever
had when he leaves us on the first
of the year.
You won’t have to visit Jim Alex,
Bill Bowdoin, Tucker, Derryli
Dickey, Jimmy Jones, Robert Jack
son, R. L. Crawford, and James
Cowart this year because they will
have plenty of (Christmas) spir
its anyway. We rather doubt
whether you should come to see
David Braswell or not, he seem3
rather bent on discarding his
Saintly attitude during Christmas.
Say Santa, why don’t you ditch
Mrs. Claus and come to our Christ
mas ball, there are gonna be more
beautiful wimmen than Carter had
oats. Have a time, have a time. P.
S. bring a dram.
Affectionately yours,
uramma.
P. S. Come early and set till bed
time.
P. S. 2. By the way don’t forget
to bring Mr. Gunn all he deserves.
Dear Santa Claus:
You well know from past experi
ence that I am a little boy who
loves toys. The blocks you brought
me last year are completely de
molished now that I am rooming
with such a big old boy as Litton.
Please bring me some toys that
are really strong. Andy comes to
see us a lot (damn it).
Little Stewart McKibben,
your friend.
Dear Santa Claus: I am not going
to ask for any large gift just a:
Yuletide this year, Santa, Dear.
Would it be all right for me to ask
just one little favor that ould lasi
throughout the year. Please keep
me supplied in anew and interest
ing man, say anew one each week
or so during the coming year, and
J promise that I shan’t ever try to
worry Mr. Gunn or my mother
with long distance calls, won’t go
to Atlanta more than twice a week,
and ill always study (these boys).
If you feel especially generous just
at this time you might bring me a
wedding veil of real lace, just in
case. Also don’t forget David M.
He sOOOOOOO sweet. ALL MY
LOVE.
Grace Rushin.
R. L. Crawford: “Rat, you are
about the greenest thing I have
ever seen. Why look at the hay
seeds on your coat.”
Norman Tant: “Them ain’t hay
seed, wise guy, them’s wild oats.”
Miss Ward: Why were you kiss
ing in that dark corner last night?
Youth: Now that I’ve seen her
in daylight I sort of wonder my
self.
JONES DRUG
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