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VOLUME 15.
TROY STATE TILT TO CLIMAX HOMECOMING
GEORGIA BOARD OF REGENTS
ACCEPTS PATY RESIGNATION
Dr. Raymond R. Paty, in a surprise turnover of upper berths in
the University System of Georgia, has resigned his Chancellorship to
become director of public relations for Rich’s, Incorporated. He wil
also head the Rich Foundation.
The Board of Regents named Dr. Harmon W. Caldwell, veteran Pres-
dent of the University of Georgia,
to succeed Dr. Paty. The Educa
tional Administrators turned to Dr.
Caldwell without a dissenting vote.
The replacement will take place on
January 1, or possibly sooner.
In accepting the resignation o"
the former University of Alabama
President, the Regents said Dr.
Paty had “Served the cause of edu
cation with zeal and loyalty, and
has endeared himself to those who
have had the good fortune to work
with him.”
Dr. Caldwell’s successor has not
yet been named. However, it is ex
pected that the new president will
come from within the University
System.
Dr. Caldwell, formerly Dean of
Lumpkin Law School, has been
President of the University since
1936.
Teacher Education
Students Attend
GEA Convention
Several West Georgia students
and faculty attended the Fall Con
vention of Fourth District of th-
Georgia Educational Association,
on October 15. The meeting was
held in the LaGrange Senior High
School.
The opening session was held in
the auditorium, with music by the
LaGrange High School Band and
Glee Club, which are directed bv
Mr. W. J. Deal. Mr. Gordon Hol
stum, Director of GEA, opened the
meeting and introduced Rev. John
A. Wilson, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church of LaGrange, who
gave the invocation.
Mr. Bela A. Lancaster, Vice-
President GEA and Superintendent
of LaGrange schools, welcomed the
Fourth District to LaGrange and
invited them to inspect the La-
Grange schools, which are among
the finest in Georgia, and are cer
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WEST GEORGIA STUDENT
WINNER IN 4-H CONTEST
Louise Hewin, a member of the
Freshman Class, won the State
Yeast Bread Contest held in At
lanta October 5-8. Twelve girls
from various sections of Georgia
competed for the State prize m
yeast bread making. The prize is
a trip to Chicago, sponsored by
the 4-H Club. There they will trv
for the National prize. Our best
of luck is with Louise.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE. CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1948
WEST GEORGIA
ENROLLS 585 IN
FALL QUARTER
With a total enrollment of 585
students, West Georgia College is
beginning is sixteenth year of op
eration.
Being the second largest group
in the history of the school, this
year’s student body is slightly less
than that of the Fall Quarter of
1947, which reached an all-time
high of 650.
Male students, including 144 vet
erans, outnumber students of the
fairer sex, 368 to 217. There are
213 sophomores this year, with
357 first-year students and 14 jun
iors completing the total. Two
hundred of this total are day stu
dents.
Carroll Entertainment
Service Announces
Season Schedule
For the 1948-1949 season the
Carroll Entertainment Service has
announced the following six en
gagements:
November 16—Haacker, pianist.
January 13—Tarbell, mystery sci
entist, who is said to have driven
an automobile through Times
Square), in New York, blindfolded.
January 27—Elyn Carter, bass
baritone.
February 10 —The Dorelle Trio, a
song and dance team.
March B—Metropolitan Artists
Group, which will sing popular
opera arias.
April 12—Anspach, a concert
pianist, concludes the Carroll En
tertainment series.
Student tickets for the above
events may be purchased from the
cashier, Miss Charlcie Holmes, in
the business office, for only 25
cents, or $1.25 for the entire series.
Regular season tickets are being
sold for $5.00 each.
CHIEFTAIN AT WORK
TAKING PICTURES FOR
WGC 1948 ANNUAL
During the past week all those
dressed-up people weren’t going
any place. They were merely hav
ing their pictures made for the
annual. One hundred thirty-nine
people were photographed the first
day.
A list of all students and clubs
was posted on the main bulletin
board, giving the exact time of in
dividual and group photos, aiding
greatly in the success of the task.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
WEST GEORGIA HEADS
ATTEND CENTENNIAL
AT TIFT OCTOBER 9
President Ingram, Dean Roberts,
and Mrs. Roberts attended the
Centennial Convocation at Bessie
Tift College on Saturday, October 9.
There were representatives from
more than sixty colleges and uni
versities throughout the nation,
with one representative from Hol
land.
President Ingram and Dean Rob
erts represented the alumnae chap
ter.
The celebration was of especial
interest to the college and friends
because the present president of
Bessie Tift, Dr. Gunn, was Dean
of West Georgia College until Sep
tember, 1948, when Dean Roberts
took over.
Dr. Gunn gave up his work at
West Georgia College to become
dean at Bessie Tift in 1947, and
from all reports, he has done,
is doing, an excellent job of mak
ing Bessie Tift one of the finest ed
ucational institutions of the South.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO
HOLD MEETING SATURDAY
The State Historical Society, of
which Dr. Guy Wells, of GSCW, is
the head, will hold a meeting Octo
ber 23 at the Sunset Hills Country
Club. State officers, including Sec
retary Mrs. R. H. Jones, of Atlanta,
will be present.
Mr. I. S. Ingram, West Georgia
President, will address the club on
the subject of “History of Carroll
County.”
The purpose of the meeting is to
organize a chapter of the society in
Carroll County. Among the citizens
leading in the effort are: Dr. Rob
erts and Mr. Ingram, of West Geor
gia College, and Mrs. Byrd, of
Bowdon.
WEST GEORGIAN TO
ADD NEW FEATURES
In the next Issue of THE
WEST GEORGIAN, two new
features will be added, the
first, of which Is cartoons
These cartoons, two columns
in width, will be chiefly of a
collegiate nature.
The other feature will be
“Letters to the Editor,” which
the staff feels will give the
students a chance to express
their ideas or criticisms. Stu
dents will be required to sign
their names to such letters,
however.
A suggestion box was put
up in the hall of the Ac Build
ing during the past week,
where suggestions and views
may be deposited.
Presidents’ Club Dance to
Highlight Two-Day Festivities
Serving as a climax to West Georgia’s second annual homecoming,
which will be held November 5-6, Troy State Teachers College, of Troy,
Alabama, will meet the West Georgia College Braves in a Saturday
night encounter at City Ball Park in Carrollton.
On Saturday afternoon, preceding the Troy State battle, a Pep Rally
will be staged at the West Georgia practice field, or in the gymnasium,
depending upon the weather.
Several organizations are hard at work completing every minor
detail of the two-day Homecoming occasion. The Presidents’ Club, along
with Alpha Phi Omega, alumni officers, and members of the faculty, are
tirelessly making preparations for the return of several hundred for
mer West Georgia students.
It would be impossible to estimate how many people will attend the
weekend celebration. However, the campus will be aglow with activity,
as scores of alumni return to their alma mater. And as they arrive,
many memories of college days will be revived—memories of fun and
gaiety, of success and achievement, and, yes, even heartbreak and fail
ures. Coming with those memories are the people who played leading
roles in their making, all back home again.
Highlighting the Homecoming, a formal dance, sponsored by the
Presidents’ Club, is to be given Friday night, November 5, from 8 to 12
p.m. The decoration committee, composed of members of the Presidents’
Club, will dress the gym in West Georgia colors, red and blue, in canopy
style.
Jack Kranek's orchestra, which played here recently at the Fresh
man dance, will furnish the music. At Intermission, Alpha Phi Omega
will introduce the Homecoming Queen to the guests, after whlti.
President of the Alumni, Tom Loftln, will bestow upon the queen her
rightful honors.
The Queen will officially bring to a close the Homecoming festivities
during half-time at the football game Saturday night. rom a special
reserved section in the stands, the Queen and her attendants will be
escorted onto the playing field, where the closing activities will take
place.
WGC REPRESENTED IN
EDUCATIONAL MEETi
Two West Georgia faculty mem
bers, Miss Katie Downs, Registrar,
and Mrs. Wilda Woodruff, Asst.
Professor of Education and Teach
er Training, represented this in
stitution in recent State educational
meetings.
Miss Downs attended the two
day Teacher Education Council in
Atlanta recently, called by the
State Department of Education.
That group is studying program?
in different institutions, attempting
to work out policies concerning cer
tification of teachers.
At Macon, October 14-15, Mrs
Woodruff attended an Instructiona’
Supervisors’ meeting. Since,trainees
spend two weeks out of the year
at West Georgia College, it is im
portant for the college to keep well
informed about the group.
WGC Alumnus Gets
Law School Honor
Harold Murphy, of Felton, an
alumnus of West Georgia College,
has been elected chief justice of the
University of Georgia Law School
honor court.
A veteran of World War 11, Mur
phy graduated from West Georgia
in the class of 1946. He is an hono r
student, a member of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon social fraternity, and the
Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, at
the University of Georgia.
Mr. Ingram Lists October
Speaking Engagements
On October 11, I. S. Ingram, West
Georgia’s president, addressed the
Lesche Club, and also the Woman’s
Literary Club, in Dalton, Georgia.
At Elberton, Friday, October 15,
Mr. Ingram was the speaker at the
Men’s Club of the Athens District.
Mr. Ingram also announced the
following speaking engagements:
Oct. 22.—Committee on Higher
Education, Georgia Association of
Colleges.
October 24.—Georgia Historical
Society.
Oct. 27—Rotary Club of Camilla.
Sophs Sponsor Formal
Honoring Freshmen
Honoring the Freshman Class, a
formal dance was given October 8,
under the sponsorship of the Soph
omores. The fourteen-piece orches
tra of Jack Kranek of Rome was
selected to play for this affair,
which was held in the gymnasium.
A receiving line of faculty mem
bers and outstanding students wel
comed the group. Annette Tyson,
Scott Smith, Beverly Bowles, Ken
neth Henry and Mr. and Mrs.
George Adams composed this line.
The gym was decocrated in col
ors of orange, red, green and yel
low. Streamers of these various
colors were arranged to form a
canopy over the dance floor. Con
rad Larson was chairman of the
large group of upper classmen who
made preparations for this dance.
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