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toLvictory] UNITED At Jg STAMPS VOLUME 11 GEORGIA SUPERVISORS CONFERENCE HELD HERE West Georgia College is acting as host to the Georgia Depart ment of Supervision and Curric ulum Development at the an nual meeting. The theme of this meeting is “Cooperative Planning in Com munity Education for Child Growth.” Many individual school faculties, county supervisors and their co-workers, school and community groups, and teacher children groups are growing through cooperative planning and increased consciousness of their problems and a united attack in the solution of these. By so do ing, they are finding better ways of working together, using all members of the group and at tacking more vital problems. The first session of this meet ing will be held January 28, 2:30 CWT, in the College Library. The program will be centered around “Cooperative Planning in Carroll County.” The follow ing people will give discussions: DR. FOLGER POINTS OUT WEST GEORGIA NEEDS Dr. D. F. Fulger explained to the chapel assembly on January 18 some of the most important ideas brought out at the confer ence of the American Associa tion of Junior Colleges which he recently attended in Cincinnati. The first speaker Dr. Folger quoted was Carl A. Gray, Presi dent of the Greenley Manufactur ing Company of Connecticut. Mr. Gray pointed out that Americans need to get their attention away from the advertisements of to day. He says streamlined cars, modern homes, and other such conveniences are not what will fulfill America’s needs nor make it great. His main purpose, Dr. Folger said, was to emphasize the im portance of post-war employ ment and to outline a plan for the coming war against starva tion and suffering. He believes that to carry out the program successfully, the same amount of intelligence and money that was used to transfer the nation from peace to war must be used to rebuild it after the war. The speaker, Mr. Gray, who has the unusual distinction of being endorsed by both capital and labor, outlined a plan for post-war employment which would offer specialized training and good jobs to returning ser vice men. Two other speakers whom Dr. Folger quoted were Lord Hali fax from Great Britain and the president of the League of Na tions Assembly. The president of the Assem bly, a Norwegian, told how the (Continued on Page 6) DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE H. H. Giles, Grace Tietje, Edward Yeomans, Lamar Barfoot, Edith Caudill, and Jane Clonts. A Banquet session will be held in the Dining Room of the col lege, 7:00 CWT, January 28. Dr. Harold Alberty, Ohio State Uni versity, Columbus, Ohio, will speak on “Utilizing Needs of Children and Building Curricu lum.” .A General Session will be held in the Library, January 30, 9:00 CWT. Dr. Charles Prall, Coor dinator, will speak on “Evalua tion of Cooperative Planning.” Mr. John Cook, of the Georgia State Department of Education, will discuss “Recruiting Teach ers.” Many of the supervisors, su perintendents, principals, and teachers will be entertained in the three dormitories of the campus. Several members of West Georgia’s faculty are serv ing on committees for arrange ments during this conference. Ruth Sturgis Now President-Elect State Association Miss Ruth Sturgis, who has been physical education director at West Georgia College for the last three years, was chosen to succeed Dr. Tom McDonough of Emory University as president of the Georgia Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Miss Sturgis, as president-elect, will take over her post sometime in the spring of the 1945-1946 term. This election took place Sat urday, January 15, at the execu tive meeting of the Association in Macon. She was previously chairman of the District physi cal fitness program. Receives Degree at h. S. U. She was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and later attend ed Winthrop College there. Af ter attending Winthrop, she went to L. S. U. where she received her Masters Degree. She ad mits that even as a child she was very athletic and always wanted to be a physical educaion teach er. “I guess it has just always been in my blood. To be frank, I much preferred a good softball game to practicing the piano.” Speaks At Dallas P.-T. A. Miss Sturgis spoke on “The Importance of Recreation” Thursday, January 20, at the P.-T. A. meeting in Dallas. WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, GENOLA, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1944 Pres. Ingram Speaks On Post-War Planning Considering what is currently the most important question in everyone’s mind. President In gram spoke in chapel on “War and Post-War Planning” on Jan uary 11. Many are confused as to what is Education, according to Mr. Ingram. He explained some thought of Education as voca tional education, as a disciplined mind, as self-adjustment, and as self-expression. He pointed out that at West Georgia much consideration has been given to post-war planning in Education. The faculty and some student groups have al ready given attention to the prob lem and made suggestions as to how it should be met. These groups invite suggestions from any individual or other group. Mr. Ingram divided the great problems which face everyone in the future into national and in dividual problems. He quoted David Lilienthal’s observation of the three essentials in work ing out any program concern ing people. (1) The people must be in on the planning. (2) The people’s existing in stitutions, private and public must be made a part of it. (3) The self-confidence of the citizens, which is more impor tant than specific projects or physical changes, must be de veloped. He considers that the most im portant national problems to be faced are the race problem, the labor problem, the conflict be tween some economic groups and the government, and the con (Continued on Page 6) NEW SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHER WELCOMED West Georgia has been for tunate in securing the services of Mr. Thomas Herndon, of Car rollton, during Dr. L. E. Robert’s leave of absence. Mr. Herndon was born in Car rollton where has has lived most of his life. He attended Carroll ton High School and West Geor gia College, where he served as president of the student body during his sophomore year. He received his A. B. from Emory in 1941 and has done gradute work at Georgetown University and the American University lo cated in Washington, D. C. Before coming to West Georgia as Social Science teacher he served as Civilian Personnel Administrator for the War De partment in Washingotn. Mr Herndon is very much interest ed in student and exra-curricu lar activities. He states his de sire is to associate with and be come acquainted with each stu dent at West Georgia. Melson Hall Boys Sponsor First Formal Dance of Year GYM DECORATED LIKE NIGHT CLUB; STURGIS AND WILLIAMS FACULTY SPONSORS Melson Hall boys entertained the faculty and students of W G. C. at the first formal dance of the year Saturday night, January 22. . . . Fire Destroys Aycock Hall During Holidays Aycock Hall, one of West Georgia’s oldest buildings, was almost completely destroyed by fire December 28, 1943. This hap pened while all students were home for the holidays. This building housed the col lege store, the Commercial De partment, and offices of Miss Frances Champion, Director of the State Home Economics Teachers. In previous years the second floor was used for a girls’ dormitory, but had been unoccu pied since the N. Y. A. project was removed from West Geor gia. Origin Still Unknown The origin of the fire was un known and only the records in (Continued on Page 6) Citizenship Committee Develops Activities Dr. H. H. Giles, director of third year work, opened the first meeting of the Citizenship Com mittee Monday, January 17, with the statement, “I believe that what this committee does will be of historic importance at West Georgia!” Miss Jane V/ood ruff, music teacher here, is di rector of this permanent commit tee and Dr. Giles is assisting in organizing it. Committee Completes Plans The membership consists of representatives chosen last quarter from each advisory group. Plans for the rest of the year were discussed after Dr Giles made his opening speech Suggestions approved and ac cepted were to promote and su pervise recreation every other week-end, to aid the faculty staff in saving money, to spon sor chapel programs, to stimu late interest in the college, to sponsor a clean-up program at the beginning of each quarter, and to plan and take part in the reception for the State Super visor’s convention to be held here January 28 and 29. Bobbie Cobb was elected sec retary, but the group decided to postpone the election of a chair man. Fq&VICTORYI BUY , Vfil INITIO ftTATCA , ff r depemse f /J/fj,/Bonds j Jbmhl stamps ' Gym Takes Form of Night Club The gymn was decorated to look like a night club, complete with a bar for the “cokes” and ringside tables. The color motif of the evening was red and blue, West Georgia’s own colors. Plans for the formal were be gun the second week in January. The boys decided that they would like to give the dance be fore some of them left for the various branches of the armed services. The town students aided the boys in sponsoring this dance, and guests were in vited by many of the students. Miss Ruth Sturgis, physical ed ucation director, and Mrs. 11a Williams, house mother of Mel son Hall, were faculty sponsors. Hugh Moss Heads Planning Committee Hugh Moss acted as head chairman of the committee which planned the dance and those serving on his committee were as follows: Harry Nix, re ception chairman, Hayward Boy ette, refreshments chairman, Waldo Jones, decorations chair man, and Bobby Moore, program chairman. The dance began at eight o’- clock and ended at twelve. Songs by Nell Ruth Davis, Earl Yates, and Lester Castleberry formed the program, or “floorshow.” Paul Appel, Harry Nix and Bob bie Cobb gave a skit, “Yasmak.” Twenty-one New Records Bought An orchestra was not availa ble, but the Physical Education had just purchased twenty-one new records by the most famous contemporary orchestras. When questioned on the subject later, Bobby Moore, Melson Hall Presi dent, replied, “I think the even ing was a complete success!” FRESHMAN CLASS LOSES PRESIDENT Charles Henderson, president of the freshman class, left school January 17 to spend a short va cation with his parents in Rome, Georgia, before going into train ing as a Naval Aviation Cadet. Charles began school at West Georgia June 7, 1943. He was an attractive, ambitious, and well liked student. Every student en rolled at West Georgia will miss Charles, because he greeted ev eryone with a smile and was wil ling to help in anything he could. NUMBER 4