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VOLUME IV
debating team
CLASHED WITH
AMERICUS FRIDAY
drive started to become
MOST ACTIVE CLUB ON
CAMPUS
The debating teams of West
Georgia College met those of Geor
gia Southwestern College, Friday
evening at 7:30 in the college audi
torium.
The subject of the debate was
resolved: That Georgia should adopt
the fifteen mil lad valorem tax
limitation amendment.
“The question is of vital import
ance to every Georgian and the
members of the student body
should be delgihted at this oppor
tunity to hear in intelligent dis
cussion of the problem for on
the fate of the amendment at the
polls on November the third de
pends the future of our present
system of taxation”, said President
Marion Huddleston.
Three of the College’s outstand
ing inter-collegiate debaters are be
ing joined by a new-comer to form
the two teams.
The W. G. C. affirmative team of
Frank Kelly and Horton Greene
made the trip to Americus to meet
the Southwestern College negative
team there Friday.
The home team of Glenn Hogan
and Marion Huddleston mef the
Americus affirmative team in the
college auditorium at 7:30 p. m.
Hogan and Huddleston, it was told
a West Georgian reporter Monday
morning, are gifted debaters and
everyone interested in debating or
in the question being discussed is
invited to attend. There will be no
admittance charge, announcements
said.
The debate will be presided over
by Robert Jackson, vice president
of the club.
The Debating club has started a
drive to become the most active
club on the campus. The club is
going forward according to reports,
at a rapid rate with the expansion
of its program. A bigger schedule
has been planned with several de
bates already on the list, it was
learned. A large amount of very
good freshman material is on the
campus as well as some good
sophomore debaters.
Four pledges were accepted to
membership in the club at the last
meeting. They are: Howard Hand
ley, George H. Vincent, Alfred
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New Teaching Supervision
Installed At West Georgia
extensive work will be'
DIRECTED BY MISS
DOWNS
Miss Downs announced Friday
afternoon that the State Depart
ment of Education is making possi
ble an extensive instructive teach
ing supervision.
Miss Downs has charge of this
program at West Georgia.
Teachers eligible ,for this super
vision are the ones who have taken
curricular courses at West Georgia
and are prepared to carry out
Georgia revised curricular with
The West Georgian
Thanksgiving Holidays
Are Announced *
Dean Gunn announces the be
ginning of the Thanksgiving re
cess to start on Wednesday after
noon, November 25, upon comple
tion of class exercises.
“All classes will be held at their
regular time”, said Mr. Gunn. “Any
student cutting a class or exercise
occurring the two days immediate
ly preceding or the two days im
mediately following Thanksgiving
recess, will be expected to pay a
fine of $1.50 for ecah day on which
the absence occurred.”
PHI SIGMA INITIATES
THREE NEW MEMBERS
PUBLISHES FIRST ISSUE OF
NEWS BULLETIN
At the regular meeting last
Thursday night three new mem
bers were initiated into the Geor
gia Alpha Chapter of Phi Sigma
Alpha, national honorary social sci
ence fraternity. This brings the
total o factive members to twenty
one.
The three new members are:
George Vincent, Evelyn Ballard
and Mildred Simms.
During the initiation the pledges
were given a test in social science,
with both Mr. Roberts and Mr.
Bonner denying that they had ever
taught the members, when they
saw the grades.
The first issue of the news bulle
tin was distributed and met with a
favorable reception, according to
Phi Sigma members.
At the next meeting Miss Cowen
of the English Dept, will talk to
the club on some phase of her
trip to Panama and the Carri
bean during the summer.
President Howard Handley said
that this should prove very inter
esting, not only to the club mem
bers, but to the student body as
well, which is invited to attend the
meetings of the club.
The program for the meeting,
following that at which Miss Cowen
speaks, will be devoted to coopera
tives. An outside speaker will fol
low this program as Phi Sigma Al
pha continues its policy of one
meeting conducted by members
followed by an outside speaker at
the next meeting.
supervisory help from Miss Qowns.
One day from each week, Fri
days, Miss Downs visits the teach
ers under her supervision. At pres
en tshe has one at Burwell in Car
roll County and two in Buchanan
In Haralson County.
Miss Downs says that when
these schools become aware of the
possibility of this program, they
wrote expressing desire to receive
this aid.
The State Department of Educa
tion is kept informed of all im
provements made in this field by
their representatives and instruc
tors. #
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, NOV. 3, 1936
Roosevelt Voted W.G.C. Preference By
203 Margin In Straw Ballot Held Tuesday
IF THIS IS TO BE A NEWSPAPER
By ROBERT KNOX, Editor
The publication of this, the third issue within six
weeks, is more than ever convincing of the need of a class
in journalism, if its present, idealistic plan of a six-page
publication every two-week interval, containing the news
of a junior college whose enrollment is three hundred, is
to be continued.
The editors would like to continue this poljcy which
is the first time it has ever been actually carried out more
than in one edition. The student body voices a very favor
able opinion of the paper, and from all indications in
fact, every indication —it is apparent that the group
wants, rather demands that this organ continue under
its present setup. li'Jl H
- The syllabus, with its purposes, broad yet pooriy
based, (even though the best that could be done under
circumstances) has failed to satisfy the training neces
sary for reporters and writers to produce articles for
publication. They have tried; the editors have tried to
help them, but it is not their duty to coach news writers,
to write news, to revise news articles, ana to even pro
duce the news columns themselves. To edit, to gather the
news, and to form the editorial policies take up a greater
portion of their time. f th
It is the desire of the editors and should be of the
students for this paper to be the best in the southern
junior college group, even, we might predict, an occasion
al attempt to challenge a senior college publication.
If this is to be accomplished, a class in newspaper
reporting is simply utterly necessary.
Last night, the editorial board, in a call meeting,
(after revising practically all news-arfcic*Cs, by the way;
decided to recommend the following plan to the adm.n
fstration. This plan, be it known, is not entirely original,
ideas were borrowed in some instances.
and There are two professors on the campus who have
had tracing in newspaper work: one even has a degree
in journalism. There are several schools °f Joun } a * ls “
, Virmt thp state that would be more than glad to
thr °mrriend a ist oi books on reporting, and to advise
rvn'tdie final setup The staff is composed of students who
have' Undoubtedly proved their desire to work on he
fhTd nToved their desfres that they want West Georgia
and The West Georgian to be a college and a newspape
all There’s a class in nwspaper reporting, with two pio
fissJrs numerous textbooks, a growing newspaper with
press membership, an interested staff, and apparent,y a
capable editorial board. administration . „ they want
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status of the past three volumes.
Freshmen Elections To
Be Held This Week
It was announced last night that
the Freshman Class Officers would
be elected this week, beginning
possibly with today.
Nomniations, according to the
faculty announcement, must be
turned in by six o’clock tonight.
The ballot boxes w ill close at
six o’clock Thursday night, and
Friday at chapel period the newr
ly elected officers for the class
w r ill be announced. The candidates
and voters will have two and half
days in which to campaign and to
decide on a candidate.
As in the past, J. J. Rivers, presi
dent of the student body will be in
charge, and all nominations are to
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FINAL FIGURES ON
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
ENROLLMENT GIVEN
N. GA. COLLEGE LEADS JUNIOR
DIVISION WITH 336; ATHENS
HAS GREATEST NUMBER
The final figure on the enroll
ment of the University System of
Georgia show that almost eleven
thousand studentW are enrolled
with the University almost three
thousand .
The figures were taken from the
president’s office.
In the Junior Division, North
Georgia College at Dahionega
which has been a college for 64
years reports 356 enrollment,
which is the largest in the di
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Landon, Browder
And Thomas Are
Next In Voting
STRAW VOTE INDICATES F. D. R
IS FAR AHEAD AMONG
W. GA. STUDENTS
Ballot Figures
Sophomores
Men Women
Roosevelt 40 55
Landon __ 9 7
Browder 2 0
Thomas 2 0
Lemke 1 0
Freshmen
Roosevelt 49 95
Landon -10 10
Browder 3 1
Thomas 0 1
Lemke 0 *0
Totals: Roosevelt, 239; Landon,
36; Browder, 6; Thomas 3;
Lemke, 1.
At the regular chapel hour last
Tuesday a straw ballot was held in
the auditorium to determine the
campus political opinion regarding
tho presidential campaign which
comes to an end November 4.
In this ballot, the Democratic
candidate, President Roosevelt,
won with a lead over his closest
opponent. Governor Alf Landon, by
two hundred and three votes.
The Communist nominee, Earl
Browder, third in popularity and
preference, received six votes,
three more than the number ack
nowledged to the Socialist Party’s
Norman Thomas.
The sole vote received by the
Union Party candidate. Congress
man William Lemke, came from a
Sophomore boy who voted on the
Democratic ticket during the 1932
Hoover-Roosevelt race, according
to his ballot.
Of the 43 Sophomore boys w T ho
favored Roosevelt in 1932, only
thirty-nine remained true to the
New Deal Leader’s principles Tues
day; whereas ,the six men voting
for Hoover in the last election,
stayed w r ithin the folds of the G. O.
P. Also in that race, only one
Sophomore man favored Norman
Thomas, and this year, as his bal
lot read, he will remain with the
Socialist Party and its nominee.
Two of the Hoover Sophomore
men changed to Roosevelt Tues
day, while Communist Browder
and Socialist Thomas received two
votes each from the same group.
Voting only on the Democratic
and Republican tickets, the group
considered the most conservative
was the Sophomore women, w'ho
cast 54 votes for Roosevelt, and
only four for Landon. It w*as re
vealed from their ballots that the
four voting the Republican ticket
favored Roosevelt in 1932.
Brow’der, the Communist candi
date who is receiving many pro
nounced protests from leading
Eastern and Southern cities this
fall where he has appeared to
speak, reaped three votes from the
Freshmen boys. Of the same group,
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