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FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1942
Girls In NYA Shop Prove They Are More Than
Mere Delicacies by Beating Boys at Their Work
By ELIZABETH FANNIN ™“
Again girls prove that they are capable of more than
bridge parties, delicate laces, and gossip.
This is especially true at West
Georgia. The girls in the N. Y. A.
shops are wearing the pants now, and
doing a good job of it, too' We
haven’t seen any of our boys wearing
skirts yet, but perhaps they should
because they are letting the girls beat
them at their own work.'
Mr. Stockton, N. Y. A. Work Sup
erintendent, says that the average
mechanical aptitude of girls in the
shops is 30 per cent higher than that
of the boys. These girls are working
in every shop except the wood shop
department.
All types of sheet metal work are
done, and there are departments
where blacksffiithing and welding are
taught.
Electric and oxy-acetylen welding
constitute the welding department
which owns four electric welding
machines, two oxy-acetylen machines,
eight turning lathes, and shaper, one
drill press, two milling machines, two
saws, one arbor press, and three grind
ers.
Among the many things done in the
shops are the building and rebuilding
of road equipment and .the construc
tion of baking ovens.
Yes, the girls as well as the boys
have a vital part in the winning of
this war and they are putting their
shoulders to the wheel here at West
Georgia. The training that the resid
ential girls are receiving will enable
them to take up other defense jobs.
Hats off to the girls behind the
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Alpha Psi Host At
Second Military Ball
Of The Year Last Sat.
Alpha Psi, Home Economic Club,
was host to faculty and student body
last Saturday evening in the gym
from 9 ’till 12, at the second military
ball qf the year.
Army insignias with red, white and
blue streamers adorned the columns
of the gym with a huge United States
seal hanging from one of the basket
ball goals. The entire gym carried a
theme of patriotism with its red,
white, and blue colors.
At intermission punch and cookies
were served by members of Alpha Psi
headed by Margaret Turner, presi
dent. A punch bowl was placed on
both sides of the floor for post-re
freshment.
Immediately following the inter
mission the Alpha Psi members and
their partners, and faculty and stu
dent-body were invited to participate
in the grand march. The lead-out con
sisted of h'fargaret Turner and Ross
Whatley, Mary Jenkins and Charles
Stowe, and Miss Ruby Jenkins and
Ur. W. E. Hodges.
Miss Ruby Jenkins, faculty adviser
for Alpha Psi, headed the receiving
line at the entrance assisted by Mar
garet Turner, Martha Woods and
Mary Jenkins, officers of Alpha Psi.
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4-H Presents Program
At Methodist Church
National Chapter of the 4-H Club
at West Georgia presented a pro
gram at the First Baptist Church in
Carrollton on Sunday April 12, Na
tional 4-H Club Day.
Catherine Dailey, president, gave
a short discussion of the club, its pur
pose and work. A vocal selection
Face to Face” was given by Mar
garet Storey. Florence Barron also
°ok part in the program.
Adviser of the West Georgia chap
ter of the 4-H Club is Mr. Porter
Claxton.
West Ga. Neophytes
Now In Zeta Sigma Pi
Zeta Sigma Pi, national social
science honorary fraternity and the
only national organization on the
campus, held an impressive initiation
of 19 new members on Thursday,
April 9.
The initiation was conducted by
the officers, members, and faculty
members of Zeta Sigma Pi.
Senior members initiated were
Sarah Harper, Sarah Colquitt, Roy
McGraw, Jack Tingle, Madge Par
nell, Josephine Brooks, Eloise Glad
ney, Eloise Helton, Eleanore Coal
son, and Alta Finch.
Junior members initiated were
Martha Bullock, Charles Stowe, Betty
Watson, Jimmy Walker, Edith Wil
liams, June Hart, Jimmy Hendrix,
Anne Ingram, and Ruth Leak.
Requirements for membership in
Zeta Sigma Pi are strict. For senior
membership a student must have an
average of “B” in at least two social
science course and a “B” average in
other subjects. For junior member
ship a student must have a “B” aver
age in social science courses and a
“C” average in all others.
Mu Zeta Alpha Elects
Quinton Prince Pres.
Quinton Prince, Newnan, was elect
ed President of Mu Zeta Alpha for
the coming year at the club’s regular
meeting, April 17. Other officers elect
ed were: Jimmy Schell of Bremen,
Vice-President, and Sara Colquitt of
Rockmart, Ga., Secretary-Treasurer.
Quinton Prince was first honor
graduate of Western High School
near Newnan, Ga., in 1941. Prince is
working toward a B. S. Degree by
majoring in the sciences at West
Georgia College.
Jimmy Schell, a graduate of Bre
men High School in 1941, is the only
student on the West Georgia Campus
who has a license to operate a radio.
Sara Colquitt, who graduated from
Rockmart High School in 1941, is
studying for a Junior College Certi
ficate.
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THE WEST GEORGIAN
College Choir Sings
At Druid Hills Church
The college choir sang to a capacity
auditorium in Atlanta last Sunday
at the Municipal Auditorium where
Dr. Truitt preached on the subject:
“Is Prayer Profitable?”
It was educational night, with the
faculties and student bodies of the
public schools, preparatory schools,
business schools, colleges and neigh
boring communities forming a sub
stantial portion of the large crowd.
NAVY ANNOUNCEMENT
TO COLLEGE FRESHMEN
AND SOPHOMORES 17-19
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Why not serve where your college
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Under the Navy’s newest plan, you can en
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a good record, you may qualify within two
years to become a Naval Officer —on the
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Who may qualify
80,000 men per year will be accepted under
this new plan. If you are between the ages
of 17 and 19 inclusive and can meet Navy
physical standards, you can enlist now as an
Apprentice Seaman in the Naval Reserve.
You will be in the Navy. But until you have
finished two calendar years, you will remain
In college, taking regular college courses
under your own professors. Your studies
will emphasize mathematics, physics and
physical training.
After you have successfully completed
calendar years of work, you will be given a
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This examination is competitive. It is de
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