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THE WEST GEORGIAN
VOLUME NO. XVII—X
West Georgia Has 21st Summer School
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The New Science Building Nearing Completion
10-Year Dream
Comes True
A ten year dream of Dr. I. S.
Ingram, President of West Geor
gia College, is realized. It is the
Science and Student Building
nearing completion on the cam
pus of the college. It is on the site
of the old dining hall and shop
building.
The second floor is a beauti
fully appointed science building
composed of laboratories and spa
cious classrooms. Modern and
technical equipment is now be
ing installed. In the center is an
elevated classroom seating one
hundred students. The seats are
so raised that all students may
observe experiments by the in
structor preparatory for more de
tailed work by students. This room
is also equipped for visual aids.
The first floor has unusual fea
tures designed to meet the needs
of local or day students. There
have been placed in the day
lounge for women seventy-five
lockers and other conveniences for
women. This is true for local men.
Adjoining is a large lobby equip
ped with chairs, tables and other
furniture for the comfort of day
students. There will be the book
store, snack bar, telephones,
writing and study tables.
Dr. Ingram stated that subject
to the approval of the Regents
and Chancellor of the University
System of Georgia, added instruc
tional equipment approximating
$16,000.00 will be added this sum
mer. These expenditures will be
made in Business Education and
the Sciences. A like amount is
planned for physical equipment.
The importance of the Junior
College as a means of developing
maturity adjustments and confi
dence in students is being recog
nized more and more, said the
president.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
NEWS ITEMS
President I. S. Ingram and J.
Carson Pritchard left today (July
6) for Young Harris College. Dr.
Ingram will speak at the college
chapel Tuesday and to the facul
ty on Tuesday night. Mr. Prit
chard will confer with groups
concerning College in the County.
Miss Dora Peete and her father
returned fom a three-weeks vaca
tion Sunday. While Mr. Peete
visited his son, Miss Peete spent
some time at the beach on the
Gulfand at Nashville, Tennessee.
Mr. Horace Acklin, the veteran
Comptroller of West Georgia Col
lege is very busy with reports
and inventories. According to Dr.
Ingram, President of the College
Mr. Acklin will show a healthy
financial condition at West Geor
gia College in an unallocated
surplus reserve of $49,000.00. Mr.
Acklin, a veteran auditor and
bookkeeper, has been with the
college for fifteen years. Mr. Ack
lin is a native of Carroll County
and lives with his family on Rome
street.
A group of faculty, summer
school students and friends will
leave Saturday morning, July 10th
by special Southeastern Motor
Lines bus for Cherokee, N. C.
Enroute they will see North Geor
gia College, Neal’s Gap, Young
Harris College and Brasstown, a
craft shop in North Carolina. The
party, headed by President and
Mrs. Ingram and Dean and Mrs.
Row, will attend the famous, tra
gic, triumphant, gay and moving
story of the Cherokee Indians
presented by famous and nation
ally known artists. Other points
will include scenes in the Great
Smokies and the Indian village.
The party will return Sunday.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
Improvements On The Campus
By PEGGY DAY
“Striving for betterment in
every way” might be the theme
of the directors of this institution.
Of this fact the average person
cannot be sure. However, dur
ing the past year many improve
ments have taken place on the
campus of West Georgia College.
It might be well that we be
brought up to date on these things
in order that we might see the
real value and appreciate all the
work and efforts that have been
shown on our campus.
First of all, and perhaps one
of the things that has added so
greatly to improve the looks on
front campus is the cement curb
and parking area. A year ago this
was a sore spot and degraded the
looks of our campus.
About this same time work was
begun on the new science build
ing. This building has been erect
ed on the site of a dining hall
that was burned several years
ago. Everyone connected with the
colelge feels proud of our new
building which will be modern in
every respect. In the basement
will be located our new and fully
equipped college store. Anew,
comfortable Day Student Lounge
will also have anew home in the
new building. The new lecture
room is out of this world and is
absolutely the last word. We see
them often in magazines and mo
vies, but we did not expect to ever
go to school and be taught in a
room comparable to this.
Due to such an increase in en
rollment, it has been necessary to
increase the dormitory space for
the girls. In the fall the girls will
be living in what last year’s stu
dents commonly called the “Old
Soldiers’ Home”. The rooms have
been redecorated, the floors are
to be reconditioned and many
other such items will be attended
to so as to make life more com
fortable and enjoyable for our
new students.
1954 Football Schedule
Saturday, October 2, Open.
Saturday, October 9, Robins
Air Force Base, Macon, Ga., 8
p. m.
Saturday, October 16, Gordon
Military College, Carrollton, 8
p. m.
Saturday, October 23, Hiwassee
College, Madisonville, Tenn., 8
p. m.
Saturday, October 30, Middle
Georgia College, Carrollton 3
p. m. (Homecoming Game).
Saturday, November 6, Jack
sonville Teachers College, Jack
sonville, Ala., 7:30 p. m.
Saturday, November 13, Geor
gia Military College, Carrollton 8
p. m.
Saturday, November 20, Pearl
River College, Poplarville, Miss.,
8 p. m.
Special Meetings
And Consultants
On June 14, Miss Blanche Cole
man from the American Book
Company, displayed reading books
to the Problems irt Teaching
group and the Materials and Me
thods class.
Tuesday, June 15, Miss Nedra
Mitchell from the John C. Win
ston Company displayed Mathe
matics books to the Workshop
Assembly £nd Teacher’s Mathe
matics class.
June 21, Mrs. Rita Lee Hope
from the Georgia Power Com
pany, gave lectures to the Health
Education Class and Problems in
Teaching Class on School Light
ing.
June 23, Miss Majorie Sailors
represented reading and Mr.
Houston represented science from
the Row, Petersen Book Com
pany, visited the Wordshop As
sembly Children’s Literature and
Speech Class, Materials and Me
thods Class and Problems in
Teaching and Geography Con
servation Class.
July 6, Miss Johnssie Kell dis
played reading books from Sinn
and Company to the Problems in
Teaching and Materials and Me
thods Class.
July 13, Miss Augusta Jenkins
from the Macmillan Company
displayed reading books to the
Children’s Literature Class and
Workshop Assembly.
Increase Fall
Enrollment
The enrollment for the fall
term of fifty-four has increased
tremendously over the enrollment
of fifty-three. In speading of the
enrollment, Dr. Ingram stated
that the Registrar’s records show
ed a 30 percent increase over this
corresponding date of last year.
“The importance of the Junior
College as a means of developing
maturity adjustments and confi
dence in students is being recog
nized more and more,” said Dr.
Ingram.
The girls are really going to
take over the place come next
fall. There will be three dormi
tories opened for girls. Already,
Mandeville and Adamson are
•completely taken. There have
already been six girls assigned
to Melson Hall and will probab
ly be more before fall quarter
opens.
The boys will live in Aycock.
Formerly boys lived in Melson
Hall but since the increased en
rollment of girls, all the boys
must move to Aycock and be one
big happy family.
FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1954
26 Will Graduate
Today at WGC
The twenty-first session of sum
mer school at West Georgia began
on June 10 with an enrollment of
150 students. Nineteen of these
students will receive their third
year Professional Teacher’s Cer
tificate and seven will finish their
second year.
Several students have com
mented on the friendliness and in
terest that the teachers have
shown in the students during this
sesison. This informal and friend
ly spirit that is so typical of
West Georgia College was further
refelcted in the recreation and
fellowship that the students and
teachers shared. The college has
gone to considerable effort and
expense to provide trips, parties,
and get-to-gethers to make the
students’ stay here more pleasant.
Summer school will end on
July 16, one of the most success
ful ever.
The following students are
completing three years of work
this summer:
Mrs. W. E. Barron, Newnan,
Ga.; Mary Laßuth Bennett, Car
rollton, Ga.; Mrs. Eulalia Blanks,
Franklin, Ga.; Mrs. Marilu Can
trell, Hiram, Ga.; Mrs. Geneva
Davenport, Whitesburg, Ga.; Mrs.
Gladys Eddleman, Carrollton, Ga.;
Mrs. Lauretta Delk, Ludowici,
Ga.
Mrs. Mildred Glover, LaGran
ge, Ga.; Richard J. Hill; Carroll
ton, Ga.; Mrs. Ernest Kidd, New
nan, Ga.; Mary Ann King, Curry
ville, Ga.; Mrs. lone Langford,
Thomaston, Ga.; Mrs. Mary Law
son, Rockmart, Ga.
Mrs. Irene Shadinger Leavell,
Lithia Springs, Ga.; Pauline Myrt
Ray, East Point, Ga.; Jean Shim
ner, Tallapoosa, Ga.; Mrs. Virgi
nia Iris Smith, Newnan, Ga.; Eva
Mae Waldrop, Winston, Ga.; Mrs.
Mildred Power Walker, Carroll
ton, Ga.
Completing two years: Mrs. Mat
tie Gentry, Buchanan, Ga.; May
F. Glenn, Cave Springs, Ga.; Rus
sell Kent, Fairburn, Ga.; Mrs.
Mrs. Evelyn Liner, Buchanan,
Ga.; Mrs. Erma Mask, Griffin,
Ga.; Lena Pope, Tallapoosa, Ga.;
Mrs. Ben Slaughter, Woodland,
Ga.
CAMPUS SCENES
Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. Delk
dancing in the dining hall . . .
Two of our young ladies seen
taking up the art of boxing . . .
A call to a shuffleboard play
er, “Willie, it’s ten-thirty and
time for bed.”.. . .
Two barefooted young ladies
enjoying home-made ice cream
on the steps of the “Old Soldi
ers Home.” . . .
Bill Barlow sporting a
“Mouse” after a heavy date at
the beach , . .