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VOLUME 12
ENGLAND BEASLEY ELECTED FRESHMAN PRESIDENT
West Georgia Freshmen
Honored At Dance
On Saturday, Nov. 10, West
Georgia’s brilliant "book-worms”
threw their books aside for a
night of merry making. The gym
nasium was decorated beautifully
to suit the occasion, with pastel
colors and autumn leaves. The
occasion was the annual Fresh
man Dance given by the "most
honorable” sophomores and fac
ulty of West Georgia in honor
of the "lowly” freshmen. The
"lowly” freshmen, however, cer
tainly were not surpassed by their
"superiors” in formal attire.
The music for the dance was
provided by Milton Hodge’s 14-
piece orchestra from Roanoke,
Alabama.
Entertainment during intermis
sion was a fascinating Nautch
East Indian dance given by Miss
Anne Ingram, talented daughter
of the President of our college.
Several delightful folk dances
were presented by a group of stu
dents, under the direction of Dr.
Folger, accompanied at the piano
by Miss Jane Woodruff.
Delicious refreshments, consist
ing of punch and cookies, were
served.
In spite of aching feet and
sleepy heads, the sophs and frosh
agree that even Virginia O’Brien
would have smiled after having
such a delightful time.
Miss Downs Attends
Educational Meetings
A few days ago Miss Downs
was missing from her classes and
her home when she spent two
days in Atlanta, where she at
tended the State Department of
Education’s convention for the
instruction of supervisors, held
at the Piedmont Hotel. Miss
Downs was a consultant for a
group who were studying prob
lems for teaching material. She
reports a very enjoyable and in
structive trip.
A few days later Miss Downs
classes were again "disappointed
by her absence when she went to
Rome to attend a church meet
ing of the women of the Rome
and Dalton districts of the North
Georgia Conference. This work
shop, studying public and social
relations of the family, was held
in the First Methodist Church in
Rome where Miss Downs was a
contributor in the field of health
and hygiene.
Dining Hall Announcement
From now on any visitor plan
ning to take meals in the dining
hall must first see Mr. Acklen
and buy a meal ticket before the
meal. No visitor will be admit
ted without a meal ticket.
The student body of West
Georgia College elected Miss
Patricia Ann McCready as
editor-in-chief of The West
Georgian. Miss McCready
succeeds to the office left
vacant by Miss Dottie Bur
ton who was elected for this
office last year. Mis? Burton
did not return to West Geor
gia this year because of an
intervention by Mr. Cupid.
Noted Book Editor
Visits Campus
Dr. John L. Hill, noted writer
and book editor for the Southern
Baptist Association, was speaker
here November 14, 15, and 16.
He spoke each morning at 9:50
in the College Auditorium, bring
ing very inspiring messages to
the students.
The services on Wednesday
and Thursday were in the form
of devotional periods. June
Wyatt played a violin solo and
Kathryn Hackney gave medita
tion on Wednesday. Oliver Lind
sey sang a baritone solo and
Mary Grace Sherrill gave the
meditation on Thursday. Friday’s
service was conducted in the us
ual assembly manner.
Dr. Hill spoke each night at
the Baptist Tabernacle Church
in Carrollton. College buses car
ried students to these night ser
vices. He was sponsored on the
campus by the Voluntary Religi
ous Association.
Third Years Go
Folk Dancing
On Friday, November 2 the
third year group accompanied by
seven boys, Dr. Folger, and Miss
Woodruff headed North Caro
lina way. The group hit Murphy
in mid-afternoon and visited
Campbell Folk School at Brass
town Friday afternoon and night.
They left Murphy Saturday
morning for the folk festival at
Hiawassee, Georgia, which was
the high light of the week-end.
Towns County High School oc
cupied most of the time until Sat
urday night when young people
from 16 centers in the Southern
Highlands district gathered in
the high school gymnasium for a
program of dancing which was
not competitive.
A chilly Saturday night was
spent at a fishing camp, but Sun
day morning’s coffee gave the
gang a splendid warm-up in prep
aration for the grand trip back
through the lovely mountains.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, GENOLA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1945
Choir Presents
Xmas Concert
BISHOP JOHN MOORE
WALKER GUEST SPEAKER
The annual Christmas Vesper
Service presented by the West
Georgia A Capella Choir will be
given Sunday afternoon, Decem
ber 9, at 4:00 o’clock in the Col
lege Auditorium. The Vesper Ser
vice commemorating the Christ
mas season is always an occasion
of beauty and reverence, and is
anticipated as one of the high
lights of the college year.
A special feature of this year’s
program will be the presence of
Bishop John Moore Walker of
Atlanta, who will deliver a sea
sonal message. Ageless carols and
compositions by Beethoven, Han
del, Mendelssohn, Muzicheski
and Yon will be sung with the
traditional excellence and inspi
ration of our choir.
New Building
Pians Are
Approved
West Georgia College will have
anew building to take care of the
women now living in Melson
Hall. There will be additional
classroom space also.
The Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia in
session Wednesday , November
14, approved the plans of Presi
dent Ingram and the faculty for
using the funds now held by the
college for this purpose.
Mr. Stevens of Burge Qc Stev
ens, architects in Atlanta, has
drawn the plans and construc
tion will be started immediately.
Artist To Visit
The Campus
Lamar Dodd, head of the Art
Department of the University of
Georgia will open the Lecture-
Artist Series at West Georgia
College December 7, 1945.
Mr. Dodd is recognized as one
of the most outstanding artists in
the country. Throughout the en
tire country he has exhibited
paintings that have given to him
many first places and great dis
tinction.
The people of Carrollton, the
faculty, and members of the stu
dent body will participate in the
program.
Five other series will follow.
Mr. Hugh Hodgson, head of the
Music Department of the Uni
versity of Georgia, will be at
West Georgia College on Janu
ary 21, 1946.
On Monday, November 19, England Beasley, Jr., of LaGrange,
Georgia, was chosen to be president of the freshman class by an
overwhelming majority.
Nell Davis, of Grantville, Georgia, was elected vice-president,
winning handiiy over Vivian Acree and Dot Owens.
Home Ec Students
Attend Meetings In
Atlanta Andjacon
Miss Jenkins and several stu
dents attended the Home Eco
nomics Meeting which was held
in the Georgia Power Kitchen in
Macon recently. This was an
echo meeting of the one held in
Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Frances
Winn gave a report on the Gat
linburg meeting and also of our
Alpha Psi Club at West Georgia.
Students attending this meet
ing were Frances Winn, Virginia
Christian, Sue Quinton, Carolyn
Davenport, and Evelyn Malcolm*
The meeting of the Georgia
Home Economics Association was
held in the iDixie Ball Room in
the Henry Grady Hotel on Nov.
10, 1945. Topics discussed were
Rural Professional World in
Home Economics, Meeting im
pact of War on Family Life,
Planning Homes for Families of
Today, and Visual Education.
Those attending this meeting
were Betty Jane Daniell, Burma
Finch, Julia Phillips, Nell Davis
and Lanelle Griffies.
Why Students
Came to West
Georgia College
A survey was made at West
Georgia College, recently, to de
termine why West Georgia stu
dents entered here in the Fall of
1945. The results of this survey
proved to be so interesting that
it was decided to pass this infor
mation along to West Georgia
students. The report, below, giv
es the different reasons for stu
dents entering West Georgia Col
lege in 1945 and the number of
students presenting these reasons.
Reason Number
Recommended by friends, former
students —knew someone al
ready enroHedls2
Like the location (near home).... 75
Wanted the special courses offered 53
Chosen by parents 34
Heard Dean Gunn speak 24
Read catalogue and like its de
scription of school 26
Wanted terminal work 21
Wanted preparation for senior
college 16
Liked connection with University
System of Georgia 18
Liked the high standard of the
college 10
Wanted to attend a small college 30
Needed an inexpensive college 44
Had always liked West Georgia ... 11
According to these results, rec
ommendations by former stu
dents, etc., induced most of the
students to attend West Georgia
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Catherine Todd was chosen
secretary over Billie Cheney. And
Lee Murdock was named Treas
urer by a very narrow margin ov
er her nearest opponent, Burma
Finch.
The nominating meeting was
held the preceding Wednesday,
and very vigorous campaigns
were begun.
The campaigns were brought
to a successful conclusion on Fri
day night, November 16, when
all the candidates addressed an
exceptionally sympathetic and
appreciative audience in the au
ditorium.
West Georgia Host
TO Supervisors.
West Georgia was delighted to
be host to the following Sup
ervisors, trainees, and their ad
visors for the week of November
11 —November 16. Advisors —
Miss Jane Franseth and Miss
Nell Winn of the University of
Georgia; Miss Elizabeth Dano
van of the State Department of
Education; Miss Sara Jones of
the State Library Extension Ser
vice; Trainees—Jessie Strickland,
Wanda Jones, Elizabeth Bailey,
Annie Mae Walraven, Sera Sin
gleton, Martha McCall, Mable
West, Pearl Nix, and Reba Burn
ham. Miss Timmons, who is in
charge of the Teacher Education
course at Rhinehart was also
with them.
They spent the week observing
and studying work at West Geor
gia’s laboratory schools in Car
roll County and also some of the
Heard County Schools. They
were concerned with library fa
cilities at these places and were
interested in our Materials Bu
reau. They attended several com
munity meetings during the
week.
The college entertained the
visitors and the faculty members
and their husbands and wives
with a tea in Mandeville Hall
lobby Monday afternoon from
4:30 ’til 6:00 o’clock.
STUDENTS GIVEN
BANQUET BY FACULTY
Friday, December 7, at 6:00
o’clock West Georgia College is
giving a banquet for the student
and faculty of the college.
Classes will be dismissed Fri
day, December 7, at noon to al
low advisory groups to get to
gether and decorate the tables at
which they will sit that night.
Saturday night, December 8,
a weiner roast will be given by
the college in appreciation of the
help in the dining hall. A bon
fire will be built at 4:00 o’clock.
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