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1954 MAY COURT. PICTURED ABOVE. WILL REIGN OVER. APR. 29 FESTIVITIES
May Court Selected by Students
Each year during the spring
quarter, one of the biggest events
of the year is held on the West
Georgia Campus. May Day is al
ways held on Thursday, on the
lawn between Melson Hall and
Dr. Ingram’s home. This year it
will be held on April 29.
The people who take part in the
program are members of the choir,
and the people who take May Day
as their Physical Education.
The highlight of the May Day
Festivities comes after the songs
and dances, when Dr. Ingram,
president of West Georgia, crowns
the May Queen. After the pro
gram is over, all visitors and stu
dents enjoy a barbecue dinner
with all the trimmings. The din
ner is served at the picnic area
in back of Melson Hall.
Plans for this year’s May Day
Program were started at the be
ginning of the winter
Committees from the Physical Ed
ucation Class were appointed to
plan the program and the decora
tions. This year’s program has
promises of being the best in West
Georgia history. The theme will be
“A Day at The Gunn Plantation”,
when the daughter (May Queen)
has her coming out party. The
program will be carried out in an
Old South atmosphere. The title
and the theme come from the his
tory of the school. The land on
which the college is located was
formerally the Gunn Plantation.
The house, which is now occupied
by the registrar, was the main
house on the plantation, however
the house is not at is toriginal
location. (A history of the Gunn
Plantation and West Georgia Col
lege will be printed on the back
of the May Day programs.) All
the plans have not been complet
ed, but Joy Owen, chairman of
the program committee, says that
the plans will be completed by
March 26.
A court is elected each year
from the, girls of the sophomore
class. This is one of the highest
honors that a girl may receive at
West Georgia. The court is voted
upon by the student body during
an assembly near the end of the
quarter. The 18 girls with the
highest number of votes are elect
ed to the court. Another election
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
is held at the following assembly
to elect the May Queen and Maid
of Honor.
This year’s May Court was elect
ed in Assembly on March 9. Those
elected were: Patricia Dickens,
Thomaston, Carolyn Milner, Mon
ticello; Patsy Sherwood, Oxford;
Nell Ann Hemminger, Decatur;
Betty and Barbara Stubbs, Atlanta;
Joy Putnam, Calhoun; Mary Ruth
Pulliam, Decatur; Rebecca Lee,
College Park; Irene Parker, De
catur; Tommye Lewis, Calhoun;
Shirley Mintz, Rockmart; Betty
Ann Jackson, Marietta; Anita Mor
ris, Atlanta; Elaine Wallace, Rome;
Wanda Elgin, Summerville; Doro
thy Gibson, Red Oak; Jane Gregg,
Concord. The May Queen and the
Maid of Honor are elected when
the students return from the
Spring Holidays.
Registration For
Spring Quarter
Held Last Week
Registration for spring quarter
here at West Georgia College was
held last week according to the
assistant registrar, Mrs. Mary
Copeland. Mrs. Copeland said the
enrollment for next quarter would
be approximately the same as this
quarter because some were drop
ping out and new students were
enrolling. '
Spring Holidays begin March
seventeen, and school reopens on
Tuesday morning, March twenty
third at 8:00 o’clock. If for any
reason a student does not register
and pay his tuition he must re
turn on the twenty-second of
March to attend to this.
The exam schedule is as fol
lows:
Monday, March 15th—
-8:00-10:00 a. m. All 8:00 classes.
10:15-12:15 a. m. All 1:30
classes.
1:30-3:30 p. m. All 2.25 classes.
Tuesday, March 16th—
-9:00-11:00 a. m. All 8:55 classes.
1:15-3:15 p. m. All 11:40 classes.
Wednesday, March 17th—
-800-10:00 a. m. All 10:45 classes.
10:15-12:15. All 12:35 classes.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
1954-55 Bulletins
Have Arrived
Mrs. Mary Copeland, assistant
registrar of West Georgia College,
announced that the new bulletins
for 1954-55 have arrived. The bul
letins are for the use of the stu
dents, and to be mailed to seniors
and interested applicants of West
Georgia College. Mr. Row, Miss
Crider, and others on the faculty
who attend high school college day
programs will distribute the new
bulletins in the schools.
All faculty members worked on
the bulletin, revising the part
that pertained to their classes and
organizations. Miss Katie Downs,
ithe registrar, was the chairman
of the committee who put out the
bulletin, Dr. I. S. Ingram, Everett
McKibben, Dean W. H. Row, Mrs.
Gwendolyn Stanford, Mrs. INflary
Copeland and Mr. Horace Acklen
also worked on the project. Mr.
McKibben and Mr. Sessions were
responsible for the general or
ganization, presentation, lay-out
and proofreading.
The bulletin is useful to all stu
dents on the campus. It contains
the school calendar for 1954-55,
the faculty and staff of the col
lege, and the names of cooperating
schools.
In the first part there is a sec
tion on general information in
cluding a history of the college
and the purpose. It also has a
a section on the general regula
tions which govern the students.
There is a section on the divi
sions of instruction and course of
ferings. It lists the requirements
for the special certificates.
The most interesting part is the
clubs and activities described in
the last section. There are pictures
of school activities, dormitories
and the football team, too.
The bulletin also contains an
application blank that can be us
ed by anyone who plans to attend
West Georgia. It has a certificate
of residence of the State of Geor
gia which must also be sent in
with the application.
The 54-55 bulletin is in Mrs.
Copeland’s office now and any
student can go by and get a copy
for his own use.
The Barter Theater Here Tonight
“The Two Gentlemen of Vero
na”, a Shakespearean comedy,
will be presented tonight, March
15, at 8 o’clock in the West Geor
gia College Auditorium under the
CAMPUS SCENES
“Kat” Parris seen with sever
al “Kittens” tagging behind him
during the music Festival.
* * *
All W.G.C. boys suddenly tak
ing a liking to Music. The humani
ties class on music and art appre
ciation certainly helps.
* * *
Group of industrious students
getting out of classes all week to
“work with” music festival.
* * *
Perfect gentlemen working as
doormen so as to pester majorettes
who try to get in.
* * *
The 1:30 English 101 class meet
ing on lawn in front of RA Build
ing and voted that this class was
strictly for the birds anyway.
* * #
Don Goodermote seen pulling
gray hairs out of Ed Walker’s
head in lunch line.
* * *
Several students making two
trips through lunch line lately.
* * *
More couples than ever stroll
ing about the campus with that
“Suddenly its Spring” look about
them.
* * *
Mrs. Ingram working on the
campus setting out flowers.
* * *
A couple of freshmen boys have
been receiving calls from “friends”
around 3 a. m. Do you know what
I mean???
* * *
Sophomore Superlative seen in
tree down in front of Mandeville
one sunny afternoon.
* * *
Our American Government
teacher coaching boys’ tennis team
each afternoon.
* * *
Lunch line in the cafeteria ex
tending out the back door during
music festival.
* * *
Scene: One, Claud Landrum
running across a potato patch af
ter a baseball.
* * *
“Purple Terror” seen eating
Gerber’s strained baby food in
dining hall.
* * *
The twins and -Pedro judging
a kite contest on back campus one
Saturday afternoon.
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MONDAY. MARCH 15. 1954
direction of Robert Poterfield. The
Barter Theater Group are on a
national tour presenting plays,
from their repertoire.
This play is a co-sponsored pro
ject of the Carrollton Kiwanis
Club and West Georgia College.
It’s purpose is to bring to Carroll
ton and the rural community an
outstanding company in the field
of drama.
Tickets are dn sale at Mrs.
Grice’s office; student tickets are
90c and adults are $1.50. Members
of the Circle K are going to be
ushers and handle the tickets at
the door.
From a beginning more picture
esque than conventional 21 years
ago, Virginia’s now famous Bar
ter Theater, the only state-sub
sidized theater in the United
States, and the foremost proponent
of the de-centralized movement in
America, this year writes another 1
important chapter in the history
of the legitimate stage.
Proud of its own past, which be
gan in 1933 when Robert Porter
field brough 22 Broadway actors
to his native Virginia Highlands
and established his theatre in the
historic little town of Abingdon,
Barter has progressed far beyond
the lean depression years when
rural people presented produce as
barter for a ticket to a production.
For example: A person could trade
a dozen eggs, a pound of butter,
or a sack of grain for a ticket to
the theatre. This is how the Bar
ter Theatre got its name. Today it
performs with confidence and
proven skill, and faces a future
bright with prospect.
The Barter Theatre in 1946 be
came the first permanent pro
fessional theatre in America to
receive state financial aid, a grant
from the Virginia Conservation
Commission. After three years of
World War inactivity, it was re
organized on a year-round basis
—representing its repertory of
summer productions in Abing
don, Virginia, and trouping the
state and other areas during the
winter months.
Last year Barter played more
than 350 engagements and troup
ed approximately 25,000 miles in
nine states.
Booked into metropolitan area
and rural community alike, Barter
this year represents to the cities
the finest technical productions of
outstanding plays and to the small
er towns the example of what the
legitimate theatre can offer a a
part of America’s cultural heri
tage.
To implement this plan, Barter
has availed itself of outstanding
professional personnel willing to
forego the more lucrative fields
of Broadway to take part in this
movement in which they them
selves hold a profound belief.
Others who' have been a part of
the Barter Company—like .Greg
ory Peck, Jeffrey Lynn, William
Prince, Charles Koryin, Hume
Cronyn, Margaret Phillips, Augus
to Dabney, Patricia Neal and
Katherine Raht before them—are
talented young people who join
‘ed Barter to share the atmosphere
of professionalism and growth
through learning which pervades
the Barter colony, a group dedi
cated to the most intense pur
suit of an American dream come
true.