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Devoted To The
Host Interest
Of W. G. C.
VOLUMN VI
Twenty-Five West Georgia
Attend Methodist Student
LaGrange College Is Host
To 200 Student Delegates
Approximately 200 students from West Georgia Col
lege and others met in LaGrange the past week end
for the Georgia Methodist Student Conference. Of this
number, 25. were from West Georgia. The theme of this
conference was, “United Christian Action In A Changing-
World.”
LaGrange College Host
LaGrange College acted as host
to the visiting groups at the con
ference. All meetings were held
in the halls of the college except
the Sunday morning service which
was held at the local Methodist
Church.
Noted Speakers
The conference was opened Fri
day evening with a worship serv
ice led by Tommy Herndon. This
was followed by the introduc
tion of the conference speaker, Dr.
Hornell Hart, by Jay Cumboo,
conference president. Dr. Hart
spoke on “Christianity And The
World Crises.” Dr. Arthur Raper,
noted Southern socologist of Agnes
Scott College, was the principal
speaker Saturday along with Fred
Birchmore, world traveler and au
hor of “Round The World On A
Bicycle.” The conference was
brought to a close Sunday morn
ing by a sermon by Dr. Hart.
W. G. C. Delegates'
Those students from West Geor
gia attending were: Helen Drum
mond, Tommy Herndon, Warren
Jones, Ludie McElroy, Virginia
Hayes, Virginia Douglas, Gladys
Daily, Eva Daniel, Edgar Padgett,
Dot Smith, Reba Cole, Lestina
Stanley, Ivanelle Burke, Carolyn
Collins, Hilma Traylor, Ceylene
Lawler, Nina Wiley, Serena Hans
ard and George Bowdoin.
Forum Project
Maintains Interest
Dexter And Collier
Recent Speakers
Mr. Tarleton Collier, columnist
for the Atlanta Georgian and Sun
day American, spoke to the West
Georgia College student body and
Carrollton visitors in the college
auditorium Friday, January 27.
Mr. Collier’s subject was “Prob
lems Facing the South and Geor
gia,’’ and was one in the current
forum series.
South’s Problems
In his address Mr. Collier dealt
with the present day problems
facing the South, the origin of
the problems, and the steps that
have been taken to combat them.
Citing the northern industralism
and the southern agrarianism as
means leading to the Civil War,
Mr. Collier said the economic ad
vantages gained by the North in
winning the w r ar brought unre
strained exploitation of the South
ern soil and people.
Unfair Freight Rates
The South, Mr. Collier added,
has only in recent years under a
favorable federal government been
able to retaliate to any noticeable
extent. “Unfair freight rates and
high interest rates are but a few
°f the Northern strangle holds that
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Z-112
Ingram And Gunn
Attend Conference
President I. S. Ingram and Dean
W. Fred Gunn represented West
Georgia College at a meeting of
Georgia colleges at Macon, Janu
ary 26, 27, and
Mr. Gunn attended a meeting
Thursday, January 26, for the pur
pose of stating new regulations for
teacher certification. The recom
mendations were sent to the State
Board of Education for considera
tion and adoption.
The conference held on Friday
and Saturday consisted of repre
sentatives of all the Junior col
leges of Georgia which offer cour
ses in education.
Ciceronian Issues
Thirty Bids
To Neophytes
The Ciceronian Literary Society
voted at its regular meeting, Janu
ary 19, to extend bids to thirty
students who showed profiency in
the humanities and arts during the
past fall quarter.
Those receiving bids are: James
Borders, Warren Jones, James
Key, Ceylene Lawler, Ruth Meeks,
Virginia Mott, Ira Myrtle Perry, Ila
Rooks, Warren Yates, Robert
Stephens, Maga Lynn Goswick,
Mary Baxter, Edna Dally, Mari
belle Hendrix, Reba Matthews,
Bernice Talley, L. M. Martin, Starr
Miller, Othello Hammond, Quinton
Burgess, Hazel Jolly, Maggie Sam
ples, Helen Roberts, Annie Ruth
Popham and Rebecca Barker.
INTELLIGENTSIA
———
Grade Wizzard Interviewed; Reveals
Secret How To Make A’s And Dean’s List
By MARCUS WAITS
It can be done: believe it or not:
The unexpected has happened! A
student (?) and a freshman at
that, has proved to a doubtful
student-body (and faculty) that
one can participate in West Geor
gia activities and athletics, (Bob,
Bob, Bobbity, Bob) and also make
“Swellegant” grades
Yes, that “sacred” Dean’s List
was accomplished by a lowly
freshman, that intellectual inter
lect of the intelligentsia, that wiz
zard from Harris county, that
extrrrrrrrrrra-genius (?) Forrest
“Champ” Champion.
That “champ-among-the - Dean’s
listers” was born six-thousand five
hundred eighty-one days ago to
day. He declared that August 21,
the WEST GEORGIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1939
Delegates
Conference
Officers’ Club
Goes Over Quota
In Polio Drive
Club Granted
Meeting Date
i
By JACK BARNWELL
West Georgia’s Officers’ Club
bit their teeth into their first ma
jor assignment, the raising of the
institution’s quota of $50.00 for
the Roosevelt Birthday Celebration
Drive to fight infantile paralysis,
by overlapping the quota by $6.35.
The total amount raised was
$56.35. This sum was raised by
the combined sale of buttons and
sale of tickets to a tea dance
which was held Friday, January
27, in the Carrollton City gymn
asium.
Tickets Sales Mount
The Tea Dance ticket sales ac
counted for most of the money
raised by contributing $34.65.
About 140 students attended this
affair. Students on the ticket sell
ing committee were Tommy Hern
don, Virginia Mott, and Virginia
Douglas.
Button Sales
The sale of buttons accounted
for $21.70, the remainder of the
quota. About fifty percent of the
students bought buttons. The
final count was 217. Members of
the Officers’ Club who served on
the button committee were Eva
Daniel, Merlin Goss, and Betty
Reynolds.
The Officers’ Club was recently
granted a regular club meeting
night on the college calendar by
the administration. This date is
reported to be every third Tuesday
of each month at 7:00 o’clock in
the Rural Arts Building.
A club consitiution is to he sub
mitted to the organization at its
first regular meeting.
1921, was the unlucky day. How
ever, he doesn’t remember it. (His
ony failure).
Immediately after he was born,
Mr. and Mrs. Champion went into
a pow-wow and stated that the
young Mr. Champ should be christ
ened as Harris County’s first and
second problem. (Not economic)
The Champions and Chipleyites
were very much disillusioned be
cause young “Champ” lived up to
his name. He graduated from
grammar and high school with a
record that would be envied by
anyone.
After capturing all titles and
honors, Champion decided on a
college career! All colleges turned
their eyes toward “The Champ.”
But West Georgia was the fortu
Sixteen Campus Organizations
Invited To Participate In
Annual Debate Tournament
Sales Tax Is The Subject Of Three
Day Tourney Beginning February 15th
Intramural debating will come to the front again
next week when the local chapter of Phi Ro Pi will spon
sor the annual debate tournament. Club competition
this manner has aroused much interest in past yegrs. The
judges will name a winning team and will select the two
best debators from the competitive field. The tourney
begins February 15 and will last three days.
Sixteen Club* Invited
Tom Luck, president of the De
bating Club, last week sent let
ters to the sixteen campus organi
zations, inviting their participa
tion. Luck expresses hope that
all of the clubs wMI enter the af
fair.
Sales Tax Subject
The subject for the general de
bate is: “Resolved, that the state
of Georgia should adapt a general
sales tax not to exceed 3 percent.”
Howeyer, the subject for the semi
finals and finals will be the na
tional Phi Rho Pi question: “Re
solved, that the United States
should cease to spend public funds
for the purpose of stimulating
business.”
The regular debates will be on
the afternoon of the 15th and 16th.
The finals will probably be pre
sented at the chapel hour on the
17th of February.
Glee Club Won Last Year
The Men’s Glee Club was vic
torious last year. Tom Luck and
C. D. Bailey were the debators.
Bailey and Tommy Herndon were
chosen as the best debators of the
group.
An election was held January
26 and all officers were unani
mously reelected. At the same
meeting the club accepted an invi
tation from the Georgia Evening
College foi* a dual debate.
nate (?) one.
Champ in reply to the question,
“why do you study,” said that he
felt that a good record in college
would further his possibilities of
getting a job in later life. He
does most of his studying in the
afternoon —(can’t blame him, he's
in the dormitory).
Stop! Look! and be Amazed! Stu
dents. Here's how-he-does-IT. “I
make godd grades by doing a little
consistent studying.” Simple, isn’t
IT?)
His ambition is to be a certified
Public Accountant and in later
life to go into law. He would also
like to win a Rhodes Scholarship.
As yet, our Mr. Champion hasn’t
been envolved in any infernal
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The South's
Best Junior College
Newspaper
NUMBER NINE
9 New Members
Taken In By
Mu Zeta Alpha
State Federation
Of Clubs Sought
By WILLIAM MITCHELL
Nine neophytes were officially
taken into Mu Zeta Alpha, the
honorary scientific club of the
campus, at Initiation ceremonies
Thursday, February 2. These stu
dents became eligible during the
Fall quarter by making high aver
ages in the sciences, and by sub
mitting a scientific paper of at
least five hundred words. They
were: Helen Drummond, Peggy
Gates, Mildred Morris, Willis
Hurst, Warren Jones, Joe Morgan,
William Mitchell, Merrill Traylor
and Mary Poor..
Essays Submitted
The scientific essays of the new
members were judged by a com
mittee of Mu Zeta Alpha mem
bers. Willis Hurst submitted the
best paper, with Mildred Morris
and Helen Drummond ranking
second and third respectively.
Hurst's subject was “Atomic Struc
ture and the Periodic Table.”
State Federation Attempted
Mu Zeta Alpha has been endea
voring to form a state federation
of Junior College Science Clubs.
Ira Myrtle Perry, chairman of
this committee, reported that all
the junior colleges in the state
had been written in regard to this
matter. As yet, however, only
two have replied.
Replies Received
South Georgia College at Doug
las replied that they were not
interested “because they have as
many organizations as they need.”
Young Harris is interested and
asked for details about the plan.
In This Issue
Advertisements Page 2,3,4
Alpha Psi 4
Editorials 2
Sports 3
Society 2
Exposing 4