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PAGE TWO rWest Georgia Looks Ahead /. S. INGHAM The title of this editorial is the subject of a study now under way at West Georgia College. Mr. H. H. Giles of the faculty is chairman of this study group. The committee has brought in a preliminary report. Members of this committee made a hurried survey of world trends, apparent trends in the United States, and seeming indica tions for education in the State of Georgia. The report of the committee attempts to list the im plications for education and makes an effort to fit the facilities of West Georgia College into an inticipated program of education for this imme diate Northwest Georgia area. In the meantime, there has been some stu dent study in this field. One student in the class of History of Education interviewed Mayor Law ler of Carrollton about the vocational opportuni ties for youth in this area. The Mayor stated that in normal times there were not more than seven ty-five clerical jobs in the vicinity. He stated that jobs in the mills were limited—that appar ently vocational opportunities in the community were limited. Mayor Lawler said that this was an agricultural county and that he did think there was opportunity for intelligent diversified farming in this area. He stated further that in his judgment teaching in the schools of Carroll county offers splendid opportunities to well trained and alert young people. He closed his in terview by saying that he would advise most young people to do one of two things: They should first prepare themselves well educational ly, either to organize and run their own busi nesses or be able to convince the other man that they could run the businessman’s organization for him efficiently and with profit. There has grown out of this study a deep appreciation of the contribution of the college to this area. The fall meeting of the committee closes Monday night with a conference of faculty mem bers and a citizens group thinking together on the subject of the editorial "West Georgia Looks Ahead.” Thus, in the short period of the fall quarter, faculty members, students, and citi zens of the community have thought together on post-war possibilities for West Georgia College. Christmas Worship As the Christmas season draws near, have you given any time and consideration to how you will spend it? Will it be only a time of giving and receiving, or will we think more of the cause for which we celebrate it? Will we be indiffer ent like the priests and scribes, or antagonistic like Herod the king, or will we have the true Christmas * spirit and worship the King as the Wise Men d'd? Even though the scribes and priests were the great teachers when Jesus was born in Bethle hem. they were indifferent to His coming. Being so filled with vanity and the desire for the ful fillment of worldly ambitions, they did not even bother to go and find the Messiah; they did not wish to be disturbed. We do not want to respond in this way; we do not want to think of Christ mas as only a time for exchanging gifts and play ing Santa Claus, but we must prove that we are not indifferent to Christ by the way in which we spend His birthday. Neither do we want to oppose or antagonize Jesus as Herod the Great did when he received the news of the new born babe. Herod dared to tell the Wise Men to bring him word when they found Jesus so that he might worship Him, but we know today that this was not his intention. His intention was to destroy the Christ-Child. Let us not be secretely antagonistic toward Jesus in this coming season, but let it be a season in which we will be more thankful to God for His great Gift to us. May we seek not to destroy Him in our hearts but seek to put Him first in our lives. This Christmas day, let the most important thought which comes to our mind be one of worship like the Wise Men who were guided by a star to Jesus’ manger. They who were the most learned and intellectual men of the day recognized the. greatness of God and humbly sought to find Him, presenting Him with gifts which proved their feeling of inferiority. Al though we realize what a season of worship Christ’s birthday should be; some of us think of it as a holiday instead of a holy day. We think of it only as a time for presenting and receiving gifts and being with friends and relatives. May we not respond in this way but do as the Wise Men did —worship in spirit and in truth the King who came into the world nineteen hundred and forty-three years ago and gave Himself for us. THE WEST GEORGIAN WEST GEORGIAN STAFF MEMBERS: Saha Davenport Editor-in-Chief Nell Ruth Davis Associate Editor Charlotte Cantrell Business Manager Robert Moore Circulation Manager Marie Campbell Faculty Adviser, ——irir Art Editor Edith Phillips Women’s Sports Kathleen Mize Men’s Sports Waldo Jones Published Monthly by the Students of West Georgia College, Genola, Ga. Printed by Frank T. Thomason, Printing, Carrollton, Georgia. Subscription Rate: Membtt SI.OO p vu. Associated Cbtleftiate Press Member G. S. P. A. By Their Insignia You Shall Know Them ijL Hi I M*m r- i Meet Miss Petty Officer with a Yeoman's Rating The Navy blue uniform of the WAVES is now a familiar sight in communities throughout the country. Typical of these train ed WAVES is the Yeoman pictur ed above, who is now at work in the Navy Department in Wash ington, D. C. From the insignia on the sleeve of her blouse you know she pos sesses a Yeoman rating (the crossed quills indicate this) and is a Petty Officer third class (in dicated by the single chevron). The single anchor on her collar is evidence that she is a member of the WAVES. Insignia not only identifies but demonstrates the variety and Seek Opportunities To Develop Long years ago a young boy who was to be king of Egypt complained to his teacher of the hard tasks given him in his studies. Euclid replied, “There is no royal road to learning.” This young man was looking for the easy way. He was not willing to meet the challenge of hard subjects, even though he looked toward the day when he would be the head of a great kingdom with a maze of hard questions coming up for solution. Some students seem to think that way about school work today. They do not accept the daily opportunities to develop, but seek the easy way and justify doing so by the excuse that they are young once and that when THE WEST GEORGIAN real importance of work being performed by WAVES in terms of vital war service. It also sig nifies a real Navy job and does not differentiate between a man’s or woman’s service in the Navy. As the WAVES increase in number at Navy bases through out the country, they will re lease thousands of Navy men for combat duty by filling such jobs as Radioman, Aviation Machin ist’s Mate, Parachute Rigger, Aerographer’s Mate, Storekeeper, etc. For complete information on these Navy jobs, go to the near est Recruiting Station or Office of Naval Officer Procurement. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1943 Campus Spotlight Kathleen Mize President Social Science Club; Women’s Sport Editor of the West Georgian; Vice-President Alpha Psi; Secretary V. R. A.; member Citizen ship Committee; member Officer’s Club. Kathleen’s really a spring chicken. She was born July 11, 1926 near Bowdon, Georgia—gra duated at age of ((Some going, eh?)—She loves to daydream. At this particular moment let’s take up the item of her Dream Man—he’ll be tall, handsome, and intelligent (?) —(Confi- dentially, she says she has small hopes of find ing the latter trait, so she’ll settle for the first two) —Also her ambition is to be a home econo mist of some sort—take it as you will—(Boys, do you know o good thing when you see it? This gal’s smart, good-looking, and loves to cook and sew) —As for her favorite food, this Georgia Peach prefers Peach Pudding. Favorite song: ‘ Oh What a Beautiful Morning!”—remember the rest of the words? —“Everything’s going my way.” —Favorite movie actrress: Gene Tierney—that technicolor beauty in ‘Heaven Can Wait.” (Ano ther tip-off on K. M.—for this reporter’s money (?) she has a pair of “million-dollar” legs)— When questioned about what spot on the campus she liked best, she said: “I have no favorite spot —I love EVERY inch of it.” —Which is certaintly one of the best compliments W. G. C. has ever had! Waldo Jones Asociate editor of Chieftain, Sect’y of French Club, Sports editor of West Georgian, and mem ber of the “W” Club. On a Friday morning in 1923 about 5:30, this brilliant or otherwise personality was born in Chickamauga, Georgia. The stock that was sche duled to deliver this bundle of beams collided with a carrier pigeon, so our hero arrived in a beaten-up condition. The proud Jones parents named their babe, George Waldo Wintergreen Jones, Jr. Waldo timedly admits that as a child he liked to ride bulls, and occasionally (when the temptation was powerfully strong) to slip a watermelon. Time marches on. Then graduation from La Fayette—from there to Mississippi Business School, and then to West Georgia of which he says “I’m a hog about it.” His hobby: Cluttering his room with junk; likes: chop suey, holding hands, and people in general; dislikes: snooty people, state exams and house meetings. they got into business they will “get down to business.” Pupils fail for the most part, because they do not have the right attitude toward then work. They do not seem to realize that doing their wor kwell is the biggest thing that they can do; that the days of preparation are precious. When it comes to outside activities, it seems easy for them to reach a high degree of interest. No hours are too long, no task is too exacting, t seems quite natural for them to want to win m these outside matters, but they have not acquir ed the habit of winning in the classroom. They have not known the joy of successfully complet ing a task. They fail because they will not be lieve they must pay the same price for success as that which others pay. Though pupils fail in school, they stilx ee lieve that by some queer miracle they will e winners in business. They have a hazy bene that somehow, by some alchemy outside them selves, they can lay aside the habits formed m school and put on an entirely new armoi o working habits, free from the failures of yer t day. It is true that some men who failed in sc. m have attained a high degree of success. But men were not the “run of the mill”; they 7 exceptions with a flair for certain work. I- well not to look too much at such cases, * safer to work with careful thouroughness simple trust that doing one’s duty day by will bring its just reward.