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HORTON GREENE, Editor-in-chief
Welcome!
To our distinguished speakers and to all friends
of the college present for the Third Annual Public
Forum, the West Georgian, on behalf of the whole
college, wishes to extend a hearty welcome and an
invitation to return often to visit our school. It
is our earnest endeavor to present in this Public
Forum, outstanding personalities who have not out
grown their love for the student and the common
man and who will bring to these two, great mes
sages and inspirations.
It is also a great privilege to show our campus
to these speakers and to our other friends and per
mit them to examine the West Georgia student life.
We only hope that the speakers are as interested
in the campus as the campus is in them.
What Can We Do?
And the wardogs of Europe strain at the leas' I*'' 1 *''
Every day when we pick up our newspaper we
read of enormously increased armaments, new na
tional insults and affronts, and new agreements and
alignments. Each nation boasts through its pub
licity directors of its man-power, chemical dis
coveries, and war inventions, of what it can do to
rival powers, and of the mistaken ideas that other
powers hold. Diplomatic relations are broken
and patched again in an ever tightening, menacing
atmosphere. Storm centers are Spain and China,
and new storms gather above Austria and Lithuania.
Each day the arguments over these embroiled coun
tries threatens to involve the whole world in a
new holocaust even greater than the last.
However, in spite of all boasting armaments, one
ray of sunshine breaks through. Our dear ex-Presi
dent Hoover blandly states that we have nothing
to fear from a world war. But even this cherubic
minister of good will is forced to admit that there
is more material for a war than there was in 1914.
It seems that we had a rather good little war back
then. It would seem that if more material is
present for war we could have a right good one
in spite of Mr. Hoover’s pessimestic views.
Meanwhile, the American youth sits on this side
of the Atlantic reading newspapers and vaugely
wondering whether or not the U. S. will declare
war and call on him to go. The supposed leaders,
the college students, have not had a chance to ex
press their attitude on the subject as yet. Some
few groups have declared themselves against war
or against agression, but there has been no poll to
show the real convictions of the collegiate youth.
Often the students have been told that they are
the leaders of tomorrow, and such a statement is
undoubtedly correct. Fifteen years from the pre
sent they will play a major part in forming the
policies of the nation. It is high time that they
begin expressing their ideas.
Though the impetus of the Brown Daily Herald
Survey of Student Opinion, the West Georgian
intends to conduct a poll of student opinion on
important national questions. For the first time
students will actually be given an opportunity to
declare their opinions about wars of agression, of
non-agression, and so forth. Whether or not the
R. O. T. C. should be continued, curtailed, or in
creased. What the students think of our naval
and military program.
And, a most vital issue: In what sort of war will
students be willing to fight? Again a well-worn
expression, “It it the youth of a country that fights
its wars.” Under what conditions will we be will
ing to fight—or shall we refuse our support in
any war?
Statistics are valuable information. The express
ed beliefs of over a million college students are a
tremendous force in support of those policies favor
ed by youth. The effectiveness of the Survey de
pends entirely upon its magnitude.
Think—and having thought, let the world know
your answers.
The high quality of work done by the Voluntary
Religious Association is evidence by the splendid
program that has been arranged for Religious Em
phasis Week, May 11, 12, 13.
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EDWARD STOUT, Managing Editor
SCEEAMLIMES
We wonder who’s stringing Wil
lis Hurst along now—Betty Rey
nolds, Nancy Knight or is it Nelie?
* * *
“Red” Bryan has named Laura
Sheffield, Miss Personality of W.
G. C. and is backing it up with
fan mail.
* * *
Dean Gunn has ruled out all
campus courses—no quality points
given!
* * *
Unfortunately Mr. Brown missed
his Humanities class Saturday.
Maybe it was his turn to give the
dog its weekly bath.)
* * *
The girls in the New Dormitory
must be playing fruit-basket turn
over—“ Who is my roomie now?”
* * *
Who is this unknown belle in
England that Warren Jones is cor
responding with? Wouldn’t —Lord
Duke Earl Baron, Warren Lee
Jones, Esq. —sound just ducky?
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Now, since “Hap” has become an
heir maybe Margaret, who lives
“Behind the Eight-Ball” ...
By George T. Bagby
Famous last-words from differ
ent college courses last quarter —
Humanities: “Character is form
ed in youth and reformed after
marriage.”
Campusology: “Woman is the
fairest creature on earth —also the
unfairest.” “Never mistake a wo
man’s answer for her decision.”
Theatre Technique: “A Miss is as
good as she wants to be.” The
first glance at which a man falls
in love usually takes in a lot of
territory.
Love is like Miss Burkhalters
hash you have to have confidence
to enjoy it.
Always meet squarely whatever
is put up to you—including lips.
AUNT PENELOPE ...
Dear Marge:
As you enter your last quarter’s
work at school I find I must send
some last minute advice and re
primands.
Your report card I received —
(that was a report card wasn’t it?)
was more like a weather report
than anything. That is, “F” for
Fair followed by two “D’s” which
could have stood for several days
of Dryness, with occasional thun
der storms, which will be caus
ed by a visit from your aunt Pene
lope if you don’t start studying.
From Mr. Gunn’s talk in chapel
the other day it seems to be a
mystery as to why the grades are
all so much lower this year and
this quarter. He said the student’s
I. Q. tests show r ed higher for this
Wbt piest (Georgian
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at Jenkinsburg, will receive a ring
to replace the “lost” glee club pin.
* * *
We take this privilege to dub
Mr. C. I). Bailey as “Dude No. 1”
of West Georgia College.
* * *
Spring is in the air and, oh bebe,
are those ‘lil ole boids a talking?
One tells us that this Meeks-Grif
fin affair is still very nice! Every
one seems to be content. Luck
may be called for but he’s always
“out to lunch.” Speaking of lunch-,
ing, he doesn’t go alone —Lil Bib
doesn't mind skipping meals —af-
ter all what’s an appetite problem
matter when there’s a heart in
volved!
* * *
And about the “nicest” dirt we
have had from our feathered frans
is that the old Dorm is gonna’ have
real excitement. “Those Wedding
Bells are breaking up that old
gang of mine.” This bird says
Pauline is definitely pullin’ for an
elopment! Or was it the girls were
very careful about granting her
requests.
Warren Jones, “It’s /’l shame,
the college won’t turn ckit any
cheer leaders this year. /
Rachel Hunt: “And why won’t
they?”
Jones: “They can’t get the ‘rah’
material.”
Buddie is not back; but that is
not why Willellen looks so sad.
The real reason is she is lonesome
not necessarily for Buddie —but
somebody—come on boys let’s give
“Bill” a break.
Horton, would like to spring one
about a mousetrap—but it’s too
snappy.
McLean: “Is your girl blonde or
brunette?”
F. Burden: “I don’t know. She’s
at the beauty shop right now.
year than any other year. There
seems to be no solution. You
might suggest, in a subtle way of
course, that the I. Q. be taken of
those who made out the exams.
Not for a show down, my dear,
but merely as a curiosity of com
parative statistics.
I believe the new cooking lab
is situated at a bad place in that
it is next to the Chemistry lab.
How will the boys (future hus
bands, maybe) know whether the
odor that is wafted to them is one
of cooking biscuits or generat
ing carbon disulphide?
Now that spring is here there
are more opportunities for your
gullibility to stand out. Please
take heed and try to overcome it.
Sincerely,
Aunt Penelope.
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~ , ,/ It was a long time ago
Qt\jlQorit S that the open forum first
t-i showed its value in the
x OF Uni management of a govern
ment and in the advance of education. Since that
time its history has been much like that of anything
else, it has always been kept down by the severe
laws of intolerance and by dictators who feared
that truth as expressed by fearless speakers in a
forum would overthrow their power. It represents
the acme of individual expression and thrives only
-in those countries were free expression in per
mitted and constitutionally guaranteed.
Students have always been among the most en
thusiastic Forum defenders. Because of their in
terest in truth and knowledge, they have always
supported the Forum for its free expression and
the knowledge dispersed by its speakers.
Taking all of ithe above into consideration the
administration of West Georgia College decided
three years ago tb give the student body here some
thing unique, something that would encourage their
thinking and their admiration of wisdom, and some
thing that would be of use to them in later life.
So the first Public Forum came into being and
because of its success and its stimulative effect on
the students the Forum has become an annual af
fair, looked forward to with eager anticipation and
backward to with determination to make use of
its advice and inspiration.
The Forum is always primarily directed to the
students, to those chosen few who will be the lead
ers of the next generation. Every speaker’s mes
sage is directly to and for the student body in the
hope usually that they will take advantage of the
pitfalls of this day and age to spur them on to new
heights in the future. „ - *
Students, do not neglect the Forum. It is for
you that this project, unique among Junior Colleges
in the state, has been set up. It is for your bene
fit, your interest, and your future welfare. Attend
the Forum, and the ideas expressed in the Forum
will help and inspire you for the rest of your life.
-i. i To those who have
Urcmas made this Third Annual
Public Forum possible many congratulations are
due. For the selection of speakers and the planning
of one of the best programs thus far the Faculty
Committee of Public Affairs is to be commended
and praised. To share also in the glory for such
excellent work the names of the Lit-Mu Cub, the
Business and Professional Women’s Club, the Civi
tan Club, and the Lion’s Club, all of Carrollton,
should be included. Such programs would indeed
be difficult to present were it not for the unselfish
cooperation of these organizations.
The Public Forum is one of the outstanding rea
sons for the superiority of West Georgia Col
lege in the state. Long ago the administration
selected the field of extra-curricular activity as one
of the salient features of the educational effort at
West Georgia. Not only did they provide for more
activities than any other junior college, but they
also took care that these activities should include
intelligent and worthwhile dissertations from out
standing persons. Making the assumption that mere
study and learning would not be enough to prop
erly equip the graduates of this institution for life
they incl idea in the curriculum current problems,
public- Forums, and speakers so that students here
would be up with the world and cognizant of the
problems facing them as they ventured into the
world.
It is due to this far-sighted policy that we now
have the Third Public Forum. It is due to this
policy that the students of this college are able to
take advantage of of a situation that exists in no
other college this size in the state and properly
places West Georgia in the rank with senior col
leges in as far as such programs are concerned.
For two days students will hear discussions of the
problems that we are being trained to fight.
Remember this when attending the Forum.