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TUESDAY MAY 21, 1946
Magnetic Maidens From
Mandeville Mansion"
Pass me the monkey wrench,
Bud; those nuts are loose again!!
Another day is dawning and as
the soft, (?) gentle, (??) purr,
(???) of those musical bells, with
which our campus has been en
riched lately, reaches the delicate,
shell-pink ears of Mandevtflle’s
sleeping beauties, they awake
with a scream and vibrate for fif
teen minutes.
The shades are let up and the
sun peeps in, shudders, and says
to himself, "It is indeed fortu
nate that young ladies are not
seen this early in the morning—
else the human race might be
come extinct like dodo birds.”
First, let’s take a look at the
right downstairs of Mandeville
Mansion. This wing is noted for
the lovely, exquisite, haunting
melodies that are rendered by
Justice, McCurdy, O’Neal, Russel,
Cline, and Ellis. (Better known
as the “Sunshine Kids.”)
Even this early in the morning
the above mentioned "talented
ones” are winding their melodi
ous way down to the shower
room. Their soul-inspiring re
frains bring many comments
from other cell-mates. (These
comments will not be printed
here, because even if we had
enough space for all of ’em, I’m
afraid that the editor or some
body would "mark my words and
call me censored”.) If you’ve ever
had the misfortune to hear the
"Sunshine Kids” then you can
draw your own conclusions as
to what was said, and shame on
you for thinking such. After this
"morning serenade” the weaker
people go back to bed, the strong
er ones go on to breakfast, ’cause
nothing can turn their stomachs.)
Now wel’ll journey on over to
the left downstairs wing. In this
article we are trying to show
mainly what each individual
wing is good for. This wing is
mostly "good for nuthin”. That’s
a joke, son, a joke that is”.)
This wing is more artistic, than
musical, and tries to make Man
devillians more conscious of "the
finer things of life”. (Yeah, I
guess Joe could be termed "a fin
er thing of life by some people,
anyway, eh Boydie?)
Now let’s go right up the stairs
to the left upper wing, which has
won wide acclaim for its poetry
that touches the depths of your
heart, and wakes in you a yearn
ing to do noble deeds. As an ex
ample, we have a little verse that
holds a message for all of us, if
we look hard enough.
The Spring has sprung,
The grass has riz,
I wonder where the flowers is?
Now to the right upper wing
and our tour will end. We might
call this the studious wing; yes,
we might, but we won’t. That’d
be taking things a little too far,
’cause some people believe every
thing they read in the paper.
Now let’s sum up Mandeville
Hall as a "Hole”, and try to ex
plain why we call these maidens
magnetic. We’ll leave it to you
to decide what they attract —mice,
men, or sailors!?!?-
MEET THE FACULTY
DR. ROBERTS: Hobbies: read
ing history and philosophy, gard
ening, too. Interest: writing his
tory. Favorite sports: baseball,
basketball and track. Favorite
color: blue. Favorite food: steak
(um!),string beans, Georgia cook
ed. Pet peeves: bad government,
tardiness in meeting appoint
ments, crooked thinking. "And I
like—” common people who are
honest and sincere and, oh yes;
redheads too.
MISS WEAVER: Hobby: Col
lecting beautifully illustrated
books. Interests: association with
people, travel, good plays. Favo
rite color: green. Favorite food:
steak, ice-cream, salted nuts. Pet
peeves: shabby work, sloppiness-
Sports: swimming and tennis.
MISS KOONTZ: Hobby: "I have
none”. Interests: music, poetry,
"what makes people act as they
do”. Sports: "Oh, I like reading
in bed and walking in the rain.”
Favorite color: chartreuse and
other shades of green. Favorite
food: Just everything except may
onaise. Pet peeves: waiting, self
ishness, people who are hard to
get along with.
MISS HARRINGTON: Hobbies:
swimming, sewing, reading, flow
er arrangement. Favorite color:
blue. Favorite foods: baked ham
and fried chicken. Interest:
Home Economics. Sport: foot
ball and baseball. Pet peeves:
two-faced people and snooty peo
ple, too.
MISS JENKINS: Hobby: Home
making and everything that goes
with it. Favorite color: "I have
no favorite, I like them all” Fav
orite food: Everything except
lamb. Sport: baseball iand polo.
Interest: Living a 1-o-n-g, useful
life. Pet peeves: people to pre
tend one thing and mean another,
those who are afraid of their con
victions.
General Chiang Kai-shek
(By Madame Chiang Kai-shek)
The author of General Chiang
Kai-shek is a person who has de
voted much of her life to the pro
motion of the welfare of the Chi
nese people.
Part one is devoted to the task
of trying to make people of other
lands understand the backward
ness of the Chinese people and to
enlist some sympathy to a degree
that the Chinese may be helped
instead of being criticized. Mad
ame Chiang has the love and re
spect of the Chinese people and
throughout the book her love for
them and her fine, Christian char
acter is exhibited.
Part two is a series of excerpts
from the diary of General Chiang
during the time that he was a
prisoner of the Northeastern
Army. The Northeastern Army
had taken the General to prison
because he had ordered them to
fight the Communists and they
THE WEST GEORGIA
didn’t see things as the General
did.
General and Madame Chiang
give their opinions about the in
cident and both of them show a
Christian attitude toward the
Northeastern army and its lead
ers, regardless of what they had
done to the General. They show
much concern with that which is
most important to each of them —
the welfare of the Chinese peo
ple and the necessity of the sym
pathy and understanding of other
countries toward the Chinese.
In the account of General
Chaing’s daily affairs while he
was imprisoned at Sian and the
record of Madame Chiang’s ef
forts to draw up some compro
mise or to establish better rela
tionships between the Northeast
ern Army and the General, it can
readily be seen that these two
Chinese leaders always disre
garded their personal safety in
their efforts to do more good for
the Chinese people.
Those who have been so impa
tient with the Chinese people for
their so-called “ignorance” would
understand them and be willing
to help them if they would read
this book of the efforts of two
Christian characters who see so
much to be done.
SCREENINGS
The man who thinks before he
speaks, generally acquires a rep
utation for being a good listener.
If you want an answer, ask a
novice; if facts, an expert.
**********
The fine art of being helpful
consists in knowing when to keep
out of the way.
**********
Never sidestep an opportunity
to shoulder responsibility; it will
develop the only backbone that
can support you in the next
world.
**********
It takes two to start an argu
ment, but one argument, will start
any number of fights.
**********
It’s a grave mistake to think
that the road to the kingdom of
heaven leads through state legis
latures and Congress.
**********
The average family wants less
outgo and more income, and the
way to get it is by less go out and
more stay in.
**********
A business man can’t help won
dering how long a corporation
could stay out of the hands of a
receiver if its affairs were manag
ed by a board of directors com
posed entirely of Congressmen.
V. R. A. News
The Reverend Mr. James Tay
lor, of New Orleans, Louisiana,
led the devotional at the April 24
meeting of the Voluntary Religi
ous Association. His subject was
"The Captain of my Life”. The
inspiring talk was based upon his
experiences as a chaplain in the
Navy.
Mr. Taylor had charge of the
revival services at the First Bap
tist Church of Carrollton during
the week of April 21-28.
Democratic Youth
Society News
The Democratic Youth Society
enjoyed a ‘’hamburger fry,” com
plete with all the ’’flxin’s” on the
afternoon of the 27th of April at
4 o’clock at the barbecue pit.
There were approximately 30
members present and Mr. Weisi
ger guest speaker at the Zeta Sig
ma Pi banquet, spoke to the
group in the gymnasium imme
diately after the social hour.
Varsity Club News
On April 22, the Varsity Club
met on the athletic field and com
pleted their plans for the Varsity
Club sponsored dance to be held
at the City Gym on May 4.
Tickets were given each mem
ber of the Varsity Club and a mo
tion was made to allow members
of the W.A.A. to sell tickets also.
This motion was approved and a
combined meeting of the two
clubs was held in the gym after
chapel on April 30.
A banquet of the two clubs was
also planned at this meeting and
communities appointed to carry
out a good time at this banquet.
It was decided that the dinner
will be held at the Carrollton
Hotel on May 7 and a pleasant
time is expected by all. Dean
Gunn will be the speaker.
The W.A.A. has been very co
operative during the dance and
the Varsity Club would like to
extend their sincere thanks for
their help in putting the dance
over for the club.
4-H Club News
The regular 4-H Club meeting
was held April 15, 1940, in A-3
with President Barbara Trundle
presiding. Miss Mary Todd spoke
on the subject of "Extension
Work.”
Martha Sue Harris and Nancy
Bryant were chosen as West
Georgia’s representatives to the
Intercollegiate 4-H Club meeting
at Abraham Baldwin Agriculture
College, at Tifton, Georgia, on
May 6th. This meeting was held
at West Georgia last year.
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CLUB NEWS
French Club News
The regular monthly meeting
of Le Cercle Francais was held
April 23 in the music room. The
cluh took up its routine business
and turned the meeting over to
the Program Chairman, Barbara
Bishop. Typewritten transcripts
of rather current French songs
were passed out. The members
listened to recordings made by a
French ’Sinatra” as they follow
ed the words on the transcripts.
It was somewhat of a surprise to
the students present to realize by
actually hearing the records that
the French have popular love
songs very similar to American
ballards. The meeting was dis
missed by President Helen Ow
ings.
Veterans Club News
The Veterans had a very nice
picnic at Spence’s Lake last
Thursday evening.
Some excitement was caused
when Mr. Speer gave a helping
hand carrying a big log that
weighed every bit of ten ounces.
Violet Jones seems to carry a lot
weight around here because when
she sat on one of the benches it
broke. Pres. Ingram got plenty
to eat; he had a tree with SEV
ERAL prongs for hotdogs as a
toaster stick. We missed Dr. Rob
erts and his jovial humor.
We think every one had fun
and made a few points—which
we all need —on the side.
B. S. U. News
The B.S.U. held its regular
meeting Thursday evening, April
29, with Frances Winn presiding.
The Reverend Mr. Benson was
present. It was decided that next
year’s officers would be elected
at the next meeting and a com
mittee was appointed for the pur
pose of nominating them.
The meeting was closed by a
prayer by Frances Winn.
Teacher: ’’Now, Johnny, if you
put your hand in one pocket and
pulled out 75 cents, then put your
hand in the other pocket and
pulled out 75 cents, what would
you have?”
Joh nn y: ’“Somebody else’s
pants.”
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