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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1949
FASHION
FIRSTS
By Lucrete Marshall
It is the aim of every college
girl to look her best (for rea
sons we won’t discuss!), and clo
thes play a big part in the pro
cess. Not only does the coed
look for clothes that suit her
type and coloring, but she al
so wants clothes that are on top
of the fashion world. For proof
positive just take a glance
around West Georgia’s campus.
In general, school fashions are
basically the same as they were
last year, but there are some
changes. Skirts are a wee bit
shorter than before, and pock
ets are the big news in every
thing from blue jeans to for
mal evening wear. F’r instance:
have you seen Evelyn Jordan’s
corduroy skirt with the cone
shaped pockets that extend al
most to the hem?
The favorite materials of the
freshmen and sophomores alike
seem to be a corduroy and jer
sey. Betty Ann Washburn’s gold
corduroy skirt with the match
ing vest is useful as well as
beautiful; she can wear the
skirt with any numbsr of blous
es or sweaters. Juanita Hill has
a dark brown corduroy jumper
with scalloped details which
goes well with any of her many
white blouses. Another smooth
skirt and weskit number is
Louise Hewin’s dark green cor
duroy. Lucile Keller looks chic
in her green jersey two-piece
dress.
Wasn’t Jo Ann Dunwoody
lovely in her black iridescent
dress? And Jo Ann Walkers
gray suede shoes go so well with
her gray skirts. Have you seen
Jean Morgan’s lush pink sweat
er?
In the men’s department:
Wales Goebel was wearing a
good-looking green corduroy
shirt the other day. Turtleneck
shirts seem to be the rage this
fall, as modeled by Jimmy Huff,
Joe White, and several others.
We like Bill Allison’s pink shirt
and Lane Slaughter’s blue one
that matches his eyes.
Seen at the Homecoming
Dance: Clara Jernigan’s bright
red blouse, and Martha Sue o’-
Kelley’s white angora sweater.
Charlotte Williams wore a red
and black iridescent taffeta skirt
with fullness in the back. Stunn
ing is the word for Sandra
Davis’ strapless maroon moire
with the matching velveteen
jacket. Barbara Underwood’s
royal blue suit was very be
coming. And last, but not least,
COMPLIMENTS OF
The Hub
On the Square—Carrollton, Ga.
DRY GOODS—SHOES—CLOTHING
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
READY-TO-WEAR
CARROLLTON HARDWARE CO.
On the Square
A COMPLETE LINE OF SPORTING
GOODS
Mary Lou Cadenhead, our Home
coming Queen, wore ft lovely
checked suit which was set
off nicely by that big orchid
corsage given her by her spon
sors.
Fashion forecast: styles for
this season will be prettier than
they’ve been in a long time.
The reason? Touches of femin
ity in the new “frame” neck
lines and other soft details, new
materials, and new colors. It
seems as if West Georgia’s class
roins will be brightened con
siderably this fall.
TOMORROW
WE REAP
By James Street and, James
Childers
Reviewed by Dorothy
Williamson
Tomorrow We Reap is another
lusty adventure tale of the fabu
lous Dabneys of Lebanon. The
setting is the same fertile Mis
sippi where the action of Tap
Roots took place. The time is
the 1890’s, a period when the
Northern capitalists joined for
ces with the Southern “little
foxes” to build anew South,
with an aristocracy more select
than any the Old South had
ever known.
This latest Dabney novel is
principally the story of Sans
Dabney, direct descendant of
Bib Sam Dabney, founder of the
Clan. Sans is a Southerner of
the old school, believing that
land is the only real wealth and
fighting to keep it. The main
conflict in the story between
Sans, supported in varying de
grees by his family, and the
Peninsula Lumber Company.
The book is also a story of
the other Dabneys; Mingo, Sans’
foster brother, practical-minded,
hot blooded, who worshipped
his older brother, but never
quite understood him; Bruce
Dabney, a tired old man who
is watching a dynasty crumble
before his eyes; and Kyd Dab
ney, Bruce’s wife, the Cajun
who became more of a Dabney
than the Dabney’s themselves.
No story of the Dabneys would
be complete without a love
story. There were three women
in the Dabney brothers’ lives —
Louisa Woodard, the Southern
beauty who couldn’t choose be
tween the two; Ruth Thrumbell,
the Northern girl who knew
what she wanted and how to get
it; and Rafaela Galbany Torres,
the revolutionist who was only
THE WEST GEORGIAN
PLAYS FOR FORMAL OCTORER 29
1
Graham Jackson, popular Georgia musician, who was a
favorite of the late President Roosevelt, will play for the
October 29 formal dance at the college gymnasium.
a woman after all.
But the book is more than a
story of love and conflict —it
is a story of people. A series
of fascinating characters parade
through the pages the Negro
Gar Rivers, free, but still a
slave to anew and different
cast system; Wyeth Woodard,
the Dabney’s lawyer; Mr. Char
lie Owens, the storekeeper; and
Nils Holmquist, the big Swede
lumberman.
At the height of the conflict,
Aven Dabney Maclvor, Morna
Dabney, and Morna’s husband,
the incredible Keith Alexander,
return after more than a quar
er of a century to ring down
the final curtain on an old
feud.
This is an important and in
teresting book about big people.
You may despise the Dabneys
or you may admire them, but
will never be indifferent to
them.
THE MARVELOUS
MAIDENS OF MELSON
Elizabeth Ross
The portals of Melson Hall
were again bedecked with the
lovely ladies who annually ap
pear and take all the available
males by storm.
These lovely damsels were
dressed in the usual college
girl garb of skirts and sweat
ers but they seemed to attract
more attention than the more
“lively” Melsonite —Could be the
curves were more curvacious or
the faces were more glamorous
—But whatever the difference,
they attracted more attention
and comment than all the co
eds put together.
Their lovely ruby red lips
were ever smiling and their
eyes were un-blinking. Their
lovely brown paper complexions
were with out flaw.
The envious eyes of the co
eds roved over these ladies con
tinually, and there was quite a
list of comments about Melson
girls staying out on the porch
all night. Honest Dr. Roberts
it wasn’t us!
YOU’RE IN
By Carl Haywood
You’re in, freshman; and
whether you have noticed it or
not, the sophomores are right
glad of it. Of course, we began
to appreciate you the very first
day you were here, when a
bunch of us sat on the front
steps of the “Ac” Building wat
ching with mouths agape those
scores of cuter-than-springtimo
freshman girls who were just
arriving. But the longer you
are with us, and the better we
know you, the more we like
those fresh personalities, that
willingness to help, that eager
ness to be a part of things. Rat
week brought out many of your
good points, but the apex came
when campus organizations be
gan to re-organize. Never has
there been such an influx of
bright spirited students. The
football games have had more
student spirit behind them than
ever before, and you freshman
are the ones who are mostly
reseponsible.
Yes, it looks like a good year
—one full pf fun and fellowship
for everybody. It couldn’t be
otherwise, as long as West Geor
gia College has a student body
made up of co-operative, ener
getic and eager students. You’re
in!
Students Honored With
Tea By Presbyterians
The Presbyterians of Carroll
ton invited the students and
faculty of West Georgia College
to a tea at the church, Sunday
afternoon, October 9.
The guests were greeted on
the lawn by the Rev. Mr. Flinn
and members of the Westmi
nister Fellowship and invited in
side. Sandwiches and punch
were served by candlelight with
a background of organ music.
A worship service was held
in the Sanctuary led by Ross
Miller with Mr. Flinn as speak
er. At the close of th eservice
the officers of the Westmnister
Fellowship were installed by
Rev. Flinn. i
PAGE THREE
TREASURE
HUNT
A Hunting We Will Go,
A Hunting We Will Go,
We will find our prize,
Put it in a box,
And we won't let it go.
Such was the theme of some
five hundred students on Mon
day, October 3. The Retail Mer
chants Association of Carroll
ton literally “dumped into the
laps” of the West Georgia stu
dents some five hundred dollars
worth of prizes. There was only
one catch to it. All we had to
do was go up town, (this was
during Rat Week, incidentally),
and go around to the fifty
stores taking part in the treas
ure hunt and show them our
card with our number on it.
There were a few people who
didn’t take the time, or who
didn’t have the initiative to go
look. But they were sorry, when
everyone came back with such
things as cigarette lighters,
food, money, cosmetics, study
lamps and notebooks. The hunt
lasted through Saturday, the
Bth.
Tliis treasure hunt was a good
idea, as it helped to acquaint the
students with the town, and
the merchants of Carrollton. It
was reported that some stu
dent went into a store, which
was not participating, and £isk
ed what their numbers were.
The man answered, “No, we
ain’t got no blow gum, we don’t
sell the stuff.” Fact or fict
ion, we couldn’t prove that
really happened, but all in all,
the students enjoyed a pleasant
week df “.searching for treas
ure.”
NO MAIL
TODAY!
By Doris Alexander
Some people are lucky. Some
people must have friends. In
fact, I would say that covered
most people. But not me. No,
I imagine that I am one of
those unfortunate few that
never have any good luck. Papa
always said I would have luck
like this, but he didn’t say it
would, come in bunches like
bananas. Nobody loves me. No
body cares whether I live or
die.
Know what I’m talking about?
The simple fact that I never,
never get any mail. Everyone
bets mail but me. Some people
get three ond four letters every
mail. Wonder why I never get
any? You know,- I’ve asked my
self that before, but I seem to
get no logical answer.
The only answer that I can
find is that I never write any
letters. Could that be it? I won
der. Yes, sometimes I even
wonder about ME!
“W” CLUB TO SPONSOR
INTRA-MURAL SPORTS
“The “W” Club of West Geor
gia College will sponsor numer
ous intra-mural sports between
the various barracks during the
school year,” announced Tom
Brown, president of the “W”
Club. “It is hoped that all the
barracks will give the club their
full co-operation in order to
make the intra-mural sports
program a highly competitive
activity,” he continued. The “W”
Club will sponsor basketball,
softbalal, tennis and possibly
other sports.