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Friday, June 2, 1044
Campus Business Manager
Serves As Object Of Spotlight
The special spotlight this time
is utrned on $$ Samuel Horace
Acklen $$ better known as “Drag
It In Acklen.” (Yes, and he real
ly knows how to drag in the
dough.) The novelty quotes
around his name are due to the
fact that he balances W. G. C/s
famous budget. Speaking of the
budget and all the red tape that
goes with it, Mr. Acklen must
have a good sense of humor to
go along with it. He laughed and
said that one girl who had for
merly worked here sent back a
bunch of red tape, saying that
she figured he didn’t already
have enough of the stuff.
The special spotlight gleams
on Mr. Acklen because of the
wonderful job he’s doing, and on
the surface it seems that he
does it effortlessly, No matter
how tough the work of being
manager is, he still maintains
that calm, “collected” appear
ance.
“Sam” was born in Carroll
County and has always lived in
this vicinity. As long as we’re
giving him new names we might
as well include “Grandpa,” He’s
really the father of three and. the
grandfather of four.
When questioned on the sub
ject of the budget, his eyes
twinkled and he replied, “It’s
not that our expenditures are
too great; it’s just that our bud
get is too small.” His most rush
ed time, of course, is June 30;
the end of the fiscal year. He
says he’s looking forward to it
with great anticipation and sends
a special request that all the
students help him look.
NEW ’44 CATALOGUE
ARRIVES ON CAMPUS
West Georgia’s long awaited
1944 catalogue arrived on the
campus Thursday,, May 17, at
midnight and was issued to the
students at chapel the following
day. The delay in the printing of
the catalogue was due to war
time shortages of materials and
labor.
The cover was done in green
and blue and presented an en
tire picture of the campus in
cluding all the various build
ings. This was the first catalogue
put out by West Georgia to pre
sent such an extensive array of
pictures. Half of the pamphlet
was made up of pictures of the
student body and the faculty in
various stages of work and play.
For the most part they were
candid, informal photos.
The other half was made up
of printed material explaining
everything about W. G. C., in
side and out.
Dr. George Kerry Smith and
Mr. William Vitarelli, both fac
ulty members here, have been
in charge of the catalogue and
have spent a great deal of work
doing a complete, colorful job.
V
Miss Eula Mae Morgan, of
Woodbury, Georgia, and Lt. Roy
McGraws, of Marine Aviation,
were married in Greenville, S.
C., Monday, May 22. Both were
students of West Georgia in
1939-’4l and took an active part
in campus activities.
W. A. A. OFFICERS
FOR NEXT YEAR
The W. A. A., met Friday, May
26, for the purpose of electing of
ficers for next year. The officers
of this year served as a nominat
ing committee and then present
ed its reports to the group* With
these and nominations from the
floor the election held decided
that Glenn Crowder would be
president; Jean Gobbs, secretary;
and Martha Perry, recorder. The
other officers will be chosen
from the Freshman Class next
year.
Congratulations, Glenn, Jean,
and Martha! May you have a
very successful year!
V
Y. R. A. Elects
New Officers
The Voluntary Religious As
sociation recently elected officers
for the coming term of 1944-1945.
Sara Frances Putnam was
chosen president to succeed Nell
Ruth Davis; Laura Waldrop was
elected to the vice-presidency,
and Evelyn Kidd was selected
secretary and treasurer. Lester
Castleberry and Gladys Weaver
respectively acted as vice-presi
dent this year and Kathleen Mize
and Mildred Eubanks served as
secretary and treasurer. Dean
Gunn installed the new officers
in a special service;
Social Science Club Honors
Student-Body With Banquet
1 The Social Science Club sponsored a banquet honor
ing the faculty members and student body Thursday
night, May 11, at 7:00 o’clock, in the West Georgia Dining
HalL
The room was attractively de
corated in patriotic colors, and
the scheme was further empha
sized by the V-shaped arrange
ment of the tables on which red
and blue candles decked with
white roses were tastefully plac
ed. A large United States flag
served as the background for
the speaker’s table.
Club President Gives Welcome
Miss Gladys Weaver, president
of the Social Science Club, wel
comed the guests, and Archie
Gallman* President of the Stu
dent Body, gave the response.
Miss Mary Agnes Reed, of Car
rollton, played two patriotic
numbers, “America the Beauti
ful,” and “This is Worth Fight
ing For” on the merimba, after
which dinner was served. Miss
Bobbie Cobb, Vice-President of
the Social Science Club, then in
troduced Mr. T. A. Herndon, Jr.,
Faculty Advisor, who introduced
the speaker of the evening, Judge
R. D. Tisinger of Carrollton. His
address, “Frontiers of 1944,” Was
an urgent appeal for young peo
ple to remember that although
they do not have the physical
frontiers of their forefathers,
there are vast opportunities in
mental and spiritual fields which
are yet to be explored.
The Banquet was not without
THE WEST GEORGIAN
MELSON HALL GIVES
HAIR-RAISING PARTY
Melson Hall was host at a
dance on Saturday evening, May
6, from eight until twelve. The
theme was a morgue party.
The lobby was decorated to
give the effect of a Funeral
Home. Black drapes, candle
lights, huge baskets of flowers,
stairs draped with ivy, and
chairs arranged like chapel ais
les were the decorations for the
lobby.
Dancing until 9:30, an inter
mission was held during which
Martha Stephens and Neysa
MOseley served punch and indi
vidual cakes while Hayward
Boyette and Hugh Moss usher
ed individual couples up stairs
to view the state room. Mary
Eliza, the Dormitory maid, had
charge of the entertainment
here. The room was lighted by
candlelight, lavender drapes
were over the windows, wreath
of roses and other flowers sur
rounded the “Milledgeville Cof
fin.” The mourners benches were
placed on each side of the cof
fin, and an artificial grass mat
served as a rug for the room.
REV. HAMILTON IS
SPEAKER AT CHAPEL
The Reverend E. G. Hamilton,
Pastor of the Carrollton Presby
terian church and a former mis
sionary to China, spoke in
chapel, Tuesday, May 23. Mr.
Hamilton has been guest speak
er, on several chapel programs
this year. He gave a discussion
on the various World Problems.
its touch of humor. This began
with the complications arising
from the tables being V-shaped
with no outlet at the point of the
V. Somehow the guests would
always find themselves on the
inside when their “Uncle Sam’s
hat” place card would be on the
outside.
Judge Tisinger Speaks
Judge Tisinger prefaced his
address with several witty jokes.
The one about Heard County
soil being so poor that a farm
er standing on it could not raise
his voice to give a passing tour
ist directions brought much
laughter from the faculty and
students, especially the ones
from Heard County. Throught
out the evening, the Judge made
numerous references to the
beautiful girls present, and es
pecially to the lovely president.
His casual reference then to
envying the youth of this great
country of ours, brought the re
sponse from Mr. Herndon that
the Judge couldn’t be as old as
he would have us believe, and
that he was evidently a young
man to be able to enjoy the
beauty of the girls present as he
was doing.
Many thanks to Mr. C. B.
Davis, Jr., for the delicious din
ner.
Annual May Day Festival
Presented Wednesday, May 5
West Georgia College present
ed a May uay Festival of
“Springtime” Wednesday, May
10, 1944 at five P. M. Under the
direction of Miss Ruth Sturgis,
who had charge of the dancers,
and Miss Ruby Jenkirts, who
had supervision of the Queen
and her court, the entire festival
was a success not exceeded by
any previous ones.
The throne was decorated in
pink and white, which matched
beautifully the pastel - colored
dresses of the attendants. The
Queen, Doris English, wore a
white dress and veil and carried
a bouquet of white carnations
and lilies. Following the Queen
was the Maid of Honor, Louise
Burnham, dressed in yellow
with a bouquet of yellow lilies
f and lavender iris. The atten
dants, Ruth Brown, Nell Ruth
Davis, Sara Davenport, Edna
Eaton, Coralice Fears, Mildred
Forbes, Nancy McClure, Neysa
Mosely, Martha Stephens, Doro
thy Tanner, Claudia Walters,
and Betty Watson were dressed
in pastel shades of pink, green,
orchid, yellow, and blue. The
court entered to the music of
the “Blue Danube” and left by
“Tales From Vienna Woods.”
The crown bearer, Gilda Hard
man, followed the court, carry
ing the crown of white flowers.
Mr. Ingram crowned the Queen,
who then reigned over the May
Day Festival.
Ceres, Evelyn Kidd as the God
dess of Seasons, and her daugh
ter, Nancy Stallworth as Proser
pina, were welcomed with a
dance by her Grecian Maidens.
During the dance Cupid, Carolyn
Chism, appeared, shot a dart at
Pluto, Glenn Crowder, who was
lurking about, and another at
Proserpina. Pluto, the God of
of the Underworld, then seized
Proserpina and carried her
away to become his Queen of
the Underworld. The Grecian
Maidens gave a dance of pity
and consolation for Ceres. The
Grecian Maidens were Opal
Beck, Louise Broadrick, Betty
Dyer, Helen Dyer, Joyce Hender
son, Ellen Morgan, Martha Per
ry, and Edna Sinback.
A Water Nymph, Sara Put
nam, entered bearing Proser
pina’s green girdle. Ceres believ
ed her daughter had been swal
lowed up by the earth, and pro
nounced the curse of Winter up
on the Earth. The Winter danc
ers entered and gave a dance
for Ceres. They were Ruth Ben-
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A messenger from Jupiter,
Gladys Weaver, entered and told
Ceres her daughter might return
for six months of the year. Ceres
then altered her curse, making
winter six months and summer
six months. The spring dancers
then welcomed spring. The
dancers were Sara Nell Barrett,
Jeanette Echols, Anna' Fariss,
Martha Free, Lera Hulsey, Mer
le Lee, Betty Patrick, Sylbra
Smith, Virginia Tillery, and
Laura Waldrop.
The entire program was very
lovely with its variety of colors
and graceful dancers. Among
those helping with the program
who have not been mentioned
were: Frances Wilkes, Carolyn
Mason, Saidee Scott, Martha Mc-
Curdy, and Jean Causey.
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