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Religious Emphasis
Week Was Wonderful
By Tracy Stallings
Everyone has expressed unanimous agree
ment that many spiritual blessings were received
from this year’s highly inspirational Religious
Emphasis Week. The Voluntary Religious Asso
ciation’s sponsor, president, and council mem
bers are to be congratulated in bringing to our
campus such a beneficial series of services.
The speaker, the Rev. Mr. Fred Kyle, from
LaGrange, was wonderful. His intellectual ap
proach to the subject, his clear enunciation, his
apparent deep conviction, and his sincerity made
it a week in which religion was truly emphasiz
ed.
Probably the best tribute that could be paid
the annual week is to point out the response,
to the services. Faculty and students alike at
tended in numbers comparable to those respond
ing to similar services at several larger col
leges.
We are sure that these services will have a
lasting effect on each student and faculty mem
ber who attended in that our spiritual standards
have been lifted higher. We must never under
estimate the important of religion in our lives,
and an early realization of tihs fact is a great
step toward a happy, Christian life.
We, as today’s college men and women, must
learn not only to make a living, but also to make
a life.
Basketball Bounces In
As football bows out, basketball bounces in.
Coach Leven Hazlegove and his boys have wound
up their pigskin season, and now Coach Paul
Petersen and his court crew take the athletic
spotlight.
The football Braves weren’t too successful
from the scoring and winning standpoint this
season, but they played hard and gave it every
thing they had. Without benefit of athletic scho
larship or subsidation, the boys play for the love
of the game, receiving therefore character bene
fits that will pay off more in the long run than
scholarships would now.
Early enthusiasm and performances in prac
tice games thus far have indicated a good cage
season for the Braves. There are some good so
phomores left from last year’s five, and some
promising, talented freshman who will see a
lot of action.
Incidentally, it’d be mighty enjoyable to
see those fellows rack up some of those sub
sidized speedsters they’ll be facing this season.
We’ll be watching.
Attend Music Hour
Mr. Sayre’s Music Hour every Wednesday
and Sunday afternoon is something that should
be attended by as many students and faculty
as possible.
Those who have attended thus far report
the Music Hour to be very enjoyable and bene
ficial, which should be encouragement enough
for more of us to take advantage of this oppor
tunity to widen our musical horizons.
Mr. Sayre’s efforts to promote the Music
Hour deserve our support, so let’s give it to him.
Thanks FromV.R. A.
The officers of the V. R. A. would like to
express their thanks and appreciation to all who
gave so generously of their time and efforts dur
ing Religious Emphasis Week. It could never
have been a success without full cooperation
from each and everyone of you.
Barbara Reed, President,
Voluntary Religious Association.
A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead
than an ignorant one. —Benjamin Franklin.
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Plssodoted ColleftiatePress
To West Georgia Students:
It is the exciting time of the year—The Christmas Holidays. I
take this occasion to give you the greetings of the season on behalf
of the faculty and myself. We are glad that you came to West Georgia
College.
May I say to you that this is also an exciting time in the world. A
larger group of people over the world are having their first experience
in a hope that they will be free, that they will have food, clothes and
shelter. For them there is a star of hope.
The chief menace to the world is a small group of mad men in
Russia who plan world conquest of all lands and peoples. As citizens
of the strongest and greatest challenger of freedom, you are thrust
a role more important than any young people in previous j,,
You will live a full life in the face of this responsibility—edUchte
yourself, serve your country, get married, rear families, love and de
fend your country, and meet your responsibilities with faith and con
fidence in yourself and your God.
Christmas, then, a time for thinking of others, is full of meaning
this year.
Greetings to you and your loved ones.
IRVINE S. INGRAM.
Proud of Student Council:
West Georgia College students can well be proud of their com
bined Men and Women’s Student Council. Under the leadership of
President Ingram, the Council has fast made its way into the lime
light of campus student organizations.
At the first of the school year last year, the men were organized
into a form of Men’s Student Government. This functioned fairly effec
tively, but at the first of the fall this year, the men and women’s or
ganizations were fused into the Men and Women’s Student Council.
President Ingram, bringing ideas from other colleges throughout
the south, has led in the revisions of the constitutions. The one recent
ly adopted by the organization calls for several changes, notably the
one concerning the president of the council.
Heretofore, a president of the student body was elected in the
spring, to preside in chapel and perform other duties at times. Here
after, the election will be for a president of the Student Council, who
will also serve as head of the student body. As Mr. Ingram says, this
“will be the highest honor to be achieved on the campus.”
The Student Council this year, under the direction of Dr. Mich
ael, Dean of Men, and Mrs. Shannon, Dean of Women, and the admi
nistration authorities, has accomplished several things already, on the
constructive side of the ledger. The biggest of these was the recep
tion last Sunday afternoon preceding the choir concert.
Another constant duty of members of the Student Council is to act
as hosts and guides for all visitors who frequent the West Georgia
campus. This is a big job and more emphasis should be placed on it,
as many important visitors frequent the campus. Good hospitality
while they are here will give them a good impression of our college.
We are looking for and expecting great things to come from the
Student Council. With the start it has, it can in the future perform
many services for the students of West Georgia College.
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1951
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Lila ANN JONES —
When I think of Lila Ann Jones, I am imme
diately reminded of clothes designing and model
ing. You ask, “Why?” Well, suppose I tell you.
Lila Ann was bom in Dallas, Georgia in
1933. With the exception of two years spent in
Sumter, South Carolina, she has lived in Dallas
all of her life until now. She attended high school
there, and during her senior year was president
of the Beta Club.
She was fond of cooking and sewing in high
school, so naturally she was chosen secretary
of the F. H. A. Club there. Lila Ann visited West
Georgia College several times on F. H. A. trips.
She met Mrs. Shannon on one of her trips
to the college and soon decided that West Geor
gia was where she wanted to receive her junior
college training.
In 1950, Lila Ann won first prize in clothes
designing in the State F. H. A. Convention. She
modeled an oxford grey suit, black hat and glo
ves, all of which she had designed and made her
self. Her award was fifty dollars and a trip to
Chicago to compete in the National F. H. A.
Contest.
There Lila Ann won first place in the Cloth
ing Achievement and received a three hundred
dollar scholarship.
During Lila Ann’s sophomore year at W.
G. C., she is President of Alpha Psi and also
President of the newly organized 4-H Club.
She plans to complete her educational studies
at the University of Georgia. She is majoring in
Home Economics and studying to be a Home De
monstration Agent.
Her ambition is to be a clothes designer and
model. Lila Ann is fond of cooking; and she
makes all of her clothes, which she has done
since she was old enough to thread a needle.
She has a good sense of humor and is quite
an entertaining conversationalist.
Lila Ann is five feet, nine inches tall, and
has auburn hair and brown eyes.
GENE PRINCE—
When Gene Prince was born in Newnan in
1932, I suppose his parents never suspected that
he was going to be such a “prince” in the true
sense of the word. Gene grew up in Newnan
and graduated from Newnan High School in 1950.
His record there shows that he was a member of
tl\e Key Club, the Band, and the Glee Club; and
that he also played basketball for two years.
Asa member of the Key Club, Gene toured
Columbia, Ohio and Washington, D. C. as a part
of the club activities. After graduation, he came
to West Georgia College, as it was the college
nearest home which best suited him.
During his freshman year, Gene joined the
Choir and Mu Zeta Alpha. He was especially in
terested in physics and chemistry and as a result
of his efforts in those subjects, he was present
ed the Achievement Award in Chemistry on Hon
ors Day last spring. Incidentally, Gene intends
to major in pre-med at the University of Geor
gia.
This year Gene was elected president of the
Choir; he sings in the Men’s Octet also.
Gene is an active member of the V. R. A. He
serves on the Council, and is in charge of direct
ing the music at Vespers.
Gene is almost six feet tall, and has brown
eyes and hair. His favorite food is steak and his
song, “Be My Love.” His choice actress and
actor are Doris Day and Gary Cooper.
Gene’s hobby is playing the piano and sing
ing; he especially likes popular music. He also
likes to fish; although he seldom ever catches
anything. Perhaps he just sings the.fish to steep
and they forget to eat the bait.
Search others for their virtues, thyself for
thy vices. —Benjamin Franklin.
He that scatters thorns, let him not go bare
foot. —Benjamin Franklin.