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VOLUME 13
West Georgia Reprsentatives Attend Georgia Collegiate Press Association
RELIGION IN LIFE
WEEK HELD ON
COLLEGE CAMPUS
Religion In Life Week, sponsored
by the Voluntary Religious Asso
ciation, brought to the West Geor
gia campus a very sincere man
with an inspiring message in the
person of Dr. Vernon S. Broyles.
Dr. Broyles is pastor of the North
Avenue Presbyterian Church, At
lanta, which is one of the largest
of its denomination in that city.
During his stay on the campus,
March 4-7, the minister spoke in
five worship services, entered in a
forum with the V. R. A. Council,
held individual conferences, and
was honor guest at a tea given by
the Council in Mandeville lobby.
Possibly his most unique sermon
topic was “Money” and one of nis
most impressive talks was in
“Good Things and Bad Things.”
The latter was a follow-up to a
very impressive candle-lighting ser
vice in which all 112 people present
lit their individual candles by the
one symbolizing Christ and went
back to their places to so let their
light “shine before men that they
may see your good works and glori
fy your Father which is in Hea
ven.”
The forum dealt primarily with
the question “How does religion
fit into my life?” Many subsequent
questions were raised and much
through t-provoking discussion
brought out.
The entire campus received Dr.
Broyles with a hearty welcome and
found him interesting, intelligent,
helpful and very inspiring.
West Georgia
Students Debate
There has been much excitement
among the members of President s
American Government class and
Mr. Oliver’s Social Science class
for the past few weeks. It seems
the Government class challenged
the Social Science class to a debate
on the Compulsory Military Con
scription issue.
The debate was held Tuesday
night, March 11, i° the High
School Auditorium. The Social
Science class was represented by
H. Duffy, Mildred Garner and Ed
Brock. The Government class was
represented by Toombs Thomasson,
Robert Gibson, and Sue Quinton,
taking the negative side of the
question.
The teams were assusted in the
preparation of the debate by the
following students: Douglas Dye,
Eill Carley, Burton Finch, Lillian
Braswell, Sam Doss and Solon
Ware.
The participants were chosen by
try-outs in the classes and were
elected by a majority vote of the
class.
After the debate, the question,
“Should We Have Compulsory Mil
itary Conscription?” was harder
than ever to decide in the minds
of the audience. There were no
judges, so both teams are still
wondering, “Did we, or did we
not?”
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA. TUESDAY. MARCH 18. 1947
President Ingram
Attends Meeting
President L S. Ingram of West
Georgia College, accompanied by
Mrs. Ingram, attended a meeting
of the Association of American Ad
ministrators in Atlantic City, New
Jersey, March 1 to March 10, 1947.
While there, he attended meetings
in reference to education on the ele
mentary, secondary, and college
levels.
This meeting was the first of its
kind in five years due to the travel
restrictions placed on the nation
during the war. While there, Pres
ident Ingram heard, with interest,
addresses by Senator Taft and Ellis
Arnall of Georgia.
President Ingram spent Thurs
day, March 6 to Sunday, March 9.
in New York. He visited Dr. Kil
patrick and communicated with the
President of Sarah Lawrence Col
lege where three faculty members
of West Georgia will attend work
shop this summer.
President Ingram also made in
quiries about some new personnel
for West Georgia College at Colum
bia University.
March 17-19 Set
For Final Winter
Quarter Exams
The student body of West Geor
gia College is eagerly looking for
ward to March 14 as the date
classes for the winter quarter end.
But we all relaize we must take
the bitter along with the sweet
v/hen March 17, 18 and 19 were an
nounced as final exam dates.
Saturday, March 15 has been set
for registration day for the spring
quarter and this will be a closed
week end.
The schedule for exams has been
posted on the bulletin board in the
Academic Building, but for those
who are not “bulletin board
watchers” the exams are scheduled
as follows:
Saturday, March 16—2 p. m. —5 p.
rr\ —all Chemistry 221 and 222 stu
dents.
Monday, March 17—8:30-11:00 —
all B:ooclasses; 1:30-4:00—all 1:30
classes.
Tuesday, March 18—8:30-11:00 —
all 8:55 classes; 1:30-4:00—all 10:45
classes.
Wednesday, March 19 —8:00-10:30
all 11:40 classes; 10:30-l:00—all 2:25
classes.
NEW COURSES
TO BE OFFERED
Biology classes that were elimi
nated during the Winter Quarter
will be resumed with the arrival of
Mr. Paul M. Peterson for the
Spring Quarter. Mr. Peterson
comes to West Georgia from
Northwestern University, where he
has been doing work on his M. A.
degree.
Students will also be interested
in learning that Miss Artingstall
will teach General Psychology, Miss
Campbell will begin an “Introduc
tion to Poetry” course, and Miss
Peete will instruct students in bus
iness law. Mr. Wallace will con
tinue teaching his course in Com
mercial Art.
ATTEND DISTRICT
CONFERENCE
AT ROANOKE, ALA.
Mrs. Mary Copeiana and Miss
Evelyn Entrekin attended District
111 Conference of the American
Alumni Council at the Patrick
Henry Hotel, Roanoke, Virginia,
February 21 and 22.
They enjoyed interesting discus
sions on “The Importance of the
Alumni Association,” and "Starting
an Alumni Fund.” Mary King from
Agnes Scott, gave a talk on "Cam
pus Activities of An Alumni Office"
telling of various ways students at
Agnes Scott become aware of the
existence and usefulness of t* e
Alumnae Association. Miss Jewell
South was the representative from
the University of Georgia. She told
about the physical equipment and
record management in the Aiumni
office at the University.
The highlight of the conference
was the splendid address given at
the banquet by Dr. Charles J.
Smith, President of Roanoke Col
lege. His subject was “Love Your
Alumni.” He pointed out how im
portant our alumni are to the pro
gress of our school. He said that we
should keep our alumni informed
of our plans and our progress and
seek their advice if we want to grow.
West Georgia College lists its
alumni as one of its greatest assets
and will always love them and
support them in their undertakings.
New Recreation
Center For West
Georgia Students
Boys and girls who have trouble
finding recreational facilities in
Carrollton, will welcome the open
ing of the new Ska-Bowl Recrea
tion Center which is expected to
be in operation by June 1. Fortu
nately for the students at West
Georgia, the Ska-Bowl is being
erected just a few blocks from the
school, convenient for them in
the afternoons of free time.
The project is being built by
three local business men, Carl
Barnes, Earl Staples, and Leahmon
S'monton. These men have realiz
ed the need for such a recreational
building for some time, and they
propose to provide wholesome re
creation opportunities comparable
to the finest in the South.
Every modern convenience and
service for the pleasure of both
the participants and spectators is
being planned. Ska-Bowl Recrea
tion Center will offer a modern
skating rink, 80’ x 120’, with seats |
for spectators, skate room well I
stocked with specially designed j
roller skates, and the finest record
ed music for the skaters.
Six king pin bowling alleys will |
be housed in another part of the j
building with sound-proof walls to |
eliminate noise. Both activities
will be served by a central snack
and soda bar and large comfort
able lounge room.
Later plans call for the construc
tion of several outdoor lighted ten
nis courts, shufleboard and other
recreation games.
On February 21 and 22, Bill Anthony and Polly Griffin attended the
semi-annual session of the Georgia Collegiate Press Association at Ath
ens. They attended in the interest of the “West Georgian.” The Georgia
Collegiate Press Association is an organization of college and high school
newspapers, and has as its aim the improvement of the type of journal
ism in school papers throughout Georgia.
Diaz Guerra Visits
West Georgia
Just as there is a State Depart
ment of Education, there is also a
National Office of Education. Un
der this department is a branch
which directs foreign students in
education in the United States.
Two w’eeks ago this department
directed Diaz Guerra to Carroll
County Schools. Mr. Diaz Guerra
has been in this country two
months. In this length of time he
has visited schools of Georgia, Flor
ida and Maryland, studying their
supervision.
In Carroll County, he visited Oak
Mountain, Sand Hill and Tallapoosa
Schools and talked to the advanced
Spanish class of West Georgia Col
lege. He is a non-committal person,
but he seemed to enjoy the whole
visit very much. The thing which
impressed him most was the natur
al courtesy of the children to each
other and toward their seniors.
Members of Faculty
Attend Atlanta Meeting
Of Supervisors
Miss Downs, Miss Tietje, and
Miss Woodruff, attended the an
nual state meeting of the Georgia
Association of Supervisors which
was held at the Biltmore Hotel in
Atlanta on February 27, 28 and
March 1.
The subject "The Pre-education
Needed for Teachers.”
Miss Downs was one of four peo
ple to present the problems for
study. She placed emphasis on
what a beginning teacher needs to
be able to do in teaching reading.
Miss Tietje was the discussion
leader of one of the four groups
through-out the conference.
Miss Woodruff led group singing
and recreation. She taught the
group many new songs which they
enjoyed and will find useful in
their work.
On Friday and Saturday, Miss
Mary White and Miss Merrill Tay
lor of the Sand Hill School attend
ed the meeting.
GIRLS SPONSOR
TEA DANCE
All the girls’ dormitories spon
sored a tea dance for the student
body. The dance was held in the
gym March 10, 1947 from five to
six o’clock. The committees were as
follows:
Decorating: Chairman, Marion
Moon, Mildred Garner, Peggy
Steel, Claire Brown, Margaret
Louise Pennington, Jackie Free
man, Helen Brown and Linda
Cliatt.
Clean Up: Chairman, Jackie Is
bell, Lillian Braswell, Hildred Hub
bard, Betty Turner, Margaret Good
son, Iris Swanson, Polly Jones,
Eleanor Davis, Mary Bates and
Betty Hardin.
The meeting on February 21 was
opened by an address by Mrs. Mil
dred Seydell, author of China Up
and The Think Tank. Mrs. Seydall
gave a brief story of her career as
reporter, columnist, and editor. She
pointed out that success in life de
pends upon ascertaining one's tal
ents and directing one’s energy
along those lines, as well as having
faith and daring to carry out one's
plans.
The second speaker was Roy
Crane, creator of the comic strips
"Wash Tubbs" and “Buzz Sawyer.”
He stated that sixty-five million
people daily read comic strips.
Comics, according to Mr. Crane, are
popular because they are easily
read; because they present excite
ment and action and supply the
emotional hunger of many people.
He mentioned the fact that
comics are powerful as propaganda,
pointing out that he and other ar
tists had used their strips in an ef
fort to further the cause of the
United States during the War. He
believes that comics are mainly for
entertainment, however, rather
than for propaganda. He made va
rious sketches of his most famous
characters, such sketches being
presented to the JournaUsm De
partment of the University.
Merriman Smith, U. P. newsman
and author of Thank You, Mr.
President, followed Mr. Crane. Mr.
Smith is a former Athens and At
lanta newspaperman and was the
only reporter assigned continuous
ly to President Roosevelt before
the latter’s death. Since President
Roosevelt’s death, Mr. Smith has
associated with President Tinman,
thereby gaining a knowledge of the
day-to-day happenings in the
White House. As U. P. White
House correspondent, he has travel
ed more than 125,000 miles with the
Presidents. His contrast of the two
Presidents mentioned was both
amusing and enlightening.
Robert Mullen, Editor of Time
and Assistant Editor of Life, de
scribed the new kind of journalism
Life represents—photographs and
text. He mentioned the effort that
goes into one issue of Life and the
rapidity with which stories can de
velop. He said that the fastest story
to go into print was the Friday
night Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlan
ta which appeared in the issue that
went to press on Saturday at mid
night following the fire. He stated
that Life owns its own newsprint
and paper mills and that at times
1,300 photographs may be assembl
ed for a single issue, only to have
40 selected. He casually stated that
advertising costs $22,000 per page
and that Life has a circulation of
five million copies per week.
Friday night the Georgia Collegi
ate Press Association was enter
tained at a banquet sponsored by
Sigma Delta Chi. The speakers
were Charlie Trippi, Tyrus Butler,
Associate Professor of Journalism
at the University, and Fred Rulless,
Srorts Editor of the Nashville Ban
ner. Mr. Butler stressed the need
for youth in journalism, because
>outh offers a freshness that old
er journalists lack and because
youth is less cynical and has cour
age to carry out its ideals. Mr. Rus
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