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VOLUME VIII.
Roy McGraw Wins In Freshman
Election Defeating Rival Ned Turner
' Margaret Turner, Atlanta, Betty Broome,
Summerville, Also Win In Close Election
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Roy McGraw, Greenville, will head tl\e freshman class
as the result of his victory in the runover election held
last Tuesday. McGraw garnered 116 votes to 73 for Ned
Turner, Waukegon, Illinois. To win, McGraw overcame
a 6 vote lead held by Turner in the initial balloting.
Margaret Turner, Atlanta, polled 5
122 votes to sweep to a landslide
over Madalynne Register, Rome, in
the race for vice-president. Regis
ter received 62 votes.
Betty Broom, Summerville, will
be secretary and treasurer. Her
102 votes gave her a decisive ma
jority over Marion George, Oxford,
who received 84 votes in the closest
race of the runover.
McGraw was president of the
senior class at Greenville and was
star center of the school’s basket
ball team. He pledges his best for
“the greatest freshman class ever.”
Prof. Gordon Watson was in
charge of the election. Freeman
Bentley, student body president,
conducted the polls assisted by
members of the Officers’ Club.
MRS. ROOSEVELT
CHOSEN MEMBER
ROSENWALD FUND
America’s first lady, Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, was recently
chosen as one of the fifteen mem
bers of the Rosenwald Fund Board
of Trustees.
She and the other members will
participate in planning the use of
the money provided by the Rosen
wald Fund toward promoting
Rural Education in four Southern
institutions, one of these being
West Georgia College.
“I think that Mrs. Roosevelt will
make a real contribution through
her jility to understand and her
appreciation for the job that is
m 1 done. She has a splendid
of education,” said
1 • Folger, who is also a member
Oi the Board of Trustees.
Other distinguished members of
t l ' Board of Trustees are Mark
'bridge of Atlanta and Donald
-'Uimer, of Birmingham.
Fourteen Universities and 10 col
leges are maintained by the 5,400
Jesuits in the United States.
Home Again
Alumnus Visits Alma Mater;
Back to Live Again Dead Past
It’s great to come back home
again—back home to Genola. Most
°f the familiar faces have gone,
r eplaced by eager but unknown
grins and smiles. Yes, the build
ings are changed too, but occa
sionally there is a friendly old
nook that brings up memories, a
mixture of emotions floods over
your head and your eyes view the
old, friendly sights in a blurred
hadiscope for a moment.
People walk bjq gazing at you
with the stares that are reserved
for eccentric strangers. You don t
rave, for it was in this very spot
you met the group that you tra
veled with the rest of your days
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President of the Rosenwald
Foundation who will visit
the West Georgia campus
next week.
Paul Monroe Scheduled
As Future Chapel Speaker
Paul Monroe, superintendent of
schools at Columbus, Georgia, will
speak Tuesday morning at the
regular student assembly period.
Mr. Monroe is a frequent visitor
on West Georgia’s campus and
an intimate friend of the members
of the faculty. He is the brother
of Mrs. I. S. Ingram and Mrs. J.
C. Bonner.
Later Tuesday, he will conduct
a youth forum at the Clifton Hotel.
Participating in this discussion
group will be two Carrollton high
school students and six West Geor
gia students.
at West Georgia.
You shake hands nervously with
your favorite professor. Just why
you are nervous is a mystery.
After the professor has gone on
his way you stand alone —alone
in the place where you spent the
happiest days of your life. Sud
denly you realize you aren’t a part
of anything of the school any more
—lt’s all over.
You are a member of the Alumni
Association, just a visitor who has
come back to live again some
thing that is dead Too dead to
ever bring back.
Just a visiting Alumni who came
to pray and remained to scoff.
VISITOR
FRENCH CLUB HAS
THREE MEMBERS
INIATED ON NOV. 18
Neophytes Survive Brain-
Cracking Examination; Prof.
Adam Speaks To Club.
Surviving the heckling of
old members and emerging
successful from a brain
cracking examination, three
new members were admitt
ed to Le Cercle Francais on
Tuesday night, Nov. 18th.
Jo Cooper, Eleanor Jackson, and
Lawrence Barton were initiated
into the club ranks with a cere
money consisting of farcical ques
tions put to them by president,
Juanita Allen. Neophytes were
required to give answers before
they were given the questions and
as a result such replies as this
appeared. One person was asked,
“If you had a telescope on what
heavenly body would you focus
it?” As an answer to this were
written the words, “Hedy Lamarr!”
After initiation rites were con
cluded, club adviser, Professor
George C. S. Adams spoke in
French to the members of the
club’s plans for this quarter and
of the work it hopes to accomplish
during the year.
One feature of the present pro
gram to be carried out by the or
ganization is the presentation in
chapel of a short play to be given
by members of the club and to be
spoken in French. This comical
story telling of two American boys
in France contains much English
and arrangements will be made for
the part spoken in French to be
interpreted to the student body.
It has also been decided that at
meetings, members will converse
in French for at least half the
meeting period so they may gain
more knowledge of French gram
mar and more facility in speaking
the language.
YEARBOOK STAFF
WORKS ON FIRST
SECTION OF BOOK
Editor Urges That Payments
Be Made Before December Ist
In Subscription Drive.
“Be sure to make your down
payment on the college yearbook
soon since the subscription drive
ends December 1,” stated Herbert
Babb, editor of the Chieftain. All
those who subscribe before this
date will have their name printed
in gold on the back of their an
nual.
Babb also urged that every stu
dent have his picture made for the
annual. “A good annual is based
on the number of students it rep
resents. Please help us to have
our student body represented one
hundred per cent,” he said.
A photographer will be back on
the campus at an early date. Stu
dent pictures which have not been
made will be taken then.
Chieftain has joined the Na
tiona Scholastic Press Association,
which is assisting the staff by help
ful suggestions.
Assignments have been made to
staff members for first section of
the annual an dwork will begin
immediately. This part of the
book is expected to go to press
before Christmas.
Book Edited By Professors Roberts And
Bonner To Be Dedicated In Athens
Georgia Studies T o Be Released By
University of Georgia Press Today,
President Ingram Will Participate
By JOHNNIE BROWNLEE
To honor their history professor, Dr. J. H. T. McPher
son, former students and friends will present to him
“Studies in Georgia History and Government” Saturday,
November 30, in their former classroom insthe Academic
Building at the University of Georgia. The idea for this
book, just off the press, was originated by Professors J. C.
Bonner and L. E. Roberts, of West Georgia College.
AUTHORS
Professors L. E. Roberts
(left) and J. C. Bonner, of
the Social Science depart
ment, whose book, “Studies
in Georgia History and Gov
ernment,” will be released
by the University of Georgia
Press today in Athens.
College Bookstore Moved
To New Location With
Many Improvements Made
“West Georgia College now has a
college store nice as any in the
state,” said Mrs. M. E. Howell,
manager of the store.
The new store is much larger
than the old one and has a much
larger line of merchandise. Hot
foods have been added to the regu
lar list.
New furniture include five tab
,les, a counter, refrigerator and oth
er appliances to facilitate service
to customers.
There is a complete new kitch
en, with anew stove. “I am very
proud of the new storeroom,” said
Mrs. Howell.
There are orange and black dra
peries at the windows, small blue
vases on the table and everything
is spotlesly clean.
Mrs. Howell stated, “It makes a
nice place for the students to spend
their leisure time.”
N. Y. U. Professor Speaks To
Child Phychology Group At College
Speaker Is In Charge of Coun
celing Service For 800 Teachers
“Let children be ehidren —you
can’t expect them to act like ma
ture people.” This was the advice
Miss Alice Keller, noted educator,
gave a group of normal training
students, and others interested in
child psychology Wednesday morn
ing, November 20.
Miss Keller is professor of edu
cation in the University of New
York. Her position brings her in
contact with the New York public
schools which have a combined
faculty of 3,000, and a student
body of 30,000. She is in charge
of a counciling service for 800
teachers, so she is well qualified
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OF W. G. C.
NUMBER SIX
‘ Frazier Moore, of the University
Press, will present the book to
President I. S. Ingram who will
represent the authors and patrons
of the publication.
Mr. Ingram will in turn present
the book to Dr. Harmon Caldwell,
President of the University of
Georgia. Dr. Caldwell will then
give the book to Dr. McPherson
in appreciation for the services he
has given to the political life of
our state during the past years. Dr.
McPherson, now Professor of His
tory and Political Science, has been
teaching at the University for fifty
years. Abit Nix, Athens lawyer,
will act as master of ceremonies.
Mr. Bonner and Mr. Roberts
initiated the plan for compiling
and publishing the book, enlisted
literary contributions from other
young students of Dr. McPherson,
and supervised the editing of the
book. The book is composed of
twelve essays written by these
students about Georgia history. A
chapter by Mr. Roberts is entitled
“Legislative Reapportionment be
tween 1775 and 1860.” Mr. Bon
ner has two essays included in the
collection “Agricultural Reform in
Georgia Before 1860” and "Alliance
Legislature of 1890.” The essay
of “A and M. Schools” was writ
ten by President I. S. Ingram.
Listed among the patrons of the
book are Chancellor S. V. Sanford,
Senator Richard B. Russell, Con
gressman Sidney A. Camp, Ex-
Governor John M. Slaton, State
Superintendent of Schools M. D.
Collins, Dr. Willis S. Sutton, and
Dr. Cullen B. Gosnell.
Copies of the books will soon
be placed in the college library.
They will be for sale at the col
lege bookstore.
“Alma Mater (Latin for ‘Beloved
Mother’)” came into collegiate use
because a statue of Mary, Mother
of Christ, is placed over the en
trance of Bonn university, Germany.
to know the requirements of a
good teacher.
“You can’t expect a child to do
good work when he doesn’t have
the proper nutrition.” Miss Keller
commented when she learned of a
project being fostered by the Rural-
Home-Economic Class to give free
lunches to the children at the
Tallapoosa public school.
In This Issue
Beating the Tom Tom 3
Campus Spotlight 2
Cartoon 2
Editorials 2
One More Comment 2
Undressed Rumors 4
