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DEVOTED TO THE
BEST INTEREST
OF W. G. C.
VOLUMN VII—ZII2
W.G. C.’s G rowing Prestige
Depicted In Seven- Year
Enrollment Record of 440
Student enrollment swelled to 440 pupils, the larg
est number ever registered at West Georgia as the col
lege entered its seventh year of work Thursday, Septem
ber 21. These figures show an increase of one per cent
over last year’s enrollment.
To provide living quarters for
these boys and girls the old dining
hall has been transformed into a
dormitory for girls while the boys
occupy the cabin which was for
merly used for recreational purpos
es. Due to the inadequacy of the
dormitories to house the large num
ber of students, several are now
living in town.
The faculty and students body
alike forsee a successful term in
this—West Georgia’s seventh and
most promising year.
The following students are en
rolled at present at West Georgia
College:
Acree, Kontz; Acree, Roy; Adair,
Hubert; Adams, Catherine; Adam
son, Joseph L.; Aiken, Aileen; Alex
ander, Bill; Allen, Frances Greer;
Allen, Juanita; Anderson, Marvin;
Andrews, David; Appleby, Ann;
Arnall, Carolyn; Arrington, Erin,
Arrington, Eris; Askew, Jim; Babb
Eugene Herbert; Bailed Doris;
Bailey, Molden; Baker, Era; Baker
Vera; Baldwin. Adelene; Ballew,
Joe; Barker, Frances; Barker, Re
becca; Barnes, Jeanette; Barrett,
Myrl; Garton, Lawrence; Barlett,
Eloise; Bass, Eldred; Bell, Lonnie;
Bentley, Freeman; Bevil, Bera;
Blackwell, Leland; Blackwelder,
Mavis; Bledsoe, Kenneth; Boggs,
Mary; Bond, Marjorie Elaine; Bor
ders, Harold; Bowen, James H.;
Bowers, Harley; Bowdoin, George;
Boyd, Henry Murray; Branch,
Doris.
Brannon, Elford; Brewer, Mar
tha; Brester, Dan; Broadwater,
kathryn; Brooks, Hubert; Brooks,
Claire; Brown, Martha; Brown,
Nelle; Brownlee, Johnnie; Bryant,
Tony; Buffington, Doris; Buffing
ton, Sylvia; Burdette, Margaret,
Burdette, Virginia; Burgess, Lucy;
Burnette, Lawton; Burnett, Marga
ret; Burns, Harold; Burson, Betty
Jo; Campbell, Christine; Campbell,
Mrs. J. B.; Campbell, Mary Lou;
Campbell, Richard; Case, Shadie
Lee; Causey, Carolyn; Cauthen,
Harold; Cauthen, Leslie; Cham
pion, Forrest Jr.; Chandler, J. L.;
Chappell, Martha; Cleghom, Wil
liam; Cleveland, Charles Leon;
Coalson, J. L.; Cobb, Marjorie; Co
field, Minnie Bell; Cole, Posinell;
Cole, Reba; Colley, Imogene L.;
Collins, Tonni Carolyn; Conner,
Cober; Conner, Margaret; Collum.
Jack; Clontz, Mary Gean; Cook,
Vetna Cornell; Cooper, Jo Prince;
Cooper, John; Comelison, Chris
tine; Cotter, William Johnston;
Cowan, Catherine; Culver, June;
Daniel, Rex; Darnell, Reid; Daven
port, Bonnell; Davis, Geneva.
Davis, Willian Otis; Deal, Lucilld;
Denton, Willys; Dimmoek, Bertha;
Dodd, W. Cary; Dodson, Davis O.;
Donehoo, Frances; Drew, Adrian C.;
Driver, Vachel; Drummond, Helen;
Dunaway, Harold; Earnest, Ruth;
Echols, Connie; Edgeworth, Helen;
Eley, Sherman; Eubanks, Charles;
Eubanks, Charles; Eubanks, Fran,
kie; Farrar, Peggy; Farrell, Nagene;
Fincy, Alta; Fincher, Harriett;
Fisher, Mary Frances; Flournoy
Sarah; Floyd, Buddy; Floyd, Gret
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Starts 20th Year
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I. S. INGRAM, who is starting his
twentieth year of service to this
section of the state as an educa
tor. For thirteen years he was
principal of the A. & M. School,
and is now beginning his seventh
as president of WGC.
PRESIDENT INGRAM
OBSERVES 20TH
YEAR AT W. G. C.
The official opening of West
Georgia College Friday, September
29 marked the 20th year of service
to West Georgia College and this
section of the state for President
I. S. Ingram.
Before becoming principal of the
Fourth District A. & M. School,
President Ingram was superinten
dent of Chipley High school. After
serving 13 years at this post, he
was chosen to head West Georgia
College which was founded in 1933.
Through his services as President
of the college he has gained the
recognition of such celebrated foun.
dations as the Julius Rosenwald
and Carnegie Foundation. The en
mately 230 students in 1933 to this
year’s enrollment which is esti
rollment has grown from approxi
mated at 450 students.
ATTENTION
All students who are interested
n journalism and who would like
to work on the WEST GEORGIAN
are asked to get in touch with the
editor, Mark Waits.
Both the business and editorial
departments of the WEST GEOR
GIAN offer practical business
training in journalism and sales
manship. Applicants for positions
on the staff will be notified in
chapel a specific date when they
may try-out for the publication.
The staff arrangement has not
fet been made; however a perman
ent staff will be announced in the
next issue which will go to press
October 18th.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1939
STROZIER HEADS
FACULTY AS MANY
CHANGES ARE MADE
Dean W. Fred Gunn Away
On Study And Travel
Trip For Four Months
With the beginning of the 1939-
1940 college year, various changes
have been instituted in the per
sonnel of the West Georgia faculty
and staff.
Having merited the Rosenwald
fund, Dean W. Fred Gunn is to be
away from the college for four
months. This time he will devote
to study and travel. In his absence
Mr. Robert M. Strozier, who has
just returned from a year’s study
at the University of Chicago, is act
ing as Dean. In addition to this
work, he maintains his former posi
tion as French professor.
Professor Morris McKeehan, with
an A. B. degree from Union Col
lege and an M. S. P. degree from
Emory, will again head the Biology
department during the extended
leave of absence of Professor
Thomas A. Hart.
Miss Katie Downs, who has had
a leave of absence to study at Co
lumbia University, returns to
position as supervisor of the Teach
er Training Department replacing
Miss Helen Burch, last year’s act
ing supervisor.
Mr. Glenn Hogan, a former stu
dent of West Georgia and a Rotary
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Rev. Haynes Cites Salient Points
For Success As Students, Citizens
“Bea child of God and a contribution to humanity;
be willing to follow capable leaders but do not lose your
individuality,” West Georgia students were advised by
the Rev. Claude Haynes Friday, September 29, in the first
address of the formal opening exercise of the 1939-40
college year.
Mr. Haynes added that in college
a student*is in anew environment,
his mode of living is necessarily al.
he must learn to adjust himself to
tered to fit a routine, somewhat
sterotyped existence; consequently
being one among many without
sacrificing his thoughts for the
thoughts of the group. In other
words be congenial but do not b°.
mechanical followers.
Next, Dr. Tom Luck, mayor of
Carrollton for the past ten years,
extended to the student body the
greetings of the community and
congratulated the officials of West
Georgia college on the progress
made by the school in the six
years since its founding.
WARM WELCOME FROM MAYOR
Following Mayor Luck, Mr. Stew
art Martin, mayor-elect of Carroll
ton, told the students that as pre
sident of fche Alumni Association
he wished to express the warm wel
come of this organization to all new
students, stating that the member -
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FLASH! FLASH!
Due to the fact that our war
correspondent is gun shy, shell
shocked, and HALF SHOT, there
will be no war news from the
front in this issue of the
WEST GEORGIAN.
Educator Outlines Added
Barriers In Education To
West Georgia Students
Chapel Speaker
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RALPH RAMSEY, secretary of the
Georgia Education Association,
who addressed the students of
West Georgia College Tuesday.
He used as his subject, "New
Frontier in Education.” Secre
tary Ramsey, widely known in
this section of the state is the
editor and business manager of
the Georgia Educational Journal,
monthly magazine.
College Farmers
Organize F. F. A.
Chapter Here
With thirty-eight present includ
ing Mr. T. O. Gurley and Mr.
Glenn Hogan, the initial meeting
of the West Georgia chapter of the
Future Farmers of America was
conducted September 26th, for the
purpose of electing officers to direct
the club’s activities for the coming
year. Leonard Miller was chosen
president; Henry Winn, vice presi
dent; Leon Massey, secretary; Wat
son Fuller, treasurer; Earl Sisson,
reporter; and Leon Parrish, parlia
mentarian.
The purpose of this organization
is to educate the future farmers in
such a way as to improve their
farming conditions and increase in
terest in farming.
Plans are being made for trans
portation of all members to the
Southeastern Fair. These members
will study poultry and livestock
while at the fair.
Students interested in joining
the F. F. A. should see Mr. Gurley,
chapter adviser. Everyone has a
cordial invitation to become a mem
ber.
THE SOUTH’S BEST
JUNIOR COLLEGE
NEWSPAPER
NUMBER ONE
Inspirational Address By
Ralph Ramsey Greets
Student Body Tuesday
Ralph Ramsey, secretary of the
Georgia Education and prominent
educator of the South, addressed
the West Georgia College student
body at the assembly periid this
morning choosing as his topic,
“New Frontiers in Education.”
Mr. Ramsey, who at one time ser
ved as principal of Fulton High
school in Atlanta, is well known hy
many West Georgia students who
have heard his instructive ad
dresses.
West Georgia is not new to Mr.
Ramsey, having spoken to the Car
roll County Teachers Association
here and two years ago he deliver
ed the main address at the formal
opening of the college.
Mr. Ramsey is Editor and busi
ness manager of the Georgia Edu
cation Journal, monthly magazine
designed for education in Georgia.
Nuptial Date Draws
Near For College
Secretary
“Goods things can’t last for
ever.” So the time is drawing
L nigh for our beloved utility lady,
Miss Frances Williams to be
come a bride, (wife to the Fresh
men). The wedding will take
place sometime in the Christ
mas holidays. Miss Williams
has been secretary to the Dean
for the past two and a 'half
years. Due to the fact that she
looked at the future bread-win
ner twice, it was not love at the
first sight.
When asked why she is mar
rying, she replied. “He’ll make
me a living.” Oh yes, the hus
band-to-be is Mr. William Stan
ley Norton, of Cullman, Ala.
Chieftain Editor
Makes Preparation
Throughout the summer months
members of the Chieftain business
staff have worked in an attempt
to simplify the task of securing
ads during the school term. With
the aid of J—. c. Bonner, faculty
advisor, a method has been devised
to save time and money in the
operation of the business staff.
Jane Thompson, editro-in-chief
of the year-book, announced as
yet neither the theme for the an
nual nor staff members have been
chosen but both will be chosen in
the near future. Eldred Bass, of
Carrollton serves in the capacity of
business manager for this year’s
Chieftain.
In This Issue
Page
College Oddities 4
Advertisements—2, 3,5, 6
Editorials 4
Freshmen Fashions 6
Men’s G*ee Club 2
