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All made up in their finest for W. G. C. "Rat Week"
Weather Helps Make It Dreary
For "Mollycoddle" Freshmen
Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day were some of the dreariest,
oldest, funniest days any of our
Freshmen have ever encountered.
The weather helped get things off
to a good start by being perfect
“Rat Week” weather, cold and
rainy. But of course everybody
knew it would rain, because that
would make things even more mis
erable for the “mollycoddle of the
freshman class.”
On Tuesday afternoon the
Freshman creed and the rules and
regulations for Rat Week were
posted. From then on the Fresh
men began to hustle. There were
cigarettes, gum, candy, and num
erous shades of shoe polish to
buy, and the Alma Mater and
the creed to learn. Finally, late
Tuesday night, the Freshmen had
decided that they were about as
well prepared as they would ever
be, so it was off to bed for the
weary, frightened “rats,” who soon
found short-sheeted beds with
alarm clocks under them set for
3:00 a. m.
Freshmen spent the next three
days in agony. The girls costumes
consisted of an upside down skirt,
a backward, wrong sideout blouse,
different shoes, boys socks, and
hair starched and in pigtails. The
boys wore women’s hose and gar
ters, undershirts out, short pants,
and fingernail polish. All fresh -
Dormitory Officers fire
Elected for New Year
The dormitory officers for 1952-
53 have been elected. The names
of those elected Aycock Hall, of
ficers are Cotton McMullin, pre
sident. His helpers will be Hank
Mostellar as the Vice-president
and Dan Childers as the Secre
tary-Treasurer.
Adamson Hall has chosen Betty
Bowers as their president, and
with her is Leigh Bryant, the Vice-
President; Remah Holcombe, the
Secretary and Norma Williams,
the Treasurer.
Nancy Armstrong is Mande
ville’s President; Tommye Lewis
is Vice-President; Sarah Baxter
is Secretary and Carolyn Brown
is Treasurer.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
men wore “RAT” signs on their
backs. It was rumored that this
was just so they could oe told from
the sophomores.
The wish of their “lord para
mounts” was the Freshman’s com
mand. Rats became quite adept at
protecting themselves during “air
raids.” Noses were skinned and
dirtied from touching the white
circles on the sidewalks in front
and behind the Ad. Building. The
freshmen knew that all this was
only leading to the climax—Rat
Court.
Because of the weather Rat
Court was held in the Gym rather
than in Carrollton as is the cus
tom. Cotton McMullen was prose
cuting attorney, and Jimmy Car
roll was judge. The jury was com
posed of ferocious looking sopho
mores. A group of freshmen were
commended for their good sports
manship during the week and then
the trials began. The offenders,
the offenses, and the sentences
were varied and numerous, but
finally Court was over and anoth
er Rat Week had passed on into
West Georgia history.
This year the weather put a
damper on the activities of Rat
Week, but nevertheless it proved
to be a lot of fun for all, as well
as a test of good sportsmanship
on the part of both sophomores
and freshmen.
VRfl Holds Reception
To Meet Church Leaders
The V. R. A. held its annual re
ception Saturday night, September
25, in the gymnasium. The pur
pose of the evening was to ac
quaint the students with the facul
ty, the pastors of the Carrollton
churches, and those working with
youth groups in these churches.
The punch table was beautifully
decorated with dahlias and this
motif was carried throughout the
gym.
Mr. Victor Sayre played selec
tions on the piano during the later
part of the reception, and the
event was again considered a valu
able evening to both students and
faculty.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE. MONDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1952
Students Attend
Conference At
Indian Springs
The West Georgia College Pre
planning Conference was held at
Indian Springs, Friday and Satur
day, September 19-20, 1952. This
meeting was composed of not only
the faculty of West Georgia, but
also of personnel dealing with
other colleges in Georgia.
Invited to this meeting on Sat
urday were sixteen sophomore stu
dents, chosen because of campus
leadership, but only nine were able
to attend; these being Leonard
White, Janette Witcher, Carolyn
Brown, Abbie Turner, Donna Wen
dorf, Fay Ayers, Betty Bowers, Ed
Meyer, and Eddie Potts.
These students arrived in tirhe
to hear Pat Flury list and discuss
problems of campus living from a
student'| s viewpoint. These pro
blems took into their scope dormi
tory life, study habits, considera
tion of facilities, organization, and
social developments. Immediately
aftre her discussion, Dr. George
Connell, of Mercer, spoke of pro
blems from the view point of the
administrator.
After a intermission, the sopho
more students composed a panel
to discuss the problems mentioned
and to add anything that they
wished to say. Chairman of this
panel was Mrs. Richard C. Butts,
who contributed many fine ideas
to the discussion of the problems.
The meeting ended with a sum
mary from Dr. Connell, and lun
cheon at the Elder House.
Staff Chosen For
W. G. C. Annual for 1952
Club Editors: Jimmy Cook, Nan
cy Armstrong, Faye Ayers; Art:
Beverly and Leigh Bryant; Sports:
Mary Bishop, Beverly Bryant, Nel
va Garrett, J. C. Johnston, Buddy
Jones, Dan Childers.
Photographers: Elliott Hill and
Thomas Sewell; Typist: Barbara
Hall.
Assistant Editor’s: Pat Windom
and Barbara Pitman.
Business Manager: Carolyn Mil
ner.
Staff: Carolyn Faker, Betty
Henderson, Joy Putnam, Tom
mye Lewis, Mary Lee Cagle and
Jeanette Morgan.
Class Editors: Peggy Clark, Ann
Thrash and Virginia Ragsdale.
Mercer University Veep
Friday Chapel Speaker
Mr. Connell, vice-president of
Mercer University, was speaker at
chapel Friday morning, October
17, 1952. He spoke on “Our Code
of Living Today,” bringing out
two points of supreme importance.
“We, the citizens of a Democratic
country must have courage to face
facts. We must have faith and
patience. If we don’t follow this
code our present turmoiled situa
tion cannot improve.”
Miss Shirley Mintz, accompani
ed by Miss Nancy Armstrong, pre
sented special music. She sang
“Near to the Heart of God.”
Edith Foster, Library Leader, Is
Author of New Book of Poetry
Miss Edith Foster, author of “To
Wind a Chain” is a native of Car
rollton, where her father practic
ed medicine. Miss Foster received
her training at LaGrange College
and Emory University, majoring in
English. She has taught English in
high school.
A few years ago there was a
movement to provide better educa
tional facilities for the rural citi
zens of Georgia. It was then that
Miss Foster returned to her home
town to try to establish a regional
library. She succeeded in her ef
forts, and as a result West Geor
gia College is the site of a regional
library that operates over a 1,200
square mile area of four coun
ties. This library offers programs
of adult educational to Negroes
and whites in the region as well
as the children. The library owns
some 25,000 juvenile books with
two professional librarians work
ing over the four counties. A bud
get of $13,000 is allowed each year
for new books.
Miss Foster began to write poe
try in college, though she had
been interested in it all her life.
She was on the staff of the paper
at LaGrange, and later studied
verse craft on her own. Her first
book of poetry was published in
1937. It is entitled “Beside the
Wishing Well.”
As one who reads “To Wind a
Chain” will observe, Miss Foster’s
life is greatly influenced by na
ture. Her favorite time of the year
is winter, for, as she explains it,
“You can see further in winter.”
Miss Foster believes that nature
si the only teacher of philosophy.
All her poems sem eto concern
the way nature affects the human
life. Most of these poems have
been based on Miss Foster’s own
experiences. The title sounds rath
er unusual, and this is how Miss
Foster explains it. “Every person,
when he matures, ceases to be
thrilled by the actions that once
stirred his blood. He begins to feel
“settled.” Then suddenly, some
thing new comes along that gives
him a thrill for a short while, then
passes away. In the title poem,
Miss Foster expresses it as fol
lows:
“The latest beauty is the one to
Georgia Association of Junior Colleges
Will Have Annual Meet At W. G. C.
The Georgia Association of Jun
ior Colleges will hold its annual
meeting at West Georgia College,
Carrollton, Georgia, on October 17,
18 and 19. Doctor Virgil Eady, pre
sident of Emory at Oxford an
nounces two outstanding programs
during the conference.
A a luncheon Saturday noon, at
Sunset Hills Country Club, Doctor
E. C. Colwell, Dean of Faculties at
Emory University, Atlanta, Geor
gia, will discuss Moral and Spiri
tual Values in Education.
The Sunday morning session will
feature Delbert Clark, of New
York City, Eastern Representative
for the Fund for Adult Education
of the Ford Foundation.
Other problems of Junior Col
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MISS EDITH FOSTER
wind a chain about your head.”
This means that people’s minds are
very changeable. When one thinks
that there is nothing left to in
terest him, a thing as trival as the
leaves’ turning red will capture
his heart and prove that there is
something left to live for. Miss
Poster is a mature person, and her
works are mature writings. She
looks on nature as the great teach
er who knows all things. Her
poems of love concern every type
of live. Her poems are short, but
full of meaning. They are writ
ten on subjects that concern
everybody, yet nobody stops to
notice what Miss Foster finds in
her experiences from day to day.
‘‘To Wind a Chain” is a short
and interesting volume. It is a
book that young people will enjoy,
for it deals with subjects that
young people are interested in.
There is a quality of youth in the
author of the book that will al
ways be with her, for she wants
to be doing things. She is a busy
person, yet she can see the things
that surround us all in a light
that others cannot visualize. Miss
Foster is the type person that you
never forget, for she is enthusias
tic about her work, and works
hard on her career. West Georgia
College may well be proud of its
poet, Miss Foster.
lege administration will be dis
cussed Friday evening by Presi
dent L. E. Roberts, of Middle Geor
gia College, Cochran, Georgia;
President William Smith, of South
Georgia College, Douglas, Georgia;
President George P. Donaldson, of
Abraham-Baldwin College, Tifton,
Georgia; and President Foreman
Hawes, Armstrong College, Savan
nah, Georgia.
The Saturday morning session
discusses the importance of the
Junior College. Dctor George Con
nell, of Mercer University, Macon,
Georgia, will speak for the private
college and Doctor Henry K. Stan
ford, Assistant Chancellor of the
University System of Georgia, re
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