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Stay Young,
Don't Go West
1). F. Folder
When you get old in years or in spirit
and when you feel frustrated, you often
dream of the “good old days’ and want to
return to them. You look backward for
the way out of your troubles. This is true
of the college, of busines, of government,
and institutions in general as well as with
individuals.
Too many people in the armed services,
in business, and in education are now say
ing, “I want the war to hurry and end, so
we can return to the ways of peace.’’ What
are the ways of peace you long for? Is it
for more gasoline, better tire3, air condi
tioned homes, cheap refrigerators, tele
vision, helicopters, gadgets of a mechan
ized civilization? If so, happiness will be
shallow, and selfishnes will eat your cour
age and destroy your spirit. If the ways
of peace mean opportunity for you to fight
injustice, to help provide adequate medi
cal service for all at costs they can pay,
to help provide equal educational opportu
nities for all children, to bring intelligence
into relationships betwen races, in short
to make a constructive contribution to
free democratic society, then you will be
looking forward with courage, enthusi
asm and hope. You will return to good
days, good because each day will challenge
you to use your best for achieving ends
which you cherish. Youth can make a bet
ter world; old folks dream of the past
which has never been what they dream
about.
Stay young, you do not need to go West,
to find yourself.
New High In
Censorship
The magazine, Esquire, is the center of
a heated controversy. By revoking its sec
ond class mailing permit, Postmaster Gen
eral Frank Walker has set what I think
is a dangerous precedent.
Discussing the matter only from the
point of view of censorship, I find that
Mr. Walker’s decision was very danger
ous. In the first place, Mr. Walker took
it upon himself to overrule the findings
of his own special hearing board.
In the second place, after Mr. Walker
failed to prove that the drawings by Varga
in the magazine were obscene, he ruled
that magazine should be denied low
priced mailing privileges on the grounds
that it did not comprise material “orig
inated and published for the dissemina
tion of information of a public character,
or devoted to literature, the sciences, arts,
or some special industry.”
As for myself, Esquire is as good as
any other magazine. But that’s beside the
point. Is the Postmaster General going to
be the super critic or definer of what con
stitutes “information of a public charac
ter, the sciences, arts, or literature?”
By his action concerning Esquire Mr.
Walker has definitely broken one of the
principles of democracy—freedom of the
press. Esquire may live or die, but can our
country afford to let public officials com
mit such acts?
THE WEST GEORGIAN
WEST GEORGIAN STAFF MEMBERS:
Sara Davenport Editor-imChief
Nell Ruth Davis Associate Editor
Charlotte Cantrell Business Manager
Robert Moore Circulation Manager
Marie Campbell Faculty Adviser
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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:
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Member G. S. P. A.
What Does a College Girl Do?
Her duties contain plenty of variety,
And their quantity is immense,
You'd think she was a campus celebrity,
But I'm afraid it's part pretense.
"Oh, I have so much stuff to do:
There's that meeting and the letters I owe,
My clothes are dirty; there's studying too,
And I did want to see that show.
"And tonight I must go to the gym;
Also, my hair needs a wash;
And then there's that skirt to hem;
My room's a mess —Oh bosh!
"Roommate, how can I get it done?
Why do I have so much work?
I could have so much fun
But always there's this quirk!"
This is a typical comment,
But I'll bet you two to one:
If in work the time were spent,
The "stuff" would soon be done.
—Kathleen Mize.
The Back Campus
Is Beautiful—?
Dear Editor:
May I comment on the back
campus? It looks very attractive
now that the walks are finished
and the grass is planted. And
just think how it will look this
Spring when the dogwood trees
are in bloom! It will be like
fairyland!
Until you look at the ruins of
Aycock Hall. It looks pretty bad,
doesn’t it? It’s just a shell of a
building with a lot of trash and
ashes around it.
Couldn’t that mess be cleaned
up? If the walls must be left
standing, they would look better
if they didn’t look so dirty.
Think how cleaning up the
wreckage of this building would
help the looks of our back cam
pus!
How about it? Do you sup
pose it could be done? This is
just a suggestion. I’m not on the
Citizenship Committee, but I am
interested in the campus.
Sincerely,
ANNIE.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
Member
Associated GoDe6ate Press
Are You a Kicker
Or a Knocker?
There are chronic kickers just
as there are chronic knockers.
Of the two, give me the kicker
in preference to the knocker.
The knocker is apt to expect
you to agree with him, thus
making you a partner to his
knocking; but the kicker like
wise may expect you to back
him up in his kicking. When
you realize what this silent part
nership in knocking and kicking
is doing to you, the damage to
your own thinking has probably
been done already. It is well
enough to say, “Each kick and
each knock is a boost”; but the
world’s happiness is lessened be
cause there are so many knock
ers who knock the motives as
well as the acts of others, and
because there are so many kick
ers who kick just for the sake
of making others squirm. Kick
against injustice, of course; then
work to make conditions better.
The only knocking you should
do is the knocking at the portals
of today’s opportunities.
Campus Spotlight
Sara Davenport
(Editor, The West Georgian; V. R. A. Council;
Secretary 4-H Club; Dramatic Club; Social
Science Club; Officers Club; W. A. A.)
The Davenports, of Acworth, were
blessed with a blessed event April 13, 1925,
when Sara Emily “upped” the population
figure one more notch. The Davenports,
however, are not superstitious and still
insist that this was not an unlucky day.
Her early childhood was filled with one
scrape after another, the scrapes consist
ing of such dangerous accidents as being
knocked out cold by her elder sister and
being found between the front legs of a
mule. Her present day scrapes and es
capes are the problems of her roommates.
Her hobbies consist of such nonsensial
activities as collecting red socks, dousing
herself in Cara Nome perfume and stick
ing pins in Namon-Thelminize. She had
rather dance than eat, especially if it’s to
a lilting Strauss waltz.
Her worst habit is putting pennies in
her bank and taking them right back out.
That special little Air Force cap, specially
treated by Dr. Davenport, seems to have
made quite a hit—one way or another at
least. Incidentally, she has dropped a
hint that she likes boys who are good
dancers, plenty of fun, crazy as the next
person, and above all, who are hitch
hikers!
She plans to do secretarial work when
she finishes W. G. C. While we’re on the
subject of work, here’s the latest joke on
her. One night last week she honestly
forgot that she was having a test the
next day until it was almost too late to
study.
Her “roosting” place is 116 Adamson
Hall, but we think her favorite spot on the
campus is the table on the right in “Miss
Annie Bell’s” library. The latest word
added to her vocabulary is “Pablo,” which
was picked up from some of the “pamosa”
Spanish students.
Leaving Sara flitting from one build
ing to another and singing “I’ll Be
Around,” we’ll say “hasta luego“!
Claudia Walters
President of W. A. A.; Secretary and
Treasurer of the Sophomore Class)
Hart County has produced a lot of
blonde babes, but never one as cute and
vivacious as Claudia. Claudia is a care
free and mischievous gal with an endless
supply of energy. Lavonia was the happy
town in which an only girl was born into
a family of three brothers. At the tender
age of five this wee gal toddled to School
Creek School, where she struggled along
until finally she entered Hartwell High,
where she graduated. Since then, life at
West Georgia has been plenty exciting
(roommate, Nancy McClure will vouch for
this).
She likes: black cats, men (preferably
tall, dark, and handsome), air corps, to
gets mail Dislikes copy cats, mush}
men, cup cakes in sack lunches ..••••
Hobby: basketball, scrapbook, diaC
(which includes unrevealed secrets of her
night life Ambition: to travel and
to be a homemaker Favorite ex
pressions: “my cow,” and “my garden
seed. ” . . . . Favorite songs: “You’ll Ne'ver
Know,” and “Casey Would Waltz With the
Strawberry Blonde” Favorite sub
ject: Chemistry (Can you imagine? hor
rible, isn’t it?).
And when asked how she felt about
men, Claudia beamingly replied, “The}
nice to have around!”
FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1944