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THE WEST GEORGIAN
VOLUME NO. XYII^NO-THREE
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President I. S. Ingram is presented with a leather brief case
by the faculty. In a farewell address he told of his plans to be
away during winter quarter as a consultant to the Junior College
at Puerto Rico.
WIFE OF FACULTY
MEMBER SPEAKS
Mrs. Colus Johnson with an in
spiring picture of Christ and the
Rich Young Man as a worship cen
ter told of the teachings that could
be found in the picture.
The aged, with dreams lost, the
young ruler who had not yet de
cided what he would do with his
life, and the poor outside, smybo
lic of the fact that there will al
ways be poor that must be cared
for; all this was in the picture.
Jesus was a main point of inter
est in the picture. With his kind
and loving eyes he revealed His
immeasurable wisdom and love for
man. His face portrayed a figure
definitely not of the usual lot of
people of that day.
The picture was a lesson with
in itself and with the explana
nation so wonderfully given by
Mrs. Johnson the program was
one that the V. R. A. remembers
with pride.
Debate Tournament to
Be Held at W. G. C.
A Debate Tournament will be
held February 5,6, and 7 on the
West Georgia Campus. Both Jun
ior and Senior Colleges have been
invited to participate. The Debate
Club is host to similar clubs and
teams from the University of
Georgia, Emory University, Ogle
thorpe, Emory at Oxford, Georgia
Tech, and many other colleges and
Universities of the Southeast.
The idea of having the Junior
College debate with Junior Col
leges while Senior Colleges de
bate Senior Colleges is being con
sidered.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1953
Row Receives
Degree from
N. Y. University
William H. Row, Dean of West
Georgia College successfully com
pleted his examinations in New
York Monday, December 15, 1952.
New York University conferred
the degree of Doctor of Educa
tion.
Doctor Row began his teaching
experience in the public schools of
his home state of Kansas. Later he
joined the public schools of Tulsa,
Oklahoma in the field of speech.
His proficiency brought him to the
attention of the Georgia State De
partment of Education Workshops
where he was identified with Mer
cer University Summer School as
a speech specialist. He joined the
faculty of West Georgia College
as head of the English Depart
ment in 1946.
Following the election of Dr. L.
E. Roberts to the presidency of
Middle Georgia College, Doctor
Row was promoted to Administra
tive Dean in 1950 at West Geor
gia College. He is the third Dean
of Administration at West Geor
gia College. His predecessors were
Dr. Fred Gunn and Dr. L. E. Rob
erts.
Dr. Row is an Elder in the local
Presbyterian Church, a member
of the Carrollton Kiwanis Club
and both he and his wife are use
ful citizens of Carrollton. He
lives with his family on Griffin
Avenue. His children are Howell
Row who is in high school, and
Rosalee, who attends Maple Street
School.
Freshman Election to Be Held Today
Freshman elections will be held
January 20. A president, vice-pre
sident, secretary-treasurer will be
elected. Candidates must have a
petition with 20 signatures in or
der to be eligible for election. The
voting will be organized and con
ducted by the Student Council.
The following people are candi
dates for offices:
President: Jeanette Morgan, H.
L. McCright, John Vaughn, J. C.
Johnston.
Vice-president: Mary Ruth Pul
liam.
Secretary - treasurer: Connie
Yancey, Rebecca Lee.
Voting will be held in the Ad
ministration building from 8 to
3 o’clock. All freshmen are re
quested to vote Wednesday so the
leaders can be chosen.
HOLMS SPEAKER AT
SPECIAL MEETING
Horace Holms, a representative
of America’s Point Four program
under the State Department was
speaker at a special meeting held
on West Georgia campus January
18. The meeting was sponsored by
“The Panel on Religion 0 of the
Carroll Service Council in coop
eration with “The Committee of
25” which sponsored the Amar
Singh visit to Carroll County.
Mr. Holms works as an Agricul
tural Aid to Indian farmers. He
is now on a visit to the states. It
was through Mr. Holms that Amar
Singh was selected to come to the
United States and visit Carroll
County.
The meeting was presided over
by Alton I. Smith, Chairman of
“The Panel of Religion.”
WROTEN SPEAKS
AT CHAPEL JAN. 13
Mr. William Wroten, Jr., Chair
man of the Department of Social
Scence, was speaker at chapel,
January 13.
Mr. Wroten was bom in Mary
land and attended high school
there. He received his A.B. degree
in history and education at West
ern Kentucky State Teachers Col
lege.
From 1952 to 1946 he was in
the Army, two years as an enlist
ed man and later with the rank of
Lieutenant. Mr. Wroten spent
eighteen months in Europe.
“Research Can Be Interesting,”
v/as Mr. Wroten’s topic. He gave
an account of the lumberjacks in
Wyoming during pioneer days.
This spoke for itself —research
Choir Makes Plans for New Year;
Will Attend Fred Waring Concert
Mr. Victor Sayre, director of the West Georgia Choir has an
nounced that the choir will make several trips to Atlanta in the fut
ure for concerts and other musical events. Thirty students have pur
chased tickets to the concert given by the Philadelphia Symphony Or
chestra February 19. On March 26, 1953 the choir and other students
who are interested will go to Atlanta for the Fred Waring Concert.
The Choir also plans to attend one performance of the Metropolitan
Opera in Atlanta this spring.
COLLEGE 4-H CLUB
GIVES SQUARE DANCE
The 4-H Club of W. G. C. spoil
sored a square dance Friday, Jan.
16 for the students and Senior
4-H Club members over the coun
ty.
Bales of hay, pitchforks and
lanterns carried out the theme and
made the gym resemble the inside
of an old barn. The plaid shirts
and jeans of the boys and the
pretty skirts and blouses \vorn
by the girls completed the picture.
Serving on the decoration commit
tee were Betty Bowers, J. C. John
son, Peggy Clark and Norma Wil
liams.
The caller, Mr. M. L. Van Win
kle, Recreation Specialist for the
Extension Service from* Athens did
an excellent job and everyone had
a very good time as he called
“Swing Your Partner.”
The concession stand staffed by
Abbie Turner and Carolyn Mil
ner was a big success as everyone
is just naturally thirsty and hun
gry after square dancing and hav
ing a wonderful time.
STUDENT COUNCIL
The student council held its first
meeting after Christmas holidays
on January 8 in the R. A. Build
ing.
Plans were made for the Fresh
man election which will be held
soon.
Several old members did not re
turn to West Georgia this quarter
and new members will have to be
appointed to fill their places.
Mr. Wirsing said it would not
be possible to have a driving
school, as formerly planned, be
cause no teacher is available.
The meeting was then adjourned
by Leonard White, president.
Chapel, January 6,1953
Tuesday, January 6, Dr. J. Whit
ney Bunting spoke in chapel on
the subject “College Is a Privil
age,” a topic challenging college
students to accept the responsi
bilities of leadership.
Dr. Bunting is a leader himself,
for during the Christmas holidays
he was named president of Ogle
thorpe University to succeed Dr.
Phillip Weltner. Last fall he came
to Oglethorpe as Assistant to the
President; formerly he was direc
tor of the Bureau of Business Re
search at the University of Geor
gia.
CARROLLTON. GEORGIA
Crider Represents
W. G. C. On College Days
Miss Marian Crider is Director
of an extensive recruiting pro
gram at West Georgia College, a
campaign taking her to every high
school in this area where there
may be seniors who need to go to
college. Partly relieved of her
teaching duties, Miss Crider is de
voting most of the winter quarter
to traveling near and far to tell
potential college people of West
Georgia. She appears on assembly
programs, College Day programs
and wherever there is occasion, of
ten along with representatives of
other colleges.
Miss Crider has talked to high
school seniors in Atlanta, New
nan, Rome and many small towns
and county schools. She is very
enthusiastic about the work, not
only because it promises to swell
West Georgia’s fall enrollment of
freshmen but also because she
finds that students are grateful for
what she has to tell.
Students from the college are
participating in the program by
accompanying Miss Crider to their
alma maters to help convince their
high school successors that West
Georgia is a place worthy of their
considerations.
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MISS RUTH STURGIS
Ruth Sturgis to
Visit Campus
Miss Ruth Sturgis, former Di
rector of Health and Physical
Education will arrive Thursday
afternoon and will remain on cam
pus through Sunday.
Many social gatherings have
been planned in her honor includ
ing a faculty dinner party to be
given Friday evening in the Home
Economics Department.
Miss Sturgis was professor of
Physical Education at West Geor
gia from 1952 until 1952. She is
now teaching in the Physical Edu
cation Department at Winthrop
College in Rock Hill, South Caro
lina.
It was through her untiring ef
forts that the W. A. A. at West
Georgia was started and grew to
be the strong organization that it
is today.