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Increased Student
Government Next Fall
Beginning in the full quarter the
administration of our college will
initiate study of means to improve
student government at West Geor
gia. This will be done in an effort
to give the students opportunities
for assuming a greater degree of
responsibility in the management
of their affairs. The change will
not be revolutionary, but slow and
giuduul as the students are ready
to accept the responsibilities with
which they are challenged.
Faculty and student committees
will be chosen to study forms of
government that might operate suc
cessfully under the exisiting con
ditions here. It is hoped that these
committees can arrive at a conclu
sion without u serious delay.
Beginning in the fall quarter im
provements in the advisory system
will be initiated.
An attempt will be made to study
the student and his individual prob
lems more thoroughly and help him
or her to find the advisor who can
contribute most to a solution of the
problems involved. Machinery has
already been set up for learning
more of each candidate for entrance
at the college before arrival in
September. With this information
it is hoped that a more effective
means of helping the student in
meeting his problems will be de
veloped.
West Georgia College
Host To 4-H Club
West Georgia College was the
host to the Northwest district of
the 4-H Club recently. A group of
180 boys and girls gathered here to
enter the various contests, to hear
instructive talks, and to have fun
in the gym and on the softball
field. Heard county entered such
contests as public speaking, bread
making, live stock, home improve
ment, egg marketing, health, and
rural electrification. High light in
the interest of the girls was the
dress revue which took place in
Mandeville lobby.
Miss Ida Bell and Mr. L. R. Dun
son had charge of the group.
Repairing of Steam
Plants Under Way
Mr. Raymond Rowe, construction
engineer in charge of the repairing
of the steam heating system at W.
G. C. reports favorable progress.
The construction consists of re
conditioning of all the main steam
pipes and boilers. One new boiler
has been added and another is to
be added if it can be secured.
The construction line extends
from old Aycock Hall to the Aca
demic building, repairing of all
linas and tributaries, the insula
tion of all pipes and the removal
of all defects in the present heat
ing system. When completed the
system will insure comfort in all
degrees of weather.
Dr, Clark , Author
Of Maryland History
Professor Charles B. Clark, re
cent visiting teacher at West Geor
gia College, and chairman of the
Social Science Division, Washing
ton College, Chestertown, Mary
land, is writing a History of that
state. Dr. Clark, ex-Captain in the
U. S. Marine Corps, is also writing
a Social Science text.
In a personal interview Dr. Clark
States, “the honor system needs to
be stressed and cheating abolished
in the colleges. If a student is
caught cheating, he should imme
diately be reprimanded and if again
caught cheating he should be given
no second chance.”
DEAN’S LIST
FIRST SESSION
SUMMER SCHOOL
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Stafford, Mary Helen
Stallings, Winton
Stephens, Clark
Stevens, Hiram
Thrash, Robert
Ware, Solon
Westring, Wayne
Wilcox, John W.
Again veterans head the Dean’s
list with twenty-two out of thirty
two students who were awarded
this honor!
Pres. Ingram Represents
North Ga. Conference
At Lincoln , Nebraska
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2. Freedom of worship was first
a reality in America.
3. That the chuich is America’s
most significant voluntary organi
zation.
4. That early America was pre
dominantly rural.
5. That the strength of the
church today is directly related to
its strength in the rural area.
The significant thing about this
great national meeting is that is is
being successfully held; that it is
being attended by representative
people of the Methodist Church;
and that the group are serious in
their efforts to meet this rural
problem of the church.
The Catholics have had a land
policy. The Methodists will have
one. Family size farms seems best
for all. Yet there are now other
plans in existence. Big business is
moving into agriculture. . The mi
grant worker is here. This land
question vitally concerns America.
Virginia leads with eighty dele
gates. Georgia has above forty.
Georgia Methodists will hear from
their delegations. They are already
at work.
Miss Woodruff At
Waring Studio
Miss Woodruff, Musical Director
for West Georgia College is now at
the Fred Waring School of Music.
She will receive professional teach
er instruction for a six week period.
This instruction is designed to aid
the teacher in the instruction of
their students. The curricula in
cludes the latest Professional Tech
niques under the direct supervision
of Mr. Fred Waring.
Mr. Fred Waring of national
radio and musical fame is the Di
rector of the school and is con
ducting a special series of Teacher
instruction.
Report From Sarah
Lawrence College
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states. Their one purpose was an
improvement of ideas and then to
set their ideas into motion at their
respective colleges.
The work done in the workshop
was through lectures, personal con
ferences and small discussion pan
els in Physiological development of
citizenship. They were also given
instructions in methods of conduct
ing various types of field trips.
Keeping all these ideas in mind,
members of our faculty hope to use
them in carrying W.G.C. to great
er heights in the field of education.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
Alpha Phi Omega
Continues During
Summer Months
A.P.0., National Service Frater
nity, has assumed a state of idleness
during the last session of the sum
mer school. Business for the fra
ternity was closed at the last meet
ing, but the drive for pledges con
tinues. President Gordon Berry
and Secretary Jesse Lee Fox com
pleted pledge applications for the
new pledges initiated during the
first summer session.
The A.P.O. crew will swing into
full blast in the fall, returning Sep
tember 22 to assist in the orienta
tion of freshmen and registration
of freshmen. The club is progress
ing toward set aims and thus far
has been successful in all campus
projects.
The Fraternity and its purposes
are: to create initiative, render ser
vice, promote all beneficial projects,
help students and faculty and to
promote friendship.
REID—LANE
Mr. J. P. Reid announces the mar
riage of his daughter, Rosa Mae to
Mr. John Lane, student at West
Georgia College. The ceremony was
performed in the pastor’s study of
the North Avenue Baptist Church,
Rome, Saturday, August 2. The
bride is a former student at G.S.C.
W., in Milledgeville. After sum
mer school, Mr. and Mrs. Lane will
reside in Rome.
ADAMS—WOODALL
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Adams of
Hartwell, Ga., announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Tillie,
to Mr. Robert Woodall, of Wood
land. The marriage will take place
September 13 at the Hartwell Meth
odist Church. After their marriage
the newlyweds plan to live in
Statesboro where Mr. Woodall will
continue his education at Georgia
State Teachers College.
CAMP—HEARN
Of cordial interest to their many
friends at West Georgia is the an
nouncement of the recent marriage
of Miss Joyce Camp and Mr. Thom
as Hearn. Joyce chose as her ma
tron of honor Mrs. Lois Camp. Miss
Betty June Bridges served as her
bridesmaid. Mr. Winifred Coran
was the best man and Bailey Mur
phy, Mac Griffith, and Corban San
ders acted as ushers. Following
their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hearn
left for the University of Arizona
where they will continue their ed
ucation.
STEELE—CHANDLER
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Steele an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Peggy, to Mr. James Harold
Chandler, Sunday, July 20. The
scene of the wedding was the
Steele home in Griffin, Georgia.
Miss Polly Griffin was maid of hon
or. The bride and bridegroom are
former West Georgia College stu
dents.
DORIS—BYRON
Of current interest to her many
college friends is the marriage of
Miss Doris Ellis of Rome to Mr.
Byron Kaylor of Carrollton. Sun
day, July 27.
The bride and bridegroom, popu
lar students at West Georgia Col
lege, chose fellow students for their
wedding party. Completing the
wedding retinue were: Miss Caro
lyn McCurdy, LaFayette; Doris
Brannon, Cave Springs; Margaret
Lyle, Elberton and Frances Paine,
brides maid. Mr. Winfred Bray,
Rome; served as best man. Andrew
Hill. LaGrange; Harold Whiteside,
Carrollton; James Dunnaway, Car
rollton; Aubrey Kaylor, Carrollton,
served as ushers.
VACATION TIME AT
WEST GEORGIA
At the close of the spring quar
ter, our students, faculty, and grad
uates scattered or planned to scat
ter to the four corners of the North
American continent. Here is a
round-up of the few we have been
able to locate:
Mrs. Webb is vacationing in the
Great Smokey Mountain National
Park.
Bill Breed is now manager of an
ice cream parlor in downtown
Birmingham.
—o—
After a brief visit in Mississippi,
his home, Aubry Gilbert is back in
Carrollton.
—o —
Barbara Bishop is back in the
land of sunshine at St. Augustine.
Mac Longley is living in LaGrange.
Perhaps tomorrow it will be Dal
ton. He is planning to “rip-up” a
car for the stock car races.
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Betty Easterwood, Helen Leach,
Marylyn Edgeworth, and Maxine
Bell are working for Bell Tele
phone in Atlanta.
—o —
Jane Wright is planning to go to
Tampa.
—o —
Polly Griffin is living at home
and working for the Immigration
Department in Atlanta.
John Wilcox is now employed by
his father in LaGrange.
Robert Sherrill is back in Geor
gia after a trip to New Mexico.
—o —
Hayward Boyette is vacationing
in Florida.
Evelyn and Monroe Entrekin are
enjoying the Florida sunshine.
Miss Peete is vacationing in
Nashville, Tennessee.
Miss Sturgis is home in South
Carolina.
—o —
Miss Campbell is in Carrollton,
working on her third book
—o —
Mr. Wallace is studying at the
University of Chicago.
Bill Adams and John Ingram are
members of Rome’s rocking chair
club.
—o —
Toombs Thomasson is working
for LaGrange’s American Legion
Golf Course.
—o —
Dan Macßae is employed for the
summer by the Western Auto
Maintenance Division in Atlanta.
Bill Lewis is staff member of
Clifford Smith —a boy scout camp
near LaGrange.
Miss Downs is visiting her moth
er in Watkinsville, Georgia. Be
fore returning to work, she plans a
short vacation in Florida.
Ann Russell and Barbara Trun
dle have secured teaching positions
in Calhoun.
SIMMONS AT
WALTER REED
VanVoorst Simmons, popular W.
G.C. student, will be hospitalized in
the near future at Walter Reed
General Hospital, Washington, D.
C. Mr. Simmons is suffering from
an arm injury received in an air
plane crash in the Florida sw T amps.
The complications are shrinkage of
the upper humerus. This will be
Mr. Simmons third long hospitali
zation period. At last reports, the
decision to amputate was undecided.
AUGUST 19, 1947
Epsilon Eta Chapter
Initiates Pledges
On July twelfth Epsilon Eta
Chapter of A. P. 0., which, inci
dentally is the first Junior College
to be granted a charter, conducted
its first formal initiation of pledges.
Pine Mountain National Park was
the scene of the initiation.
A. P. O. members, pledges, and
their dates left the campus prompt
ly at 4:15 P. M., and motored to
Pine Mountain lodge. Here the
group enjoyed swimming and danc
ing until 7:00 P. M. At this time
they entrained to the picnic grounds.
Shortly after arrival a delicious
lunch was served. The menu con
sisted of potato salad, hot dogs,
cold drinks, and all the trimmings.
Especially enjoyable was the wa
ter melon cutting. Huge slices of
the melons were served to the
group before the initiation cere
mony began.
Shortly after the watermelon cut
ting the group assembled under a
rustic log pavilion where the pledg
ing ceremony was performed. A
large built-in-fire place afforded a
picturesque background for the rit
ual. The candidates formed a semi
circle facing the ritual team which
was composed of five members:
Gordon Berry, President; John Ac
ree, member; William Hogg, Treas
urer; Edwin Brock, member; and
Vice Versa Simmons, Historian.
The climax of the evening was
the presentation of pledge buttons
to new pledges. The pledges that
were initiated were: Joe Mack Bag
get, Billy Leßoy Lewis, Harold
Lloyd Coleman, John Robert Grif
fin, John William Anthony, Floyd
Ranee Singleton, Douglas Luther
Dye, James Loveall Roberts; upon
completion of pledge duties the
pledges will become active mem
bers of the chapter.
South America—
Take It Away!
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the United States. Anyone wishing
to make his fortune would be wise
to avoid the country unless he has
a considerable sum of capital. As
far as I could ascertain, jobs in
Brazil pay about 1-8 what the same
jobs in the United States would
pay, and then there isn’t a whole
lot you can buy with your money
after making it.
My only investment was a green
parrot with red wings, who un
fortunately passed on enroute home.
His name was Barney and he could
speak Portugese fluently or so 1
was led to believe by his previous
owner.
At any rate, the trip was a great
success. Much was accomplished,
but I, for one, am glad to be back
at West Georgia College.
Veteran Club News
Pres. Solon Ware of the veterans
club announced this week that one
of the speakers for the club will be
Mr. Vaux Owen, Director of the
Atlanta offices of the Veterans Ad
ministration.
Mr. Owen was a lawyer before
going to work for the Veterans Ad
ministration. He is certain to give
the vets a good talk and other stu
dents who are interested are invit
ed to attend.
The date and time are to be an
nounced later. Plans for the com
pletion of the veteran memorial
are to be taken up in the first
meeting of the fall quarter. It is
desirable that the memorial be
completed at an early date since it
will be an asset to the student
and will add greatly to the beau a
of our campus.