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VOLUME 13
Rev. Carson Pritchard To
Deliver Commencement
Address at Closing Exercises
The summer exercises for grad
uation of West Georgia College stu
dents will take place August 19 at
6:00 P. M. ( on the campus. The
Reverend Carson Pritchard, Direc
tor of the Religious Panel of the
Carroll Service Council will be the
speaker.
The summer school graduates
and others attending the gradua
tion exercises will be fortunate in
that Mr. Carson Pritchard has been
secured as speaker.
Mr. Pritchard is a native of Car
rollton and has lived here a great
deal of his life. He attended Mer
cer and Bowdon College before it
was disbanded. Upon completion of
his schooling, he and others opened
a hardware and furniture store
here in Carrollton.
Several years later Mr. Pritchard
gave up the hardware business and
entered theological school in New
ton Centre, Mass. Later he receiv
ed his Bachelor of Divinity from
Andover Seminary. He became an
ordained member while serving a
charge in Rhode Island. Mr. Pritch
ard distinguished himself in Rhode
Island by becoming President of
the Rhode Island Baptist Ministers
Association and Moderator of the
Roger Williams Association.
■ln 1941, Mr. Pritchard became
Pastor of the Baptist Church in
Heflin, Ala. He served there until
1946 when he became Director of
the Religious Panel of the Carroll
Sevice Council.
His duties with the Service Coun
cil are many and varied. The pur
pose of the Religious Panel is to
stimulate the religious life of the
people. His duties take him in one
day from a picnic for youngsters,
to presenting movies, to assist in
raising funds to remodel a church.
The following students are ex
pected to be presented by Dean L.
E. Roberts to President Ingram for
diplomas:
Junior College Certificates
Roy E. Fossett, Zebulon, Ga.,
Warren A. Moses, Waco, Ga., W.
Newsom Summerlin, Sandersville,
Ga.
Normal Diplomas
Agnes Abercrombie, Newnan, Ga.;
Bonnie Spruill Barrow, Bowdon,
Ga.; Lucy Florence Dukes, Rt. 1,
Carrollton, Ga.
Secretarial and Commercial
Terminal Certificates
Martha Sue Harris, Winder, Ga.
Home Economics Certificates
Terry Jane Franks, Martin, Ga.;
Helen Jeanette Gurley, Suches, Ga.;
Harriette Carolyn Wallace, Bow
don Junction, Ga.
Terminal Diplomas
Betty Jean Anderson, Rockmart,
Ga.; A. D. Davis, Jr., Chipley, Ga.;
Robert Max Ellis, Villa Rica, Ga.;
Claude H. Herring, Jr., Hiram, Ga.;
James Thomas Juneman, Birming
ham, Ala.; Robert Harold Irvin,
Carrollton, Ga.; Carl W. McPherson,
Bremen, Ga.; Carl L. Moon, Logan
ville, Ga.; Douglas Warren Rice,
Winston, Ga.; Jewell Prince Rowe,
Carrollton, Ga.; Marlin W. Simon
ton, Franklin, Ga.; Ruthie Mae Word
Yates, Carrollton, Ga.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE. CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1947
ASTIN, HERNDON
AND MARTIN FILL
COLLEGE VACANCIES
.... Two new faculty members, Mr.
Phil Astin, former W.G.C. student
and Mr. Tom Herndon were added
to the W.G.C. faculty list during
the last session of summer school.
Miss Millicent Martin assumed the
duties of Dietietian, filling the va
cancy created by Miss "Kitty” who
is on vacation.
A short review of the faculty
members and Miss Martin will clar
ify the many questions asked about
them.
MR. PHIL ASTIN
Mr. Astin is a Carrollton boy and
a former W. G. C. student. He at
tended W.G.C. in 1944 and 1945
studying pre-med. During the first
part of 1946, he studied at the Uni
versity of Georgia; later he trans
ferred to the University of Georgia
Medical School in Augusta.
Mr. Astin is a member of Theta
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Report From Sarah
Lawrence College
Near the latter part of our first
session of summer school, Dr. Rob
erts, Miss Weaver and Miss Jenkins
returned from their studies at Sa
rah Lawence College in New York.
These members of our adminis
tration went to Sarah Lawrence in
an effort to get acquainted with
and study the methods of instruc
tion and government of that school.
There they studied in a form of
workshop, the latest developments
in higher education; that is, the
ideas and developments of our col
leges and universities.
The workshop was composed of
faculty members from the above
named institutions and over a hun
dred instructors, cleans, registrars
and physical education teachers.
Studying there was a Major from
West -Point and teachers from Tex
as, Georgia, Louisiana and other
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Dr. Eugene Porter
Addresses Social
Science Class
On Saturday morning, July 26,
Dr. Eugene Porter of the Texas
School of Mines lectured the Social
Science 101 class. Dr. Porter’s sub
ject was “The Government of Rus
sia.”
Dr. Porter is a renowned authority
on Latin American and Russian his
tory. At the Texas School of Mines
he holds the position of Associate
Professor of History.
Dr. Porter and Dr. Roberts collab
orated on history dring the war.
Dr. Porter’s visit here was a stop
on his route to N.Y.U. At N.Y.U.’s
last session of summer school he
will be an instructor of Latin Ameri
can History.
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
Rev. Carson Pritchard
DEAN’S LIST
FIRST SESSION
SUMMER SCHOOL
(This does not include Workshop
people.)
Abercrombie, Agnes
Adcock, Mary Hazel
Bailey, Bruce
Barrow, Mrs. Bonnie S.
Carroll, Kenneth
Cliett, Linda
Entrekin, Durward
Foster, Weems
Fox, Jessie Lee
Gibson, Robert
Gill, Joe
Hendrix, Harvey
Herring, Claude
Irvin, Robert H
Jackson, Pat
Johnson, Ed
Jones, Joyce
McGraw, David
Roberts, James
Robinson, Ada
Robinson, Wm. Clyde
Rowe, J. P.
Shults, Olon
Smith, Duard
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President Ingram Represents
North Georgia Conference
At Lincoln, Nebraska Meeting
The following is an editorial
by President Ingram. It will
appear soon in the Wesleyan
Christian Advocate. Mr. In
gram represented the North
Georgia Conference Board of
Lay Activities at Lincoln, Ne
braska. The editorial tells some
things of this conference.
AT LINCOLN
The Methodists are here at Lin
coln, Nebraska. The able, confi
dent and serious bishops are here
in numbers. All classes of church
laymen—the high and the low. The
rich lowa farmer who spends his
winters in California and his sum
mers in Canada. The country negro
preacher from South Carolina and
the sophisticated negro laymen
from Ohio. The circuit rider and
the city preacher are planning to
gether. They are all here —these
Methodists.
The men and women are here for
one reason: They came, in the
Methodist Youth
Fellowship Meets At
West Georgia College
Miss Martha King, District Direc
tor of the Methodist Youth Fellow
ship, which held its annual meeting
at West Georgia College, August
5-8, reported fine progress. Rever
end E. D. Rudisill from the first
Methodist Church in Rome was the
main speaker of the meet. Each
evening at 6:45 Rev. Rudisell deliv
ered an address to the assembly of
young people. Reverend Wils M.
Jones is the district Superinten
dent. Rev. Joe Black of Rockmart
was Dean with Rev. and Mrs. P. M.
Winter, Deans of men and women.
Reverend J. N. Moore, Jr., of Rome
and Rev. Sneed were instructors.
Miss Claudine Allen from Atlanta
was Workshop Chairman. Reverend
Wallace Wiggins from Villa Rica
was in charge of recreation.
The Fellowship Training program
consisted of religious instruction,
interest groups and special pro
grams and recreation were planned
for the group.
The group began assembling on
the college campus on August 5.
They immediately began work on
the various programs and training
schedule. Several educational films
were shown and on the night of
August 7 a special banquet pro
gram was presented. The students
of West Georgia College were in
vited to attend this banquet and all
agreed to the merits of the pro
gram. Special songs were given by
different members of the youth fel
lowship committee. The highlight
of the event was the balloon contest
with participants of the fellowship
and college students competing.
The college students were not as
lucky in blowing up their balloons
as the fellowship committee. The
prize winner of this event was Joe
Brown.
West Georgia College, outstand
ing in the field of civic service has
taken the lead in all welfare proj
ects. The assemblage of the fel
lowship at W.G.C., is an echo of the
4-H group who were recent visitors
of the college.
words of Bishop Martin, “as a re
sult of a spontaneous interest aris
ing throughout the church —an in
terest in the rural church.” They
are thinking about this rural
church problem. These people are
concerned. President Truman stop
ped his work to wire that “rural
life is the foundation of our socie
ty.” Proper stewardship of the land
is the theme. This involves an ade
quate living and a way of life for
farm labor.
Much work had been done by
committees assisted by experts
prior to the convening of the con
vention. Surveys had been made.
Charts on the walls showed fifty
per cent of the rural population
were not members of any church.
This fact brought out five observa
tions from a spokesman of one
committee:
1. That religion and the church
are an essential part of a democra
tic society.
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WEST GEORGIA
COLLEGE OFFERS
BALANCED CURRICULA
West Georgia College will begin
its fifteenth session on September
23, 1947. The college has grown
from a student body of less than
two hundred to one that will ex
ceed six hundred students. All the
local housing facilities are filled.
These housing quarters permit in
numbers one more of the men than
of the women. These facilities are
not adequate. Many of our men
are finding it possible to get rooms
in Carrollton. In the meantime the
architects, Burge & Wilkenson are
completing plans for a dormitory
which will house one hundred men.
It will be a modern type of archi
tecture and will be located to the
west of the library in the pine
forest.
The year finds some new faculty
members. Miss Howard from Barn
esville, a psychologist and exper
ienced young educator will be Coun
selor and Dean of Women. She has
her degree from the Uni
versity of Georgia in counseling
and guidance. Mrs. Guy Shannon
who has been Acting-Dean of Wo
men has received a permanent ap
pointment with the institution as
Assistant Dean of Women. Miss
Gibson succeeds Miss Marvina Wal
lingford in the field of Business
Administration.
The institution will have balanc
ed offerings in several fields. Some
students are majoring in Mathe
matics and Science in order to fin
ish their technical education. These
courses were begun at West Geor
gia College last year. This field
offers more promise of permanent
positions than perhaps any other
field. Courses in Business and Bus
iness Administration have been
strengthened and this department
will be full. At present the insti
tution has not been able to turn
out enough graduates to meet cur
rent demands for >ffice workers.
The Art course under Mr. Wal
lace will include some designing
for commercial workers.
Increased salaries in the field of
teacher education give promise to
more applicants for work in this
connection. Courses in Home Eco
nomics for women, Physical Educa
tion for men and women and work
in the field of general education
will continue to challenge the ma
jority of the students.
In reference to housing, Presi
dent Ingram stated that he hoped
that many students in neighboring
towns could commute. The roads
are now in fine shape and students
as far as Cedartown, Newnan, La-
Grange, and Douglasville would
have little trouble in driving in
every day.
More detailed plans will be fur
nished this paper at a later date.
McGiboney School
Moves To Campus
The McGiboney School that at
one time was owned by the Carroll
County Board of Education, has
been acquired by West Georgia Col
lege. It has been moved from its
former location to the back of the
Gym in the immediate area of the
Mechanical Drawing building.
Serving before as a part of Car
roll County schools it will now be
a dormitory for boys. Work to
have it ready by September is pro
gressing at a rapid rate.
When the alterations are complete,
it will accomodate eighten boys.
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