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CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT
MAX PRINCE
Pelham, Georgia, ’way down in the deep
South, was the setting for his primary perfor
mance—birth, and constantly since that cold
February day in 1931, Max Prince has been an
untiring influence for that which is fine.
At Cairo High School, where he graduated in
1948, Max was the organizer and first president
of the Cairo Hi-Y Club, a member of the Student
Council, the Beta Club, the Debate team, and
was a charter member of the Key Club. He came
to West Georgia College in September, 1948, be
cause, as he says, I had heard that W. G. C. was
a friendly place, and I place a premium upon
friendship.” Before his first quarter work was
finished, Max was already recognized as a poten
tial student leader. He has participated in quite
a variety of campus activities, contributing sub
stantially to all of them. For two years he has
been associate editor of the Weil Georgian, is
vice-president of A. P. 0., a member of the V.
R .A. Council, is quite active in Methodist stu
dent work having recently attended a National
Conference at Urbana, Illinois. Max is also as
sociate editor of the Chieftain, a member of the
Press Forum and the President’s Club, and a
office assistant to Mrs. Copeland.
Although Max has the faithful following of
all the cutest girls in and around Pelham, to
which fact his roommate and the editor of this
column can offer first-hand affirmation, he is
modest enough to insist that he only has one tal
ent: a willingness to work! He adds that his am
bition is to learn to live with people, which aim
he certainly has accomplished as far as we are
concerned!
KEYHOLE SKETCH:
Favorite food: Miss Campbell’s banana
bread.
Favorite entertainment: The fine arts of
music, drama, etc.
Favorite quotations: “All who joy would win
must shart it; Happiness was born a twin.”—
Byron. "A good name is rather to be chosen than
great riches, and loving favour rather than sil
ver and gold.”—Proverbs.
Hobby: Piddling with pot plants.
Favorite Radio Programs: Monday night’s
programs.
Favorite Subjects: The Social Sciences, and
Humanities.
Dislikes: Art!
Likes: To work with people and to accom
plish something.
Dislikes: People who rufuse to cooperate in
the accomplishment of common good.
For his friendliness, his genuine concern for
others, his charming personality and his untir
ing efforts toward the awakening of the good
in all of us, we of the West Georgian salute Max
Prince—he’s always big enough to do the job!
Nr. President
By MAX PRINCE
“Mr. President, I move” is a common phrase
in almost any club. It is a phrase that shows the
honor we bestow on any person who has been
chosen to lead us for the period of time he holds
the office of president. He has been elected by
receiving the required number of votes and it
is up to him to see that the organization which
elected him does not fall behind. It is necessary
that each member of the club give him their
support in all of the club’s activities. Don’t think
that he can do the job for himself, because he
cannot!
In thinking of new officers and, especially,
the president, because he has the main responsi
bility of the club, what do you consider before
nominating someone? Does the fact that a guy is
a good friend of yours warrant his nomination?
Can he get along with people? There are a few
of the questions you should consider before you
nominate a candidate for election.
If you were considering nominating John
Jones for president of the Tennis Club, what
standards would you want him to meet? First,
is he a member of this club? It would be bad to
elect someone president of the Tennis Club if
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WEST GEORGIAN STAFF
EDITOR Barbara Goen
ASSOCIATE EDITOR ____Max Prince
NEWS EDITOR Holland Jackson
FEATURE EDITOR - Pat Florence
SPOTLIGHT EDITOR H. Carl Haywood
FASHION EDITOR Lucrete Marshall
WOMEN’S SPORTS Judy Crowder
MEN’S SPORTS Harmon Smith
BUSINESS MANAGER Evelyn Jordan
CIRCULATION MANAGER Doris Alexander
TYPISTS Doris Cole, Meredith Wright
FACULTY ADVISOR Miss Marie Campbell
REPORTERS
Elizabeth Ross, Fleta Crews, Guenter Swartz, Joe
Ann Buford, Willa Jean Teel, Peggy Jones, Julian
Amos, Dorothy Williamson, Julia Carwile, Cissie
Thompson, Kenneth Turner, Kenneth Cadenhead,
Louise Boswell.
Member
[Associated Colle&iate Press
Had You Though! About It This Way?
By PAT FLORENCE
Here we all are face to face with anew quarter; anew year;
a clean page in the lives of 500 West Georgia students. With this fresh
outlook, let’s think a little about what each of us will do with this new
chance. The worries and frets of lengthy term papers and zero-hour
exams are behind us, at least for a while. We can feel free, empty
handed, and in some cases “empty-headed.” Our hands are, figurative
ly speaking, empty and clean of past tasks and should be reaching out
for new work to do.
Is there work for you to do? Well, ask yourself, is there? You
would like to go down to that meeting of the Science Club tonight—
but . But what? You all have your pet excuses; I have mine too,
but all of us manage somehow to do the things we really want to do,
don’t we? Are you being fair to your 499 fellow-students when you
hold back and keep to yourself whatever you may have to contribute
to some activity or organization on the campus?
You know you aren’t a snail, a clam, or a Chambered Nautalis—
you’re living in a college community, accepting daily, whether con
sciously or unconsciously, the gifts others are bestowing upon you. If
you are living passively—always taking, never giving, you will create
an unbalanced state in your daily life. You will be unfair to others as
well as yourself.
Up until this point in your school life, you may have thought (as
I was once prone to think) that going to college was an experience of
acquiring a lot of factual knowledge and storing it in that here-to-fore
almost empty cavity in your head. If you have had such ideas —for-
get them.
Of course you came to learn. We all did. At least we profess such
intentions, but we all should try to include something in our schedules
besides lectures and themes (with all due respect to the important
place of these methods of learning). If it is at all possible you should
give some of your time and effort to at least one or two of the many
extra-cirricular activities on the campus. In no time at all you’ll be
gaining satisfaction you never dreamed you could possibly know from
“School Life.” You’ll find new friends who will appreciate you and
sympathetic toward your interests and reliefs.
Instead of sitting on the outside and “kicking” because of the
way “things are run” in some club or organization, step in and help
change what you would like to criticize. In so doing, you’ll be a “live
wire,” an indispensable part of the activity you are in.
If you’re interested in current events, debating, or improving the
campus life drop in on a meeting of Zeta Sigma Pi, the social science
club. If you like to “Parlez Vous Francais” or “Habla Espanol” you’ll
find others who are likewise inclined in the French and Spanish clubs.
Perhaps you’re the commercial type and would like to be up on the
latest in the business world. If so, The Fututre Business Leaders of
America will accept yon with open arms. These are only a representa
tive few of the many organizations of special interest on the campus.
Whatver you like to do or do well, you will find a place for your speci
fic talent in one or more of these clubs.
Don’t lose yourself in the hurly-burley of college life. Bea part
of it. Contribute to its growth, uphold is purposes and above all find
your job and do it.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
TUESDAY. JANUARY 24. 1950
CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT
EVELYN IORDAN
She makes A’s, she’s just crazy about “Mule
train,” and she wants to become Governor of
Georgia. What’s more, she likes witty people,
music, to do things for people, comic strips, on
ions, football, poetry, and flowers. Well, that’s
quite a chaotic combination (or conglomeration)
but its sum total is none other than Evelyn Jor
dan — elese extraordinaire.
Evelyn is a day student from Carrollton,
where she has lived all her seventeen years. As
a student in Carrollton High School, she was
a member of the Glee Club, alto in the girl’s
trio, President of the Spanish Club, in the Beta
Club, on the editorial staff of the school paper,
and an honor graduate. She entered W. G. C. in
September, 1948, at the ripe old age of sixteen,
because as she says, “I live here, and the choir
was a great attraction to me.” During her college
career she has participated in a wide range of
extra-curricula activities, including the choir,
the West Georgian (she is now Business Manag
er) the day student’s organization, and Zeta Sig
ma Pi. Last spring she earned the distinction of
serving as an usher at graduation, and is this
year quite interested in the Press Forum’s crea
tive writing contest.
Asked about her scholastic interests, Evelyn
said, “I want to learn a little bit about every
thing! I’m most interested in English, but I also
like Math.”
She has a dual ambition: To become Gover
nor of Georgia and to make A in Physical Ed.
When she was asked what things she does not
like Evelyn replied, “Besides people who will
not assume responsibilities, especially those who
copy other people’s papers, I dislike cabbage,
working in a dime store, and cars that run out of
gasoline.”
KEYHOLE SKETCH:
Favorite food: Any kind of pie, preferably
pecan or cherry.
Favorite entertainment: Movies.
Hobby: Piano, reading, collecting wishbones.
(Ed. note: Just between us, she has secretly
started an autobiography, to to entitled, Evelyn
Belvedere Jordan.
Favorite Movie Actors: Allan Ladd, Ingrid
Bergman.
Favorite Radio Program: The Beulah Show,
Fred Waring.
Favorite Quotation: “All things without all
remedy should be without regard.” —Shake
speare. “What’s done is done.”
Favorite Subjects: Analytical geometry,
English 101 and looking forward to Humanities
201.
Her superior intelligence, her ready smile,
her friendly attitude, make Evelyn Jordan one of
the college’s truly outstanding students. Her unu
sual sense of humor is best expressed, ironically,
in her words: “I have the distinguished honor of
possessing a rare ability for joke-telling—l can
keep the funniest jokes from getting a laugh!”
he were not a member of that club. The fellow
you would want to support would not have to be
the tennis champion, although it would be pos
sible for a champion to make a good president.
Often the person who really makes a good play
er does not know the first thing about conduct
ing a business meeting. Be careful in your choice!
Select someone who is friendly, and above all,
courteous. The guy who is courteous will find
parliamentary procedure easy, because it is usu
ally the courteous way of doing things.
The president of the organization often re
presents you and your club and you are judged
through him. If the president of the KA gets
drunk, the general public thinks that the whole
fraternity is a bunch of sots.
As President of an organization on our cam
pus a fellow has a moral obligation to put his
best foot forward because he represents the
whole student body. This does not mean the
President of the Student Body but all the Presi
dents. When we have visitors on the campus, our
campus leaders are expected to be ferfect hosts,
and see that the visitors are made to feel at home
just as if they were visiting them in their homes.
Think twice before you nominate someone
for the office of president. Remember that it re
quires someone worthy of being addresses, “Mr.
President.”