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The Men’s Glee Club will present
a program Friday night Mar. 6, in
LaGrange, Ga., at the LaGrange
Women’s College. The same pro
gram will be given at Centralhat
chee on April 3, it was announced
this morning.
** * *
Mr. I. S. Ingram and Mr. R. M.
Strozier traveled to Athens yes
terday to make further arrange
ments for the Public Forum to be
held here March 27-29.
** * *
Lanier Spence and Mr. Cawthon
have adopted anew profession—
that of taxidermy (Three black
birds to date). They plan to con
duct some experiments on th(
same animals —what kind? Psy
chological, we understand.
** * *
After a grueling night as assist
ant managing editor last night
Fran Kelly came down with the
mumps this morning.
** * *
Mr. W. F. Gunn was in Atlanta
yesterday and arranged at the
Georgia Baptist hospital for three
or four days treatment for Jane
Ousterhaut.
** * *
The Student Placement Service
instituted last year swings in to
the limelight again as Mr. J. C.
Bonner arranges for a meeting to
day or tomorrow in order to ex
plain its operation to interested
students, particularly the Normal
Training Students.
** * *
The inquiring reporter learned
this morning that Mr. L. E. Rob
erts is expected to be with us for
the Public Forum in March.
** * *
Handbook Revised
The Athletic Handbook is being
revised and rewritten by Braswell
and the Board of Managers to
place the booklet in permanent
form.
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A YEAR AGO
We are submitting this collec
tion of headlines from the West
Georgian of March 12, 1935. This
is to remind the high and mighty
Sophs of the good old days when
they were insignificant (?) Fresh
men.
Editor-in-Chief—Rosey Spence.
Spring Holidays —March 19-24 —
(We’re getting a whole week this
year.)
Dance to be given on March 29.
—(lt’s the 27th this year.)
Men’s Glee Club gives two per
formances.—(This year with pic
tures.)
Braswell addresses group at
Wesleyan.—(Return engagement
soon.)
** * *
Miss Downs In Charge
Of Extension Work
An extension class on the Funda
mentals of Curriculum Construc
tion is being held weekly at Frank
lin, Ga., during a class period of
two hours. Miss Katie Downs of
the West Georgia College Faculty
has been in charge of the depart
ment since its beginning in De
cember.
The class is composed of Heard
County teachers from Franklin,
Centralhatchee, and Rockalo, Ga.
Senior college credit is being given
for this class. This extension de
partment of West Georgia College
was authorized by the Division of
General Extension of the Univer
sity system of Georgia.
W. 6. C. BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATEB
THE WEST GEORGIAN
VOLUME 111.
Big Eugenic Movement Is Initiated Here
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STUDENT VOTE FAVORS HONOR SYSTEM
VOTE CLIMAXES MOVEMENT BEGUN
BY V.R. A. COMM. INVESTIGATION
51.8 Per Cent Majority Vote Cast In Student Poll In
Favor of Honor System; Results Too Close To
Warrant Change of System
Student opinion slightly favors the honor system, returns reveal
in the balloting sponsored jointly by this paper and the Voluntary
Religious Association, although the voting was too close to warrant
adoption of that system.
An approach to the study of the problem was made last Fall in
a series of programs and discussions by the V. R. A. A committee
was appointed at a recent meeting to sound out conditions and the
working of the present system. The major result of this movement
has been a favorable change of student attitude toward cheating as
was revealed in the recent ballot.
Favor of System Not Valid
The 51.8% majority vote cast in
favor of an honor system was seen
as not warranting action because
(1) the low percentage of votes
cast, (2) the closeness of the bal
loting, and (3) an inconsistency
in a majority of the “aye” votes
revealing generally inadequate
knowledge of the way in which the
system works.
Comparison shows that 62.2%
of those favoring the honor system
will not consent to hold them
selves responsible for other stud
ents. It is possible that they favor
a modified system. This brings its
absolute favor, however, down to
20.2% of the voters.
Change of Attitude Indicated
The fact that 65% of the stud
ents admitted having cheated since
coming to this college, bears out
the conditions uncovered by the
V. R. A. investigating commission.
74.8% of the entire ballots and
57% of those admitted having
cheated before, expressed that it
is their intention not to do so in
the future.
The most favorable returns were
seen to come from ballots cast by
the Freshmen women. With the
men, especially the Sophomores,
skepticism as to the possibility of
reform prevailed.
V. R. A. Group Holds
Church Services Feb. 23
The Voluntary Religious Asso
ciation rendered the morning ser
vice at the First Baptist Church of
Carrollton on Sunday, February
29. The student speakers were:
Wm. Kelley, Blakeley; Ed Rogers,
Ashburn; Lucille Portwood, Car
rollton; and Glen Hogan, Carroll
ton. Andy Floyd, of Atlanta, rend
ered a solo, “Beside Still Waters,”
accompanied by Georgia Castle
bury, Lumpkin. The Meditation
was given by Mr. Braswell, and
Grace Rodgers of McDonough re
cited the poem, “I Give Thee
Thanks.”
Plans for similar programs to
be rendered by the deputation
team at local churches and nearby
colleges are being made.
CARROLLTON, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1936
Fine Series of
Chapel Speakers
Are Heard Here
Judge Wyatt, J. C. Martin,
Mrs. M. C. Wiley Speak
To Students
The students and faculty of West
Georgia have been greatly honor
ed by prominent chapel speakers
who were brought to this school
by President Ingram and Dean
Gunn.
The morning devotional of Feb
ruary 11 was conducted by Judge
Wyatt, judge of the Coewta Cir
cuit. Judge Wyatt’s subject was
“Crime and Citizenship.” He gave
some very accurate but very
astounding reports of the progress
that crime made in America in
the last twenty years. He pointed
out that 73% of all crimes com
mitted were done so by boys and
girls under 21 years of age. He
gave a very vivid report of crime
and showed that it is up to the
youth of America today to stop
this great crime wave.
The speaker for the morning
hour of Feb. 18 was Mr. J. O.
Martin, state supervisor of the
N. Y. A. Mr. Martin”s talk was
directed in the main to those stu
dents receiving government aid.
He gave a very interesting ac
count of the work the government
is doing in trying to give the
present day youth a college edu
cation.
The morning hour of Feb. 21
was presided over by Mrs. Wiley,
wife of the Superintendent of
Schools of Carrollton. Mrs. Wiley
gave a brief history of America’s
greatest immortal partiot, George
Washington. She gave a fine re
port on the life of the man who
many times risked his life in or
der that his country might be
saved.
W. G. C. Braves
Lose To B. P. I.
Quintet, 48-39
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 28. —West
Georgia College was defeated by
the strong Brewton-Parker five,
48-39.
Playing one of the best Junior
College teams in the state of Geor
gia, West Georgia was defeated by
a better and faster quintet from
Brewton-Parker. Due to the lack
of height the West Georgia boys
were no match for this tall and
aggressive bunch.
The West Georgia five started
off strong but the Brewton-Parker
boys soon overcame this early
lead and were never headed. For
West Georgia Shumake lead the
scoring with eighteen points. The
points for Brewton-Parker were
evenly divided.
The sponsors for West Georgia
was Miss Margaret Chaney, of Car
rollton and Miss Mignon Sewell,
of Tallapoosa.
Public Forum
To Be Held
March 27 - 29
Forum Will Consist of Both
Morning and Afternoon
Sessions
Of much interest to both the
students of West Georgia College
and the people of Carrollton are
the plans for the Public Forum to
be held on this campus on March
27 and 28.
The Forum will consist of both
morning and afternoon sessions on
Friday, March 27, and a morning
session on Saturday. On the night
of the 27th Dr. S. V. Sanford,
Chancellor of the University Sys
tem of Georgia will speak at a
banquet held in the college dining
hall. At this time the members
of the Lion’s Club, the Civitan
Club, the Lit-Mu Club, and the
Business and Professional Wo
man’s Club will be the guests of
the college. Following this ban
quet the Dramatic Club will en
tertain the faculty, student body,
and guests of the college at a
dance in the gymnasium.
Speakers at the Forum will be
Senator Charles Redwine who will
speak on Taxation; Dr. R. P.
Brooks who will talk on Controlled
Agriculture; Dr. Fletcher Green
who will discuss Neutrality; and
Dr. Malcolm H. Bryan.
Professor Robert M. Strozier as
Chairman of the Committee on
Public Exercises of the college will
act as director of the Forum. Also
serving on this committee are Miss
Dorothy St. Clair, Mr. W. Fred
Gunn, Miss Ruby Jenkins, and Mr.
Cawthon Moves
To Reform of
Eugenic Laws
Statistics Gathered By
Cathorn From Students
To Be Basis Of Reform
A program of eugenic surveys
which is hoped will lead toward
ultimate legislative reform in
Georgia was initiated here last
week by Registrar Cawthon with
the aid of other faculty members.
The subject of this program and
possibly of the resultant social re
form is: “Present School Registra
tion of Georgia as a Basis of a
More GENERAL EUGENIC REG
ISTRATION of the Whole Popula
tion of Georgia.” Cawthon stated
that this material will also be used
as a basis for a Doctor's theses on
the same subject.
To Investigate Eugenic Laws
Cawthon outlined the purpose of
the movement as being the “Social
betterment of the race by giving
the newly born and the youth of
America a fair and intelligent
chance to cope with the perplexi
ties of life composed of physical,
chemical, and social environ
ments.” This will be made possible
through legislative action based on
the results of the present move
ment, Cawthon predicted.
An authoritative source has re
vealed plans of the present ad
ministration to transplant the nu
cleus of the movement to the cap
itol for nation wide reform, if it re
mains in office another term.
Statistics Gathered
The first statistics were taken
last week through the medium of
blanks delivered to the students
personally and through the aid of
the Biology Department. The
blanks were the official ones of
the Eugenic Record Office of the
Carnegie Institute.
Further plans include tabulation
of the records of the teachers and
pupils in every high school in each
| county of the state,
j Consultation will be held with
the State Department of Educa
tion, the Bureau of Vital Statistics
and of Criminology, Cawthon said.
He also stated that officials of
Tech and Emory have been con
ferred with.
Long Term Necessary
The general results to be expect
ed are (1) a population conscious
of its problems, (2) raised eugenic
level of the state, (3) mental and
physical enlightment throughout
the state, and (4) the student be
comes a vital cog in a long time
movement.
In his request for co-operation,
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NUMBER 6.