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VOLUME 12
ED JOHNSON CHOSEN STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT
West Georgia Celebrates
Thirty-Seventh Anniversary at
Founders Day Program
On Thursday, April 19, 1945, at seven o’clock in the college
Dining Hall, West Georgia College gave a Founders Day Program
and anniversary dinner in celebration of its thirty-seventh anniver-
sary.
The Invocation was given by The
Reverend Horace Smith, after which
dinner was served.
The program continued after din
ner with President I. S. Ingram pre
siding. The Choir, under the direc
tion of Miss Jane Woodruff, sang
several numbers.
Mayor Lawler Delivers Welcome
A welcome was given by Mayor
Thomas Lawler. Chancellor Stedman
Vincent Sanford then introduced the
guest speaker, Governor Ellis Arnall.
Following the address by the Gov
ernor the presentation of awards was
made by President Ingram to the fol
lowing: The Reverend H. P. Bell;
Doctor James C. Bonner; Colonel Bu
ford Boykin; Judge Samuel J. Boy
kin; Doctor L. J. Brock; Mrs. Martha
Munro Ingram; Mr. Thomas C. Law;
Mr. T. R. Luck; The Reverend James
McGirt; Mrs. J. H. Melson; Profes
sor J. H. Melson; Judge George P.
Munro; Mr. J. J. Thomasson; Mrs.
H. M. Tyus; Mr. T. M. Zellars.
All honor guest were then recogniz
ed. These included: Governor Ellis
Arnall; General Sandy Beaver; Mr.
Miller R. Bell; Mr. Earl B. Braswell;
Mr. Pope F. Brock; Mr. Cason J. Cal
laway; Mr. Rutherford L. Ellis; Mr.
Roy N. Emmett, Sr.; Judge S. Price
Gilbert; Mr. Albert S. Hardy; Mr.
Edward R. Jerger; Mr. William S.
Morris; Mr. J. L. Renfroe; Mr. C. J.
Smith; Mr. Frank M. Spratlin; Mr.
)L. R. Siebert; Mr. W. Wilson Noyes.
This event marked President Ing
ram’s twenty-fifth year here.
Founders Day continued to be cel
ebrated through Friday, April 20,
1945, with Parents and Honors Day
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Ferol Bozeman Crowned Queen
of May in Traditional Exercises
Ferol Bozeman, chosen by the stu
dents to rule over the collegiate
Spring Fesvital, ascended the throne
at five-forty Wednesday evening,
May 16, just after President I. S. In
gram crowned her Queen of May.
Preceeding the queen, "beautiful
brownette” sophmore who wore an
all-white dress and white net veil, were
the maid of honor, Louise Broad
rick, and the May court. First to
cross the lawn were Sylbra Smith and
Nancy Stallworth dressed in pale
blue; following these two were Nelle
Garrett Smith and Lera Hulsey wear
ing pink, Carolyn Mason and Sara
Nell Barrett in aqua, Gilda Hardman
and Martha McCurdy in peach, Lou
DRAMATIC CLUB
PRESENTS PLAY
The Dramatic Club’s production of
"Grandpa Goes to College”, a farce
in three acts written by John Nash,
was presented Saturday night in the
college auditorium.
Doug Hewing, portrayed by Harold
Murphy, is a football player who has
trouble trying to form a football
team and prevent his best girl, Max
ine (Louise Broadrick) from winning
a beauty queen contest. Sam, a cheer
leader (Van Joyner,) Herman, a stu
dent with ideas (Jack Dempsey,)
Ruthie, a girl with determination
(Betty Upshaw,) and Mary, a campus
belle, (Clarice Richards) are students
who bring on more complications
Elihu "Tex” Colriver, a cowboy from
Texas was played by G. B. Wright.
Then Grandpa arrives at college!
Grandpa was characterized by Earl
Yates. He evolved a Campus King
Contest to get it straightened out and
matters became more complicated
when he was chosen King himself.
' The action of the play takes place
in the Athletic Club Room of Great
Falls College, a small co-educational
school.
Other characters were: June, Jenny
Ruth Nixon; Beth, Glady Hinchliff;
Angela, Julia Phillips; and Kitty,
Helen Owings as co-eds; and Elmer, a
bashful beau was, Clarence Caden
head.
Before the evening was over mat
ters were straightened out and the au
dience was sure that Great Falls would
win the game.
ise Miller and Evelyn Kidd in green,
Sara Putnam and Bobbie Cobb in
lavender. All twelve maids in the
court carried vari-colored bouquets
of gladiolas.
Louise Broadrick, as maid of hon
or, wore pale yellow and her bouquet
was of yellow and lavender tied with
lavender ribbon.
Program Presented —"A Fool’s
Journey”
The program was presnted by the
Physical Education classes under the
direction of Miss Ruth Sturgis. It
was entitled a "A Fool’s Journey”,
and told the story of a prince who
was hunting a wife. Characters in the
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DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
GENOLA, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1945
THE WEST GEORGIAN was
hit with a bang in March when it
discovered that the printer, Frank
T. Thomasson, could not publish
the forthcoming editions for Ap
ril and part of May. No one had
foreseen the labor shortage which
left several lifeless issues, and,
therefore, it could not be announ
ced previously.
The printing office "stepped
things up” to the point where two
last editions could be put on the
"news stands” of W. G. C. This
is the next to last issue, the last one
to be edited by Dottie Burton, who
succeeds the present editor, Bobbie
Cobb. It has been the policy of the
student newspaper to give the new
editor a chance to "try her hand”
at the end of every year.
“Chieftain” Arrives
At An Early Date
When the campus is a-glow with
smiling faces and small groups of
girls and boys are scattered over the
grounds giggling, excitedly, and all
talking at the same time, you can
know the "Chieftain” has arrived. It
is hoped that day is not far off and
there is reason to believe that it isn’t,
for all material is already in the hands
of the printer with his promise that
the "Chieftain” will be out before the
end of the term.
Much time and effort has been
spent selecting and arranging the ma
terial to be found in the West Geor
gia Yearbook, and everyone is eagerly
looking forward to its arrival.
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Students Receive
News of V-E Day
V-E Day found West Georgia Col
lege ready and expectant. The stu
dent body had known for some time
that its coming was inevitable, and
they were deeply thankful that it
came as early as May 8.
The marvelous news was received
in a thankful and somewhat quiet
manner. Radios were kept on most
of the day bringing to the students
the voices of President Truman,
Prime Minister Churchill and many
others confirming the news and giv
ing details. A special chapel service
was held in the gymnasium in honor
of that memorable day.
The chapel program was very im
pressive. Grace Wright, freshman
student, gave the most important
known details of the German surren
der in her news cast. Following the
news cast Judge Tysinger, of Carroll
ton, spoke about the importance of
V-E Day now and in the future. The
service was closed with a special num
ber, "British Children’s Prayer,” sung
by the Women’s Ensemble of the West
Georgia A Capella choir.
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The Public Speaking Class present
ed a program of choral reading Fri
day May 18. Poems of various types
were presented in choral reading.
Other 1945-46 Officers Selected
In All-Student Election Held Tuesday
Ed Johnson, popular W.G.C. student, captured the leading num
ber of votes for president of the student body, 1945-1946, in the all
student election held last Thursday. He defeated Helen Owings,
his only opponent. Johnson, who formerly attended
GENPEN TO BE PUBLISHED
BY PRESS FORUM SOON
Though the actual date of publi
cation is not definite, Evelyn Kidd,
Editor of the GENPEN, announces
that it will be released by commence
ment, if not before. The GENPEN—
Short for "Genola Pennings”—is a
literary and journalistic magazine
published by the Press Forum.
The staff of the GENPEN, elected
from and by the members of the
Press Forum, includes Evelyn Kidd,
Editor; Carolyn Chism, Associate Ed
itor; Sara Putnam, Art Editor; Ferol
Bozeman, Feature Editor; Dixie
Grimsley, Sara Nell Barrett, and
Frances Hodgson, Typists; Bobbie
Cobb and Laura Waldrop, Proof
readers; Miss Mabel Koontz, Faculty
Adviser.
This issue of the magazine will con
tain articles by John Bishop, W. M.
Bussey, Phylis Flint, Van Joyner,
Carl Woolf, and others These were
the winners of the essay and short
story contest sponsored by the Press
Forum. There were thirteen entries
to the essay contest and eight to the
short story.
"A Veteran Goes to College,” writ
ten by John Bishop, won first place
in the essay contest. W. M. Bussey
won second place with "The Most In
teresting Person I Ever Met.” Hon
orable mention went to Phylis Flint
for "Destiny Determined” and to
Carl Woolf for "A Fable”.
First prize for the short story went
to Carl Woolf for "Tallulah Falls.”
Van Joyner won second place with
"His Brother’s Keeper.” W. M. Bus
sey also won honorable mention for a
short story entitled "Hallowe’en.”
LOOKING AT
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
Well, well, well! Let us think for a
minute about next year’s enrollment.
September will come. It will be the
same ole campus, the same faculty,
but wait . . . there will be new faces
—new faces replacing the beloved de
parted ones.
Miss Ward says, "The group we
hav this year is the best we have ever
had, and the girls coming next year
come up to par.” Gee, that sounds
good. Most of next years prospects
will hail from northwest Georgia be
tween Rome and Columbus. There
are only sixteen unassigned places left
in Adamson. Mandeville is full and
fifteen girls are on the waiting list.
The enrollment is already three times
greater than it was in July of last
year. So far only four or five boys
have enrolled.
The prediction is—a very success
ful school term for 1945 — 1946.
Grantville High in his home town, en
rolled here last summer. He now suc
ceeds Louise Broadrick, who has ser
ved as student body president for the
past year.
In the race for the student-body
vice-presidency, Carolyn Davenport,
an "Acworth belle”, topped the list,
defeating Vivian Hall. Kathryn
Hackney will take over the job of
student-body secretary-treasurer for
coming year. She was victorious over
Julia Phillips.
Sophmore Officers Announced
The officers of the sophmore class
selected were Margaret Martin, pres
ident; Emily Barrett, vice-president;
Rebecca Hunt, secretary; and Grace
Wright, treasurer.
Other candidates for these offices
were president, Mary Agnes Reed;
vice-president, Mary Cantrell and Bet
ty Jane Daniell; secretary, Martha
Beck; treasurer, Frances Winn and
Nell Griffis.
Publications Editors Selected ,
In the election for editor of the
college annual, THE CHIEFTAIN,
Louise Hendrix won over Louise
Whitfield.
The editorship of THE WEST
GEORGIAN goes to Dottie Burton
whose opponent was Kathryn Potts.
All the candidates showed great
enthusiasm in the election by scatter
ing colorful posters around the cam
pus, such as "If voting for Hall is
your sport, change your vote to
Davenport”, "Use your head and vote
for Ed”, and "Keep things going with
Owings.”
This election determined the offic
ers who will serve during the term of
1945-1946. Officers of the fresh
man class will be chosen early in the
fall quarter.
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DATE OF FINAL DANCE
SET FOR MAY 26TH
West Georgia’s Final Dance will be
given by the freshmen in honor of
the graduating sophmores on Satur
day night May 26, 1945.
This dance is the final event on
the West Georgia Social Calendar
and is usually the most succasful of
all the dances.
As has been the custom in the past
an orchestra has been secured. Music,
this year will be furnished by the
Girls High Band from Rome, Ga.
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On May 9 the West Georgia a ca
pella choir gave four concerts: Cedar
town High, Girls High and Boys High
Schools in Rome, and Cave Springs
High School. The choir is also sche
duled to sing at Russell High, East
Point; at Girls High, Decatur; and
possibly at another school near At
lanta, on May 22.
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