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VOLUME 13
EIGHTY STUDENTS
MAKE DENTS LIST
Eighty students were named on
the dean’s list at West Georgia Col
lege for the winter quarter accord
ing to Dean L. E. Roberts. Forty
four of the eighty were veterans.
To make the dean’s list a student
must make an average of 87 or
above.
Those on the dean’s list included:
Agnes Abercrombie and James
Hutchens of Newnan; John W. An
thony, Thomas Hearn and Toombs
Thomasson of LaGrange; Bruce
Bailey and Ann Russell of Calhoun;
Dorcas Baker, LaFayette; James
Barker and Betty Zane Caswell of
Roopville; Bonnis S. Barrow, Hugh
Barrow, Edith Harrod, Martin
Johnson, and Everett McKibben of
Bowdon; Denver O. Baxter, Cran
dall; Barbara Bishop, East Point;
Verne Borders, Walter Chandler,
Ned Davis, Horace Hay, Joan Hay,
Ray Huggins, Louise Hughie, Rob
ert Irvin, Martha Lovvorn, David
McGraw, Jeanette Nixon Robinson,
Robert S. Robinson, Frank Smith,
Winton Stallings, Horace Stewart,
Howard Turner, and Loderic Wil
son of Carollton; Arthue Cagle,
Canton; Kenneth Carroll, Bonnie
Hutcheson, and Charles L. Smith,
of Bremen; Linda Cliett, Pelham;
Winford Cohran, Dallas; George
Daniel, Franklin; Helen Dobbs,
Summerville; Herbert Dobson and
Jacqueline Isbell of Rockmart; Roy
W. Green, Harl Duffey and Donald
F. Madden of Rome; Durward En
trekin, Evelyn Entrekin, Othel En
trekin and Burell Holder of Tem
ple; Burton Finch and Virginia
Hitchcock of Atlanta; Roy Fossett,
Zebulon; Mildred Garner, Buchan
an; Beverly Gibson and Robert
Gibson of Waco; Polly Griffin,
James Overton and Matthew J.
Yates of Griffin; Marguerite Harp
er, Good Hope; Madolyn Manning,
Tallapoosa; Dorothy Harrison, of
Hampton; Hildred Hubbard, Emer
son; Marvin Jackson, Chatworth;
Pat Jackson, Monroe; Milbrey
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Rotary And West Georgia
Gollege Present
International Speakers
During the month of April, the
Rotary Club of Carrollton and West
Georgia College are sponsoring an
Institute of International Under
standing, which will present an in
ternationally-known speaker each
Tuesday evening at the College Au
ditorium.
The first on this schedule was
Simon M. Davidian, who spoke on
April 8. Mr. Davidian is a traveler
and lecturer who was born in Con
stantinople, of Armenian parent
age. He was educated in Bethany
College (West Virginia) and Yale
University, and is widely known as
an interpreter of world affairs. His
knowledge of Russia has made him
a key speaker for International Un
derstanding programs.
During the remainder of the
month, the schedule of speakers is
as follows:
Tuesday, April 15: Hubert S.
Liang, native of Nanching, Kiangsi,
China.
Tuesday, April 22: Newton B.
Bell, War Correspondent.
Tuesday, April 29: Irme Kovacs,
born in Pancsova, Hungary and
now pastor of the Hungarian Re
formed Church in Phoenixville,
Pennsylvania.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1947
Dr. L. E. Roberts
Attends Chicago
Conference
Dr. L. E. Roberts, Dean, repre
sented West Georgia College at the
National Conference on Higher
Education. This meeting was com
prised of 500 Deans and Presidents
of selected colleges throughout the
country. This conference was spon
sored by the Department of High
er Education, National Educational
Association, and its purpose was to
study the whole program of educa
tion above the high school level in
the United States, and to make re
ports to the National Education
Association and Congress for ac
tions on higher education.
A program to provide college
scholarships for qualified students
was proposed at the conference
and it will be submitted to Con
gress for appropriate attention. The
program provides for Federal al
lotments of SSOO per year, and S4O a
month for living expenses for every
college student qualified for high
er education.
Teachers’ salaries were also dis
cussed and higher pay scales were
urged.
Dr. Roberts served on the com
mittee for Equalization of Educa
tional Opportunity, and was Chair
man of the sub-committee on Spe
cific Means by Which Equal Edu
cational Opportunity Might Be At
tained.
WELCOME TO
MR. PETERSEN
This quarter we have anew
teacher at West Georgia, Mr. Peter
sen, from Evanston, Illinois. His
position here is assistant professor
of biology.
Mr. Petersen is a graduate of
Northwestern University, where he
majored in botany. He was an un
dergraduate in 1943, majoring in
the teaching of the biological
sciences. Mr. Petersen is a mem
ber of Alpha Phi Omega, national
service fraternity, and Phi Beta
Kappa.
For three years, from 1943 to
1946, he was on active duty in the
U. S. Naval Reserve. He was a
“plank owner” on the U. S. S.
Vincennes as bomb disposal officer,
division officer, and assistant dam
age control officer. He traveled
150,000 miles with the Third and
Fifth fleets and participated in the
sinking of a Jap heavy cruiser off
San Bernardino Straits in the sec
ond battle of the Philippine Sea.
Mr. Petersen’s interests, besides
biology, include athletics, particu
larly swimming. He was a member
of the swimming team and the Dol
phin Club at Northwestern Univer
sity. He likes baseball, basketball,
and football. He has done scout
work and is interested in camping
and canoe cruising.
At the present time Mr. Petersen
is completing a research project in
bog pollen analysis.
Mr. Petersen, his wife, the form
er Evelyn Reeve from Calhoun, and
their six-months-old daughter,
Marcia Carolyn, live in an apart
ment of the club house across the
highway from the West Georgia
campus.
We welcome Mr. Petersen to
West Georgia.
Dr. Theodore Jackson
Addresses Assembly
Dr. Theodore Jackman was the
featured speaker at chapel, April
10, 1947. He has spent several years
in Palestine doing Biblical Arche
ology and his talk was devoted to
the situation in that country.
Mr. Jackman showed several sou
veniers of his stay in Palestine, one
of which was a splinter from the
Wall of Jericho. He stated that it is
possible to walk around the Walls
of Jericho one time in less than ten
minutes.
He stated that the conditions in
Palestine are not brought about by
either the Arabs or the Jews, but
are the result of millions of dollars
worth of false propaganda poured
out by the large oil companies.
Another of his statements was
that there is room in Palestine for
100,000 displaced Jews. He stated
that the Arabs are not being driven
out, but are flooding Palestine. Dr.
Jackman held that the present sit
uation in Palestine is caused by
the propaganda of the large oil
companies, and the British Colonial
Government and the high-caste
Arabs. He added that the masses of
Jews and Arabs get along well to
gether.
An attack was unleashed on the
British Colonial Government, next,
describing it as corrupt and illegal.
He stated that the Jews belong in
Palestine by international law, and
that laws passed by Britain to the
contrary are illegal.
Our own State Department was
lined in the sights of Dr. Jackman.
He stated that State Department
officials were refuting the words of
President Truman through the
medium of secret codes. When
President Truman makes an ad
through their secret codes, would
state that the message was for pub
lic consumption, and had no bear
ing on State Department policies.
Dr. Jackman concluded his ad
dress by showing colored films of
Palestine.
Sanford Library
Attains Its Goal
When West Georgia College
opened in 1933, the library had on
its shelves approximately 1,000 vol
umes. Its goal at that time was
2,500. When that number was ob
tained, the goal was pushed up to
5,000. As of March 26, 1947, the
library has added its 10,000 th vol
ume. This volume is entitled "Tour
of Duty”, and is written by the cel
ebrated author, John Dos Passes.
Miss Weaver states that the lib
rary is now striving for 15,000 vol
umes, and in event that number is
reached, it will either be necessary
to cease our purchases or enlarge
our facilities, as this number is the
building’s capacity.
“Tour of Duty” is an account of
the war, from an on-the-spot point
of view. Mr. Dos Passos presents a
skillful job of reporting on all
phases of the war, from the Philip
pine situation on down to the Rus
sian and German problems. He
gives anaccurate picture of the war
and the peace-time problems con
fronting the people of the world.
His vivid descriptions give the
book a fiction-like air, and he
makes one think when he brings to
mind the fact that the two wars
fought have not brought about the
“one world” for which we are
striving.
VRA Members
Attend Salem
Conference
Approximately 100 students from
Student Christian and “Y” Organi
zations from the campuses of Geor
gia Tech, University of Georgia,
Wesleyan, Shorter, Emory, West
Georgia, Agnes Scott, G. S. C. W.,
Statesboro, Andrew, and Berry at
tended a three-day conference at
the Salem Camp Grounds near Cov
ington on April 11, 12, and 13. Rep
resenting West Georgia were Ross
Miller, Betty Bettis, Dorcas Baker
and Polly Griffin.
The theme of this conference was
"Personal Growth Through Service
to God, Others and Self.” Dr. B. D.
Napier, from the University of
Georgia, was the principal speaker,
and he presented several very in
spiring messages to the delega
tions.
Work shops and discussions were
centered around personal worship,
Religion in Life Weeks, improved
vesper programs, methods of con
tacting students for entrance into
religious activities, WSSF Drives,
and various summer projects. New
officers for the conference to be
held in October were elected and
plans forsuch program made.
Recreation and morning watches
were conducted by the different
delegations.
FFA To Hold District-
Wide Meet At
West Georgia College
On Saturday, May 17, 1947, West
Georgia Colege will be the scene
of the Fourth District Future
Farmers of America rally composed
of thirty-six counties in northwest
Georgia. The rally will include rep
resentatives from more than fifty
FFA chapters with approximately
three hundred members in attend
ance.
The highlights of the day’s pro
gram will be the district finals of
the FFA speaking and quartet con
tests. The speaking contest will
terminate in Kansas City, Missouri,
on a nation-wide basis sometime in
October. The quartet contest will
terminate in Atlanta in the late
spring. This district won the na
tional speaking contest in 1943 and
placed fourth in 1946.
To supplement the program
there will be various athletic
events including the broad jump,
high jump, and foot races.
Mr. C. M. Reed, Assistant State
Supervisor of Vocational Educa
tion, will be in charge of the pro
gram.
Mr. Row Speaks
At LaGrange
Mr. Rowe, well-known dramatics
and public speaking instructor of
West Georgia College, spoke at the
annual banquet of the LaGrange
Education Association, which was
held Thursday night, April 3, at the
Calloway Auditorium in LaGrange.
He spoke on a very interesting
subject: “Adventures in Poetry.”
He read several poems and gave an
excellent elaboration on each. The
highlight of his speech was John
son’s “Crucifixion,” which he gave
in commemorationof Good Friday.
PARENTS DAY TO
BE HELD MAY 16
West Georgia College is now
looking forward to Friday, May 16
for its annual Parents’ Day. At this
time recognition of students in va
rious activities will be listed.
The morning speaker will be Mr.
Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlan
ta Constitution. Mr. McGill is one
of the outstanding editors of the
Nation and his war experiences for
the government make him a valued
speaker for the college. He is a
world traveler and a keen student
of government and sociology.
There wil be a barbecue for all
the students of West Georgia Col
lege and their parents who are ask
ec 1 to be their guests for the day.
Following the barbecue the young
women of the Home Economics De
partment, under the direction of
Miss Ruby Jenkins, will give a
fashion show. At this same time
the Gordon Watson Awards will
be announced.
During the day plans wil be
made for the inspection of the
men’s dormitories by the young
women of the campus and the wo
men’s dormitories by the young
men of the campus.
The day will close with the exer
cises at five o’clock when the May
Day program will be given. The
May Queen is Betty Zane Caswell
of Roopville, Georgia. The brief
schedule for the day follows:
8:45 A. M.—Period.
8:55 A. M. —Period.
9:45 A. M.—Vacant.
10:45 A. M.—Visits or Inspection of
Barracks by Girls.
11:30 A. M.—Assembly.
1:00 P. M.—Lunch.
2:30 P. M. —Fashion Show and
Awards.
3:30 P. M.—lnspection of Campus
—Dormitories HOBBY SHOW.
5:00 P. M.—May Queen.
West Georgia
Announces
"Who's Who''
The West Georgian recently
sponsored a “Who’s Who” contest,
ir. which the student body was giv
en a chance to vote for the student
whom they thought to be best fitt
ed for a partciular honor.
The Who’s Who poll is an annual
event on the campus. Before this
year, the student body was compar
atively small, and clear-cut deci
sions were made regarding the
leaders for each honor. This year,
due to the large number of voters,
the results did not show anyone
with a decisive number of votes in
a certain field; therefore, the per
sons who were out in front are
listed.
This contest is sponsored by the
West Georgian, rather than by the
annual as is done in most schools,
since it is felt the students are not
well enough acquainted with each
other so as to make appropriate
selections by the time the Chief
tian must be sent to the printers.
The results are as follows:
JOLLIEST —George Daniel, New
some Summerline, Jane Wright and
Billie Cheney.
BEST ALL ROUND—Tom Mor
gan, George Daniel, Billie Cheney
and Lee Mundy.
BEST MANNERED—J im m y
Overton, George Daniel, Sue Quin
ton and Lee Mundy.
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