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Thursday, March 3, 1949
Goen, Prince Attend Four-Day Georgia
Press Institute, Collegiate Banquet
Barbara Goen and Max Prince, reporter and associate editor, respect
ively, of THE WEST GEORGIAN, attended the 21st annual Georgia Press
Institute at the University of Georgia, February 16-19, and the Georgia
Collegiate Press Association banquet, Friday, February 18, in Athens.
Program preparations for the four-day event were made jointly by the
Henry W. Grady School of Jour
nalism at the University, and a
committee from the Georgia Press
Association. Mr. Jack Williams,
editor of the Waycross “Journal-
Herald,” was chairman of the com
mittee, and presided at all meet
ings.
Governor Herman Talmadge, at
the Press Institute’s opening din
ner, asked Georgia’s newspaper edi
tors and publishers to lay aside
political differences and work to
ward unity with the state govern
ment to develop the state’s re
sources “for the betterment of the
state.”
Morning sessions of the meet
were held in the University chapel,
where a number of noted writers,
editors and publishers spoke.
Among the many outstandinng
speakers were Hal Boyle, of the
Associated Press; Edwin Canham,
editor of the Christian Science
Monitor; Robert Considine, syn
dicated columnist and author of
“The Babe Ruth Story” and “Thirty
Seconds Over Tokyo.”
Round table discussions were
held in the afternoon with panels
to lead them. Some of the subjects
discussed were, “Newspaper Pro
motion”; “The Newspaper and the
Community”; “Women’s Interest in
Newspapers.”
Friday evening, a banquet was
given by Sigma Delta Chi, profes
sionl journalistic fraternity, for the
Georgia Collegiate Press Associa
tion. Stanley Parkman, editor of
the Carroll County Georgian, was
among the thirteen prominent jour
nalists initiated into the fraternity.
Delegations from West Georgia
College, GSCW, Mercer University.
Young Harris College, Wesleyan
College, South Georgia College, and
the University of Georgia, were
present at the banquet.
Plans were discussed for the next
Mercer Survey Reveals Widespread Cheating
Honor System Seen as Solution to Problem
By J. C. LOVETT
A recent survey at Mercer University, conducted by a joint student
faculty committee, revealed that widespread cheating conditions existed
at that institution. The story, along with editorial comment, was con
tained in the official weekly newspaper, The Mercer Cluster, Wednes
day, February 16.
According to the Cluster, the
committee conducted a “confiden
tial” investigation, to determine
the extent and technique of cheat
ing at Mercer. In part, the com
mittee report stated that “We need
most of all to develop steps to
renew and extend the awareness of
the wrongness of cheating. Both
faculty and students are guilty of
contributing to this condition, and
both must share in its removal.”
Separate lists prepared by the
investigation committee, in which
students and faculty members were
primary, were printed in the Clus
ter.
Separate lists of conditions re
vealed in the survey in which stu
dent and faculty members were re
sponsible, along with suggestions
to remedy them, were prepared by
the investigation committee. The
lists were printed in the Cluster.
The committee found that such
things as the repeating of tests time
after time, tests too lengthy to be
finished in the time allowed, too
trusting instructors, and the use of
true-false or similar tests, encour
aged cheating. That some students
are allowed longer working time
than others, instructor leaving the
room, tests which are not related
to the nature of class assignment
preparation, were also aid to en
couragements for cheating. Among
the suggested remedies were: To
make up new tests each time; an
ticipate needed working time for
tests, or grade all according to the
student who progresses . furthest
in the work, use broader terms o e
grades, use of alternate (A and B)
forms of tests, paper supplied and
convention, which will be held dur
ing the Spring quarter at Mercer
University, in Macon, Ga.
While they were in Athens, the
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delegates had an opportunity to
tour the University campus, where
they might visit the Museum of Art.
the “Red and Black” publication of
fices, and the Division of Fine Arts.
identified by the instructor.
Use of open textbooks in tests,
distribution of advance copies of
tests, discussion and comparison of
papers in test room, allowing oth
ers to look on your paper, and the
bringing of prepared material to
the test room, were conditions in
which the students were primary.
The suggestions were, of course,
for students to refrain from doing
the above.
Jim Cowan, editor of Cluster,
and other Mercer students, believed
shat the cheating problem could
be solved to a great extent by the
use of an honor system. Cowan, in
an editorial, came out in favor of
employing the honor system be
cause he thought if the teachers
suddenly “cracked down” on the
students, the bond of friendship be
tween the student and teacher
would be broken. The honor sys
tem would tend to develop char
acter, and establish mature atti
tudes toward cheating in any form
which a system of mere tightened
security and closer guard would
never do.”
WGC STUDENT INJURED
IN MOTORCYCLE MISHAP
Jerry Johnson, a West Georgia
College sophomore, was seriouslv
injured late Friday afternoon, Feb.
25, when he lost control of his mo
torcycle while riding in nearby
Sunset Hills. Johnson suffered a
broken pelvis bone, and shoulder
and hip injuries, when the vehicle
'ell on top of him.
He was carried to the Carrollton
Clinic for treatment.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
Play Review
“HAMLET”
(Reviewed by Carl Haywood)
A rare treat for West Georgia
College students was the presenta
tion on Feb. 21, of William Shakes
peare’s tragedy, “Hamlet,” by the
darker Theater Players. The stu
dent body was well represented,
and there were in the audience del
egations from several of the sur
rounding schools, b'esides many
townspeople. Sponsored by the
Carrollton Kiwanis Club and West
Georgia College, the attraction was
a mammoth success, and the col
lege auditorium was packed thirty
minutes before curtain time.
Robert Breen, as Hamlet, turned
in the outstanding performance of
the evening, However, the stellar
feature of the presentation was the
masterful lighting. Although it is
not always easy to capture the
moods of “Hamlet” in the lighting,
the Barter Theater performers de
serve credit for a superb job. Not
inconsequential was the very fit
ting incidental music, composed dy
the brilliant young American com
poser, Arthur Krentz. Costuming
by Rosemarie Thomas was prac
tically superlative. Worthy of men
tion for outstanding performances
in their respective roles were Fred
eric Warriner as Cuadius, the wick
ed king, and Dan Reed as Polonius.
The production of “Hamlet” was
of especial interest to West Geor
gia students at this particular time,
since a group of students went last
quarter to Atlanta to see Laurence
Olivier’s movie production of the
same play.
Student Petitioners—
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the student petition committee),
and to render a report on the com
parative expenditure per capita of
that college and West Georgia Col
lege. That report, according to Mr.
Acklin, has been completed and
will become part of the fact-finding
committee’s report.
Student and faculty committees
of three members each, presided
over by President I. S. Ingram,
have been meeting every Thursday
afternoon at 3:30 p.m. during the
past month to determine the
amount of improvements made on
the student proposals. Dr. L. E.
Roberts, Miss Ora Lee Howard and
Miss Ruth Sturgis make up the fac
ulty committee, while the student
body is represented by Charles
Brooks, Robert Mclnvale and Lov
ell Roberts.
In a recent press interview, a
member of the student committee
disclosed that a number of im
provements have been brought
about in the college dining hall, the
first of which is a general improve
ment in the appearance of the
kitchen. Increased cleanliness of
food handling and of tables was
reported. It was also revealed that
there was somewhat of an improve
ment in the cleanliness of the trays.
Anew sink is on order in which
the trays will be washed. The
quality of the food served in the
dining hall was said to be slightly
improved, too.
The habit of reading is the only
one I know in which there is no
alloy. It lasts when all other pleas
ures fail, and will be there to sup
port you when all other resources
are gone. It will be present to you
when the energies of your body
have fallen away from you. It will
make your hours pleasant as long
as you live.—Anthony Trollope.
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June White and Hill Pope Crowned King
And Queen of Sweetheart Dance
Hill Pope, Lafayette, and June White, Marietta, were crowned king and
queen of hearts at the annual Sweetheart Dance, held in the West
Georgia College gymnasium, Saturday, February 12. The dance, climax
ing the social events of the Winter quarter, was sponsored by the
student body.
Presentation of the king and
queen came during th second in
termission, by President I. S. In
gram. The queen’s court consisted
of four couples: Regina Allison
and Burns Pruitt, Jerry Kittle and
Jess Abney, Barbara Goen and Jim
Hamilton, and Ruth Earle and
John Abston.
The gymnasium was decorated in
white and red, carrying out the val
entine scheme. The throne of the
king and queen, at the foot of the
stage, was covered with white crepe
paper, on which were imposed nu
merous large and small red hearts.
On the curtain to the rear of the
stage two huge hearts, slightly off
set, were placed by a long, tinfoil
covered arrow. Music for the dance
was by Jack Kraynlk and his or
chestra, of Rome.
APO Names Leach,
Other New Officers
At an election held bv the APO,
Tuesday night, Feb. 22, Joseph
Leach, of Rome, was named as the
organization’s new president, suc
ceeding Lovell Roberts.
Other officers who were elected
for the Spring aand Fall quarters
of 1949 are as follows: Green Wil
liams, first vice-president; Max
Prince, second vice-president; Leon
ard Headrick, recording secretary,
and treasurer; Donald Arrington,
corresponding secretary; William
Traylor, chaplain; Conrad Larson,
alumni secretary; James Parrish,
sergent-at-arms; Jim Hamilton,
historian.
A special election will be held
later to replace the officers who
are leaving after the Spring quar
ter.
The APO lake, which was begun
by the club during the Winter
quarter last year, received a write
up in the March issue of “Torch
and Trefoil.” Previously the na
tional office of Alpha Phi Omega
had requested detailed information
for use in the writeup.
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PAGE THREE
The receiving line was made up
of student body president Scott
Smith and his date, Miss Roselle
Myatt; Beverly Bowles, sophomore
class president, and Miss Oma
Vaughn, and freshman class presi
dent Gene Strickland, and Miss
Katherine Scoggins.
Among the guests at the ball
were a number of alumni. From
other colleges came some of last
year’s campus sweethearts: Polly
Griffin and Bill Anthony: Beverly
McDonald and Bill Breed; Dottle
Jones and Luther Bridgman. Also
present were Margaret Ann Church,
Hugh Ayers, Solon Ware, Rowena
Hyatt, Frank Jolly, Pat Shannon,
John Ingram, Margie Cleghorn,
Harvey Hendrix, Marcellus Coch
ran, Bill Drew, Harold Coleman,
Merle Golden, and Don Mcßae.
Sikes, Roberts—
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er Bryant, Joy Thomas, Sue Wil
liams, Charlotte Brooks, George
Peacock, Robert Dominick, and La
nier Price.
The finance committee is com
posed of the following students:
Kenneth Henry, George, Ann
Clark, Joe Hughey, Frank Powers,
Lucy Mitchell, Lynelle Hudgins,
and Neil Carlson.
Programs will be made by June
Starling and Jimmy Cash. Tifton
Goza is the usher.
Student tickets are now on sale
in the business office at 25 cents
each.
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