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No phase of sheet-metal working is neglected at the
new residence project which is training hundreds of Car
roll County boys. In the picture above William C. Smith
of Mt. Zion, is operating a metal cutting band saw.
West Georgia NYA Project
Opens Three New Shops
With machinery installed .and power lines in, the
National Youth Administration’s resident work experience
center at West Georgia College opened up three new shop
units last week. These shops will prepare Carroll County
boys in the fundamentals of machine work, welding, and
sheet metal wdrk, and will give them the specific skills,
the sound work habit, and good safety practices which
will qualify them for specific jobs on the production lines
of America’s rapidly expanding war industries.
Sheet metal workers are badly
needed in shipbuilding. N. Y. A. boys
at West Georgia get the work ex
perience which will qualify them for
jobs in this all-important war indus
try by actually producing valuable
articles for the defense corps. Geor
gia’s army camps, and other public
agencies.
Work experience gained in the pre
fabricated shops and barracks, along
with the installation of machinery,
has already prepared a number of
boys at the West Georgia project for
jobs in industries, although the real
training program is just now getting
under way. Boys to be trained on the
project, high school graduates, live
in barracks near the shop, but take
some college work along with their
work-training courses. Now operat
ing in high gear, the N. Y. A. pro
ject at West Georgia takes its place
as the latest and one of the most
important units in the Youth Work
Defense Program.
Originally established to aid young
men and women to complete their
education, the N. Y. A. was not found
wanting when more workers were
needed in expanding war industries,
•i hrough resident centers which had
been in operation for some time, pro
visions were rapidly completed for
training young men and women in
the specific skills which they will
need in making their country safe
for democracy. (Carroll County
Times).
BUY DEFENSE BONDS AND SAVINGS STAMPS!
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
Dr. Clark Writes
Series For Maryland
Publication
Recent issues of the ‘'Maryland
Historical Magazine,” published qua
rterly by the Maryland Historical
Society, contain articles by Dr.
Charles B. Clark, Acting Head of
the Social Science Department. The
articles are entitled “Politics in Mary
land During the Civil War.” They
are composed of chapters of his doc
toral dissertation, written at the Uni
versity of North Carolina and com
pleted in 1940. These articles will rim
over period of two or three years.
In this way, half of the six hundred
page manuscript will be published.
Dr. Clark then plans to have the
whole work published in book form.
The account of the all-important
Border state of Maryland clears up
the confused political situation that
existed, the result of the split in sen
timent among the people. By custom
and tradition Maryland was a Sou
thern state, but the majority of the
people were engaged in economic act
ivity kindred to that of the North.
In the end, however, it was military
force that kept the state in the Union.
Even so, as many troops from Mary
land fought for the South as for the
North.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, GENOLA, GA., JANUARY 14, 1942
Aircraft Warning
Service Organized
By CHARLES CLARK
The Carrollton Aircraft Observa
tion Post, centered on the West
Georgia College campus, has recently
been organized and will be ready to
begin spotting aircraft immediately
upon notification by the War De
partment. Professor M. E. Howell is
the chief organizer, with Dr. Charles
B. Clark named as the Chief Obser
ver. Harold Nix will serve as First
Assistant and Mrs. L. E. Roberts as
Second Assistant. There is yet a
need for additional volunteers for
participation in this Air Warning
Sendee.
Observation posts have been estab
lished over the entire country, parti
cularly along the coasts. Most of
these already are operating on a
twenty-four hour basis. This activity
is a most important phase of national
defense, and the real value of air-
Conjtinued on page 4
Dr. Hart Outlines
Chapel Procedure
Plans for new and better orga
nized chapel procedure have been
made by Dr. T. A. Hart, chairman
of the Public Exercise Committee,
This new procedure will eliminiate
unnecessary disorder.
Order of Procedure
1. Chapel will start when Miss
Woodruff rises, this will be the
signal for the audience to come to
order.
2. Announcements of songs will
be made.
3. Announcements.
(a) Faculty announcements will
be made by Mr. Gunn.
(b) Student announcements will
be made by Hubert Vaughn.
(c) No announcements will be
made from the floor.
4. The regular program.
5. Song books will be passed to
center aisle. Students on center
aisle seats will take the song books
and put them on the floor beside
them.
6. The audience will remain
seated until dismissed by the
chairman.
West Georgia College To Be Host
To Arkansas Education Group
West Georgia will be host to a
group of visitors next Wednesday re
presenting ten colleges and universi
ties in the Department of Education
of the State of Arkansas.
The group, called the Administra
tive Committee of the Arkansas Pro
gram to Improve Instruction is spon
soring a visitation-study trip to
schools and colleges for the purpose
of studying community school deve
lopment programs. The committee is
especially interested in determining
how local community problems and
resources are utilized in student
teaching programs conducted under
the supervision of teacher education
institutions.
The committee will arrive at West
Georgia at 3:00 P. M. and will con
duct a special study of the teacher
Military Drill To Become Part
Of Men’s Physical Ed. Program
Committees Named
For College Defense
Faculty and students of West Geor
gia College are anxious to enter into
any activity of civilian defense.
Because of this, various commit
tees have been selected to promote
College Defense work.
Student committees are pushing
the sale of stamps and bonds. In
formation cards have been sent to
faculty members and their wives
from the Civilian Defense Commit
tee. The College community will
be organized under the leadership of
President I. S. Ingram who is a mem
ber of the County Council.
In outlining some of the duties
which could be performed by faculty
members and students, Mr. Ingram
listed the following items:
Work with the Red Cross, buying
defense stamps and bonds, working
with the Boy Scouts, keeping up
morale, doing the normal things
better, promoting forums, writing
newspaper articles.
Promoting patriotic act i v ities
through pictures and lectures, work-
Continued on page 4
311 Students Enroll
In First Aid Courses
Three hundred and eleven students
have already enrolled for First Aid
courses, fifty four of which already
have standard certificates. Twenty
nine would like to have instructor’s
training and one hundred and sev
enty-four want standard certificates.
Classes will begin soon in the after
noon and on Monday and Thursday
nights from 7:00 to 9:00 o’clock, with
Miss Ruth Sturgis of the Physical
Education Department and Miss Vir
ginia Greenway, College nurse, as in
structors.
In addition to this another course
is being taught by Dean Gunn in
College Algebra for the furthering
of Defense.
traning program here the rest of the
day.
The personnel of the visiting com
mittee includes: Dr. Roy W. Roberts,
Chairman, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, C. H. Cross, University
of Arkansas, Fayetteville; Frank E.
McAnear, College of the Ozarks,
Clarksville; J. C. Stewart, Ouachita
College, Arkadelphia; M. O. Alcorn,
Magnolia A. & M. College, Magnolia;
Marvin Bankston, Monticello A.&M
College, Monticello; Irvin A. Wills
John Brown University, Siloam
Springs; B. E. Whitmore, Beebe Jun
ior College, Beebe; Guy French.
Arkansas State College, Jonesboro;
Dr. W. K. Suramitt, Harding College
Searcy; and H. W. Jinske, Arkansas
College, Batesville. All of the above
towns or cities are in Arkansas.
DO OUR PART TO
DEFEAT THE AXIS
NUMBER SIX
W. G. C. In All-Out
Effort To Keep Pace
With Military Program
Inaugurated by Coach J. L. Car
penter, military drill will became a
part of the men’s physical educa
tion program. They are to be given
the same training as that given to
the home guard units in eadh coun
ty. The students’ response to the pro
gram was very commendable. Already
they have mastered a number of the
drills.
All movements that have been un
dertaken at this time have been limit
ed to those executed without arms.
These consist of position, rests, eyes
right or left, facings, salutes, and
steps and marching. Little time, how
ever has yet been devoted to march
ing. This will be taken up in detail
later.
DUMMY RIFLES TO BE USED
Because of the fact that rifles are
unavailable, wooden guns are being
made at the N. Y. A. woodshop so
that drills with arms may begin.
These will consist of the positions
of order arms, trail arms, port arms,
present arms, right shoulder arms,
parade rest, left shoulder arms, rifle
salute, etc. The wooden rifles are be
ing constructed by pattern of those
used by the home guard.
The purposes of drill are to enable
a commander to move his command
from one place to another in an or
derly manner and to provide simple
formations from which positions for
combat may really be assumed; to
aid in disciplinary training by in
stilling habits of precision and res
ponse to the leader’s orders; to pro
vide a means, through ceremonies, of
enhancing the morale of troops, de
veloping the spirit of cohesion, and
giving interesting spectacles to the
public and to give junior officers
and non-commissioned officers prac
tice in commanding troops.
Twenty - Eight Students
Included In Dean's List
The Dean’s list for the fall quar
ter has been released from the Dean’s
office. The following students attain
ed an average of 87 or above:
Vera Bevil, Dalton; Josephine
Brooks, Chipley; Mary Brown, Car
rollton; Martha Bullock, Dallas;
George Chambers, Bowdon; Elenore
Coalson, Bremen; Alta Finch, Rock
mart; LaVerne Floyd, Dallas; Sarah
Ida Harper, LaFayette; Eloise Hel
ton, Tallapoosa; Anne Ingram, Car
rollton; Mary Martin, Conyers; Roy
McGraw, Greenville; Frances Mit
cham, Hampton; Betty Jim Owings,
Summerville; Sara Nell Popham,
Taylorsville; Evelyn Porter, Griffin;
Quinton Prince, Newnan; Louise
Ray, Calhoun; Virginia Robinson,
Greenville; Comelle Rogers, Central
hatchee; Wilda Seagraves, Fayette
ville; Jack Tingle, Locust Grove;
Dorothy Wallis, Carrollton; Margar
et Weesner, Summerville; Ross
Whatley, Ashbum; W. D. Whitner,
Ellijay; Martha Jo Williams, Ring
gold.