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VOLUME IV
DR. W. B. BAKER OF
EMORY SPEAKS TO
MU ZETA ALPHA
SUBJECT WAS “SIGNIFICANT
TRENDS IN FIELD OF
BIOLOGY”
Thursday evening, Dr. W. B.
Baker of Emory University made
a talk to the Mu Zeta Alpha mem
bers, using as the subject “Signific
ant Trends in the Field of Biology.”
Dr. Baker, a member of the Em
ory University Biology Department,
has done research work in biology
and chromosones.
He treated his subject in a popu
lar and modern yet scientific man
ner.
Beginning his talk with a discus
sion of biology as an ancient sci
ence, Dr. Baker mentioned Aristotle
as the founder of biology.
The foundation of the biologic
al science, in the 17th and 18th cen
turies was developed through the
experimental method ,he added.
“By the beginning of the nine
teenth century,” Dr. Baker stated,
“biology had advanced from an un
reliable, fantastic, absurd science to
a major science.”
Contributions which helped bi
ology to become a major science,
Dr. Baker continued, were made by
Pasteur, Mendel, Carrennes, Addi
son, Lamarck, and others.
The speaker discussed the pres
ent day experiments being carried
on In endocorine glands, chromo
sones, and food production.
In the discussion of experiments
in food production, Dr. Baker, who
has also done research work in
this field, said that farming could
be carried on using soil instead of
water.
He mentioned the discovery of
the chromosone in 1932 by Crand
ard. Dr .Baker is considered some
what of a specialist in develop
ment of man’s knowledge of the
chromosone, informed President
Glenn Hogan.
“Judging from the modern ex
periments in the study of chromo
sones, I am looking forward to the
new 1937 chromosone just as if it
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University System , College
Organized Like Vast Army
Through a bit of research work'
done by staff members, it is reveal
ed that the state university system
is organized like a vast army with a
commander-in-chief, the state gov
ernor; a governing board also high
ly formed; and finally the com
panies, or to be more exact, the
junior and senior units.
The commander-in-chief is the
state governor. His staff, the board
of regents, usually influential poli
ticians, is limited to ten men from
the ten congressional districts.
Taking this college as one of
the companies, the research show
ed that it also is similarly organiz
ed with various ranks and positions
occupied by the teaching staff.
The president, the highest; the
dean, the second in command; and
the heads of the three departments
constitute West Georgia’s staff.
It is generally conceived that this
college has a department and head
for every course. This is a uni vers
Die West Georgian
Dick Grace And Raymond Hill Elected
To Freshmen Posts By Small Majority
In Run-over Election Held At College
Myric Nutt
Wins Easily
In Primary
GRACE RECEIVED 81 VOTES TO
DEFEAT OPPONENT WITH
SLIGHT MARGIN
Dick Grace, of Decatur, was elect
ed president of the 1936-37 Fresh
man class last Friday in a closely
contested campaign with Horton
Greene of Calhoun. The final vote
was: Grace 81, Greene 77.
In the same election Raymond
Hill, of Warm Springs, gained an
18-vote lead over Rachel Hunt of
Cedartown. Hill received a total
of 88 votes.
Lois Whitner, Cave Springs, ran
second to Miss Nutt in a field of
five candidates, all of which were
women.
The Freshman Class cast exactly
one hundred fifty votes last Friday
as it indicated its choices for the
class officers. Thrilling to the last
campaign candidates, fifteen strong,
staged a close race in the pri
mary and fought out a regular
knock-down affair in me ruri-over.
Only Myric Nutt received a ma
jority in the primary and did not
have to campaign for votes Friday.
The Sophomores and faculty
members said that this year’s cam
paign was by all means the most
colorful and most interesting one
ever held on the campus. Cam
paign posters and billboards, cov
ered with numerous designs and
mottoes, were clustered thickly in
the halls of the academic building.
Almost as thickly clustered were
the campaign managers, candidates,
and political hanger-ons seeking
votes.
Robert McNew of Lafayette, en
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al mistake. To be exact, there
are only three departments on the
campus: the General Science
Department headed by Dr. Lang;
the Humanities Department headed
by Mr. Roberts; and the Education
Department under the supervision
of Dean Gunn.
Further research revealed that
the actual teaching staff is like
wise established. Next to the de
partment heads, which depend
upon the teaching training and
especially the Ph. D., is the pro
f essor.
Respectively follow the associate
and assistant professors; and to cor
respond with, say, the army’s lieu
tenant fresh from West Point,
comes the (usually) young instruc
tor.
Like in the army and navy, the
pay for the teaching staff, general
ly very low, depends upon entire
ly the rank.
CARROLLTON, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1936
STUDENT BOARD OF
PUBLICATIONS AWAIT
FACULTY APPROVAL
RECOGNITION IS SOUGHT FOR
CONSTITUTION OF THE
STUDENT BOARD
Yesterday the faculty was pre
sented for official recognition and
approval of the constitution of the
newly organized Student Board of
Publications, which was founded
by Robert Knox.
This constitution, written by
Knox who was elected its first di
rector, the only office provided for,
contains some nine or ten articles
with numbers of sections and
items.
According to the document,
only editors-in-chief, and business
managers of both publications; the
managing editor of the West Geor
gian and one of the Chieftain; and
the associate and assistant editors
of the newspaper are eligible for
membership.
There are eight purposes and ob
jectives of the organization, three
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DRAMATIC CLUB
TO PRESENT “ART
OF BEING BORED”
THREE-ACT COMEDY WILL BE
PRESENTED TUESDAY
NIGHT, NOV. 24
Tuesday night, November 24 at
7:30 p. m. the Dramatic Club will
present its fall play entitled “The
Art of Being Bored”.
This play, written by Edouard
Pailleror, is a th“ee-act comedy,
dealing with the foibles and affec
tations of society. The author has
created much with and many comic
situations in the 19th Century
play.
“The Art of Being Bored”, un
der the direction of Mr. L. E. Rob
erts who has had considerable ex
perience and training in this type
of wmrk, is the first performance of
the Dramatic Club this year.
In the Tuesday night perform
ance, eighteen new r members will
be presented.
The cast is as follows: Bellae,
Jack Huckaby; Roger De Ceran,
J. G. Robinson; Paul Raymond, O.
N. Todd; Taulonnier, Robert Jack
son; General de BViais, Horton
Green; Virot, George Vincent; Fran
cais, Dan Brewster; Sain Reault,
Welby Rich; Gaiac, Owen Malcolm;
Malchoir de Boiner, Earl Reaves;
Des Millets, Joe Hamil; Duchess de
Reville, Florine Watson; Madame
de Loudon, Pauline Berry; Jeanne,
Raymond, Nell Clegg; Lucy Wat
son, Moselle Taylor; Suzanne de
Villieres, Betty Ann Sewell; Count
ess de Ceron, Sara Sewell; Madame
Arriege, Virginia Poindexter; Mad
ame de Boines, Margaret Bowen;
Madame de Sant Reault, Esthe Rose
Zill; Property Manager, DorLs
Owings; Publicity Director, Robert
Knox.
New Leader
Seeks Class
1 Interest Ever
FEATURE OF CAMPAIGN WAS
THE ELEMENT CALLED
INFLUENCE
Does Dick Grace have all that
ihe grace over? Not Dick;
’already he has the interests of the
11936-37 freshman class well at
I heart, and he is altogether capable
of taking care of and promoting
1 those interests.
War-weary and tired out from
the strain of the campaign and
run-over, both candidates for the
j president’s chair were almost will
i ing to drop out of the race. But
then —they couldn’t let down their
! supporters; and as Horton Greene
expressed it near the close of the
balloting, “Someone will finally
win.”
A great feature of the highly
tensioned campaign w'as the de
sire for that all-mighty element call
ed influence. Sophomore influence
was highly and openly sought, and
so from the leading mem-'
bers of the class. Much advice on
how to campaign w'as secured from
those upperclassmen who were
candidates for offices last spring.
At least one unsuccessful candi
date for president resorted to brib
ery by handing out candy and gum
to promote friendship and to foster
votes —votes—votes!
“These Cedartown girls just
can’t win anything at this place,”
smiled Rachel Hunt, defeated can
didate for vice-president.
Myric Nutt, “hard to crack”, as
her numerous and highly conspic
uous poster read, is believed to be
the best money-keeper of the
group, if she maintains that policy.
Horton Green, the unsuccessful
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Student Body To Receive
Big Thanksgiving Send-off
West Georgia students are going
to receive one of the livest Thanks
giving send-offs ever in the history
of the college, judging from the
events taking place today and the
Sophomore - Freshman speed ball
classic Friday.
The Thanksgiving program be
gins W'ith a dinner tonight when a
turkey dinner, prepared by Miss
Kendricks and her staff, will be
served to the students, faculty
members and a number of the citi
zens of Carrollton.
Since turkeys this season are
comparatively cheaper than hens,
it is a known fact that practically
all the students will wake up this
morning smacking loudly their
lips.
Beginning at 7:30 tonight, the col
lege dramatic club, under the di
rection of Mrs. L. E. Roberts, will
present Edouard Paiileron’s “The
W. GEORGIA DEBATERS
MEET UNIVERSITY OF
GEORGIA AGRI. CLUB
ALFRED PRINCE AND HOWARD
HANDLEY DEBATE ON
SALES TAX
Four brilliant and accomplished
dehaters engaged in a battle of wits
in the college auditorium Friday
night
Howard Handley and AlTred
Prince, members of the West Geor
gia debating club, debated Elmon
Vickers and O. M. Cates, Jr. from
the University of Georgia Agricul
ture Club, representing the college
of agriculture.
Vickers and Cates upheld the
affirmative of the subject; resolved
that the Georgia legislature should
enact a general sales tax not to ex
ceed five per cent. The local de
baters opposed this measure.
Marion Huddleston, president of
the W. G. C. Debating Club, pre
sided over the debate, and welcom
ed the visitors on behalf of the
college and of the debating club.
Cates opened the debate, w’hich
w'as non-decision, for the Univer
sity. He began w’ith the history
of the sales tax” . . . the sales tax
is not anew form of taxation; it
was practiced by the Homan Em
pire and has continued down
through the ages . . . the state of
Georgia is in dire need of addition
al revenue of its government is to
‘'WfiQflGS-ES luiTcTion . . . tne sales
tax will furnish this additional
revenue; it is a popular, painless,
productive form of taxation.”
He continued by saying that the
sales tax is on its own merit, and
that he and his colleague do not
advocate it to replace the ad va
lorem system of taxation. “It is
the most stable form of taxation
ever proposed; the income tax, like
other taxes, fluctuate greatly, but
not the sales tax,” he argued.
Howard Handley opened the
negative side for West Georgia,
showing that sixty per cent of a
poor man’s income is taxed while
only one per cent of a rich man's.
“The tax is," said Handley, “un
fair because there has never been
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Art of Being Bored.”
This three-act comedy features
leading campus dramatic ability in
cluding Jack Huckaby, J. G. Rob
inson, O. N .Todd, Robert Jackson,
Horton Greene, iAri Brewster, Wel
by Rich, Owen Malcolm, Earl
Reaves, Joe Hamil, Florine Watson,
Pauline Berry, and others.
The majority of the students will
leave immediately after the end of
the last class tomorrow'.
Classes will be resumed again
Monday morning, three weeks be
fore the beginning of the final ex
aminations and the Christmas two
week recess period.
Mr. Gunn has asked that the
students please bear in mind that
cuts taken either today or Monday
will be charged at the rate of a dol
lar and half per cut.
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