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FRIDAY. MAY 16, 1947
CLUB NEWS
Alpha Phi Omega
Plans Spring Program
Organization of the Alpha Phi
Omega petitioning group at West
Georgia College is continuing, and
an unusual spring program is be
ing developed. Field Scout Execu
tive Bob Clark is scheduled to ad
dress the group on the subject of
expansion of rural scouting in Car
roll County, and Dr. Frank Wood,
National Second Vice-President of
the fraternity, will speak on the
aims and purposes of the fratern
ity. Plans are under way for spon
sorship of an all-college recreation
night in cooperation with Miss
Ruth Sturgis of the Physical Edu
cation Department. The West Geor
gia chapter will sponsor a guide
service and information booth in
connection with Parent’s Day on
May 16, and will assist with the
barbecue. President Ingram will
provide the group with necessary
information concerning campus
buildings, traditions, and memorial
spots on the West Georgia campus.
Faculty advisors for the petition
ing group include Dean L. E. Rob
erts, William Row, Hugh Wallace,
George Adams, P. M. Petersen and
Earl Wheby. Wendell Maples, Tom
McCoy, George Pritchett, and
George Daniel are chairmen of
standing committees for member
ship expansion, campus projects,
fellowship and social and constitu
tional respectively.
Thirty former scouts are already
enrolled with the organization, re
presenting a hand-picked cross sec
tion of the student body.
v. R. A. GIVES
RADIO PROGRAM
The V. R. A. gave a radio pro
gram May 7, over WLBB on the
daily feature “Carroll County
Speaks.”
The program centered around or
ganization, purpose, and activities
of the West Georgia Voluntary Re
ligious Association and its connec
tion with state, national, and inter
national organizations of Christian
Youth. Talks made on these sub
jects were interlaced with music
and choral speaking. The script
was worked up by Miss Grace
Stratton and direction helps were
given by Mr. Row.
The V. R. A. Council has added a
new member to its roll to take the
place of Evelyn Ozment who grad
uated in March. The new council
memoer is Carolyn Pulliam.
The Voluntary Religious Associa
tion was recently host to a delega
tion of students from the Georgia
Tech Y. M. C. A., who led Vespers
and other services during their
week end visit.
Miscellaneous Shower
For Miss Wallingford
The lobby of Mandeville Hall was
the setting for a lovely miscel
laneous shower on April thirtieth,
given in honor of the approaching
marriage of Miss Marvina Walling
ford. Faculty women were the
guests at this lovely occasion.
Special music was presented dur
ing the affair by Patsy Hearn and
Margaret Ann Church. The guests
participated in a number of unique
contests, after which a delicious
sweet course was served. Miss
Wallingford received many beauti
ful gifts, which were presented to
her in a basket attractively deco
rated with ribbons and bows of
white crepe paper.
Veteram Memorial
Marker Chosem
The plans for the memorial to be
erected to the honor of the gold
star veterans of our college are
progressing rapidly. It is to be a
circle with a fountain in the cen
ter of the circle and benches sur
rounding the fountains a short
distance away.
The committee for development
of this memorial is composed of
Mrs. Ingram and Mr. Wallace, from
the faculty, and James Barker and
Merlin Simonton from the Veterans
Club.
The committee has acquired the
services of Mr. Pauley to do the
architectural designing. Mr. Pauley
was the designer of Hunt Park in
Atlanta. Several days ago, Mr.
Pauley visited the campus in order
to get an idea of the proposed
plans and the circumstances of
landscape. As soon as the archi
tectural drawings are returned,
further steps for a rapid comple
tion will be taken.
Alpha Psi News
On Monday night, April 28, Alpha
Psi held a business meeting in the
Administration building. Plans for
the dance were discussed and the
various committees were asked to
give their reports.
Among the things the club decid
ed to do this year one was to elect
next year’s officers early enough so
that they could preside at one
meeting before the end of school.
This will give them experience and
next year they will be more self
confident when they take over al
together. At this meeting the offic
ers were elected. They were: Nell
Clark, prsident; Nan Cliatt, vice
president; Virginia Hitchcock, sec
retary; and Mary Cauthen, treasur
er.
To end the meeting a film on
meat was shown. It was a commer
cial film put out by Armour and
Company, showing various ways of
serving and preparing meats.
At an earlier meeting a lady
from Georgia Power Company
showed a film on electrical appli
ances and wiring. It looked too
good to be true but to Home Eco
nomics students with an eye for
the future it was very interesting.
Faculty Members
Attend Meeting
of G.E.A. in Savannah
Mr. Ingram, Dr. Roberts, and
Miss Downs attended the meeting
of the Georgia Education Associa
tion on April 24, 25 and 26. They
attended as representatives of the
West Georgia College.
They report pleasant contacts
with many former graduates who
are in the teaching profession, as
well as with educational leaders of
the state.
Carroll County teachers were well
represented at this meeting also.
WEST GEORGIAN
AGAIN RECEIVES
EXCELLENT RA TING
The Associated Collegiate Press
has awarded to THE WEST GEOR
GIAN the “First-lass-Excellent”
rating for this year’s publications.
This is the seventh time the college
paper has received this rating in
the past few years.
The paper was commended on
the basis of news values, news
writing and editing, headlines, and
special features.
The All-American Critical Service
of the Associated Collegiate Press
evaluates school publications thru
out the entire United States.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
Choir Begins
AnnuaT
Spring Tour
The West Georgia A Capelin
Choir, under the direction of Miss
Jane Woodruff has started its
spring tour of schools and churches
of this area.
The West Georgia College Choir
has the reputation of being one of
the outstanding A Capella Choirs
in the state. It is appreciated not
only for its ability to perform diffi
cult numbers but also for its in
terpretation of folk songs.
On the calendar for spring per
formances were the First Baptist
Church of Carrolton, Georgia, April
27, for the morning worship ser
vice; and that evening at the Frist
Baptist Church of Rockmart, Ga.
After the program the choir was
served refreshments by the young
people of the church.
The next engagement for the
choir was a program sponsored by
the P.-T. A. of Bowdon at Bowdon.
At this program various members
of the choir tried to prove to the
audience that the choir did have a
well-rounded repertoire. Delicious
refreshments proved to the choir
that P.-T. A. really knows how to
win young people’s hearts.
Sunday night, May 4, found the
choir rolling down route 27 to La-
Grange, Ga., where they gave a
sacred concert at the First Metho
dist Church. Margaret Ann Church
of Bremen, Georgia, gave two vocal
solos, "Ava Maria” and “The Holy
City”.
The choir also visited High
Schools at Menlo, Trion, Roopville,
and other nearby towns. It also
participated in Parents’ Day activi
ties.
On Sunday, May 25, at 4:00 p. m.,
the choir will give its annual
spring concert on the college camp
us.
This has been one of the choir’s
most successful years. With the
splendid voices that make the
choir under the superb direction
of Miss Woodruff, we feel that
many people have been blessed by
the choir’s music.
Dramatics Class
Selects Play
After reading what seemed like
every play that has been printed
since the year 1, the present class
in Dramatics decided recently on
“Junior Miss”, by Jerome Chodo
rov and Joseph Fields. The play
has had a successful run on Broad
way and was made into a movie
sometime ago. The play will be pre
sented June 6 in the college audi
torium.
So far, the cast hasn’t been se
lected, and each member of the
class is valiantly plowing through
every part—from Judy, the Junior
Miss, to Hilda, the maid.
Briefly, the story deals with Judy
and her cronie, Fluffy, and the
troubles and calamaties which they
get into —of which there is no
limit. Running true to life, there is
little, if any harmony between Judy
and her teen-age sister, who is
Miss Sophistication personified
Judy’s parents, amid much confus
ion and cuss words, work madly to
keep up a semblance of happy
American home-life. But who could
be happy when Father is supposed
ly having an affair with his boss’s
daughter, only to have Judy marry
the daughter off to her “jail-bird”
uncle?
Needless to say, the play is load
ed with laughs, or so we think, and
we wish the best of luck to Mr.
Row and the finest actors and act
resses Hollywood has ever ignor
ed.
TRIBUTE TO GEORGE
As the minds of students at West
Georgia are burdened these days
with trying to think up anew way
of getting to the tennis court first,
and getting the biggest hunk of pie
in the dining hall, there are only a
faithful few who think of George,
and remember him as no doubt one
of the best friends W. G. C. ever
had.
It was just aoout this time last
year when our friend departed
from this world. On a lovely spring
evening, it was, when the birds
were singing and George was doz
ing.
Good old George! Some inhuman
dog haters would sometimes stare
at George, shudder, and ask, "What
is that monster doing here?" But,
heck, even humans have red eyes,
sometimes. There wasn’t a student
on the campus who didn’t have a
soft spot in his heart for old
George. Kind words and Ice cream
sandwiches were given to George
in abundance, and he was perfectly
happy and contented with his new
ly adopted life. Of course, some
times it was rather awkward step
ping over George as he lay in the
entrance to the Ac Building, but he
didn’t mind too much, so that made
everj thing O. K. It was really
heart-warming to see how happy
George was with just a place to lie
and a patch of sunlight to cover his
head. For each person who smiled
at George, he always had a friendly
wag, and I’ve seen people sit for
hours pouring their troubles into
his sympathetic ears. Yes, he was a
wonderful pal.
And then that day came when
George’s soul left this earth, and
he went where all good dogs go.
George was attending a meeting
of the VRA (lying just outside the
window of the RA Building) when
this horrible happening happened.
A representative of the law, name
ly a member of the Carrollton
Police Force, appeared on the scene
armed with a huge rifle, and guid
ed by the night watchman who was
on duty at that time. Some of us
wondered why he was there, but
we didn’t pay a whole lot of at
tention until we heard the shot.
Those who were in VRA were a lit
tle more startled than we, as
George was right against the build
ing.
Many tears were shed when the
sad news was passed around the
campus. George’s body lay where
he died for two days, in order that
the students might pay tribute to
their good friend. A funeral service
was held in Adamson Hall, and
candles were burned for many
nights. The puppies who had been
friends of George trotted around
Compliments of
DR. P. N. HUFF
Newnan Street Carrollton, Ga.
We Are Always Glad To See You
The Empire 5-10-25 c Stores
Carrollton, Ga., and Villa Rica, Ga.
with big tears running down their
cheeks. This was indeed a sad day
for West Georgia.
But still today this sadness ling
ers in the hearts of those few faith
ful ones who remember our George.
His story has been told far and
wide. Even last month we received
a letter from one of the faithful in
Athens, which contained a full page
“Ode To George", and a fine piece
of tribute it was!
So let us pause as we go about
our work and remember George.
We owe it to him, and anyone who
truly loved George as I did, will
want to pay tribute to the "Best
Friend West Georgia Ever Had."
Spring Has Come
To The Campus
As I stood in front of the Ad
Building, I viewed all the wonders
of nature in the spring. The long
sea of endless green of the front
campus, the green oaks, the pines,
the flowering white clover, the
birds and the bees, and I must not
forget all the couples strolling
hand-in-hand. Yes, I could see it
was spring, just by the way every
one strolled in that happy-go-lucky
mood.
I decided I would take a walk
across the campus and get a better
view of some of those wonders of
nature. Would you like to go with
me and meet some of these people?
The first couple I met was Carolyn
Camp and Sam Doss sitting leisure
ly under a big oak. I didn’t stay
long enough to get the conversa
tion but it must have been good. I
moved on until I met Betty Jane
Caswell and Andy Roach. She was
looking at Andy with those big
starry eyes. It must be love.
Then who do I find but our
“Mutt and Jeff” couple, Billie
Cheney and Donald Lovell. They
were running across the campus—
guess someone was late.
I decided I would look for the
more secluded spots of the campus
and yes, I knew I would find them
there; our own Harl C. Duffey, Jr.,
and Terry Franks sitting talking
about the birds and the bees. I
slowly left them to continue my
walk to find Louise Pennington
and Jim Burch sitting on an iron
bench viewing the later afternoon
traffic. I started back toward
Adamson Hall and stopped to talk
with Marilyn Edgeworth, Murray
Boyd, Dan Mcßae and Helen Leach
making a very attractive foursome.
Some time I wonder about all this
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