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devoted to the
best interest
of W. G. C.
VOLUME VIII.
West Georgia students are pictured filing out of a
Friday Chapel period. Film showings and addresses by
prominent personalities have featured the assembly pro
grams of the year.—Staff Photo.
BARRACKS NEAR
COMPLETION HERE
Completion of the first of the
three men’s barracks at West Geor
gia College is expected by Febru
ary 28, according to W. Parker
Beddingfield, college NYA Coord
inator.
Two shop buildings are also be
ing constructed. All five additions,
made of prefabricated construction,
are part of the Residential NYA
Project and are being built by
Residential NYA students.
The three barracks will house
120 students, 40 to each building.
At present there are only 65 men
Residential NYA students on the
campus.
Students will work four hours a
day beside class work. They may
choose agriculture, with emphasis
upon poultry and livestock, or shop
work. In the shops, students may
work at the forge do sheet metal,
mechanics or woodwork. They may
also work at gas and electric weld
ing, auto mechanics, radio and
photography.
Innovation In
Education—M usic
For English Class
By JACK COLLUM
We all realize that education has
taken great strides forward. We
can look over the annals of time
and see the great progress that has
taken place in new teaching prac
tices. But now, believe it or not,
education has advanced to a point
where English classes have a choir
in the background, softly singing
sweet sentimental songs. This, fel
low students, is the acme in mod
ern education.
We have never heard of any
other institution having just such
an English course to offer. The
West Georgia College administra
tors are to be congratulated upon
their goodness and thoughtfulness.
Students can now be lulled into a
state of virtual cessation of con
sciousness with practically no ef
fort on their own part. What a
pleasure it is to live in this modern
age of ours!
The administrators of our college
are overlooking one thing, I think
we should call to their attention.
As long as the music class holds
lessons in the room under the En
glish class, we think we students
should be furnished pillows or
change our course from English to
How To Dream, Eight to the Bar.”
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, GENOLA, GA., TUES., FEB. 11, 1941
Chancellor Speaks
Chancellor S. V. Sanford, of the
University of Georgia, addressed
the* West Georgia Student Group
at their regular assembly period
Tuesday morning. He was intro
duced by President I. S. Ingrain
of the College. Chancellor Sanford
has rendered invaluable aid to this
institution, a branch of the Uni
versity System, on innumerable
occasions.
Music Appreciation
Includes Study of
Poetry and Music
“We expect to combine music
and poetry in our music apprecia
tion hour and learn how they are
related,” according to Miss Jane
Woodruff, instructor.
In the first meeting, Miss Wood
ruff called attention to the rela
tionships between social and eco
nomic trends and periods of art.
She stated—“ Music says so much
that I try to present students with
some of the background and pur
pose of a selection so that a stand
ard for judging music may be
gained.”
Plans are being made to study
peoples, races and nationalities as
reflected in music.
These gatherings are held in the
living room of the Rural Arts
Building Tuesday at 6:45 P. M.
Health Talks
Given By Students
Assisting Professors Tom Hart
and L. E. Roberts, a group of
Seminar students this week took
up the fight for a county health
unit by giving talks at Tyus High
School on the Ellis Health Law.
Films were shown on house flies
and the work of the health unit.
Students assisting in the work
were Jean Wyatt, Martha Gibson,
Starr Miller and Johnny King.
Making the second trip of its
kind, a group of the Seminar class
will visit Campbell Folk School at
Brasstown, N. C., this week-end.
Similar trips will be made
throughout the year.
The group, accompanied by Ed
ward Yeomans, consists of Mary
Gardner, Jean Wyatt, Martha Gib
son, Katheleen Steed, Mary Baxter,
Laura Smith, Doris Hollingsworth,
Ewel Holloman, and Sarah Joyce
Stephens.
Braves Seek 13th Against Redskins;
North Georgia Breaks String At 12
But Squaws Continue With 8 Straight
Goats! Hill Billies!
Former Names of
W. G. C. Braves
Few students at West Geor
gia know the origin of the
frequently heard term: Braves.
Today it is the name of the
varsity basketball team.
In 1933, the first varsity
basketball team to play under
the auspices of West Georgia
College was nameless, as it was
the first year of the college.
Naturally, Professor J. C. Bon
ner, who was coach at this
time, and the administration
wanted a permanent name for
the team. Accordingly, an elec
tion was held to find a suit
able name. The basketball team
came to be known as ‘Hill
Billies’ and later as the ‘West
Georgia Goats.’ The name
‘Braves’ was selected after it
was suggested by President
Ingram because of the rich In
dian tradition and lore con
nected with the college.
Carroll Education
Board Meets With
College Committee
In order to promote a program
of mutual interest, representatives
of the Carroll County Board of
Education and of the West Geor
gia College faculty met at a lunch
eon Tuesday at the College.
Cooperation between the County
Board and the College was urged
in the supervision of white schools,
the supervision of Negro schools,
and in working together at the
College laboratory schools, Sand
Hill, Tallapoosa, and McGiboney.
In speaking of the work being
done at the three laboratory
schools, Dr. Edwin R. Embree,
president, Julius Rosenwald Fund,
said “It seems to me one of the
really inspiring intellectual pro
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RADIO AUDITIONS
TO BE HELD
HERE TOMORROW
Auditions for the WSB presenta
tion of “A Salute to Carroll Coun
ty” will be held here tomorrow,
according to announcement by
General Chairman Stewart Martin
and Pres. I. S. Ingram. The time
of the auditions will be 2:00 P. M.
The broadcast over WSB is
scheduled for 7:30 P. M. February
15. Marcus Bartlett of the WSB
staff will direct the program which
will be recorded for broadcasting
here at West Georgia College.
What part the College will play in
the broadcast is not definitely
known yet but it is highly prob
able that the College Chorus will
render a selection.
West Georgia Burned In Effigy Upon
North Georgia Campus; Game Is Rough
Rhea Taylor, employing a system of plays similar
to that of the noted Adolph Rupp, basketball mentor at
the University of Kentucky piloted his Braves to twelve
consecutive victories before they were downed by North
Georgia last Saturday. Up until the game at Dahlonega
the undefeated tribe had amassed a total of 571 points
against 352 for the opposition.
Led by Paul Rogers, high scoring forward, the Tay
lormen have trounced some of the best junior college ag
gregations in the State. Despite the loss suffered in the
“hoodoo game thirteen” the West Georgians have high
hope for the State Junior College Crown when they en
ter the tourney at Tifton, February 27th.
By RALPH MIZE, Staff Correspondent
Dahlonega, Feb. B. —Misfortune overtook Rhea Tay
lor’s undefeated tribe here tonight in the form of old
“hoodoo number thirteen,” and before the evening had
passed on, North Georgia’s Cadets emerged on the top
end of a 49—34 score. The set-back was the first in thir
teen starts for the Taylormen.
West Georgia’s Squaws
have remained in the ranks
of the undefeated after 8
games. Avis Laughridge and
Elsie Gosdin have been the
stellar performers in the
lassies’ string of successes.
Tonight the Squaws engage
the Bremen Athletic Club
here, shooting for their 9th
win.
Vieing for high point honors in
the game with Georgia Evening
School girls Tuesday night, Feb. 4,
in Atlanta, the West Georgia for
wards netted a total of 41 points
while the Squaw guards held their
opponents to 16 points.
Sara Nell Popnam, Avis Laugh
ridge, and Elsie Gosdin collected
15, 12 and 10 points respectively.
Hyatt, Jackson and Hooks also saw
action on the offensive end of the
court.
Swint, McCain, Seagraves, Mor
gan, Hackett and Williams did a
neat job of guarding, holding the
forwards to seven field goals.
DEFEAT REINHARDT
Undefeated Squaws of West Geor
gia College banished another foe
Saturday, Feb. 1, by fairly scalping
the well-managed team from Rein
hardt with a score to the tunc
of 39—18.
Paced by Avis Laughridge the
Squaws completely massacred the
Rheinhardt girls, keeping well in
the lead throughout the entire
game. Laughridge took high point
honors with 17 points chalked up
to her credit. Gosdin followed close
behind with a tally of ten points
and Genelle Laughridge took the
third high point honors with eight
points.
Massing all their reserve strength
the Reinhardt girls were lost in
the fast moving game and were
powerless to get through the de
fense of the Squaws.
The score at the half was 21—6.
George Grant Mason, Jr., mem
ber of the civil aeronautics board,
received his A.B. degree from Yale
in 1926.
DEVOTED TO THE
BEST INTEREST
OF W. G. C.
NUMBER TEN
Out for blood from the start the
North Georgians led by flashy
center McDavid, scored successive
hits on the basket and for the first
time this year, the Braves could
not keep up. The score was 23-15
at half-time and the Cadets widen
ed their margin of lead through
out the remainder of the game.
It was a rough and tumble affair.
Both scoring ace Paul Rogers and
guard Bill Denton fouled out. Play
ing on a small court, the locals
Tonight the Braves meet the
Carrollton Athletic Club for
the third time this year at the
college. The West Georgians
won the two previous games.
simply could not find themselves;
they never hit their stride.
Paul and Dan Rogers led the
losing cause, scoring 9 points each;
Butler rang up 6 and Roy Whitner
5. Center McDavid was top scorer
for the evening with 14 points to
his credit while teammate Adams
chalked up 11 and Jones 9.
GEORGIA EVENING SCHOOL
Atlanta. The rampant West
Georgia Braves hung up their 12th
victory of the year here Tuesday
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V. R. A . Delegation
Attend Methodist
Conference At Tech
Four West Georgia students
were chosen by the V. R. A. Coun
cil to attend the Methodist Student
Conference at Georgia Tech in At
lanta Feb. 14-16.
The theme, upon which the con
ference is based will be “Christian
Resources in the World of Today."
Forums, fellowship hours, and
worship services are to be held in
order to discuss the different prob
lems that students face.
Students selected to attend are,
Madalynne Register, Mary Jenkins,
Lawrence Barton and Dannie Gillis.
Other students on the campus
may attend the conference by pay
ing the $2.50 fee.