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Greetings by the President
Once more we are pleased to have on our
campus parents, friends of West Georgia, and high
school seniors. 'Uhls is to extend to you our greet
ings with the hope that you will enjoy every
moment of the day.
It has been a custom of this Institution to ob
serve this day since the beginning of our college. It
is a tradition with us. We always dress ourselves
up, personally and otherwise, and welcome you
with deep cordiality and hospitality. The students
will show you around and explain the history and
traditions of our Institution. The faculty thinks that
this is a good place for a student. We are delighted
to have anyone here who is in harmony with the
Ideals of West Georgia College and who seeks the
guidance and friendship of the faculty and the
wholesome surroundings of the place. Of course,
you are welcome at any time. We have hosts of
visitors from most of the States in the Union and
we are accustomed to and love company.
Most Cordially,
IRVINE S. INGRAM, President.
CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT
Bill Leach
Joseph William Leach was born on May 28,
1928, in Summerville, Georgia, where he lived for
six eventful months. He then moved, dragging his
family with him, to Rome, where he has maintained
a base of operations ever since. Hill graduated from
McHenry High School on May 28, 1945, and attend
ed Berry College for one year. He then entered the
United States Air Corps of Engineers, where he
served for two years.
He is president of Alpha Phi Omega, national
service fraternity, newly elected president of the
Presidents’ Club, the a capella choir, the footbail
team and the “W” Club. Upon graduation from
West Georgia, Bill plans to enter the University of
Georgia and major in physical education. He wants
to be a football coach. He has several hobbies of
considerable skill, among them herpithoiogy (the
study of reptiles), taxidermy, judo, which ho picked
up while a sergeant in the army, and playing
the trumpet, which he does quite well. On the more
Intellectual side, Bill is possessed of that not un
common aversion to all math in any form.
KEYHOLE SKETCH:
Favorite food: Strawberry shortcake.
Favorite sport: Swimming.
Favorite subject: Biology.
Elizabeth Ballew
It is sometimes surprising to Know just how
many of us are unaware of the women’s athletic
activity on our campus: yet, the women’s athletic
program is one of the most important programs
that we have. One of the most active proponents
)f this phase of education is Elizabeth Ballew, a
sophomore, from Marietta, Georgia. There are few
who are as good as Lib in the sports in which she
participates, and certainly none quite so versatile.
To tret a little background on West Georgia’s
Queen of Sports, she was born in Fairmount, Geor
gia, on January 25, 1931. In May, 1947 she graduat
ed from McEachern High School, in Powder
Springs, where she had been very active in wo
men’s athletics and an outstanding student scholas
tically
West Georgia seems to agree with Elizabeth
just as it did with her sisters, for she has made a
truly remarkable record here. A commercial major,
she is president of the Business Keys and Cues, sec
retary and a section leader in the a capella choir, a
member of the Presidents’ Club, Women’s Athletic
Association, and the varsity basketball team. She
plays almost all sports proficiently, among which
are tennis, softball, basketball, hockey, and volley
ball, and is now taking archery.
About her plans for the future, as soon as
Elizabeth finds the man who can beat her in tennis
she’ll marry him. In the meantime she is going to
be a secretary who does not sit on the bosses’ knee.
KEYHOLE SKETCH:
Favorite food—Anything except cauliflower
and eggplant, and "some of the salad concoctions
they dream up in the dining hall.”
Favorite movie actors: Bert Lancaster and
Cornel Wilde.
Favorite radio program: Metropolitan opera,
Dagwood and Blondie, and Henry Aldrich.
To a swell girl with a great future, “The Spot
light is on YOU!”
West Georgian Staff, 1948-1949
RETIRING EDITOR J. C. Lovett
EDITOR Max Prince
FEATURE EDITOR Elizabeth Ross
SPOTLIGHT EDITOR Carl Haywood
NEWS EDITOR Jim Hamilton
SPORTS EDITOR J. C. Lovett
WOMEN'S SPORTS Jo Perkins
FASHION EDITOR Doris Gray
PHOTOGRAPHER Brooke Johnson
BUSINESS MANAGER Jackie Hay
CIRCULATION MANAGER Jane Greer
FACULTY ADVISOR Miss Marie Campbell
REPORTERS: Margery Greene, Marion Ewing, Fleta Crews,
Ann Bing, Ashley Morgan,, Bill Prescott, Helen Sullins, Barbara
Goen.
Member
Pbsociated CbUe6iate Press
CHURCHES’ COORDINATION WITH
COLLEGE COMMENDED
By MAX PRINCE
One of the many outstanding things found at West Georgia College
is the excellent manner in which the Carrollton churches cooperate with
the college in providing the students with religious education. When
the students arrived here last fall, the ministers from various denomi
nations were on the campus to welcome them to Carrollton, West
Georgia, and their churches. This is one of the many ways in which the
churches have helped the students and the college.
Many of the churches provide special classes for college students in
the Sunday Schools and evening Youth Meetings. In these programs the
students are urged to participate and many of them do take a very active
part. For those who have musical talents a number of opportunities have
>een provided for them to practice and to appear on the programs. The
West Georgia choir is always welcome at the churches, and makes at
least one annual appearance at each and often more than one.
Several members of the student body have been sent as delegates
to various denominational conferences by the Carrollton churches. These
conferences have been enjoyed by those who have attended, and the en
tire student oodv shared in these when the students returned with new
inspiration.
One of the ladies’ organizations furnishes the college with beautiful
floral arrangements for the weekly chapel periods. The people of Car
oiiton have always done everything they could to help the students and
to make their life at West Georgia as pleasurable as possible. The stu
dents have always shown appreciaton for these many acts of hospitality
oy responding whenever they were called on by these gracious hosts.
There is a great spirit of cooperation to be found here, and through
this cooperation we are helping God’s Kingdom on earth.
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK
By CARL HAYWOOD
Take a good look—and another! Have you seen West Georgia Col
lege? Oh! But that’s silly—of course you have! You have seen the dormi
tories, you have inspected the class-rooms and administrative offices,
you have admired the grass, the trees, the flowers, you have even re
marked pleasantly about the cement walkways where there used to be
mud. You have been touched by an inspiring performance of the
u capella choir.
But still, through all this, you have not been able to catch a glimpse
of West Georgia College as it is to those who work here, those who love
their work because they love their surroundings, and because they love
the atmosphere which prevails here. Some of the atmosphere you can
get in one day, because the people are hospitable, friendly. But there is
a great deal of activity beneath all this. Most of you will not need to be
told that attending classes is only one of the several vital components of
college life.
For example, what could be more educational, more exciting than a
bus trip to Atlanta to see a Shakespearean drama! Or what more pleas
ing to the soul than to stop in the hall to chat with an understanding
faculy member, or even to go into that teacher’s home for a very inter
esting evening! There are other things such as talking to a friend over a
cup of coffee in the store, dating on the front campus on Sunday after
noon, and rushing with the girl-friend to the dormitory door two min
utes before the time that she is supposed to be in. There is the satisfac
tion of the choir trips, the well-rewarded hours spent in rehearsal. There
are the little speech phrases which everyone in Mr. Row’s classes goes
around sporting at the beginning of every quarter. Nothing could make
anyone more conscious of culture than the graciousness of Mrs. Ingram
in the dormitories and the dining hall, or to see her out on the campus
planting, digging, pruning, and making the campus even more beauti
ful. The simple appeal of a vesper service has stirred the souls of many
students to new depths.
Little things—yes. But they form not only a pattern of college
activity, but a way of life. These things rise above the trivial defects
and inconveniences in our system. They overshadow the petty devices
of human nature, making our college life an experience to be cherished.
When you go away again, do remember our beautiful campus, our
buildings, our rooms. But leave a place also for the leaven of the life we
lead, for only when you have experienced these things can you truth
fully say, "I have seen West Georgia College.”
THE WEST GEORGIAN
Welcome from the Student Body
On behalf of the student body of West Georgia
College it is my pleasure and privilege to welcome
you, our patrons, to our campus and to express to
you our wish that this will be an enjoyable and
profitable day for all of us.
West Georgia College is a wonderful place in
which to pursue higher education and this annual
Parents’ Day is held in order to acquaint you with
its many outstanding advantages. We hope you, as
our natrons and prospective students, will feel the
spirit of friendliness and cooperation that pervades
our campus and will return again and again to visit
with us or to enroll in the college.
If you are anticipating entering college here,
may I offer you a suggestion? Make it your col
lege. Become an active working part of the school.
Take part in the many activities. They are all de
signed to develop character, citizenship, and per
sonality. The emphasis here is on you as an indi
vidual. Education doesn’t come from classroom
hours alone. Extra-curricular activities keep the
student alert and stimulate thought. They offer op
portunities for the expression of individuality. They
provide for education which never would be found
in the short classroom hours.
We cordially welcome you and sincerely hope
that you will want to return.
SCOTT SMITH,
President Student Body.
A Welcome from the Dean
Dear Parents of West Georgians:
We are indeed happy to have you as our guestst
day. As citizens of Georgia, the college belongs to
ou. It will be a great pleasure to see you again,
id if we have not yet met, to get acquainted. Make
jurselves at home and call on us for any service
l at will add to your information or comfort while
ith us. Sincerely ycurs,
L. E. ROBERTS, Dean, West Georgia College.
Greeting and a Hearty Welcome
Our campus is yours today and we are glad to
have it so. We look forward to this occasion each
year for we like to get acquainted with the parents
of the young people with whom we work and we
like for you to feel at home here.
KATIE DOWNS, Registrar.
QUIZ CONTESTS ARE
RUINING RADIO
Despite radio’s remarkable progress in the past
two decades, that industry is currently threatened
by a seemingly harmless yet popular villain
which might eventually mar the advancement of
radio to a surprising extent. That villain is the
quiz program.
All radio stations now devote entirely too much
time to quiz programs. In fact, one can turn on a
radio any time of day and, chances are, hear some
sort of quiz program. It has reached the point
where a person hardly knows how to answer his
telephone for fear that he might say the wrong
words and therefore not win some valuable prize.
This does not mean that the idea itself of quiz
programs is to be condemned; rather they should
be curbed. It is true that the quizzes are often
educational as well as interesting, but they seem to
have become a fad dominated by freely flowing
dollars from sponsors’ bankrolls. Apparently each
sponsor is trying to outdo his competitor—the old
American evil of “keeping up with the Joneses”
on a much larger scale.
The radio audience stands to gain—or so it seems.
Unbelievable fortunes are awarded insignificantly to
anxious people throughout the nation. The prizes
grow fatter and fatter—-the commercial products
cost more and more. We pay.
America’s radio public, like the spoiled child,
must be given more; their greed increases as their
appreciation declines. There is no turning back.
But, on the other hand, is there a ceiling?
Finally, the frequency with which the quiz pro
grams occur on the air has a decided effect upon
the radio audience’s listening pleasure in that
variety and new creations are being sacrificed.
When that happens, progress is arrested.
Unless the radio industry, which is so much a
part of our daily lives, realized its problem and
can cope with it successfully, the result could be
come a stumbling block to well-being.
Friday, April 15, 1949