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Page Two Jfcct (Georgian Edltor-in-Chlef Grace W inK UusJuohh Manager Glenn l,o>gan Associate Editor r „-Lu?tle Pqrtwood Assistant Editor Aubrey Jones Managing Editor Edwin Rogers Club Editor Elizabeth Burnham Sports Editor i.Jack Smith Exchange Editor Martha Trimble Faculty Adviser Mr. Strozler Student Adviser Lanier Spence Published every three weeks by the student* of West Georgia College. Picked up In Chapel— “lnventory, resolu tions, Stoic philosophy ” •* * * The Dean’s List gets a news write-up and the Probation List gets an editorial. Fair enough. •* • * Chapel sessions are great places for W. G. reporters'—judging Irom the attendance any thing that happens there will be news to most of the students. ** * * Dean Gunn has finally been converted to Mr. Hart’s “Percentage Curve’’ theory after making out the Dean’s list arid the probation list for the preceding quarter. ** * * During the recent cold spell a draft was noted in the boy's dormitory shower down stairs. The “Do-Nothing” candidate has prom ised that if elected he will install no-draft ventilation. ** * * The ones who use the research periodical files, the ones for whom they are intended, complain because they, themselves, keep it out of order. Would larger cabinets make those files more accessible for debaters? ** * * The averqge life of a sign op the bulletin board is about three minutes if it’s lucky. Last year they were bedecked with “P. S. Bring a Dram.” This year they afe as quickly obscured by “For President” petitions and “For sale—French 1111 book.” Wp want more thumbtack*. MEETING COMPETITION Anything worth having is worth fighting tor, and anything that is worth having has to be fought for. As any student leaves his accustomed environment and widens his sur roundings, the first thing with which the comes in contact is an ever-increasing group of persons like himself, all'fighting for more or less the same thing. Especially at this time of a student’s life, when his education is still of the standardized type. As he be comes more specializing, the competition in numbers decreases. Students who led their respective groups in high school and home communities find i difficult to do so in college and they wonder why their grades no longer fall into the up per bracket as they did formerly. In college fctandards become higher and higher, accord ing to the number of contestants. The stu dent is thrown into competition with the best representatives of other schools whose re quirements are possibly higher than those of his own school, and instead of being the one who sets the standard, he becomes the one who often finds it impossible to even reach it. He simply meets others whose best is better than his own. The work of the per son in question has not fallen, it may even have risen in quality with the renewed ef forts; he still does A work according to his former standard, but according to the new standads it becomes a B or a C. The loss of self-confidence is the chief danger in this loss of prestige. It is disheart ening to think that what you have always considered to be unusual ability in studies, athletics,- or any actiivty is merely average ability and that there are countless other people w'ho can do the same things much better than you. But there is always this to be remembered, that being successful in a thing does not mean that one has to be the top To successfully learn a thing one merely has to learn it the best he can, and if other people can learn it bolter, what of it? It isn’t fair to think that this makes your achieve ment any less. The way to meet competition is to meet it calmly, take it for granted; know your best and be determined_that it is what you require of yourself at all tipies. Get ting the greatest possible results with what you have —that is success; and it’s A plus for you. ... .. _ _ . ... ... SUPPORT OUR SUPPORTERS By Bill Kelly As West Georlga College steps on toward the end of another successful year, It seems appropriate that we should extend to the pei>- pfe of this city and surrounding communities o.ir deepest and mos* sincere appreciation for pertinacious aid during the history of thi3 college. The people of Carrollton have made it pos sible for us to carry on our various activities on the campus. Certainly no better location or more co-operative populace could have been selected for a college than this. We have at times been In a desperate need for help on our college annual and college paper and the merchants have responded with alacrity to this need. With the small allotment which has been set aside by the office, it would have been Impossible for us to put out the Chieftain, whereas with the generous cooper ation of our friends we are enabled to put out each year a complimentary year book. The price of this publication is a severe test of our friendship but Carrollton merchants have played the part of a saving Providence and have snatched us from the brink of failure and have helped us on to success. It Is an earnest desire of the staff of the Chieftain that the students read the ads ana watch closely to see our real supporters. These ads are given as anonymous donations, but they were given as an acknowledgement of di rect affilliation with West Georgia College and as a solicitation of trade. Watch our advertisers, and support our sup poters, West Georgians! CAN YOU READ? Most evolutionary advances result from an ur gent need. It was in just such a circumstance (hat the idea of a reading class at W.G.C. orlginatecl. Examination of student records for last quarter reveals a general decline of averages, with an ever expanding probation list, and an uncomplimentarily low mark re nuired for admittance to the realm of the up per fifteen percenters, the Dean's List. Thurst ing aside all suggestions of racial decline or sunspots as possible clauses, a faculty com mittee soon arrived at the startling fact that there are few among the students who really can read. Of course such an announcement was made only for those whose results were unsatisfactory in spite of apparently suffi cient application. . , The main points involved in this comp Heat ed matter of reading are (1) vision, (2) con centration, and memory. Possible physical defects are being ably handled by the physicial education department. But feeling that in eficiency in reading has arisen from un scientific practice, the Education depart ment has undertaken to give interested stu dents an elemental knowledge of how to get the best results from time spent in reading, and to furnish an opportunity for practice in concentation and memory. If immediate response is an inlication of the favorableness of the ultimate results, the greatest■ possible improvement may be anticipated. But more deserving of praise than the initiative shown >by the students was that of a f certain members who have made thig one of the few local colleges doing this work. ' : AN APOLOGY The editorial sta|ff of this paper feels that it owes the Men’s. Dormitory an apology for printing an item which became the cause .of a good deal of unfavorable comment. But its result was not for the worst, for anyone with an eye On campus activities noted the con nection of the above with one of the topics discussed at the housemeeting held in the dormitory Monday 'night, January ,6th. The item which w’as captioned, .“Dormitory Rules,” w r as supposed by some to allude direct ly to conditions prevailing, in the Men’s build ing. This was defipitely not the case, as the article was merely, taken .from an exchange paper to be used as filler in the column, with no idea of reference to the men’s builciilng on our campus. . It any reform was necessary, we are glad to have instigated ; it, even if by mistake; if the criticism was unjust, we can only ’say lhat .the. epuse .was* not intended. ’ * THE WEST GEORGIAN BALL TEAM For the first time this year the students are being given _a definite opportunity to demonstrate their school spirit and loyalty to the college. We refer 1!b the basketball team and the athletic season which is just opening. To the average student school spirit suggests nothing but athletics, either actually serving on a school team or lending moral support. West Georgia has not engaged in any inter-collegiate sports so far this year, and the want of some representative group around which to center their interest has been keenly felt by the entire student body. But now West Georgia is ready to take her place among her contemporaries in the Held of sports, and we believe that it will ber one of the highest. When the manager issued the call for practice to begin an unusually large number responded enthusiastically. This group has been cut to the final number required now and they have been practicing steadily for the past few weeks. These men are for the most part the stars of their respective high school agregations, and they represent the best basketball material to be found on this campus. They are anxious to do their best in winning recognition both for themselves and the school. It is for us, now, to show our confidence in them and our willingness to entrust to them our college’s reputation to defend. This can only be done by doing the part set aside for us who cannot actively en gage in the sport. That is by showing at teudnace at the various home games and participating in group demonstrations. Let’s cfon t be one of those students who plainly shows his indiffernece by standing on the t-ide lines when the other students are boost ing the team and showing them their appre ciation. Give them the best of your support and they will give you the best of their abili ties. Don’t just hope they win, everytime, you can help them! FIRST AID Last quarter the weekly lecture period fcdven by the Athletic administration was centered about organization, and problems of health and life. The cumulative material on these topics which was presented from week to week, soon found each student with an abundance of essential information not generally so interestingly presented in col leges. But an entirely new field of subject matter is now being presented, this field being the handling of emergencies. Of course the idea of drilling students in medical administration, preparedness, and level headness during emergencies arose from evidence of generally ‘ insufficient train ing, and the possibility of need of first aid knowledge in the future. But the pertinence of such a field of work has never been so forcibly impressed on any group as it was during the mishap of Jan. 7th. Since no progess could have been made in the above mentioned.course by that time, the commend able way in which the situation was hand led is attributable only to one thing: self control. Its result is cooperation—coopera tion that lends its services where needed, but takes a back seat when other’s freedom of action is more essential. In order to retain such level headedness, on cannot afford to exaggerate danger. One could never be guilty of such gross exaggeration as was ex emplefied in the. radio broadcast of the above incident the other morning, without becoming a menace te-those -nearby. First fid does not refer to comforts be stowed after the doctor arrives, although they have not been lacking. It even comes "before the first emergency treatment. It is the aid that one lends to the general hand ling of a situation " by" this first impulse, his first action. If one is in a position to give treatment, his usefullness will depend upon training and quick' thinking; but it may at other times depe'rids on sellf coritril, to ones ability to suppress the urge of self preserva tion which is collectively expressed in panics. —■ It has been suggested that the phone booth on the back porch be put on a pay-as-you-enter basis instead of a pay-as-you-call basis. It is being worn out, but no one is using the tele phone inside. It has been suggested that a chimney be added, also a container to keep lipstick-staiuexLcigaxfiLts ofL tha flaor.. ... TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1936 SCREAMLINES “I am lualterably against beer and pool rooms.” I. S. Ingram. “What I leraned on the Left Bank, in not less than 5 words: A glorious manner of sinning.” R. M. S. Owen Malcolm may not know that he is approaching on Norman Tant’s territory. Ex—You’re too too devine!) Mr. Cawthon will have to get busy for we have counted on our Registrar furnishing us with juicy bots of gossip for the paper. ... Jack Stevens had better stop de bating which girl he will take to the ball games and try and find out who will go with him. “My most un-Christianly moment: The time I stole the hinges off the ice-box at Blue Ridge and ate all the food I could get.” D. M. B. Who is the new girl Jimmy West brook seems to making up to so ardently. Jimmy you could miss at least one meal sitting by her at the table. Virginia Shoffeitt says that home is the place where part of the family waits for the rest of teh family to reutrn with the auto mobile. It was “the girl with the Dreamy Eyes,” Nadine, who cause all the commotion at the Tyus-Burwell game last evening. When it gets to the point of people being carried out of the gym for standing by a girl it is getting bad. We are glad to note that all those on the sick list seem to be on the road to recovery. We have missed them very much on the campus and will be glad to have them back among us. t I suppose it takes all kinds to make up this ole world of ours. This column feels however that we could do very well without the Judges that are among us. They are among us but we are glad to say that they are not of us. “Long ago when my heart was young and foolish I though a young doctor was by far the most agree able man of my acquaintance. But he thought the same thing abqut by blonde rival.” —Sarah Ward. Topic of conversation: 1. “To be or not to be” —broad- minded. “ " t 2. What now—wet or dry? 3. Which next —the buildings. 4. How come— jto break fast. - - - • 5. Did you know that —“Shorty” is the latest victim. 6. Do you know—why the tele phone is being moved. 7. Wonder if —Bessie has forgot ten “Ezra” and Rosie? To the editor’s sudden exposal in the last issue of her inveterate convictions on that division of our athletic set-up termed “supervised recreation period” we add our amen without hesitancy. If things are left as they are now the best proeeedure would be to alleviate that much dreaded weekly ordeal by centralizing to some degree the object of the whole period. And about the only plan our meditating apparatus can evolve is that a class in “changing efficiently from clothes to tites and getting 3 min utes late to the next class in re- — •