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CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT
TONY McSWAIN
“A fine mind with a noble purpose—”
that’s Tony McSwain, a student leader from
Thomaston, Georgia. Tony came to West Georgia
College in September, 1948, after having graduat
ed from Yatesville High School as valedictorian
of his class. He chose West Georgia because he
knew it is the finest school in this section for
training elementary school teachers, and be
cause he has a brother, Clifford, who came here
and loved it.
Since entering West Georgia, Tony has not
not only become a student leader, he has also
established himself as quite a success with mem
bers of the opposite sex. He says that acquiring
girl-friends is the easiest thing in the world—
he gets anew one every week or so! A large
part of his success in romance is attributed to
the fact that he is quite a good dancer, and oh!
—how he does sing!
Outstanding among Tony’s contributions to
college life has been his work as president of the
Future Teachers Association. Besides this posi
tion, he is also vice-president of the Voluntary
Religious Association, secretary-treasurer of the
Log Cabin, and a member of the President’s
Club.
KEYHOLE SKETCH:
Favorite Food: Steak, in vast quantities.
Favorite Movie Star: Lauren Bacall.
Hobbyr Singing.
Favorite Quotation: ‘‘Eat, drink and be
merry, for tomorrow you may die!”
Tony is a first bass in the choir, and is in
his second year as a member of the male quartet.
He is majoring in elementary principalship, and
plans to return to West Georgia for third year
work. His work as a student leader, his co-opera
tion, and his pleasing personality have made
Tony McSwain a feature of the West Georgia
College campus.
That Sunday Feeling
By PAT FLORENCE
February 12, 1950 was another of those
really Sunday Sundays. The sky was that over
brilliant blue that makes you feel like God is
smiling down through space and waiting for
each of His children to smile right back up at
Him. The air, when you went down to breakfast,
(if you are the Sunday breakfast type) was so
clean and fresh that you felt completely washed
of all the grime and dust of past days and filled
with anew sense of purity and integrity.
Life was ‘‘first-rate” and somewhere church
bells were chiming their faithful welcome. It
wasn’t a hard sound, neither was it a soft one.
It was thd part you could name; that quality
of the “Sunday feeling” you could understand
and talk about without someone thinking you
were slightly “deranged” or “studyhappy.” The
rest of the feeling was intangible and being hum
an beings who must deal with fellow human be
ings, we must have some concrete evidence of a
feeling we are sure exists.
Not that Sunday is a day set aside as a time
when one is suffused with divine emotions, for
all days can hold a special meaning if we wish
them to. But the way our lives are scheduled
makes Sunday the most conducive to religious
thought. Sunday, the day when worshippers turn
to the temple of their choice and speend precious
minutes in adoration of their Creator—the day
when Christians attend God’s house. It is relati
vely unimportant which church you attend. It
is very important, however, that you go to church
and be a part of the great brotherhood of god
fearing humanity who together meet through
out the world. You should be in church that you
might blend your voice with those of others in
jsongs of praise to God for all that is good, pure,
and Holy. You should be there with an humble
spirit, an open mind, and a thankful heart that
you might receive the blessings from Christian
fellowship. You should be there, because in go
ing you will find the fullfillment of that experi
ence of happiness and the completion of that
“Sunday feeling” which makes it real.
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, Jake Jarrell.
Member
Associated Golle6iate Press
Letter From the President
Miss Barbara Goen January 31, 1950
West Georgia College
Carrollton, Georgia
Dear Barbara:
I liked very much the way you and your staff handled the Col
lege paper. I read carefully the issue of January 24.
Please convey to your associates my appreciation and good wishes.
I look forward to seeing you at anytime concerning policies of
the school and any information which you desire that I can give for
the West Georgian.
Most cordially,
Irvine S. Ingram, President.
The Elementary School of Today
By DONALD HAWK
The elementary school now, as in the past, has a purpose to serve,
or a job to do. Just how big the job Is has begun to dawn on Educa
tors!
It is here, in the elementary school, that the very basis of all
future educational experience is formed. From the time children enter
the first grade until they leave the seventh, they are in the most im
pressionable stage of their lives. It is during this period that heredity
is fought the best fight by environment. Mannerisms are formed, the
ability to adjust physically, socially, and morally, meet the most rigid
test.
It is the reflection of grade teachers and a good or bad elemen
tary program that you see in most of us. Today, civilization has reach
ed anew height in complexities and demands. Social development, the
ability to think clearly and to be able to decipher the world around
him becomes very necessary to the developing child. If he is taught and
allowed to grow as he is being taught, with emphasis high on this one
factor, (growth by doing, and the ability to adjust socially and nor
maly) adjustment to the high school, College, and life long career
ahead becomes not something to dread, be frustrated, nervous and
sometimes delinquent over, but an experience both interesting and
challenging.
Education is first in a well adjusted persons life! It is the very
basis of “Survival of the Fittest,” with “fittest” meaning mentally
now more than physically.
What is the basis of education? The same as the base or basis of
anything, the beginning: <he foundation, and that foundation is the
elementary school program, depending upon the efforts of admini
strators as to whether it “stands” or “falls”, “fails” or “succeeds.” Its
job then, is to develop character, prevent frustration, give an incen
tive to reach a proposed ideal, teach the basic needs of the normal so
ciety and a means of meeting these needs. This, is only a small part
of the gigantic, all important job of the elementary school today!
Well Done, Cheerleaders!
Let’s give fifteen “rahs” for the cheerleaders. They have done an
excellent job and the student body has a right to be proud of them.
They have proven that the student body elected the right people to
fill these jobs and they have not defrayed our faith in their ability to
do the job.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1950
"I 8e10ng..."
By DOROTHY WILLIAMSON
“I belong . . .” How many times in your life
have you said those words? You probably said
them when you were in grade school; you cer
tainly said them in high school; and now that
you are in college you are saying them oftener
than ever. But have you ever considered just
what you mean when you say those words?
The desire to belong, whether to a club in
a college, a church in your home town, or a na
tional political party, is an inborn trait of mans
nature. There is not one of you who hasn’t, at
one time in his life, had that desire to belong.
As long as human nature remains as it is, there’s
no getting away from it. A man needs to feel
that he is a part of some group, however small,
that he needs and is needed by soome portion of
his fellow human beings.
Recognizing this as true, there are then cer
tain obligations that the member of any organi
zation must accept as ihs part of this inter-de
pendence of group and individual. No club, fra
ternity, or sorority can exist successfully with
out the cooperation and assistance of its mem
bers. Any person who belongs to such an orga
nization has a. duty to the group as a whole in
return for the companionship and pleasure that
the group offers to him.
Practically speaking, then, what are your
duties as a club member? First, attend the meet
ing whenever possible. You can’t expect to get
full enjoyment out of club membership unless
you participate regularly in all of the activities
offered.
Second, support your club financially. A
club cannot exist and function properly unless
its members are prompt in the payment of dues.
It is unlikely that you will belong to any club
whose dues are more than you can afford to pay,
so don’t be negligent. Remember that it is you
who will benefit from any improvements made
possible by these fees.
Finally, be willing to assume your share of
responsibility. If you are elected to some office,
don’t refuse to serve; at least make an effort to
do the job assigned to you. Asa member of any
organization, you are expected to perform certain
duties to assist or entertain your fellow mem
bers. If it is worth your time and money to be
long to any club, then it is certainly worth your
efforts to help make that club a better organiza
tion for all concerned.
Guess Where??
By LIZ ROSS
“Bobby loves Susie,” “Bored of Education,”
“Kilroy was here,” and other little gems of
stupidity appear on tables, desks and any other
surface that can be written on.
Papers helther-skeiter on the desks and on
the floor, erasers, lying in a puddle of chalk
dust, broken pencils seen occasionally here and
there, and a few books left by careless owners
decorate the average class room at this certain
school.
After lab periods you can see stray test
tubes or Bunsen burner left out in the commer
cial room. You can find almost at any time un
covered typewriters and in them you can see
signs of careless erasing. Wads of adding machine
tape all over tables and floor.
Chairs are arranged in what would appear to
be complex geometric problems, with a few bro
ken ones here and there.e
Is this Podunk High School or Possum Trot
Elementary—is this—could this be West Georgia
College?
If you would take the trouble to look over
the class rooms you would see that this is W. G.
C. This school attended by supposed adults.
It is a shame to see perfectly good desks
and tables with a potential usefulness of ten
years yet so scarred and disfigured that it is
necessary to discard them in less than one-half
of that time.
Take it upon yourself to see that the class
rooms and halls are orderly and give proof that
W. G. C. is a school of adults who feel resepon
sibility and consideration for others.