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VOLUME XVIII—NO. ONE
West Georgia College Starts 19th 7ear
Ingram Lists
Faculty Changes
President' Ingram announced
several faculty changes as school
opened. Nine members of last
year’s staff didn’t return, with six
new ones replacing them.
Miss Jane Woodruff, who head
ed the music department here for
11 years, resigned and is now tea
chign public school music. Miss
Woodruff, originally from Greer,
South Carolina, had gained a wide
reputation for her W. G. C. choirs.
Victor Sayre, of the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music, succeeds
Miss Woodruff. Mr. Sayre receiv
ed his B.S. from the University
of New York and M.M. from the
Cincinnati Conservatory.
Mrs. Gladys Shannon has suc
ceeded Miss Ora Lee Howard as
Dean of Women. Upon recommen
dation by the chancellor, psycho
logy offerings have been changed
and a full-time teacher was not
needed. Miss Howard headed that
department four years.
Miss Roberta Gibson. oLthe-com
mercial department, resigned to ac
cept a position in Louisville, Ken
tucky. She is being temporarily
succeeded by William Potts, minis
ter of the local Church of Christ,
with a B.S. Education and M.S.
from George Peabody College in
Nashville, Tennessee.
Miss Ruby Jenkins, who resign
ed because of ill health, was suc
ceeded by Mrs. Anne Black Kin
ard, of Rome. Mrs. Kinard receiv
ed her Masters last spring at the
University of Georgia.
Henry (Shag) Welch, football
coach for three years, resigned
and Leven Hazlegrove, former as
sistant, has taken over the football
reins, being assisted by J. W.
Greenwood, former player. Paul
Petersen will be the basketball
coach.
Quinton Prince succeeding Miss
Mary White is the new principal
at Sand Hill School, and Collus
Johnson, formerly of Teachers
College, Murray, Ky., is prin
cipal at Oak Mountain, also teach
ing psychology, on campus, part
time.
Others who didn’t return are J.
W. Fountain, part-time teacher of
mechanical drawing; Evelyn Rea
ben, of the English department;
Mary White, former principal at
Sand Hill; and Amon Yates, head
of the maintenance department,
who has been succeeded by Sam
Johnson.
Row Is Re-elected
Junior College Officer
West Georgia’s Dean W. H. Row
was re-elected secretary-treasurer
of the Georgia Association of Jun
ior Colleges at the convention held
at the Hotel DeSota in Savannah,
October 13-14.
Also attending from W. G. C.
were President L S. Ingram, Dr.
George C. S. Adams, Brooks Pitt
man, Hugh Wallace, and Collus
Johnson.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
Student Council Is
Organized Jointly
With Men and Women
By Betty Jean Walker
The Men and Women’s Student
Council was organized jointly this
year for the purpose of promoting
better cooperation and comrade
ship on the campus. The men and
women have combined leadership
in order that the students may
have better representation as a
whole on the campus.
Dr. Michael and Mrs. Shannon,
Deans of men and women, respec
tively, will advise and work in co
operation with the Joint Student
Council. At the first meeting, the
following were elected to guide the
activities of the Student Council:
President, Teddy Brown.
Vice-President, Melba Johnson.
Secretary - Treasurer, Barbara
Reed.
Bob
Already the Council has adopted
three big projects for this year.
They have agreed to sponsor a
small reception immediately fol
lowing the Christmas and Spring
Choir Concerts and the Winter
and Spring Dramatics Plays. As
there are few occasions when the
parents of the students may as
semble together at West Georgia
College, the Council hopes to in
crease the fellowship and under
standing of the parents, faculty,
and students at these receptions.
Each week-end basketball prac
tice and dancing in the gym are to
be sponsored by the members of
the Joint Student Council.
They have also assumed the re
sponsibility of conducting any vi
sitors to West Georgia on a tour
over the campus.
The newely-organized Joint Stu
dent Council certainly appears to
be one of the most influential and
active groups on the campus.
Dr. Williams Praises "Leadership
Role" West Ga. College Has Played
Dr. Kenneth Williams of Atlanta, a member of the Board
of Control of Southern Regional Education, spoke in chapel
September-25th at West Georgia College and praised the
local institution for the “leadership role” it has played in
education in this state.
He cited its outstanding teacher
education program and said “its
pioneering in new, fundamentally
improved and realistic types of
teacher training” has brought it
recognition throughout the na
tion.
The speaker, described by Pre
sident I. S. Ingram as a “dis
tinguished young educator in Ame
rica,’” explained that the Board of
Control of Southern Regional Edu
cation was really a coordinating
group established by 14 southern
states to access the higher educa
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1951
Enrollment Is
Surprisingly High
When West Georgia College op
ened its doors September 19 for
its 19th year of operation as one
of the South’s finest junior col
leges, a surprisingly high total of
261 students reported for enroll
ment.
This figure is admittedly a slight
decrease over previous years, but
still is somewhat higher than the
administration had first anticipat
ed. Two big factors have caused
this decrease:
1. The fact that 62 percent of
Georgia’s high schools do not have
graduating classes this year, as
they are in the process of install
ing the 12-year system. In Car
roll county alone, there are 235
would-be graduates who are being
held over for the 12th year. Of
this number, judging from past
enrollment figures and percentag
es, over 150 would have attended
W’. G. C.
2. The fact that many prospec
tive men students are now serving
in the armed services, due to the
emergency war situation.
Enrollment decreases in colleges
j and universities all over the coun
:ty are in common, and President
j Ingram expressed pleasure that
1 West Georgia’s enrollment was
surprisingly high. He said the W.
G. C. enrollment compared very
favorably with that of other col
leges in the state, and that we still
lead the junior colleges.
West Georgia’s highest enroll
ment in history was attained in
1946 when the veterans were re
turning from service. Authorities
expect the current decrease to last
this year and next, and then gra
dually build on up to a higher
peak than ever before.
MELSON OFFICERS
Melson Hall recently elected its
officers for the year. They are
Patsy Pugh, president; Mary
Bishop, vice-president; Deßita
Frost, secretary; and Anne An
drews, treasurer.
tion needs on one hand, and the
pooled resources on the other, and
to try to better balance them,
out of a meeting of the Southern
Governor’s Conference a few years
back and is the “first time in his
tory that states have pooled their
common resources into a common
fund to improve graduate and pro
fessional education.”
The need for such cooperation
is apparent in that some states
don’t have the facilities that oth
ers have.
IPPPpF' PKu'
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Rev. Fred Kyle. LaGrange.
The Rev. Mr. Fred Kyle
Will Be Speaker For
Religious Emphasis Week
By Mariellen Strickland
The V. R. A. began its activities
early this year by giving the
freshmen a big, hearty welcome
upon their arrival here. And al
ready it has begun many other
plans for the year, too.
Foremost among these plans are
those concerning Religious Em
phasis Week, which will be No
vember 18 through 23. The Rev.
Mr. Fred Kyle, popular Episcopal
minister from LaGrange, will be
the speaker for this series of ser
vices.
The Rev. Mr. Kyle spoke to the
faculty and student leaders before
school and was very much enjoy
ed. He is a youth leader in La-
Grange.
NEW OFFICERS
Barbara Reed, president of the
V. R. A., extended a special in
vitation to every student to attend
the Religious Emphasis Week
meetings as much as possible.
Other officers leading the V. R.
A. with Barbara are Jenna Lee
Wilson, vice-president; and Ade
line Elliott, secretary and treas
urer.
This year there will be no Sun
day afternoon vespers, but inspir
ing and well-planned programs
are scheduled for every Wednes
day night.
The V. R. A. invites you to at
tend each of these.
Miss Crider Speaks
On "Campus Living"
Miss Crider spoke to the student
body of West Georgia September
24, using as her subject “Campus
Living.” She emphasized the point
that “it’s a perfectly wonderful
privilege to be a student in Ame
rica,” and she urged students to
“develop a happier, more content
ed attitude.”
CARROLLTON. GA.
Aycock Hall Is
Ready For Use
Thursday of this week, Novem
ber Ist, is the big day when West
Georgia’s men sutdents happily
abandon ramshackle Storms Bar
racks and occupy modern new Ay
cock Hall, the recehtly completed
men’s dormitory.
The building itself is virtually
completed, but difficulties in sec
uring furniture have held up the
moving in. But at the suggestion of
the men themselves, this problem
is being solved by using tempor
arily their old furniture. Presi
dent Ingram has obtained permis
sion for them to do this.
The $200,000-plus sturcture, de
dicated to a man who helped
found West Georgia College, sol-
ves a long-standing housing pro
blem for the men. Increased en
rollment before the war brought
the situation into the limelig|L
and with the retua* of the
ans, things were imdaepMriitfc.JSeu*.
eial barracks were constructed*
and have been in use since.
With a slightly decreased enroll
ment this year, Storms has been
adequate. But a couple of years
from now, when enrollment is ex
pected to skyrocket again, the new
dorm will be a necessary addition.
Aycock Hall is so named, upon
the recommendation of President
Ingram, as a permanent memorial
to Mr. J. A. Aycock, one of the
builders of the old Fourth District
A. & M., forerunner of West Geor
gia.
Construction started about a year
ago, soon after Chancellor Har
mon Caldwell spoke at ground
breaking ceremonies. Jones & Har
dy Const. Cos., of Montevallo, Ala.
was the contractor, and from all
evidences they’ve done a magnifi
cent job of giving West Georgia
a beautiful building.
Located on the western end of
the campus, the brick and fireproof
construction contains 52 bedrooms
and other facilities for the housing
of over 100 men. It is three and a
half stories high, with all modem
facilities and appearances.
There is a special apartment for
the hostess, who, President Ingram
announced, would be Mrs. Nicie
Burgess, member of a prominent
Waycross family. Mr. Ingram said
she is a “talented, cultered per
son.”
West Georgian Given
Excellent Rating
The West Georgian, it was re
cently anounced, received ratings
of First Class—Excellent for its
editions in both the first and sec
ond semester last year.
The rating comes from the As
sociated Collegiate Press, which
judges and compares college pub
lications throughout the land.
The scorebook particularly prais
ed the West Georgian's editorial
page: “Your editorial policy is
strong; subject are varied; style
is clear.”