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VOLUME SEVEN
Murphy And Hyatt Win Finals
Of Intramural Debate Tourney
Hurt And Champion Take Laurels As The
Best Individual Debaters of The Entire
I
\ Debate Tournament
With two wins and one forfeit out of three debates
to ring theJbell with a perfect score, the Zeta Sigma Pi,
represented by James Murphy and Mather Hyatt, over
came the Men’s Gless Club, represented by Forrest
Champion and Paul Hurt, in a stirring,debate last Friday
at the, Chapel hour to round out the finals of the local
Intramural Debating Tournament. Zeta Sigma Pi de
feated the Glee Club with a judges decision of three to
two. MttJ
The subject was, “Resolved:
That the County Unit System
should be abolished in the state
of Georgia.”
Murphy and Hyatt of the affir
mative, declared the system unde
mocratic, making the rural popu
lation predominant over the ur
ban sections. The negative re
taliated with, facts that . Georgia
economy is based on agriculture,
and the county unit system is the
only means of allowing rural popu
lation to use their power in gov
erning.
The judges of the debate were
Professors Robert M. Strozier, R.
A. Taylor,M . E. Howell, Dr. Mary
Eliason and Miss Katie Downs.
Zeta Sigma Pi gained its rank
in the finals by defeating the
Freshman Class and VRA with
one forfeit. Men’s Glee Club de
feated French Club and the Dra
matic Club and had one forfeit.
Best Debaters Named
Paul Hurt and Forrest Cham
pion were named the best debators
of the school by the committee
appointed for that selection. They
were judged upon their debating
throughout the entire tournament.
The merits for judgment were:
delivery, poise and presentation of
subject matter
Those making this selection were
Professors Robert M. Strozier, L.
E. Roberts and Gordon Watson.
CASTING MADE FOR,
“YOUNG APRIL”
Tryouts were held last Tuesday
in the auditorium of the Academic
building for characters in the play
“Young April,” to be presented
sometime in the near future by the
Dramatic Club.
This is the third play to be pre
sented this year by the club, un
der the direction of Dr. Mary
Eliason, faculty advisor.
Prof. Mclntyre -Otis McClung
Mrs. Mclntyre Nancy Smith
Geo. Mclntyre'..--John Robinson
Lula Mary Hughie
Vivian ißuddye Slagle
Elsie Ruth Johnson
Brian Stanley Connie Rowe
Terry Mclntyre Chris Johnson
Bert Parsons Lewis Higgins
Dutch Ben Tolbert
Pete William Cleghom
Stewart Miller Arnold Stark
Mrs. Miller. Annie C. Hamil
Mildred Virginia Burdette
Jane .~rr. Arlene Metzer
Diane .. Elaine Bond
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Date For Release
Of Annual Seen
Eldred Bass, business man
ager of the Chieftain, re
cently stated that he ex
pects the 1940 edition to be
released to the student body
in about five weeks. The
approximate cost will be
$3.75.
All the advertisements
have been sold and all the
copy will soon be ready. The
theme of the annual and
the person that it is dedi
cated to is to remain secret
until its release.
The yearbook is to be pub
lished by Foote and Davis
of Atlanta.
West Georgian Wins High
Honors In National Contest
The West Georgian was recent
ly given a First Honor Rating by
the critical Associated Collegiate
Press in a national contest with
other bi-weekly junior college
newspapers of the JJnited States.
The results were announced from
Minneapolis where college news
papers from four hundred and six
institutions in forty-three states
were studied. Only seventy-six
papers were mentioned for their
excellence.
The West Georgian was the only
junior college newspaper in Geor
gia to receive honors. The awards
were given on issues of the first
quarter.
Editors during the first quarter
were Marcus Waits, editor-in
chief; Starr Miller, associate-edi
tor; Harold Dunaway was business
manager, and Marvin Martin,
managing editor. Six pages were
issued all during the first quarter.
The West Georgian, under edi
tors Stout and Barnwell, received
honors from the Associated Colle
giate Press last year.
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Club Night To
Be Held May 18
Hilarious gaiety and a happy
mood will be characteristic of the
campus when Zeta Sigma Pi's an
nual blow-out, Club Night, shakes
the foundation of the college audi
torium Monday evening, May 13,
somewhere around the hour of
eight. Coming by invitation “to
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WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, TUESDAY, April 23, 1940
Dean Releases
Social Dates
Dates for the social activities for
the Spring quarter have been re
leased from the Dean’s office. The
dates were arranged by the Offi
cers’ Club through the student
representatives of the various
clubs.
The calendar follows:
Friday, May 3—Debating Club
Social.
Saturday, May 4 —Dramatic
Club Social.
Friday, May 10 — Ciceronian
Jamboree.
Monday, May 13—Zeta Sigma
Pi Club Night.
Tuesday, May 14—French Club
Social.
Friday, May 17—Zeta Sigma Pi
Social.
Friday, May 24—4-H Club.
Saturday, May 25—Glee Club
trip to Warm Springs.
Tuesday, May 22 W-Club
Social.
Friday, May 31—West Georgian
banquet and dance.
Saturday, June I—Ciceronian
picnic and Chieftain social.
Wednesday, June s—Final danoe
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In This Issue
Advertisements, page 3 & 4
Editorials 2
Now Crow 2
On War Path 2
Sports 3
Spring Election
Being Planed
Annual spring elections will be
held during the week following
mid-term examinations, according
to an announcement by Jane
Thompson, president of the Offi
cers’ Club, who is making plans
for this event.
Three student body officers, the
editors and associates of the two
campus publications, and the
sophomore officers will be elected
at this time. All candidates must
be nominated and the ballots will
be mimeographed.
The student body can vote for
all officers except sophomore class
officials. The election will be held
by the president of the student
body and president of the sopho
more class.
Reporter Will Speak
To Press Forum
Adolph Rosenberg of the Carroll
Free Press, will speak to the mem
bers of the Press Forum today at
3:00 P. M. on “Merits of Journa
lism.”
Mr. Rosenberg, before coming to
Carrollton, was associated with the
editorial staff of the Atlanta
Journal for five and one-half
years.
He is a native of Albany and is
an honor-graduate of the Henry
W. Grady School of Journalism,
University of Georgia.
Religious, Emphasis Week
Holds Campus 'Spotlight
“The Meaning of Religion” To Be Theme of
Week’s Activity. First Service To Be
Conducted Tomorrow
“The Meaning of Religion” will be the theme of Re
ligious Emphasis Week, a period of student revival to
hold its initial service Wednesday morning, April 24, at
eight o’clock.
The entire student body will assemble in the college
auditorium to hear the Re;/. Dick Flinn, pastor of First
Presbyterian Church, deliver the first of his discussions
on the theme of the week.
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DR. WILLIS E. HOWARD
Mu Zeta Alpha To
Sponsor Health
Week—April 29
Mu Zeta Alpha will sponsor a
health week program during the
week, April 29-May 4, during
which programs and forums will
be presented in schools and com
munities over the county. Pictures
dealing with diet, the common
house-fly, tuberculosis, syphilis,
malaria and diphtheria will be
shown and members of the club
will discuss these diseases. The
committee in charge of this acti
vity is composed of Mather Hyatt,
Centralhatehee, chairman; Ruth,
Johnson, Gordon; and Mildred
Gaston, Carrollton. Other mem
bers of the club wlfb will take
part in the week’s program are:
Helen Drummond, Rome; Jane
Thompson, East Point; Mary Poor,
Phoenix City; Nada Pool, Oxford:
Lean Storms, New York; Harriett
Fincher, LaGrange; Nina Wiley,
Carrollton; Emily Shell, Turin,
and James Muiphy, Bremen.
NUMBER FOURTEEN
Friday, April 26, has been do
nated as the annual Parents’ Day.
Invitations have been sent to
parents of all students enrolled at
West Georgia and to presidents of
senior classes throughout thief sec
tion of the state. These visitors
will attend the closing worship
service at eleven o’clock at which
Dr. Willis Howard, pastor of First
Baptist Church of LaGrange, will
■peak. The Glee Clubs are sche
duled to sing on this program. Af
ter the meeting, they will be taken
on a tour of the campus after
which they will be guests of the
college at a picnic lunch on the
back campus.
The Rev. Dick Flinn will lead
two discussion groups, Wednesday
and Thursday afternoons. Wed
nesday night Mr. Flinn will bring
before the students "Evidences of
Religion.” Thursday morning he
will speak on “Religion and our
Doubts” Thursday night “Religious
the Meaning of Life.”
Sunrise services are to bg con
ducted Thursday and Friday
mornings on the front campus.
The purpose of this period of
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Student
Argued Pro and Con
Whether to establish student
government, an honor system, or
some other democratic form of
campus government was debated
by faculty members and repre
sentative students when they met
together Wednesday, April 17.
Suggestions advanced by faculty
committeemen provided for a
guidance committee to replace the
present disciplinary system in
which students have no voice.
Sponsors of this set-up brought
out that students instead of be
ing punished for misconduct would
be counceled by an advisory board
composed of faculty members.
It was argued by those opposing
the plan that this idealistic sys
tem, while good in thedly, could
not be operated satisfactorily on
West Georgia’s campus since it is
too abrupt a change for students,
who have been regimented in high
schools, to assume full control of
student discipline and government.
Single honor system has been
advocated in which students will
not be required to report other
students’ misconduct but will be
pledged to tell the truth at any
time the guidance committee ques
tions them.
Discussions of this issue by stu
dents will be given at an assem
bly period soon and a referendum
has been suggested before any
plans are made to set up the
structure of the govenment.