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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1943
Dormitories Sponsor
Christmas Parties
Mandeville
Mandeville Hall is looking for
ward to this year’s Christmas
party with more merriment than
ever before. The lobby is to be
decorated with a brightly light
ed tree, wreathes, candles, pine,
and all the gay things that give
a feeling of warmth at Christ
mas. A short program will be
given, after which gifts will be
exchanged. Refreshments o f
fruit, cookies, and nuts will be
served. Stories told by candle
light will close the program.
Adamson
A Christmas party will be
given in Adamson Hall on the
night of December 12, at 9:30
p. m. Various committees were
chosen to decorate the tree and
the lobby for the occasion.
Names were drawn at a house
meeting and it was decided that
gifts would be given with the
first letter in a person’s last
name.
A program is being planned
and Christmas carols will be
sung.
Everyone is looking forward
to the party with hearts full of
glee.
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MISS RUTH CRAWFORD
TO WED IN DECEMBER
Congratulations to West Geor
gia’s dietitian, Miss Leila Ruth
Crawford! The date for her wed
ding to Lt. Charles Barney Davis,
Jr. has been set for December
27, 1943, at the First Baptist
church in Carrollton, Georgia, at
4:00 p. m.
Lt. Davis who is in the Field
Artillery is now stationed at Ft.
Sill, Oklahoma. His home is in
Carrollton, Georgia, and he is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Barney
Davis, Sr.
Miss Crawford, our dietitian,
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert E. Crawford. Her home
is in Honea Path, “South Caro
lina. At present she lives in
Adamson Hall.
To Miss Crawford and Lt.
Davis, the student body of West
Georgia College wishes fdr them
—all the happiness in the world!
Best Wishes For The
Holiday Season
STEIN'S
Ladies’ and Men’s
Ready-to-Wear
Compliments Of
McGee's Bakery
Fresh Bread, Cakes, Dough
nuts, Cookies, Buns
The Opossum
Was "Planted”
Saturday night, December 4,
was set aside by the third year
students for their night to enjoy
themselves by going on a “pos
sum” hunt at Hulett.
One thing that these students
have learned is that to be able
to work with people effectively,
you must also play and have fun
with them. Therefore, this “pos
sum” hunt was another means
for learning more about the Hul
ett people, and they all agreed
that it was a very pleasant way.
A group of ten community peo
ple and about fifteen West Geor
gians met at Hazel Phillips’
house to begin the excursion.
Their first trip was directed by
Mr. W. H. McClendon who lives
in Hulett. He showed the group
of students through his harness
factory where he told them about
the processes the hides will go
through before being made in
to leather. Then they went into
the building where all kinds of
harness used on a farm are made.
This had an educational value
and was very interesting to the
group.
As for “possum hunting,” that
began after a large group had
gathered. The group gave up the
idea of going to Devils’ Den and
set out for Wolf Creek. There
some of them gathered wood
while others started a fire. It
was just about that time when
the dogs treed the opossum. The
excitement was spurred on be
cause the dogs'had chosen such
a close and appropriate place to
find their victim. The crowd
gathered around the small pine
tree in which the animal had
chosen the highest limb and was
awaiting its doom. One of the
boys from the community bent
the tree over and fearlessly
grasped the opossum around the
neck. Before putting it in the
sack everyone (that is, the ones
who wanted to) had an opportu
nity to stroke its back.
A weiner roast served to fill
the weary hunters. Songs and
jokes around a big campfire
made the evening more success
ful.
The hunters returned to their
homes happy later in the even
ing. Very few of them have real
ized ’til yet that some kind com
munity person had brought the
“possum” along from home and
had placed the opossum in the
tree near the campfire.
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Humorist Entertains
College Students
Mr. Oscar Coe, widely known
humorist, appeared before Wes
Georgia students and faculty at
the regular chapel period on
Tuesday, November 23.
During the half-hour of enter
tainment, Mr. Coe gave a des
cription of an old-fashioned “gen
eral store,” humorous folk tales,
and some selections from famous
authors.
In conclusion he gave his im
pression of “Casey at the Bat.”
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When a girl and a boy kiss and
make up, the girl gets the kiss,
but the boy gets the makeup.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
Thus The Day Came
To A Happy Close
Thanksgiving night was cele
brated in a big way at West
Georgia this year with a barn
dance. For this occasion the gym
was decorated very effectively
by the third year students and
Miss Sturgis.
The “performance” began at
8 o’clock with almost everyone
on the campus present, includ
ing students, faculty members,
and visitors. Everyone was dress
ed in costume, some wearing pig
tails, bright ribbons and pina
fores; while others wore hats,
plaid shirts and slacks.
The college was very fortun
ate in having a “Hill Billy” band
made up of several West Geor
gia students. Archie Gallman
was caller for the square danc
ing.
The evening’s entertainment
started off with a square dance
number. After each seige of
square dancing, a few records
were played for round dancing
and jitterbugging.
One of the mast entertaining
events of the evening was a floor
show presented by West Georgia
students with Bobby Moore as
Master of Ceremonies. Nell Ruth
Davis and Edna Sinback sang
‘‘Paper Doll”, which received
much applause. Also Earl Yates
and Nell Ruth Davis sang “Wait
for Me, Mary.”
Another exciting event was a
“solo” dance by Mary Florence
Arthur (a very attractive “5 foot
two” brunette) and Hugh Moss
(the ‘5 by 5” peroxide blond who
is a very graceful dancer.)
After several more square
dances, a record for round danc
ing was played for the final
dance of the evening.
Everyone went home with
thoughts of a very pleasant even
ing.
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Mary Todd Speaks
At 4-H Meeting
The regular monthly meeting
of the 4-H Club was held on
Thursday, November 18. Clinelle
Parker gave the devotional and
then the program was turned
over to Gertrude Eley, who in
troduced Miss Mary Todd, Home
Demonstration Agent of Carroll
County. Miss Todd spoke to the
group on the importance of 4-H
work and gave some suggestions
for work on the college campus.
Afterwards, the members did
a number of folk dances, accom
panied by Mr. Yeomans and his
accordian.
Before adjournment, the pre
sident offered a suggestion con
cerning a social for the members
and their invited guests. This
idea was accepted and plans are
being made for the coming event.
Seasons Greetings To
Students And Faculty
CARROLLTON
HARDWARE
Social Science
Sponsors Party
Socials are in the Social Science
Club news. After a quarter of
work on current events, the
social scientists are taking time
out for recreation.
Dr. and Mrs. Roberts enter
tained the Social Science Club
at their home on Thanksgiving
evening. Peanuts, popcorn, candy
and fruit and lemonade were
served in keeping with the idea
of the barn dance which follow
ed at the gymnasium.
The log cabin was the site for
the weiner roast which was held
Saturday, December 4 from 5:30
to 7:30. Singing and story telling
added to the fun of roasting anti
eating hot dogs.
The Social Science Club plans
to be active during the winter
quarter. Stunt Night is one of
the events to be sponsored by
the Social Science Club next
quarter.
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That "Old-Time'
Southern Chivalry
The boys at West Georgia are
definitely “thriller dillers” —es-
pecially when they are aware of
company manners. Take an inci
dent (we girls are sorry it wasn’t
an episode) that took place sev
eral weeks ago. Incidents like
this one are rare and almost
extinct on the campus, but it’s
one of those things that the girl
won’t forget for a long, long
time.
It all started after the boys’
physical ed class had been given
a pep talk by Miss Sturgis. I say
“pep talk” when it was really
one of those “heart to heart”
talks or “confidentially, boys” . .
. . . , but whatever it was, it
certainly had a huge affect on
the boys—temporarily.
Things began to buzz when all
the boys made their appearance
at supper that night with ties on
and with their hair carefully
slicked every hair in. place.
From head to foot they were
dressed in their best. Nowhere
had the girls seen the boys bring
out their glamour so much. Most
of the girls wanted to swoon
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when the boys made a mad dash
to see who would open the din
ing hall door first, so the young
co-eds could enter. A neatly
dressed stag line stood at the
door until the last of the fairer
sex had gone in. All this time
the girls were conscious of this
new reform. It’s not that the
boys don’t make a practice of
opening doors for the girls, but
this time it seemed to be a
game to see who could open the
door first. Ordinarily, there’s no
mad rush! This was the begin
ning of a series of Sir Walter
Raleigh techniques that were
so admirably displayed by the
boys at supper.
“Wonders never cease,” one of
the co-eds remarked. Then after
the blessing there was another
scramble to help the girls into
their chairs. The faculty table
was most socially correct, for
each feminine member had a
young gentleman to relieve her
of her coat and to tuck her safe
ly in her place at the table. The
faculty was probably more amaz
ed than the girls—anyway, they
seemed very pleased—and who
wouldn’t be pleased, when the
boys had devoted all their atten
tion to the comfort of the faculty
and the girls for one grandly
courteous night!
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HO HUM AND A YAWN
“Now I lay me down to sleep
The lecture’s dull; the subject
deep;
If he should quit before I wake,
Give him a poke, for goodness
sake.
—The Decaturian,
* * *
He: (with hands over her
eyes): “If you can’t guess who
it is in three guesses I’m going
to kiss you.”
She: “Jack Frost, Davy Jones,
Santa Claus.”
—Ward-Belmont Hyphen.
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