Summer
School
Edition
VOLUME FIVE
LOCAL HISTORIANS AT WORK
Professor L. E. Roberts and J. C. Bonner, of the social Science
Department of West Georgia College, are shown above as they worked
on the manuscript of their new history, “Studies in Georgia History
and Government,” this book will be published soon.
History Book Edited By West Georgia
Professors Is Gaining Recognition
As Publication Date Nears
Scheduled to be ready for distribution early in the
fall is the volume, “Studies in Georgia History and Gov
ernment” which is being prepared by Professor L. E.
Roberts and J. C. Bonner of the Social Science Depart
ment of West Georgia College.
The work is dedicated in the
form of a presentation to Dr. J. H.
T. McPherson, now in his forty
seventh year as head of the His
tory Department at the University
of Georgia, and it represents a
compilation of contributions from
various Georgians who have come
under Dr. McPherson’s influence
while students at the University
of G eorgia. The titles and authors
will appear in the book as follows:
Religious Factors in the Settle
ment of Georgia, by Henry E.
Russell; The Spanish War in Geor
gia, by Elizabeth J. Deariso; Judi
cial Review; A Safeguard to Geor
gia’s Position in the Federal Gov
ernment, by Albert B. Saye; Henry
Shultz and the Founding of Ham
burg, South Carolina, by Charles
G. Cordle; Sectionalism and the
Political Background of the Re
duction and Apportionment Con
vention of 1833, by Lucien E.
Roberts; Sectional Aspect of the
Seminole Indian Wars, by S. Wal
ter Martin; Wilson Lumpkin and
the Cherokees, by Sylla W. Hamil
ton; William J. Northen and the
Rise of the Populist Movement in
Georgia, by James C. Bonner; A
History of the District Agricul
tural and Mechanical Schools in
Georgia, by Irvine S. Ingram;
Local Legislation' in Georgia by
Thomas F. Green, Jr.; The County
of the Southeast: Problems and
prospects, by Thomas Askew.
Among those underwriting the
book by ordering pre-publication
copies are Chancellor S. V. San
ford, President Harmon W. Cald
well, E. M. Coulter, Willis H. Bo
cock, and W. D. Hooper of the
University of Georgia; M. L. Brit
tain, J. C. Rogers, Guy H. Wells,
Marvin S. Pittman, George H.
King, and J. A. Durrenburger of
the University System; Cason
Calloway, Marion Smith, Willis A.
Sutton, George Foster Peabody,
Leonard Haas, Richard B. Russell,
Jc., M. D. Collins, Orville A. Park,
Abit Nix, Thornwell Jacobs, John
W. Slaton, Gordon Singleton, De
Lacey Allen, Emmett Owen, and
many others.
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The West Georgian
Fifth Summer
Graduation Has
Twelve Candidates
Bishop Decell Will
Deliver Address
At Outdoor Exercises
Twelve students have been an
nounced as candidates for grad
uation at the Fifth Summer School
Commencement exercises which
will be held on the front campus,
Friday July 22, at 6:15. Normal
diplomas, Home Economics Certi
ficates, and Junior College Certi
ficates will be awarded.
Bishop J. L. Decell of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, South, will
be the speaker of the day for the
outdoor commencement exercises.
Bishop Decell is from Birming
ham, Alabama. President 1. S.
Ingram and Dean W. Fred Gunn
will officiate on the program.
A tentative list of graduates fol
lows:
Normal Diplomas: Edna Earl
Adair, Minnie Allgood, Madge
Doyal, Mildred Dun woody, Winnie
Walker Ewing, Mrs. Maureen C.
McTyee, Azelee Stapler, and Com
er Yates.
Home Economics Certificates:
Eva Cauthen and Sue Smith.
Junior College Certificates: Oli
via Keller, James Dailey.
‘County Night’ To
Uncover Talent
Students from each county are
invited to participate in a social
in the form of “County Nite” in
the college gymnasium, Thursday
evening, July 14. The groups may
give a program consisting of
stunts, dancing, and other amateur
contests.
This program is under the direc
tion of L. E. Roberts and Rhea
A. Taylor, who have offered
awards to the winners. The
faculty are to serve as judges.
GENOLA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1938
Auditorium, Dining
Hall, Gymnasium
To Be Built
Anew auditorium, gymnasium,
and dining hall, combined in one
building, has been announced for
West Georgia College by Chancel
lor Sanford of the University
System of Georgia. The Board of
Regents were enabled to authorize
this building through federal al
locations. A building program for
the State University System in
volving an expenditure of $1,245,-
705 for new buildings and other
improvements were recently pre
sented to the federal authorities
in Washington by Dr. Sanford who
accompanied Governor Rivers.
I. S. Ingram, president of West
Georgia College, states that plans
for this $50,000 construction have
been approved and that the con
tract will be let in the very near
future. Burge and Stevens, At
lanta, are serving as consulting
architects.
The auditorium, gymnasium,
dining hall building is considered
by local authorities as a very nec
essary addition. Situated where
it may be seen from the front
drive between the boys’ dormitory
and Academic Building, this 68 by
105 feet structure will relieve the
strain which has been placed on
the capacity of the present dining
hall and auditorium. The present
dining hall will be us&d for a
science building.
The State Board of Regents have
been working feverishly on plans
for this and the other fourteen
buildings costing $1,245,705 to be
constructed at various points in
the University System. Institu
tions receiving grants besides
West Georgia are; The University
of Georgia, Athens; North Georgia
College, Dahlonega; Georgia South
west College, Americus; Middle
Georgia College, Cochran; Abra
ham Baldwin Agricultural College,
Tifton; Medical College, Augusta;
Georgia State College for Women,
Valdosta; and South Georgia Col
lege at Douglas.
Several Faculty Changes To
Be Made Next Term
Several transitions will occur in the faculty of
West Georgia College, beginning with the forthcoming
Fall Quarter. This is in accordance with statements al
ready made concerning the leaves of absence granted
several instructors for graduate work on schlorship a
wards. It was announced by President I. S. Ingram that
three professors have been awarded schlorships and that
five instructors would join the ranks of the local adminis
tration with the beginning of the 1938-39 term, Septem
ber 22 Professor Gordon Watson is also slated to resume
his duties here at that date. Watson has been engaged in
graduate study at the University of North Carolina.
Robert M. Strozier, instructor of
languages, will attend the Uni
versity of Chicago. Professor Stro
zier has proved invaluable to West
Georgia College, having occupied
a prominent position since the
college was established. He serv
ed on numerous faculty commit
tees and has held a leading role
as advisor to various student acti
vities. Miss Rachel Johnson will
replace Professor Strozier. Hail
ing from the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C., Miss
Johnson comes to West Georgia
with an outstanding record.
As previously announced, Pro
fessor Thomas A. Hart of the Bio
logy department, will study at the
University of Chicago, having
SUMMER SESSION ENROLLMENT
SHOWS RECORD INCREASE
Roll Of Entire University System Shows
Increase For 1938 Summer Session
Reporting the largest summer school enrollment
in the history of West Georgia College, Dean W. F. Gunn
announced that approximately 260 students are taking
courses. Other figures released indicate that there has
been a consistent increase in the summer session enroll
ment each year since the college was established in 1933.
The Board of Regents announced recently that 6,950
students were taking various courses at the various units
of the University System of Georgia. This is an increase
of 937 over the 1937 enrollment.
Most of the enrollees at the summer school are tea
chers, acording to the regents.
The many outstanding features
of the West Georgia summer ses
sion are attracting attention
throughout the state. Supervisor
Cook of the state demonstration
school and Mr. H. S. Burdette of
the state department of education
are aiding in the program of
teacher training. The curriculum
laboratory and materials bureau,
Red-Cross life-saving and first aid
courses are among the other as
sets.
About fifty residential N. Y. A.
students are now on the local
campus. This group will be re
placed for about fifty more for
tunate young men and women at
the close of the summer session.
The students enrolled for the
1938 summer session are listed
as follows:
Edna Earl Adair, Dallas;' Mrs.
Jesse Allen, Tallapoosa; Mrs. Hugh
Dan Anderson, Villa Rica; Garnett
Claudius Andrews, Dallas; Sarah
Frances Archer, Jefferson; Joseph
Albert Ariail, Roopville.
Mrs. Ruth Frazer Babb, Dalton;
Mozelle Huckeba Bailey, Carroll
ton; James W. Barham, McDon
ough; Mr. Hoke Barker, Carrollton?
Mrs. Hoke Barker, Carrollton;
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been been among the few south
erners to receive Rosenwald Fel
lowship. Morris S. McKeehan will
assume the duties as head of the
West Georgia biological courses.
McKeehan has filled eminent posi
tions at various colleges and has
recently been serving as Assistant
Professor of Biology at Emory
University.
Miss Katie Downs, Supervisor
of the West Georgia College Prac
tice Schools, has received a scho
larship to Columbia University.
The award is one which is given
annually to a local faculty mem
ber. Miss Downs will proceed
with work on her doctor’s degree
this fall. Her successor has not
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NUMBER EIGHTEEN
Chancellor Sees
‘State Of Mind’
As College Goal
Calling attention to the rapidly
changing conception of the mean
ing of a higher education, Chan
cellor S. V. Sanford spoke at the
conclusion of the past term to
the 68 members of the fifth grad
uating class of West Georgia Col
lege and to an audience that pack
ed the Carrollton city auditorium
where the commencement exer
cises were held.
Pointing to the growing need
for a leadership trained to “meet
the problems of tomorrow intelli
gently,” Dr. Sanford referred to
a project in teacher training that
is being sponsored at West Geor
gia by the Rosenwald Fund and
the State University System. A
new method of teacher training
is being sought, he said, that will
supplement a . liberal education
with training in rural arts, indus
trial arts social relations and oth
er things that will assist in the
work of meeting human needs.
The university of the future was
pictured by the chancellor as an
Institution that will seek to im
part to its students a state of
mind, denoting a character that is
‘liberal, dispassionate, curious andi
humane.”
“Tomorrow,” the speaker said,
“belongs not to those with the
brightest intellects, but to those
who have the strongest charac
ters.”
Paying tribute to the progress
that has been made at West Geor
gia College since the reorganiza
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