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THE WEST GEORGIAN
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WEST GEORGIAN STAFF:
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Sara Davenport
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Nell Ruth Du vis
BUSINESS MANAGER Charlotte Cantrell
ART EDITOR Edith Phillips
WOMEN’S SPORTS Kathleen Mize
MEN’S SPORTS Waldo Jones
CIRCULATION MANAGER Robert Moore
FACULTY ADVISER Marie Campbell
REPORTERS and FEATURE WRITERS:
BOBBIE COBB HENRIETTA GRIBBLE
RUTH BENNETT JAMES DUNAWAY
ANNA PARISH RACHEL McCREA
HUGH MOSS RUTH BROWN
SAIDIEE SCOTT LOUISE BROADRICK
TYPISTS:
CAROLYN CHISM DIXIE GRIMSLEY
Published Bi-Weekly by the Students of West Georgia College,
Genola, Georgia. Printed by Frank T. Thomass&n, Printing,
Carrollton, Georgia.
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Students Urged to Cooperate
Through Good Citizenship
The early American pioneer knew that he could not
make this new world he had found a land of opportunity
and freedom if he worked alone. Out of this relization
arose the desire for the people to cooperate by forming
groups and thereby promoting good citizenship among
themselves.
Down through the ages this idea of working together
has prevailed among our better citizens. Today we stu
dents have come to understand that to develop fully and
most effectively we have to govern ourselves by the laws
of good citizens.
At no other time in our lives will we find a more fit
ting opportunity to practice constantly the use of good
citizenship than the opportunity we have now. We need
intelligent citizenship in our social relations here on the
campus. Let your fellow student know that you are work
ing with him toward the upholding of the high ideals that
have been set for us.
When you are called on to participate in the various
student activities that may be organized over the campus,
do your part willingly as a good citizen, because it is in
this as in other fields of student life that we must cooper
ate to the fullest extent of our citizenship.
—The Editor.
West Georgia College Begins
Eleventh Year of Service
We have begun the eleventh year of the history of
West Georgia College. It is anew decade in the life of
this college and we go into the year with new hopes of
preparing ourselves for the future —new hopes of helping
to make this dictator-infested world a world with demo
cracy and love between all nations.
This is OUR West Georgia—OUß year to make out
college more successful and fruitful than ever before. As
students we take on great responsibilities for the morale
of any institution is the same as that of the individuals
who compose the unit; and we must all keep up high indi
vidual standards so that of the college will remain high.
It is only with high standards that we can appreciate our
school, and as the student body we are responsible for
doing our best in that direction.
Let’s make it our goal to make West Georgia better
than ever through full cooperation, honesty, and hard
work! —Student Body President.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
■GRANT,
"YOU MUST BE
A FRESHMAN!"
Do you feel beat-up, run down,
and fagged out? Do you find it hard
to get up in the morning? Do your
clothes sag? Do your eyes bag?
Then it is taken for granted that
you are a freshman —a “rat” that has
just gone through the traditional rat
week.
Yep, we freshmen have been
through the mill, and I imagine the
sophomores had plenty of sleepless
nights accumulating ideas for dirty
deeds for us to do. They did have
several meetings, and as a result the
freshmen were the victims.
Until Tuesday the freshmen were
happy, carefree kids. There were no
lessons, plenty of midnight snacks of
sandwiches and coffee which were
cooked on a hot plate. The freshmen
and the sophomores went arm and
arm over the campus; little did the
freshmen realize what was in store
for them later.
Then, all light dreamy clouds van
ished when Tuesday came. Like dy
namite the “eating of soup with a
knife incident” started “Freshman
Week” off with a bang. The fresh
men had never been hungrier, and it
was a sad sight that the sophomores
saw. None of us had ever taken up
the art of eating soup with a knife;
therefore, we were totally ignorant
of the necessary technique, and I
must add that we went without
lunch.
We knew that this was the begin
ning of being a freshman or a “rat”
for a week. One thing after another
happened.
From then on a chorus of “Pis
tol Packin’ Mama” could be heard
all over the campus—even solos had
to be sung, but the tune never died
down. Anxious sophomores wanted
to hear the freshman creed repeated
over and over; and from a worm’s
eye view the Frosh knelt and repeat
ed the creed, emphasizing “Most
Honorable Sophomore.” At this, our
upperclassmen beamed with pride.
Our upperclassmen roared w ? ith
laughter when we were compelled to
walk up ALL steps backward, or were
asked sweetly (as if for our own good
health) to lug our books around in a
huge suitcase.
Other things seemed mild until the
gentle voice of the sophomores asked
all frosh girls not to wear any make
up, or roll up their hair. Of course,
this affected the girls with naturally
curly hair very little, but the ones
that had been behind the door when
curly hair was given out suffered hor
ribly. In other words, they had hair
that drooled.
There were nights when frosh beds
were short-sheeted, and I overheard
a frosh from Melson Hall say that he
had slept in cracker-crumbs the night
before.
Being a freshman is fun, if one
knows ahead of time when to take
vitamin pills. Then the rat parade
Thursday noon held new horrors.
Pajamas, suitcases, smeared lipstick,
painted faces, and songs made up the
grand march into Carrollton.
Naturally, all of this is a part of
being a freshman —oh, happy, care
free day that we frosh are sopho
mores—heaven bless the freshmen
then!
Alpha Psi Entertains
New Club Members
Monday night Alpha Psi, the Home
Economics club, had its first meeting
of the year in RAI. The main ob
ject of the meeting was to acquaint
all the freshmen girls who are inter
ested! in Home Economics with the.
club, its history, and its activities.
A short program was presented by
some of the sophomore members, in
cluding' Neysa Moseley, who gave
the history of Alpha Psi; Claudia
Walters, who read the constitution;
Nancy McClure, who gave a resume
of club activities of last year, and
Dot Tanner, who led them in some
Home Ec. songs.
After the program and business
meeting were over, all were invited
up to the kitchen, where they were
served punch and cookies by a com
mittee of sophomore members.
Thursday, together with the Third
Year Group the Alpha Psi sponsored
clean-up day.
Officers of the club this year are:
Nell Ruth Davis, President; Kath
leen Mize, Vice-President; Anna
Fariss, Secretary; and Dot Tanner,
Treasurer.
Miss Katie Downs, Assistant Di
rector of Education, is visiting at her
home in Athens, Georgia. She taught
during the summer terms and is now
taking a “delayed vacation.”
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1943
JUS' SNOOPIN'
We publish this first column of
W. G. C. gossip with the hopes that
many of you will blosom forth with
lots of goings-on that we can talk
about.
During the rat parade we found
hidden talent, for instance, Moss
(the little, timid bookworm from
Melson) has been around for a year
and we have just learned that he has
dancing ability.
Freshman Morgan and our student
body President are making up for
lost time. You know Morgan—she’s
the dining hall floorwalker.
Who said these freshmen are
dumb? They have already started
going to the library at night—two
by two—or did some of these wise
old sophomores tip them off?
Music 101 has uncovered Waldo
Jones as an opera singer. What next?
Say, didn’t' those Bullock twins
graduate last June? Oh, well, as the
old saying goes, “A bad penny al
ways comes back.”
The three Sara’s from the east
wing of Adamson hall really get
around Saturday show, Sunday
front campus and Sunday night
church. How do you do it, girls?
The old dorm has taken on new
life since Martha and Dot came back.
We’ve been missing your whistles at
all the boys as you hang your heads
out the upstairs windows on Sunday
afternoons.
And, there is Nell Ruth. Paul is
still the Appel of her eye—or is he?
Poor Casey, was she in a jam the
other night at the gym! Casey, when
are you going to decide on one and
let someone else have the rest?
Wonder why no beds have been
torn up and no alarm clocks have
gone off at 2:00 A. M. I guess
things will be quiet since Trapp can’t
blame it on anyone else.
We know that you will be glad to
hear that Maggie Pearl Botts has
formally announced her arrival. She
is rooming in Adamson 301 and cor
dially invited all the girls to visit
with her.
Juanita Potter is our official nurse.
She is proud to say that she has
never diagnosed a case incorrectly.
If she treats you for whooping cough,
you die with whooping cough, not
measles.
“Bowdon” realty gets around. He
has dated almost every freshman girl
on the campus. Some of the sopho
more girls will be glad when he has
finished making the rounds.
Hayward Boyett would make a hit
with the girls if he would stop let
ting two or three drag him around
by the nose!
Doris English seems to be a quiet,
dignified girl but have you noticed
that fan mail from Camp Blanding,
Florida? There’s something mixed
up somewhere.
On a recent visit to New York,
Mr. and Mrs. Ingram and Ann vis
ited Dr. Witcher, who is connected
with the Bell Laboratories in New
York City. Dr. Witcher inquired
about many of the students here anu
members of the faculty staff.
sent greetings and regards. He
quite happy and is working in a most
interesting field.
The Institution had a few changes
at the opening of the college year.
Mrs. Thomas, formerly secretary to
the deans,- becomes an instructor ia
Commerce, in the colloge.
Mary Conner, formerly with the -
Y. A., was chosen as secretary
the Dean’s offices.