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A TRIBUTE
TO AN AMERICAN
The man who is dear to the hearts of many
American people is General Douglas Mac-
Arthu.r. Recently MacArthur has sent his
forces against the Japanese on Luzon and so
far has had very little opposition. 1 he Filipinos
have been heartened by the presence of this
outstanding general and have taken up the
fight for their liberation.
The people of the world will never forget
how valiently MacArthur made his famous
stand on Bataan Peninsular. This stand was
made against overwhelming odds and even with
the lack of ammunition and food in which to
fight off the Japanese attacks. Despite these
difficulties, MacArthur and his men made one
of the most remarkable stands of the war until
finally the Japanese seized control of the
Philippines.
MacArthur’s right hand man, Lieutenant
Jonathan M. Wainwright, who now is a Japan
ese prisoner of war, was left in charge of the
American-Filipino forces, because MacArthur
knew Wainwright as a modern warrior and
capable of holding a thin line under any cir
cumstances. Wainwright is now being held a
prisoner on FormosaAand it is highly possible
that MacArthur will attempt to rescue his chief
aide in the near future.
General Douglas MacArthur is a graduate of
West Point Military Academy. He is truly one
of the most outstanding graduates from the
Academy that has given us such generals as:
Dwight Eisenhower, Jonathan M. Wainwright
and others. —Oliver Lindsey.
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LIFE CAN MEAN
EVERYTHING
"What use is there in living?” Do you
know? Have you ever stopped your busy whirl
of affairs to ponder why you should live? The
question is not foolish; it is real and urgent.
The answer, too, is real and very true. There
is one answer and only one.
If you should ask yourself that question you
might answer, "I live to meet people, go
places, and have fun.” Or, you might say, "I
live to become educated and have a successful
business career.” You might say, I live to be
happily married and have a home.” There are
numberles things which you might give as
reasons for living. But of all you might say all
are empty of reason except one. I’hat one
reason is living for God.
Working toward a goal without God is use
less; for what is gained once the goal is reach
ed? If you die, without God your success is
worthless. Without Him there is no future in
anything you do. Therefore, there is no cause
to live if you do not live for Him.
God is omnipotent. He matters above all
things. If this is not true in your life, then your
life is useless to others and to you.
But if you have faith in God, life means
everything. There is everything to live for —
education, friends, carreer, home, and scores
of other things, but above all there is God. For
though you were born and have played, work
ed and even achieved worldly success, if you
have not known God you have not lived.
—Margaret Martin.
No longer can the fellow who wants to get
away from the gals hide behind a slide-rule or
a cow. Now he’s likely to find the gals there be
fore him. In fact, about the only course left
for the woman-hater is military science.
Pint-sized Pamela Blake, movie starlet, has
been voted the "ideal girl with whom to share
a ration book” by a group of air cadets at
Birmingham Southern College, Alabama.
The West Georgian
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Bobbie Cobb
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Evelyn Kidd
BUSINESS MANAGER Carolyn Chism
NEWS EDITOR Jean Hobbs
SPORTS Glenn Crowder and Van Joyner
FEATURE EDITOR Bobbie Stepp
CIRCULATION MANAGER Carl Woolf
FACULTY ADVISOR • Eunice Chute
REPORTERS: Louise Broadrick, Phil Astin, Jack Dempsey,
Dixie Grimsley, Ed Johnson, Kathryn Jordan, Van Joyner,
Eddie Lilly, Rachel McCrea, Oliver Lindsey, Margaret Mar
tin, Jimmy Nally, Clarice Richards, Laura Waldrop, Martha
Wilson, Carl Woolf, and Hugh Moss.
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NO FLOWERY BED OF EASE
Hear ye! Hear ye! "Life is no bed of roses” and neither is
it an "ocean of ease.”
These words were uttered long before our time but how fitting
they still are. Wouldn’t it be foolish for a young person in this
modern day and time to start out on his own independent (and
most likely substanital) feet with the idea that life was really "a
flowery bed of ease?” Not only would he be foolish —the waves of
that flowery bed of ease would soon carry him so far out to sea that
no tide could ever bring him back.
Yes, this old world is full of knocks, and many people will tell
you that "only the fit survive/’ but even one who is not fit can learn
to take the knocks if he’ll drag himself up, grin, and above ail bear
it. There will be plenty of people in plenty of places who won’t
agree with what you say, what you do, or how you do it. So what?
person to his own opinion.
It’s just that one of the first and most important lessons to
learn is that one good old-fashioned word tolerance. So if you’ll
combine the time tested philosophy of life, "no flowery bed of ease,”
together with the attribute and virtue of tolerance, what have you?
It can turn into a most interesting, well-rounded life. And afer all
what is more important than the individual and his life? No, not
existence- life.
Tolerance. A good mouthful and a good life full. How many
people whom you have known have had the faculty of taking what
ever comes along with a smile? In ninety-nine out of one hundred
cases, those who possessed that faculty were far happier than the
average person.
Young people—college students —now is the time to add true,
real, and earnest tolerance to your life. And just remember that
along with "life is not a bed of roses” and "every rose has a thorn”
so are "the roses sweet!”
ARMY REVOLUTIONIZES TEACHING METHOD
(APC) —The United States Army, today the largest educational institu
ion in the world, has brought about a revolution in teaching methods that
will exert a growing influence upon civilian schools and colleges, Professor
William S. Lynch, head of the Department of Humanities in the Cooper
Union School of Engineering, says in a study of "What is Education Doing?”
"There is almost unanimous agreement that the Army and the Navy
have done an excellent job in training for their definite purposes, according
to Professor Lynch. "They have had to do their work in a very brief period
and they have been obliged to teach everything from spelling to Japanese
decoding.”
"In their teaching they have relied upon two main props—standardiza
tion and visualization. Parenthetically, we should observe that for much of
the work contracted out to the colleges, a great deal of freedom has been
allowed. Even here, however, there have been definite syllabi drawn up, it
should be noted, by combined military and civilian experts.”
"There is nothing new about either of these two techniques. The first,
standardization, has fallen into some disrepute in the last few years as the
word came to take on the meaning of regimentation, a current smear word
with which you damn anything you don’t like. The second, visualization, is
as old as the drawings in the prehistoric caves of southern France. Neverthe
less, as a word it has been revitalized and no ambitious teacher would dare
to get along without it.”
"The result will be unquestionably a great reliance on films, records,
exployed drawings, slides, and all the other visual and auditory impediment
which a technological and ingenious people will be able to devise. In this
connection it undoubtedly will take time before a balanced attitude toward
these tools is realized. A safe prophecy would be that twenty-five years from
now every school will have in its attic a pile of discarded and expensive pro
jectors, voice recorders, graphophones, etc. The fact that much of this type
of Army surplus materials will go to schools and colleges after the war will
reduce the burden to the taxpayers.”
"Radio, television, the movies have a great deal to offer as instructional
aids, but they are not going to replace the teacher. On the contrary, they are
oging to call for the best teachers. They are not easy to use. If they seem to
be, then something's wrong. They tend to run away with the show if not
kept under close control and once they have done that then the schoolhouse
has bacome a movie theatre—a not unpleasant place to be, but one where
the emphasis is on different things.”
"We are going to be gadget-minder enough after the war. Education in
its eagerness for visual materials is only reflecting the ideals of the society
to which it belongs.” But gadgets by themselves are of little avail. Without a
warm human being to control them and keep them in their place, they be
come just $o much junk.”
THE WEST GEORGIAN
Spotiig.lit
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MARTHA PERRY
President of Mandeville Hall; V. R. A.; Secre
tary and Treasurer of Student Body; Choir;
Dramatics Club; Officers’ Club; Recorder of
W. A. A.
Gather round, my chillun’
And you shall hear,
’Bout the coming to Perry,
From Rome to Genola.
Eighteen years ago before the happening of
the wonderful incident above —this little red
headed girl with beautiful brown eyes was born
into the world on December 25, to Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Perry. Just being born on the most
highly honored day is a happy event within it
self.
In the latter part of Martha’s cradle roll
days, her most horrifying experience consisted
in the pulling of her teeth and she would do
anything to keep out of it. Her education be
fore enrolling here was received at Fourth
Ward School, Neeley, and Girl’s High, where
she was an honor graduate. Math was her
worst head-ache, but English took on a differ
ent light. Tri-Hi-Y was her favorite club.
Even though Martha may put up the front
of being a bookworm —she’s far from it, but
still has plenty of brains. Her likes are music
(classical and popular), home, roommate, and
airplanes. Dislikes such as cold showers, dirty
room, and lights out at eleven tops her list. Her
hobbies are piano and picture-making.
Perry’s ambition is to be a grammar school
teacher. She’s planning to take third year here
at West Georgia and then finish at the Univer
sity. However, mind you, she doesn’t want to be
a teacher all her life. As for her dream man —
she’s still waiting for her one and only. And
take it from me, he’s going to be the ideal of
every woman for she expects a lot.
Straight from. Perry comes, "The grand
spirit of cooperation among the students makes
W. G. C. an ideal Junior college.” Martha is
known to all her sweet lovely ways and quiet
dignified manner. Here’s wishing to you suc
cess and more success.
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GLENN CROWDER
President of W. A. A.; Secretary of Choir;
Press Forum; Alpha Psi; Dramatics Club;
"500” Club; Sports Editor, WEST GEOR
GIAN; Officers’ Club.
Presenting to West the most athletic girl on
the campus, Myrtie Glenn Crowder, who hails
from Warm Springs. This blue-eyed blonde,
with the mischievous twinkle in her eyes, first
saw the light on the hot summer day of July
23, 1926.
Nothing ever seems to hold Glenn down.
Why even at the age of three, she began try
ing out her athletic ability—her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Crowder, found her on top
of the house—her father never forgot to take
down the ladder again.
Crowder received her diploma from Man
chester High. She liked all sports, was a cheer
leader and attended all ball games. Now, how
ever, her favorite hang-out is at W. G. C.
(yours too, uh?). Her favorite songs are I’ll
Be Seeing You and Together. She loves to
dance and she likes sport clothes and skrimp-
Moody people seems to be her only intense dis
like. Our very likeable girl’s hobby is "getting
into devilment.” The next question: "What
about the men in your life?” She hastily re
plied, "I want a good looking man with good
looking clothes and a lot of money.”
Glenn’s ambition is to be a Physical Educa
tion teacher and, honey, we know you’ll make
a good one. As for West Georgia, she says, It
just gets in your shoes. Everybody seems to
belong here (almost like sisters and brothers).
The students like Crowder’s fine spirit of co
operation and now we’ll say good luck to West
Georgia’s favorite tom boy.
February 2, 1945