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Y esterday 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. ** * * 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 kb •X* rj* 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, (Continued on Bage 5) NUMBER 6.