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PAGE SIX
BLESSINGS AND
BLISTERS
By Fleta Crews
So you amble over to class
one day and find that you’re
tin minutes early. Posible? Well,
what do' you dot You mosey
around, and the first thing you
know you are browsing through
the literature on the bulletin
board '(with your fingers cross
ed at the same time, in hopes
that you won’t find your name
on the $1.50 Wanted List). You
don’t; and, feeling slighted, you
put your John Henry upon a
piece of paper that says you
will get up at 8:00 on Saturday
and climb sleepily into a bus
that will juggle you out to Oak
Mountain.
You feel mighty self-righte
ous; because at the time of the
signing; there are only twenty
other names on the list. Hut—
oh Saturday morning you
wake up with a terrible head
ache, but physical pains don’t
count. You go. That is, with the
help of yotp' roommate and all
the otlur girls (who will later
l>e found sprawling across your
most inviting bed). ,
You admit with a little sar
casm that the scenery between
here and the-good-Lord-knows
where (you don’t) is breathtak
ing. One finds it hard to breathe
that early on Saturday morn
ing, anyway.
As you move along, suddenly
your eyes fasten upon an un
sightly pile of lumber. Some
body next to you groans and
you ask when the next bus out
leaves. Your abductors only give
you a Peter Lorre chuckle and
hold the door open for you to|
get off the bus. Good old bus!j
Once on the ground, some
body hands you a rake while
you are practically run down
by an onrushing wheelbarrow.
After you have ambitiously
cleaned a pathway to the en
trance of the chapel, a truck
drives up; and there you are
with nothing to show for a half
hour’s toil!
Then Max walks up and says
“As long as you’re just standing
around, would you mind carry-1
ing this ladder to the tool
house?” “Why I’ll be glad to,”|
you say as you stare off into,
the distance toward the took
house. After that there isn't
much standing around. You car-j
ry lumber, rake leaves, burn:
trash, rake leaves, straighten;
up the rock pile (move it over j
about ten feet), rake leaves |
sweep out the chapel, rake'
leaves, carry out tools, rake
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leaves, set up chairs, rake lea
ves, shovel gravel, and oh, yes,
rake leaves.
What! You’ve finished* your
task for the moment and no
body has anything for you to
do? You look at your watch and
what do your eyes behold! It
is twelve o’clock. “When do we
leave?” you hear somebody ask.
No use to stand there looking
sheepish, so you look tired arid
walk around to see who all are
there.
You s:e Mr. Pritchard, Mr.
Petersen and Mr. Adams, the
latter with a hat that looks like
something out of a Tarzan mo
vie. You’d know he was up tp
something! He is gathering f the i
clan together and you
as well see what’s up. He wants,
to make a picture and tells;
everybody to look and act like
they’ve been working hard all
morning.
So it goes. You look around
and begin to feel proud when
you see the leafless ground, and
neatly piled lumber. You begin
to wonder about the purpose be
hind all of this. You see Mr.
Pritchard talking to one of your
fellow inmates and you face him
with the question of the day. 1
He tells how the community
saw its need and how a group
of Quaker students came dowiij
this summer and began work'
upon a community center, (also
Mr. Pritchard and his Social
Science 102). He brings out the
plans for the Oak Mountain!
Community Center, and it
makes you kind of ashamed of
the way you felt about it earlier;
in the morning. You feel a sud
dt n rush of admiration for these
people and what they are trying
to do. And ypu are a little
ashamed of your pride in the
little you have done when you i
see what they have done and
plan to do. It is through their
time, effort and pocketbook j
that these dreams are coming
true.
When Mr. Pritchard is through j
speaking, you look around the |
site at the little chapel of un-1
finished wood, the foundations
next to it, and the little white j
house upon the hill —-and then |
your pile of leaves. It looks so j
little. !
After you have helped them
tack their plans on the wall of
the chapel, you stand there a
long time reading their idea be-!
hind these plans. The words |
are beautiful; they are out of
of the heart of a people.
Somebody tells you to come
in, the bus is loading. So you
have to go. When everybody is
on the bus, Mr. Pritchard and
some man, you can’t remember
his name, step on and you hear
their warm statement of grati
tude. It makes you feel as if
you have donfe something. You
don’t remember their words but
you know what they mean.
As the bus is pulling away
from Oak Mountain you look
back, and it seems to fix Mr.
Pritchard’s parting words in
your mind, “Blesings and blist
ers are yours.”
THE WEST GEORGIAN
University Visitors
To Spend Week Here
It has become the practice
over several years for West
Georgia College to participate in
the University program for
training instructors for super
vision in Georgia counties. Each
year a class in training spends
a week' on the W. G. C. campus,
engaging in suitable activities on
the campus and in Carroll co
unty schools. This year the
group will spend the week from
November 28 to December 2 at
the College.
In addition to the University
students and thdr consultants,
Miss Johnny V. Gox,-a member
of the faculty of the Univer
sity of Georgia and Miss Eliza
beth Donovan from the State
Department of Education, the
group will- be accompanied by
two foreign visitors, Magda Gals
ter, from Munich,’’ and Guido
Weidenbacker, from Augsburg,
from educational centers in Ger
many.
These people will live on the
campus while here, and stu
dents are ihvited to make any
cbntact possible with them.
Legislative Committee
Visits WGC Campus
The committee from the Geor
gia Legislature visited West
Georgia Campus, Wednesday,
November 9. ‘ This committee
was composed of Mr. Pantell of
Murray County; Mr. Baker and
Mr. Matthews, Clarke County;
Mr. Moultin, Floyd County.
These gentlemen were delight
ful guests, according to Mr. In
gram, and were pleased with the
physical appearance of the cam
pus, and the active student body.
ADAMSON’S LOADED!
Yes, Adamson Hall is loaded
with talent this year. Freshmen
have been drawn from the
darkened corners into the light
at our housemeetings each week.
Not to be forgotten, are our
sophomores, who are perform
ing as beautifully as ever.
At our last two meeings we
heard the lovely voices of Ila
Berry and Betty Ann Washburn
in solo pieces. The amazing
whistler, Anita Pope, whistled
“Indian Love Call” beautifully.
Sara Ann Stribling and Darlene
Sander’s rendition of “Frankie
and Jonnie” was given complete
with gestures and expressions.
A dance by June Thomas and
Anita Pope struck the “corny”
rhythm of everyone. The read
ing by Sara Ann Stribling prov
ed her sense of expression to be
tops!
There are by no means all
of the talents. Many more are
booked for several meetings to
come. Adamson is proud to boost
these talents and wish for them
the best success.
Miss Porch Visited
West Georgia Campus
Miss Faith Porch, of Bartles
ville, Georgia, visited the cam
pus November 8. She is at pre
sent connected with the Georgia
Education Association as Field
Director. She has been connect
ed with GEA approximately five
months.
During Miss Porch’s visit, she
spoke to the Contemporary Geor
gia Class on the Minimum Foun
dation Program of Education.
She also brought out in her talk
the school situations in the
poorer counites of Georgia. H
PRESIDENT'S NOVEMBER
CALENDAR
Nov. 3—College Business Trip,
Atlanta.
Nov. 4—Bremen and Tallapoosa
Boy Scouts.
Nov. 6—Methodist Devotional
Service, Carrollton.
Nov. B—East Point Rotary Club.
Nov. 13—Flint Hill Methodist
Church, Douglas County.
Nov. 14—Program Committee of
the Junior College Association.
Nov. 15—Business Women, Car
rollton.
Nov. 16—Atlanta Exec. Meeting,
Boy Scouts.
Nov. 17 —District Meetings of
Boy Scouts, Douglasville.
Nov. 23-30—Houston, Texas.
Alumni Elects Officers
The Atlanta division of the
West Georgia College Alumni
Association recently met in the
Blue Flame Room of the Atlan
ta Gas and Light Companyi for
Ihe purpose of electing officers.
Warren L. Jones, class of ’39
was elected president. Chosen
to serve with him were Inestelle
Coleman, class of ’3B, as vice
president and Bernice Tally,
class of ’39, Secretary and Treas
urer.
The association has regular
meetings at the Atlanta division
of the University of Georgia, and
is an enthusiastic group stand
ing behind West Georgia Col
lege.
Chieftain Progress
The Chieftain staff is very
busy these days. Pictures have
been made and the editorial staff
is working on the layout. The
Advertising staff has started
getting ads from the various
business concerns. All students
are invited to turn in snapshots
of campus life; and particularly
of those made during “Rat
Week.”
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1949
Sophomore-Faculty
Dance a Success
The Sophomore-Faculty Dance,
given in honor of the Freshman
Class, began at 8:00 p. m., Satur :
day night, October 29, with the
famous Graham Jackson and his
orchestra providing the music.
The occasion which is always
one of the most anticipated
event ef the year was a big suc
cess.
The receiving line was com
posed of Mr. and Mrs. Ingram,
Mr. and Mrs. George Adams,
Wales Goebel and Miss Jean
Duff, Bill Prescott and Miss
Bobbie Jackson.
Decorations were of Hallowe’en
nature. The new stage lights
added much to the mood of the
music and appearance of the
gymnasium. Mr. Jackson and his
orchestra provided a variety of
music ranging from the classics
to boogie played in their own
unique style.
Nszeigrsve Gives Lecture
Before Tech Chemists
Mr. Lauren Hazelgrove recent
ly gave a lecture on “Study of
Electro-Deposition of Manganese
and Related Problems” at Geor
gia Tech. This lecture was pre
sented to the American Chemi
cal Society on November 18,
from notes taken by Mr. Hazel
grove during his study and re
search at Emory University.
Many very important chemists
. rom all over the South were pre
sent at this meeting.
Compliments of
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