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TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1950
QUIET HOUR BREAK
By CIS THOMPSON
Nine o’clock. The call is heard,
doors open, laughter bubbles,
everyone sets up the age-old cry
of college students—“l’h hungry!”
Thirty minutes before quiet hour
starts again—thirty minutes in
which to talk, laugh, and per
chance, eat.
But woe be unto us for we have
no food! Mom’s promised box did
not arrive today—we hadn’t even
the resources necessary for the
purchase of food! We are desti
tute!
Sad, alone, brokenhearted, we
sit in our room. Not for us laugt
ter of the crowd! Not for us the
fun, the companionship of the
group next door. They (the pulto
crats!) are eating.
Miserably we turn to our books.
“I can’t waste time like that—
cutting up and all. I need to
study—” or so we keep telling our
sleves.
Resumming an air of decaying
aristocracy, we give a rather con
descending look of pity to the peo
ple passing our door. “Children!”
we say. “Completely lacking in
any sense of responsibility! Wast
ing thei ravlauble time on such
things as bull sessions and food!”
On and on we mentally rave,
never admitting that the pity is for
us.
“Oh, its sad, this life we must
live. So full of frivolous people
and wasted time—on one recogniz
es the value of time until its all
wasted on silly things like par
ties—” so go our wandering minds.
Then something happens. The
door is filled with laughing, shin
ing faces. “What an earth is wrong
with you?” Cries one. “Come on
in our room, my mother sent us
some food today! Hurry, or it’s
be all gone!”
The silver lining of our most
recent cloud is brightly shinging!
Happily we run next door to par
take of the food sent by some
one’s mother and the fun, fool
ishness, frivolity, and companion
ship of our friends. And are we
under any obligations to them?
Have we accepted charity? Heav
ens, no! Last week it was we who
were “nouneau riche” and they,
the decaying aristocracy!
New Officers Elected
For Mu Zeta Alpha '
At a recent meeting of Mu Zeta
Alpha an election was held for the
new officers. These officers elect
ed at this meeting were as follows:
president, Dorothy Leinback; vice
president, Bobby Waters; secre
tary and treasurer, Laverne Rus
sell; publicity manager, Jack
Hicks; and social chairman, Rose
Mary Bowman.
On Saturday, February 25, the
club visited a laboratory in Atlan
ta, and attended “Holiday on Ice.”
This was the club’s project for the
winter quarter, but some form of
entertainment is offered at all
meetings. There has been an in
teresting film shown at each meet
ing of this quarter.
Compliments of
DIXIE
CLEANERS
Maple Street
Melson Goes
On Cold Storages
By DORIS ALEXANDER
Melson Hall is the envy of the
campus. Why? Not for the rea
son you boys might imagine, but
because we have anew Crosley
Shelvador Refrigerator. Everyone
had been planning what they
would put in it, and finally R Day
came. The girls all gathered
around in a little group to watch
the installation of this grand little
seven foot object that would really
put Melson on cold storage for
some time.
The first item on the list is for
Melson to buy a cow. This cow
will serve a two-fold purpose, one
purpose being to eat the grass, the
other to give milk so that each
girl will have a quart a day. This
milk will be bottled and put on
ice, and it only adds up to 105
gallons per week, which will take
up very little room. It is natural
ly understood that each girl will
have a little separate space of her
own in which she will keep a little
food. Not much will be bought
ahead, just a little fruit, fruit
juice, candy, cold drinks, frozen
foods, bacon, lunchmeat, ice
cream and cheese spread.
After food the next most im
portant purpose this wonderful
little box will be to preserve the
beauty of flowers around the time
of a dance. Of course everyone in
sists that her flowers be left in
the box, lest that nasty old pur
ple orchid bruise her white one.
And of course the bigger the box,
the better it seems to be. Who
would want her flowers in a little
box when there is p lenty of room
in the refrigerator for a larger
one?
The next purpose will be a
great relief to the sufferers in
Melson. A special shelf has been
reserved for medicine that would
taste better if it were chilled, and
all little pills and tablets that have
printed on their boxes —“keep in
cool, dark place.”
The ice is no problem at all.
We are sure there will be plenty
enough for all of us. We will only
use it for little things such as wat
er, chilling juices in a hurry, and
for ice bags and things of that
sort. And we musn’t forget the
space that has been saved for the
girls that are taking biology and
such subjects, in which they may
keep any specimens that are giv
en for further observation.
If there happens to be any room
left over, the girls of Melson are
sure they won’t have any trouble
filling it in short order.
FRENCH CLUB NEWS
The regular meeting of the
French Club was held Monday,
February 6, in the music library.
The main theme of the clubs pro
gram was a discussion by the
members of the French composer
Gounod. Following the discussion
of Gounod’s life, various selections
from the opera “Faust” were en
joyed by the members.
At the close of the program re
freshments were served to the
members attending.
Jones Drug
Company
"Where Friends Meet"
On the Square
Carrollton, Ga.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
It's Either Too
Hot Or Too Cold
ÜBy LOUISE BOSWELL
With one eye open, and hoping
against hope that Dr. Roberts
won’t ask you one of his “super
duper” Economics questions, you
struggle into A-21 just as your
name is called. “Present,” you say,
and that’s the last time your voice
is heard this hour. After all, who
can speak when it takes every
ounce of strength and vitality to
keep warm enough to live? The
fresh air fiends that have just
vacated left their trade-mark, i. e.,
five open windows. The sixth
would be open, no doubt, if damp
weather hadn’t caused it to stick.
Thanks for small favors!! You sit
through your class which usually
passes so quickly but today seems
never to end. When you leave,
you find that one of the more
hardy souls must lend a helping
hand to get you down the stairs;
(nearly) frozen feet ARE a handi
cap.
That was yesterday. But today
it’s an entirely different matter.
You’re prepared this time, dressed
warmly, with all the coats that
you could round up. You’ll pre
vent a recurrence of yesterday’s
unfortunate mishap! You walk
staunchily into the room, prepared
to meet the icy blast, and what
happens? Those fiendish creatures
who seem to derive sheer joy from
anguish have prepared a warm
reception. The temperature is
ninety degrees if it’s one. The
heat settles around you with a
smothering silence. Still, things
don’t seem hopeless; there are
windows to open and plenty of
fresh, cool air outside. Oh, yeah!
Try, just try, to get to some of
that wonder stuff that by rights
is free to all. Those characters
who occupy the room before you
have seen to that, too. The one
window that was stuck yesterday
has nothing on the other five to
day. Ten of the strongest males
the school has to offer can’t budge
any one of them.
Why, oh why, does this have to
happen to the poor members of
Economic 255? Could it be that our
torturors are seeking revenge for
being stuck with an eight o’clock
class? What COULD their mo
tive be?? I give up . . . you just
can’t win!
Graduates Listed
For Winter Quarter
The following is a list of stu
dents who will graduate at the
end of the winter quarter.
Grover C. Adams, Jr., Decatur-
Ga.; Julia Nell Cole, Villa Rica,
Ga.; Kenneth Cadenhead, Chipley,
Ga.; Lloyd Culp, Cedartown, Ga.;
Bob Garrett, Carrollton; Wales
Goebels, Tallapoosa, Ga.; Juanita
Hill, Bremen, Ga.; James O. Mur
phy, Felton, Ga.; Frances McWil
liams, Senoia, Ga.; Margaret Ann
Nixon, Carrollton, Ga.; Ella Claire
O’Rear, White Plains, Ga.; Joel
Lee Phillips, Monroe, Ga.; Ernest
Glenn Porter, Bremen, Ga.; Beu
lah G. Porter, Bremen, Ga.; Re
becca Price, Rayle, Ga.; Jane
Reeves, Monroe, Ga.; LaVerne
Rider, Griffin, Ga.; Sara Thomp
son, Waco, Ga.; Lois Walls, Ho
gansville, Ga.; E. H. White, Tho
maston, Ga.; Betty Wright, Car
rollton, Ga.; Joseph White, Grif
fin, Ga.; Charlotte Williams, Cal
houn, Ga.; Donald Rampley, Lin
dale, Ga,
These students are going to con
tinue their third year work at
West Georgia: Kenneth Caden
head, Juanita Hill, and Donald
Rampley.
WATERS TO HEAD
ALPHA PHI OMEGA
At a call meeting on Tuesday,
February 21, Bobby Waters was
elected President of Epsilon Eta
Chapter of Alpha Phi Omego. He
succeeds Green Williams. The
other officers elected were Ken
Strater, vice - president; Max
Prince, secretary-treasurer; Ken
Turner, Historian; Donald Arring
ton, Chaplain; and Walter Pope
as Sergeant-at-arms. The new
slate of officers take over imme
diately. Bobby Waters will preside
over the meeting February 28 and
every member is urged to be pre
sent and support the new offic
ers.
Past president Williams an
nounced that APO will usher at
the Wniter Quarter play which
will be presented on March 10.
The flag on the front campus is
again to be raised each day by
APO members until another pled
ge class is established. Each mem
ber was urged at this meeting to
participate in the Oak Mountain
Work Day.
WINTER QUARTER
ENROLLMENT
Men Women Totals
Freshmen 158 107 265
Sophomores 130 86 216
Juniors 7 12 19
Specials Oil
295 206 501
Veterans 73 1 74
Non-Veterans 222 205 427
295 206 501
Dorm. Students 169 157 326
Day Students. 126 49 175
295 206 501
Students Enthusiastic
About Rubinoff Concert
A great number of students and
townspeople took advantage of a
rare opportunity when, on Febru
ary 9, the Carrollton Lions Club
presented Rubinoff and his Vio
lin in concert at the college audi
torium. Although the admission
price was said by some to be pro
hibitive, a surprising number of
college students were present, and
audience applause and after-com
ments were proof that the stu
dents were gratified by the per
formance.
Mr. Rubinoff’s program was
planned so as to appeal to an audi
ence of varying types of music
fans, especially to college stu
dents. A highlight of the program
was an original arrangement in
which the violinist played “Don’t
Fence Me In” in nine different
ways, including Irish, Rhumba,
Sousa, and others. He included
numbers by Victor Herbert, as
well as compositions of the mast
ers, and a few by contemporary
serious composers.
Of unusual appeal was Mr. Ru
binoff’s accompanist, Mr. Vasques,
who played two groups, not only
of the usual concert reportoire, but
including some original arrange
ments.
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Debate Team Presents
Chapel Program
On February 14, an interesting
and unusual chapel program was
presented by debaters Pat Florence
and Carl Haywood, representing
the affirmative, and Elizabeth
Ross and Cis Thompson, repre
senting the negative. The issue de
bated, which was the subject for
debate this year at the Azalea De
bate Tournament was: “Resolved
that the Federal government
should provide medical care for
all individuals at public expense.”
These debaters, coached by Mr.
C. K. Burroughs, are certainly out
standing in their field as is evi
denced by the enviable record
they made at the Azalea Tourna
ment at Spring Hill College in
Mobile, Alabama.
Judges for the chapel debate
were Mr. Row, Mr. Pritchard, Mr,
Pittman, and Mr. Petersen. Their
decision went in favor of the affir
mative, and they selected as the
most outstanding debaters Eliza
beth Ross and Carl Haywood.
STOP
Getting out a paper is no picnic.
If we print jokes, folks say we are
silly.
If we don’t, they say we are too
serious.
If we publish original matter, they
say we lack variety.
If we publish things from other
papers, we are too lazy to
write.
If we don’t print contributions,
we don’t show proper appre
ciation.
If we do print them, the paper is
filled with junk.
Like as not some fellow will say
we purloined this from some
other paper.
We did—and we thank them.
DRAMATICS CLASS
FORECASTS PLAYS
Following is a lost of one-act
plays to be presented at the end
of this quarter by members of the
Dramatics class:
"The Man in the Bamlin Hat"
Jimmy West, Anne Pate, Ken
neth Minor, Myra White, Roy
Brazeal, Victor Goebels.
"Submerged"
Claude Hendrix, Bill Lovvorn,
John Canther, Roop Caswell, John
Spivey, James Dunn.
"Thank You, Dr."
Tip Ingram, Don Arrington,
Bill Sampler, Christine Jackson,
Frances McWilliams.
"If Men Played Cards as
Women Do"
Max Prince, Freddie Boswell,
Green Williams, J. B. Ward.
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