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VOLUME IV State Debating Tournament Will Start Thursday Dr ♦ Baker Talks On Biology, Future of South to M.Z.A. HEAD OF EMORY BIOLOGY DE PARTMENT INTRODUCED BY NEW PRESIDENT Dr. W. B. Baker, Head of the Bio logy Department of Emory Uni versity, talked to Mu Zeta Alpha last Thursday evening on ‘Biologi cal Research and the future of the South.’ Dr. Baker was introduced by the new President, Horton Greene who sketched briefly his accom plishments. Dr. Baker took his Ph. D. from Columbia University in 1926. He spoke to the Club last fall on "Significane trends in field of Biology.” Dr. Baker began his talk with a discussion of the present educa tional system; he explained that liigher education heretofore had |>een concerned merely with the ac lumulation of facts, and these un -1 pplied facts were unable to pre entthe economic, social, political breakdown of the post war period. He stated that education had not had time to concentrate on scienti ic stv.3ies, that we have idealized he past too much. “We must Change this” he said,” “we must l dopt the scientific viewpoint of i luoation us a means of inventing, Creating and controling, it is the L.'sin ess of a scientist to find out facets and do something about i*iem.” ** He said that the south was >1 ounded in culture and it was f ily recently that the Southern col \ '■s established departments of ’science. “It is noticable,” he said “that where the least emphasis has been placed upon science the in come and living stardards are low est.” He quoted the eminent statisti cian, Roger Babson, as saying that the South was making progress faster than any other region of the nation. He said that if we used our natural resources in an edu cated manner we could develop one (of the finest civilizations the world has evr known. (Continued on Page 5) Governor Rivers To Speaks Wednesday, June 9th Is Date; City Halt Is Place. Commencement week exercises ar e to begin Wednesday evening, June 9, and end on the following Friday morning at which time graduating class will be ad dressed by Hon. E. D. Rivers, the governor of Georgia. On Wednesday evening Presi dent and Mrs. Ingram will give the “graduating class a reception at l heir home to which the faculty and graduates will be invited. Cres. and Mrs. Ingram have prac *ieed this custom since the first class was graduated. 'The following evening the gra duating class will be honored with ,a Faculty-Freshmen dance at the gymnasium to which will be invit- the alumni and one friend of each of the sophomores. ' graduation exercises are to e keld on Friday morning at ten The West Georgian Voluntary Religious Association Picks It’s New Officers HUNT, HUCKABY, AND PRITCH ARDS ELECTED TO SERVE NEXT YEAR At a short business meeting held immediately following the Vesper Services Sunday afternoon, the Voluntary Religious Association elected Rachel Hunt as president; Jack Huckaby as vice-president; and Pauline Pritchards as secre tary-treasurer to serve for next year. Mildred Dunwoody was elected as chairman of the music com mittee; Joe Hamil was chosen to serve as cnairman of the social service committee. Reports stated that these students have been most faithful workers this past year in assisting the officials to carry out the club’s plans. Officials of the organization stated that they were eagerly anticipating the Religious Empha sis Week which will begin May 12, and that the program was being completed now. Friday, May 14 has been set aside as Parents’ Day. Letters have been sent to parents of every student enrolled in the college in viting them to be present on the campus on this day v Invitations have also been mailed to every high school senior in the district to visit the campus and make him self familiar with the college dur ing the week. Such notables as Gov. E. D. Rivers, Chancellor Sanford, and various members of the Board of Regents will also be present during the week. Officials stated that practically all invitations Rad been accepted, and that every angle points to suc cess for the first Religious Empha sis Week. thirty at the city hall in Carrollton as was last year. Following is a list of those stu dents who are expected to receive either Normal Diplomas or tfce Junior College certificates: Junior College Certificate: Pee Wee Carter, Carrollton; Mary Nell Crew, Dallas; Mabel Duncan, New nan; Henry Howard Handley, Fair burn; Mary Kathryn Gaines, Cave Spring; Frederic Emile Hansard, Carrollton; Rosalind Hays, Douglas ville; James Marion Huddleston, Fayetteville; William Forest In gram, Roekmart; Barnie Philip Jones, Brooks; Frank Kelly, Blake ly; Morris Audrey King, Dalton; William Byron Lambert, Temple; Annie Ruth Marchmont, Dallas; Jane Adaline Osterout, Sharps burg; Orel Payne, Rome; Robert Lee Putnam, Cohutta; Virginia Col (Continued on Page 2) CARROLLTON, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1937 ‘The Trysting Place 9 Presented Here In Chapel Exercises The expression students of Mrs. L. E. Roberts put on The Trysting Place,” a one-act comedy, by Booth Tarkington last Friday with the assistance of several dramatic club members. The cast included Mrs. Briggs, Marge Bowen; Lancelot, James Dailey; Jesse, Doris Owings; Ru pert Smith, Robert Knox; inglesby, J. G. Robertson; Mrs. Curtiss, Nell Clegg; and Mysterious voice, Harry Dodd. Marge Bowen, J. G. Robertson, and Robert Knox, although mem bers of the college dramatic club, were chosen from the club’s roster to assist Mrs. Roberts who has been manager of the club and who has directed all of its public presenta tions this year. New Members of Faculty Slated To Come for Summer SUPERVISOR H. S. BURDETTE OF STATE DEPT OF ED. IS SELECTED Several new faculty members are to be among the teaching staff during the Summer School session, as was announced today by Pres. I. S. Ingram. Of these, two have been already selected. One is Supervisor H. S. Burdett of the State Department of Educa tion. The other is Miss Nell Gra ham, teacher in the Griffin schools who is to assist Miss Katie Downs in the practice school. Pres. In gram stated that the others will be announced shortly. The summer session which is scheduled to start June 16 and end July 23 will have the following courses to offer: Education I—lntroduction to Education, twelve recitations per week for six weeks. Single course. Education 54 —Education Psy chology, twelve recitations per week for six weeks. Single course. Education 58—Fundamentals of Curriculum —twelve recitations per week for six weeks. Single course. Observation is required with all courses in education. All the above courses count as education in re viewing or securing a state teach ers certificate. Art I—Public School Art—six double laboratory periods per week for six weeks. Half course. Biology I—Human Biology—Six double laboratory periods per week for six weeks. Single course. Biology 50—Nature Study twelve recitations per week for six weeks. Single course. English I—College Composition —twelve recitations per week for six weeks. Single course. English 51—Literature for the Grades —twelve recitations per week for six weeks. Single course. Humanities I—Literature and Art —twelve recitations per week for six weeks. Single course. Social Studies—Social science 1 and 2. Twelve recitations per week for six weeks. Single course. Home Economics—lntroduction to House Economics. Twelve reci (Continued on Page 5) First Jr . College Symposium Ever Held In This State G.C.P.A. Members To Compete For Loving Cups at. Savannah OUTSTANDING JUNIOR AND SENIOR COLLEGE PAPERS TO BE REWARDED Members of the Georgia Collegi ate Press Association will this spring compete for two new prizes, according to a bulletin just issued. .The Savannah Morning News and Evening Press will give two sil ver loving cups, one to the out standing junior college publication and the other to the outstanding senior college publication, selected on a basis of general technical excellence. Scoring will be based on style and structure of the news stories, their number, the variety of topics, and the adequacy of coverage of school events; the timeliness of the features, their style and structure, their, local interest, and the num ber and range of their interest; the make-up and local appeal of the editorials, their timeliness, force, logic, style, and structure, and the appropriateness and quali ty of features on the editorial page; the general effectiveness of the typography and make-up, headlines content and form, cuts, proof read ing, and press work; and the quan tity, content, and arrangement of the advertisements. The judges will be Messrs. Her schel V. Jenkins, J. P. Miller, and W. G. Sutlive, executive editors of the two papers. Friday, May 7, is the ciosing date. All material to be submitted should be in the form of a bound volume of the issues published for the school year of 1936-’37 prior to the closing date and should be sent to President E. A. Lowe of Armstrong Junior College, Sav annah, at which the May meeting of the Association is to be held. Pies. Heads for Shifty # s Magics Ingram Writes On Teacher Training In The Junior Colleges By PLEDGER CARMICHAEL President Irvin S. Ingram of West Georgia discusses in the cus rent issue (April 1937) of SCHOOL AND COLLEGE "The Junior Col lege as a Teacher Training Insti tution.” After a brief introduction to the aims of the Junior College movement he gives a clear sum marized result of a survey of a rural community made by mem bers of the West Georgia College Faculty. He said that the aims and pur poses of junior colleges are being clearly defined. "Such institutions as the Universities of Minnesota, Georgia, Chicago, Columbia and Florida seem to have very clear ideas about the objectives of their respective colleges on the junior college level. The whole move ment, says Dean Johnson of SUPREME COURT QUESTION TO BE DEBATED BY EIGHT TEAMS The first state-wide Inter-colle giate debating tournament ever held in Georgia will begin Thurs day in the College auditorium. The question to be debated is, Resolved: That it would be to the best in terest of the Untted States to adopt the Roosevelt supreme Court plan. The plan of judging the tourna ment will be direct elimination, which was so successful in the in ter-club debating tournament held here, Debating Club officials stated. The tournament sponsored by the West Georgia College Debating Club will bring together leading debate teams from all parts of the state. Invitations have been issued to all of the junior colleges of the state and to the Freshmen and Sophomore debaters of Senior col leges, Frank Kelly, president of the Club stated. The Supreme Court question that will be used in the tournament is one that is of vital concern to all American people, Howard Handley, secretary of the Club stated. The out come of the plan may determine the trend of democracy, not only in the United States but elsewhere. Debating Club officials said that the winning team would be crown ed state junior college debating champions of Georgia and would be rewarded in a suitable manner. Each college will have the privilege of entering two teams in the tour nament, although one team may do all of the debating, as sides of sub ject will be drawn for. The list of Colleges which have accepted invitations to participate is made up of; North Georgia Col- College at Douglas; Gordon Military College at Barnesville; Richmond Academy at Augusta; Mt. Berry College, at Rome; Emory Junior College at Oxford; Abraham Bald win Agricultural college at Tiftort lege at Dahlohega; South Georgia and West Georgia College. Stephens jCollege, Ms dynamic, evolving and challenging.' Friend* of this type of education believe that an average graduate from such an environment has a very general education fortified by a freshness, spontaneity, and enthusi asm so necessary for one In any place of leadership, particularly the teacher.” "Due to anticipated changes in standards for teachers in Georgia, a person can no longer qualify for teaching unless he has some train ing beyond high school graduation. For this reason the junior college takes the place formerly held by the high school—that of preparing teachers for the less remunerative positions. In other words: Condi tions in Georgia are such that we need teachers who have a rural background and who have as much (Continued on Page 2) NUMBER 12