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Devoted To The
Best Interest
Of W. G. C.
VOLUMN VI
New Ruling For
Certification Of
Teachers Given
Those who enter the teaching
professions after September 1,
1938 must qualify for the Provi
sional Elementary 2-Year Certifi
cate. This certificate is on
a basis of a minimum of sixty
semester hours (18 courses) of
college work which must include
at least nine semester hours of
approved professional education.
The Professional Elementary 2-
Year Certificate requires that eigh
teen of the sixty semester hours
shall be in approved professional
education.
Either the Provisional or the
Professional Certificate may be
renewed upon presentation of
additional credit for six semester
hours of college work. This addi
tional credit does not have to be
in the field of education.
The nine hours in professional
subjects required for the Provi
sional Certificate must be taken
from the following:
A. Orientation in Education
B. The School and Society
C. Educational Psychology
D. Elementary Curriculum and
Methods
Not more than six of the nine
hours in professional subjects re
quired for a Provisional Certificate
may be taken from either divi
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In This Issue
Advertisements. Page 2,3, 4
Editorial 2
Sports 3
Society 4
Dr. Sutton Speaks On Forum
Program; Collier To Appear Friday
Columinist
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Pictured above is Tarleton Col
lier, columnist for The Atlanta
Georgian. He will deliver a forum
address here at the chapel hour
Friday, January 27.
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U. S. Zeta Sigma
Pi Convention
May Be Held Here
Zeta Sigma Pi held its regular
meeting on Thursday night, Janu
ary 12, in the Little Auditorium.
This meeting was held in forum
style. Three of the members gave
short discussions. Those on the
program were Wayne Williams,
who spoke on “Health Conditions
in the South,” and Tommy Hern
don and Helen Mitchell, both of
whom spoke on “Educational Con
ditions in the South.”
Following the program, Tommy
Herndon, club president, discuss
ed the possibilities of the National
Convention of Zeta Sigma Pi be
ing held at West Georgia. Should
this convention be held here,
about fifty representatives from
over the United States would be
present.
Hitch Hikers
Organize
Approximately fifty male mem
bers of the student body met with
officials of The West Georgian last
week when the West Georgian
Chapter of the American Associa
tion of Collegiate Hitch-Hikers
took form. Those- attending the
initial gathering of this group,
voiced whole-hearted approval and
promised unanimous support of
such an organization.
The membership roster is swell
ing rapidly. Application sheets
may be filled out in the West Geor
gian office every afternoon be
tween two and three o’clock.
Anyone who desires informa
tion about the A. A. C. H. are re
quested to see Ed Stout.
Continuing the forum series, Dr.
Willis A. Sutton, superintendent
of the Atlanta Public Schools,
spoke to the student body Friday,
January 13, on the subject, “The
Love of the Soil.”
Dr.' Sutton said that a few years
ago, when going out west, he list
ed the things he wanted to teach
if he had only eight more years
to teach. At the top of the list,
he said, was teaching children to
love the soil.
Dr. Sutton illustrated the need
of the Georgia soil for people who
loved it by many examples, from
both his personal life and his ex
perience.
The forum programs will be
continued Friday, January 27,
when Tarleton Collier, columnist
of the Atlanta Georgian, will speak
at the chapel hour. Mr. Collier is
reputed to be one of the best
authorities on the economic prob
lems of the South.
Among the speakers who will
appear during the winter and
spring are: Ralph McGill, of the
Atlanta Constitution, Dr. Raper,
of Agnes Scott College, President
Harmon Wi Caldwell, of the Uni
versity of Georgia, and other men
of similar reputation in the field
of public service.
THE WEST GEORGIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1939
Polio Drive In Full Swing Here; Tech
Ramblers To Play For Tea-Dance Friday
French Club Takes
In Seven Neophytes
At the regular meeting of the
French Club Tuesday night, Janu
ary 10, seven students were ini
tiated into the club. These neoph
ytes were: James Borders, Eva
Daniel, Helen Drummond, Mildred
Gaston, Eugene Hubbard, Keith
Moore and Owen Moore. Esther
Marie Jaillett and Warren Jones
w r ere in charge of the initiation.
After the initiation, a program
dealing with the French explorers
of Canada, Champlain and La
Salle, was given. Helen Mitchell
and Warren Yates were the main
speakers.
The French Club plans to spon
sor a French play to be given
sometime this quarter or the
spring quarter.
N. Y. A. Students
Make Mark
Of forty-seven students on
the Dean’s List for the fall
quarter, 11.2 percent of the
student body as a whole meas
ured standards while
thirty-two percent of the col
lege aid N. Y. A. reached this
goal.
In the percentage of those
making grades below seventy,
there were 12.4 percent of the
students as a group. Only
four percent of the N. Y. A.
group made less than seventy.
These contrasts exemplify
that students on N. Y. A. are
skilled in efficiency, and high
in intelligence. The above fig
ures were released by Profes
sor M. E. Howell, local direc
tor of the National Youth Ad
ministration.
West Georgia Students WILL
Answer Humanity's Call
AN EDITORIAL
American citizens at long last are making a stand against the
“maiming death.” They have viewed the human wreckage left
in the wake of the mysterious virus which science has labeled
poliomyelitis.
They have paid and are paying the staggering
sums of money, trying to salvage from the wreckage jPsJgL
of boys and girls, men and women who can care for mammal
themselves and join the ranks of self-sustaining g
* was the President of the United States,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, himself striken by infantile
paralysis, who first focused public attention in the
terrible toil exacted each year by the invisible in
vsdor s
West Georgia College students, a group always willing to sup
port a noble movement, will support the 1939 drive against infantile
paralysis unanimously. This year the Officers' Club will sponsor
West Georgia’s first “President’s Birthday Celebration, xv tea
dance will be held January 27. West Georgia students will dance
w ith millions of other American so that millions of other Americans
will be enabled to walk.
Funds are being obtained by means other than the dances.
Buttons are being sold over the nation. West Georgia College is in
line on that issue, too. Severy members of the Officers’ Club are
selling these buttons about the campus and every student WILL
bu} °^ e are familiar with the ravages of this horrible disease. Not
a single student WILL hesitate to contribute their share to the de
fence of the helpless people . . . people with twisted and warped
bodies. , ,
Buy a ticket to the dance. Buy a button. Humanity is asking
a favor of West Georgia students. West Georgia College students
WILL answer “WE WILL.”
Officers’ Club Assumes Responsibility
For Raising West Georgia’s Quota
By DOT SMITH, Society Editor
The newest responsibility to be undertaken by the
student body of the college, under the direction of the
Officers’ Club is the Roosevelt Tea Dance. The proceeds
of this dance will go to the Warm Springs Foundation for
the treatment and research of infantile paralysis. This
event will take place on January 27 from 6:30 until 8:30
in the Carrollton Municipal Gymnasium. Transportation
will be provided for the young ladies.
Miss Grossman Is
First Honorary
Alpha Psi Member
Home Economics j
Profession Discussed
At Past Meeting
At its regular monthly meeting
held Tuesday, January 9, Alpha
Psi welcomed into the club Miss
Doris Grossman as its first honor
ary member. Miss Grossman was
chosen because of her interest
and activity in the field of Home
Economics. She is the dietician
of the college dining hall.
At the same meeting, a program
was given on articles from the
“Home Economics Journal.” Un
der the direction of Martha Jean
Brooks, this program included dis
cussion on unusual fields in the
home economics profession, and
the opportunities offered to wom
en who specialize in this work. It
was decided that the “Home Eco
nomics Journal,” because of its
interesting and informative arti
cles, would be sent to some foreign
club.
Plans will soon get under way
for this Quarter’s social, Dorothy
Smith, president of the organiza
tion, announced.
The South’s
Best Junior College
Newspaper
NUMBER EIGHT
Tech Ramblers To Play
The Georgia Tech Ramblers will
play through the courtesy of the
Carrollton Young Men’s Club and
the local Roosevelt Ball Commit
tee. West Georgia is working in
collaboration with these local spon
sors.
The amount to be raised by
West Georgia is $50.00. The tick
ets now on sale for the dance are
twenty-five cents each. These
tickets may be secured from Tom
my Herndon, Virginia Mott, Fran
ces Campbell, and Virginia Doug
las. Those not wishing to attend
the dance may contribute to the
charity fund by buying Roose
velt Birthday buttons, the price
of which is ten cents. The button
committee is composed of Eva
Daniel, Merlin Goss, and Betty
Reynolds.
Interest Being Aroused
Student enthusiasm te being
aroused by a series of chapel talks,
the first of which were made by
Mr. P. L. Shaefer, chairman of thei
local committee, and Tommy Hern
don, president of the student
body, on January 20. This morn
ing at chapel Tom Luck, Helen
Mitchell, Jane Thompson and
Aaron Buckalew, as representa
tives of the student body, spoke
on the purpose of this drive.
Upon the suggestion of Presi
dent I. S. Ingram, the Officers’
Club has taken for its present pro
ject the raising of West Georgia's
quota of $50.00 for the President's
Birthday Ball, the proceeds f
which go to combat infantile para
lysis. This fund is to be raised
by selling buttons and sponsor
ing a tea-dance the evening of
January 27 with the “Georgia
Tech Ramblers” furnishing the
music.
Committees Named
The preparatory work for this
project has been divided into
committees under the chairman
ship of the following students.
Publicity Committee, Edward
Stout; Button Committee, Virginia
Mott; Ticket Committee, Tommy
Herndon, and Decoration Commit
tee, Dorothy Smith. Speeches con
cerning this project by Officers’
Club members were given at the
past two chapel programs.
Lack Succeeds Buckalew
The chairmanship of the organi
gation changed hands recently
when Chairman Buckalew resign
ed because his work conflicted
with the club meetings. Tom
Luck succeeded him as the new
chairman by a club election.
The drafting of a club consti
tution with Warren Jones in
charge will probably be complet
ed and the finished constitution
submitted to the members at the
next meeting.