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On The Ball
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HARMON “SCOOP” SMITH
ONE OF THE MAJOR NEEDS ON THE CAMPUS in the
field of sports is better tennis courts. Of the five courts on
the campus, only two even come close to being suitable to
play on; these two are nothing to boast of.
With as much interest in tennis as there is here at West
Georgia, it is a shame that they have been so unmercifully
neglicted. Since there is a strong chance of W. G. C. partici
pating in inter-collegiate tennis in the near future, we would
do better to get busy improving our courts.
The various types of courts in use throughout the nation
have been studied by Coach Welch. He hopes to get the
courts properly built with permanent steel fences and bleach
ers. Then it is “Shag’s” desire to have the area surrounded
with beautiful shrubbery.
* * *
Word that West Georgia will finally field a baseball team
came as enthusiastic news to us. It is a good example of what
the students can do if they keep striving to attain a goal. For
several years the baseball-minded students of Gest Georgia
College have begged the administration for a team and at
last they have one.
The students, however, aren’t the only persons who have
been working toward a baseball team. Coach “Shag” Welch,
once a baseball player himself, has been earnestly toiling to
ward this end ever since he first arrived on ths campus, and
his work has been one of the major factors in seeing a team
materialize. “Baseball,” says Welch, “is my first love as far
as sports are concerned.”
Not only is baseball an excellent sport that will give the
students of West Georgia College plenty of excitement this
spring and in the springs to come, it is an opportunity to give
those who do not participate in the other sports a chance to
represent their school, win themselves a letter, or just play
ball for the fun of it.
When Coach Welch first arrived at West Georgia College,
he was somewhat surprised when he discovered that the
school did not have a baseball team. He reasoned that a state
which has produced so many great baseball players in the last
fifty years would certainly show a great deal of interest in
the sport.
And so, diamond fans of West Georgia, through your own
initiative and work, you have a school baseball team, which
you have been wanting for so long. Let’s give it our full sup
port and wish it a success on its initial season.
* * *
Looking over the past basketball season in retrospect,
Coach Welch claims that the most improved boys on the
Brave roster this winter were undoubtedly Charles “Carlos”
Graham and Harry Alford. These two boys will mean a lot to
West Georgia’s cage prospects next year.
32 Hopefuls ReporS for West Georgia's
First Spring Baseball Practice Session
In response to the announce
ment at last West Georgia College
will field a baseball team, 32 boys
reported to Coach Henry “Shag”
Welch for the spring training, as
plans are underway to make West
Georgia’s first baseball season a
successful one.
The school has purchased
enough balls and bats to last
through the season while the play
ers will furnish their own gloves
and shoes because of the lack of
funds. Donations are being sought
as a means of buying uniforms.
Coach Welch announced that he
has already scheduled several
junior college games and intends
to schedule several more. There
will be approximately 12 games
with other junior colleges on the
schedule, according to Welch. In
addition to the inter-collegiate
games West Georgia will schedule
exhibition games with semi-pro
and Class D professional games.
Coach Welch announced that he
would like to play several games
against teams in the Georgia-Ala
.bama league.
The aspirants for the team are:
Pitchers: Vernon Moore, Joe
Medcalf, Roy Moultrie, Bill Litton,
Gene Gladden, Gene Reeves; Cat
chers: Billy Hall, C. Donald Ram
pley, Cecil Pettit; infielders: Billy
Wood, Bill Prescott, Bob Garrett,
Barry Ricketson, Walt Davis, Bill
Allison, Homer Thompson, Leslie
Stegall, Ray Girhan, Charles Gra
ham, George Daniel, Charles Spi
vey, Joe McKelvey, J. W. Green
wood; outfielders: John Gilreath,
Kenneth Minor, Charles Perry,
Jimmy Matthews, Lawrence Hyde,
Tom Payne, Harry Alford, Gaines
Wilbanks, V. W. Whitfield.
Intra-mural Baseball
And Tennis Will Begin
For Spring Quarter
Coach Welch announced that in
tra-mural baseball and tennis will
begin at the beginning of the
spring quarter.
Names of the teams, their cap
tains, and players should be turn
ed over to Coach Welch as soon
as possible to facilitate the setting
up of a schedule and getting the
season underway.
Welch stated that he would like
to see as many teams as possible
take part in the intra-mural lea
gue.
Persons interested in intra
mural tennis should turn their
names in to Coach Welch as soon
as possible.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
WELCH ASKS FOR
NEW LOCKER ROOM
IN GYMNASIUM
In a letter to the heads of the
administration of West Georgia
College, Physical Education Direc
tor, “Shag” Welch suggests that
the school make an addition to
the rear of the auditorium for a
modern locker room. Coach Welch
pointed out that he has almost 200
boys in physical education class
es, but only 33 lockers.
According to Welch a number
of boys have complained about
losing valuables when they left
their things in the present locker
room unprotected. A locker for
each paritcipant in physical edu
cation classes would bring an end
to this.
By constructing anew locker
room the present locker room
could be converted for exclusive
use as a shower room.
Although Coach Welch brought
out the fact tha the realized that
such an undertaking could not be
gin immediately, he suggested
that the Administration give it
their full consideration and rank
it high on the college’s list of im
provement projects for the com
ing summer.
TWENTY-THREE NEW
STUDENTS AT W. G. C.
As this issue of the West Geor
gian goes to press we have twen
ty-three new students on the cam
pus. The enrollment probably will
not be as high as winter quarter,
but this is not unusual for the
spring quarter enrollment to drop
slightly.
The new students are: Harold
Fountain, Carrollton, James An
derson, of Columbus; Minnie Lee
Burch, of Dalton; Sara Cauthen,
of Buchanan; Laverne Garrison,
of Taylorsville; Doranne Hunt, of
LaFayette; Joyce Jackson, of
Franklin; Fred Johnson, of Rome;
Quinton Miles, of Lanett; Ann
Moore, of Atlanta; George Pope,
of Cedartown; Merlin Powers, of
Bowdon; Lester Pratt, of Decatur;
George Robinson, of LaGrange;
James Scoggins, of Dalton; John
Abston, of Chattanooga, Tenn.;
Carolyn Cobb, of Cedartown;
James Hardy, of Newnan; Sher
man Lindsey, of Shannon; Mrs.
Bernice Matthews, of Dallas; Mrs.
Elsie Shipp, of Rockmart, and
John Bates, of Atlanta.
Many of the new students have
previously attended West Georgia
College and are returning for ad
ditional work.
HOME ECONOMIC CLASS
GET NEW BOOKS
Have you noticed all of the girls
coming from the bookstore carry
ing a book as if it were a fresh
ly baked Chocolate Cake? If you
have, a closer look will let you
in on the secret that they have
just bought and are carrying their
new Home Furnishings’ Book.
This quarter the Home Econo
mic students taking Home Fur
nishings are using as their text
book Anna Hong Rutt’s Home
Furnishing. It seems that this
book will teach the girls how to
decorate their future homes, how
to choose furniture and also the
various names applied to the liv
ing room sofa and the dining room
table. In addition to keeping
house, they are learning all the
facts about being a gracious hos
tess with the main theme center
ing around the arrangements of
the home furnishings.
Here’s hoping that the girls
learn much from their new books.
Death Prevents West
Georgia Student From
Receiving Diploma *
Death March 18 claimed the life
of a young Carroll County girl
who might have received her di
ploma from West Georgia College
the same day had not fate inter
vened.
The girl was Miss Clarice Ash
more, 19-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Ashmore of Mt.
Zion. She died in an Atlanta hos
pital after months of suffering
from a rare skin disease which
required treatment with ACHT, a
new drug extracted from the ad
renal glands of hogs.
Miss Ashmore was born in Car
roll County, Dec. 19, 1930, and
most of her life had been spent in
the county, with the excepiton of
three years in Florida.
She had attended school at Mt.
Zion, Panama City, Fla., and West
Georgia College. She was a mem
ber of the Mt. Zion Methodist
Church which she joined at 11
yeasr of age.
Surviving are her parents; a
sister, Betty Sue; a brother, Eu
gene, all of Mt. Zion.
Clarice’s many friends at West
Georgia College, both students
and faculty, are grieved at her
passing. She will be missed from
the student body and her place
on the campus will be hard to
fill.
"SPRING IS
SPRUNG"
By LIZ ROSS
“In the spring a young man’s
fancy lightly turns to—what the
girls have been thinking of all
y ear ” —oh, no! That isn’t what I
mean. But anyway spring is offi
cially here calendar, weather,
and all other reliable sources say
so. The girls are even being al
lowed to stay out till 7:00 p. m.
Spring is the time for flowers
(which bloomed in January and
February), budding trees and
spring fever. It seems that some
of us didn’t have to wait till
spring to be affected by the fic
tional fever.
This time of the year all phases
of nature come to life and blos
som out fresh and new. Couldn’t
we make our relationship and out
look take on a little of this new
ness and freshness of spring?
Couldn’t we throw out those old
grudges or dislikes that have
made it “wintery cold” in our
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TUESDAY. MARCH 28. 1950
BELLES OF MELSON
“Things don’t seem the same,
Wedding bells are breaking up
That old gang of mine.”
If you were strolling down the
hall at Melson, you might hear
something that sounded like that.
We were all surprised to hear that
Ann Miller had finally hooked
Jack Dempsey on December 28,
and didn’t tell anyone until almost
spring holidays. Everyone was
sorry to see Ann go, we know that
she will be missed.
After we lost Ann, we were dis
mayed when we came back to
find that we had lost another Mel
sonite, Lois Walls, who married
L. H. George.
We are sure that these girls will
be happy, and we wish them the
best of luck.
—Doris Alexander.
Early Start Expected
On College Dormitory
The way has been cleared for
an early start of construction on
anew men’s dormitory at West
Georgia College in Carrollton, to
cost $284,391, State Auditor B. E.
Thrasher, Jr., has disclosed.
Mr. Thrasher, who is chairman
of the new University System
Building Authority, said a group
of Atlanta and Savannah bond
firms had agreed to purchase $6,-
000,000 worth of the authority’s
bonds to finance the buliding pro
gram, which includes buildings at
nine other schools in addition to
West Georgia.
hearts? Couldn’t we renew some
of our old friendships and develop
new ones.
Couldn’t we, you and I, follow
the good Lord’s example of re
freshing and renewing our lives
and our outlook in this season
when the universe is renewed?
Could we find a better example
to follow?
Think it over! It may be a good
thing to bring “springtime” to our
hearts.
J. B. WARREN
(Incorporated)
"SIX GOOD STORES
IN SIX GOOD
TOWNS"