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iamCTOKY jjM iTATII VOLUME 11 West Georgia College Newspaper Begins Eleventh Year of Publication DEAN W. FRED GUNN ADDRESSES FIRST VESPER SERVICES The V. R. A. began its new year with a vesper service Sunday after noon, October 3, in the auditorium with Mr. Gunn, its sponsor, speaking. The Voluntary Religious Associa tion is the only religious organization on the campus. There are fifteen council members who plan the activ ity of this organization. Each year new members are elected to the council to fill the vacancies of those who do not return to school the fall quarter. These new members are elected by the council members. Application blanks are distributed to be filled out by all students who are interested in this work. The new members that have been elected to the council this year have not been announced yet. However, this group of students that will be chosen are the new students on the campus who seem to be vitally in terested in carrying on and partici pating in religious activities. Old members are: Nell Ruth Da vis, president ; Kathleen Mize, secre tary; Anna Fariss, Vera Richardson, Sara Davenport, Lester Castleberry, and Bobby Moore. Mrs. E. H. Hamilton Speaks at Chapel Mrs. E. H. Hamilton, wife of the Presbyterian minister here in Car rollton, talked to students and fac ulty in chapel, October 5, 1943. She was born in Japan and lived there for several years. She and Mr. Ham ilton were, until the war came, mis sionaries to China from the United States. Mrs. Hamilton told stories of how the Japanese soldiers forced things upon the Chinese people; how Chi nese people and American mission aries were put in jail for, apparently, no very good reasons. She also told interesting stories from her child hood. Commercial Courses Added to Curriculum This year anew Commercial course has been added to the West Georgia curriculum for those students who have urged its acceptance. Mrs. Charles Thomas, Mr. Gunn’s former secretary, has taken charge of the courses offered. She is teaching classes in shorthand and typing, and although her attendance is small an improvement is seen in the future. It is hoped that as many students as possible will take advantage of this opportunity in commer ci a 1 courses. Mrs. Thomas is eager to ac commodate all pupils interested, and is looking forward with the rest of the faculty to an increase in the size of her classes. DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, GENOLA, GA., TUESDAY, OCT. 12, 1943 Carrollton Churches Entertain Freshmen During the first two weeks of their stay here, West Georgia’s freshmen were entertained by the various churches of Carrollton. The Baptist Tabernacle sponsored a buffet sup per Sunday evening, September 24. The members of the Methodist Church gave a social for the new students Thursday night, September 30. All those present took part in playing games, after which refresh ments were served. The First Baptist Church gave a similar "get-together” Friday, October 1. All the ministers pronounced the whole plan a huge success and were pleased to see such a large attend ance. Social Science Club Begins New Year The Social Science Club is an or ganization for all students who are intereshted in what is going on in the world about them. Meetings of the Social Science Club are held each second and fourth Thursday night. At each meeting a program of current events or history is presented. Student discussions and talks by invited speakers make up the programs. A social hour often follows the program. Each year the Social Science Club sponsors Stunt Night. On this occa sion each club on the campus pre sents an original stunt and a banner is awarded for the best stunt. The year’s program will be con cerned with work that college stu dents can do to aid the war effort. The first meeting will be held Oc tober 14, in Room A2O at 7:00 o’- clock. With the Armed Forces John T. Robinson, 21, son of Mr. T. W. Robinson, of 14 W. Center Street, Carrollton, was recently ap pointed a Naval Aviation Cadet and was transferred to the Naval Air Training Center, Pensacola, Fla., for intermediate flight training. Prior to entering the Naval ser vice, he attended West Georgia Col lege for two years, where he was a member of the varsity football and baseball teams. Upon completion of the intensive course at the "Annapolis of the Air” Cadet Robinson will receive his Navy "Wings of Gold” with the designa tion of Naval Aviator, and will be commissioned an Ensign in the Na val Reserve or a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve. ** * * O. N. Todd, Jr., A. S., Cos. 1485, V. S. W. T. S., is now in training at Great Lakes, Illinois. His home is at 53 Monroe Street, Talapoosa, Ga., and he atended West Georgia Col lege between the years of 1935 and 1937. West Georgia Receives W. P. A. Picture Donation West Georgia College has been fortunate in receiving from the Fed eral Art Project of the Works Pro gress Administration in Washington, D. C., three hundred original works of art including printings, both black and white, oil and water color paint ings and sculpturing of a reclining bear known as the TERRA COTTA by Nina de Bremierke. The paintings and prints cover a variety of sub jects and hold interest for elementary schools, high schools, colleges, and for general use. The Federal Arts Project of the past employed several artists who have since become nationally known. When the W. P. A. project became defunct the works of these artists were stored in Washington, D. C., until provisions for their donations were made wth various institutions over the country. Plans are being made for these pictures to be exhibited all over the campus, in library, the offices, halls, and even in the rooms of students who desire to borrow them. The pictures are now in the Materials Bureau of the Library and a few are on exhibition in the main Library. Students interested in these pictures should note, however, that they are not yet framed and provision will have to be made for hanging until frames can be made at a later date. The third year group is now at work on the distribution of these pictures. It is their hope to use the pictures having interest for children in the elementary schools of Carroll County. Supt. Harrison Gives Address at Opening Chapel Exercises Superintendent W. T. Harrison, of West Point, addressed the student body at the opening chapel exercise Tuesday, September 29. Mr. Harri son stressed the need of the right kind of education for post-war Amer ica. He complimented the student body and urged that they dedicate themselves to high ideals of civic ser vice. Outstanding 4-H Clubbers Welcomed at West Georgia Although the 4-H Club hasn’t had its first monthly meeting yet, it is to be noted that we have on our campus several of the outstanding club mem bers of the state of Georgia. Many of the students were cited for their excellent work in this club and given 4-H scholarships to West Georgia College 4-H Clubbers, we welcome you to our campus! “West Georgian” First Organized in 1933; Has Been Awarded National Recognition West Georgia College and its student newspaper, THE WEST GEORGIAN, face their eleventh year of working together. Both were organized and begun in the late sum mer and early fall of 1933. This year s staff of the paper intend to carry on the tradition and honor built around this student publication. CLEAN-UP PROGRAM NOW UNDER WAY A group representing the faculty and student body met in the Rural Arts buiding Wednesday, October 6, to discuss plans for a clean-up and campus beautification program. During the meeting suggestions were made as to what plan of work would be submitted. It was decided that there are two specific jobs to be done: 1. the clean-up to be done Thursday, October 7; and, 2. a per manent committee which will super vise the cleaning and beautification to be done the remainder of the year. They will set up a plan to divide the work and hours equally among the students. Each student will partici pate in this campaign. The duties will include the up-keep of the grounds and making classrooms, of fices, dormitories, and the other buildings more beautiful and inter esting places to be. The Arts class and the Alpha Psi Club have already begun on this work but are going to fall in line with the others and continue their work there; also the landscape has been improved by the construction of new walks and the sowing of grass done by other workers. More definite plans will be made at a meeting of the permanent com mittee to be held soon, and the cam paign will begin immediately. Those chosen for the permanent committee are: Chairman, Miss Woodruff; Miss Jenkins; Mr. Vita relli; Mr. Giles; Dot Tanner: Mar jorie and Martha Bullock; Hazel Phillips; Lester Castleberry; Waldo Jones; Archie Gallman; Elizabeth Allen; and Gilda Hardman. CHANCELLOR VISITS CAMPUS TODAY The faculty and student body are delighted to have as their guest today Chancellor Sanford and a committee from the Re gents. The accompanying com mittee are Regents Gilbert, Smith, and Calloway. These distinguished gentlemen are visiting the campus for the first time. Mr. L. R. Stew art, Secretary of the Board of Regents, is also a member of the body. IfkU BUY VV3] UNITSO UJBS ITATBI JfiJwUtAMFS PURPOSE AND AIMS SET-UP The purpose and aims of this col lege newspaper as set forth in the first edition were to receive students' opinions on certain matters and to present these to the whole school; to get the students and the faculty ac quainted with one another; and to bring students’ minds to facts about school work, notices, and extra-cirri- Cular activities. Franklin D. Parker and Doris Wiggins serve as editor-in chief and associate editor during the term of 1933 and 1934. After three years of publication, THE WEST GEORGIAN became affiliated with the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism. During this fourth year, the paper was published bi-monthly instead of monthly and its size was increased from four pages to six pages. PAPER AWARDED HONORS On May 21, 1937, THE WEST GEORGIAN was presented with a silver loving cup by THE SAVAN NAH MORNING NEWS AND EVENING PRESS for being the best junior college newspaper in Georgia during the year 1937. This award was based on news coverage, editorial contents, make-up, feature material, and general merit as a stu dent publication. In 1938 West Georgia’s “official organ” was made a member of the National Collegiate Press as well as the Georgia Scholastic Press Associa tion. For three consecutive years THE WEST GEORGIAN was awarded First Honor Rating by the “critical” ACP in the annual national contest for junior colleges. These honors were given for the issues print ed during the fall of 1938, 1939, and 1940. The publication was the only juior college newspaper in Georgia to receive such honors at that time. PRESENT EDITOR AND STAFF MAKES PLANS Concerning plans for THE WEST GEORGIAN for this year, the cur rent editor-in-chief, Miss Sara Dav enport, made the following state ment: “With the help of the entire student body and the faculty, we are going to make every effort possible to put our paper back on the list of nationally recognized student publi cations.” The present staff was se lected after “try-outs” had been given. Each student interested in doing journalistic work was given a certain topic on which to write. The staff was then chosen on the merit of these articles. Dr. Mary Eliason, former English teacher here at West Georgia, is con nected with the county schools of Iredell County, Statesville, N. C. NUMBER 1