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THE WEST GEORGIAN
VOLUME NO. XVH^-VII
Ford Foundation Gives West Georgia College Aid
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MAY QUEEN PATRICIA DICKENS .
AND MAID OF HONOR CAROLYN MILNER
Flans for May Day Near Completion
Patricia Dickens, daughter of
Mrs. W. F. Dickens, of Thomas
ton, will reign over the May Day
Festivities here at West Georgia
College on April 29, when she
will be crowned May Queen. She
will be accompanied by her Maid
of Honor, Carolyn Milner, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mil
ner of Monticello, Ga.
The festivtiies will be held at 5
P. M. on the lawn between Mel
son Hall and Dr. and Mrs. In
gram’s home. This year the theme
for the program is, “A Day At the
Gunn Plantation.” The setting is
original in that the campus was
once a part of a large plantation.
The program will open with Ne
gro slaves going to the cotton
fields singing traditional Negro
spirituals. They will be portrayed
by members of the college choir,
and will furnish all the music for
the day. As the day lengthens act
ivities get underway for big
ball to be held that evening. Stu
dents from the boy’s physical edu
cation class will present tumbling
exhibitions, which will represent
children playing on the plantation.
As the people begin to gather
the air is filled with expectation
of the Annual Spring Ball. This
ball is the biggest affair of the
year, when the May Queen is
crowned.
After the tumbling exhibition
the traditional May Pole Dance
will be presented. The people who
will take part in this dance are:
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
Jane Hixon, Shirley Cole, Elsie
Gibson, Sue Moon, Jeanette Bar
ker, Phyllis Speir, Mary-Ann Ak
ins, Betty Tuggle, Charlotte Rog
ers, Peggy Day, Shirley Jo Jor
don, Gloria Lewis, Martha Jane
Mapp and Paula Whatley. Follow
ing the May Pole Dance various
American and English folk danc
es that were traditional during the
Old South Period will be present
ed by the different physical edu
cation classes.
Immediately following the folk
dances the May Court and their
escorts will dance on to the green.
The court and their escorts are:
Carolyn Milner, Coy Short; Re
becca Lee, Taylor Wynn; Nell Ann
Hemminger, Spencer Willis; Bet
ty Stubbs, Ray Weaver; Barbara
Stubbs, Ray Knight; Shirley
Mintz, Charles Essex; Patsy Sher
wood, Sam Black; Mary Ruth Pul
liam, Harold Griffin; Jane Gregg,
Jack Chilton; Wanda Elgin, Gene
Hudson; Dorothy Gibson, Lowell
Anderson; Elaine Wallace, Grant
Strickland; Tommye Lewis, Jon
Evans; Joy Putnam, Lyndy
Beers; Anita Morris, Robert Har
ris; Irene Parker, Kell Mitchel;
and Betty Ann Jackson, Clayton
Chance. *
After the crowning of the Queen,
Miss Patricia Dickens, by the Pres
ident of the college, Dr. I. S. In
gram, the court will waltz off the
green and become one of the
crowd. As they waltz off the choir
will sing “Memories”.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
F. H. A. Holds
Convention Here
The Future Homemakers of
America in District Four held
their annual spring meeting on
the West Georgia College caftipus,
Saturday, April 3. Their central
theme was “Building Together”.
The principal speaker was Mrs.
Bernice McCullough, who spoke
to the girls on personality devel
opment and getting along with
others.
About 11000 girls representing
over 80 chapters of Future Home
makers of America attended the
meeting. Elections for candidates
for state offices were held.
The group had lunch in the col
lege dining hall, with the college
students.
A feature of the event was the
Tribesmen* Quartette, which sang
several numbers for the girls.
Another feature was the Fash
ion Show presented by Kirven’s,
of Columbus, Georgia. F.H.A. girls
from the Columbus area served
as models.
The Hapeville Chapter present
ed a skit entitled “The Case of the
Curious Coins”. Its purpose was to
give the girls ideas how to raise
money toward the fund for build
ing cottages for the girls at F.H.A.
Camp at Jackson Lake, near Cov
ington, Georgia.
CAMPUS SCENES
A number of students giving
their rendition of the Atlanta Bal
let.
* * *
Seen —Many couples visitiflg
Mrs. Ingram’s flower garden.
* * *
Procter of Hall in her
P. J.’s at 8:15 A. M.
* * *
The dietician seen reading “Liv
ing With Teenagers”.
* * *
Two Adamson girl’s sitting in
rocking chairs facing the sun, hop
ing for a blister.
* * *
All the boys on campus Saturday
sitting on the steps of the gym as
the F.H.A. girls gather for the con
vention.
* * *
Student body president rushing
to Aycock with his hands behind
him.
* * *
Campus in an uproar as a result
of Carroll County Field Day.
* * *
A group of students (mainly
Sophombres) seen reading ele
mentary grade books down at the
library!
* * *
Our exchange student pleading
with her roommate to jump from
the second story window of Ad
ministration Building as she re
cited a scene from “Romeo and
Juliet”.
* * *
Girl seen jumping out a first
floor window in Mandeville when
she heard that the bus with the
ball players abroard was back.
Choir Robes
Have Arrived
West Georgia College Choir has.
received its new choir robes and
is ready to meet the heavy sche
dule for the next few weeks.
With the work of the choir, the
help of the school and outside
donations, the choir was able to
buy robes this year for the first
time in several years. The choir
is very proud of the new robes
which are a light Confederate gray
color. They are made from one
of the new, lightweight materials
that has just been intrduced. The
choir worked hard to earn the
money for these new robes. They
sponsored the “Foolies”, had a
Twirp Dance, and sold conses
sions during Music Festival Week.
Although the debt has not been
paid in full, it is slowly, but sure
ty growing smaller and it is hoped
(hat it can be paid off before the
end of this quarter.
Mr. Howell, Dr. Ingram, and
Dean Row are very pleased with
the work the choir has done. It
has been said that this is the best
choral group heard on the West
Georgia Campus in several years.
Everyone is very pleased that un
der the direction of Mr. Howell
the choir has come such a long
way.
Although the schedule for the
next few weeks is a heavy one,
we are sure the choir will contin
ue to do a good job. The choir is
now in the process of learning four
new songs to add to the program
which already includes —“Blessed
Redeemer”, “Ava Verum”, “Swing
Along”, “Skip To My Lou”, “No
Man Is An Island”, and “I Wonder
As I Wander”.
Everyone is doing a swell job;
let’s keep up the good work.
Monday, April 5, Forest Park,
Jonesboro, North Clayton.
Tuesday, April 6, Dallas, Rock
mart, Cedartown.
Thursday, April 8, Heflin, Ala.
Friday, April 9, Concert here.
Monday, April 12, Carrollton.
Tuesday, April 13, Russell,
Brown.
, Thursday, April 5, College Park.
Friday, April 16, Auditorium.
Tuesday, April 20, Newnan,
Manchester, Greenville.
Monday, April 26, Presbyterian
Church.
Tuesday, April 27, Southwest
DeKalb, Avondale.
Thursday, April 29, May Day.
Monday, May 5, Rome, Calhoun,
Dalton.
Friday, May 15, Carroll Coun
ty Armed Forces Day.
Monday, May 30, Lafayette.
Former Art Teacher Here Has Exhibit
Mr. Hugh Wallace, former West
Georgia art instructor, presented
fourteen painting in an art exhibit
at Oglethorpe University last
month.
From 1946 through 1952 Mr.
Wallace was on the faculty at
West Georgia College In 1952 he
left West Georgia to take a job
in the drafting department at
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.
MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1954
West Georgia Gets Grant
Of $12,225 For Adults
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Dr. I. S. Ingram, President of
West Georgia College, announced
recently that the Fund for Adulti
Education had made a grant of
$21,225 to West Georgia College
for its Adult Education Program.
The proposed annual budget for
Adult Education at West Georgia
College for the year 1954-55 is
$26,125, according to Dr. Fngram.
In reviewing the request for the
grant, the president said the ap
peal was made for assistance to
evaluate, enrich and extend a
promising experiment in Commun
ity and Adult Education which has
slowly emerged at West Georgia
College, now known as the “Col
lege in the Country.” “This as
sistance now will help meet the
spontaneous and overwhelming de
mand which has overtaxed the re
sources of this Junior College unit
of the University of Georgia; and
will help “College in the Coun
try” fulfill its promise of becom
ing a pilot experiment whose val
ues will spread across that sec
tion of America least touched by
traditional adult education: rural
adult America,” Dr. Ingram said.
Dr. Ingram stated that the pro
gram will be directed by a veter
an member of the staff, J. Carson
Pritchard. Mr. Pritchard was loan
ed last year to “The People Act”
board of which Dr. Milton Eisen
hower was the president, as as
sociate director.
This Board, composed of leading
educators over the nation, work
ed in the field of publicizing
worthwhile community action ov
er the nation. Dr. Ingram Was a
member of this board. The presi
dent said Mr. Pritchard made an
outstanding contribution to Adult
Education through this Board.
Mr. Pritchard, in speaking of
the movement of “College in the
Country” said it grew out of a be
lief that a person seriously seek
ing a wider understanding of him
self and his world has a dignity
not very evident in a person who
is seeking just a living or fortune*
or fame or power or advatnage.
“Akin to this essential belief in the
dignity of the person at study is
the belief that people will plan
together in their communities and
plan well, intelligently, creatively
—for themselves, to the Very lim
its of available resources, if given
an opportunity,” he said. “This
pfenning and seeking together in
the “College in the Country” can
be—has been—fun for everybody;
for farm families, for town friends,
for college faculty.
Mr. Everett McKibben, who had
been a student under Mr. Wallace
took his place and at the present
time holds that position.
At the present Mr. Wallace is
director of the High Museum of
Art in Atlanta, Georgia. The four
teen paintings he presented were
modem and it took him six years
to produce them.