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Devoted To The
Best Interest
Of W. G. C.
volTumn VI
Student Expression
Chapel Programs
Continued Friday,
February 10, With
Virginia Hamrick
presiding and M’Nelle Gibson,
Forrest Champion, and Otis Mc-
Clung speaking. One chapel hour
each month is devoted to these Stu
dent Expression programs when
students speak on local topics of
interest.
“Lollywogging” Discussed
Stimulating the most interest
was the speech of M’Nelle Gibson
entitled “Lollywogging.” She blast
ed the discipline committee and
told why she thought the faculty
should be no more understanding
and reasonable when dealing with
students.
“Judging from the way West
Georgia students feel about each
other and the sessions with Mr.
Gunn that there is nothing under
handed, nothing to be ‘ohed’ and
‘ohed’ at by reports of any kind
from anywhere,” she said.
She went further to say, while
discussing student rights and pri
vileges, that West Georgia students
should have more freedom in their
natural inclinations.
Plea For Study
Forrest Champion spoke on
“Study.” He sent out a plea to
the student body to make higher
grades. Comparing the scholar,
football player, and social butter
fly, he pointed out that the prog
ress of the world is left up to the
scholar.
Otis McClung in his talk on
“Success,” said that there was a
road to success and a road to fail
ure and put forth the question,
which one will you take?” “Suc
cess for any sane adult is equi
valent to doing our best. What
that best may be, what its farthest
reach may include, we can dis
cover only by freeing ourselves
completely of the will to fail.”
Various Proposals Concerning
The Entire Student Body Were Laid
Before The Of fleers* Club Friday
Night By Tom Luck, Club Chairman, When
the body of organization officers met for their first
regular meeting since they have been given & uni
meeting date. President I. S. Ingram, ex-officio a V 1
to all campus club, was scheduled to appear be °£ e
group to discuss the allocation of student activity u •
However, Mr. Ingram was out of town on business a
his talk was postponed to a later session. •
Topping the assortment of pro
posals was the move to sing the
West Georgia Alma Mater at least
once each week in a chapel assem
bly. The college Alma Mater is
rather young as it was written dur
ing the spring quarter of last term
bv Aaron Buckalew.
Dedicatory Dance
A discussion was held about the
official opening of the new gymn
asium. The Officers’ Club is con
sidering a formal dedication social;
a dance to be sponsored by all of
the campus organizations under
the auspices of the Officers’ Club.
Increase In Activity Fee
The last discussion of Friday’s
Methodist Students
From The University
of Georgia presented a fine
program at Vesper services Sun
day evening, February 19. These
students belong to the team which
presents programs throughout the
state. Sometime during the Spring
quarter, a Baptist delegation from
the University will visit here.
The Vesper service, Sunday, Fe
bruary 12, featured reports on
the Methodist Student Conference
held in LaGrange. Tom Herndon,
president of V. R. A. led the wor
ship period, while Edgar Padgett
and Ira Myrtle Perry each gave
summaries of the leading speech
es at the conference. Padgett re
ported on Dr. Hornell Hart’s, of
Duke University, speech on “Chris
tianity and the World Crisis” and
Ira Myrtle summarized the speech
of Dr. Arthur Raper, of Agnes
Scott, on “The Negro and Farm
Tenancy.” Helen Drummond pre
sided over the service.
For Sale ■ ■.
Medlock Tries
To Sell Skeleton
Economic conditions are terrible;
the soil is washed away; and cotton
is dirt cheap;—but that is not the
worst of Georgia’s woes—Georgia
boys’ skeletons are refused while
those of foreigners are acceptable
to the point of being paid for—
West Georgia’s potential Dooley
turned down for a “furriner.”
This injustice was brought to
light when our own local lad of
the multiple birthdays, Grady
Medlock, offered his skeleton to
the General Biological Supply
House of Chicago for the good of
mankind—and a price. He was
flatly refused “discrimination
against the South” says Medlock,
concerning the raw deal, “Capital
had had its chance,” continues
Medlock, “I shall give it to some
Southern institution.”
meeting dealt with the pertinent
financial problem. It was propos
ed that a certain amount be collect
ed with the beginning of the spring
quarter to cover the expenses of
the annual and of the final dance
of the school year. Should this
idea be adopted an increased stu
dent activity fee would be collect
ed each quarter, thereby abolish
ing the confusion always found
when funds for dances, the annual,
and other projects are raised.
All of these moves will be pre
sented to the faculty for considera
tion at an early date. The next
meeting of the Officers’ Club will
be this week.
THE WEST GEORGIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, W
Semi-Finalists Determined After The Preliminaries
Of The Debating Tournament Are The Men’s Glee Club,
Dr. Raper Of Agnes
Scott Is Slated For
Future Chapels
along with the finals of the
debate tournament and forum
speakers. According to President
I. S. Ingram, other programs for
the future are only tentatively
scheduled. Among the probable
guest speakers is Dr. Ross Brown
of the State Department of Health.
Members of the Officer’s Club
concluded their reports concerning
the various campus organizations
this morning.
Dr. Raper, professor of socialogy
at Agnes Scott, and one of the
most outstanding sociologists in
the South will be the speaker,
Friday, February 24. The follow
ing Tuesday, February 28, finals
in the debate tournament will be
heard by the student body at
Chapel.
Plans For Next
Term Are Underway
according to reports released
by President I. S. Ingram. These
plans are concerned chiefly with
the physical setup of the campus.
The back campus will be develop
ed into a quadrangle. The east
back road will be closed at the
men's building, and the west back
road closes at the old dormitory
for women. Concrete sidewalks
and general improvements, of the
landscape on the back campus are
among the projects.
One important physical change
involves the Log Cabin which will
probably be changed into a student
co-operative. Students living there
will do their own cooking and
housekeeping.
Mr. Ingram expressed regrets
that, “we did not get anew dormi
tory for the fall. It is contem
plated, however, that the old din
ing hall will be changed into a
dormitory for men.”
Mu Zeta Alpha’s
Health Programs
Will Be Extended
on the week April 1 when Miss
Emily Shaw, Health Department
worker, will be on the college cam
pus to conduct a series of health
programs sponsored by Mu Zeta
in surrounding rural communities.
Four members of Mu Zeta Alpha;
Henry Hardman, Clinton Prewett,
Virginia Hamrick, and Ava Jean
Corneilson; Mr. McKeehan, and
Dr. Hopkins went to Burwell Wed
nesday night, February 15, to see a
moving picture on health that was
shown by Mr. Causey, principal
of Burwell school.
Card Of Thanks ...
“I wish to express my sin
cere appreciation to all of my
friends among the student
body and faculty for the kind
ness shown me during the re
cent illness in my family. I
thank you from the bottom of
my heart.”
H. E. Simmons.
NY A, Zeta Sigma Pi, And The Voluntary
Religious Association. The First
rounds in the intramural tourney got under way Wed
nesday, February 15, apd were continued through Friday,
February 17. The subject taken up by fifteen organiza
tions participating was: “Resolve, That Georgia Should
Adopt A General Retail Sales Tax Not To Exceed Three
Per Cent.” The semi-finals are slated to be held at the
regular Debating Club meeting Thursday night, February
23, with the finals scheduled for chapel Febrauary 23.
‘Club Night/ An
Annual Affair
Sponsored By Zeta
Sigma Pi, is slated to be held
March 9. At this occasion practi
cally all of the organizations of
the campus put on a skit or short
program for the entertainment of
the student body and for the pur
pose of demonstrating the activi
ties of the clubs.
The affair in former years was
one of the student activity high
lights of the school term and Zeta
Sigma Pi has plans for this one
to be the largest in the history of
the club nights.
Local Press Heads
Will Attend The
Georgia Collegiate
Press Association Convention in
Athens at the University of Ga.,
Feb. 24-25. The Henry W. Grady
School of Journalism will be host
to collegiate journalists from
throughout the state.
The program consists of address
es by such outstanding people of
the newspaper world as: Miss
Emily Woodward, Lambdin Kay,
and Dr. George Fort Milton.
West Georgia delegates will be
the editors and business managers
of the West Georgian and the
Chieftian, along with several staff
members of both publications.
‘Life Of Charlemagne’
Was Discussed
by the French Club at its month
ly session, Tuesday, February 14.
Two phases of the greatest of the
kings of the French life were dealt
with, his actual life and his legen
dary life.
His historical exploits and deeds
as a Frankish king was discuss
ed by James Borders in his talk
on “The Life of Charlemagne.”
Keith Moore discussed the legen
dary of magic and great personal
mystery and benevolence attribut
ed to Charlemagne as gathered
from “The Songs of Roland.”
The ’39 Annual Wil! Be
Ready For Press
by March 10th, recently an
nounced Helen Mitchell, editor-in
chief. Editor Mitchell further
stated that this year’s issue will
probably be published in May.
Present work on the publica
tion consists mainly in finishing
the photography work in tennis,
speedball, basketball, and campus
officers.
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NUMBER TEN
Results Of First Rounds
The preliminaries held Wednes
day afternoon resulted as follows:
The Future Farmers Club, repres
ented by Fred Elder and Henry
Hardaman, met and were defeated
by Eva Daniel and Clinton Prewett
debating for Mu Zeta Alpha; NYA,
supported by Lovie Mcßrayer and
Leona Michael, defeated Helen
Mitchell and W. L. Nix of The
Chieftain; Tom Luck and Forrest
Champion won out for the Men’s
Glee Club as Catherine Wood and
Margaret Strickland forfeited for
Alpha Psi; The West Georgian,
with M’Nelle Gibson and Emily
Shell, vanquished Owen Moore and
Ava Jean Cornelison of the French
Club; the Women’s Glee Club, with
Nina Wiley and Esther Marie
Jaillet, lost to Wayne Williams and
James Borders, Zeta Sigma Pi de
baters; Gordon Smith and Merlin
Goss of the W-Club defeated Glen
Waldrop and Virginia Douglas of
the Ciceronian Literary Society;
the Voluntary Religious Associa
tion debaters, Tommy Herndon
and Edgar Padgett, won by forfeit
from the 4-H Club debaters, Arnold
Stark and Elizabeth Davis; Mildred
Lee and Margaret Jenkins of the
Dramatic Club drew a bye.
Outcome of Quarter-Finals
Results in the quarter-finals,
held Friday, February 17, were as
follows: Mu Zeta Alpha lost to the
N. Y. A. Girls; the Men’s Glee Club
defeated the West Georgian; the
W-Club forfeited to Zeta Sigma
Pi; the Dramatic Club forfeited to
the Voluntary Religious Associa
tion. The Voluntary Religious
Association entered the quarter
finals as the result of four forfeits
in the tourney.
Semi-Finals To Be Held Thursday
The semi-finals are scheduled to
be held at the Debating Club’s
regular meeting, Thursday, Febru
ary 23. Teams to debate in this
round are the N. Y. A. Girls, nega
tive, versus the Men’s Glee Club,
affirmative and the Voluntary
Religious Association, negative,
versus Zeta Sigma Pi, affirmative.
Finals Change Subject
The finals, which are to be held
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“The Rivals” Will
Be Presented
for its premiere playing by
the Dramatic Club at Sand Hill
School tomorrow evening, Fe
bruary 22. The play, however,
is not to make its debut here
at the college until a later
date. According to reports
the rehearsels have shown up
well.
Joe Morgan has recently
been appointed stage manager
for the production. Mildred
Lee will be prompter.