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FRIDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1945
JUNIORS BEGIN
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Dr. Folger, with three of his
third year girls began an exciting
year on Wednesday night, Sep
tember 26, at the Whitesburg
community meeting. Immediate
ly, one of our objectives become
the obtaining of a spare tire for
our faithful companion, the "Tu
dor”, because it was a long way
to come for the station wagon
spare. Another group spent an
enjoyable evening at Tallapoosa
on Friday, October 5.
Martha Free and Virginia Till
ery assisted in directing folk
games at a social in the city gym
last Saturday night. We are all
having a great deal of fun doing
folk games and dances in prepa
ration for our trip to Hiawassee,
Georgia, the first week-end in No
vember. We will participate in
the Folk Festival there and visit
Campbell Folk School in Brass
town, N. C.
The third year room is getting
a work-over and anew paint job
is in store for us. Too, we may
have a few spots of paint to daub
Sleeping in a C^oach
Sleeping on a day coach at
night. What satire! No prime
val torture could be any worse
than that thought up by our so
called "civilized” men when they
invented those monuments to
misery—the seats on a day coach.
Traveling on a train is a great
adventure until nightfall. Then
the low, endless rumble of the
wheels soon brings on a drowsi
ness which takes all the punch
and vigor out of a trip, and leav
es only all the aches and monot
ony. Not even the realistic punch
of the seat springs or the hard
knock of the window pane against
your forehead can entirely wipe
out the sense of unreality of the
scene you watch.
The conductor sweeps in on a
blast of wind from the vestibule
on his usual round. The man in
front of you is snoring--oh, bless
ed sleep, will it never come? Out
of the corner of one eye you
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around on our car when we’ve
all accomplished our hopes for
driving.
Some who were talented for
such assisted Mr. Davis in pre
paring posters for the agricul
tural display at the County Fair
and we have all had a hand in
the "witches’ brew” for the Hal
lowe’en Carnival at Tallapoosa
School.
Dr. Folger, our third year ad
visor, is to leave this week to at
tend a conference at Columbia
University, New York, with rep
resentatives from schools in
Washington, Pennsylvania, Mary
land, North Carolina, Virginia
and New York. These represen
tatives will work on problems of
curriculum, child growth and
development, and child, parent,
community and school relation
ships. Since this too, is the pur
pose of our work as juniors at
West Georgia, we are eagerly an
ticipating Dr. Folger’s return so
that he may share with us what is
being done in other schools.
watch a man sling his feet on the
chair in front of him, as you de
bate the advisability of doing the
same. But maidenly modesty
triumphs over cautionless com
fort, regretfully, as your stylish
three-inch heels begin to break
the arch in your foot. At the
same time your back becomes a
permanent, torturous curve. One
arm is definitely asleep while the
other acts as a cushion between
your head and the window pane.
Movement brings no comfort any
more, and you become one con
tinuous, sleepless ache.
Instead of the helping smile on
the face of the porter there seems
in your tortured mind, to be a sly
leer at your misfortune. The
fretful child across the aisle is
crying just for your pleasure.
The wheels are moaning "sleep,
sleep, sleep”, and the train whis
tle is the cry of your tormented
brain. All the noises mingle in
to one terrible, ear-splitting ring
as it rises to a peak and the night
begins to envelope you quickly,
until the world is a large mass of
depression into whose midst you
sink —asleep!
ALPHA PSI HOLDS
FIRST MEETING
Alpha Psi, the Home Econom
ics Club, held its first meeting of
the year Monday night, October
1, 1945. There were fifty-four
new members present.
The meeting opened with the
club singing "America”. Miss
Frances W’inn, President, and
Miss Jenkins, Faculty Advisor,
welcomed the new students into
the club. The members were inia
tiated by the Candle Light Ser
vice.
Following the initiation the
group sang songs, and Betty Jane
Daniel gave an interesting talk
on her trip to Gatlinburg, Tenn
essee, to the Provincial Home Ec
onomics meeting.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
H. S. Clinic
West Georgia College has a
new service for students. The
H. S. (Home Sick) Clinic has
been set up in Dean Gunn’s of
fice. Or should we call him" Dr.”
Gunn now?
Are you wondering how in the
world a W.G.C. student could
possibly be homesick in an atmos
phere as pleasant as this? For
an example of how it can be
done, let us examine the case of
Alice K., a very pretty but oh,
such a spoiled girl. She’s the
kind of girl who makes a fellow
give out with his best wolf-call —
if you follow me! And she has
the charm of a real Southern
belle —WHEN she is the center
of attention. But Alice goes
about griping about too much
homework, about her room mate,
and in general everybody. Be
sides, her little feelings have been
hurt 'cause all the boys don’t
cluster around her. To many
other pretty girls. Alice just
can’t take what’s coming to her.
So —she wails to Dr. Gunn, "I’m
going home!” "Dr.” Gunn, be
ing the person he is, tries to fix
things up but Alice just can’t see
things his way. "I’m going
home,” she keeps wailing, and
home she goes.
But all the "doctor’s” cases are
not hopeless. Some of his pat
ients stick it out (and even grow
to love it) just for love of him
or for fear of being laughed at
back home.
In conclusion we’ll say, "if you
are homesick, see Dr. Gunn, he’s
the best doctor we know.” Oh
yes, his office is like his heart—
open to all.
"Be It Ever So
Humble''
It may be true that "be it ever
so humble there is no place like
home” but in a certain dormitory
there is a certain room that is
anything but ever so humble yet
there is no place like it. Some
might breath a thankful prayer
that there is no place like it, but
for my roommate and me, it is
practically an oasis where we find
strength to struggle through the
desert of our college classes. On
first glance few people can pick
out such articles as furniture but
upon careful inspection it turns
out to be just that. For example,
there are such things as a bed,
covered with clothes and a half
packed suitcase (I am consider
ing going home next month and
believe in early preparation), a
bookcase, containing everything
but books, a table covered with
notebooks, papers, pencils and
(J2eauty ddhop
Upstair’s at Merrell’s
For complete beauty
treatments
such ammunition, and two dress
ers covered with cosmetics and
pictures of our present heart
throbs. One day we tried to
choose our main color scheme,
finally decided it was red and
pink with off tines of purple.
Near the windows sit our family;
two potted plants and a couple of
goldfish. In a chair resides our
mascot, a monkey attired in a
sailor suit, for at present we are
supporting the U. S. Navy. On
the walls hang brilliant banners,
signs, pennants and our tennis
rackets. We have been holding
open house at ail hours, visitors
welcome, but our house mother is
rapidly discouraging this. How
ever, we still maintain there is no
place like it.
The Bus Station
After The
Bus Has Left
The station is suddenly almost
empty —the pushing, jostling
crowds having finally shoved
their way out into the cold, bright
night. On either side is evidence
of many quick departures. An
evening paper lies on the floor
where it had been swiftly pushed
aside. A coke bottle sprawls on
its side under a seat. One dain
ty, white, feminine glove lies con
spiciously out of place, on a
counter. A small toy red wagon,
minus a wheel, forlornly gathers
dust in a hastily vacated seat. A
smouldering cigar vainly burns
on a window sill. A popular novel
casually displays its title from un
der mixed debris. A piece of
peppermint candy sticks to my
feet as I go in search of a belated
taxi which failed to meet the mid
night bus.
Qenola Post Office
It is now three and one-half
minutes until my eight o’clock
class. The sacks of mail have
just come in. Students stand
around with that wistful, longing
look in their eyes-talking, laugh
ing, joking, but keeping one eye
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focused on their mail boxes. See
ing a letter placed in my box, I
push slowly but successfully thru
the crowd within reach of it. I
turn the dial, so excited I fumble,
but after the third attempt the
box opens. A quick grab and the
letter is out! Turning it over, I
am sure it is just the letter I’ve
been hoping for—but no—it is
my roomy’s letter. But why wor
ry? The afternoon’s mail is yet
to come, then tomorrow’s and the
next day’s, and on and on! Ain’t
the Genola Post Office a grand
wishing well?
Recreation
(jymnasium
Flash! . . . Males In Distress.
. . . . Anything wearing pants
should apply at the college gym
nasium at eight o’clock on either
Friday or Saturday night. The
said males are the victims of a
"rush” that is becoming quite ser
ious.
The college boys, including cer
tain member of the faculty, are
apparently doing their utmost to
withstand the strain but the sit
uation is slowly, but surely, get
ting out of control. For example;
last Friday night a certain gallant
lad was finally stricken in action.
He was immediately sent to the
barracks for "recreation fatigue”
and the proper medical authori
ties were called at once.
I, as a veteran, earnestly appeal
to the whole of the male popula
tion for assistance. We cannot
have this happen to the cherish
ed boys of dear ole W.G.C!
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