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Students Receive Recognition
For Outstanding Achievements
At Annual Honors Day Exercises
BONNER SPEAKS TO STUDENT BODY
ON IMPORTANCE OF SCHOLARSHIP
Outstanding students of West Georgia rose to an
extra inch of their height in chapel, Friday, May 29, when
their names were read on the annual Honors Day pro
gram, at which time diligent work during their careers
at West Georgia was recognized.
Mr. J. C. Bonner, professor of-.
Social Science, who has been at
Chapel Hill for the past year, spoke
to the student body on the impor
tance of scholarship. His talk was an
inspiration to every student to go
forward to the best of his ability.
Dr. D. F. Folger, Professor George
Adams, and Professor Morris Mc-
Keehan presented the following stud
ents who received Honors: Martha
Bullock, Josephine Brooks, Anne In
gram, Quinton Prince, Evelyn Porter,
Betty Jim Owings, Dorothy Wallis,
Margaret Weesner, Ross Whatley,
who made the Dean’s list every quar
ter while at West Georgia; George
Chambers and John Folger, winners
of the Rotary scholarship to Emory
University; La Verne Floyd, Eloise
Helton, Genelle Loughridge, Clovis
Pope, Sara Rollins, Evelyn Porter,
who have been awarded third-year
scholarships; Margaret Turner, Mar
garet Weesner and Mary Jenkins,
from Alpha Psi; Madalynne Regis
ter, Bob Hill Anderson, Madge Par
nell, from the Chieftain; Ruth Blay
lock, Louise Floyd, Margaret Shelton,
from the Fine Arts Club; Catherine
Dailey, Margie Briscoe, Nell Parks,
from 4-H Club; Ross Whatley, George
Chambers, Quinton Prince, from Mu
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Final Issue Of Gen Pen
Features War Articles
The final issue of this year’s GEN
PEN, published by the West Georgia
Press Forum, is centered around the
war.
By means of this WAR GEN
PEN the contributors have endeav
ored to give West Georgians a better
comprehension of the great need of
understanding the world in which
they live and of the necessity of hav
ing a rather complete knowledge in
order to prepare themselves for a
place of merit in it.
This war issue contains the follow
ing articles from their contributors:
Background of World War 11, by
Jane Smith; The Lesson of Pearl
Harbor, by Wilda Seagraves; The
Christian Must Not Fight, by Pro
fessor Carl Bennett; The American
Christian Must Fight Now, by Dr.
Charles B. Clark; The South’s Con
tribution to National Defense, by
Alta Finch; West Georgia College
aQ d the War, by President I. S. In
gram; Science and the War, by Dr.
Tom A. Hart; War and the Humani
ties, by Dr. Mary Eliason; Student
Opinion on the War, by Anne In
gram; Southern Defenders, by Mar
garet Turner; God and War, by
James Hendrix; Peace After the
ar, by Sara Colquitt.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE '
West Georgian Awarded
First Class Honor Rating
For Fourth Consecutive Year
For the fourth consecutive year the
West Georgia College newspaper, the
West Georgian, has been awarded
First-Class Honor Rating by the As
sociated Collegiate Press of the Na
tional Scholastic Press Association.
The West Georgian was the only
junior college paper in Georgia to re
ceive this rating.
Four Students to Leave
For Ohio State University
Four West Georgia girls have re
ceived Rosenwald Scholarships to
Ohio State University where they
will complete their work on Degrees.
Wilda Seagraves, Fayetteville, Ga.,
who has been a third-year student
this year and Majry White, Maysville,
Ga., who has been teaching at Sand
Hill this past quarter, will leave June
16 where they will remain at the
University through the summer and
fall quarters.
Dorris Buffinton, Woodland, Ga.,
a former West Georgia student, who
has been teaching at Fayetteville,
Ga., and Eddis Holden, who has been
teaching at Sand Hill during the
spring quarter will teach the fall
quarter at Sand Hill. They will then
go to Ohio State University for the
winter, spring, and summer quarters.
Miss Seagraves and Miss White
will return to Sand Hill to teach
during the winter and spring quar
ter. They will return to Ohio to
finish their degrees.
“Hot Licks” of Harry Heam and His Orchestra
Climax of This Year’s Gala Social Season
By Josephine Brooks
Hear ye! Hear ye! Ladies and
gentlemen, the Freshman - Faculty
Final Dance, given May 30 in honor
of the sophomores, was the finest of
its kind ever held at West Georgia,
excluding none.
From eight to twelve, students,
faculty and alumni tripped the light
fantastic under the red and blue cir
cus canopy to the music of Harry
Hearn and his orchestra. Balloons
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, GENOLA, GA, JUNE 4, 1942
Enthusiastic Reception
Given College Yearbook
The Chieftain made its long await
ed debut and was received by an en
thusiastic student body Saturday
morning, May 30.
“Originality” is the theme for the
year. Illustrations of the little red
school house and the rural school
child add meaning to the dedication:
“We dedicate the Chieftain to those
who through teaching dedicate their
lives to the making of a better life
for rural people.”
The annual is divided into three
sections; Fall, Winter, and Spring.
The freshmen fell into the fall sec
tion which is portrayed by barbarious
pictures of the “rat” parade. The
juniors received the Winter section
with added notations of laboratory
schools. The sophomores inherited
the Spring with teas and dances in
terwoven into their story.
The Chieftain’s ex-editor, Madalyn
Register, was not on the campus dur
ing the last quarter but her assistant
editor, Mary Jenkins, and business
manager, Bob Hill Anderson, carried
on the work. The student body con
gratulates the editor and all her as
sistants for their splendid work in
producing such an attractive annual.
College Choir Presents
Final Concert of Year
Appearing in the final concert of
the year, the West Georgia Choir pre
sented an inspiring program of music
at the Vesper service Sunday after
noon, May 31, at five o’clock.
The program included “Proces
sional,” by Kocher; “Break Forth, 0
Beauteous Heavenly Light,” Bach;
“Cherubim Song No. 7,” Bortnianski,
sung by the Choir; “Lift Thine
Eyes,” Mendelssohn; “To A Wild
Rose,” MacDowell, by the Women’s
Ensemble; “Dear Land of Home,”
Sibelius-Manney; “God So Loved the
World,” Stainer, by the Choir; “Ave
Maria,” Schubert, a vocal solo by
Rachel Rowe; “Send Out Thy Light,”
Gounod; “The Lost Chord,” Sulli
van; “Were You There?,” a negro
spiritual arranged by Burleigh;
“Climbing Up (The Mountain,” a
negro spiritual arranged by Smith;
Kocher; “Benedic
tion,” Lutkin, by the Choir.
Officers of the West Georgia Choir
are Carlton Adamsonj, president;
Gordon Rowe, vice-president; Mar
garet Shelton, secretary; John Fol
ger, treasurer. Section leaders are
Josephine Hurst, soprano; Wylene
Sanson, alto; John Justice, bass;
Anthony Threadgill, tenor. Mary
Martin is the accompanist. Miss Jane
Woodruff is the director.
floated in the air and on the sidelines
were added attractions—toe dancers,
ball balancing seals, merry-go-rounds,
clowns and wild animals of every sort
and description.
From the stage came strains of
lovely music—waltzy and hot. Harry
Hearn and his ten piece orchestra
really poured it out with the “hep
beat.”
Dancing, dancing, dancing, with a
minimum amount of time out for the
Sixty West Georgians to
Receive Certificates, Diplomas
In Graduation Exercises Today
DR. GUY H. WELLS, PRESIDENT OF G.S.C.W.
TO GIVE BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS
Approximately sixty sophomores will receive junior
college certificates or diplomas this morning at eleven
o’clock at the ninth annual commencement exercises at
West Georgia College. President Guy H. Wells, of the
Georgia State College for Women will deliver the bacca
laureate address.
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President and Mrs. Ingram
Hosts to Sophomores
President and Mrs. I. S. Ingram
were hosts to the sophomore class
and faculty last night from ten to
twelve o’clock at the annual Presi
dent’s reception.
The fifteen honor freshmen who
helped Mr. and Mrs. Ingram enter
tain were Annette Payne, Dorothy
Wallis, Josephine Brooks, Anne In
gram, Marjorie and Martha Bullock,
Betty McWilliams, Betty Jim Ow
ings, Sara Colquitt, Quinton Prince,
Virginia Elliott, Madge Parnell,
Eloise Gladney, Paul Hendrix, and
Bob Padgett.
pause that refreshes and they were
at it again.
The grand march was a spectacle to
behold. The conquering heroes march
ed proudly by the side of the girls
whose gay, billowing dresses offset
their loveliness to perfection.
When the ball was over they bade
one another fond adieu, but the 1942
final dance was not over—it still
lingers in the hearts of West Geor
gians.
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t- The West Georgia Choir will offer
special music for the processional as
the smiling graduates march down
the aisle in their navy blue caps and
gowns and take their places in the
audience. Leading the procession will
be Ralph Tyson and Miley Wiley,
freshmen who will serve as color
bearers. Marshals and ushers are
Josephine Brooks, Dorothy Wallis,
Marjorie Bullock, Virginia Elliott,
Anne Ingram, Betty McWilliams,
and Betty Jim Owings.
The Invocation is to be given by
the Reverend E. G. Kilpatrick, pastor
of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of
Carrollton. Special music by the choir
includes two numbers, “Break Forth,
0 Beauteous Heavenly Light,” Bach,
and “God So Loved the World,”
Stainer.
President I. S. Ingram will intro
duce the speaker, Dr. Wells, who will
deliver the baccalaureate address.
Dean W. Fred Gunn will present the
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Coeds Dominate Politics
At West Georgia College
Tyson Heads Student Body
Thomas Leads Sophs.
Ray Edits College Paper
Again disrupting the age-old adage
that women’s activities are limited to
the home, co-ed politicians of West
Georgia College made an almost clean
sweep of the recent student-body elec
tions, placing women in nine out of
eleven oU the student-elect offices
on the campus. The only boys elect
ed to office were Ralph Tyson, Rome,
president of the student body, and
Bob Padgett, Ringgold, president of
the Voluntary Religious Association.
In the race for student body presi
dent, Tyson, first freshman class
president ever to be elected president
of the student body, defeated Jimmy
Hendrix, Cedartown, in a closely con
tested race, while Vera Richardson
barely got the nod over Polly John
ston as vice-president, and Sara Col
quitt emerged as secretary and treas
urer.
In the sophomore class election,
“Tommie” Thomas won by a decisive
margin over Brown Cochran, Copper
Hill, Tenn. The “Bullock twins,” of
Dallas, went into office as vice-presi
dent and secretary and treasurer by
a landslide. Madge Parnell, Smyrna,
defeated Joyce Barker, Carrollton, as
editor of the Chieftain and Bob Pad
gett, Ringgold, following in the foot
steps of his brother, was elected presi
dent of the Voluntary Religious As
sociation. The task of editing the
West Georgian fell to Frances Ray,
of Calhoun, who defeated Eloise
Helton by a large margin.