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Tort' Pages And Collegiate Digest This Issue VOLUME FIVE Sanford Addresses Fifth Graduating Class Of W, G. C, Chancellor Of University System Principle Speaker As Sixty Receive Diplomas The fifth commencement exercises of West Georgia College were held this morning, Friday, June 10, at 10 o’clock in the Carrollton city auditorium with Chancellor S. V Sanford of the University System of Georgia deliver ing the baccalaureate address. Dean W. G. Gunn present ed the sophomores to President I. S. Ingram who confered certificates on the sixty graduates. The processional, “The Heavens \sound,” by Beethoven, was ren tered by the college Glee Clubs, tegent Marvin Twiggs delivered the invocation. “Thanks Be to God,” by Dickson, rendered by the Woman’s Glee Club. The speak er of the day was introduced by President I. S. Ingram. Head Mar shal at the final exercises was Tho mas Luck, Jr. Marshals were Myric Nutt, Virginia Mott, Aaron Bucka lew and Jeff Slade. Those receiving Junior College Jertificates were: Charles Denny Bailey, John F. Brooks, Nelle Clegg, Frank Cline Dysart, Sara Gladney, Kermett Jerome Harris, Aubrey L. Hawkins, Esthera Hud son, Everett McWhorter, Frances McWilliams, Josephine Rogers, Sara Cordova Sewell, Ernest Claude Sims, Oralla Tompkins, Irvin Van sant, Francis Wallis. Those receiving Normal Diplo mas were: Ruth Barr, Pauline Strickland Berry, Retha Blackwel der, Alice Hill Bolding, Dorothy Causey, Angeline Inestelle Cole man, ’ Sara Nell Floyd, Frances Estell Hamlett, Lewellyn Hamm, Pearl Harris, Alpha Jeanelle Lea thers, Grace Sewell Little, Mary Will Little, Sara Frances McGukin, Mary Elizabeth Meadows, Mary Cathryn Mozley, Mary Elizabeth Ruth Steinheimer, Vernelle Val entine- Thompson, Tommie E. Webb. (Continued on Page Ten) President Ingram West Georgia College has wit nessed five years of progress under the able guidance of President I* S. Ingram. The West Georgian Downs Receives Rosenwald Award Announcement has just been made that Miss Katie Downs, sup ervisor of the West Georgia Col lege practice schools, has receiv ed a schlorship to Columbia Uni versity. The schlorship is one which is awarded annually to a meal faculty member. President I. S. Ingram has ap proved Miss Downs’ leave of ab sence and she will procede. with work on her doctors degree this fall. Miss Downs will be at West Geor gia College for the forthcoming summer session and expects to return for the fall quarter. Fifth Anniversary Marks Progress Chancellor Sanford Aids Building Program In celebrating its fifth anniver sary, West Georgia College is view ing in retrospect its progress, dur ing the period of its existence, under the able leadership of I. S. Ingram and a capable faculty. During the five years West Geor gia College has grown from two hundred and thirty-two students to three hundred and fifty-three this spring. During this time the per sonnel of the faculty has almost doubled. Two national funds have become interested in the college during the past years. The Carnegie Foun dation has donated several thou sand dollars to the library, and the Rosenwald Fund has awarded the college two projects and several faculty scholarships. In its third year West Georgia College was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges. This completed the finar recogni tion of its place academically. Chancellor Sanford has co-oper ated with the college in a great building program. Three new buildings have been added to the campus, and plans are made for a fourth. Chancellor Sanford hfes been responsible for a building program for the entire University System to house adequately the numerous students who have been attrac ed to the University and its branches since the reorganization of 1933. CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1938 Chancellor S. V. Sanford of the State University Sys tem, shown above as he delivered a radio address recently, spoke this morning, Friday June 10, in Carrollton City Hall at the fifth annual commencement exercises of West Georgia College. The commencement exercises this year mark the fifth anniversary of West Georgia College as a branch of the University System. Alpha Psi Reviews Events Of Year Alpha Psi held its first meeting of the year on September 28 when plans were made for the inita tion of Freshmen girls who are majoring in home economics. Ninteen members were brought over from last year and the offi cers are Emmie Baker, president; Arlene Phillips, vice-president; Neile Lane, treasurer, Doris Ow ings, secretary, and Miss Jenkins faculty advisor. In one ‘Fell Swoop’ Psi trippled its size on Octorber 12 when thirty-seven students were initiated. Plans were made at the meet ing for the Hobby Exhibit, the Maypole Dance and the Fashion' Show. The second annual Hobby Show was held Tuesday afternoon, February 15, in the home econo mice labratory. The center of in terest was the Hit Parade of Heart Throbs, which was the hobby of two West Georgia College girls Every hobby that the busy mind of man could devise was exhibited in the Show. Alpha Psi did away with the needs for Bull Sessions and Hen Huddles when its members de cided what girls and boys like and dislike 1 - in one another. Henceforth, the members state, all you have tp _dn is consult the chart and Hqllow what it tells you. Y Alpha Psi held a treasurer hunt (Continued on Page Ten) CHANCELLOR S. V. SANFORD mWm WgHBF , I- m-' f ß; ", v- * v jssi s- * iMfO^ , 9SBB§& < % :x|&sr IP*"* m. HsilM&i m u \ Wgm if Mm :'“./• *iM§ , 'J iKjM&v'' Hjßfck. B , % \ bH| B B Hp s w jul h| ljra| jjeffl lr, , ' ]S Jm bHK Sk ' H§| .BBfcSB • '|j|Ei|BHßy r JinW|^B|v. Studies In Georgia History Ready For Publication “Studies in History,” edited by L. E. Roberts and J. C. Bonner of the West Georgia College social science department, is ready to go to press. Material for eleven chapters of the 250 page book of Georgia is already in the hand of the publish ers, The University of North Carol ina Press. Publication is pending until adequate orders are placed for the volumn to sell at $2.00 per copy. Students and Alumni who desire to order a copy before publication should see Professor Roberts or Bonner and have them place the order. The pre-publication price is payable upon delivery of the book. The last reports indicated that it would be ready in the early fall. A. & M. Class Of ’lB Holds Reunion More than fifty people, includ ing wives, husbands and children of the 1918 graduating class of the Carrollton A & M School, togather with former faculty members, held a “twenty-year-after” reunion on this campus Sunday, June 5. Members of the class inspected the campus and buildings, Talks and reminiscenses were the fea tures of the program. Fifth Anniversity Edition NUMBER SEVENTEEN First Alumni Association Formed Here Yesterday A vast number of the 1800 quali fied as alumni of West Georgia met here yesterday, Thursday June 9. and formed the first Alum ni Association of West Georgia. This movement was fostered by the officers of the Seventh District Association and Miss Downs, local faculty sponsor. Officers were elected at this in itial meeting and plans formulat ed for the complete organization of a statewide association. The Seventh District officers re sponsible for this inaugarative ses sion are: Virgil Barrett, president; J tuth Goswick, vice-president*; and Florence Crawford, secretary. Various entertainment was af forded the group during their stay on the West Georgia campus. A reception was held in their honor at the New Girls Dormitory and then the group attended the gala Fi eshmen-Faculty dance. Although there was not a dense attendance from the number quali fied as alumni, many letters were received by Miss Downs which ex pressed the wholesale interest in the formation of the association. HAWKINS WINS SCHLORSHIP TO EMORY Aubrey Hawkins, West Georgia College sophomore was among the five outstanding junior college students awarded schlorships to Emory University by the Rotary Foundation. This is the second year that scholarships have been offered. Glenn Hogan, Jr., who graduated from West Georgia last spring, was also awarded one of the schlor shlps. These schlorships are under the sponsorship of the Institution of Citizenship and have the better ment in general government con ditions in Georgia as their pur pose. The schlorships were awarded to the winners of a competitive examination conducted by Atlanta educational and civic affairs and provide for a year’s study in the Public Affairs Department of Emory University under the direc tion of Dr. Cullen B. Gosnell. 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