Newspaper Page Text
VOLUME XVI—NUMBER 6
Betty Ann Washburn, of Cedartown
Elected Queen of Nay Day Festivities
Betty Ann Washburn, Cedar
town, was elected Queen for May
Day by a majority of votes cast
by the students in chapel Febru
ary 21. May Day, which is spon
sored by Alpha Psi and the W. A.
A. with Miss Ruth Sturgis as
Chairman, will be observed on
Ao-il 27.
The maid of honor is Joyce Mid
dlebrooks of Franklin. Members
,cf the Court are as follows: Ann
Begley, Cumming; Mary Nell
Foster, Logansville; Dorothy Lein
back, Rossville; Lois Walls, Ho
ga?isville; Betty Brooks, Carroll
ton, Jo Ann Ruark, Woodville;
Darlene Sanders, Buchanan; Glo
ria Hamilton, Buford; Sandra Da
vis, Carrollton; Becky Price, Tig
nail; Jo Ann Walker, Carrollton;
Ann Traylor, Carrollton; Jeanne
Higgins, Bremen; Margu eri t e
Keith, Chats worth; Martha Sue
O’Kelley, Logansville; and Rose
mary Bowman, Buchanan.
WGC Teachers Speak At
"College In Community"
Educational talks and speeches
have been given by members of
the West Georgia College faculty
at the “College in the Commun
ity” at Smithfield since its beginn
ing in October of 1949. ‘ '
At the meeting Friday night,
March 3, Dr. Adams gave a lec
ture on “Languauges.” The last
meeting was held on March 24
with Mr. Brooks Pittman as speak
er.
Commencement will take place
on the night of Good Friday, April
7. Rev. J. C. Adams, of Franklin,
will be the main speaker.
It is hoped that ths bus will run
and the students who have been
to Smithfield who wish to attend
the Commencement can go.
E. M. McKee of Twentieth
Century Fund Visits WGC
Mr. E. M. McKee a represen
tative of the Twentieth Century
Fund visited West Georgia College
and Carroll County during the
week of March 5 to the 10th. This
fund was established by the Bos
ton merchant, Filine, and is for re
search study.
Mr. McKee is traveling through
the United States looking for ex
amples of “Democracy in Action”
in community life. In commenting
on Carroll County, Mr. McKee
said, “I find here a climate of
concern.” He is considering the
county and college for one of a
series of national broadcast.
51 West Georgia Vets
Enroll In Air Reserve
Fifty-one West Georgia College
veterans have enrolled en masse
in the Air Force Reserve at Dob
bins Air Force Base, Marietta,
in what Dobbins officers believe
to be the biggest mass enlistment
on record in the Reserve.
The students journeyed from
Carrollton to Dobbins Base in an
11-car motorcade escorted by
highway patrolmen and Air Force
staff cars. Later they got a look
at their campus as passengers
aboard two C-47 transports which
were escorted by 12 B-26 bomb
ers in their honor.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
BETTY ANN WASHBURN
MAY QUEEN
New Students At W. G. C.
Begin Courses of Study
Following is a list of students
who are entering West Georgia
College for the first
tering, or have come Back for fur
ther education in their field of
study:
Marshal Forsyth, Dallas (re
entering); Dorothy Adams, Frank
lin (Transfer from Berry College);
Carolyn Cobb, Cedartown; John
Abston, Rome (reentering); Annie
Grace Moore, Atlanta; Mrs. Elsie
Shipp, Dallas; Mrs. Bernice J.
Matthews, Dallas; Mrs. Gladys B.
Seamore, Newnan; James Hardy,
Newnan; Doranne Hunt, LaFayet
tc (reentering); Harold Fountain,
Carrollton; LaVerne Garson, Tay
lorsville (reentering).
Veterans Elect Officers;
Make Future Plans
The West Georgia Veterans
Club held its quarterly election,
March 8, 1950. The officers elected
were: Walter Pope, president;
Gene Strickland, vice-president;
Cecil Pettit, secretary and treas
urer.
Plans are being discussed for
future recreation on the campus
to provide funds for the “Vets”
dance which is scheduled for the
Spring Quarter.
Members of the club wish to
thank the past officers for the
splendid work they accomplished
during the year.
Mu Zeta Alpha Sponsors
Store For Used Books
Again at the end of Winter
Quarter, as is the usual cutsom,
Mu Zeta Alpha sponsored a used
book store for the purpose of
giving students a chance to buy
and sell their books at their own
privilege. This is a very valuable
service and the charge is only ten
cents per book to put your book
in the book store to be sold.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE. TUESDAY. MARCH 28. 1950
Prescott Head Of
President's Club
Spring Quarter
The President’s Club held its
last meeting of winter quarter on
March 12. President Preston Hern
don presided and new officers
were elected at the end of this
quarter because President Hern
don is not returning next quarter.
Bill Prescott was elected Presi
dent and will take office at the
beginning of spring quarter. Oth
er officers elected were Robert
Blythe, vice-president and Helen
Sue Bettis, secretary-treasurer.
The recent square dance spon
sored by the Club was
discussed and the treasurer an
nounced that $7.50 was made from
the program. The proceeds will go
for the Oak Mountain Project.
Tentative recreation schedules
were discussed for the next quart
er and plans are underway to
print the Spring Quarter Activi
ties Calendar immediately after
students return from the holidays.
Part of the cast of "The Late Christopher Bean." From left
to right: Betty Wright, Margaret Ann Nixon, Lewis Waldrop.
Jimmy Matthews and Margie McPherson.
"The Late Christopher Bean" Is Play
Presented By W. G. C. Dramatics Class
“The Late Christopher Bean”
by Sidney Howard was produced
by the dramatics class of West
Georgia College, March 10, 1950
at 8:00 p. m. The cast, in order
of their appearance, was as fol
lows:
Dr. Haggett Louis Waldrop
Susan Haggett_Margie McPherson
Abby__ Becky Price
Mrs. Haggett Margarte Nixon
Ada Haggett—- Betty Wright
Warren Creamer —
—Jimmy Matthews
Tallant Cecil Pettit
Rosen IJruce Williams
Davenport Gene Strickland
But Pa! seemed to be the theme
of this play, as a great deal of
blame for everything that hap
pened was placed on the should
ers of Dr. Haggett, played by
Louis Waldrop. He was an old
country doctor, with several (?)
patients he didn’t pay promptly.
Abby, the maid, portrayed by
Becky Price, was an endearing
character who stole the hearts of
the audience with her simplicity
and loyalty to Chris Bean and the
Haggett family.
WEST GEORGIA SPEAKS
March 14, 1950
Below is found the contents
of a brochure (West Georgia
Speaks). It is not given in se
quence here. All items will be
edited, but it is felt that stu
dents should be familiar with
the brochure prior to its publi
cation.
Irvine S. Ingram,
President.
# >H *
DO YOU KNOW THAT
1. Carrollton and Carroll County
made possible West Georgia
College by a gift of $40,000 and
275 acres of land that secured
• a state school known as the A.
& M.? Past
2. 10,830 students have attended
school here?. Past
3. $2,225,000 has been saved by
Carroll County parents in the
education of their young peo
ple? Past
4. $150,000 a year is spent by
faculty and onier college em
ployees in Carrollton each year?
Present
Mrs. Haggett, played by Mar
garet Nixon, had her heart and
mind set on going to Florida, and
her desire for wealth added spice
to the plot. She had two daugh
ters, Susan, played by Margie Mc-
Pherson, and Ada, played by Bet
ty Wright. Jimmy Matthews play
ed the part of Warren Creamer,
the young lovestruck beau of Sus
an, and also an artist.
Tallant, a forger from New
York, was played by Cecil Petitt;
Rosen was played by Bruce Wil
liams, and Davenport, an art critic
from New York was played by
Gene Strickland.
CHAPEL SCHEDULE
March 28 Dr. O. C. Aderhold
April 4 Dr. Strayer
April 11—
—National Typing Champion
April 18 Mr. Frank Woods
April 25 West Georgia Week
May 2 I Jack Tarver
-a-Oi __r—
May 9 -Open
May 16 Open
May 23__ Open
May 30 _-Dr. Frank G. Grouclose
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA
5. $350,000 a year is spent in Car
rollton by students, parents, and
visitors? Present
G. The wealth of a region has
risen with the rise in educa
tion? Past
DO YOU REALIZE THAT
1. The Strayer Report advocates
the disassociation of West Geor
gia College from ii\ c University
System? Future
2. The map herein shows by coun
ties where West Georgia stu
dents come from? Present
3. Carrollton and this region need
to plan with the Regents of the
University System of Georgia
concerning the future of West
Georgia College? Future
4. Carroll County needs a build
ing at West Georgia for its day
students, and citizens could not
make a more profitable invest
ment than erect this needed
building? Future
DO YOU KNOW THAT
1. 13 out of 20 of our graduates
go on to senior colleges?
2. 10 out of 20 graduates teach
school?
3. Our alumni include agricultur
al workers, air pilots, beautici
ans, nurses, doctors, druggists,
social workers, auditors, clerical
workers, ministers, Civil Ser
vice workers, salesmen, engi
neers, electricians, theatre ope
rators, county .officials, lawyers,
librarians, telephone operators,
clerks, foresters, carpenters.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT PAR
ENTS AND STUDENTS SAY
ABOUT THIS COLLEGE?
I. That is is—
1. Nearer home
2. Accessible
3. Economical
4. More natural
5. More personal.
11. That it offers to students op
portunities for
1. Counseling and guidance
2. Better adjustment
3. Gaining self-confidence
. 4. Character building
5. Developing leadership
6. Personal contact with fac
ulty
7. Variety of experience
8.. Learning the art of living
with people.
DO YOU KNOW THAT AMONG
FORMER FACULTY MEM
BERS OF WEST GEORGIA
ARE—
Dr. Fred Gunn, President of Bes
sie Tift College.
Dr. D. F. Folger, Head of Educa
tion Department, G. S. C. W.
Dr. J. C. Bonner, Head of History
Departtnent, G. S. C. W.
Dr. Charles B. Clark, Dean, Wash
ington College.
Dr. James A. Doubles, Head of
Botany Department, Birming
ham-Southern College.
Dr. Mary Eliason, English De
partment, Lees-Mcßae College.
Mrs. Grace Tietje Bowers.
Dr. Robert Strozier, Dean of Stu
dents, University of Chicago.
Dr. Thomas H. Hart, Roosevelt
College^
Mr. Porter, Claxton, U. S. State
Department.
Dr. George G. Smith, U. S. De
partment of Education.
Mr. John B. Oliver, Duke Univer
sity.
Mr M. E. Howell, New Mexico
Department of Health.
Dr. Rhea Taylor, University of
Kentucky.
Dr. James Boyd, Georgia Tech.
Continued on Page Five