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About The West Georgian. (Carrollton, Ga.) 1933-current | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1940)
VOLUME SEVEN Extra Curricula Activeties Play Big Role Clubs In Campus Enjoy Year of Success Extra curricular activities play ed an important role in the cam pus life of West Georgia during the t939_40 school year. The many organizations enjoyed a period of precedent shattering success in their varied fields of activity. Clubs attaining favorable termin ations in their work are: Ijffficerty Club—Jama Thompson, chairman. This club successively sponsored a tea dance on the Pre sident’s birthday as a part of the national polio drive. Arrange ments were also made for a cal endar of the social activities of the clubs of the campus. Zeta Sigma Pi—Nina Wiley, pre sident. Monthly programs in the form of forum and planned discus sions dealt with prominent social and economic problems. Club night was successively sponsored. The national fraternity also assist ed in entertaining the Georgia Academy of Social Science when ft met on the campus. Mu Zeta Alpha—Helen Drum mond, president. In co-operation with the State Health Department and the local NYA, the club spon sored Health Week, during which time members went into neighbor ing communities with forums and health films. A panel discussion on the Ellis Health Law was present ed in chapel. Socials include a* weiner roast at Hayes’ Mill and the annual banquet. Debating Club—Forrest Cham pion, president. Three dual de bates, including the annual fresh man encounter with the Univer sity of Georgia, and two single in- j tercollegiate debates were promot (Continued on Psge Three) Chieftain Dedicated To Gordon Watson, Popular Instructor Seventh volume of the Chief tain, dedicated to Professor Gor don Watson, went on sale Monday. Theme for this edition of the yearbook; is built around the his tory of Dean W. Fred Gunn’s colo nial home which is located on the West Georgia campus. A picture of this historic structure is em* bossed on the slate blue cover of the annual, and a history of the house for the last 100 years runs throughout the book, a single Une of the story on each page. Division pags of the largest an nual ini the history of the college present* sketches of both the colo nial anfi the modern eras. The yearbook was formally pre sented to Professor Watson and Chieftain staff at the organization’? annual banquet last Saturday nig tit. Professor Watson, Presi des t I. S. Ingram, Professor RobJ ert M. Strozier, facuty adviser for the publication, Editcr-in-chief Jane* Thompson, Eldxed Bass, Rusine ss Manager, Paul Hurt, George Bowdoin, and Jessie Wood wared were honored with copies wittn their names imprinted in NUMBER SEVENTEEN Leon Storms To Head Officers Club Leon Storms, White Plains, N. Y., was elected chairman of the Officers Club in the election held last Monday. Storms is president of the Sophomore class, a member of Mu Zeta Alpha and numerous other campus organizations. Serv ing with Storms will be Herbert Babb, Atlanta, vice-chairman; James Pinson, Rome, secretary treasurer; and Johnnie Brownlee, Calhoun, parlimentarian. The Officer’s Club has been led during the past year by Jane Thompson with Arnold Stark, Ann Appleby and Edgar Padgett as the other officers. Representatives from all the organizations includ ing those newly elected officers voted to send Jack Collum, Rome, Johnnie Brownlee, Calhoun, and Russell Green as West Georgia’s delegation to attend the Rosen wald Camp next fall. Besides these three, the sophomore class will also send three delegates to give the school six representatives at the camp. The newly elected president pledged himself ti work harmon iously with his associates in carry ing out the work of the organiza tion. Summer School To Open June 12 200 To Attend Approximately 200 people in cluding 90 residential NYA stu dents are expected to attend West Georgia’s summer school session which is scheduled to begin June 12 and to continue through July 19. Registration of students now at tending the college will be com pleted before the end of this spring term and registration of newcomers will begin June 12. June 13, regular classes will be held in English, Biology, Social Science, Rural Life, Home Econo mics, and Education courses. Elec tives offered will include Music and Art. The' maximum student load is two single courses. Those faculty members who will compose the summer school staff are Dean W. Fred Gunn, Profes sors Porter Claxton, Gordon Wat son, Rhea Taylor, T. O. Gurley, D. F. Folger, and Misses Dorothy Doster, Kennon Henderson, Mary Eliason, Dorothy St. Clair and Katie Downs. Present plans provide for the continued operation of the obser vation School at Maple Street. Club activities will cease until the opening of the college in the Fall. However, during the sum mer quarter student assemblies will be held two afternoons a week on the front campus. At these meetings, announcements of acti vities planned for the week will be made and informal addresses by members of the faculty and stu dent body will be heard. Organized play periods, swim ming, tennis, and social dances will furnish recreation for the summer school group. Enrollment will be swelled by teachers who desire to improve their teaching methods and to raise their state credits. To aid them in this the Demonstration School will be open as well as the Material Bureau where texts, Lib rary books,, supplementary readers and magazines wil be available. WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1940 W.G.C. Graduates Largest Class In History As 1939-40 College Year Is Culminated With Round Of Commencement Activities Dance, Alumni Day Included In Final Programs Activities culminating the school year 1939-40 formed a continuous round of entertainment for fresh men, sophomores, and alumni dur ing this final week of college as sociation. In a star-studded gymnasium students, faculty members, and out-of-town guests danced to the rhythm of Bill Manley’s ten.piece orchestra at the final dance of the year given last night for the sopho mores by the freshmen. Star Dust furnished the incen tive for the house decorations. Blue backgrounds glittering with silver stars decked the stage and orna mented the walls. Observing the theme of the fes tivity the orchestra added the strains of Hoagy Carmichael’s “Star Dust” to carry out the pre dominating idea. Climaxing the evening of gayety Glenn Whittemore, president of the Sophomore class, and his date, Virginia Lewis, headed the class officers and assembled guests in the lead out of the grand march. At the stroke of 12:00 the final dance number brought to a close the last gathering of this year’s student body as freshman and sophomores of 1939 40. At 3 p. m. the Alumni Associa tion held its business session with Stewart Martin, president, presid ing. Other officers serving includ ed Margaret Cheney, Carrollton, vice president; Harris Hay, Carroll ton, treasurer; and Rachel Hunt, Oedartown, assistant secretary. New officers were elected and plans for the ensuing year were mapped out. From 4 till 6 p. m. Bill Man ley’s orchestra played for the an nual Alumni Tea Dance. The Alumni Association has, in (Continued on Page Three) WGC Receives $1,500 Grant For Scholarships Grant of $1,500 to. West Georgia by the Knights Templar Educa tional Foundation for the promo tion of experiments in rural teach er education for the year 1940-41 was announced last week by Presi dent I. S. Ingram of the college. This sum will match $1,500 given by the Rosenwald Fund and will make available 30 scholarships of -100 each for selected third-year teachers. Applicants for special courses will meet here Saturday and appear before a committee composed of representatives of Knights Templar Educational Foundation, the Rosenwald Foun dation and the faculty of the col lege. Kendall Weisiger and Thomas Law, chairman of the Knights Templar Educational Foundation were instrumental in obtaining the money. The -1,500 grant is income from the George Whiteside Memo rial Fund, which is used in making grants to carefully selected stu dents whose records show promise of future leadership. Promoted # | .Jsß ■ MmSmIM Strozier Resigns: Accepts Position At University President I. S. Ingram has an nounced the resignation of Pro fessor Robert M. Strozier, effec tive at the end of this year. Pro fessor Strozier leaves We'st Geor gia to accept a place with the Uni versity of Georgia at Athens. This is a promotion and it is in keep ing with the policy of Chancellor Sanford to promote men in thd System. Mr. Strozier Joined this faculty from the college at Tlfton. He was on the original staff of West Georgia College, contributing to the policy-forming program of the college. He was professor of French, an outstanding promoter of student activities, and popular with the faculty and students. President Ingram expressed deep regret on Mr. Strozier’s leav ing West Georgia, but congratu lated him on his promotion. He stated that it would be difficult to replace such a popular and effi cient member of his staff. In the civic, social and the re ligious life of Carrollton, Mr. Stro zier has been most active. He is past president of the Lions Club, chairman of the Library Board, and superintendent of the Metho dist Sunday School. He goes to Chicago for the summer after which he returns to the Univer sity at Athens where he and his family will reside. !!!■■—■! In This Issue / Editorials Page 2 Now Crow 2 Society 3 Sports 4 With the Editor 4 Dr. Claxton Delivers Closing Address To Sophomores Eighty students, the larg est graduating class in the history of West Georgia College, received diplomas or certificates this morning in the College auditorium. The graduation exercises culminated a series of pro grams which mark the close of the 1939-40 school year. Dr. P. P. Claxton, former United States Commissioner of Education under Presi dent Taft, and now the President of Austin Peay Normal at Clarkesville, Tenn., delivered the com mencement address. The Men’s Glee Club sang the processional and the Women’s Glee Club gave a special selection. A head marshal and ushers, ap pointed by the Officers Club, were in charge of seating arrangements at the exercises. The candidates for graduation were presented by Dean W. F. Gunn. President Ir vine S. Ingram delivered the diplo mas. Sophomores graduating were: Junior College Eldred C. Bass Jr., Toney Walter Bryant. Forrest Lee Champion Jr., Helen Louise Drummond, Virginia Friddell, Mary Gammon, Lewis J. Higgins, Paul W. Hurt Jr., Ruth Wilson Johnson, Hewlett C. Jones, Robert Brandon Milam, William C. Mitchell, Joseph W. Morgan, Mildred Morris. Edgar A. Padgett, Mary Louise Poor, Martha K. Perry, Mary Gene Robertson, Joan Rosalind Shef field, George Arnold Stark, Jane (Continued on Page Four) First Honor Day Is Big Success Honors Day, anew plan for re cognizing student merit, was in augurated Tuesday, May 28 with a special program at the regular as sembly period. President I. S. In gram made individual presenta tions of the honor students who were recognized for their scholas tic ability. Dr. Dagnall Folger made the ad dress of the day. He asked "Why Are these students honored, and why not others”? In his discussion of this question the speaker em phasized the fact that if one were to be a success he must do some thing creative. Preceding Dr. Fol ger ’s address, Miss Dorothy St. Clair rendered Wieniaswski’s “Kuy Swlftc" as a violin solo. She was accompanied by Mrs. W. F. Gunn at the piano. Preparations for the program were made by Prof. R. M. Strozier. In making up the list of honor stu dent, Mr. Strozier took three fac tors into consideration: 1. scholar ship only was considered; 2. out standing athletes were not consid ered and, 3. since social charac teristics are rewarded by election to offices in various clubs, student activities as a whole did not miter into consideration.
