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P KVOTED TO THE
ItKST INTEREST
OF W. G. C.
volume viii.
debate tourney
AIRS HEMISPHERE
ALUANCEPROBLEM
Students Urged
To Become Aware
Of Problems
“Resolved: That countries of the
western hemisphere should form
a permanent alliance.” Students
began discussing this issue in the
first rounds of the debating tourna
ment, April 2.
All organizations on the campus
were invited to participate in this
debate tournament, an annual event
sponsored by the Debating Club.
The two club teams coming up for
the final beat will stage their
verbal battle in a future chapel
program to determine the college’s
champion debaters.
Points brought up for discussion
by the negative teams centered on
the question of the advisability of
entangling the United States in an
alliance that would threaten her
sovereignty. Affirmative speakers
contended that such an alliance is
the only way to assure our coun
try of a lasting security. Each
country concerned could maintain
its own sovereignty but the affilia
tion with other members of the
part would be strong enough to
lie together the whole —making
such a strong union as to oppose
any foreign war threats.
Business enterprises would suffer
immeasurable should Europe take
over the rich resources of indus
tries. But an alliance would assure
ever-ready markets for our manu
factured goods and also supply us
with our needs —coffee, rubber, and
other products essential to our
business.
Should European forces conquer
lands south of Panama, the United
States would be an easy prey.
If the alliance was no more force
ful than our present League of Na
tions it would be of little value to
anyone. Yet should it be air-tight
it would probably put a restaint on
our United States that would be
deterimental to our progressive
ness.
The question is of such vital im
portance, all students would profit
by a thorough study of it from
all angles.
College Makes Remarkable
Growth In 8 Years of Service
West Georgia College, one of the
youngest units in the University
System of Georgia, will observe its
eighth birthday Saturday, April 5,
and the institution has made a re
markable growth in the eight years
m "hich it has been functioning.
Accredited only through the Uni
versity System when established, it
now bears individual approval
nom the Southern Association of
toUeges and Secondary Schools.
In 1933, througn an act of the
worgia Legislature, the Fourth
h'trict Agricultural and Mechani-
Cu l high school was abolished and
' n * ts place was established West
eor gia College, a junior division
m the University System of Geor
gia.
During a & M days, the campus
contained only four brick build
? an academic building, a men’s
dormitory and a women’s doinu
°ry and a dining hall. Two build
Emory Offers Scholarships
To Social Science Majors
Emory University will again offer
scholarships to young men in Geor
gia junior colleges who score high
est on oral social science examina
tions given May 3, by Dr. Cullen B.
Gosnell and Kendall Weisiger.
All West Georgia students in
terested in trying for this scholar
ship are asked to see Professor
L. E. Roberts for further informa
tion.
Former students at West Geor
gia who have won this scholarship
include Jack Barnwell, Tommy
Herndon, Forrest Champion, Wil
liam Mitchell, and Glenn Hogan,
who returned to West Georgia last
year to supervise residential NYA
work.
Six Educators
Visit WGC Campus
Six educators from different sec
tions of the United S.tates visited
the campus Friday, March 28, to
study the program in rural educa
tion being carried on at West Geor
gia.
Among the visitors was Dr. Nor
man Frost, head of the rural
education department at Peabody
College, Nashville, Tenn. He com
mented. favorably on West Geor
gia’s program, saying that this in
stitution is carrying out progres;
sive ideas in the teacher training
field.
Professor Clarence G. Bolin, of
Henderson State Teachers’ College,
said that from the visit he had
gained many helpful ideas for the
training of rural teachers.
Besides, Dr. Frost and Professor
Bolin, the group included Dean N.
C. Beasley, State Teachers’ College,
Murfreesboro, Tenn.; Luther E.
Bean, head of the education depart
ment, Adams State Teachers’ Col
lege, Alamosa, Col.; Glenn Bean,
graduate student, Peabody; and D.
Harley Fite, Austin Peay Normal,
Tenn.
College Orchestra Plays
At Carrollton Theatre
West Georgia orchestra gavo
three performances between fea
tures at the Playhouse, March 26.
ings - were of wood —a dairy bai n
and a gymnasium, the latter melted
its occupants in summer and froze
them in winter.
Now West Georgia boasts ol
seven brick structures and hopes
in the near future to enlarge still
more. The new buildings include
a library, a women’s dormitory, a
rural arts building, and a gymn
asium-auditorium with a dining
hall downstairs. The college prop
erty is now valued at a quartei
million dollars which is an enoi
mous increase over the first yeai
estimated value of $85,000.
West Georgia’s campus is not t e
only growth evidenced at the co
- The facultv and student bc i>
have increased proportionately
In the first year of the college
!he enrollment was 220; now there
are more than 500 students for the
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WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, GENOLA, GA., SAT., APRIL 5, 1941
Annual Parents’ Day Is Set
For April 25 As Part Of
Religious Emphasis Week
WGC Students Can
Make Contribution
By Teaching—Frost
Services Worth $2,000,000
Peabody Speaker Tells Group
“The future of the United States
is being made in rural America
now. Rural people are re-popu
lating the nation and more of
these rural people will make or
break the nation.”
These words were spoken by Dr.
Norman Frost, head of the de
partment of rural education at Pea
body College, in his address at the
assembly hour Friday, March 28.
Discussing the possibilities and
responsibilities of rural education,
Dr. Frost explained that the three
ways to approach the problem of
teaching in rural communities are
thinking, using the resources avail
able, and getting along with and
using the people of the community.
Dr. Frost advised the prospective
teachers not to be too disturbed
about differences in the beliefs
they will encounter, whether they
be in politics or other things.
To illustrate the essential same
ness of most of our people's ideas,
Dr. Frost told the story of a man
and wife who owned a dog and
pig. These animals • were named
Democratic and Republican. Con
tinually the two owners argued
over the merits of these two.
Then one day the crisis came,
Republican, the Pig, turned over
the churn of milk and began lap
ping it up. The triumphant owner
of Democrat, the Dog, called his
pet to chase the pig away and
prove his own worth. ’'To the
man’s surprise, Democrat, seeing
the milk, stopped calmly beside his
old enemy and began lapping away.
Dr. Frost declared that although
Democrat and Republican. Con
not look so much alike, essentially
they are the same.
In conclusion, Dr. Frost asked
West Georgia students to make a
contribution equal to two million
dollars to the welfare of Georgia
by serving in the public schools of
Georgia.
An aerial view of West Georgia College, which celebrates
its eighth anniversary today. —Photo by Loftin.
Religious Emphasis
Week to be Conducted
By Ministers
Religious Emphasis Week, spon
sored annually by the V. R. A.
council, will have its first session
Monday night, April 21, in the form
of a candle-light service.
This service will be held in the
gymnasium under the direction of
the V. R. A. members.
A sunrise service will be held
Tuesday morning. The Rev. Rich
ard O. Flinn, Jr., will be the speak
er of the morning program and the
Rev. Olin G. Beal will continue the
program Tuesday night.
The same plan will be followed
on Wednesday. As an added fea
ture this year, on this day there
will be given an opportunity for
students to have private confer
ences with Mr. Flinn or Mr. Beal
about any problem.
Thursday’s program includes the
sunrise service, the morning service
under the leadership of Mr. Flinn,
and the evening service with Mr.
Beal speaking. At 7:30 o’clock,
after the private conferences stu
dents will be entertained with folk
dances. Refreshments will be serv
ed.
The climax of the program comes
on Friday with the annual Parents'
Day observation. Special invita
tions will be sent to all parents
and to high school students in this
section of the state inviting them
to visit the college.
Dr. Pierce Harris, Atlanta, will
give the final address of the week
at 11 o’clock Friday after which
dinner will be served on the cam
pus.
Students Attend
Ballet Russe Performance
Several West Georgia students
attended a performance of the Bal
let Russe De Monte Carlo at the
Erlanger Theatre, Atlanta, Satur
day, March 29.
Three ballets, “Serenade,” “The
Nutcracker,” and “Capriccio Espag
nol,” were given. Miss Jane Wood
ruff, music teacher, was in charge
of the trip.
DEVOTED TO THE
BEST INTEREST
OF W. G. ID.
NUMBER THIRTEEN
HURD YEAR CLASS
VISITS UNUSUAL
ALABAMASCHOOL
Students Develop
Enterprises To Help
Community
To study the most advanced
methods of progressive education
was the aim of members of the
third year grou > and the faculty
of the education department when
they visited the consolidated school
of Holtville, Aia., March 30-31.
This school, whose program was
featured in a recent issue of Life
magaaine, was tthe third in a
group of schools visited by the
seminar group.
The philosophy of education ad
vanced at Holtville is different
from that of the more conven
tional schools. There the student
is trained in any vocation that ap
peals to him and around his train
ing in this vocation is centered
his other academic work. If he
needs arithmetic to help him figure
a hill or English to help him write
a report, he may go to teachers
who are available at all times and
get individual help.
In this way it is believed that
each pupil will be given an oppor
tunity to learn a trade and at the
same time gain information about
cultural courses which will help
him.
At the beginning of the year,
each student, working with a teach
er, plans his activities for the en
tire year. After he has this task
completed, he gives to a teacher
a report of what he plans to do
from day to day. Then he is free
to spend his time as he wishes
without supervision unless he
wants help on some particular
problem.
To carry out the idea held by the
school that it should serve the
community, various projects have
been worked out to help the near
by farm families. A cold storage
locker plant is one of the features
of this plan. Here farmers may
store meat and fruit for preserva
tion at a negligible cost. Use of a
canning plant, a chicken hatchery,
and a power sprayer is also given
to them for a small fee.
In the laboratory, students pro
duce things which will be helpful
to them and to their parents. They
mix sprays and other preparations
for use on the farm. Beauty aids
such as finger nail polish remover
and brushless shaving cream are
concocted and used in the beauty
parlor and barber shop operated by
students on the campus.
At the end of each month, Instead
of receiving the conventional grad
es, the student writes a report to
his parents telling them of all the
activities in which he has engag
ed. The teacher also writes a re
port and tries to evaluate for thd
parent the student's work.
Commenting on the purpose of
the tour, Dr. D. F. Folger said,
“We want our student teachers to
see what can be done in a school
of this kind —a school which not
only helps the students but also
improves the community.”
Brother of President Dies
Students will regret to learn of
the death of George C. Ingram,
brother of President I. S. Ingram.
