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VOLUME 13
Veterans Club To Sponsor Memorial Dance
Noted Educator
Visits Campus
West Georgia was recently hon
ored to have as its visitor, Dr. Wil
liam Heard Kilpatrick, retired
professor of Columbia University.
The purpose of his visit was to eva
luate the college training program
for elementary teachers.
Born in White Plains, Georgia,
November 20, 1871, Dr. Kilpatrick
has received degrees from Mercer
University, Johns Hopkins, Colum
bia, and Bennington College. Until
1938 he was Professor of Philoso
phy of Education at Columbia Uni
versity. He has written several
books, three of which are held as
the basis of teacher-training educa
tion. He was editor and co-editor of
“The Educational Frontier” and
“The Teacher and Society.”
While here, Dr. Kilpatrick spoke
at teas and dinners to various
groups. City, county and college
teachers were included in these
groups. The student body heard Dr.
Kilpatrick speak on “Becoming Ma
ture” at assembly Friday 21. Dr.
Kilpatrick advised several profes
sional groups on the processes of
learning and made suggestions con
cerning the trends of education on
the Junior College level. Dr. Kil
patrick visited the laboratory
schools of West Georgia College
during his visits.
On the afternoon of the nine
teenth, a bus load of education stu
dents heard Dr. Kilpatrick speak at
the High School auditorium.
On Sunday morning, Dr. Kilpat
rick was the speaker at the Bap
tist Tabernacle Church.
Dr. Kilpatrick was accompanied
by his wife. They resided at the
Hotel Carrollton while here.
Professor Row, head of our Eng
lish Department, speaks with high
esteem of his friend and former
teacher. “In my opinion the philos
ophy of Dr. Kilpatrick has had
more influence on modern trends
of education than that of any other
American Educator. His lectures
and class discussions were of such
an inspirational nature that teach
ers always left Columbia eager to
put into immediate practice the ex
perience they had enjoyed under
his instruction. Since his state
ment are always based on thorough
understanding and backed by sub
stantial evidence his elaborate praise
of West Georgia College should
mean a great deal to this institu
tion.”
New Furniture
In Adamson Hall
Adamson Hall has been supplied
with some additional furniture for
the rooms. Recently they have got
ten eight new metal desks and six
large mirrors. Previously they re
ceived several new chests of draw
ers.
Registration For 1947-48
Registration for the school year
of 1947-48 at West Georgia College
is far ahead of that for any other
period in the history of the school.
The faculty advises anyone who
wishes to attend West Georgia next
year to make his reservations early.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1947
WEST GEORGIA
STUDENT BODY
ELECTS MAY QUEEN
Betty Zane Caswell is May
Queen and Edith Keisler is her
Maid of Honor.
On February 7 the members of
the student body cast their votes
for May Queen who will reign at
the annual May Day Festival which
is one of the outstanding activities
on the campus in the spring quar
ter. It is sponsored by Alpha Psi.
Before casting their votes, the stu
dent body was instructed to vote
for a person with outstanding quali
ties in all things.
Betty Zane Caswell was elected
as the queen and Edith Keisler is
to attend her as Maid of Honor.
Those in the court are Loetta Hud
gins , Robbie Westbrook, Evelyn
Entrekin, Helen Leach, Carolyn
Camp, Carolyn Bryant, Sara Berry
man, Burnice Lambert, Mary Sey
more, Bernice White, Cynthia Shipe,
and Hazel Thurman. Joyce Morris
will be the crown bearer. Congra
tulations to all.
NEW PARKING
AREA MARKERS
Another new addition to the front
campus is the new row of parking
markers. These fences were put up
not only so that people would have
to back out of the parking place,
but mainly to save the grass. The
lawn was fast becoming badly torn
up by careless drivers who would
go across the campus lawn for sev
eral yards, rather than do a little
reverse gear. This wasn’t too bad in
good weather, but it became hard
on the car and grass, too, as the
vehicles mired up to their hubcaps
when the weather was bad.
Things such as these are to help
keep our campus looking as it
should, so that we may remain
proud of it.
Annual Georgia Press
Association Meeting
Editors of Georgia’s newspapers
met in Athens February 19 for a
four day discussion. Among the
speakers were Robert Mullen, edi
tor of Life mazaine; F. J. Keilhaltz,
associate editor of the County Gen
tleman; former Secretary of the In
terior, Harold L. Ickes; and James
L. Young, International News Serv
ice correspondent and author of
“Behind the Rising Sun.”
Two members of the West Geor
gian staff, Bill Anthony and Polly
Griffin, represented West Georgia
College at the Georgia Collegiate
Press Association.
New Art Building
Erected On Campus
Anew arts building has been
erected on the campus. The frame
building is 20 by 100 feet and was
granted by the Federal Works
Agency to the school, for the pur
pose of classrooms for the engineer
ing drawing classes. It is composed
of two rooms for classes, an office,
and other facilities. It is of the pre
fabricated type, and will be com
pleted for use during next quarter.
The interior walls will be paint
ed light green and the outside will
be made attractive to correspond
with other buildings on the cam
pus.
DEAN ROBERTS
PUBLISHES ARTICLE
Dr. L. E. Roberts, Dean of West
Georgia College, recently publish
ed an article, “Italy and the Egyp
tian Question 1878-1882” in the
Journal of American History. The
article concerns the efforts of the
Italian government to secure the
aid of other European powers in
an attempt to break the Anglo-
French hegemony in Egypt. Italy
considered the Egyptian question
important because in it was involv
ed the principle that Mediterranean
affairs should be settled by a con
cert of all the interested Mediter
ranean powers rather than by An
glo-French agreement.
When asked for a statement about
his article Dr. Roberts said, “It is
a result of research in the Library
of Congress, British Museum, and
the British Public Record Office,
where a great number of unused
historical documents were brought
to light on the part of Italy and
the Egyptian question. Also used
were the Italian Greenbooks on
Foreign Policy and the Debate in
the Italian Parliament. This article
was part of a larger study involv
ing the part of all the great Euro
pean powers over the fate of Egypt
in the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries.”
March Calendar
For Chapel Exercises
Mr. Charles B. Shaw, the libra
rian of Swarthmore College in
Pennsylvania, will speak to the
student body on February 28, giv
ing us an illustrated lecture on our
typographic heritage.
The Chapel programs of March
fourth and seventh, will be under
the direction of Rev. Broyles, of At
lanta. Mr. Broyles directs these
programs in connection of Religi
ous Emphasis Week.
We have a debate to look forward
to, but as of yet, no date has been
set. This debate will be between
Mr. Ingram’s Government Class
and Mr. Oliver’s Social Science
Classes. The question concerns uni
versal military training.
Music Room Open
Three Nights Weekly
The Music Room, located in the
Rural Arts Building, is open on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
nights at 6:30. A student is in
charge of the machine and special
requests should be made to him. A
splendid collection of records is to
be found here at West Georgia, and a
grand opportunity is at hand for
those students desiring to know
more about classical music. A quiet
evening spent in the Music Room
is both enjoyable an relaxing.
Spring Holiday
Dates Announced
The Faculty has announced that
Saturday, March 15, will be regis
tration day for the spring quarter
and that this week-end will be a
closed week-end. The exams for the
winter quarter will be given March
17, 18, and 19. The student body is
to return for the spring quarter
on March 25 and classes will be
gin March 26.
The West Georgia Veterans Club will sponsor a dance at the Car
rollton City Gymnasium March 1, 1947. Proceeds to go to erect a mem
orial for West Georgia Alumni who lost their lives in the war.
Music for the dance will be furnished by Graham Jackson and hi*
orchestra. Jackson will be remembered by many as the favorite musi
cian of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Featured in the issue
of Life magazine that carried the death of the President, Jackson is also
featured in the book, “Thank You, Mr. President” by Mr. Merriman
Smith, a White House correspondent. Graham Jackson has to his credit
more than twenty command performances at the White House in Wash
ington and at the Little White House in Warm Springs.
Plans Approved
For New Building
Plans have been approved by the
Educational Division of the Fed
eral Works Agency for an educa
tional-recreational room containing
about 4,800 square feet. This build
ing will be for the men of the
campus and will be placed near
the gymnasium on the east side.
MR. ROW IN
EMORY HOSPITAL
With a cheery, “I am going away
for a few days and will meet my
classes again February 13,” Mr. Row
made his departure Monday, Feb
ruary 3.
The students did not ask his des
tination or reasons for absenting
himself, and he offered no expla
nation to his classes. But by and
by, word came creeping from one
student to another that Mr. Row
was in Emory Hospital, where he
had gone for a minor operation. He
attributed his silence concerning his
absence to a desire to create a little
excitement.
Mr. Row took advantage of
Emory’s new “library on wheels”
and also delved into his accumulat
ed reading material. His excessive
reading aroused this comment from
nurses: “He doesn’t act important,
but there he is, surrounded by big
books, reading and taking notes.”
Mr. Row is now back on the job
and we welcome his return to West
Georgia.
Art Glasses Held
On W.G.G. Campus
Mr. Hugh Wallace, art professor
of West Georgia College, is super
vising an art class under the spon
sorship of the Carroll Service
Council. Craft materials for the
class are furnished by the Carroll
Service Council from a fund con
tributed by the people of Carrollton.
The class offers a wide range of
arts, and the students may work on
anything they desire. At the pres
ent time they are working on oil
portraits.
Classes are held each Monday
and Thursday nights beginning at
7:30 o’clock and lasting about two
hours. Anyone interested in art is
invited to join these informal class
es.
Musical Concerts
To Be Presented
Two musical concerts are to be
presented on West Georgia campus
in the early spring. They promise
to be of great interest to all music
lovers.
The first of these will be given
on March 31 by Steven Kennedy, a
successful young barritone.
On April 30 Frederic Balazs, a
gifted young violinist, will present
an evening of music.
A well known organist and choir
master, Jackson has served in that
capacity for fifteen years at the
First Congregational Church in At
lanta, Georgia. He is also a mem
ber of the American Guild of Or
ganists.
Graham W. Jackson has been
connected with the Public School
System of Atlanta as head of the
Music Department of the Booker T.
Washington High School for twelve
years, prior to his enlistment in the
United States Navy where he serv
ed as Chief Petty Officer for three
and a half years. During this time,
he sold over three million dollars
worth of War Bonds in War Bond
Rallies throughout the country.
Jackson holds six citations, includ
ing a personal one presented to him
in the office of the Secretary of the
Navy.
Having just completed a Western
Tour of over 8,000 miles covering
fourteen states, with highlight ap
pearances being made in Holly
wood, California, Graham went to
entertain for Mr. Winthrop Rocke
feller and was presented a $1,500
Dallape accordian as a gift from Mr.
Rockefeller.
A versatile musician, Jackson op
erates his own Amusement Center
and plays several instruments.
There have been no definite plans
thus far, concerning the size and
cost of the monument. Tentative
plans include a metal plaque, in
scribed with the names of the
alumni to be set in a cut of granite
and placed on the front campus.
Merlin Simonton, president of the
West Georgia Veterans Club, stat
ed that the monument would not be
in any way pretentious due to the
wish of the members of the club
to keep it as simple as possible.
The names of the alumni to be
inscribed on the plaque are: Bobby
Rogers, Britt Hamm, Preston
Wright, Leon Storms, James Bor
ders, and Richard Ingle. West Geor
gia students will recognize these
names as those of the men’s bar
racks. This is not a complete list
of alumni who lost their lives as a
result of the war. However, efforts
are being made to determine the
exact number.
Tickets for the dance may be pur
chased in Carrollton as well as
from students on the campus.
Georgia Students
Art Exhibition
By now you have probably realiz
ed that West Georgia has several
talented young artists. Under the
direction of Mr. Wallace, these
prospective artists and others are
acquiring valuable training in that
line.
On the fifteenth of March the
University of Georgia School of Art
is sponsoring a Georgia Student Art
Exhibition for all art work of the
schools of Georgia.
In this exhibition, will be works
from grammar, high, and county
schools, and colleges. Mr. Wallace
informs us that our school will
send several pieces of work to en
ter in that exhibition.
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