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JULY 10, 1947
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LET’S PLA Y
This summer no one should lack
for recreation, regardless of what
your likes and dislikes are. Miss
Sturgis has planned a wide and
varied program to meet the taste
of everyone. For those who delight
in a good fast game of tennis there
is going to be a fast and furious
tennis tournament. And may the
best man win! Then for those who
are slightly less athletic there will
be enough soft ball games sched
uled to insure you of being sore
most of the time. Course whats
compared to all the fun you can
have. If you can’t play, come on
out and holler at the umpire! The
next thing on the agenda which
is bound to please everyone, are
the social dancing which have
been planned. Everyone is looking
forward to the street dance which
is in the making and watermelon
cuttings and all, it is going to be
a hectic summer.
Let’s all show our appreciation to
Miss Sturgis for planning such a
program to make these hot class
rooms a little more endurable by
coming out and taking part in all
the activities that you possibly can.
SOFTBALL
Any time your academic pursuits
bore you to the extent of blowing
your topper why don’t you take off
an hour or so and amble down to
the softball diamond and take a
look at the fumble league.
Coach Wheby has assembled a
team which he thinks will take
the pennant, but of course, this will
be contested by the original Wright
Barracks boys, hovered under the
guiding wing of Harvey Hendrix.
Harold Coleman has signed up the
boys from the Cabin and is out for
the lead. The A. P. O. members un
der P. M. Peterson and Acree are
in there plugging too, despite a bad
beginning of O O O. They firmly
state though, that come win, lose
or draw they will be in there until
the last ball is pitched.
All four teams are pretty evenly
matched and will afford plenty of
competition for everyone. Even the
umpires are having a tough time,
torn between the way they see it
and getting a good grade in Biolo
gy or Drawing.
The first game played Monday
evening between A. P. O.’s Hot
shots and Harvey’s Quick steppers
proved to be the first shut-out of
season, the Hotshots going down to
the count of 8-0.
In the second game Coach Wheby
suffered bitter defeat at the hand
of Coleman’s mighty nine. It was a
battle from start to finish, of good
playing, that is, if we overlook the
errors on both sides. The final score
10-11.
June 23, the fair sex again locked
horns in a ball game that was in
teresting. Crowder leading the Wo
men and Duke for the Workshop
are both past presidents of the
WAA and added a little spice and
zip to the already furious games.
The Workshop came through in the
last two innings to take the colors
to the tune of 19-12.
You may be sure that all future
games will be bitter of wit and
strength to uneven the score of
1 lost and 1 win for each team. An
nouncemnts will be made of the
games to be played.
On June 16, a large crowd was
on hand to witness the battle be
tween the all out for victory Phys.
Ed women and the powerful work
shop sluggers. It was a hard, close
ly played game with the slugging
°f Dukes coming through in the
pinches for the women. Crowder
did an excellent job on the mound
ami also some good batting for the
Workshop. The final score of the
contest was 12-11 in favor of the
women of Phys. Ed.
Praise where praise is due and it
is certainly due the committee re
sponsible for the recreation we have
so long been denied and enjoy so
much now. This Committe is:
Glenn Crowder, H. Boyete, Bill An
thony, Ross Miller, Reba Tayor,
Rowena Hyatt. Thanks for a job
well done.
VETERAN’S CLUB
ADOPTS PLANS
Under the guidance of its new of
ficers the Veterans Club is adopt
ing a group of plans for the fall
quarter. The most important of
their plans is the erection of the
planned memorial for the West Ga.
Veterans who won’t return, fne
site for this memorial is the space
behind the administration building.
A building fund was developed un
der the efficient guidance of Merlin
Simonton, last years President, ana
a large sum of money was placed
in this fund. It is estimated that
two hundred dollars more is reed
ed to begin construction of the
proposed memorial.
The plan that is second in im
portance, is to succeed in having
every veteran on the campus be
come a member of the club, spec
ial programs are being planned for
the fall and winter quarter. Invi
tations of a preliminary nature
have been extended to several
speakers for this period.
Cooperation for the best interest
of the club and school, a medium
of supplying information to the
veterans and a group of social ac
tivities complete the present plans
that have been adopted.
Alpha Phi Omega
Club Enjoys Outing
At Pine Mountain
“A. P. O.” as it is now familiarly
called (Alpha PHI Omega) enjoy
ed a delightful outing at Mr. Cason
Calloway's Blue Springs farm on
June 12; the group consisted of A.
P. O. members and “dates” with
Coach Wheby and Mr. Petersen
acting as chaperons.
Leaving the College Campus in
the early morning and arriving at
beautiful Pine Mountain Park at
11:00 O’clock. Here the group had
dinner in the old Colonial Tavern
house. The Tavern, ancient and
beautiful in its glory situated atop
Pine Mountain, was attractive in
the interior with ancient lights sus
pended to the ceiling by v/agon
wheels. A beautful view of the
neighboring countryside could be
obtained from the outdoor dining
hall.
Leaving Pine Mountain Park the
group journeyed to Blue Springs
farm for swimming and outing in
the Blue Springs pool. At 1:00 Mr.
Calloway personally toured the
farm with the A. P. O members.
Many methods of scientific farm
ing were in operation in the de
hydration plant and the many
spacious acres of alfafa, a combin
ation of blue and green in color,
was being harvested both day and
night. Returning to the College
late in the night, everyone agreed
to having a splendid time and is
eagerly looking forward to a re
turn at a later date.
All A. P. O. members now can be
called full charter members in the
honor of the presentation of the
chapter on Friday June 2C‘th, this
is a distinction in itself.
The installation of the Chapter
was by the degree from the Geor
gia School of Technology and after
installation the visitors were enter
tained by The Epilson Eta Chap
ter at Roop’s lake with a Weiner
Roast. Everyone had a wonderful
time and is looking forward to the
next A. P. O. project.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
THE LIBRARY
No matter how hard one may try
to keep from it at one time or an
other we find it necessary to use
our library. Perhaps we find it use
ful for research in biology or gov
ernment, or per chance we might
want to read a novel or one might
even decide to use it for Humani
ties or Social Science reading. What
ever field you came to look into,
the library can always assist you.
Every month new books of all
types are added. Novels that have
recently been added are Merriman
Smith’s story of a white house,
"Thank you Mr. President" and
Pearl Buck’s "East Wind, West
Wind.” The former is a laughable
story of the exciting ?ver hurry
life of the men who keep America
informed about the movement of
their President. “Bring Along
Laughter” by Milla Logan and
“Tempertous Pettiocat” by Clare
Lighton are new books that contain
humor for everyone. “Up From
Slavery”, the autobiography of
Booker T. Washington can now be
found among the stacks. Other nov
els of interest that have been add
ed are "An Owl In The Attic” by
James Thurber, “Where the Blue
Begins” by C. Morley, and “Hotel
Berlin ‘43” by Vicki Baums.
New editions of "The Odyssey of
Homer” by T. E. Shaw; "Bedside
Book of Famous French Stories”
edited by Belle Becker and Robert
Linscot, and “Mythology” by Edith
Hamilton offer a wider and more
complete field of reading for the
Humanities class.
A book published by the Atlanta
Journal covering the history of
that newspaper should be excellent
reading, not ony for those inter
ested in Journalism, but for every
person in the South. "One Hundred
Years” published by the Pennsyl
vania Railroad gives a history of
the development of the Railroad.
Other books covering a wide
field that have recently been added
to the library are: “Our Music and
Musicians” by Robert Schumann;
“Southern Prose Writers” by Greg
ory Paine; “The Story of Architec
ture In Mexico” by T. E. Sanford;
“Folk Dances of Germany” by Eli
zabeth Burchenal; “The Practical
Brewer” published by Master
Brewers’ Association of America;
“Applied Atomic Power” by a
group of authors; and “The New
World” by Stefan Lovant.
All these and many more new
books can be found on the shelves
of our library in the near future.
Take a look for yourself and see!
FRIENDLINESS
By LONNIE BELL
Never before in the history of
mankind has the world been in
need of friendliness than today, in
this strenuous, complex civilization
of ours people have more on their
minds than ever before the war.
Sometimes we get so busily en
gaged in our own little world that
we forget to be friendly to every
body about us. It is true that one
of the things that give life meaning
is the knowledge that in our world
we are an exceedingly important
person. To develop a feeling of
indifference towards our fellow
man is a dangerous social disease.
In our educational institutions
we develop friendliness through
daily associations with each other.
One of the highest privileges is the
privilege of mixing with others. We
are deemed to unhappiness unless
we develop social contacts.
We cannot have peace and secur
ity among nations unless there is
a real spirit of friendliness. We
cannot expect international friend
ship unless we have better rela
tionship within our country. Our
country is made up of many com
munities. WE as individuals make
1 our local communities by promo
ting friendliness.
RECREATION AT
AT WEST GEORGIA
"What are we going to do to
night at Rec?” is getting to be a
more common phrase after supper
at W. G. C. than topics about the
movies, skating or bowling. The Ist
night of this quarter, Miss Sturgis
met with all students that were
interested in recreational activities
for the summer. This meeting was
opened with a review of what had
been done during the past sum
mer for student’s recreation. The
suggestions were made by individ
uals about what we should do this
summer for entertainment. After
this, a committee was appointed by
Miss Sturgis to formulate these
suggestions into definite plans.
This committee is composed of Bill
Anthony, Glynn Crowder, Hayward
Boyette, Ross Miller, Reba Taylor,
and Rowena Hyatt. They made ar
rangements for games, dancing,
picnics, a costume party, etc for
our social calendar. The dates and
hours for the functions were also
fixed by this group.
This recreation project did not get
off to a very big start in games
and social dancing for the first
few nights. But a square dance
got students interested in recrea
tion, so the greater part of the stu
dent body went over to the gym to
see what was "coming off". They
soon got into the swing of ih nqs
Joy Princess as a fortune teller, and
Miss Sturgis said that it was a
good function, although, she claim
ed that a couple of "jackasses"
came dancing. But I don’t believe
anyone got injured because of the
jackasses dancing.
PICNIC AT SPENCES
The next week a picnic was held
at Spences Lake. There was not a
meal prepared in the mess hall, so
most of the students went out. I
think everyone had a swell time
eating, swimming, dancing, and
other things. But as darkness fell
everyone was herded back into the
bus and sent to school. I think this
was the only thing that spoiled the
party.
COSTUME PARTY
One June 24, there was a costume
party held in the gym. About 20
dressed in costumes which were
very original, varying from “The
Shiek of Aribi” to “Huck Finn”.
They each came to the stage at
which time they were judged. Mrs.
Marie Webb awarded the prizes to
the girl and boy with the most
original costume. One prize going to
Evelyn and Edwin Casey, dressed
as Norweigians. Jimmy Jackson re
ceived the other prize as the
“Shiek of Aribi”. Those receiving
honorable mention were Newsome
Summerlin, in his Chinese gob;
Sara Walters as Scarlett O’Hara;
Joy Princess as a fortune teller and
Marion Fuller imitating a member
of the faculty.
WHAT NEXT?
By BILL ANTHONY
As usual, I choose a topic to dis
cuss about which I know exactly
nothing. Last time I attempted to
belittle Emily Post. This time I
hope to convince you that you are
being subjected to the greatest
blast of propaganda the world has
ever known. Our American adver
tising agents have developed a sys
tem that makes the methods of
the world’s greatest propagandist,
Herr Goebbels, look sick.
For instance, “There’s a Ford In
Your Future” is not only high pow
ered advertising, but it is also
silly and yet probably true. Who
knows? The next curve you round
you may meet a Ford traveling at
a frightening rate. The old law of
physics that two bodies of matter
can’t occupy a given space at the
same time still exists. There you
have a Ford in your future, but
you also may have a hospital.
Men of destinction drink Lord
Calvert—not only men of distinc
lion but u lot of drunks consume
high portions of this liquid. We see
this slogan so much that one al
most begins to believe that to be a
man of distinction, you have to
drink Lord Calverts. I believe that
one can gain as much distinction
by drinking Four Roses.
I wonder how one would go a
bout choosing a place for vacations.
Daytona, beyond a doubt, can’t be
surpassed it says in bold print, but
the Canadian Rockies make a state
ment that means the same thing.
Can Ashville, Washington State,
Clearwater, Hot Springs, Atlantic
City, Daytona all be the most per
fect spot in the world for a vaca
tion. Yet— how is one to find out
which is best? The best thing I see
to do is to draw straws; then, if
things fall flat, don’t blame the ad
vertising agency; blame the straws.
Cigarettes are another advertis
ed commodity that amaze me. One
claims that doctors know best, an
other sticks to the tobacco auc
tioner, another claims something
new has been added, another has
anew "903” process so secret that
probably the manufacturer doesn’t
know about it. Personally, I side
with the doctors who believe Cam
els best, but certainly I am a humble
man and my opinion means nothing.
I could rave on and on, citing
many other items that are over
advertised, but what would be the
use. I would even write a book on
the subject and be laughed at or
thrown out of the country.
My only grievance really is bill
boards—take them away! They suc
ceed in hiding not only the road
side cop, but some of the most
beautiful scenery in America.
It is indeed fortunate that we
have Luckies to sponsor Jack Ben
ney; Pepsodent to give us Bob
Hope; Philco to send Bing our way
and so goes the list. Without these
corporations, we could never hear
such brilliant artists. Advertising
also gives the poor man a chance
to read a newspaper, but I still in
sist that super, colossal, and other
adjectives of equal attractions to
the eye should be discredited l?y
the public and all agents using them
should be regarded as comedians.
LIBERALISM
By CHARLES SMITH
What is liberalism? I have heard
many definitions of liberalism and
conservatism. One of the most in
teresting definitions was this: Ever
since the invention of the water
spicket we have had the hot water
spicket on the left and the cold
water spicket on the right. A true
liberal feels that the spicket should
be changed and have hot water on
your right. A true conservative says,
“No Sir, we will never change. Hot
water on the left was good enough
for father, it’s good enough for me.
To be a liberal do you have to
advocate revolution in everything
from household plumbing to Nat
ional Government?
To be a liberal, do you have to
follow Wallace in his ideas on for
eign affairs or follow John L. Lewis
in his ideas on domestic affairs?
To be a liberal Georgian, do you
have to stick an Atlanta Journal
under your arm and scream to
high heaven that everyone that
fails to vote the way you do is a
facist or an idiot?
If it takes any of the above
named things to be one, then I can
never be numbered with liberals.
I believe liberalism is more than
has been brought out thus far in
this article. Can’t we keep the hot
water spicket on the left, but at
the same time be on the look out
for improvements in the spicxets?
Can’t we keep the American foim
of Government and yet can’t we
work always to improve our Amer
ican way of life?
I like to think of liberal and conser
vatives as good Americans with no
sinster motives. To me Liberalism is
just another word for Americanism.
We need more Americanism taught
and less Socialism and Communism.
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