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VOLUME 10
West Georgia Shows Marked
Decrease In Enrollment At
Beginning Of Tenth Session
COMPLETE LIST OF STUDENTS REGISTERED
FOR FALL TERM IS ANNOUNCED
Classes began on Monday, September 28, at 8:30
a. m. to open the tenth year in the history of West Georgia
College since this institution became a part of the Univer
sity System of Georgia as a Junior College.
The greater cooperative spirit l
among both students and faculty is
an indication that this will be a suc
cessful year.
There is a marked decrease in the
number of students enrolled for 1941-
42. The complete list of students is
as follows:
THIRD YEAR STUDENTS
Caroline Banks, Griffin; Chestine
Cline, Waleska; Betty Fears, Griffin;
La Verne Floyd, Dallas; Elizabeth
Folsom, Leesburg, Fla.; Elsie Gos
din, Franklin; Saralyn Griffies, Deve
reux; Doris Jones, Flowery Branch;
Dorothy Jones, Flowery Branch;
Louise Land, Canton; Hughie Maj
ors, Menlo; Annette Maynard, New
ton; Lois Miller, Rabun Gap; Clovis
Pope, Roopville; Eleanor Snow,
Decatur; Merrill Traylor, Carrollton;
Sue Williams, Eastman.
SOPHOMORES
Sara Baker, Summerville; Dorothy
Bexley, Newnan; Hugh Brock, Car
rollton; Martha Bullock, Dallas;
Marjorie Bullock, Dallas; Dan Burk,
Rome; Margaret Burnette, Lizella;
Christine Campbell, Eastman; Larry
Cauthen, Buchanan; Geverna Chap
man, Cave Springs; Frances Chest
met, Moreland; Frances Collins,
Smyrna; Sara Colquitt, Cedartown;
Mildred Cowart, Logansville; Robert
Dunwoody, LaFayette; John Evans,
Gay; Pauline Fitzpatrick, Summer
ville; Sue Folsom, Carrollton; June
Hart, Temple; E. H. Hearn, Carroll
ton; Sarah Hensley, Smyrna; Virginia
Hemphill, Ramhurst; Jerry Hill,
Ranger; Josephine Hurst, LaGrange;
Fred Hyatt, Roopville; Anne In
gram, Genola; Elizabeth Johnston,
Summerville; Charles Lang, C&lhoun;
Continued on Page Four
Social Season Opens With
Cotton Victory Ball"
est Georgia’s social life got in full
swing Friday night, October 2nd, its
rrst big social event being a Cotton
ictory Ball. This ball was the climax
01 a week of cotton picking.
The Cotton Victory Ball was given
m honor of the boy and girl who
picked the most cotton on the pre
,yp Wednesday. The WAA and
Clubs sponsored the event.
The doors of the gymnasium were
' pcned at 8:30 and groups of young
eo P e and faculty members dressed
formally i n cotton attire began to
appear.
Tuf gymnasium was beautifully
rn++° carr y ou t the theme of
, . Two bales of cotton were
acta in front of the stage for the
i rone ’ Rehind the throne written
L °‘'° n were the words “Cotton
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLFGU
Dr. Franklin Parker
Formally Opens
Session With Talk
Dr. Franklin Nutting Parker, of
Emory University, talked to the
students of West Georgia, at the
opening program Monday, Septem
ber 28, on their opportunities and the
proper estimate of the value of life.
Dr. Parker reminded the students
that the biggest problem before them
is how to live their lives to get the
most from them and to contribute
most to the world.
Dr. Parker declared that every
group or class of persons have a
philosophy. Men and women form,
as time goes by, a philosophy or
theory of life and then follow it.
He urged the students to take care
of each day and make each day count.
He emphasized the fact that whatever
was done must be done daily. Duties
that are to be performed, opportuni
ties to be seized and responsibilities
to be met, must be met daily.
Dr. Parker emphasized the fact
that to be successful one cannot es
cape the task of thinking for him
self and of seizing the opportunities
open to him.
Mayor of Carrollton, T. J. Lawler,
welcomed the students to the town of
Carrollton, and the Rev. Zach C.
Hayes of the First Methodist Church
of Carrollton extended an invitation
to the students to attend the Carroll
ton Churches.
Victory Ball.” There was a large cot
ton “V” hanging over the throne.
The wine curtains of the stage and
the red, white and blue foot lights
enhanced the beauty of this attractive
scene.
At 9:30, President Ingram, accom
panied by Martha Bullock, Presi
dent of W. A. A., and Ralph Tyson,
President of the W. Club marched
forth to crown Fred Hyatt, King of
Cotton, and Christine Campbell,
Queen.
At 10:30, “Until Tomorrow,” was
played and people began to leave the
gym. regretful that it was over. It
has been announced that the W. Club
and the WAA are planning to sponsor
a social each month during the year.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, GENOLA, GA., OCTOBER 13, 1942
Marie Campbell
Author of Book
"Cloud Walking"
The publication of Miss Marie
Campbell’s book “Cloud Walking,”
is indeed an important event at West
Georgia this month.
“Cloud Walking” is the simple story
of the Kentucky mountain life; daily
work, corn huskings, weddings, “funer
alizing” and elections. How new ways
came into the hills and how they fit
into the old pattern of life.
The Tollivers are the chief though
not the only characters. They love
the old ways but are willing to take
a chance on new things.
Though there is an advance copy
on display in the Library, the book
will not be on sale until October 15.
Miss Campbell, English instructor,
has written the book from material
achieved while teaching in the Ken
tucky mountains.
Alpha Psi Initiates
New Members
Alpha Psi, Home Economics Club,
under the leadership of Miss Ruby
Jenkins, held its first meeting last
Monday night. The purpose was to
initiate the new members into the
club.
The program consisted of a candle
light service which represented the
rainbow colors of the Alpha Psi.
The new members initiated into
the club, were Betty Moseley, Neysa
Moseley, Kathleen Mize, Myr 1 e
Eason, Mary Ruth Camp, Eileen
Woody, Frances Taff, June Bartley,
Joyce Pace, Dorothy Tanner, Nelle
Ruth Davis, Clarice Richards, Nancy
McClure, Claudia Walters, Virginia
Hemphill, Reba Nell Jordan, and
Miss Ruth Crawford, dietitian.
West Georgia
Welcomes 3 New
Faculty Members
Dr. James A. Doubles is the new
head of the Biology Department. He
received his Ph.D. from the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
in 1940. Before coming to West Geor
gia he taught at Campbell College in
North Carolina.
Dr. George Kerry Smith heads the
English Department. Dr. Smith is a
native of Carrollton. He graduated
from Emory University in 1926 and
received his Ph.D. from Columbia
University in New York City in June,
1942. Before coming to West Georgia
he was connected with the Horace
Mann School of Columbia University.
He was business manager to three
summer tours to Europe prior to the
war.
The director of community work
and of the Third Year students is
Mr. Harry H. Giles. Prof. Giles re
ceived degrees from Amherst Col
lege and the University of Wiscon
sin and is a candidate for a Ph.D. at
Ohio State University, Columbia,
Ohio. He is near the completion of
this degree. For eight years he was
consultant and lecturer in a nation
wide study of the Progressive Educa
tion Association to determine the ef
fect of various types of high school
teaching.
Thirteen Bales Of Cotton
Picked By College Students
And Members Of Faculty
STUDENTS TO SPEND ANOTHER DAY IN
THE COTTON FIELDS THIS WEEK
Two hundred and five students and teachers of West
Georgia College in a personal effort to do their part for
Victory and to mitigate the current labor shortage In
neighboring farms picked thirteen and seven-tenths bales
of cotton, September 30th, according to Dean Gunn’s
report.
Students Collect
Scrap Metal
Proving again that West Georgia
students are willing to do their bit
in the defense of Democracy, fifty
volunteer students under direction of
Dean Gunn, collected more than two
tons of scrap metal on Wednesday
afternoon, October 7.
This metal, in addition to about
1000 pounds collected on October 2,
by Mr. Gunn and two freshmen, was
about ten year’s accumulation. Most
of the metal was brought out of
ditches back of the college. It had
been thrown there to check the flow
of water. Now it will go to stop the
flow of Japs.
A special effort is being made to
get this scrap collected before cold
weather. Cold metal is hard to handle
and some of it must be dug out of
the ground. But the most important
reason is that there a a shortage of
scrap metal supply ready for our
steel mills.
MELSON HALL
ELECTS OFFICERS
Charles Lang was elected President
of Melson Hall, boy’s dormitory, last
Wednesday night. Other officers and
councilmen chosen at this time were:
Quinton Prince, Vice-President; Fred
Hyatt, Secretary and Treasurer; Bob
Padgett, Dan Burke, Ralph Tyson,
and Merrell Wade, councilmen.
Mr. Young and Mrs. Williams will
act as advisors for this body of of
ficers and the entire group will make
up the Dormitory Council.
Any complaints of students will be
Multicolored "Rats" Invade
Carrollton For Annual Parade
“Rats” ran rampant with a gorge
ous array of colors as the annual
Freshman “Rat Parade” invaded Car
rollton Thursday afternoon. Carloads
of yelling Sophomores hurriedly
pushed the gaily clad boys and girls
on to the city square where the
“rats” had to sing to the glory of
the honorable Sophomores.
After parading over the town they
marched on to the Carroll theatre.
Here, the brightly painted Freshmen
were sent across the stage, single file,
and several groups were stopped to
•ay the Freshman Creed or to sing
and dance.
The boys were well groomed in their
pajama pants, rats caps, and paint,
glue and a splash of rotten egg or to
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' A holiday was declared, and stu
dents participated wholeheartedly in
the drive. The NYA furnished laundry
bags to be used as picking sacks, and
the students made their own straps
from such things as neck ties, towels,
and belts.
Buses carried students to twenty
four near-by farms. They picked in
groups ranging from six to eighteen.
Some biological students were inter
ested in the boll weevil and especially
the green stinging worms. Social
Science students obtained some first
hand information on problems of
Georgia agriculture.
Sixteen thousand, four-hundred
and ninety pounds were picked by
the West Georgia group. A saving"
of approximately twenty dollars per
bals was made on the cotton picked,
which would otherwise have been lost
by bad weather.
Christine Campbell and Fred
Hyatt led in the number of pounds
pickrtd. Christine picked two-himdred
and thirty, and Fred two-hundred
and ninety. They were awarded the
title of “Cotton King and Queen,”
by President Ingram at the “Cotton
Victory Ball,” held the following Fri
day night. Many students and faculty
members received their first experi
ence harvesting the Southern staple.
The student body will go again
this week to answer more calls for
help from the farmers to pick cot
ton. The definite day for picking will
be announced later by Dean Gunn.
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registered with the councilmen. The
councilmen will bring the complaints
and any suggestions for improvement
of discipline before the Dormitory
Council, and if necessary, the Presi
dent will call a special house-meet
ing. The councilmen are also charged
with assisting in keeping the dormi
tory quiet during study hours.
mato to make the costume complete.
The girls wore their skirts pinned
upside down and shirts backward.
Heavy jewelry hung from their cos
tumes and rattled noisly as they ran
along the streets; while their faces
were smeared with lipstick and their
hair hung in pigtails tied with color
ed ribbons.
Even though embarrassing moments
prevailed throughout the event, the
Freshmen displayed good qualities of
sportsmanship.
Now the once called “rat” Fresh
men feel they are full pledged West
Georgians and stand ready to take
their place as full-fledged members of
our college community.
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