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1 VOLUME NO. XVII—Viu
W. 6- C. Students Await ‘Turkey Day'
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1954 HOMECOMING COURT
LEE NAMED HOMECOMING QUEEN
Choir Raises
Robe Fund
The West Music Dept.,
under the direction of Mr. Rich
ard Howell, presented musical en
tertainment for the Ga. Associa
tion of Junior Colleges which met
oin the college tcampus October
15-17.
On Friday at the First annual
Delbert Clark Award Dinner, the
Girls’ Trio and Mr. Howell ap
peared. The trio sang a spiritual,
“Steal Away”, and Mr. Howell
sang a ballad, "Through The
Years", and closed with a comic
arrangement of the nursery rh
yme, “Oliver Cromwell’’.
On Saturday morning the Soph
omore choir sang the popular
square dane tune, “Skip To My
Lou”. and “No Man Is An Island”,
the text of which was taken from
John Donnis “Devotions XVII".
That night they sang an Appa
lachian Carol, "I Wonder As I
Wonder”, and a negro cake walk,
“Swing Along”.
At the final meeting Sunday
morning, Mr. Hov ell sang "The
Lord’s Prayer" as part of the
votion.
The Music Department spon
sored two big events during the
month of October. The first was
the annual “Twirp Week”. During
this week the girls &oked the boys
for dates, paid all the expenses
and performed all the common
courtesies for the boys. “Twirp
Week" was climaxed with a
Twirp Dance where the girls had
the chance to choose their dance
partners.
The second was the “Fall Fool
iett of ’54", a variety show which
featured college and local talent
in songs, dances, skits, and com
edy routines.
The Music Department also has,
undertaken a paper drive and a
card sale as money-making pro
jects for the year.
CAMPUS SCENES
Seen twirp week—strange dates with other girls’ boy
friends. J
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Seen—couples “clutching on the new on the
back campus.
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Seen—“ Four-toed, knock-kneed freshmen” walking
around the campus.
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Wanted—More students to stay on the campus on week
ends! !
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F3und—One engagement ring by Jane Hixon*
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Wanted—More school spirit shown by students!
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Seen—Woody and Penny playing tarzan in the old gym
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Seen—A faculty member riding in the back of a red
pick-up truck to the homecoming game.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
By BETH HOWARD
The Annual Homecoming of
West Georgia College was held on
Saturday, November thirteenth
With many alumni and friends a
tending.
The activities of this memora
Dormitories Hold
House Elections
Soon after school started, e ch
dormitory held a house meeting
to elect officers to guide them
through the coming With
the exception of newly converted
Melson Hall, the only office va
cant was •ce-president, which is
filled by a member of the Fresh
man class.
The Melson girls elected Jane
Ballenger as their president, and
to work with her are: Reggie
Whitaker, vice-president;
Hendrix, secretary; Phyllis Dill
worth, treasurer; and Hazel Lan
gley, proctor. The boys in Melson
did not elect officers but selected
Walter Mitchell as their student
council representative.
The Adamson officers for 1954-
55 are as follows: Jane Hixon,
President; Nancy Andrews, vice
president; Elsie Gibson, secreta
ry; and Gloris Lewis, treasurer.
Shirley Mintz and Linda Ann But
ler are the proctors.
Marion Smith, the president at
Mandeville Hail has a fine staff
to help her out. Sandra McGuire,
vice-president; Beth Howard, sec
retary; and Dorothy Powers, tr
easurer. The proctors there are
Beth Howard and Peggy Day.
Over in Ay cock, the boys have
elected a fine group of leaders.
Harold Blankenship is president
Marvin Burdette, vice-president:
Jimmy Ackerman, secretary; Ge
ne Dempsey, treasurer; and Bill
Scott, Kell Mitchell, and Bill Bar
lowe are the proctors.
Our best wishes to these stu
dents, and these dormitories are
looking to a successful year.
'6(l' vvecfepnd got underway at foyr
o’clock in the afternoon when
Homecoming Parade s'&CVt-d. The
Parade was led by the Float
i sponsored by the recently organ
ized West Georgia Band. Next
came the Student Council Float
carrying the Homecoming Queen
| and her Court, elected by the Stu
dent Body iii a previous election.
Other floats in the parade were
sponsored by F. T. A., F. B. L. A.,
Veterans Club, 4-H Club, Cheer
leaders, Language Clubs and Al
pha Psi. A prize for the best float
was offered by the West Geor
gian. Judged as the winning float
was thfc Veterans' with honorable
going to the F. B. L. A. and Stu
dent Council Floats.
At eight o’clock the football
game began between The West
Georgia Braves and Georgia Mil
itary College of MiJledgevillo.
West Georgia was defeated by
G. M. C.
Highlighting the game during
half-time was the Crowning of the
Homecoming Queen. The Queen
and her Court were presented as
they walked across the football
field. \
This years Queen was Miss Sh
irley Lee. She was crowned by
Dr. I. S. Ingram, President of
West Georgia College. Shirley, a
Sophomore at West Georgia, gra
duated from College Park High
School. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Lee of Red Oak,
Georgia, Her Maid of Honor was
Miss Rachel McConnell of Comer,
Georgia, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. McConnell. Members
of the Court were Miss Shirley
Jo Jordan of Newnan; Miss Mar
sue Dean of Carrollton; Miss Peg
gy Day of Covington; Miss Betty
Stubbs of Atlanta and Miss Bar
bara Stubbs of Atlanta.
Music was furnished at the Pa
rade and game by the West Geor
gia Band, directed by Mr. Rich
ard Howell.
Climaxing the activities of the
day was an informal dance held
in the College gym after the ball
game, with music furnished by
our old standby, the record play
er. One selection was played es
pecially for the Queen and the
Court.
Homecoming has been the oc
casion for former students to
come back and visit the West
Georgia Campus each year. This
year as usual, many of the alum
| ni did return.
W.G.C. Enrollment
Reaches New Peak
The enrollment of students for
the beginning fall session of Sep
tember. 1954, marked the great
est and largest enrollment, with
a total number of 387 students,
ever to attend West Georgia col
lege announced the Registrar,
Miss Katie Downs.
There is a 30% increase the
enrollment compared to last ye
ars enrollment. The number of
freshmen enrolled shows a to
tal of 245 leaving a total of 142
sophomores.
The “Day Students*' as they are
called are a very important
group on the campus often rank
ing high in scholastics and part
icipating in the general program
of the coKege. There are 137 stu
dents enrolled as day students
who are living in Carrollton and
surrounding areas.
DEVOTED TO TIIE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
"HEAVEN CAN WAIT”
OPENS DECEMBER 3
Clark Awards
Announced
West Georgia College granted
the 1954 Delbert Clark Award in
Adult Education to three promi
nent educators and an Atlanta
newspaperman on October 15, Dr.
I. S. Ingram, college president an
nounced.
They are Dr. Philip Weltner,
former chancellor of the Univer
sity of Georgia, Editor Ralph Mc-
Gill of the Atlanta Constitution,
and Professors Jess and Jean Og
den, of the University of Virginia,
editors 'f the “New Dominion
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educational ' states?™ o
and author is a Protestant lay
man and pioneer in social and
governmental legislation. F?w
men in a lifetime are so, gifted
as to be able to rhake construc
tive achievement in as varied
fields as Doctor Weltner. His life
has been and is full of concern
for people on all levels of living.
Last year, an old and well-estab
lished college in this state pre
award of merit for
outstanding service to his state
and region. Doctor Weltner was
the Chancellor in the initial sta
ges of West Georgia College. He
initiated the first all-out faculty
effort in Community Education
here at West Georgia some twen
ty years ago. Subsequently, he
has been a consultant and friend.
Ralph Emerson McGill, Marine
Corps service, patriot, author, po
litical analyst, world traveler, is
the editor of a great metropolitan
newspaper of this state. He is an
outstanding citizen.
Ralph McGill has a warm per
sonality. He is generous and tol
erant and is truly, a Christian
gentleman ir the finest sense of
the term as exemplified in be
lieving in, interpreting and prac
ticing “Love Thy Neighbor.” He
is an unselfish person and has a
deep concern for all people.
Ralph McGill has had a long,
unofficial, but intimate associa
tion with West Georgia College
and the people of the region serv
ed by the College. His daily col
umn, read by one-half million
people, is an outstanding contri
bution to adult education.
Jess and Jean Ogden, an insep
arable team of nationally recog
nized educators and authorities on
community education; outstand
ing for their first-hand visits, wri
tings and recordings of notewor
thy centers of community action
in America are consultants and
colaborators in the field of Adult
Education in this country and a
broad. They began their visits to
West Georgia College ten years
ago. Their writings of the project
here and their consultative ser
vices have stimulated the faculty
and respective communities in
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WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
HEAVEN CAN WAIT, a de
lightful comedy-fantasy by Harry
Segall that was recently a big hit
on Broadway, will be the fall ma
i jor production of the West Geor
j gia College Dramatics class, un
| der the expert direction of Miss
; LiK.lan Preston. HEAVEN CAN
WAIT will be given Friday night,
December 3, at 8:00, at the West
Georgia College auditorium. Tic
kets are free for all West Geor
gia students.
The production of HEAVEN
CAN WAIT, which is a fascinat
ing story, is a project of the Dra
matics class here at the college.
New curtains and lighting equip
ment for special effects have been
added in order to give a more
professional touch to the show.
The cast will include over twenty
five of the students with ten ma
, jor speaking roles. The Drama-
Glass is working on three
other inductions while HEAVEN
t CAN iWAIT j?. rehearsal.
The cast is as Jo ? fTn
j dleton; Tom Uvingsto?* -Chipley.
Ga. Mr. Jordan; . Carlo? Atkins,
Lafayette, Ga. Messenger 7043;
Shirley Jo Jordan, NeWnan, Q
Julia Farnsworth; Nancy Shipp,
Dallas, Ga. Tony Abbott; Rob
bie Prince, Roopville, Ga. Bette
Logan; Sue Moon Bowdon, Ga.
Max Levene; A1 “coor.dog” Crow
der, Griffin, Ga. Mrs. Ames’; Nan
cy Jackson, Franklin, Ga. Nurse;
Gloria Lewis, Monticelio, Ga. Su
sie, maid; Dot f Powers, Calhoun,
Ga. Ann, Maid; Phyllips Villa Ri
ca, Ga. First Escort; Janice Mar
shall, Franklin Ga. Workman; J.
B. Woody, Tallapoosa, Ga. Lefty;
Mac Callahan, Lakeview* Ga.
Doctor; Rip Whitfield, Calhoun
Ga.
THE STORY.. Mr. Jordan is
checking passengers who are to
depart in an airplane for the
Hereafter. The routine is inter
rupted by the arrival Af Joe Pen
dleton, an attractive prize-fight
er, who has come with Joe Jor
dan’s messenger, No. 7013. Joe, a
flyer when he isn’t fighting, was
rescued by 7013 when he lost con
trol of his plane. Joe, however,
refuses to admit he is dead and
induces Jordan to look up the
“records,” vyhich reveal that Joe is
not scheduled ; to arrive for an-
this area to greater interest and
effort.
The annual award, recently
made available by friends of the
late Delbert Clark, honors per
sons aiding the advance of Adult
Education.
Clark, at the time of his death,
was Eastern representative of the
Fund for Adult Education. He
previously was director of educa
tional activities for the “New'
Y °rk during World
War II served in various public
relations assignments for the Ar
my.
His interest in College in the
Country, an adult education move
ment sponsored by West Georgia
College, prompted the memorial.
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VRA President
| other 60 years! as Joe starts
1 to return to earth to continue his
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fighting, and his saxophone prac
i ticing, word reaches Heaven that
i Max Levene, Joe’s manager, tl.in
| king he had been killed in the j
crash, had Joe’s body cremated j
and Joe has no body to return to. \
i Jordan promises to find Joe ano
ther body, an dJordan is informed
that the cruel and dishonest L ut
Jonathan Fa rnswortj/ ig
• about to' be” mul^! ' l( ’
and Tony, AbbfcZ bod/ has
| been found. J%ddenly
finds himself af of the
; financier, visible as WmS o the au
| dience but apparentf|pf*arnsworth
Mrs. Farnsworth) and the pub
, lie. The comedy bMgHEwhen the
| pompous "Farnsworjjth'’ mnaccoun- .
. tably goes intqjxai •>
I er and plays tfie sap in addition,
i “Farnsworth" dedlde’f to share his
wealth and right tin" wrong “he"
did to charming 1 >!ty Logan’s
father. Bettej having despised
Farnsworth, finds Sherself falling
in love with him en4i he with her.
Just as Joe (still iii Farnsworth's
body) is about to grt a chance to
become a fighter Jordan reports
that Farnsworth does* npt approve
of Joe’s treatment fo.f his berty
(a'nd money) and is (raising a- ass
to have it bljck, VO'hile deciding
on another bddy to Joe r .nd lis
tening on the rartfjjffto the fight
Joe could not Jordan re
ceives a flash' that K|°- Murdock,
the champion, hafi i lp* een rnyster
j iously shot. As K, Op- ts about to
be counted out Jo^ 811 transfers
Joe’s* spirit into tbie( t>°dy of K. O.
in time to have ra C. remain
champ. Joe finds h witll 2
managers, Max Let\^ tf ' , w hom he
! sent for when he wj as t■' rnsworth
, and whom Y'f - convinced
: that there 'sible Jor
dan) and Lefty, K. manager
when Max discovers is really
Joe who has takeh c^ er K. 0 s j
body he is delighted, f®t "hen la
ter Joe really beeo.tr> Murdock
and loses memory P t ' ee % previous
existence, Max de^<^ an i to talk
I Lefty into a partn- # jh- Mean
i time, Joe meetsßße n She,
believing Joe to A ’ real K.
0., is drawn to hiP
Joe has at last true
function in life.
RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS WEEK
INTRODUCES HOLIDAYS
By SARA CASTLEMAX
Religious Emphasis Week will
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Lanier Leads Week
The Reverend Mr. W./p orrost
Lanier will be guest mii> ister ur _
ing Religious Emph^ ls Week on
the West Georgia/ College cam .
pus, November through 23 . A
natiye oi ueorgia, where he has
liveq most of his life, Mr. Lanier
is a graduate of Mercer Univers
-1 ity and Southern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary. He served the
i Campbellsburgh Baptist Church
in Campbellsburgh, Kentucky,
during the time that he was a stu
dent in the. Seminary. He also
served in the United States Army
i Air Force during World War 11.
Mr. H pastor, of
I the First Baptist Church in Rome,
I Georgia. This is nis first pastor
ate since leaving the Seminary.
He is very murh interested in the
youth of Amtvica. One of his chief
j emphases h?.s been on youth work
in evangilLm. He has traveled a
bout '>? the South visiting various
college campuses, carrying on in
spi ring services during Religious
Emphasis Weeks at these various
ichools.
We are very fortunate to have
Mr. Lapier.with us on our campus
during our annual Religious Em
phasis Week. It is the hope of the
Voluntary Religious Association
that the students of West Geor
gia College may gain renewed
I faith and inspiration from the
services which will be held Sun
day through Wednesday. The stu
dents and faculty as well as the
VRA are honored that the Rev
erend Mr. Lanier took time from
his very busy schedule to be with
Us during our Religious Empha
sis Week.
Junior College
Meet Held
The annual meeting of the
Georgia Association of Junior Col
leges was held on the West Geor
gia College campus October 15-17.
Sixteen Junior Colleges from all
over the state were represented.
There were fifty-four representa
tives from colleges other than
West Georgia College. The West
Georgia College Choir and Mr.
Richard E. Howell furnished spe
cial music for the meetings,
which were rated as a great suc-
Officers elected for tnt tu-s,
term are as follows:
•J- R. Burgess, President o t
Reinhardt College in Waleska,
Georgia is President; Arthur Gig
niliiat, Dean of Armstrong Col
, lege at Savannah, Georgia, Vice-
President; W. H. Row, Dean of
West Georgia College, Secretary
and Treasury; L. V. Johnson,
President of Southern Technical
Institute in ChambJee, Georgia.
Memober-at-Large for Executive
Board.
The Executive Committee is
composed of the following: I. S.
Ingram. J. R. Burgess. W. H.
:Row, W. S. Smith, Immediate
Past President and C. R. Cleg,
Member-at-Large.
Members of the Program Com
imttee are: Arthur Gigniiiiat.
S hairman; J. R. Burgess, and Vir
|il Eady. >
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1954
be observed on the West Georgia
College Campus Nov. 20 through
23. The Reverend Mr. W. Forrest
Lanier, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church in Rome, Georgia, will
be the guest minister during this
w-eek. The program will begin
Sunday night at 6:00 p.m. with a
Vesper Service and a buffet sup
per, and will end with a special
Thanksgiving Service at 11:45 a.m.
Wednesday. Services will be
held Monday and Tuesday at 9:50
a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
Mr. Lanier will also meet with
small groups in each dormitory
at specified times which will be
announced later. Individual con
ferenros may be scheduled with
Ford Bailey or Nancy Jackson. A
box will be placed in the Admin
istration Buildinr for any ques
tions may have.
Ites is one of the most
A ant events of tfte s<* 10 °l V and
is one inw’hich ever>' orM \ / should
be interested. Religion one of
the most important\phases of col
lege life and this Religious Em
phasis Week is a w'ondorful time
for everyone to gain renewed in
spiration and faith. Students and
faculty alike are urged to give
their support to this w'orthw'hile
> matter. Mr. Lanier has expressed
i his desire for individual contacts
| with each student at West Geor
gia.
Religious Emphasis Week is an
annual event sponsored by The
Voluntary Religious Association.
The following are members of
the 1954-1955 Voluntary Religious
! Association Council
| , The officers are: President* Ma
rilyn Mobley; Vice-President, Dot
■ Powers; Secretary, Juanita Jack
son; Music Chairman, Shirley
> Jordan; Church Publicity
man, Jane Hixon.
Freshmen: Linda Ann By-
Shirley Daniel, Dorothy*g Frer
Jimmy Emberson, Betty J Woo
Juanita Granthan, Billy Teach*
Marian Hopkins, Martha'GC 38-
and Denton Kent. jd h#*
1 Jim Lee, Selwyn Sewog,' Joan
Stewart and Ellen Windsor.
Sophomores: Ford Bailey, Gene
Dempsey, Charles Gamel, Pinson
Garrett, Martha Hart, Beth Ho
ward, Nancy Jackson, Pat Kelly,
Elaine McWhorther, Kell Mitch
ell.
Juniors: Rebecca Lee, Shirley
Mintz, Barbara Stubbs, and Betty
Stubbs.
In preparation for the events of
Religious Emphasis Weeks, these
officers were installed in an in
spiring ceremony at the weekly
Vespers Service, Wednesday, No
vember 10.
Thanksgiving Holidays will be
gin immediately after the Special
Religious program on Wednesday
at 11:45 a.m. After a week of such
inspiring services, the student
body will be in the right spirit for
a real Thanksgiving. Many people
think of Thanksgiving only as the
time for turkey, cranberry sauce,
pumpkin pie, and other good
things to eat they forget tiiat this
is the time of true thanksgiving.
The time to thank the Lord for
all the wonderful things that he
has so unselfishly given us.
Thanksgiving has come a long
way from the first Thanksgiving
celebrated by the pilgrims. The
first Thanksgiving was a time of
thanking God for the many good
things he had given the first set
tlers of our country. In their time
of good fortune the Pilgrims did
nm rorgct that without help from
the Almighty HAnd they might
never have survived that first,
hard winter, they might not have
had the food which was so boun
tifully spread o nthe tables, and
they might not have been look
ing forward to such a bright fu
ture in their new country.
Many of our Thanksgiving cu S _
toms today, such as having tur"
key and pumpkin pie, come’ from
j the first Thanksgiving. But, as in
so many cases today, too much
commercial,zmg has taken the
true meaning away from Thanks
giving. Today we are so basy
planning a big turkey dinner tJe
corating our homes, and
ready for all the guest* w h^l
!T" il,v^ and to the turkey
hat we forget to give our
lor these things.