Newspaper Page Text
PAGE FOUR
What Do They Read?
By KDYVIN GAHNEK
A survey was recently conducted by three members of the Educa
tional I'sychology Class in an attempt to determine the type of printed
material read for pleasure by West Georgia students and a small per
centage of the faculty.
Out of a student body of 502 there were 10G males and 44 females
interviewed.
For the females fashion magazines headed the list. This indicates
that for the women of the West Georgia Campus that they are still in
terested in the thing that they have been all down through the ages.
The women’s second choice in magazines was pictorial. This may have
been due to the fact that many people have developed lazy reading
habits. The women's third choice of magazines was the Headers Digest,
which shows that a few of them are still interested in current happen
ings.
The first choice of women in books was romantic stories, which
philosophy, short story, or sex. These types of books were named a few
also likes to imagine herself the heroine of the story. The type of book
named next by West Georgia women was Classical Fiction, meaning that
a few of them are interested in the best writings and books that will
always survive the trends of the times.
The type magazine named most by men of the West Georgia Camp
us was pictorial, which again indicates that they have developed lazy
reading habits and that they too can learn more easily by sight than by
any of the other senses. Their second type was sports magazines, which
shows that the majority of them are interested in this particular field.
The type of book read most by males of our campus was adventure
stories, and their second choice was mystery stories. Whether this is a
trait retained by males throughout the ages or a direct result of the
restlessness of the present time is debatable.
Sports, religion, comics, adventure, detective, and sexy magazines,
according to the survey, were not read by any of the women of West
Georgia. Each of these types of magazines were named a few times by
the men as their choice.
For the boks no women reported reading books of sports, poetry,
philosophy .short story or sex. These types of boks were named a few
times by the men. It would not ordinarily be thought that women read
mechanics magazines and books, but in our survey one female reported
mechanics magazines as her choice and one female reported that me
chanics books were her choice.
This survey was conducted by LaVerne Rider, Gunter Schwarz and
Edwin Garner, under the supervision of Miss Ora Lee Howard.
The complete outcome of the survey is as follows:
Type of
magazine
Pictorial
Fashion
Sports
Mechanics
Love Story
Readers Digest
Art
Religion
Comics
Music
Adventure
Detective
Horse
Western
Sexy
Type of
Book
Adventure
Romantic Stories
Mystery
Classical Fiction
Sports
Religion
Realistic
Mechanics
Art
Biography
Poetry
Animal
Horse
Philosophy
Short Story
Sexy
Any type of fiction
Alpha Psi Has
Spring Outing
Alphi Psi went to Pine Mountain
April 23, for its annual Spring
quarter outing. Nineteen members
of the club and Miss Ruby Jenkins
sponseor, left at 9:00 on Saturday
morning and arrived at Pine Moun
tain at 11:00. They toured the beau
tiful Mountain Park and had their
picnic lunch on the Pine Mountain
Tavern’s patio which gives a very
Number of
Females
10 52
1G 0
0 26
1 5
3 2
G 5
5 6
0 1
0 3
1 0
0 2
0 2
0 1
0 2
0 1
Number of
Females
4 29
14 2
5 19
G 9
0 13
1 1
4 3
1 3
1 1
1 1
0 1
0 1
0 1
0 1
0 1
0 7
2 4
scenic view of the valley and Pine
Mountain Lake.
On the return trip, the group
stopped in Warm Springs and was
conducted through the “Little
White House”, summr home of
former President Franklin Roose
velt. They also visited the Warm
Springs Fundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
The group stopped in Newnan on
the last lap of their return journey
and were given free barbecue at
Duncan’s Barbecue Pit.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
WGC Student
Makes Movie
Would you be surprised if sonie
onetold you that we at West Geor
gia have a movie magnate in our
midst? Well, don't be, because we
have right here on the campus an
other Cecil B. DeMille, just as sure
ly as his name is Harold Higgins.
Working every afternoon after
school for a month, Harold and a
friend, Ronnie Atwell, of Bremen,
have made a very informative doc
umentary movie on Bremen. The
movie is a fifteen-minute color film
including shots of the various
points of interest in Bremen made
from every possible angle, from the
earthworm's view to that of the
highest-flying sparrow. A sixteen
millimeter film, the actual photog
raphy was done largely by Mr. At
well, and it has an accompanying
script written, narrated and record
ed by Mr. Higgins. The two enter
prising young men say that their
biggest problem lies in synchroniz
ing the movie and the record, but
this may be solved, for the Bremen
Lions Club is considering financing
a sound track for the movie.
Having already been shown in
Miss Howard’s psychology class,
the movie has attracted a great
deal of interest and Harold has
graciously consented to show it to
Zeta Sigma Pi.
After having made the movie,
Harold became so interested in his
local history that he immediately
began research, and is now writing
a complete history of Bremen.
Students Attend
FTA Conference
Edwin Garner, LaVerne Rider,
Juanita West, Sara Thompson,
Tony McSw r ain, and Mrs. Wilda
Woodruff attended the F. T. A.
Conference on Friday and Satur
day, April 15 and 16 at the Uni
versity of Georgia.
The program was a very informa
tive and enjoyable one. The topics
used were the advantages and dis
advantages of the teaching profes
sion and the Minimum Foundation
Law.
A tour of Athens and the Uni
versity campus followed the pro
gram Friday. Saturday morning,
group discussions were held on
different fields of education.
The Conference was brought to a
close with a summary by Mrs.
Faust, the National Secretary of
the F. T. A. of America, from Wash
ington, D. C.
Number of
Males
Males
Number of
Males
VRA Cooperates
With Jaycees On
Go To Church
During the latter part of April
the Voluntary Religious Associa
tion cooperated with the Junior
Chamber of Commerce better
known as the Jaycees, in their “Go
to Church” drive. Posters were pro
vided by Mr. Parkman of the Car
roll County Georgian, and distribut
ed about the campus by members
of the V. R. A.
Conrad Larson has recently deco
rated the stage in R. A. C. C. with
flowers and attractive designs for
several vesper services. The deco
rations usually provided a lighted
background for the speakers.
A college cheer is a check from
home.
College After Forty
By MRS. LEONARD DEVERELL
When I learned I was to be allowed a leave of absence from teach
ing fifth grade at Danville School in Whitfield County, the minutes seem
ed to fly. There were so many things to do before I could get records
ready for the supply teacher. It wasn’t easy to leave my husband and my
young son, who is in the third grade.
However, after school on Friday, April 25 I began my trip to Car
rollton and West Georgia College. I came with friends—one of whom had
been here for the winter quarter
and could tell me some things not
to do when I became a resident of
a dormitory.
We reached here around seven
and I was showm my room at Mel
son Hall. Then my friends left me.
and anyone who has been a fresh
man knows how lonely I felt. How
ever, when the House Mother had
time she came in and did her best
to make me feel that I w r asn’t real
ly a forgotten woman.
Farm folks usually have break
fast early, so I waked around five
and wondered where and when I’d
eat. I answered a light knock at the
door and tw r o girls smilingly told
me their names and asked me to
go to breakfast with them. Of
course, this was so different from
breakfast at home, but the food was
delicious and I was beginning to
decide maybe I could live through
it after all.
I managed to see Miss Downs be
fore her 8 o’clock class and was
soon registered and ready for my
first class vdiicn was art at 8:55. I’d
never attempted an art course be
fore and Mr. Wallace has been so
patient with my efforts to be an
artist.
When I reported for English-
Reading and Writing with Miss
Campbell as teacher, I was pleas
antly surprised to find as a fellow
student, a boy I’d taught in first
and second grades. He’s now a vet
eran attending college.
Then it was time for lunch. At
1:30 I reported for social science
with Mr. Burroughs as teacher and
then for biology with Mr. Petersen.
We’ll just forget about the fim
Sunday away from my family but
CARROLL THEATER
For the Best in Entertainment
COMING ATTRACTIONS
May 1 5 -16 Wake of the Red Witch”
May 17-18 ‘‘Let’s Live a Little”
May 22-23 —‘‘Tulsa”
May 26-27 “Chicken Every Sunday”
Compliments of
Family Shoe Store r Inc.
12 ALABAMA STREET
* Posture Foundation
CARROLLTON DRUG CO.
We Appreciate Y our Patronage
Telephone 1180
26 Newnan St. Near Post Office
on Sunday night my roommate ar
rived and Monday morning my
w 7 ork really began.
Naturally I knew that during the
regular school term the students
would be younger than those who
come to summer school and I won
dered if they’d feel that I was out
of place, especially since I must
live in one of the dormitories.
The girls w T ho live at Melson
Hall have been so nice to me at all
times and in my daily classes
everyone has shown a friendly in
terest and cooperation. They’ve ac
cepted me as just another member
of their class instead of making me
feel like an outsider. When I get up
feeling out of sorts it soon disap
peai’s when I meet students with
their cheery “Good Morning” or
“Hi There”.
I’ve enjoyed the cnapel programs
very much and I was so thrilled to
hear the choir sing on Parents’ Day,
especially when they sang “The
Hallelujah Chorus”.
Mrs. Ingram has very graciously
opened her flower garden to stu
dents and we’ve walked there more
than once. I’m just learning how
valuable such a library as West
Georgia has can be to a student. In
addition to its treasure of books,
some of Mr. Wallace’s paintings are
on display there.
I expected to be kept busy with
my daily assignment and my
teachers are certainly doing this.
If I survive these mid-term tests, I
hope to have as good grades as my
nine-year-old. Then I can go back
to North Georgia as proof that
w 7 e’re never too old to go to col
lege.
May 3, 1949