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Junior College Enrollment
It is unfortunate for the Junior Colleges,
that statements in Atlanta newspapers attribut
ed to the Regents of the University System to the
effect that the, colleges should increase their
respective enrollments or close up are given out
at this time. The public will be puzzled and
prospective students will tjuestion the involved
colleges.
Certainly, if low enrollments continued to
prevail the implication made supposedly by
some Regents that financial support of the col
leges would not be justified is right and such
procedure would have public support.
All concerned officials knew in advance
that the colleges and universities in Georgia
would show decreases in enrollments for the
years 1951-52 and 1952-53 for the following
reasons: The high schools in the main of the
State were requiring the twelfth grade for gra
duation. Consequently, in this transition the
eleventh grade graduates were being held; there
were few college age youngsters at this period
due to fewer births in depression years of the
thirties; and, of course the War.
The least effected institutions were the senior
colleges or universities which have R. O. T. C.
units.
Now the comments were kind to West Geor
gia College whose record for the past ten years
1942-1951 including the serious war years aver
ages 552 students per year, yet West Georgia
College will have one other year of low enroll
ment.
Friends of the Junior College should know
that the Regents have been most considerate in
giving ample financial support to the colleges,
both senior and and junior despite this adversity
due to the above named cause for temporary de
creases in enrollment.
Red Laborer Works
Month for New Suit
(By Armed Forces Press Service)
Communism! Like an iron vise it grips the
lives of 800 million people in Europe and Asia
—one-third of all the people on earth.
What kind of life does it offer the common
man?
The average worked in Russia must put
in nearly a month's work for one wool suit
and about 60 hours for a pair of shoes. A pound
of beef takes three hours of work and a pack
of cigarettes one full hour.
A worker might like to go to church regular
ly, but if he has ambitions to find favor with
the Communist party he dares not do so. He is
afraid to make a show of his faith.
He has taught his children their prayers,
but wonders if they will keep on saying them
after they get into school and into the Com
munist youth organizations, where religion is
frowned upon and often mocked.
Religion is a state-controlled activity just
as in the case of the press and radio.
Politics don’t interest men under Communist
rule. It’s hard to blame them for not being inter
ested. When a worked gets a chance to exercise
his vote there is only one list of candidates to
vote for—the Communist party list.
Since most of the people in the Soviet Union
are not party members —only six million of
200 million belong—they have actually no say
at all in the choice of officials.
Medical and dental service is supplied free
at the worker’s place of employment. If the
individual is not happy with this treatment
he can go to a clinic doctor after working hours,
whom he must pay out of his own pocket. One
of the signs of the poor quality of “free” medical
care is that more and more people are finding it
The most fantastic thing about life under
:j communism is that the Red masters try to con
vince the people under its domination that they
have a better deal than any American.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
THE WEST GEORGIAN
"A NEWSPAPER OF DISTINCTION"
Pat Flury Editor
Tracy Stallings Associate Editor
Mariellen Strickland, Adeline Elliott News Editors
Betty Jean Walker Spotlight Editor
Nancy Armstrong Fashion Editor
Rogers Gallagher, Gene Prince— Men’s Fashion Editors
Herbert Adams Sports Editor
Sports Staff: Ralph Murchison, Herbert Cook.
De Rita Frost Circulation Manager
Betty Jaynes Business Manager
Business Staff: Virginia Rawls, Helen Brooks,
Elizabeth Ann Hays
Gloria Ogletree Typist
Reporters: Jean Jackson, Jo Ann Burdette, Clarence Donald,
Sara Alice Blalock, Betty Bowers, Donna Wendorf, Shirley
Streater, Elton Stallings, Joan Howell, Carolyn Fraker,
Buddy Isbell, Ferrell Morgan and Melba Johnson.
Member
Pbsocidod Colle6 ; cife Press
Education All-Important
The other day I was talking with a middle-aged person, and he
made the statement that a junior college education today was just
as necessary to young people seeking a place in the business world
as a high school education was when he was a young person.
The point this man was making was that standards and qualifica
tions in the business world today have been so raised that a junior
college education today is more important and more necessary than
ever. And that is not a very comfortable minimum.
Bernard Baruch, famous American, was recently asked the question
“Has a young man today as good a chance to succeed as you did at
twenty?” His reply was as follows:
“I think that a man has to be more of an exceptional man today.
There are great opportunities, but I think that until and unless the
state turns loose the activities of the individual, it is going to be more
difficult. But remember this: Don’t sell the American dream short.
There always will be opportunities for the best disciplined man—the
best disciplined mentally and physically. There are new millionaires
being made. There are new people who are talented.”
Mr. Baruch believes that today it is harder for a person to get
ahead. But “there always will be opportunities,” he says, and what
we will have to do is to take advantage of them.
The best way to prepare ourselves for these opportunities is to
gain an education, with a goal in mind. A planned college course,
directed toward some particular certificate or degree, will prepare a
person for that particular vocation, and the chances will then be good
for that person to succeed in his chosen field of endeavor.
Of course, some haven’t definitely decided what profession to fol
low. But the sooner the mind is made up, the better off the person will
be. A man I know decided at 23-years-of-age what he wanted to do in
life. In his case it was too late for educational preparation, and today,
even though he is a smart and capable man, he does not have nearly
as good job and is not making nearly as much money as he could if
he had the proper preparation.
What we need to realize is that we ought to take as much ad
vantage as possible of our educational opportunities NOW, in order
to be able to take as best advantage possible of our job opportunities
LATER. The time will come soon enough when we can start making
that first million, and we might live to greatly regret it if we try to
hasten that time by not going to school long enough.
Notes and Comments
What this country needs is good people, and you can do your part
along this line.
You can partially judge one’s intellect by seeing what he reads
first in the newspaper.
Correct this sentence: “Don’t breathe this to anyone, I’m not sup
posed to telL, but I can trust you.”
You can’s tell how much sense a person has by looking at him, but
you can get a first impression.
The best way to get along with people is to smile, be friendly and
seldom say what you think.
Marriage may not be the answer to all of life’s problems, but it
seems to be pretty popular as the beginning of them.
Every person reaches the stage, somewhere in life, where he realizes
the real values of society are different from what he thought they
were.
TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1952
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
BETTY JEAN WALKER —
One of West Georgia’s most capable and best
liked students is Betty Jean Walker, who lives
near Roopville but attended school at Carrollton
High. Her fellow students recently indicated
their opinion of Betty Jean by electing her Miss
West Georgia College.
When she graduated from high school in
1950, Betty Jean was valedictorian in the class
of 55. In addition to this honor, she was pre
sented the Almarine Slade Award, for outstand
ing character and ability.
Also during her senior year, Betty Jean
served as editor of the Arrowhead, C. H. S. an
nual. Her other activities while a senior included
serving as secretary of the Tri-Hi-Y, Beta Club,
and the Senior Class; vice-president of the F. H.
A.; president of the Spanish Club, and a member
of the newspaper staff.
Following this admirable career in high
school, Betty Jean chose West Georgia for her
first two years in college, and here she has
continued her outstanding record. Asa fresh
man last year, she was business manager of the
Chieftain, reporter on the West Georgian, mem
ber of the V. R. A. Council, apd a Marshall at
graduation exercises, an honor accorded for a
high scholastic average.
Asa sophomore she continued these fresh
man activities, but in larger capacities. She was
chosen by the student body last spring as editor
of the Chieftain, and serves the West Georgian
as Spotlight Editor. She is also a member of the
Press Forum and a day student representative
to the Student Council. In addition to being elect
ed Miss West Georgia, she was chosen for the
May Day Court also.
Betty Jean says that next year she will con
tinue her education at the University of Georgia.
We are confident she will be as outstanding suc
cess there as she has been at Carrollton High
and here at West Georgia.
808 FOWLER—
Twenty-one years ago when two excited par
ents named their first son Robert Lee Fowler,
no doubt they never realized he would grow up
to be such an athletic, all-round boy.
Bob grew up in Gainesville, attending
Gainesville High School and graduated in 1950.
During his seinor year Bob was an outstanding
participant in sports. He was a star halfback
on the football team, played shortstop on the
baseball nine, and forward on the basketball
team. Asa reward for his efforts he was elected
to the G Club, for having won a letter in foot
ball and basketball.
This year at West Georgia College, Bob was
elected by his fellow students as president of the
Aycock Dormitory Council. He has also served as
sergeant-at-arms of the Student Council.
Bob was a member of the Spanish Club and
the W Club this year and was one of the most
valued players on the football team.
Bob is six feet tall, a brunette, and has blue
eyes. He is such a likable fellow that everybody
on the campus knows him—by his friendly
smile.
Bob culminated his schooling at West Geor
gia at the end of the winter quarter, and is at
the present attending the Atlanta Division of the
University of Georgia.
Bob plans to graduate from the University
of Georgia and then obtain a position with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
On March 16, Bob was married, and is now
in Atlanta. We want to wish the best of luck
and success in the years ahead to a very de
serving fellow—Bob Fowler.
We are not afraid of Communism, socialism
or any other ism in this country. If whatever
system we have gives justice to the majority
of citizens, there is no danger from any of
them.
If anyone asks whether you want to hear
his “honest opinion”, on a question of dispute
in which you are involved, tell him no. Keep
his friendship.