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HAUNTED!!
By FLETA CREWS
What about that math course
that is such a “crip?” (We use the
word loosely because it darn near
crippled me). Now that the quarter
is nearly finished, you probably
have the mad desire to get down to
some real living and fast forgett
ing.
Ah, but it isn’t always so sim
ple. Remember when you used to
go to see a Frankinstein movie
and aw-1-1-11 night long you’d lie
awake watching that towering
monster hovering above you? Yep,
they was haints among you. And
it's gonna be the same with that
course (maybe it isn’t math—you
name it) only you’ll have haints
in your upper story instead of
the bed room.
Think not? Well, brother,
knowl Last quarter I took a course
in Greek mythology. The first day
I snuck a look at that great big
four-inch-green-monster, I stood
horror-stricken exclaimed,
“Ye, gods!” Well, I had to lug it
for a solid quarter, so I figured
it would be a good idea to open it
once in a while so as not to be
tortured by it another quarter
sometime in the future.
Boy, when the finals came along
I was “Through.” I thought.
Before I got out of the building
that “D” day (an expression origi
nating with the war, meaning de
struction day—you could probably
supply another definition), I heard
somebody talking about Mercury
autos. Funny, never connected
them with the Greek boys before.
And what do those autos run on
but Atlas tires? And who’s ever
think that they grew golden ap
ples in Florida?
Really, it crops up everywhere,
biology, chemistry, math, even in
psychology it haunts me. Every
where!
• Here-tofore, I thought children
just grew up but no—. The child
now-a-days goes throught a half
a dozen different stages and every
one of them is derived from the
Greek fairy tales from way back
when Narcissus thought he was
“purty.”
Mr. Pittman mixes Mercury
with something or other and the
Ac. Building smells for a whole
week.
You look up at the stars at night
and there is Jupiter staring back
at you.
These are just k*w of the
many, many examples of this, the
haunting course. It is ever with
thee, so don’t dodge it or try to
put it off on some lose screw
in thy cranium. Besides, it makes
you feel kind of nice inside to
recognize those great big old
Greek names when you come
across them.
Choir Elects Officers
The choir has elected officers
for the current year. They are as
follows: president, Joe Shiflett;
vice-president, Peggy Duke; sec
retary, Darlene Sanders; and
treasurer, Sara Ann Striblin.
On Thursday, February 9, the
choir made its first trip of this
quarter. Miss Woodruff directed
the choir in several selections for
the Meriwether County G. E. A.
which met in Warm Springs. Af
ter the program the members of
the choir were served delicious re
freshments.
Members of the choir have been
privileged to attend two interest
ing and beneficial performances
other choirs. On Sunday, Janu
ary 8, some of the members trav
eled to Atlanta to hear the Wheat
en College Choir and on Friday,
February 24, they heard the Em
ory-at-Oxford Glee Club sing at
the Methodist church in Dallas.
THE POCKET HAD
A HOLE IN IT
By PAT FLORENCE
Have you ever been broke? You
have! I’m glad to hear that I’m
not the only one who has fallen
prey to that malady of impover
ishment which has caused me
much embarassment and dis
comfort. I was once inclined to
to think that being broke was a
unique situation of which only I
was the unfortunate Sufferer. Yes,
that was how I felt before I be
came a bright-eyed young fresh
man at West Georgia College and
acquired a great deal of knowledge
—about being broke, that is.
That was before, too, that I be
came acquainted with the cease
less parade of club dues, class
books, not book paper, store
snacks, soap, tooth paste, pencils,
ink, concerts, movies and, miscel
laneous items too numerous to
mention, for which the finances
no longer came readily from Pop’s
pocket. Not on your life! Now they
were paid for from a carelessly
planned and unweildy budget of
which I had become the sole mani
pulator.
Gee, weren’t \nost the good ole
days? You marched up to Dad
and demanded 35 cents for a show
if you were a girl. If you were a
boy, you may have worked in a
grocery store, or as a soda jerk so
you could have an independent
date now and then.
Since ’lm a girl, due to no
choice of my own for I can assure
you I was given little considera
tion in the matter, you will have
to excuse me if I seem to harp a
little more on the female side of
this perdicament.
“Being broke ain’t no crime,”
is a very charming catchy phrase,
but the logic in it is at fault and
it is an essence absolutely false.
Whether it is within itself a crime
or not, is a debatable issue but I
know it has driven must better
folks than me to various types of
vice.
It is comparatively easy for one
to speak up bravely in Sunday
School, after a hearty breakfast,
that he has never entertained a
covetous thought, but I should
like to test the same person in the
college store absolutely alone for
one hour with an empty purse and
equally empty tummy. If it were
Tootsie Rolls versus Georgie
Washington I would fear there
would be another story about a
lapse in his integrity.
Don’t worry about being broke,
though—-your allowance comes the
first of next week and you’ll have
just enough to pay off most of
your debts and see a movie. Oh,
well, such is the life of a scholar
even a broke one. Have you ever
had the experience?
DEM SINS SHOW
A man comes awalking down de
road
Where he’s a-going nobody
knowed.
Where he’s a-been ain’t no busi
ness ob mine.
Must a-been to hell, racken, I
can tell de sign.
Ain’t a-gonna say nuthing to dat
man cause it ain’t de best ob
habit.
De Lord’ll do de saying, den hel’ll
jump higher dan a rabbit.
Dem long arms a-flopping in de
wind, an ddem worn-out eyes
a-shining wid sin ain’t been up
to no good.
I reckon he’d eat wid de debbil
if he could.
Must been some younguns
left up in dem hills.
And a mammy a-praying to de
Lord to pay dem bills.
Ain’t none ob my business
I reckon I ought to know.
But dem sins on dat man’s face
do show!
—Regina Smith.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
Beauty and the Blossoms
LUCRETE MARSHALL
Lovely Lucrete Marshall, fresh
man lassie with a flair for fash
ion is shown above with a phe
normally blossoming pear tree.
Miss Marshall is a day siudent
at West Georgia and spent her
idle hours eyeing the apparel
of other girls. Not enviously,
however, she is fashion editor
of the West Georgian and is
merely on the job. We like the
type of fashion she displays in
this picture. How about you?
THE GREEN PEN
Featured in the Green Pen this
issue is the poetry of Regina Smith
and Pat Florence. Regina is the
author of the humorous but
thought provoking Negro dialect
poem whcih appears below. Pat
renders an imaginative study of
escapism.
The Green Pen is anew addition
to the West Georgian and depends
entirely on student contributions
for its materials. Any student who
writes poetry or humorus verse
is urged to share It with others
through this column.
THE GLITTERING EYE
Truth is so painful that I must
Sometimes tell my heart lies
To feed its hunger.
For truth stings and purges the
soul
Of all feeling with the searing
flame
Of reality.
Reality, arch-enemy of dreamers!
Let me hide my detsires from
her
Gaze of bold impudence,
For all my dreams perish beneath
Her revealing glance and the
Glaring light of her eye dis
tills
Through twilight laden gar
dens of thought.
—Pat Florence.
F. T. A. NEWS
The Future Teachers of Ameri
ca Club met Thursday night, Feb
ruary 16 at 6:45 in Materials Bu
reau. Miss Downs was the speak
er.
She gave some interesting
points on why one should or
should not become a teacher. She
also gave the club a copy of the
“Code of Ethics for Georgia School
Relationships.”
A group from the Children’s Li
terature class presented a drama
tization of the book “Shhh-Bang.”
Refreshments were served after
the meeting.
LIBRARY NEWS
Since our coming to West Geor
gia College we have become ac
quainted with another newspaper
—the Times-Free Press. Many of
us have begun to read this news
paper with interest in Carrollton
and Carroll County. It is a combi
nation of two papers. The Free
Press was started in 1883 and The
Times was started thirteen years
later. They were combined into
The Times-Free Press. August 1,
1948.
A great point toward progress
both for the paper and the public
has been established. As we have
stated before we are interested in
the history of Carrollton. This in
terest will be fulfilled by an avail
ability of past and present issues
of The Times Free-Press. There
has been an agreement between
the editor of the newspaper and
West Georgia College for these is
sues to be placed on the campus
for the use of the public. There is
to be a special place in the base
men of Sanford Library for this.
The files will consist of past and
present issues which can be locat
ed as easily as a book in the li
brary. The newspaper has a con
tract for binding all issues each
six months by an Illinois firm.
They will be in good condition
when delivered to the college.
These newspaper files are ready
to be placed in the library but
the space has not been provided
as yet, but the opportunity to use
these files will be open to all with
in the near future. Much work is
being put to this and to show our
appreciation we must make use of
the opportunity.
THE TIME IS NOW!!
There are about three good
weeks left in this quarter and do
you know what happens then?
You go home and forget it all for
about four days. You brag about
good grades or you make excusses
for the “other kind.” And who
isn’t looking forward to it?
But, when you come back what
has happened? The Press Forum
contest is over and you don’t have
an entry submitted. Sure, you
meant to write something but you
just didn’t get around to it.
Let’s leave the future to take
care of itself—the time is now!
There is still enough time to be
thinking and writing and for many
of us this Quill, the Press Forum
publication, is our one chance in
a life time to see our pen scratch
ing edited. So don’t let yourself
be saying, “I meant to, but . . . ”,
get busy, you’ll feel proud when
you’ve won a prize. Yes, you, any
body can do it—even you!
Remember the time is now, the
contest closes on the students’ re
turn from spring holidays and
Fleta Crews will be around most
any time to take your master
pieces.
ZETA SIGMA PI
The regular meeting of Zeta
Sigma Pi was held Thursday, Feb
ruary 9.
There was a short business ses
sion during which stunt night and
other affairs of the group were
discussed.
Miss Howard, guest speaker at
the meeting, gave a very interest
ing talk on “Thought.” In this
she said that differences in the
manner of thinking account for a
lot of the differences between na
tions and people.
After Miss Howard’s address
there was a period open for dis
cussion during which time the
members expressed their own op
inions on the subject discussed
by Miss Howard.
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1950
President's Club
Undertakes New Project
The West Georgia College Pre
sident s Club met several times
since the publication of the last
edition of this paper and has vot
ed on several important activities
of the school. Mr. Paul Petersen,
Dean of Men, spoke to the Presi
dent’s Club and asked them to
consider sponsoring the building
of a plaza adjoining the chapel at
the Oak Mountain project. Mr.
Petersen explained to the group
just exactly what was being done
at the Oak Mountain Community
Center and also described the new
plaza to be built. He estimated the
cost at about S2OO. The club took a
vote and decided for the school to
sponsor the project through the
various clubs on the campus. The
first work day for the project was
Saturday, February 26.
Another important activity dis
cussed by the Presidents’ was a
talent show. The talent show was
approved and Zeta Sigma Pi was
asked to sponsor it. No date has
been set as yet.
Dramatics Class to See
Penthouse Production
The Dramatics class will go to
Atlanta, Tuesday, February 28 to
see “The Late Christopher Bean,”
at the Penthouse Theatre. The
class members are especially in
terested in this play because this
is the play they are going to put
on this quarter, and it will give
them a good opportunity to see
it portrayed by professional act
ors.
The production then will be
approached from a different an
gle than that of the Dramatics
class production, but it will be a
rich and helpful experience.
The Penthouse Theatre is an
example of the ring theatre which
gives the effect of the audience
being in the same room as the
actors. The greatest amount of
emphasis is placed upon acting and
speech, and properties do not play
as important a role in these pro
ductions as they do in conventional
pi-oductions. Mr. Row is very
much interested in these Pent
House productions and hopes very
seen to be able to stage a play
by this method at West Georgia.
VETS CLUB SPONSORS
LOAN SERVICE
The Vets club has recently an
nounced a loan service open to all
veterans on the campus. This ser
vice was begun a few weeks ago
when the president of the club,
Preston Herndon, deposited the
sum of $350 in the business office,
for this purpose. In order to se
cure a loan, a veteran must be
recommended by three vets, one
of which must be the club presi
dent. Next it must be decided up
on by a committee composed of
Mis Downs, Mr. Acklin, and Mr.
Ingram.
Also the club is spearheading
a drive or work day at the Moun
tain project. These days have been
sponsored by various groups.
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