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Editorials
ROBERT KNOX, Editor-in-Chiej
The Westward Growth
Of West Georgia
Although only four years young, West Georgia
now ranks among the first on the list of junior
colleges in the University System, and overshadows
the schools of more antique establishment.
And now in its fourth year the fondest and per
haps also the most vague dreams of the local pro
phet are about to be beautifully realized —that is,
in the near completion of the new dormitory and
library.
As America’s early pioneers extended Westward,
so extends this college (the new buldings are on
the west side of campus). And possibly with that
same feeling of accomplishment and pride being
possessed by each student, we are more or less
sensed by our worthy ancestors.
On this day the dream ship of President Ingram,
Dean Gunn, and the countless other interested in
dividuals has reached its destination.
This will be a great chapter in the history of this
college, and many should be the educators and
friends of the college who gather here on this
campus today for the dedication of these buildings.
This writer and the West Georgian feel that con
sidering the efforts of the college officials and staff,
no reward could be too much, and no price too great
for their trials.
The college student body should also feel proud,
for after all, the college’s daddy has brought home
the bacon—or at least, a great portion of it.
Respect The Colleges
Permanent Property
“Mutilation or theft of books or periodicals will
subject the offender to suspension or expulsion from
college.’’
Thus reads library regulation number two which
has been time and time again totally disregarded,
since the fact that magazines—and especially ruined
is the or what was the new Scribners—other period
icals and newspapers are being used for note paper,
scrap paper, and other such purposes.
College students have, it is assumed, well passed
the stage of destroying or otherwise mutilating prop
erty which does not belong to them. Yet some stu
dents are violating this simple rule of simple de
cency by marking up and drawing on the college
property.
This business should be stopped and stopped im
mediately. Those magazines are eventually bound,
placed on the reference shelves; and in becoming a
permanent part of the library, they are to be used by
the future students.
The librarian has announced that if this condi
tion continues those students guilty will be com
pelled to withdraw from college.
This is certainly a wise decision, and the West
Georgian is fully supporting this policy of ridding
the college of that type of mentally undeveloped
individual.
It is apparent that the students who attempt to
organize a perfectly sane activity with perfectly sane
purposes, and who presents the constitution for facul
ty recognition get little cooperation from certain
faculty members. Four or so weeks ago a consti
tution was presented to the student activities com
mittee head, and as yet no word can be secured.
If the organization concerned were something that
the founders thought would not be of any value,
certainly the constitution would not have been pre
sented. And be it known that this is not in refer
ence tp a social organization. Rather this is purely
a serious affair.
The fact that the college has just been put on the
list of the Southern Association of Schools and Col
leges can not editorially be overlooked. Had this
paper known that such had happened before the
very last minute, a much better news story could
have been written. Nevertheless, the editors have
to say only that this news is still further proof
that West Georgia is going westward —pioneeringly
speaking.
Ulpat (gporgtatt
FRANK KELLY, Managing Editor
JC ELAM LINES
THE WEST GEORGIA BUS
Bus —the college.
Radiator (always boiling over)
Horton Greene.
Starter (always stuck) Max Beck.
Valves (always chattering) Bet
ty A. Sewell and Geraldine Mcßray
er.
Motor (the part that gasses) Nor
man Tant.
Fan (keeps the motor cool) Lei
la Cantrell.
Tail light (denotes danger) No
rita Linares.
Gas (that makes us go) the facul
ty.
Footfeed (feeds the gas) Board
of Regents.
Brakes (that stop us) the Office.
Cutout (for making noises) Glee
Clubs.
Windshield (very bright) Glenn
Hogan.
Body (squeaks) Mozelle Taylor.
Wheels (always going) J. G.
Robertson.
Spokes (always broke) Robert
Knox.
Blow out (very loud) Liz Crew.
Steering wheel (keeps us out of
ditches) Pres. Ingram.
Oil pan (always empty) Dining
hall students.
Freshmen Foolishness
Dear Aunt Penelope:
- I find it very hard to do much
worrying after eating so many
“turkeyless” dinners, bat I am fret
ted again about many things. I
ask you, as my most lovable and
understanding aunt, to clear up my
wrinkled brow.
The first wrinkle is caused by
my worrying about the dozen or so
girls hibernating in room number
33. Do you suppose they got this
idea from the ground hog or could
it have possibly been that their
room-mates “roped” them in?
“The rooms on the front side of
the dormitory are much colder,”
said Miss Ward, “than the ones on
the back side.” Could it be that
two girls in the front with rooms
not far apart are giving each oth
er the “cold shou’ier” for just one
warm heart? r Tooled up L- „
lawyer’s book and. found that “jus
tice” would always win. Shall this
always be true, dear aunt?
Could you tell me if twaps grow
wild like rabbits and squirrels, as
I’ve heard so much about our
sportsmen going “twapshooting”
lately.
May the wrinkles in my brow be
pressed out by your soothing an
swers.
Gullibly yours,
Marge.
Member of The Georgia Collegiate Press Association 1936
Associate Editor—Bob Richardson
Assistant Editor—Owen Malcolm
FEATURE DEPARTMENT: Editor,
Betty Ann Sewell; Writers: Bobby Jus
tice, Hettie Chandler, Emma Ruth
Mitchell, Mozelle Taylor, Virginia Rainey,
Norman Tant and Esther Rose Zill.
Exchange Editor—Max Beck.
Gas tank (usually full) R. L.
Crawford.
Bumpers (getting all the knocks)
green freshmen.
Headlights (penetrates the dark
ness) Mr. Gunn.
Back-seat-driver (she tells you
how) Miss Cowen.
Backfire (always popping off)
Mr. Shuttleworth.
Gears (always changing) Rachel
Hunt.
Sparkplug (looks old and rusty)
Woodfin Cole.
Heaters (always hot) Esther Zill
and Esthera Hudson.
Differential (between high and
low) the grade C.
Clutch (works by jerks) Mr.
Howell.
Driver (a guiding hand) Miss
Ward.
Carburetor (the unknown) Li
brary.
Spare tire (never around when
needed) NYA help.
Speedometer (measures speed)
grade cards.
Crank (always starting things)
Andy Floyd.
Running boards (seldom used)
textbooks.
With The Exchanges
In a current issue of the Kernal,
Middle Georgia College, an interest
ing article stated that plans were
under experimentation for student
exemption from Saturday classes.
Armstrong Junior College of Sa
vannah is not in favor of fra
ternities on the campus, accord
ing to last month's Inkwell. At a
recent student opinion poll, 54.4%
were against and 45.6% were for
fraternities .
Last Wednesday the Agnes Scott
College Blackfrier Dramatic Club
staged with secret sliding panels
and novel lighting effects a mys
tery drama titled “Double Door.”
According to The Cadet Bugler,
Dahlonega, Alberto Salvi gave “an
interesting and beautiful concert
at the college auditorium” to quote
a news article.
Judge to eriainal: “Have you ev
er committed a crime before?”
Criminal: “Yes, I once had a li
brary book out over two days.”
In addition to Ashworth, Jeff
Slade and Frank Dysart were
known to visit Whitehall Street.
Mr. Bonner should not be court
ing at football games.
Watch out, Edith W.: You have
slipped.
REPORTING STAFF: Paul Hurt,
Raymond Hill, Claire McLarty, Rosalind
Hayes, A. Richstone, Margaret Bowen,
C. D. Bailey, Florine Watson and Pledg
er Carmichael.
BUSINESS STAFF: Assistant Man
agers, Glenn Hogan, Weems Boyd, Lewis
B. Reese, Bobby Justice, J. G. Robert
son, Virginia Shoffeit, Horton Greene,
and Elizabeth Burnham.
Faculty Advisor—Robert M. Strozier.
0. N. TODD, Business Manager
HERE AND THERE
WITH THE EDITOR
By ROBERT KNOX
Although he is not a na-
Literary Honors tive of this state, yet a
T resident of Sea Island,
■‘■El 'CTfc?<Jiyia dramatist Eugene O’Neil
has had his name added to the literary hall of fame
with the recent honor of being awarded the Nobel
Prize in literature, the second American ever to win
this prize. We all remember Caroline Miller’s
strange sensation “Lamb in His Bosom” which got
her the Pulitzer prize about three years ago. Doubt
less “Gone With the Wind”, more sensational than
any of O’Neill’s plays, will sooner or later win
similar honors. Thus within the last five years this
state has been going places in a literary sense; and
it is most gratifying to learn that even though it is
at the bottom in education, and that it has produced
exceedingly few statesmen in the past decade, among
other discouraging facts, Georgia must surely be
proud of her modern literary contributors. Living
more or less a “Garbo existence”, O’Neill has built
a very beautiful Spanish mansion on Sea Island,
lives and works with his actress-wife, has a son at
the Florida Military Academy, and enjoys fishing
along the Georgia coast.
Two days before the be-
Comes Once ginning of the Thanks-
Tn A T S ivin g holidays President
ill rr i-iiid me; Ingram promised this and
two other editors that he would arrange an engage
ment with Chancellor Sanford today so that the
matter of classes in journalism could be discussed.
President Ingram previously, acting in his full pow
er, recommended to the Chancellor that such classes
be established; and Director Drewry’s letter was
about as encouraging as expected, since the editors
knew before hand that the Henry Grady School is
jealously guarded by University officials. The edi
tors are looking forward to this discussion with the
Chancellor, and naturally hope that the results will
be the establishment of the desired courses. It is
really an unforgettable occasion when students are
privileged to talk to a chancellor of a university
of ten thousand students about such things as the
permanent establishment of courses which will go
on and on with the college’s standard curricula.
This editor does not care
Monday Exams to make a habit of con-
PrnfQ tinued complaining about
x i \JLOf all matters> but he tries to
voice in this column and editorials the opinions of
the student body as a whole. And from their opin
ions, it was revealed that there is nothing so grossly
opposed as is this idea of professors and instructors
giving exams on Mondays. For some unknown rea
son there are two faculty members who delight in
this practice; their classes have asked that they re
frain from the Monday exams, but little heed is paid.
Truthfully, professors should by this time know
that no normal student is going to spend a Saturday
afternoon pouring over books, and that no student
particularly cares to spoil a good Sunday night (just
before the battle begins!) studying. It may be a
weak element on the part of the students —and is—
but many failing grades can be eliminated provided
that no more Monday exams are given.
While at dances and group
In The Defense dancing classes how many
Oi A Good Times 1 ;"
tantalizing “Organ Grinder's Swing"? Frankly, you
don't see one; yet some students are heatedly op
posed to trucking and shagging which are hitting
this campus with greater force than last fall.
One fellow said that it takes a cross species for ef
ficient trucking, what ever that may mean to you.
And others—who are polite and nice and don't truck
and shag—are still hopelessly clinging to uphold
Grandmother’s long-ago-dead virtuous ideas of going
to town to such tidy tunes as “Minuet in G”. It is
true that such dancing isn’t found in polite and
sophisticated society which is generally made up of
mature people who physically can’t shake their feet,
legs, and arms at the same time. But as long as we
are students who can shake our feet, legs, and arms
at the same time, and as long as the faculty doesn’t
disapprove, then why do a few object?
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