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VOLUME 12
Annual Religious Week
Extends Through Jan. 14-19
religious emphasis week
BEGINS SUNDAY WITH
SWOR AS SPEAKER
Religious Emphasis Week, which
begins Sunday, January 14, purposes
to strengthen the spiritual fiber of
our lives at a time when spiritual
qualities are of supreme importance.
West Georgia is very fortunate in
obtaining the services of Mr. Chester
Swor from Mississippi, who is in de
mand for meetings in the leading
churches and colleges of America.
Mr. Swor will be here the entire week.
INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES
HELD
Our week began Sunday after
noon with a tea in Mandeville Hall,
from four until five o’clock. Vesper
services followed at which Mr. Swor
gave his opening talk. On all week
days from Monday until Friday, Mr.
Swor will speak during chapel period.
There was group conference for every
one Monday afternoon at 3:30 in
the gym. Tuesday afternoon Mr.
Swor will be in Adamson Hall, Wed
nesday afternoon in Mandeville Hall,
and Thursday afternoon in Melson
Hall for individual conferences. On
Friday afternoon at 3:30, in the gym
the final meeting in this series at
West Georgia will be held. This will
be a group conference at which Mr.
Swor will answer questions which have
been placed in a box in the back of
the auditorium.
All students have been invited to
take full advantage of this exception
al opportunity.
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Press Forum
Members Visit
Printing Office
An unusual feature of the Press
Forum’s most recent meeting was the
informational privilege of visiting
and watching in operation the work
room of Thomasson’s Printing Office
in Carrollton. With a good portion
of membership present, and under
the "sponsorship” of Miss Mable
Koontz, the group walked into town.
Much interest was shown in the in
tricate operations of the Linotype
machine, the cutting and stitching
machines, and other massively com
plex machines.
Of particular interest to the club
was the Linotype machine. It has a
keyboard somewhat similar to a type
writer and type setting complexity
that works autotmatically.
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recreational plans
made for semester
Plans for a complete recreational
program for the winter quarter are
now being made.
At present, as shown by the last
tabulation, there are only eight open
dates remaining on the calendar until
March 17, 1945.
So far, all clubs and dormitories
have cooperated splendidly on the
Part of student recreation and have
done their share in great fashion.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
Changes In "Ye
Olde Campus"
The beginning of the winter quar
ter witnessed quite a difference in the
appearance of the campus of West
Georgia College from that which it
had in September. For example the
trees which were so green are now
quite bare, and the soft grass just
isn’t any more. There is also a short
age of birds, bees, and the like. In
fact, signs of winter are everywhere.
People aren’t seen strolling around
over the campus Instead, when
it is absolutely necessary to go out
into the cold they practically run
from building to building.
Also there is a drastic change in
the wearing apparel of the students.
A great many heavy coats and all
sorts of head wraps (?) are being
seen.
But the greatest change of all is
in the feelings of the freshmen.
When they came to W. G. C. for
the first time last fall "we felt lost and
bewildered in a strange place.” This
time, however, they say they had a
feeling of happiness down deep in
side when they saw again the now
familiar buildings and the faces of
those friends who had become so dear
Yes, there is a change on the
campus this quarter.
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President Ingram
Speaks at Chapel
At the opening chapel exercises of
the new quarter which were held on
Friday, January 5, President Ingram
brought to the minds of the students
the pertinent question, "Shall I' work
harder than ever before or shall I put
forth less effort than previous quart
ers?”
Mr. Ingram also emphasized the
unquestionable fact that wholesome
food is essential for doing good work.
"The book 'Foods, Rhyme, and Rea
son’ should be carefully read and
studied by every student,” he stated,
"and in order to do the best work in
the coming quarter, the teachings of
this book must be put into practice.”
COACH BOWEN ADDED
TO COLLEGE FACULTY
Basketball fans welcome the pre
sence of Coach R. H. Bowen, of Car
rollton High School. Coach Bowen
has agreed to coach the West Georgia
five and at the same time will main
tain his position as head coach of
Carrollton High School.
Prospects for a good season look
unusually bright. Eight games have
been scheduled.
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OFFICERS’ CLUB
GIVES SKIT
On Friday, January 12th, the Of
ficers’ Club presented a playlet en
titled "Long May They Live.” It
was an original skit based on the im
portance of clubs, their purposes and
their accomplishments.
GENOLA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1945
New Students
Enter West
Georgia College
West Georgia had a goodly number
of new students entering for the win
ter quarter. Among them are four
former students who came last year.
They are Rosalyn Digby from Carroll
ton, who withdrew from Bessie Tift to
come back to take Third Year; Wal
do Jones from LaFayette; Charlotte
Cantrell from Carrollton and Geneva
Heath from Whitesburg.
Our new students include Louise
Shepherd from Fairmount; Dottie
Burton, Monroe; Clarence Heath,
Whitesburg; W. B. Hansard, Carroll
ton; Dudley Crossor, Carrollton;
Doris Walker, Carrollton; W. J.
Lamb; Vivian Hall from Villa Rica,
who also transferred from Bessie Tift;
and Phyllis Flint, Mt. Airy, who has
attended both Duke University and
Middle Georgia College.
Citizenship Committee
Welcomes Members
Monday, January Bth the Citizen
ship Committee had its first meeting
of the new quarter. The officers of
last year who also served last quarter
were re-elected: Evelyn Kidd, Chair
man and Bobbie Cobb, Secifetary-
Treasurer.
Plans were discussed for a chapel
program to be presented in the near
future. Also action was taken for,
keeping all the buildings on the
campus clean.
New members have been chosen by
the advisory groups to act as represen
tatives for the individual groups.
They are: Betty Houston (Ingram),
Gilda Hardeman (Jenkins), Mar
garet Griffith (Smith), Betty Jim
Owings (Folger), Evelyn Kidd and
Eddie Lilly (Weaver), Jack Dempsey
(Woodruff), Georgia Peacock
(Koontz), Jane Goode (Chute),
Janelle Nations (Downs), Marvin
Acree (Roberts), Harry Nix (Doub
les), Louise Broadrick and Carolyn
Chism (Adams), Bobbie Cobb
(Ward).
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PUBLIC SPEAKING
OFFERED ONLY ONCE
Only once this year is the public
speaking course, English 221, being
offered. It is under the very able
direction of Professor George K.
Smith. The group now enrolled ex
pects to obtain the maximum of bene
fit from this course.
English 221 is an elective for any
certificate and is required for gradua
tion with a normal diploma.
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Betty Dyer Chosen
Choir President
The West Georgia choir held its
first meeting of the winter quarter
on Monday, January 8, 1945. Officers
were elected for the year of 1945.
Betty Dyer was elected president of
the choir, while Laura Waldrop was
chosen as the vice-president. Other of
ficers are Glenn Crowder, secretary;
Harold Murphy, treasurer and Carl
Moon, business manager.
S. H. ACKLIN SUMS UP
FINANCIALSTATUS
Mr. Horace Acklin of the business
office has issued some statements
about the financial status of West
Georgia College. West Georgia Col
lege receives from the State an an
nual amount of #52,000.00. This
money is used largely for teacher and
other personal salaries. In addition to
that, insurance and upkeep is paid
out of this amount. The fees are used
for supplies and equipment.
During a normal enrollment this
will amount to #25,000.00. This in
come has been materially reduced due
to a reduction in the student body
and hence the college has been strain
ed to carry on the normal load dur
ing the off-year; however President
Ingram has carried on a War Produc
tion Program on the Hill which has
amounted to approximately #10,000.-
00 over the past year. This has en*
abled the college to meet any deficit
due to decreased enrollment, and to
carry on needed repairs.
The architect was on the campus
this week looking toward the final
completion of the new buildings,
making recommendations for some re
pair of bad roofs and making plans
to add two rooms to the Administra
tive Building. Any money cleared
from the war contract will be allocated
to improvements; however some of the
war funds have been used for student
activities this year since that fee has
been short. Last year the student acti
vity program had to be cut 60 per
cent of its normal outlay. This year
"all allocations due to the war pro
gram fund will be paid to the stu
dent organizations in full.
Dramatics Club
Names Committees
, The Dramatics club held a call
meeting January 9, at 6:30. Plans
were discussed / for stunt night and
committee was appointed to begin
work on it. Rachel McCrea was ap
pointed as chairman, Glenn Crowder,
Evelyn Yoe, Carl Woolf, and Nor
man Westbrook as helpers.
Clarice Richards was appointed
chairman of a committee to read
plays for the first productiton of the
year. Earl Yates and Saidee Scott
will serve on the committee with
Clarice.
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Five of the Third year group of
West Georgia attended a community
meeting of Sand Hill School last Fri
day Evening. An interesting program
had been prepared by the students of
the school. Short talks given by Dr.
Folger and Dr. Smith emphasized the
universal significance of the work be
ing done in this and other Carroll
County Schools.
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Everyone has probably noticed the
attractive new sign indicating the
proximity of West Georgia College,
the sign being located centrally,
directly on the highway. Under the
sponsorship of Coca-Cola, the sign
was erected about a month ago, and
it adds a touch to the West Georgia
campus.
GREETINGS TO NEW
COLLEGE QUARTER
Anew quarter is here with new
smiles, new lessons, new ideas, new
clothes, and also, anew boy. It is off
with a good start, maybe because of
new year resolutions. Then too, it
could be because last quarters grades
were not so good and the students
have decided to reform.
Entertainments sponsored by the
different clubs are being planned.
Because all the former ones have
been so successful, all the students
are looking forward to the barn
dance, formal dances, teas, etc. in
store for them.
And, too, basketball season is
here, the sport so many have looked
forward to.
With all these things it is bound to
be a successful quarter, especially
after adopting the motto, "Let’s make
1945 the best year yet.”
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Quarterly Dean’s List
Group Now Named
Those students who made the
Dean’s list for the fall quarter, hav
ing an average of eighty-seven and
above were as follows: Phil Astin,
Bobbie Cobb, Joyce Conn, Betty Jane
Daniell, Helen Dobbs, Eljein Duke,
Juanita Estes, Coralice Fears, Jo Gar
ner, Margaret Griffith, Dixie Grims*
ley, Maxene Harris, Louise Hendrix,
Caroline Hollinsworth, Betty Jones,
Evelyn Kidd, Edmund Lilly, Rudolph
Murphy, Betty Jim Owings, Helen
Owings, Ann Parks, Betty Perkins,
Julia Phillips, Jimmie Poarch, Sara
Putnam, Lynette Sharp, Nelle Garrett
Smith, Sylbra Smith, Mary Edna
Weaver, June Wheless, Bessie White,
Louise Whitfield.
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SARA PUTNAM SPEAKS
AT SUNDAY VESPERS
On Sunday, January 7, the regular
vesper service was arranged by
Carolyn Chism.
Special music was presented by
Naomi Jackson and Margaret Martin,
accompanied by Kathryn Jordan.
One of the college’s own students
and everyday associates, Sara Putnam,
president of the Voluntary Religious
Association, was speaker. She chose
for her subject one of much interest
to everyone on the campus, "Our
Lives, and What We Say, Think and
Do.”
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BIG 4-H MEETING IS
SCHEDULED IN FEBRUARY
During this winter quarter the 4-H
club members are looking forward to
having some very outstanding events
take place for early in February. The
state 4-H leader, Mr. W. A. Sutton
from Ahens and officers of the in
tercollegiate club will meet here with
West Georgia’s 4-H group and attend
a social at the log cabin. The state
officers will also be present the same
time. Barbara Trundle, a 1944-45
4-H member, is to give a report on
her trip to Chicago.
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