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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1949
FASHION FIRSTS
By LUCRETE MARSHALL
Christmas is almost here; you
can tell by the jingle of bells and
the spicy smell of greenery in
those unusual corsagfes we’ve
been seeing around the campus
lately. You can also tell by the
sudden use of combinations of red
and green.
Colorful Combinations: Jean
Plan’t natural corduroy vest with
a lime green skirt; Betty Lou Stall
worth’s black velvet vest over a
chartreuse jersey blouse and a
black skirt; Joanne McLendon’s
beautiful gray tucked blouse with
a bright red skirt; Gloria Findley’s
gold vest with a green corduroy
skirt.
Pockets, which were (and still
are) so good, have been adapted
to more practical purposes. Note
Darlene Sanders’ wine corduroy
skirt with snug, mitten-shaped
pockets.
Foot Notes: Miss Sturgis’ green
shoes with low, round heels; Sara
Hinton’s red suede shoes; Martha
Boling’s fluffy white nylon-and
wool sox for a cold winter’s day
(or night); Miss Woodruff’s tan
crepe-soled shoes with two straps
across the instep.
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For more Christmas colors see
Ann Green’s corduroy dress, or
Dorothy Williamson’s green taffe
tease dress with the huge fly
away collar. Did you see Shirley
Brannon’s blue and gray plaid
wool dress with the little gray
jacket? Or Maggie Williams’ rose
skirt with pockets slanting over
the hips? Freddie Boswell’s yellow
white, and brown sweater looks
nice on him, and so does Ken
Streater’s white sweater with the
across the shoulders. Miss Weaver
has had her hair cut, and doesn’t
it look nice? Carolyn Emerson’s
red dotted, long-sleeve blouse
would look pretty with Doris Ale
vander’s gray corduroy jumper.
Bright Spots: Jean Duff’s third
finger, left hand; Sara Ausband’s
burnt orange circular skirt on a
yoke; Mrs. Copeland’s fuschia
blouse with tucks at the neck;
Bill Holliday’s orange (wow!)
shirt; Charles Craig’s black and
yellow plaid shirt; Pat William
son’s rose jersey blouse with gold
buttons; and Mae Shipp’s bright
rose raincoat.
We’ve seen three bits of inter
esting jewelry lately. First is
Mrs. Borders’ necklace of wooden
leaves (oak, we think); Peggy 1
Duke has a lovely bracelet which
consists of two gold chairs. Last
is Cis Thompson’s twisted gold
scarf ring.
We understand there’s a little
story about how Kenneth Caden
head’s pink shirt got that way
(pink, that is.) We like Mary Ellen
Gilbert’s gunmetal corduroy skirt,'
also Mr. Burrough’s dark brown
suit and his brown and tan striped
tie.
Forecast: There’ll be lots of new
duds after Christmas, thanks to
practical gifts. Well, at least the
boys will have some new ties!
Until next time . . . Merry
Christmas!
Former Student Body
President Marries
Miss Rozelle Hyatt and Mr.
Scott Smith former President of
the Student Body of West Georgia
College in 1948-49, were married
on Thanksgiving day, November
24. The ceremony took place in
the Dallas Presbyterian Church.
Miss Hyatt is Home Demonstration
Agent for that county and is from
Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Smith will
make their home in Dallas.
Choir Members Dress
In New Outfits
The choir has added something
hew. Instead of the traditional
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LEADING CHARACTERS IN DRAMATICS CLASS PRO
DUCTION OF "ACCIDENTALLY YOURS"—Sarah Ann Stribling.
Kenneth Cadenhead (sitting), Shirley Brannon, Wade Bobbs
(standing).
black skirts for the girls and the
dark suits worn by the boys, they
now have color as well as style.
The girl’s skirts and the boys’
coats for this Christmas season
are of maroon corduroy. Miss
Woodruff made arrangements for
for the new coats and skirts so
that the choir will have a more
professional touch.
The choir made its first public
appearance at the Lion’s Club
banquet at the city gymnasium in
Carrollton, Friday, December 2.
The next appearance was for the
Georgia Historical Association at
the Country Club, Wednesday, De
cember 7. The annual concert was
held Sunday, December 11.
Miss Jenkins Hostess
For Faculty Dinner
Miss Ruby Jenkins entertained
the faculty of West Georgia Col
lege Saturday night, December
third, at 6:30 p. m. in the Home
Economics Department. Dinner
was served buffet style in the at
tractively arranged dining room,
the menu consisting of congealed
chicken loaf, English peas, potato
chips, cheese crabapples, relishes,
graham biscuits, nutcakes, coffee
and mints. The chicken loaf was
surrounded by red pimientoes and
green parsley, while the crabap
ples weer very realistic with pap
rika sides and clove stems.
The dining table, attractively
arranged with the delicious food,
was made even prettier by a row
of red candles. The overhead light
of the dining room, casting a rosy
glow over the table, carried out
the festive air of the Christmas
season.
After serving their plates, the
guests went to the clothing lab,
where all could be seated. After
dinne rtalks were than given by
Mr. Ingram and several other
members of the faculty.
Dr. Roberts Member of
Evaluation Commitfee
Dr. L. E. Roberts, Dean of West
Georgia Colege, served as a mem
ber of the Evaluation Committee
THE WEST GEORGIAN
which inspected LaGrange High
School at LaGrange, Georgia, No
vember 30 to December 2.
This committee, made up of
leaders in various fields of edu
cation in Georgia, inspected La-
Grange High School and inter
view its students and faculty and
reported to them the things that
them seemed to be doing well and
suggested improvements in fields
that showed some weakness. The
committee was impressed with
well-equipped buildings and ex
cellent training of the teachers at
LaGrange High School.
Max Prince to Attend
Student Conference
Max Prince has been selected
to represent West Georgia College
and the Carollton First Metho
dist Church at the Fourth National
Methodist Students Conference in
Urbana, Ilinois. Max has attended
the Georgia Methodist Student
Movement Conference for the past
two years and this is his first na
tional Methodist Student Confer
ence.
He will leave Atlanta with the
Georgia Delegation by chartered
bus on December 26 and will re
turn on January 2 The theme of
the conference will be “The
Christmas Use of Power in a Se
cular World.” The actual meetings
of the conference will be at the
University of Illinois in Urbana,
Illinois.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A
HAPPY NEW YEAR
FROM
JOHNSON DRUB
COMPANY
Melson Hall Holds
Open House Party
Open House was held at Melson
Hall, December 11, 1949, from 2:00
to 4:00 o’clock, invitations having
been sent to the faculty and staff
of West Georgia College, and tthe
parents and friends. When the
guests arrived, they were received
at the door by Mary Lou Caden
head, president of Melson Hall;
Peggy Duke, vice-president; Lois
Walls, secretary; Martha Patton,
treasurer; and Miss Ora Lee How
ard.
The guests were then served
punch and Christmas cakes from
two very gaily ornamented tea
tables. The tables fitted into the
color scheme very well, bedecked
in red paper and holly. The en
tire lobby was decorated with
pine, mistleto eand holly. Pine fes
tooned the stairs, outlined tthe
doorways, wreaths were hung in
the winodws. Mistletoe, hung over
all the doors, and from the red
candy striped pole in the center
of the lobby. A Christmas tree
was placed in front of the mirror,
and glittered with its many orna
ments. All the rooms were open
for inspection, and each one con
tained some decorations.
Everyone was very much enter
tained by the music furnished the
two hours by Jeanne Higgins,
Fran Jameson, Jeannene Rymer,
Joyce La whom, Jalaine Reese,
Ann Miller, Tip Ingram, and Jean
Morton. Hostesses were on duty
in the lobby and in the various
wings at all times.
Mary Lou Cadenhead, chairman
of the decoration committee; Bob
bie Jackson, invitation committee;
and Bobby Goen, equipment com
mittee; along with the clean-up
committee’s did a wonderful job
of making Melson’s Open House a
success.
GEHERAL EDUCATIOH
By Prof. Brooks Pittman
The prime purpose of education
is to inculcate healthy attitudes.
This cannot be done any better by
the humanist than by the scien
tist. Indeed the choice of subjects
has little to do with it. In any
case a right attitude toward life
must be acquired and this can
be accomplished mainly through
our teachers.
It is no accident that thoughtful
people every where are discuss
ing general education. The record
of recent years affords abundant
proof that the American Schools
and Colleges have been turning
out graduates with amazing tech
nical capacities, but with sad de
ficiencies in the art of personal
and social living. Through inabili
ty to understand and control so
cial affairs, the nation has stum
bled into two wars in a genera
tion, suffering through a severe
economic depression, and is now
in another boom which threatens
to collapse—not to mention the
possibility of a suicidal atomic
war.
In their personal lives, the in
ability of people to find a normal,
wholesome adjustment is reflect
ed in the alarming increase in di
vorce rates, drunkenness and gen
eral disillusionment. Clearly, tech
nical education is not enough. It
is significant that through the
years specialized education has
become increasingly systematic
and efficient while preparation
for living has usually been hap
hazard and fragmentary. People
must also be taught to live.
We at West Georgia College
are primarily interested in teach
ing people to live and we feel
that there is great need of GEN
ERAL EDUCATION. Dr. Russel
M. Cooper of the University of
Minnesota lists twelve general ed
ucation needs that he feels are
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common to all people.
1. Effective Communication. A
man should be able to organize
his ideas systematically and to so
express them in speech and writ
ing so that he will achieve the
desired response in others. Simi
larly he must develop habit of
discriminating and efficient read
ing and listening.
2. Responsible Citizenship. He
should be prepared to participate
as an active, responsible and in
formed citizen in the discussion
and solution of the social, econo
mic and political problems of Am
erican and international affairs.
3. Sc ientific Understanding.
He should understand the basic
principles of the physical and bio
logical world, their implications
for human welfare and their in
fluence on the development of
thought and institutions.
4. Health. Since physical well
being is so important for happi
ness, he should know how to im
prove and maintain his own heal
th and to make intelligent decis
ions about community health
problems.
5. Family Life. He should ac
quire the knowledge and attitu
des that will prepare him for suc
cessful marriage and home re
sponsibilities.
6. Esthetic Appreciation. He
should come to understand and
enjoy -literature, art, music and
other cultural activities as an ex
pression of personal and social
experience, frequently through
active participation.
7. Personal Adjustment. He
should attain a balanced social
and emotional adjustment through
an understanding of human be
havior, the enjoyment of social
relationships and the experience
of cooperating with others.
8. Philosophy of Life. He should
develop a set of principles for
the direction of personal and so
cial behavior through the recog
nition and critical examination of
values.
9. Vocational Choice. He should
choose a socially useful and per
sonally satisfying v o c ation
through an analysis of his parti
cular interests and abilities and
their relation to occupational op
portunities.
10. Critical Judgment. He should
develop in all activities the habit
of systematic thinking and a read
iness to face facts objectively and
courageously.
11. Intellectual Courosity. He
should gain a steady quickening
of interest and inquiry and an ea
gerness to push an idea through
to its ultimate conclusion.
12. Creative Imagination. He
should develop the habit of think
ing for himself, seaching out new
hypotheses and exercising his in
ventive ingenuity.
Former Student Hamed
Radar Observer on B-36
Lt. William H. Henderson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Hen
derson, Adairsville, Georgia has
been named Radar Observer on
one of the first giant B-36 bomb
ers to be assigned to the Second
Air Force, the global wide recon
naissance arm of the Strategic Air
Command.
In preparation for his assign
ment on the world’s largest bomb
er, Lt. Henderson has undergone
months of special training as a
member of the First Strategic Re
connaissance Squadron, the oldest
tactical unit in the Air Force, j;
A native of Atco, Georgia, Lt>
Henderson attended West Georgiy
College before his enlistment in
the Air Force in 1943. A careeif :
man in the service, Lt. Hendersori!
now makes his home at 404 Cali
fornia Street, Suisun, California.