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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 (Continued on Back Page) 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 (Continued on Back Page) 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 (Continued on Back Page) 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 (Continued on Back Page) 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 (Continued on Back Page) 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. NUMBER 4