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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
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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
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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
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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.
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In This Issue
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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
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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.