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June 8. 1949
Sanford Library
Selects New Eooks
According to Miss Annie Bell
Weaver, librarian, forty new books
have been added to the shelves of
West Georgia’s library. All are not
the latest releases but are books
which have been needed for some
time and the library has not been
able to secure. Among this number,
however, are several late releases.
Of the forty, eleven are in the
field of sociology and should prove
to be interesting and helpful read
ing for not only those who are par
ticularly interested in that field,
but others also.
Fourteen history books have
been added of which eight are
Georgia history. This adds consider
ably to the collection of books on
Georgia history and are books
which Miss Weaver has been try
ing to obtain for some time.
Dale Carnegie gives some very
good advice for everyone in his
book, “How To Stop Worrying and
Start Living”.
Five novels have also been add
ed and they all appear to be good
reading. The novels are: “Hound-
Dog Man”, Fred Gipson; “High
Towers”, Thomas Bertram Costain;
“Ape And Essence’, A. Leonard
Huxley; “Ceremany of Innocence”,
Eliz.beth Charlotte Webster, and
“One Clear Cali”, Upton Sinclair.
Two more religious books may
now be found on the library
shelves, also. They are: “Jesus, Son
of Man”, by George S. Duncan; and
a book on the resurrection —“And
the Third Day”, by Sir Hubert
Grierson.
For the golf lovers, there are
four new books written by such
famous golfers as Patty Berg and
“Babe” Zaharias.
One may also find three new
books in the fields of medicine,
home mechanics, and interior deco
rating.
And for everyone’s benefit there
is anew literary dictionary edited
by William Rose Benet.
Modern Dance Group
Entertained
The setting for an evening of en
tertainment for the modern dance
group was the city pool and ad
joining park. Miss Sturgis, director
for the group which presented sev
eral dances on May Day gave the
outing on June 1. The boys and
girls went swimming in the after
noon and had a steak supper in the
park. The group returned from the
outing at 8 o’clock and were shown
a moving picture of the May Day
program made by Mr. Adams. The
movie was in technicolor.
APO Held Spring
Initiation Exercises
Epsilon Eta Chapter of Alpha
Phi Omega held its spring quarter
initiation on Thursday, June 2 at
8:00. President Bill Leach presided
and Mr. Bob Clark, Senior Scout
ing Advisor, represented the ad
visory council.
Max Prince, pledge master, pre
sented the following for initiation:
Bobby Waters, Garvin Word,
Glynn Pruett, Jimmy Cash and
John Abston. The formal initiation
was held in the chapter meeting
room in the Administration Build
ing.
Historic Sites Visited
By History Class
By Mary DeFreese
Georgia history, new and old, was the keynote of the recent trip to
Savannah, as experienced by the members of Mr. Ingram’s American
History Class, and students of other Social Science classes.
We left the campus very early Friday morning, May 13, accom
panied by Mr. Pritchard and Mrs. Abbott on this wonderful our of our
native state.
Our first stop of particular in
terest was at G, S. C. W., where we
were most graciously welcomed oy
Dr. Wells, president of the college,
and Dr. Bonner, a friend of West
Georgia College. We visited the
former governor’s mansion, an ex
ample of supreme beauty in archi
tectural design, now the residence
of Dr. Wells. Later we attended
chapel and relaxed under the wit
and humor of a most able speaker.
Following chapel, cokes were serv
ed to us in the student canteen and
we were given the freedom of the
grounds for sight seeing purposes.
At Louisville we saw the remains
of another governor’s home, and
realized that in many respects our
state is letting the remains of our
most historical culture vanish from
the American scene.
We arrived at Savannah around
8:00 p. m., unpacked ate, and set
about seeking entertainment for
the evening.
After a few hours of sleep we
were ready for a sight seeing tour
of one of the South’s most beauti
ful and historical cities. The usual
proceedings of examining every
monument were undertaken, and
would have been completed, save
for the interest of a citizen of the
city, who sought to acquaint us
with the cotton exchange. Next a
corporal on the police force took us
under his wing and put the city and
its surroundings at our disposal.
Therefore we found ourselves mar
velling with awe at one of the most
efficient City Halls in the state and
wishing we had a degree in chem
istry and medicine so we could un
derstand what was actually taking
place in the County Health Depart
ment.
An outstanding highlight of the
trip was the visit to St. John’s Epis
copal Church. The Rev. Ernest Ris
ley-Rector is one of the most charm
ing people one can hope to meet
anywhere. He discussed the Chris
tian architectural significance of
the interior design of the church
and let us visit the church Manse.
The Manse within itself is a signi
ficant subject of historical impor
French Club Elects
New Officers
Officers for the 1949-50 school
year were chosen at a call meeting
in class on May 12. Those elected
were: President, Kenneth Caden
head; vice-president, Carl Haywood;
and secetary-treasurer, Melson
Chambers.
Outgoing officers are President,
Betty Plexico, vice-president; Carl
Haywood; secrestary, Kenneth
Relax.. have a Coke
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
CARROLLTON COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
THE WEST GEORGIAN
tance. It was completed a year be
fore the Civil War, and was General
Sherman’s headquarters while he
was in Savannah. The members of
St. John’s purchased it several
years ago and are restoring its fur
nishings representative of the per
iod.
The afternoon started with a
thrilling ride to Tybee Beach. Our
police corporal gave us a police es
cort out of the city and everything
and everyone had to stop for West
Georgia as we went through.
On the way to Tybee we stopped
at Fort Pulaski, one of the few re
maining forts that denotes the per
iod in our history before the use of
long-range firing equipment.
At Tybee, we relaxed from our
busy rush of trying to see it all, bv
swimming and basking in the sun.
Later we enjoyed a seafood dinner
and began preparations for the eve
ning.
The evening’s entertainment was
divided between the theatre, danc
ing in the Sapphire room at the Ho
tel DeSota, and getting some sleep
before the journey home.
We attended morning services at
the First Baptist Church in Lyons,
where a very close friend of Mr.
Pritchard’s, Dr. Smith, is minister.
Dr. Smith had dinner with us. In
the afternoon we began thinking
about getting home, stopping long
enough in Macon to see the historic
Indian Mounds.
On this trip we drove through
many Georgia college campuses, ex
perienced the climatic changes In
our native state from the hill coun
try to its sandy flat lands, and the
different agricultural procedures
that accompanied these changes,
visited various churches, and be
came acquainted wtih many won
derful people.
The trip was an experience we
will not easily forget. It was an ex
periment with history from actual
experience. We are sorry that ldst
minute changes in plans made it
impossible for Mr. Ingram to be
with us, but we are thankful to
Mr. Pritchard and Mrs. Abbott for
being so helpful and considerate.
Cadenhead, and trasurer, Bobby
Corley.
MR. AND MRS. BOROUGHS
GIVE BARBECUE PICNIC
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Boroughs en
tertained the Press Forum and the
Debating Club members with a
picnic given at the bargeque pit on
the campus. This event was held
Tuesday night, June 1, at 6:00.
Mr. and Mrs. George Adams were
also guests at the picnic.
Women’s Phys-Ed Class
Hold Basketball Tourney
On April 19, approximately 41
girls gathered in the gym to begin
practice for the volley ball tourna
ment. These girls were divided into
four teams, captains being as fol
lows: Team A—Ruth Earle; Team
B—Julia Cole; Team C —Nancy
Ward, and Team D—Betty Harris.
The tournament was played off
April 27 and 28. Ward’s team won
the tournament by defeating first
Harris’ team, 45-22, and finally de
feating Cole’s team, 42-33. The los
ers of each of the above mentioned
games played each other with
Earle’s team coming out on top
with a 34-33 victory over Harris’
team.
After the elimination-consolation
tournament, the captains met to
choose the Freshman A and B
teams and the Sophomores A and
B teams. These were Sophomore
A—Holliday, Hearn, Underwood,
Ward, Harris, Rogers, Shell and
Sikes. Sophomore B—Housch, Bel
lew, Bennett, Ewing, Hinton, Full
er, Roberts and Thompson. Fresh
man A—Earle, Cole, Manning, Pat
ton, Kennedy, Jernigan, Wall and
Crowder. Freshman B—Middle
brooks, O’Rear, Adair E, Russell,
Miller, Traylor, White, M., and Teel.
Each of these teams elected a cap
tain and they were: Sophomore A—
Holliday; Sophomore B—Bennett;
Freshman A—Patton, and Fresh
man B—Traylor.
Freshman A played Sophomore B
and won by a score of 37-31. Sopho
more A defeated Freshman B 41-22,
leaving Freshman A to play Soph
omore A. The Sophomores won by
a score of 54-23, thus walking away
with the tournament. On the losing
end, the Freshman B knocked the
Sophomore B for a 41-23 victory.
Three games were played off in
one afternoon, after which the eight
captains met to choose the varsity.
The eight girls chosen had shown
outstanding playing ability and
sportsmanship. They were: Ruth
Earle, Julia Cole, Martha Patton,
Clara Jernigan, Betty Holliday, Bet
ty Harris, Nancy Ward and Vivian
Shell.
All of the girls enjoyed the tourn
ament and are extra proud of the
W. A. A, points they racked up.
After June Eighth
The eighth day of June is, for the
major part of the students, a day
of liberation. We can go home and
park ourselves in some swimming
pool for the next three months. It
is a glamorous day for most of us
but it takes a little different mean
ing for the faculty.
For instance, Mr. Adams '.a plan
ning to attend a summer session at
the University of North Carolina
His interest is dedicated to lan
guage and he is working for his Ph.
D. in Spanish and French.
While Mr. Adams is contributing
to his education, several of the pro
fessors will be contributing to that
of the students of West Georgia by
teaching in summer school. Among
those are Miss Howard, Miss Weav
er, Miss Sturgis, Miss Peete, Mr.
Petersen, Mr, Ingram, Dr. Roberts,
Mr. Pittman, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Bur
oughs, and Miss Crider. After sum
mer school Miss Crider will go to
New York City for the rest of the
summer.
Mr. William H. Row, Professor of
English, left West Georgia for New
York on June 3. He entered the Uni
versity of New York on June G,
where he will continue work on his
doctoral program. He will study
there until September 10.
Mr. Row was accompanied b
family. They will reside in T n
New Jersey, from which Mr. Row
will commute by bus and subway
to the University.
Miss Campbell will finish her
present book, then she wili go to
Rugby, Tennessee, to gather ma
terial for her next book. Its sett
ing will be Rugby, a small English
village in eastern Tennessee. The
village itself has a romantic is orv
as it was settled by the y >u iger
sons of English gentry in he 1 10s
Miss Jane Woodruff is going to
teach workshop in Thomaston.
As you might see our faculty is
looking forward to summer time,
too.
The train ground to a sudden stop.
The nervous lady called the conduc
tor, “What’s happened?’’
"We just ran over a cow.”
“Was she on the track?”
“No; we had to chase her for half
a mile before we caught her.”
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