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sltudents Sing
assembled this morning
at the regular chapel hour and join-
in assembly singing directed by
vi ss Jane Woodruff, assisted by
.u. ,rv Martin and Arlene Sanson.
S le students then heard a short
an preciation program on present
-7 y artists. Records from the
n juste room were also heard.
f* * *
James Pressley led the second
v sper service of the year Sunday
ternoon at 5 o clock with The
l aest of God through worship” as
S e theme. After the prelude by
j, ss Purcell, the congregation join
ei 1 in the opening meditation. Quin
f n Prince gave a selection on the
, ano “Moment by Moment” dur
fn g which Pressley gave a reading.
M, iry Jenkins interpreted the
th erne of the program, followed
b , a congregational declaration.
Tt te program closed with a hymn
let 1 by J. Frank Walker.
* * *
A program of piano music will
be given by Mr. T. F. Hirsch of
Ca rrollton at the chapel hour next
Ti lesday, October 14, on the new
M ison and Hamlin grand piano.
TI lis piano was purchased by the
c< >llege this summer.
* * *
The Glee Club under the direc
t >n of Jane Woodruff, held its first
r eeting at 7:30 last night to dis
c iss plans for the coming year.
1 idividual try outs for all who
\ 'ant to become members of the
( lee Club are being held through
ly it this week .
“We expect to maintain the high
s andards of taste and proficiency
w hich have made the West Geor
g a College Glee Club an outstand
ir g contributor to the artistic and
n lusical life of the campus and
si grounding areas,” Miss Wood
r iff declared.
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' West Georgia faculty will en
t irtain the students with the first
ft >rmal dance of the year Friday
r4ght, October 24, beginning at 8:30
iii the gym. An orchestra, to be
selected in the next few days, will
furnish the music.
Mr. Hart, chairman of the stu
dent activities corhmittee, announ
ces that the dance will be given
in honor of the entire student
body, opening the social season of
formal activities.
Only students and visiting
alumni will be admitted.
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interested in any
phase of journalism, and would
like to be on the West Georgian
staff, please see the editor and
make arrangements to take the
placement test. We need report
ers, feature writers, sports writers
and copy readers.
Technicolor Warriors Make Big “Push”
As Girls Celebrate Grandmothers Day
By JAMES PRESSLEY
“God bless the sophomores!” is
the innocent plea of the freshmen.
But from the haggard looks on
some of the “rats’” faces last Wed
nesday and Thursday, one would
gather that the freshmen were
thinking, and I quote, “To????!!!
with the sophomores.”
It was one of the most horrible,
deplorable, and funniest sights any
human eye could conceive to see
those lowly, creeping “rats” in their
humoresque, burlesque costumes
half-walking, half-running to town
on annual “Rat Pajama Parade”
last Wednesday and Thursday
afternoon as the town people look
ed on horrified. The boys seemed
to steal the show Wednesday, how
ever, but we’ll have to admit that
the girls put up a pretty neat job
of it on the Carrollton Square.
There was Big Chief Ralph Ty
son, of Rome; leading his painted,
and I mean technicolor, too, war
riors (rats to you) on to what they
thought would be victory —in fact
two thirds of the “rats“ had V....
all over them. Then there was
Baltimore,” who assisted Big Chief
Tyson by bringing up the rear.
It was “Baltimore,” who surged
ahead to lead the painted mass
after Tyson fell by the wayside to
VOLUME IX
Hubert QuiUian
Formally Opens
Session With Talk
“Why did you come to college?”
demanded President Hubert Quil
lian of LaGrange College as he be
gan his talk at the opening chapel
program Monday, September 29.
“Did you come merely because
you thought it the thing to do,
or because of your desire to broad
en your outlook?” These questions
Mr. Quillian asked the students of
West <Georgia College as they as
sembled for the first chapel of the
school year.
He commended them on their
choosing to attend college and as
sured them of the great privilege
they had in making their choice.
“But,” he said, “in broadening your
intellectual integrity you must ob
serve these rules:
(1). Do not be too intolerant;
(2) To yourself be true, and then
you cannot be false to any man.
Mayor of Carrollton, Stewart
Martin, issued to the students a
welcome to the town of Carrollton,
and the Rev. H. P. Bell of the First
Baptist Church of Carrollton and
the Rev. Zach C. Hayes of the
First Methodist Church of Carroll
ton extended an invitation to the
students to attend the Carrollton
churches.
Then President Hubert Vaughan
of the student body performed his
official duty of welcoming the new
students. He solicited their full
cooperation in all campus activities,
and assured them of his full sup
port.
NY A Barracks Now
Being Completed
The N. Y. A. barracks of West
Georgia constructed by N. Y. A.
boys are now being completed and
another building is expected to be
completed within a month. The
machine shop, welding shop, and
forge shops are ready for the pow
er company to supply the electri
city to run them. The woodshop
will be moved from its present
position back to the Rural Arts
Building to the shops at the bar
racks.
get another breath. It was “Balti
more” who pushed the peanut
across the stage of the Carroll
Theatre, contesting with two other
“rats,” and winning by a close mar
gin. There were numerous other
ones who “stood out” —just ask
George Culpepper, from Calhoun,
and Miles Wiley, Carrollton, how
they enjoyed egg omlets trimmed
in rotten tomatoes.
These “rats” were so hideously
painted with black shoe polish,
brown shoe polish, lipstick, indeli
ble ink and green paint that the
girls became a “thundering herd”—
trying to seek places of safety
when the command was given to
the freshmen to “grab a girl to
walk back with.” Just imagine il
you can the look on those poor
girls’ faces when they saw those
weird, bright, multicolored crea
tures surging toward them! Br-r-r!
I feel a chill now!
Thursday afternoon brought the
girls into the “rat” limelight. At
a first glance you couldn t tell
whether it was “Grandma’s Day”
or what as the freshmen girls
“blitzkrieged” the town square
wearing inside-out housecoats back
wards, shoes around their necks,
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WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, GENOLA, GA., TUESDAY, OCT. 7, 1941
Officers Club Names
Five Students To Sit
On Activities Board
Officers’ Club elected five of its
members at a call meeting last
Tuesday night in the Rural Arts
Building to represent the student
body on the activities committee.
Those elected were Margaret Turn
er, Roy McGraw, Hubert Vaughn,
James Pressley, and Charles Stowe.
These representatives will meet
with five faculty members from
time to time to discuss problems
of the various organizations on the
campus, and to promote better rel
ationships between the students
and the clubs.
STUDENT-FACULTY
GROUPS TO PLAN
COLLEGE WORK
Each Student Will
Have Faculty Adviser
To Consult
In order to promote student
growth and faculty-student under
standing, advisory groups have
been organized at West Georgia.
From the faculty, 25 members
have been selected to act as ad
visers to the students. The student
body has been divided into mixed
groups of approximately 11 stu
dents each. Adviser for Residen
tial N. Y. A. students is Mr. L. E.
Roberts.
Scheduled group meetings may
be held at 10:20 on non-chapel days.
All meetings between adviser and
advisee do not necessarily have to
be group meetings, fo)c private
conferences between adviser and
students may be arranged if the
student wishes.
Among other general functions
will be entertainment within the
groups.
Specific functions of the groups
will be the giving out of mid-term
and final grades by the advisers in
stead of the dean’s office, and the
informing of students of excessive
cuts by the advisers.
Each student is encouraged to
have his adviser meet and talk
with his parents when they visit
the campus.
Should there be any dissatisfac
tion on the part of a student with
his adviser, he may notify Dr. D. F.
Folger and changes will be made.
Faculty members taking part in
the advisery program are:
George Adams, head of depart
ment of Romance Language; Carl
Bennett, professor of English; Mary
Burton, English instructor; J. L.
Carpenter, director of physical edu
cation; Charles Clark, assistant pro
fessor of social science; Porter Clax
ton, profesesor of rural education.
Katie Downs, director of teach
er training; Mary Eliason, profes
sor of English; D. F. Folger, dean
of instruction; Virginia Greenway,
resident nurse; W. F. Gunn, dean
of administration; Thomas Hart,
professor of biology.
M. E. Howell, assistant professor
of chemistry; I. S. Ingram, presi
dent; Ruby Jenkins, assistant pro
fessor of home economics; Morris
McKeehan, assistant professor of
biology; L. E. Roberts, head of the
department of social science; Ruth
Sturgis, director of physical educa
tion for women.
Herben Turner, instructor of in
dustrial arts; Sarah Ward, dean of
women; Anne Weaver, librarian;
Eugenia Whitehead, instructor in
home economics; Jane Woodruff,
assistant professor in music and
art; Edward Yeomans, director of
community development.
West Georgia Shows Slight
Decrease In Enrollment As
Work Begins On 9th Year
Enlarged Library
Gives Room For
More Books, Students
West Georgia is once again in
full swing with the new and im
proved library playing an import
ant part in the lives of the stu
dents. As the beautiful structure
was officially opened the latter
part of last year, the students, did
not get to enjoy the privilege
from which the student body now
derives a great benefit. WhJi the
addition of the reading room, it
is now possible for 77 more stu
dents to use the library, bringing
the seating capacity to 137. Miss
Weaver announces with pride that
a full capacity was observed Tues
day night—belie ve-it-or-not!
At present, there are about 7,000
volumes in the library, and it is
possible to increase this number
to 15,000 volumes. There is suffi
cient space for this number and
additional space can be provided
in case it becomes necessary.
Miss Weaver draws atteention to
the exhibit case which has been
recently added to the library. This
addition will be of interest to stu
dents, as it gives an idea of what
is happening at West Georgia and
in the surrounding community. The
exhibits will be changed about once
a month and students are encour
aged to offer suggestions.
Located downstairs is Mr. Char
les Shannon’s art studio and the
Materials Bureau. The Bureau has
been moved from the cramped
quarters in the Academic Building
and now has the advantage of a
more spacious department.
Chieftain Editor
Rushes Plans For
College Yearbook
Madalynne Register, yearbook
editor, announces that plans for
the Chieftain are being rushed this
year on account of the limited
supply of paper resulting from
the present war situation, and
that the outline has already been
sent to the engravers.
Mr. Gasper, photographer for the
Gasper-Ware Studios, will be on the
campus the week of October 13-17
to make pictures for 1942 edition
of the Chieftain. Pictures will be
made in the lobby of Mandeville
Hall. This year, the girls will
wear high-necked sweaters without
collars; the boys will wear ties
and coats as usual. The editor
urges all students to have the one
dollar picture fee available by then.
Campus Styles Reflect Patriotism
As Red, White And Blue Predominate
By MARY JENKINS 1
Along with the hearts of every
West Georgian the style of clothes
has a prominent aim of patriotism
—red, white, blue buttons, victory.
National defense is suggested in
the economical type of clothes worn
on this campus. Cotton socks, cot
ton shirts, and the still popular
broomstick skirts are being worn
by our women students.
Men students resort to the com
fort of polo shirts in this “bor
rowed time” summer weather that
persists.
NUMBER ONE
Complete List Of
Students Registered
Is Announced
Classes began last Monday, Sep
tember 2G, at 8:30 a. m., to open
what is expected to be one of the
most successful years in West
Georgia College history. The great
er cooperative spirit among both
students and faculty is an indica
tion that this year will be a suc
cessful one.
There is a slight decrease in the
number of students enrolled for
1941-42, as Dean W. Fred Gunn
stated in his address to the sopho
more class Friday, September 26.
"Although we do not have quite
as many students enrolled this
year as last year, we feel that the
shortage at West Georgia, as well
as in the whole University System,
has been made up in the quality
of the students who are now en
rolled.”
Students enrolled at West Geor
gia are:
Third Year Students
Venable Allison, Griffin; W. D.
Whitner, Ellijay; Robert Martin,
Blairsville; Charles Pike, Carroll
ton; Vera Bevil, Dalton; Frances
Donehoo, Roswell; Jean Lovvorn,
Bowdon; Gertrude Lumsden, Tal
botton; Drucilla Hewatt, Summer
ville; Eddie Holden, Rabun Gap;
Mary Hughie, Carrollton.
Elizabeth Hurst, Hogansville; Lil
lian Mashburn, Cumming; Frances
Ann Mitcham, Hampton; Eula Mae
Morgan, Woodbury; Louise Ray,
Calhoun; Cornelle Rogers, Roop
ville.
Hilda Seagraves, Fayetteville,
Mary White, Maysville; Norman
White, Summerville; Emily Wood
all, Woodland.
Sophomores For 1941-42
Carlton Adamson, Jonesboro; Bob
Hill Anderson, Dalton; Ed Aycock,
Carrollton; Charles Bell, Jr., Trion;
Lonnie Bell, Franklin; Herbert
Bice, Greenville; Eugene Callaway,
Bowdon; W. R. Chancey, Logan
ville; Garland Cottle, Carrollton;
Ernest Cox, Bowdon; Dickey Crow
der, Warm Springs; Bob Eaton, At
lanta; Raymond Farr, Rome.
John Folger, Carrollton; Howard
Garrett, Tallapoosa; Richard Grif
fin, Rome; Griffin Harris, Carroll
ton; James Hilley, Whitesburg;
George Huekeba, Bowdon; B. M.
Jackson, Jr., Cedartown; John Jus
tice, Trion; Lanier Jackson, New
nan; Roy McGraw, Jr., Greenville;
Norman B. Moore, Carrollton; Har
old Nix, Canton.
Henry S. Pinyan, Woodstock;
James Pressley, Chickamauga; Jess
Purcell, East Point; Jeff Pierson,
Culloden; Gordon Rowe, Carrollton;
Jimmie Schell, Bremen; Robert
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But as the chilling winds rush
on us, dame fashion predicts scotch
plaids, tweeds, gay colors, Sloppy
Joe sweaters, knee socks, and re
versibles.
What ever inspired the CORNY
necklaces? Some of the girls are
so optimistic as to wear wish bones.
Maybe the sponges are worn to re
mind the absent-minded college
girls that a bath is a very neces
sary item. Anyway whatever the
inspiration we’re positive that it
was justifiable.