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West Georgia College Receives Deputation
From Reinhardt College Group, April 9
Through the Methodist Church
and the Georgia Methodist Student
Movement, WGC received a depu
tation of six persons, headed oy
Miss Adams, from Reinhardt Col
lege. Other members of the depu
tation were Miss Margaret Hodges
and Hetty Ann Carpenter; Mr.
Toombs Kay, Dick liadaway and
Bobby Dukes.
The team arived at the campus
on Saturday, April 9, and was in
charge of the recreation program
on that evening, sponsored by the
VRA. The program consisted of
several folk games, songs, and Miss
Margaret Hodges gave two com
ical recitations. The program was
closed with the entire group join
ing in a friendship circle, and Mr.
Toombs Kay dismissed the group
with prayer.
On Sunday morning the group
was in charge of the College Sun
day School class at the First Meth
odist Church, which extended a spe
cial invitation to the student body
for this program. Each member of
the team gave a brief but vivid de
scription of ills or her conver
sion, and Miss Adams taught the
Sunday School lesson.
Max Prince, the local Deputation
chairman, was in charge of the
arrangements, with the cooperation
of the VRA and Miss Crider, ad
visor to that club. This was the
first deputation West Georgia has
received this year. But letters have
been received from Agnes Scott
and Georgia Tech asking for an
open date, which will perhaps be
arranged in the near future.
14 TEACHERS CONTINUE
THEIR STUDIES AT WCC
Fourteen teachers from schools
of five counties in Georgia are con
tinuing their studies at West Geor
gia College tliis quarter. In order
that they might raise their own
standards, these teachers had sub
stitute teachers occupy their posi
tions for the remainder of the
school term.
The teachers who are now enroll
ed at this college are Shirley Em
erson, Faye Williams, Mrs. Lois
Fuller and Mrs. Isabelle Alexander,
Paulding County; Mrs. Lillie Stacy,
Maurine Stafford, Mr. and Mrs. L.
C. Benson, Mrs. Leonard Deverell,
and Mrs. Millard Deverelle, Whit
field County; Mrs. T. A. Willis, Car
roll County; and Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Porter, Haralson County.
Auto, Food Sales Reported Increased Over
Year Ago by University Business Research
ATHENS, Georgia, April 15—Dollar retail sales of food and automo
biles in Georgia were greater in February, 1949. than in February, 1948,
according to figures just released by the Bureau of Business Research,
University of Georgia. These two accounted for 37 per cent of the total
retail sales in Georgia for the month.
Sales of nearly all other types of
stores were less in February, 1949
than for the same month of 1948.
Sales by jewelry stores were up G
per cent, but this type of store rep
resents less than 1 per cent of total
retail sales.
Except for automobiles, retail
prices in general were about the
same in early 1949 as in early 1945.
Food prices were down 3 to 4 po>'
cent, but the drop in prices for
other commodity groups had not
quite reached this early 1948 level.
Results of X-Rays
Reported Excellent
The reports from the tuberculos
is x-ruys made of faculty, students,
and the staff of the college on Feb
ruary 1 by the TB Control Division
of the Georgia Department of Puo
lic Health, have returned. Accord
ing to Mrs. Searcy, nurse at the col
lege, the reports from these x-rays
were excellent. She did not reveal
the number of cases detected, how
ever.
Mrs. Searcy urged that each per
son remember that although this
examination did not show signs of
tuberculosis, it does not mean that
you will never have it, to which she
urged a follow-up of this x-ray with
one every year to be safe.
I )ebate Team to Enter
Emory Tournament
The West Georgia College debat
ing Society will enter two teams
in the Emory tournament at Em
ory University in Atlanta. As yet,
ilie date has not been made known.
The subject for the tournament will
he the national collegiate question:
"Resolved That the federal govern
ment. could adopt a policy of equal
izing educational oppotunity in tax
supported schools by means of an
nual grants.” Supporting the af
firmative side of the resolution will
be Lois Walls and Joe Medcalf,
while the negative team will con
sist of Elizabeth Ross and Carl
Haywood. The teams will be ac
companied to Atlanta by Mr. C. K.
Boroughs, who is coach of the de
bating team.
Asa result of their association
with the teams at the annual Aza
lea tournament in Mobile, Ala., our
debating society has received an in
vitation to enter an affirmative and
a negative team in competition
with tlie Atlanta Division of the
University of Georgia. The encoun
ter with the University will be par
tially a return bout, as the West
Georgia negative team debated and
beat the University of Georgia
affirmative team at Mobile. The
date of the debate has not been an
nounced.
According to Mr. Boroughs, the
teams will engage in a series of
intramural debates on timely cam
pus topics during the Spring quar
ter.
The drop in dollar sales for most
groups reflected a decline in phy
sical volume of goods.
APO TO BE HOST TO
S. E. CONFERENCE
The Epsilon Eta Chapter of Al
pha Phi Omega will be host for the
two-day Southeastern Conference,
which will be held here May 11
and 15. An estimated one hundred
delegates from eight states included
in this section, are expected.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
SMILES
By ELIZABETH ROSS
This little thing known as a smile
can do wonders. It can change a
feeling of uneasiness and mistrust
to one of complete comfort and
ease. It can make a cloudy day,
full of woes and troubles, seem to
become a little brighter just be
cause a person took the time and
effort to turn up the corners of his
mouth and thus placed a smile on
his face.
So little effort, and yet such a
great thing. Wouldn’t a world with
out smiling people be a drab and
dreary place to live? Think of the
pictures of smiling people and the
songs and poems about smiles
which would not have been paint
ed, or written if it had not been
for smiles.
The dictionary defines a smile as
"a look of pleasure.” But this defi
nition isn’t quite complete, for a
smile shows kindliness, joy, happi
ness, and almost any emotion asso
ciated with happy people.
The much- heard -of “Southern
drawl” is said to be caused by the
fact that Southerners are so full of
hospitality and good humor that
they smile all the time—and the
smiling causes the speech to be
somewhat slower and softer. It is
said that “a soft answer turneth
away wrath,” and so a smile does,
also.
It is a very high compliment to
have a person say about another
that he always has a smile on his
face—or he look pleasant and amia
ble. Of course one doesn’t go about
with a permanent smirk on his
face but that would be better than
being like the woman wffio frowned
so much at her husband’s actions
that one day he found her face
w r reathed in smiles. He rushed up
and put his arms about her and
said, “Oh, you have forgiven me.”
Her retort was, “I was only resting
my face. Naturally that example
is exaggerated greatly, but it does
almost describe some people who
feel a frown should be worn at
all times.
Smiles tend to make even the
most unattractive person you know
appear more attractive. Smiles
make other people smile back, and
this, of course, makes you feel good
all inside. Smiles are tne founda
tion stones of friendships and un
derstanding. A person who can
undergo defeat or difficulty and
come back up with a smile is called
a good sport or a good guy.
No matter how you look at it, a
smile is a wonderful thing. It has
powers beyond description or ex
planation. It might be referred to
as almost a way of life. But no
matter what you care to call a
smile, it is still a language under
stood by everyone, and appreciated
by all who look upon your smiling
face.
COMPLIMENTS
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SHOE STORE
2 Alabama Street
Defeat of Referendum
Brings Teacher Walkouts,
Building Postponements
The Minimum Foundation pro
gram, a tax referendum sponsored
by such organizations as the P.-T.
the G.E.A., and the University of
Georgia, was defeated Tuesday,
April 5, by a vote of 240,000 to 78,-
000—a three-to-one majority against
extended services.
Dr. M. D. Collins, state school su
perintendent, has estimated that
5,000 teachers will quit this year
in order to obtain higher-paying
jobs. Dr. Collins also stated that
Georgia is faced with a state-wide
walkout of educators because of
the failure of the bill.
The extent of the effect on West
Georgia caused by Tuesday’s vote
is not yet known, but West Georgia
will be cut approimately $25,000
in all funds, and fees will be in
creased this fall. 2Aycock HaHll can
not be rebuilt, nor can the proposed
dormitory for men be built. These
handicaps could have been avoided
if the Minimum Foundation bill
had passed.
Social Planned by
French,Spanish Clubs
The French and Spanish clubs
met jointly Thursday, April 7, to
may plans for a social.| It was de
cided by the members that they
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Friday, April 15, 1949
would have an ice cream party at
Roop’s Lake. The date set for the
outing is April 21.
Appointed to act as chairman of
the committee to make arrange
ments was Betty Plexico. Others
serving on the committee are Wil
liam Traylor, Helen Sullins, Doris
Gray, and Marian Ewing.
A tentative call meeting to make
final arrangements for the affair is
scheduled for April 19.
Bettis, Ross Delegates
To Salem Conference
Bill Leach and Gene Strickland,
both of Rome, were named presi
dent and vice-president, respect
ively, of the Presidents’ Club at a
meeting of that organization Mon
day, April 11. Maryneil Stephens,
secretary-treasurer, was the only
other officer elected. She is from
Richland, Ga.
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