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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. V 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. V 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.” y 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. y 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. V 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 ENTER THE Amateur Contests ON THE STAGE OF THE CARROLL THEATRE Friday, December .‘l—Friday, December 10 Friday, December 17 —Thtirs., December 23 Thursday, December 30 GRAND FINALS FRIDAY, JANUARY 7th AT CARROLL THEATRE AND A BIG RADIO BROADCAST (30 MINUTES) OVER RADIO STATION WAGA We also offer $125 Cash in Weekly and Grand Prizes! PAGE THREE 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! y 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. Compliments Of LANE'S SHOE SHOP ALABAMA STREET