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THE WEST GEORGIAN
VOLUME XVIII—NO. SIX
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MISS GLORIA OGLETREE
1952 Queen of May
West Ga. Campus Transformed Into
Picturesque Setting of "Old South"
For Nay Day Pageant Held Yesterday
The West Georgia College campus was transformed into
a picturesque setting of the “Old South” as the college stu
dents presented their annual May Day pageant yesterday af
ternoon.
“Southern Memories” was selected as the theme for the
impressive coronation and graceful dance display which took
place at 5:00 p. m.
Highlighting the program was
the coronation of the 1952 May
Queen, Miss Gloria Ogletree, from
Washington, Georgia, and the ap
pearance of her May court, con
sisting of sixteen southern beau
ties selected by the student body
to reign over this festive occasion.
Miss Genevieve Knight from Ma-
Con, Georgia, was the Queen’s
Maid of Honor and little Miss
Peggy Pittman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Brooks O. Pittman, of
Carrollton, Georgia, assisted as
crown bearer.
Following the crowning of the
May Queen by President Irvine S.
Ingram, reminiscences of the “Old
South” were presented by the
Physical Education Department.
The past was brought into the
present through the conversation
of an elderly couple as they show
the contents of an old trunk. As
the articles included in the trunk
were displayed, the memories of
the “Old South” which they con
tain was illustrated by a dance
group of sixteen couples repre
senting Confederate soldiers and
southern belles, with their rendi
tion of the Minuet. The Spanish
Circle, Progressive Waltz and the
Virginia Reel. The group featur
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
ed two solos, “Amanda’s Girl”
by Joan Howell, from Marietta,
Georgia and “Tilly” by Miss La-
Ruth Bennett, of Carrollton.
The two principal characters
were Peggy Sosebee from Can
ton, Georgia, in the role of Eliza
beth and Buddy Isbell from Rock
mart, Georgia as Robert.
This portion of the program
was concluded by the narrator, Mr.
Ralph Murchison from Tucker,
Georgia, as he read a portion of
Henry Grady’s speech on “The
New South” which connected the
ideas of the past with those of our
present day. The script was pre
pared by Van Joyner of the class
of 1945.
Annual May Day activities at
West Georgia College are sponsor
ed jointly by the Department of
Physical Education and The De
partment of Home Economics. The
1952 Program was under the
direction of Miss Ruth Sturgis and
Mrs. Ann Kinard.
The administration, the faculty,
and students are to be congratula
ted on the success of the fine seri
es of events during West Georgia
Week for 1952.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE. APRIL 25. 1952
West Georgia Week Climaxed
As Visitors Hear Aderhold
Betty J. Walker,
Prince Named
Mr., Miss W. G. C.
West Georgia College recently
elected Mr. and Miss West Geor
gia College and the sophomore
superlatives. Each year the stu
dent body elects these students
from the sophomore class on the
basis of their leadership, ability
and character.
Those students receiving the
next highest number of votes, and
therefore classified as Sophomore
Superlatives, are:
Betty Jean Walker, who gra
duated from Carrollton High
School in 1950 as valedictorian and
who was elected Miss C. H. S.,
was named as Miss W. G. C. Cho
sen as Mr. W, G. C. was Gene
Prince, a 1950 graduate (If New
nan High School.
George (Pete) Brown, Dalton;
Teddy Brown, Covington; Bob
Fowler, Columbus; Carla Haws,
Marietta; Emily Jones, Griffin;
Lila Anne Jones, Dallas; Vernon
(Hank) Mosteller, Chickamauga;
Barbara Reed, Carrollton; Gene
vieve Knight, Macon;. Gloria Ogle
tree, Washington; Winona Satur
day, Tallapoosa; Scott Gray, Car
rollton; Tracy Stallings, Carroll
ton, and Lloyd Smith, Gainesville.
ARMSTONG HEADS
F. T. A. FOR *53
Nancy Armstrong will head the
Tietje-Downs Chapter of F. T. A.
in 1953. Those elected at the meet
ing on April 9 to serve with her
are Doris McKibben, vice-presi
dent- Jeanette Witcher, secretary;
Sheila Black, treasurer; Remah
Holcombe, historian.
These officers or their alter
nates attended the State Conven
tion of the Future Teachers of
America at G. S. C. W. on April
18 and 19. During these two days
they hurried from one planned
meeting to another. The schedule
included imformative business ses
sions, group discussions, a ban
quet, and planned recreation.
The delegates returned to West
Georgia College inspired and chal
lenged to make next year a big
year for F. T. A.
To Parents and Visitors:
We welcome you to this an
nual occasion which is the cli
max of West Georgia Week. The
success of the week is due to
the untiring work of members
of the faculty and student body.
But despite our work and in
terest, only you make complete
the day. Thank you for coming.
Irvine S. Ingram, President.
West Georgia College today is playing host to hundreds
of visitors from all over the state of Georgia, including par
ents of students, high school students, and other distinguished
guests who are here for the final day in the observance of
West Georgia Week of 1952.
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DR. O. C. ADERHOLD
PRES. I. S. INGRAM
Mrs. Ingram Makes Spring Beauty
Amply Evident All Over Campus
By Herbert Cook
Comes the spring and with it young man’s fancy lightly
turns to love, and I am assured West Georgia boys’ fancies
are quickened to some degree by the beautiful surrounding
with which they are confronted. No one can deny that curs
is one of the most beautiful Junior College campuses in the
state.
And it might be well to re
mind you that this beauty did
not just come about. It came
about only through the conscien
tious and hard work by Mrs. In
gram, and Mr. Melson, who es
tablished the old A. & M. School
and the man for whom Melson
Hall was named.
It was he who headed the first
landscaping of our campus, in 1919.
Having very little money for the
CARROLLTON. GA.
Doctor O. C. Aderhold, president
of the University of Georgia, de
livered an addrqss on “Higher
Education to Today’s Youth” this
morning at 10:30 in the auditorium,
and his speech will be followed
by the annual Parents’ Day barbe
cue.
Doctor Aderhold was introduced
to the assembly of students, visit
ors, and faculty members by Presi
dent I. S. Ingram.
A native Georgian, Dr. Aderhold
was born at Lavonia. He did his
undergraduate work and took his
Master’s degree at the University
of Georgia, and received his PhD.
from Ohio State University.
For a while he taught in the
public schools at Jefferson, Geor
gia, and then returned to the
University of Georgia to teach vo
cational agriculture.
In 1942, he was named chair
man of the Educational Panel of
the Agricultural and Industrial
Board by Governor Arnall. After
that he made a survey of educa
tion in Georgia of less than college
level, the survey being authorized
by the legislature.
Soon Dr. Aderhold became the
Dean of the College of Education
at the University of Georgia. Later
he was a leader in mapping out
the Minimum Foundation Program
at the same time that he was serv
ing as president of the Georgia
Education Association.
In 1950, he was named presi
dent of the University of Georgia.
It has been said of Dr. Ader
hold that “he has been in a posi
tion to influence education, and
has had greater influence than any
other one person on improvement
of education in Georgia.”
job he wrote to all forty-eight
states asking them to contribute
a tree for the campus. The A. &
M. students did all the work, and
in many cases went into the woods
to get shrubs and trees to replace
those that died.
After Mr. Ingram succeeded Mr.
Melson, Mrs. Ingram took over and
for thirty years she has worked
unceasingly to beautify our cam-
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