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VOLUME XVII—NO. THREE
Pres. Ingram Explains How Present
World Situation Will Affect Students
President I. S. Ingram delivered
an inspiring address to students
of West Georgia College in chapel
January 9, explaining how the
present national emergency and
serious world situation would af
fect them and expressing a bit of
optimism for the clouded future.
Mr. Ingram dealt at length with
the world emergency and in con
nection with that came the opti
mism. He stated that in his opinion
there would not be a total war,
blit if there were to be, “the fel
low in the armed forces will be
in the safest place in the world.”
Further, Mr. Ingram went on to
say that if de do have a war,
“we’ll be fighting for our spiritual
and intellectual freedom, and
we’ve got to win. However, we’ll
never win by hand to hand con
flict; it’ll be by our superior in
tellect and know-how.”
The college president said that
in these critical times, everyone
must do his part. The women
might again have to take up a
blowtorch and riveter, and as for
the men, they have already begun
the trek to military service.
Mr. Ingram explained that the
large number of men entered the
service will drain the enrollment
of all colleges where men attend;
he expects there cplleges to de
crease in male enrollment from 50
to 80 percent within the next few
months. This is line with Dr. Guy
Snavely’s statement.
However, he expressed satisfac
tion with the present enrollment
at W. G. C. True, he said, it is
down some, but it is holding up
well in comparison with other col
leges in the state, as it has always
done. West Georgia College will
back the Junior College first.
With further reference to West
Georgia, Dr. Ingram stated that
we are'one large family working
in harmony together and he hoped
we would never become 'a large in
stitution. “If this should happen,
we would lose the fellowship and
unity that now exists between the
teachers and students,” he assert
ed.
Faith In United Nations Only Path to
Peace In Today's Confused World
By TRACY STALLINGS
“The only way to attain peace
is through faith in the United
Nations,” concluded Dr. Richard
Michael when he spoke to West
Georgia students in chapel last
Tuesday about the structure of
the United Nations and the pre
sent prospects for peace.
Dr. Michael began his speech
with a terse description of the
world situation at the present. “To
put it mildly,” he said, “the world
is in an utter state of confusion.”
In relation to the Korean con
flict, Dr. Michael posed the ques
tion of whether intervention was
necessary when the North Koreans
invaded. This question he answer
ed with an emphatic yes. “We
might get pushed into the sea,” he
said, “but if the function of the
UN was to be carried out, it was
necessary to intervene.”
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
West Georgia Week
Set for April 23-27
The committee on West Georgia
Week has set the date for April
2 3-?7 s with ;the theme “West Geor
gio College Builds.” The program
has not beep worked out in de
tail but the .committee is now ar
ranging it.
Four Graduates
Listed for Fall
Four students completed their
work for graduating during the
fall quarter this year, according
to Miss Katie Downs, registerer.
They include: Charles W. Bea
cham, Terminal Certificate; John
W. Greenwood, Trion, Terminal
Certificate; Jacquelyn Harden, Ze
bulon, Terminal Certificate; and
Howell Thomas Philyan, Tate,
Terminal Certificate.
These students will receive their
graduation certificates along with
the rest of the sophomore class
in the spring ceremonies.
Miss Downs Goes
To Mississippi
Miss Downs, one of nine Geor
gians invited by Georgia Educa
tion Association to attend a South
ern Regional meeting sponsored
by the National Education Asso
ciation at Jackson Mississippi,
January 12-13. The purpose of the
meeting was to study and make
recommendations for Teacher Edu
cation and Professional standards
in the southern states. Miss Downs
is chairman of a committee in the
GEA for the 4th dsitrict.
Whlie there Miss Downs had a
nice visit with a former student
of West Georgia College, Mrs.
Merrell Trlaylor Egger, who is
teaching in Jackson now.
Dr. Michael explained that, fol
lowing the first world war, the
League of Nations was formed for
the purpose of preventing war
and punishing aggressors. This or
ganization officially died in April
of 1946, with its purpose unfulfill
ed.
Two main reasons have been ad
vanced, he said, for the failure of
the League. First, the nations
weren’t willing to cooperate and
work together to preserve peace,
and, second, the United States de
clined to join.
After the second world war, in
April, 1945, in San Francisco,
another international peace orga
nization, the United Nations, was
founded by 1600 delegates repre
senting 50 nations —including the
United States.
Dr. Michael listed the main or
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WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE. TUESDAY. JANUARY 23. 1951
MARCH
DIMES
JANUARY 15-31
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Zeta Sigma Sponsors
Campus Polio Campaign
By PAT FLORENCE
Zeta Sigma Pi, the Social Scien
ce Club under the direction of Dr.
Richard Michael, launched the
March of Dimes campaign for
West Georgia College this morning
in chapel.
Because of the purpose of the
drive, President Ingram gave per
mission for collections to be made
in chapel so that every student
would have an opportunity to con
tribute.
The March of Dimes cause has
been proved a worthy one. The
Georgia chapter is spending about
$250,000 a year in giving medical
assistance to polio victims in addi
tion to money spent for equipment
and training of medical person
nel.
Our help may mean the differ
ence between death or a crippled
life and recovery for someone in
the coming year. Polio is not only
a deadly killer and crippler—it
is also a financial hazard to the
families it strikes. Few families
can afford the expensive treatment
a victim must have to combat the
disease.
Your dime will help some—my
dime will help some—but a dime
from every member of the West
Georgia College community will
help a lot.
Zeta Sigma Pi joins with other
organizations and groups over the
country to urge YOU to give to
the 1951 March of Dimes.
Miss Campbell
Rotary Speaker
Miss Marie Campbell, English
instructor here at West Georgia
and author of several books, was
recently the interesting speaker
of the Carrollton Rotary Club.
Miss Campbell was presented to
the club by Dr. Selby Cramer.
In her talk to the club she
briefly told the incidents leading
to the writing of her books and
the amusement she got from gath
ering her material.
Miss Campbell’s most recent
book “A House With Stairs” is
receiving popular acclaim. There
is another book already underway
which will be titled “Rugby” and
will deal with an Utopian com
munity of early New England.
Drewry Speaker
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In Chapel Today
Dean John E. Drewry, head of the Henry W. Grady
School of Journalism at the University of Georgia and a na
tionally known journalistic figure, addressed West Georgia
students in chapel this morning and at noon today he will
speak to the Carrollton Rotary Club.
In addition to these speeches
Dean Drewry and members of
the University’s newspaper staff
will conduct a seminar for jour
nalism-minded West Georgia stu
dents. Two sessions are planned,
cne immediately after chapel and
another following the Rotary lun
cheon, about 1:15.
These speeches by Dean Drew
ry and the seminars are the first
program of anew service of the
journalism school, the University
of Georgia newspaper, and the
Georgia Collegiate Press Associa
tion.
Accompanying Dean Drewry
are the editor of the Red and
Black, Dewey Benefield, the man
aging editor, Mike Edwards, and
Sand Hill Serves
Observation Purpose
West Georgia's Miss Katie
Downs talks proudly when
speaking of Sand Hill School,
which is principaled by Miss
Mary White.
For this little institution is
the object of much observation
from time to time from inter
esting outsiders.
Only recently two groups led
by Miss Eloise Keebler, an in
structional supervisor in Ful
ton County, each spent the day
at the school.
Three classes Educational
Psychology, Children's Litera
ture, and Introduction to Edu
cation—of West Georgia stu
dents have also last fall had ob
servation periods.
Miss Mary While Receives Two-Week
Trip to Observe Cuban School System
Miss Mary White, Principal of
Sand Hill School, was invited to
represent the National Education
Association in Cuba from Decem
ber 18, 1950 to January 1, 1950.
The Minister of Education in Cuba
extended an invitation to repre
sentative public elementary and
junior high school teachers in the
United States to be the guests of
the Cuban Government during
this time.
This year marks the 50th an
niversary of the establishment of
the public school system in Cuba.
Of importance in establishing this
system was a trip to the United
States in the summer of 1900 by
a group of 1450 Cuban public
school teachers to attend a special
institute in education at Harvard
University. In commemoration of
this anniversary and in apprecia
tion of the gesture of good will
made by the United States 50
years ago, the Minster of Educa
tion in Cuba has extended this
very kind invitation to the teach-
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA
possibly the president of the Uni
versity chapter of Sigma Delta
Chi, George Abney, Jr.
Miss Marie Campbell, West
Georgian sponsor, and Doris Ale
xander, West Georgian editor,
have announced that the seminars
will consist of instruction on pro
per news writing and discussion of
the distinction between a news
story and a feature. The Univer
sity visitors will also be asked to
point out ways of improving the
West Georgian.
All students who are interested
in journalism have been issued an
invitation to attend these sessions.
Miss Campbell has arranged for
permission to be secured from
Dean Row.
Enrollment Is
Holding Up Well
With draft boards operating at
full speed and with many fellows
joining the armed services of their
own accord, enrollment at West
Georgia, as at all other colleges,
has decreased considerably.
However, according to President
Ingram, it is not alarming. “We are
very much pleased and surprised
as to how our enrollment has held
up. It’s well for students to under
stand that the draft law has not
been changed, so that no one will
likely be dismissed.”
Whether we have war or not,
Mr. Ingram has stated that enroll
ment in colleges where men attend
will decrease from 50 to 80 per
cent in the near future.
ers in this country.
During the two week period in
Cuba, the United States teachers
were taken on excursions through
out the Island and participated in
seminars for the discussion of pro
blems related to intra-American
understanding. Special lectures
were arranged for them at the
University of Havana to introduce
them to the life and culture of
Cuba.
The teachers who made this trip
were a very select group. Only 50
people attended and we were very
glad that Miss White went. This
was indeed an honor and we are
very proud of her.
Miss White spoke briefly at a
recent F. T. A. meeting about her
trip. She stated that the schools
of Cbua are very similar to ours
of Cuba are very similar to ours
in many ways, though of course,
they are not as advanced. She said
she was touched by the gratitude
of the Cuban people toward our
country.