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Page Two (Du' Hirst (Sairuuut I V 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 COMPANY Complete Line of Christmas Goods. FOUNT SERVICE