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VOLUME IV
Appointments For The
West Georgian Listed
TODD NAMED BUSINESS MAN
AGER; OVER THIRTY
COMPOSE STAFF
Thursday, September 24, Editor
Robert Knox published a list of the
students who will compose the
editorial and business staffs of the
West Georgia for the school year
1936-37. It was announced that
this staff is not permanent.
Some of the students have serv
ed in various capacities on last
year’s staff. Others are new stu
dents, many of whom have had
limited experience on high school
publications.
According to reports released
from the editorial department,
plans for an issue evei'y other
week are underway. Although the
report stfftes that no special word
in regard to the size of the issue is
available, members of the staff ex
press the hope to publish six pages.
Due to the lack of experience
the fundamentals of newspaper
style and writing, the editor and
assistants are preparing -a syllabus
of notes and facts taken from lead
ing books on newspapers report
ing and writing which were pur
chased by Knox during the sum
mer. The syllabus will be pub
lished and distributed to the staff
members as soon as possible. From
it, they are expected, as the fore
word states, to be equipped with
the writing tools in order that the
articles will not be forced to under
go such drastic revisions.
Also plans for the guidance of
Freshmen who may be considered
for the paper leadership next year
are in the mind of the editor who
hopes, “that next year’s staff will
not be forced to work under such
circumstances as now exist with
regard to editing the first issue.
It has been a difficult task to get
out this paper with only what lit
tle I and my two assistants knew.”
No definite set-up has been
established in the sports depart
ment. There are several writers
contributing material to this sec
tion from whose articles and atti
tudes the editor will choose an
editor and an assistant, both to
have complete charge of the sports
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Improvements On College
Campus Have Been Made
CAPACITY ENLARGED TO AC
COMMODATE GREAT
ENROLLMENT
Numerous improvements have
been made at West Georgia College
recently* The campus N. Y. A.
committee, under Rufus Wood, has
making some needed improve
ments on the campus; new class
rooms have been built under the
dining hall, and modern showers
have been added to accommodate
day students.
The new class are ultra
modern in the interiors. The
floors are of cement, and an indi
rect lighting system has been in
stalled. Prof. Gordon Watson may
be quoted as saying, “They may
The West Georgian
Handbook Published
And Distributed
The student handbook, some
times referred to as the Freshman
Bible, was distributed to the stu
dents last Tuesday. This pamphlet
of informafion contains rules and
regulations set down by the facul
ty.
The handbook has for its preface
a letter by President Ingram. The
contents of the letter is in regard
to the welcome of all students and
expresses as a whole the purposes
and objectives of West Georgia Col
lege.
The faculty takes the sole privi
lege of making the rules found in
the booklet. However, the students
indirectly suggest the establish
ment of the rules by thar conduct.
For instance, last year students
were allowed nine cuts per quar
ter, but some of the students took
advantage of the liberty and their
absences exceeded that number.
Thus this year, as the handbook
reads, “There will be no excused
absences except for trips with ath
letic teams, the Glee clubs, the
debating club, the dramatic club,
field trips sponsored by instruc
tors, and illness.”
- The book closes With the sched
ule of student activities and a
word or two on Honor Points.
Kelley Appoints Staff
Of 1937 Chieftain
With the most prosperous year
of West Georgia College looming
forth, the editor of the Chieftain,
annual college publication, is look
ing forward to publishing the best
year book in the school’s short his
tory. There is a promise of splen
did material on all sides. The
staff is composed of over 40 mem
bers, and it is with great regret
that the editor announces that he
has had to cut his staff to such a
limited number.
The staff is composed of the fol
lowing members:
Associate Editor—Claire McLarty.
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be favorably compared to any of
those I visited at Harvard this sum
mer.”
The girls’ dormitory has been
painted completely on the inside,
and the lobby of the men’s build
ing has been renovated. Also a
cement walk has been built in front
of all the buldings.
Avery significant thing is, that,
due to the large enrollment for
Fall Quarter at West Georgia, the
home ecnomic laboratory and Pres.
Ingram’s home are being used for
temporary quarters to accommo
date several women students.
Officials of the college state that
West Georgia has the most promis
ing outlook for the future of any
junior division in the entire Uni
versity System.
CARROLLTON, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1936.
Dr. Collins Speaks At
Meeting Of Voluntary
Religious Association
The Voluntary Religious Asso
ciation of West Georgia College
held its first meeting in the chapel
at five o’clock Sunday afternoon,
September 26.
The speaker of the occasion was
Dr. Collins of the First Methodist
Church at Newnan, Georgia who
spoke on “Essential Problems a
Student Must Face in College”.
Three-fourths of the student body
was there; many members of the
faculty, and visitors from Carroll
ton were also present.
The other portion of the program
consisted of several hymns with
the opening prayer by Dean Gunn
of the College. Introduced by the
president of the V. R. A., Andy
Floyd, Pres. Ingram who cahcelled
an engagement jn order to be
there, introduced the speaker of
the afternoon.
Immediately after the Vesper
Services, refreshments were served
on the front lawn, during which
time many students personally ex
pressed appreciation of Dr. Collins
speech.
The officers of the Voluntary
Religious Association for 1930-37
are as follows: Andy Floyd, presi
dent; Frank Kelly, vice-president;
Rosalind Hayes, secretary and
treasurer; and Miss Katie Downs
of the Education Department is
faculty advisor.
The aim of the Voluntary Re
ligious Association this year, as
Floyd stated at the first meeting, is
to make West Georgia College a
better place to live, to promote
leadership, to aid a growing knowl
edg of God and the universe, to de
velop respect for human person
ality, and to increase and encour
age wholesome social relationships.
All students are invited to at
tend each Sunday afternoon Ves
per Services at five oclock in the
chapel. Anyone interested in par
ticipating or assisting with the
program, see Andy Floyd, presi
dent of the V. R. A.
N. Y. A. Projects
Enlarged To Aid 86
Eighty-six students have secur
ed employment this year under the
National Youth Administration
Program, which enables them to at
tend school regularly and to do
their required amount of work
when they are not in the class
rooms. The students receive twen
ty-four cents per hour, with sal
aries ranging from three to twelve
dollars a month.
Work is given only to the stu
dent who has a good scholastic
standing in school and who is rec
ommended highly by friends. He
must give proof that he needs to
work in order to attend school
and must do tasks assigned him to
the best of his ability. If he does
not work the required number of
hours and turn out satisfactory
work, he will not be eligible for
work during the following quar
ters.
Each student is assigned work
which he is best suited for, and
this work is supervised by a mem
ber of the faculty. Many of the
students - this year are serving as
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West Georgia College
x Starts Its Fourth Year
Phillip J. Shuttleworth
Named New Registrar
Phillip J. Shuttleworth has. been
named West Georgia College’s new
registrar to take the place of Neal
M. Cauthon who is at the Graduate
School in Athens.
Mr. Shuttleworth has been in
the South only about twelve years.
He was born in Central New York
state and received his early educa
tion in Amsterdam, N. Y. In June
1936 he received his bachelor’s de
gree at the University of Georgia
Evening School, majoring in ac
counting. He is a member of the
Alpha Kappa Psi, a professional
commerce fraternity.
Registrar Shuttleworth confesses
that he has been everything from
a carnival consessionaire to a shoe
clerk with bell-hopping and hotel
clerking in between. For a while
he was secretary in a Y. M. C. A.
During the height of the depres
sion in 1931, he was going to school
at Georgia Tech in the morning,
sleeping in the afternoon,- and driv
ing a taxicab all night.
He says that his most unusual
experience during that time occur
red when a man whom he was
carrying as a passenger ended up
by taking him to Washington, D.
C. by plane. Incidentally, that
was the only time that Mr. Shuttle
worth was ever in a plane.
Idealistic as it may seem, the
new registrar’s principal aim in
life is to be of service and to in
crease knowledge. His pet hobbies
are advertising and promoting.
Lengthened Library
Hours Introduced
With the beginning of the 1936-
1937 term, anew phase of library
work has been introduced to West
Georgia College students; whereas
in former years the students could
have access to the library only dur
ing the day.
Students are now being provided
with the privilege of night library
hours under the supervision of
various faculty members. It is left
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Freshmen Placement Tests
Are Part Of Orientation
During the first two weeks of
the fall term, the Freshmen took
comprehensive and placement
tests in English, General Mathe
matics, General Science, Social Sci
ence, and World History. All these
tests, sponsored by Dr. Beers, who
is state examiner of schools, were
compiled especially for the Uni
versity System, although they are
used in various other universities
and colleges.
Every new student is required to
take them. Three records of the
results are on file in the office
of the college, in the file of the
high school from which the Fresh;,
man graduated, and in the file of
the University System office.
Besides these tests the Otis High
ENROLLMENT INDICATES GAIN
OF 12 lElt GENT; 304
ARE REGISTERED
With groat enthusiasm West
Georgia opened for the new 1930-
37 term on September 21st. This
year’s enrollment bdunded up to
304, a 12 per cent increase over the
270 of last .year. The girls out
number the boys with 105 fresh
men and 70 Sophomores; the boys
come close behind with their 08
Freshmen add 61 Sophomores. This
year is the first year the September
registration has ever reached the
300 mark.
In the 304 students there is a
Green, a Brown, and a White; in
the provision line there is a Ham,
a Berry, and a Nutt, for the great
outdoors listed there is a Brooks,
a Rivers, a Meadows and a I jane,
and for the disobedient there is a
Thrash, an Aiken, and a Hurt.
Including all Freshmen and
Sophomores the 304 are listed
here:
FRESHMEN
Mary Drennie Aiken, William
Aldridge, William Frederick Allen,
Beth Claire Andrew, Tom Arnold,
C. W. Ashmore, Charles Bailey,
Emmie Lou Baker, Dorothy Ban
dy, Mary Alice Barnes, Herman
Evans Barnes, Ruth Barr, Nat Har
ris Bedgood, Mildred Bell, Grace
Bell, Lena Mildred Bell, Robert
Lynn Bell, Bill Louis Berry, Pau
line Bell, Reather Blackwelder,
Wilburn Anderson Boggs, Alice
Bolding, Millicent Bookout, Fred
Bonner, Margaret Bowen.
John Brooks, Dan Brewster, Mar
jorie Broach, Virginia Brown,
Quinton Burgess, Malcolm Carter,
Dorothy Causey, Eva Cauthen,
Warren Childs, Nolle Clegg, Fran
ces Cochran, Earl, Cole, Inestelle
Coleman, Woodrow Crayey, James
Robert Dailey, Christine Denney,
Howard Denney, Newman Denney
Harry Dodd, Dorothy Dodd, Mary
Carolyn Doss, Ilah Madge Doyal,
Lillie Doyal, Mildred Dunwoody,
Frank Cline Dysart, Joe Ilarben
Felker, Sara Nell Floyd.
Mary Katherine Fitts, James
Paul George, Sarah Gladney, Eliza
beth Glass, Martha Gladd, Dick
Grace, Floy Grant, Ora Belle
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Test was given. This test is main
ly designed to indicate the natural
intelligence and the reasoning
ability of the student.
The only test to have any bear
ing on the student’s record is the
English Placement Test. Students
scoring below a seventy-five are
required to take English A, a non
credit course offered during three
quarters. Those who fall between
75 and 181 enroll in English I, and
those who score above the 181
mark are exempted from the.
course in Freshman English.
In this year’s Freshman class
only six students scored above the
181 mark; this is the highest in
the history of the school.
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