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Dean Cocking
The West Georgian
Public Forum Now Underway
C. D. Bailey Wins
Oratorical Crown
Of Southeast
Other W. G. C. Students
Participate In Convention
C. D. Bailey, local student at
West Georgia College, won the
Southeastern oratorical crown Sat
urday night at the Phi Rho Pi
southeastern division tournament
in Banners Elk, N. C. He will
represent the southeast and West
Georgia in the national Phi Rho
Pi convention in Oklahoma City
April 13, 14, and 15.
Bailey, who is a aophomore,
spoke on the subect “Love” which
won for him the college champion
ship this year.
The Phi Rho Pi is a national
honorary forensic society for
junior colleges and has divisional
and national tournaments each
year.
Tom Herndon, of Carrollton, re
presented West Georgia in the af
ter dinner speaking contest, dis
cussing the resignation of Anthony
Eden, British Foreign Secretary.
Baffey, 'Torn LiicTc,' Herndon * 'ahd
Dan Brewster, president of the
local debating club, teamed up in
the debating tournament. Each
team debated four times on the
subject, Resolved: That the Nation
al Labor Relations Board should
be empowered to force Arbitration
in all labor disputes.
Approximately twenty colleges
were represented at the tourna
ment which was held at Lees-
Mcßae Presbyterian college. The
next meeting will be held at Ten
nessee Wesleyan College at Athens,
Tennessee.
National Survey Of Student
Opinion Will Reach Local
Students Thru WestQeorgian
The West Georgia College student body is to partici
pate in the nation-wide Survey of Student Opinion on
Peace, sponsored by the Brown Daily Herald of /Brown
University. The West Georgian will conduct the poll
locally. Managing Editor, Edward Stout, will explain the
survey, which is reaching over a million college students,
to the local student body on the Student Expression
Chapel program Tuesday, April 5. Ballot sheets will be
furnished for the poll to be taken at that time.
Educators, legislators, college
leaders, and dozens of organiza
tions have expressed their appro
val, support, commendation of the
National Survey of Student Opin
ion on Peace.
Nineteen organizations coordJt
nating in the United Student Peace
Committee have undertaken co
sponsorship of the vast project.
Included in the group are the
Foreign Policy Association, the
National Student Federation, the
American Student Union, and the
Fellowship of Reconcilliation.
College newspapers have seized
upon the poll as an effective met
hod of crystallizing campus opin
ion. The West Georgian is among
GENOLA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1938
Dean’s List Composed
Of Twenty-Four
Dean W. F. Gunn has announced
the Dean’s List for the Winter
Quarter. Twenty-four students
having made an average of 87 or
above are included in the list.
Wilburn Boggs, Sophomore,
headed the list with an average of
96. Frances Wallis scored 95.1
for second high, and Martha Gladd
averaged 94.2 and took four sub
jects. The entire list follows:
Adams, Elizabeth; Barnwell,
Jack; Berry, Pauline; Boggs, Wil
burn; Brown, Virginia; Cook, Hor
ace; Dailey, Gladys; Gladd, Martha;
Greene, Horton; Hardman, Henry;
Hogan, Mary; Kilgore, Eloise; Law
ler, Ceylene; Leathers, Jeanelle;
Marchman, Doris; Meeks, Ruth;
Mitchell, Helen; Perry, Ira Myrtle;
Ramsey, Virginia; Renolds, Betty;
Smith, Dorothy; Spence, Eloise;
Thompson, Maida Rose; Wallis,
Frances; Hawkins, Aubrey.
Student Expression
Program Slated
For April sth.
The fifth Student Expression
Chapel Program of this term will
be pivsenled Tuesday, Apni 5. The
same variety of speakers will take
part; two boys and two girls, two
freshmen and two sophmores.
Appearing on this program are:
Virginia Mott, Nelle Clegg, Horton
Green and Edward Stout. The form
er two speakers will discuss a
topic of their choice, the exact
subject will be announced later.
Horton Greene has chosen as his
subject, “Tolerence.” Edward Stout
will discuss “Student Expression”
and in his talk will explain the
National Survey of Student Opin
ion.
the seven-hundred and fifty colle
giate publications which will con
duct the surveys on their campus
es.
Professor L. E. Roberts, head of
the West Georgia .Social Science
Department, commented, “The
idea about the peace poll sounds
very excellent indeed to me. It
is high time that the students that
will be most affected by war, be
gin expressing their ideas about
war.”
Results of the local poll will be
tabulated and posted Wednesday
April 6. Final compilation of na
tion-wide results will be announ
ced later by the West Georgian.
Roberts, Evans, and Wells
Opened Event Yesterday; Two
Notables On Today’s Program
Georgia Problems, with special emphasis on the
problems of rural communities, has been the prevelent
theme of the discussions herewith delivered at the third
Annual Public Forum here at West Georgia College. The
1938 session was opened yesterday morning, Thursday,
March 31, by Honorable Columbus Roberts, state com
missioner of agriculture, speaking on the subject,
“Agricultural Problems in Georgia.” Dr. J. A. Evans,
Assistant to the Director of the Federal Extension
Service, spoke at two o’clock on “Major Problems
in Southern Rural Life.” At the banquet last evening, Dr.
Guy Wells of the Georgia State College for Women, ren
dered an address on the topic, “Georgia Looks to The
Future.” Dr. Abercrombie of the State Board of Health,
appeared on the program this morning. His subject was,
“Health Needs in Georgia.” The two-day program will be
closed this afternoon by Dean Walter D. Cocking, speak
ing at two o’clock on, “The School And The Environment.”
Roberts Opens Forum
Commissioner Roberts led off
the opening session with a sum
marization of the agricultural
problems which are now facing
this Empire State. He stated that
unless Georgia farmers increased
their income they would remain
static. Among the biggest prob
lems today is the sales proposition
the *rrN.r, a*%¥g|K* the fa##!
producer must have a larger share
of the consumer’s dollar. An in
tensified livestock program and
cooperative marketing as phases
of possible solutions were advo
cated.
Honorable Walter Brown, Direc
tor of the Agricultural Extension
Service, rendered a summariza
tion after the general discussion.
President I. S. Ingram presided.
I)r. Evans Speaks
Dr. J. A. Evans spoke on the
“Major Problems of Rural South
ern Life” at the second session
with Professor L. E. Roberts pre
siding. Dr. Evans pointed out that
low incomes were the most im
portant subject of the southland.
Income, erosion, poverty, educa
tion, farm tenancy and the like
were touched with a southern
socialogical viewpoint by Dr.
Evans during the course of his
speech.
Wells Addresses Banquet
Approximately 200 guests were
swayed by the oration on Geor
gia’s future, delivered by Dr. Guy
Wells, at the banquet last evening
in the college dining hall. A
sparkling sense of humor prevail
ed in the talk of Dr. Wells as he
somewhat optimistically painted a
picture of what Georgians must
expect in the future along politi
cal, social, economic and educa
tional lines. After reviewing and
pointing out the economic and
social background of the state, he
discussed certain significant trends
which defined the better future
he had previously predicted.
Among these trends he named,
seven months rural school terms,
home extension, free school books,
rural post roads, health and civic
programs.
President I. S. Ingram very ade
quately served as toastmaster for
the occasion, giving Dr. Wells a
strikingly unique introduction. In
cidently Dr. Wells flew by plane
from a convention in Texas in
order to be present at the Forum.
COMPLETE
CAMPUS COVERAGE
NUMBER TWELVE
Friday’s Program
Dr. Abercrombie lectured this
morning on "Health Needs In
Georgia.” He was introduced by
Chancellor S. V. Sanford. Profes
sor Robert M. Strozier, director of
the Forum committee, was the
presiding officer.
Dean Cocking is scheduled to
[Close the Forum this afternoon at
with a talk on "The
School and the Local Envionment.”
Professor Porter C. Claxton will
give a summarization of the lec
ture and Dean W. Fred Gunn will
preside.
High point of Friday’s activity is
to be a barbecue given by the col
lege for all the speakers, members
of the Rosenwald Fund, headed
by President E. R. Embree, state
officials, friends, and students.
First Forums
The first Forum, in 1936, had
quite a few distinguished speak
ers. These included Milton L.
Fleetwood, Dr. John D. Wade, Dr.
Malcolm Bryan, Dr. Fletcher
Green, Dr. George Rafflovitch, Dr.
11. P. Brooks, Hon. Charles Red
wine, and Chancellor S. V. San
ford who addressed the first
Forum banquet on the University
system of Georgia.
The Second Forum began April
1, 1937, with an address delivered
by John Temple Graves, 11, on
the situation facing the South. On
the second day Dr. Pierre Lejins,
Dr. L. M. Smith, Dr. George
Rafflovitch, and Dr. Cullen B.
Gosnell.
Cooperating Groups
This year the main emphasis
lies on rural problems, Georgia
problems, and the part of the
schools in aiding Georgia to im
prove her situation in relation to
the rest of the States of the nation.
This year as in all previous
years the Committees from the
Civic organizations of Carrollton
have cooperated with the commit
tees of the college to put on the
forum. The main committee was
the faculty Committee on Public
Exercises consisting of President
Ingram, Ex-Officio Chairman; R.
M. Strozier, Chairman; W. F.
Gunn; Katie Downs; J. C. Bonner;
Dorothy St. Clair; and W. H.
Brown. The organizations par
ticipating from Carrollton are: the
Lit-Mu Club, The Business and
Professional Women’s Club, The
Civitan Club, and the Lions Club.