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Here’s the new $500,000 stadium-auditorium at the University of Chattanooga which was
dedicated during the Chattanooga-Mississippi Southern football game Friday night. The
stadium seats 5,000 and 150 students live in the dormitory section. The structure was financed
through bonds sold to the unversity's supporters.
NEW LIGHTING, OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WILL
MAKE AUDITORIUM ONE OF MOST MODERN
The first steps toward mak
ing the West Georgia College
stage equipment the most mod
ern in this section have recent
ly been completed. Workmen
last week completed installation
of one hundred four overhead
lights and forty footlights, all
of which are wired in three sep
arate circuits so that it is now
possible to produce red, blue,
and amber light, and all the
various combinations of these.
In order to install disappear
ing floodlights, an apron was
added to the stage, extending
it two feet beyond the proscen
ium, and permanent steps were
built in on either side.
According to Mr. W. H. Row,
under whose direction the pro
gram is moving, a twelve inch
molding is being placed around
the proscenium opening, which
will give it more of a picture
frame effect. All this woodwork
will be stained walnut.
Painters are painting the audi
torium in two different shades
of green, the front wall next
to the stage to be a shade dark
er than the light green which
will cover the rest of the audi
torium. The trim will be ivory.
Asa further improvement,
bids are now being received for
new pull-drapes for the auditor
ium windows. The drapes will
represent a cash outlay of about
one thousand dollars, bringing
the total cost of the improve
ment to somew r here around
two thousand dollars.
Survey of Campus Shows
List of Improvements
Going over the campus, one
cannot help noticing the consid
erable amount of improvements
Compliments oi . ..
FAMILY SHOE STORE
(Incorporated)
12 Alabama Street Carrollton, Ga.
made at dear old West Georgia.
If we start our inspection trip
down at the east part of the
campus, we will see anew fea
ture immediately: West Georgia
Avenue. Yes, the days of in
penetrable dust clouds, skidding
parties in muddy pools, and flat
tires on something resembling
a country road are over. Our
old “back road” has been levell
ed and black-topped. The Log
Cabin has two new sets of con
crete steps which provide the
boys there convenient access to
their dormitory. The Cabin’s
hall walls have been painted and
a washing machine has been in
stalled there. Rogers, the Little
Gym, the Engineer Drawing
and Football Building, and the
Book Store have all had their
exteriors completely refinished.
The dining hall has had many
improvements. The entire floor
has anew tile covering while
the kitchen was provided with
modern stainless steel tables
and all equipment painted, in
cluding the stove. The tray
room has new title walls and
a stainless steel table. With all
these new improvements, the
dining hall was awarded an “A”
rating by the health depart
ment.
One of the more outstanding
improvements is the new post
office in the Adminstration
Building with 134 additional
mail boxes. The college bank
moved into a completely new
room. The halls have been re
paired in the Administration
Building and repainted, also
the chemistry laboratory has
been repainted. The front porch
floor of this building has been
recovered and improves the
THE WEST GEORGIAN
front view.
Since Melson Hall is the old
est dormitory on the campus, it
had to get anew foundation
which needless to say, involved
a tremendous lot of work. Part
of the floors in Melson and
Adamson Halls have been re
finshed and the porch of Adam
son has anew cement floor.
Mandeville received freshly
painted showers and a water
cooler, while a drinking foun
tain was installed in the Log
Cabin. One of the most appre
ciated improvements is the
green and rose tile in the show
er rooms of Adamson Hall. An
outstanding feature is represent
ed by the new gas line to the
Hill Barracks combined with
modern gas conversion burners
in each of the boys’ dormitories.
When asked during the latest
interview about his plans and
the general outlook for the
coming year, Mr. C. A. Yates,
Superintendent of Buildings and
Grounds said: “It is our sincere
hope that we shall do every
thing posible to make a better
living environment for our stu
dents. Unfortunately this ambi
tion of ours is not met, at cer
tain times, by an equally strong
desire on part of the students
to make West Georgia more
beautiful. I gave the students
an opportunity to get free paint
for their rooms and only two
students took this opportunity
for improvement. Another fact
that is never too much under
lined, is that we should make it
sufficiently clear that with every
dollar that goes into repairs
of sometimes unnecessary dam
ages another chance for impro
vement on our campus is lost.
Much has been done and we
hope much will be done in the
future.” Asked about any parti
cular improvements in the near
future, Mr. Yates said: “We are
going to provide parking lots on
West Georgia Avenue, since am
ple space must be provided for
the dense truck traffic to and
from the Dining Hall. New mo
torized valves will be installed
soon in Melson Hall to give even
heat in this building and the
Administration Building. We are
also looking for improvements
on the tennis courts. The audi
torium will probably have a
complete new coat of paint
when this is printed. We are
steadily working toward a more
beautiful campus, one that all
the students will be proud of.”
DARWIN WAS
WRONG!
By Patricia Florence
Darwin’s theory of evolution
is wrong. Why says so? We say,
so, the freshmen class of West
Georgia College who survived
the ordeal of the traditional
“Rat Week” and are still kick
ing—the sophomores, that is. If
you were to ask a freshman
for his or her opinion of the
evolution theory he might giye
you an answer something akin j
to this: Evolution is a process
by which a green, inexperienc
ed freshman is subjected to cer
tain tests both physical and
mental which bring about a 1
change from a rodent to a nor-j
mal college student. If you have
any reason to doubt the above
scientific fact, you have only
to ask any witness (preferably;
a sophomore) for the details of
those unforgetable days.
Strange as it may seem, the
socalled rats did not appear com
plete with long tails, befurred
hide, and animated squeals (al
though you could expect any
thing). Instead their costumes
ranged from shorty pants and
frilly pinafores to backward
pants and inverted skirts; not
to mention the day when paja
mas were worn under bathing
suits and dresses exposed fray
ed seams and the patched backs
of pockets.
The final change did not take
place, however, until that mem
orable march into town! Is
there one true freshman who
trudged on blistered feet in that
clandestine calvacade who will
soon forget his or her experi
ence? They’ll remember the
blaring horns, the nagging
sophs and the intermingling of
rain, perspiration, and smeared
lipstick. They couldn’t possibly
forget “Rat Court’” and the fair
trial by jury of each offending
culprit. Yet, perhaps they’ll re
member the spirit of good fun
and sportsmanship which pre
COMPLIMENTS OF
M c CONNELL’S
COMPLIMENTS OF
Dixie Cleaners
Maple Street
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1949
vailed throughout the week, that
spirit which full-fledged fresh
man now will have a vital part
in keeping alive at West Geor
gia.
SO THIS IS
COLLEGE...
Sunshine —surf ridnig—barbe
cues —mountain trailing— fish
ing trips—oh, it’s simply swell!
What a nice time we have!
Everybody seems to keep going
on day-dreaming of VACATION.
What a word—just like magic.
But we are so sorry—wake up,
old boy! Vacations are over, and
you are standing in the rather
sober and uninspiring Regist
rar’s Office of West Georgia
College. Maybe you are going to
wonder what this new life will
bring. Well, nobody can tell. It
depends entirely on you. But
be sure it will bring you some
thing. That does not imply that
you are supposed to just wait
and see. YOU have to make the
change. YOU as a newly added
part of this institutional body
have to adept and conform to
the set pattern of college life.
Now, of course, we could keep
on enumerating all the differ
ences you will have to encoun
ter. But what’s the use of it?
Everyday experience will tell
you far more efficiently. So you
will find out. Watch closely
and make our way of living a
part of your own. Get along
with campus people and see
what you can do about elimi
nating friction which is very
likely to come up when you
live together with the same
kind of people, clay after day,
week after week, month after
month. Of course, you can avoid
trouble by simply avoiding peo
ple. But, please, don’t do this,
for your own sake. Make your
peculiarities fit in with those
of the rest of us and become an
active member of West Geor
gia’s family.