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VOLUME XVII—NO. FIVE
Story of Carroll
County Heard On
NBC Broadcast
“Red Clay and Teamwork,” in
spiring story of progress through
strong spiritual and educational
leadership in Carroll County, was
broadcast all over America Satur
day, February 24, via the NBC net
work on a program jointly spon
sored by “Living 1951” and the
Twentieth Century Fund.
The program went back to the
county as it was thirty years ago
when schools were backward and
inadequate in number and many
young people could neither read
nor write, from which new indus
tries should shy away, where pro
gress was generally at a standstill.
Startled by these conditions, the
president of the local school with
his associate teachers becomes the
motivating factor in rousing the
country to action. It tells how they
instigated the teacher-training pro
gram and made every effort pos
sible to better the educational sta--
tus of the communities.
The program also tells how a
pastor, Rev. R. O. Flinn, of the
First Presbyterian Church, was in
strumental in bringing opportuni
ties of worship to Oak Mt. com
munity, how in this community a
chapel was built b> teamwork on
the part of the people and Sunday
School and church brought to. peo
ple who had never heard of it be
fore.
The facts about the beginning
of Carrol County’s unique orga
nization, the Carroll Service Coun
cil, were also given, and how it
encouraged diversified farming,
increased industries, helped obtain
better educational opportunities,
and offered welfare aid to the
needy.
During the course of the pro
gram, a farmer named Mr. Alexan
der told about what he liked about
that occupation, “I enjoy farm life
so much, I wouldn’t exchange it
for any kind of work ... I like
to think that I’m the means of
helping to produce something with
the aid of sunshine, showers, till
ing of soil. By me being out in the
fields, planting, cultivating crops,
I’ve been a means of helping to
produce something that man
kind needs.”
Rev. Carson Pritchard, a mem
ber of the West Georgia faculty,
was also on the program.
G. S. C. W. Students
Give Chapel Program
On February 13, 1951, Dr. Guy
Wells and four students from the
Georgia State College for Women,
at Milledgeville, presented a very
interesting program in assembly.
Two of the girls presented the mu
sical portion of the program,
which consisted of the lovely
songs, “One Alone” and “One
Kiss.” One girl, a foreign student
from Austria, compared life in the
United States with that in Austria.
The fourth girl gave an interest
ing discussion of her travels in
Europe last summer.
Comments among the students
indicated that this was a much en
joyed assembly.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
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Pictured above are Miss Betty Ann Washburn of Cedartown
and Jack Powell of Atlanta, who were recently elected King and
Queen of Hearts by a student body election. This picture was
made at the annual Sweetheart Dance immediately after the
coronation by President I. S. Ingram. It will be of interest to the
students to know that they are engaged and plan to be married
in the latter part of December.
Luncheon Given
For Dr. Keliher
On Saturday, March 3, a lun
cheon was given by West Ga. Col
lege in the Home Economics de
partment, for the faculty, honor
ing Dr. Alice Keliher,, who is a
Profesor of Elementary Education
at the University of New York.
Dr. Keliher arrived in Carrollton
on Thursday evening, and spent
her time visiting Oak Mountain
and Sand Hill.
Dr. Keliher’s speech, given at
the luncheon Saturday, was based
on what she had observed at these
two places, particularly Sand Hill.
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State F. T. A. Meeting
Planned For W. G. C.
It was recently announced by
Miss Downs at an F. T. A. meeting
that representatives of the Geor
gia Education Association have
asked West Georgia to be the hosts
of the northern part of the state
F. T. A. convention. This conven
tion will be held in May, the fourth
and fifth, and will be attended by
representatives of high school F.
T. A. clubs and college F. T. A.
chapters. No details have been
worked out as yet.
Samuel Henry Welch, Jr.
Coming Along Fine
Belated congratulations are in.
order for Coach and Mrs. S. Henry
Welch. On December 30, they be
came the proud parents of an 8-
pound, 8-ounce baby boy. The baby
was born at Tanner Memorial Hos
pital in Carrollton, and was nam
ed Samuel Henry Welch. (Better
known as Sammy).
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE. TUESDAY. MARCH 13. 1951
SWEETHEART QUEEN AND KING
Summer School
Plans Announced
The schedule for summer school
has been announced by the regis
trars office. There will be a six
weeks session, beginning on June
11, and will run through July 14.
The schedule is as follows:
General College Courses
Biology 102, Human; English
101, Reading and Writing; History
203, American Government; Hu
manities 201, 202, Survey of Liter
ature; Mathematics 101, Interme
diate Algebra; Mathematics 120A,
General Mathematics; Mathema
tics 224, College Algebra; Physical
Education; Psychology 201, Gen
eral; Psychology 254, Educational;
Social Sciense 102, Survey; Social
Science 255, Prin. of Economics.
There will be a workshop for
elementary teachers offered. The
tuition and fees will be $19.75,
and the room and meals will be
$57.00.
High school students are being
urged to enter June 11, so as to
get as much college background
as possible before military ser
vice is required.
Quarterly Closing
Schedule Announced
West Georgia College will close
for the quarterly holidays March
16, 1951. Registration for Spring
quarter will be on Monday, March
26, for those who did not register
at the preregistration. The first
meal of the quarter will be serv
ed at breakfast on Monday, March
26. Dormitories will be opened by
3:00 on Sunday March 25. These
plans are given out in order that
students may plan their schedule
accordingly.
West Georgia to Sponsor
Big Debate Tonrney Soon
Quill Entries
Deadline Nears
Students are alerted that April
1 is the last date for entries in
the 1950-1951 Creative Writing
Contest sponsored by the Press
Forum. Entries in the contest may
be short stories, essays or poetry.
Students may choose their own
subjects but short stories should
not exceed 3500 words in length,
essays should not contain more
than 2500 words, and poems, pre
ferably short, may contains as
many as 50 lines.
Any student enrolled at West
Georgia is eligible for entrance in
the contest and may submit as
many manuscripts of the three
prescribed types as he or she so
desires. Entries should be typed—
double spaced—and should be in
the hands of Mr. C. K. Boroughs
or Pat Florence by noon April 1.
Winning entries, adjudged so by
a panel of faculty judges, will be
published in the 1950-1951 edition
of The Quill. First, second, and
third place winners in all three
categories will receive cash aw
ards.
The QuUl, literary organ of the
college, has through the /years re
flected the spirit of West Geor
gia. Its purpose this year, as al
ways, is to present this spirit
through the ideas and creative
thought of students.
Miss Campbell Honored
At Celebrity Breakfast
West Georgia’s Miss Marie
Campbell was one of six people
honored recently at the Georgia
Celebrity Breakfast at the Pied
mont Driving Club. The occasion
was sponsored by the Pen Wo
men’s League.
Miss Campbell’s latest book is
A House With Stairs, and she is
working on another at present.
W. G. C.'s Teacher-Training Program
Among Best In Souih-Dr. Keliher
A recent and very distinguished
visitor on the West Georgia Col
lege campus was Dr. Alice V. Kel
iher of New York University.
Dr. Keliher, professor, writer,
lecturer and consultant, chose to
use her first leave of absence in
twenty-eight years to make a
study of the progress of some
eighteen to twenty states in the
field of education. For this rea
son she came to visit West' Geor
gia, Sand Hill and Oak. Mountain.
Dr. Keliher has been active in
many national organizations ocn
cemed with various aspects of
child welfare. Recently she par
ticipated in a series of conferences
organized by the Department of
Justice as a result of a study of|
CARROLLTON. GEORGIA
On Mar. 30, Apr. 1, a worthwhile
precedent will be set at West Geor
gia. The West Georgian Inter-Col
legiate Debate Tournament, the
first to be held on this campus,
will draw forensic competition
from colleges and universities over
the state and some out-of-state
schools.
Schools which have already ac
cepted invitations are: North Geor
gia College, Berry College, Emory
University, Armstrong Junior Col
lege, and Millsaps College of Mis
sissippi. It is highly probable that
the University of Georgia, Geor
gia Tech, Mercer, and the Atlanta
Division of the University wiil al
so be represented.
The question for the tournament
will be the National subject—“ R
esolved: that the Non-Communist
Nations Should Form a New In
ternational Organziation.” There
will be no set negative or affir
mative teams. Teams will alternate
throughout the debate rounds on
both the negative and affirmative
sides. Participating institutions wll
be allowed to enter as many teams
as they like, provided the mem
bership of each team remains fix
ed.
Trophies will be presented to
first, second, and third place winn
ing teams. Recognition in the form
of certificates will be given the
best individual debaters. Recipi
ents of these individual honors
will be decided on the basis of a
point system.
Interest in debating has been
keen on the campus this year, and
this home tourney will be the cli
max of the year’s debating events.
The college debaters have already
attended two important forensic
meetings this year— The Alabama
Discussion Tournament and The
All-Southern Tournament at Ag
nes Scott.
With the administration and
student body backing this new
event, it will be a decided boon
for the college in the realm of in
ter-collegiate activity. It is even
likely that the tournament will
become an annual event at West
Georgia.
juvenile delinquency. She was ap
pointed chairman on the panel on
Home Responsibility of the Con
ference which developed a series
of recommendations for the De
partment of Justice.
For two years she was also a
discussion leader of the National
Conference on Citizenship spon
sored by the National Education
Association and the Department
of Justice.
In 1946 the Women’s City Club
of New York honored her as one
of the thirty women making out
standing contributions to the wel
fare of New York City. In all her
work in the interest of children
Dr. Keliher has fought to keep
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