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"THERE SHALL BE NO
PROFITEERING''
You read in the papers about war profiteering
and say that you’d like to get your hands on the
dirty rata who promote it, and yet we are allowing
Coca-Colas to be sold in the gym for 10c apiece at
all social functions including just plain recreation.
What is this but profiteering? This selfish, unpatriotic
practice has already been outlawed by the President
of the United States with offenders liable for prose
cution.
It’s perfectly obvious that students or anybody
else do not want to pay a dime for a five cent
drink. Whether it’s the fault of one person or the
whole Physical Education department I cannot say,
but I do know that unless those Coca-Colas are
brought back to 6c right away the sale of them likely
will halt.
The head of the record department has said
that the profits from these Coca-Colas go into its
treasury to buy new records. This is a mighty under
handed and illegal way to get them. If students must
pay for records, they wouldn’t mind being assessed
a small amount.
The head admitted, however, that the real reason
for this jump in price was the soft drink curtail
ment due to the sugar shortage. This itself is a viola
tion of a national law. He also said that the activity
fund allotted to the Physical Education department
was exhausted and it needed some additional sup
plies—an SB.OO rug for a private office for example,
also some bows and arrows for the girls’ archery
class.
I think we had better fight the profiteering
which has engulfed our own campus before we begin
proposing a solution to curb it elsewhere.
ELECTION AROUND
THE CORNER
Spring has come once again and now it is time
to have a turnover in student leadership.
Within the next two weeks student politicians
will begin their “baby” kissing campaign, free
cigar distribution, platform speeches, general bull
shooting, hand shaking, back slapping, mud sling
ing, and sign painting.
Nominations must be given to Hubert Vaughn
before April 24. Elections will be held for the follow
ing offices:
President, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer
of the student body, sophomore class, and the junior
class. Also the editors of the campus publications,
the West Georgia and Chieftain, and president,
vice-president, and secretary-treasurer of the V. R. A.
All candidates who withdraw nominations will
be charged a fee of SI.OO unless nominated for more
than one office.
Come on, freshmen, let's get this election talked
up and have some action! Time is short!
LET'S BE FAIR
At a meeting of the Athletic Association Wed
nesday night the varsity basketball boys were sup
posed to have been given the green light in pro
moting the Athletic Carnival May 23, in order to
raise money for sweaters. But to their dismay the
Association gave the order as “no go.” The Associa
tion felt it necessary to let the entire physical edu
cation department sponsor the affair and divide the
proceeds equally.
Let’s consider for a moment just how hard those
boys have worked and planned for those sweaters
this year. They have sacrificed picture shows and
good times in order to try to give West Georgia a
high rating in basketball, they have practiced and
played every day of the week except Sunday; they
have studied hard to maintain their required scholas
tis average—they have done everything from A to Z
to get those sweaters. Are you members of the Athle
tic Association going to let these boys down? Are
you going to give them a chance to say, “I don’t
want to ever see West Georgia College again because
I was cheated out of something that I deserved?”
These boys have something big planned for Car
nival Day which every student will enjoy some
thing besides the sports we have engaged in all
year. The majority of the student body is behind
the boys and what they have to offer on that day.
Let’s be fair to these boys who have well earned
some merit Monday night when you members of the
Athletic Association meet to give the final word on
their success or failure.
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THE WEST GEORGIAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1942
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JOBS . . .
Washington—(ACP)—Secretary of
War Stimson has announced that
100,000 men and women will l
trained for civilian war jobs—inspec
tors at Government factories, depots
and arsenals; production workers,
etc.—in Government and State-own
ed schools. Students will be paid
S9OO to $1,440 a year while in train
ing. (Men trained must be “outside”
Selective Service requirements.)
Civil Service here in Washington
virtually assures stenographers a job
within one week of filing an applica
tion. Within the next few weeks
Civil Service must furnish 1,000
stenographers to Washington war
agencies.
Typing and shorthand skills are
an excellent entering wedge if you
are interested in working for Uncle
Sam and can’t discover any vacancies
in your field. Your chances of trans
ferring to the kind of work for which
you are especially trained are termed
“very good” if the specialty you are
seeking ties in with the war effort.
* * *
WAR . . .
More 5 per cent of the na
the last draft are college students —
THE WEST GEORGIAN
JAMES PRESSLEY Editor-in-Chief
FRANCES DONOHOO Assistant Editor
JEAN AYCOCK Managing Editor
JOHN FOLGER Business Manager
ELIZABETH FANNIN News Editor
LOUISE FLOYD Feature Editor
MILES WILEY Assistant Business Mgr.
CHARLES STOWE- Circulation Mgr.
ALBERT BROWNING Sports Editor
MARY BURTON Faculty Adviser
Published Bi-Weekly By The Students of West Georgia College,
Genola, Georgia. Printed By The Carroll County Times,
Carrollton, Georgia.
SUBSCRIPTION RjM'E Member 1942'
50c PER YEAR 1" . , ,_ _ . . *
member g. s. p. a. Hssociaied Coueftiote Press
some 136,700 of them. They were as
signed order numbers March 17 and
prospects of an early military career
are very real for most of them.
The War Department says that be
ginning June 1, quotas will probably
call for men in both the first (21-35)
age group and the second age group
(20-year-olds and 36-45 year olds.)
Local boards have been instructed
to mail questionnaires to registrants
in the second age group in “sufficient
'numbers to insure filling of the June
call entirely from this age group if
necessary.”
According to an OCD survey of
400 college newspapers, more than
half are sending the school paper free
of charge to former students now in
military service.
The University of Hawaii was in
cluded in the survey, but a letter
from Frederick Tom, president of the
Hawaiian A. S. U., explained that
the student newspaper couldn’t
answer the questionnaire because pub
lication stopped December 7. Enroll
ment has dropped 65 per cent; almost
the entire staff of the paper, Ka Leo
0 Hawaii, has left school.
Campus Spotlight
Focused By FRANCES DONEHOO<
Dedicated to outstanding student on the cam
pus who are worthy of receiving special recognition
for the way they carry out their school and per
sonal activities.
Elsie Gosdin
“W” Club; 4-H Club; Captoin Baseball Team;
President WAA; Treas. Adamson House Council.
Elsie Gosdin is a native of Heard County and
she is proud of the fact that she was born there on
March 25, 1921. She was surrounded by four broth
ers and one sister in her home life. She received the
incentive to attend college during her school days at
Centralhatehee. Elsie, being of a studious nature,
was Valedictorian of her Senior Class, but in her
attendance at West Georgia her Sophomore year
there was a considerable “let down”—her room
mates—l Clovis Pope, Hildreth Striplin, and Hughie
Majors.
Elsie likes baseball and all outdoor sports and
she has no particular dislike except a person whose
initials are H. M.
Elsie has many varied opinions. Her opinion
about West Georgia is favorable except, quote “West
Georgia is 0. K.—lt’s just some people who are
here—for instance, Cornell Rogers”—Elsie believes in
taking advantage.
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Since everyone is deeply interested in Dr. Hart
and his new duties a& First Lieutenant in the U. S.
army, here is a copy of a letter received by the Editor
yesterday from Dr. and Mrs. Hart’.
The Barringer Hotel
Augusta, Georgia
Editor, West Georgian,
Dear Jimmy,
We are stationed at Camp Gordon, and at the
moment trying to find a place to live in Augusta.
The army is a great American institution. In it
are some of our very best men.
Lt. Whittemore and I have charge of the Malaria
Control for the entire camp area. At present we are
chiefly concerned with mosquito abatement. Our
duties are somewhat like those of the Sanitary
Engineers under the Ellis Health Law in Georgia.
Is it necessary to say that we should like to
receive the “West Georgian?”
Our regards to all, and best wishes to you.
Cordially,
Thomas A. Hart, Ist Lt.
Sanitary Corps, Station Hospital
Camp Gordon, Augusta, Georgia.
My Room
After Supper
Editor, West Georgian:
Will you please inform me as to why the faculty,
or whoever is responsible, does not have enough faith
in their Melson Hall freshmen to allow them to stir
from the dormitory on week days after our evening
meal?
Dormitory Regulations—Men—Regulation 5
Page 11.
Freshmen must remain on the campus every
evening on which quiet hours are observed until they
have established a general record of C (at mid-term
or thereafter.) I heard someone say that this rule
had been amended. WHY??
The only reason I have been given thus far is
that the freshmen must be kept under the thumb
of the superviser so that they will study. Well, that
may have its good points, but why under the shining
sun can’t the same apply to all dormitory students
rather than about half of them? I have always heard
it said that it was a poor rule that could not be
worked both ways.
Why divide the students into two factors? If
part of the students need to study, I’m sure all of
them do. If the rule is a good one, apply it to all
so that it may benefit the whole group. If it is no
good, then do away with it. Don’t disrupt the dormi
tory with a lot of half way rules. We’re willing to
give up certain individual rights for the good of the
entire dormitory, but why take all privileges from
one group and allow them to another.
Sincerely yours,
Disgusted Freshmen.