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VOLUME 13
West Georgia Welcomes New Students
WEST GEORGIA
ALUMUS SPEAKS ON
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
Sergeant Maynard Cansler an
alumnus of West Georgia’s first
graduating class, and a member of
the Georgia State Patrol spoke to
the student body Friday, January
10, 1947. His subject was the great
number of traffic accidents that
have happened in the United States
and more specifically, in Georgia.
Preceding his speech, Sergeant
Cansler showed a movie short, “It’s
Wanton Murder” with commentary
by Lowell Thomas. The movie fol
lowed a young man out of his
home into uniform and four years
of war overseas. This man sur
vived all these years of war with
out being harmed, only to return
home to be slain by an enemy as
deadly as any bullet—the careless
driver.
Contrary to a lot of popular opin
ions teen-age drivers are not res
ponsible for the greater number of
traffic accidents. It is the older
driver who gambles with his life
for a moment of useless time that
causes the most grief on the high
ways. These facts were pointed
out in graphic form by Sergeant
Cansler as he stated that the aver
age age of the driver most involv
ed in traffic accidents was 34.
Pedestrians have become the sec
ond major traffic problem in Geor
gia with 156 pedestrains being kill
ed in this state in 1946. Spotlight
ing this fact Sergeant Cansler read
a poem written by a parent who
lost a young daughter in a traffic
accident.
Sergeant Cansler addressed his
remarks to the students because
they will replace the older people
as America’s drivers. He expressed
the hope that the young people will
develop into sane, careful drivers
and extended an invitation to
everyone to write Patrol Headquar
ters for any information they may
desire.
West Georgians To
Attend Reception
The Alumnae Association of the
University System of Georgia is to
give a reception at the Piedmont
Driving Club in Atlanta the after
noon of January 27, honoring Chan
cellor and Mrs. Raymond P. Paty.
The number of invitations had to
be limited because of space avail
able at the club. Those represent
ing West Georgia College will be,
President and Mrs. I. S. Ingram;
Dean L. E. Roberts; Registrar, Miss
Katie Downs; Business Manager,
H. S. Acklin; Judge R. D. Tisinger,
President of the Alumnae Associa
tion; and Louis Adams, President
of the Student Body.
Plans are under way to hold a
reception for Dr. and Mrs. Paty at
West Georgia at which time the
faculty and students will be invited.
MISS DOWNS ADDRESSES
PARENT-TEACHER GROUP
Miss Katie Downs, Registrar for
West Georgia, addressed a PTA
group in Pelham, Georgia on Janu
ary 8. Her topics were the “Appre
ciation of Education” and “The
Need for Better Trained Teachers.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28. 1947
Mr. Row's Parents
Visit In Carrollton
Professor Row’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Row of Weir, Kansas,
came to Georgia looking forward
to seeing something of the “Sunny
South”, but they were doomed to
disappointment. When they left
Kansas, the temperature was two
degrees above zero, and rain was
encountered the length of the trip.
We all know what the weather was
like during their stay from Decem
ber 31 through January 13.
Mr. Row was very interested in
Georgia politics, which he follow
ed closely during the duration of
his visit. The thing that impress
ed the Rows most about Georgia,
Professor Row said, was the friend
liness of the people. Mr. and Mrs.
Row were surprised at the number
of visitors who came to see them
at the house. They paid a visit to
the Little White House at Warm
Springs, and were struck by the
similarity of Atlanta to Kansas
City. A visit to the Berry Schools
at Rome was also included in the
itinerary.
Professor Row said that his par
ents were looking forward to the
time when they could return and
see the “Sunny South.”
South American
Educator Visits
West Georgia
Senorita Delfinia Jimenez of Par
aguay recently visited the campus
of West Georgia College. Senorita
Jimenez is a native Paraguayan, a
member of her State Department
of Education, and a lecturer on
educational practice and theory.
She delivers lectures in all parts of
her country.
She was sent by her country to
study elementary education in the
United States. When she arrived
in Washington she went to the
United States Office of Education
to get in touch with centers of in
terest. That office directed her to
West Georgia and Carroll County.
She remained two weeks studying
laboratory schools conducted by
West Georgia and the Carroll
County Public Schools.
When Senorita Jimenez visited
Sand Hill, she was impressed with
the spontaneity of the children as
they pursued their studies. She
stated that they seemed to work
with such diligence and interest.
She has also visited schools in
Washington, D. C., and has plans
to visit schools in South Carolina.
There is a possibility that she may
study at Peabody College in Nash
ville, Tennessee before her return
to Paraguay.
FACULTY STUDYING
SUMMER SCHOOL PLANS
The faculty of West Georgia Col
lege is meeting regularly with the
view of setting up plans for sum
mer school and additional study of
the offerings to be included in the
fall catalog. The purpose of the
staff, with the approval of the
Board of Regents, is to have an all
inclusive offering of study which
will meet the needs of the young
people in this area of the Junior
College level.
NOTED EDUCATOR
GUEST SPEAKER
AT THE COLLEGE
One of the most interesting speak
ers who has been at West Georgia
spoke at assembly, January 14. The
speaker, Miss Emily Woodward,
past president of the Georgia Press
Association, Director of Forums for
the University System of Georgia,
and an author and writer of note,
told many of her interesting ex
periences while doing special edu
cation work in Japan.
Miss Woodward was one of twen
ty-eight educators invited by Gen
eral MacArthur to study Japanese
education methods and make rec
ommendations for improving the
educational system. Each member
of the party was given the status
of Brigadier-General and flown
across the Pacific to Japan. The
party was billeted at the Imperial
Hotel in Tokyo, which was built
by an American architect to resist
earthquakes and withstood all the
bombing attacks without serious
damage. At the hotel, the party
met dignitaries from other coun
tries. Miss Woodward said that
the Russian delegation, at first,
seemed aloof but afterwards be
came friendly.
After overcoming difficulties of
not being able to understand the
Japanese language, Miss Woodward
and her party found the Japanese
structure of education was already
being torn down and another, along
more democratic lines, was being
organized.
Although a great part of Miss
Woodward’s speech was very col
orful and often sprinkled with dry
wit, she summed up her speech
in stating, “The business of win
ning the peace is more important
than the business of winning the
war.” She found the Japanese peo
ple, as a rule, seemed very glad to
be back in the rice fields and very
glad that the war was over.
Though accenting the job that
General MacArthur had done to
bring a conquered nation under
survelliance, Miss Woodward ex
pressed the belief that in order for
a country to be democratic and re
main so, the reins of the govern
ment must be kept out of the
hands of the military.
At the climax of her speech, she
pointed out our responsibility to
the Japanese by saying that they
as a people must be led by demo
cratic principles, and we as a na
tion must lead them. She asked
that we as students learn to be
good citizens while in this institu
tion and place all other interests
second.
PLANS FOR ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION AT COLLEGE
A faculty sub-committee headed
by Mr. John Fountain is studying
plans for developing a West Geor
gia Athletic Association. The or
ganization will be patterned large
ly after that of the Georgia School
of Technology.
In the main, the Board will be
composed of faculty members,
alumnae, students, and business
men. The organization is expected
to be completed in the next sixty
or ninety days.
This quarter we have added 99 new students to our College. This
quarter we have a total enrollment of 554; last quarter there were 528
enrolled here. This quarter 44 of our fall quarter students have with
drawn. An analysis of the withdraws at the end of the fall quarter
shows: 11 transferred, 14 had low grades; 4 graduated; 8 stopped to
work, and 7 withdrew for miscellaneous reasons. In those who trans
ferred there are found people who could not get the specialized courses
at West Georgia College. In the miscellaneous group, 3 married, and
others stopped for reasons of health.
Mr. Pittman Joins
College Faculty
Lt. Col. Brooks Pittman assumed
his duties as Assistant Science In
structor at West Georgia College
January 2, 1947.
Colonel Pittman has served al
most five years in the armed forc
es. His terminal leave is to end in
February 1947. While in the army
he served as chemical supply of
ficer at Camp Rucker, Alabama;
serving for 6 months. Being trans.
ferred to Atlanta, he served for
three years as Assistant Chemical
Officer for the 4th Service Com
mand which later became the 7th
Army. In addition to this assign
ment, Colonel Pittman was ration
ing officer for all armed forces
personnel passing through Atlanta.
Since January 1946, he has been
purchasing and contracting officer
for the 7th Army. He has held a
reserve commission since 1930.
Before entering the service Col
onel Pittman taught at Carrollton
High School, worked for the Coca
Cola Company, and was instructor
for N.Y.A. at West Georgia College.
Dean Pauline Park
Wilson Visits West
Georgia Campus
Dean Paulino Park Wilson visit
ed West Georgia College January
20 and January 21 as a special
guest of the Home Economics Club,
Alpha Psi.
Mrs. Wilson is the new dean of
the School of Home Economics of
the University of Georgia. She is
former head of the department of
family life in the school of Home
Economics, and Dean of Women at
the University of Alabama.
She has done outstanding work
in the field of child development
and parent education. Dean Wil
son has organized the “play group”
which supervises the care and play
of children of World War II vet
erans registered in the University
of Georgia and living in the trailor
camp or in the prefabricated houses
on the campus.
Dean Wilson is a graduate of the
University of Kentucky and she did
graduate work at Cornell, Colum
bia, and the New York School of
Social Work.
Dean Wilson has as one of her
primary objectives the development
of a program of education for girls
in home and family life as a career,
and also in training woman for re
lated professional work.
Mrs. Wilson spoke to Alpha Psi
on Monday night on the subject,
“Home Economics as Education for
Marriage,” and in chapel to the en
tire student body on the topic
“Does College Prepare for Success
ful Marriage?” These subjects prov
ed to be most interesting and help
ful to both groups and we were
honored in having Dean Wilson as
our guest.
We wish to welcome into our cir
cle these new students:
Adams, Bill Clarence; Alexander,
Julian Curtis; Barker, James E.;
Barrow, Bonnie Spruill; Blanken
ship, Charles V.; Bass, Charles T.
Jr.; Bogg, Thaddeus E.; Boyette,
Donald Hayward; Brock, Eugene C.
Butler, William Alfred; Carley, Wil
liam David; Casey, Edwin; Cham
bers, Hugh Martin; Chapman, Jam
es Lawrence; Clark, Ralph Norris;
Couch, Warren David.
Davis, Jennie Rea; Denney, James
Donald; Denney, Jefferson F. Jr.;
Donehoo, John Timothy; Erwin,
Horace Miltin, Jr.; Fox, Jessie Lee;
Futral, James Elmo; Gibson, Bev
erly, Mrs.; Gibson, Robert J.; Gil
son, John Clayton; Goodson, Mar
gie B.; Goodson, Thomas W. Jr.;
Gray, Winfred Brannon; Green, Roy
Wendell; Griffies, Joseph, Grogan,
Jones E.
Hammontree, Eva Gene; Hanson,
Ambers E.; Hay, Horace Edgar;
Hay, Horace Edgar; Hay, Joan Mrs.
Henderson, Charles Talmadge; Hen
drix, Harvey Denson; Ingram, John
A.; Johnson, Thomas Ed; Jones, Ju
lian M.; Jordan, Robert Kenneth;
Kaley, Max Dane; Kaley, Steve
Earl; Kilgore, Clyde E.; Knight,
James Lamar, Jr.; Lewis, Billy Le-
Roy; Liles, Claude Martin, Lively,
Alvin Laverne; Lyle, Margaret E.
Martin, James Roy; Minish, Jack
Parnell; Moon, J. D.; Moore, New
man Lamar; Morgan, Pat; Moss,
William Lyon Mullins, Howard
Jackson; Murphy, Joseph Rudolph;
Neville, Mabel; Nuttall, Richard
Wright; Paris, Curtis E.; Paris D.
C.; Patterson, Albert L.; Powell,
Carolyn Pope; Pye, Julius E.
Rainwater, Thomas Owne; Rea
gin, Annice Mrs.; Reid, Dollie Ma
rie; Reynolds, Allen Lewis; Rica,
Douglas; Roberson, R. Henry, Rob
erts, Samuel Paul; Robinson, Ada
Walker; Russell, Otis Wilson; Sam
ples, Lawton Elbert; Shults, Charl
es Olon; Simmons, Vanvoorst;
Smith, Benjamin Wesley; Smith,
Charles L.; Smith, Frand Melvin;
Smith, Howard Marvin; Smith,
Thomas Stuart; Spence, William
Eldred; Spier, Wallace B. Stallings,
Winton Howell; Staples, Betty Jo;
Steadham, Gilbert; Stevens, Carl B.
Jr.; Stevens, Hiram Hill; Stewart,
Robert L.; Stroud, Ernest Lee;
Summerlin, William Newsom.
Telford, John Heatherly, Thom
ason, Charles Griggs, Jr.; Thorn
burg, Almos Paul; Traylor, Horace;
Upshaw, William Jefferson; Walt
ers, Bobby Owen; Wilkinson, Carl
Wesley.
MR. ROW GIVES READING
AT CARROLLTON HIGH
On Monday, January 13th, Mr.
Row presented a program of poetry
readings at Carrollton High School.
His readings included: "The Cre
mation of Sam McGee,” “The Con
go,” “A Certain Young Lady,” and
“The Quest of The Ribband.”
Mr. Row presented a similar pro
gram in assembly, at West Georgia
last quarter. The student body en
thusiastically endorsed this pro
gram
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