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VOLUME NO. XXI
Merry Christmas, West Georgia!
DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR
TO VISIT W.G.C.; DEC. 13
West Georgia College is privileged to have the oppor
tunity to play host to the famed educator, Dr. William Heard
Kilpatrick, Dean William Row announced today. Dr. Kil
patrick’s arrival, on December 13th, begins his second visit
to our campus. His first visit in February of 1947, gave him
West Georgian
Receives Award
Marion Smith, editor of this
year's West Georgian announced
this week that the paper had re
ceived an award from the Na
tional Intercollegiate Press and
a second class rating among all
college newspapers in the United
States.
The issue that determined this
award as one wilted last year
by Rebecca Lee, a junior at our
college this year.
Our paper is now rated as one
of the most outstanding Junior
College newspapers in the United
States.
W.A.A. Girls Plan
Visit to Athens
The Georgia Athletics for Col
lege Women is having its annual
convention at the University of
Georgia on January 14, 15, and
16, Miss MacNabb, director of
women’s athletics at West Geor
gia, announced today.
West Georgia has received an
invitation to come to this con
ference. West Georga will be re
presented by three official voting
delegates and any number of
unofficial members of the organi
zation.
The meeting will on Fri
day with registration in the Phys
ical Educat ion Building. The
sports activities will begin that
evening with a big square dance.
On Saturday Morning, a panel
discussion lead by six association
presidents from various colleges
will be held. Saturday night will
be banquet time.
The following Sunday morning
will bring the meeting to a close.
During general assembly, new of
ficers will be elected and plans
lor next year made. Church will
be attended as a group.
This week-end is planned so
that all colleges who are inter
ested in a good athletic program
for women may gain new know
ledge.
CAMPUS SCENES
Cowboys, Bill Watson, Virgil Veal, Jack Carroll, apd rhe
Haley brothers, seen everyday jumping the express to hitch
a ride into town.
Discovered: Jim Lee escorting, not one, but three girls
to the movie. What about this boys! !
Couples strolling around the campus ‘‘oblivious of the
beautiful scenery.”
One Student’s happiest moment seems to be standing
in the hall just before the 2:25 class talking to other boys’
girl friends; his saddest is having to attend this 2:25 class.
I think, you think, we think, all think.
I copy, you copy, we copy, everybody flunks.
Line up for eligible bachelors—Howard McGuire, Bill
Peebles, Jim Lee, J. B. Woody, and Max Gamel.
Seen: Jimmy R. carrying a piggy bank around singing
“A penny a kiss, a penny a hug.”
Wanted: Source of the gold dust found in Bobbie Jean
Brook and Jon Evans’ eyes lately! ! ! !
Boys only seem interested in ping pong during girl’s
physical education classes. Wonder why? ? ?
Discovered: Herman Walker serenading a lonesome
girl in the Day Student Lounge.
Seen: Boys shyly dropping their girl friends’ hand when
meeting Coach Emerson in the hall-
Campus scenes will never end, so MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR . ..
THE WEST GEORGIAN
a favorable impression of the col
lege. Since Dr. Kilpatrick encour
age progressive education in
the sense which implies definite
direction, he expressed an ap
proval of our Sand Hill School
project. On his previous visit, he
spoke at several teas, dinners
and assemblies which were atten
ded by various groups of teach
ers and students, all of whom
profited from hearing this learn
ed man’s views on several phases
of education.
Dr. Kilpatrick’s arrival this
year has been announced by Mr.
Pritchard, director of Adult Edu
cation. Mr. Pritchard is in charge
of a dinner that will be given in
honor of Dr. Kilpatrick on Mon
day night, December 13th at six
p. m. in the college cafeteria.
Thirty-five guests from colleges
in the country have been.invited
to join Dr. Kilpatrick. After din
ner, Dr. Kilpatrick plans to at
tend and observe a College in the
Country meeting at Smithfield.
The speaker for this meeting is
Dean Reese of Emory University.
Tuesday morning, Dr. Kilpat
rick is to visit the Sstnd Hill
School Project to observe the me
thod of teaching used there. The
remainder of the day, he will visit
our campus and with the facul
ty until his departure, which will
be by plane from Atlanta at
eight p. m.
Dr. Kilpatrick, whose home is
in New York City, has receive !
degrees from Mercer University,
John Hopkins, Columbia and Ben
nington College. Hei is the/
author of several influential
books on education, a few of
which are Philosophy of Educa
tion, Foundation of Method, Edu
cation for a Changing Civiliza
tion, How We Learn, Our Educa
tional Task, The Educational
Frontier, and The Teacher an3
Society.
Because of his progressive
views on education and his work
in this field, he is the subject ma
tter for a book entitled, William
Heard Kilpatrick, Trail Blazer in
Education by Samuel Tenen
baum.
West Georgia College is indeed
privileged to have Dr. Kilpatrick
take an interest in our college
and it will do everything possible
to make him 'feel at home in
West Georgia’s friendly atmos
phere.
Miss Crider Leads
Successful College
Days Over Stale
Miss Marion Crider, director
of public relations for West Geor
gia, has announced the college
days schedule for 1954-55. She
expects this year to be a very
full and busy one, visiting high
schools.
College Days are special days
held in high schools, where rep
resentatives of colleges are in
vited to talk with high school
seniors. The main purpose is to
encourage boys and girls to go
to college and help them to find
out about the different colleges
and what they offer to its stu
dents. In some high schools this
College Day Program is tied in
with the Guidance Program.
There is an attempt to or
ganize the entire state into dis
tricts, with the colleges in that
particular district going to the
high schools in the district. Com
mittees in the districts have been
set up for that purpose. Miss
Marion Crider from West Georgia
is serving on the Committee from
the Fourth District.
Schools in the West Georgia area
to be visited by West Georgia in
the near future .are Hogansville,
Manchester, Griffin, McDonough
and Newnan.
Dealt William H. Row and
Miss Crider are the represent
atives to College Day Programs
from West Georgia.
Carroll Entertainment Series
To Present Nelson-Neal Concert
The students of West Georgia
will have the opportunity to see
one of the many concert series
brought here by the Carroll Ser
vice on January, 24th.
This series is a famous Austra
lian-American two-piano team.
They are Allison Nelson and Har
ry Neal. They met while at the
Curtis Institute of Music and
were later married. They have
presented concerts in Australia,
New Zealand and the United
States.
The program consists of ar
rangements by Bach, Schubert,
Mozart, Brahms and others.
The Concert will presented
4-H Club Sponsors
Special Recreation
The 4-H Club on the campus is
sponsoring a night of recreation
Friday, January 7, 1955 in the au
ditorium of W. G. C. The recrea
tion will be under the direction of
Mr. M. L. Van Winkle, recreation
specialist for the University of
Georgia.
Mr. Van Winkle was on the
campus last year to direct recrea
tion so start making plans to at
tend for he is a wonderful direc
tor of dance and folk games.
There will be no charge for ad
mission.
Buy Christmas Seals
Every year we receive Christ
mas seals in the mail. Do you
know just what these seals mean?
To some people they mean the
difference between life and death.
The money made from the sale of
Christmas seals goes to some
wotrhy fund, such as: Cancer, Tu
berculosis, The Boys Home, and
many others. You may not realize
it but when you buy these gay,
little seals you are helping some
one less fortunate than yourself,
to have a happier Christmas.
This Christmas if you receive a
supply of Christmas seals in the
mail send in your contribution and
use the seals to decorate your
cards and packages. Remember,
these seals help to brighten up
someone’s life as much as they
brighten up your gay Christmas
packages.
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Chairman Sandra MacGuire, Jayne A1 len, Joan Brand, and Janet Pulliam prepare
for Christmas Party.
EXAM SCHEDULE
Monday - Dec. 13— 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 - Dec. 14— 8:30-10:30 A.M. All 8:55 Classes
1:15- 3-15 P.M. All 11:40 Classes
Wednesday - Dec., 15 8:00-10:00 A,M. All 10:45 Classes
10:15-12:15 A.M. All 12:25 Classes
on Monday evening, January, 24th
in the West Georgia Auditorium.
It should be very entertaining
and students are urged to at
tend.
Excerpts from the press: Au
stralia: “There can be no doubt
that Nelson and Neal possess an
almost unbelievable combination
of rare musical genius, youth and
charm.” The Progressive Times
United States: “Nelson and Nea'.
a relaxed, confident coyple, were
a joy to hear and see . . . They are
as romantic and charming a hus
band-wife team as the music they
played.” Rochester, N. Y., Times-
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Editor Marsue Dean Makes Layout For 1955 “Chieftain” with Associate Editors
Knight and Griffin and Business Manager G ross.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
Miss Preston
Speaks On
Current Plays
Miss Lillian Preston, Head of
the Dramatics Department of
West Georgia College, spoke to
the Carrollton Art Association
December 2, at the Sunset Hills
Country Club. Her program con
sisted of a lecture on the life of
America’s leading dramatic ac
tress, Shirley Booth. Miss Pres
ton demonstrated various stages
of Miss Booth’s career and point
ed out many dramatic techniques.
The highlight of the program
was three scenes from three
Broadway hits, in which Miss
Booth starred.
Freshmen Elect
Leaders Tomorrow
Coy Short, 'president of our stu
dent council, announced that the
freshman elections will be held
Friday, December 10, 1954. Elec
! tions will be run during the day
j until 3:30 P. M. The ballot box
will be located in the Admini
stration Building.
Each freshman who is running
must have at least a C average
and be cleared through the Dean’s
office. The average grade for
those now running is a B. ,To
be eligible to run for office, each
potential candidate had to have:
a petition signed by at least 20
students.
The following is a list of those
running, for what office, and their
aham, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Shir
ley Daniels, Tallapoosa, Ga.; Jim
Lee, College Park, Ga.; Jim Lon
berson, Ringgold, Ga.
Vice-president: Jim Thomas.
RosSville, Ga.; Ellen Windsor,
Woodville, Ga.; Jane Ballenger,
Marietta, Ga.;; Sandra McGuire,
Chipley, Ga.
Sec retar y-Treasurer: Hazel
Langley, Loganville, Ga.; Selvvjn
Sewell, Carrollton, Ga.; Jayne
Allen, Lithonia, Ga.
CHRISTMAS PARTY HIGHLIGHTS
HOLIDAY SEASON ON CAMPUS
By CORNELIA COLLINS
The Yuietide Season will have a perfect beginning in
the Christmas party given on Thursday night, December 9.
Everyone, including the dormitory students, the day students,
and the faculty, have been issued formal invitations in as
sembly and on posters proclaiming the event- All the girls’
Football Jackets
To Be Awarded
To 31 Braves
Thirty-four West Georgia
Braves will be awarded foot
ball jackets for their participation
is the past football season, Coach
Emerson revealed Tuesday, De
cember?.
The seventeen sophmores are:
Charles Essex, Co-Captain, Smyr
na; Fritz Couch, Atlanta; Jerry
Turner, Marietta; Sam Black, Co
s Decatur; Gene Demsey,
Atlanta; Harold Holcombe, Bu
chanan; W. C. McCall, Marietta;
Joe Parris, Rome; Bill Peeples,
Atlanta; Coy Short, Decatur; Ken
Smallwood, Carrollton; Cary Tot
bert, Villa Rica; Bill Scott, Ash
burn; Bill Barlow, Barnesville;
Dan Grey, Columbus; Ray Knight.
Atlanta; Dan Bryant, Marietta.
Freshmen lettermen number
fourteen and the following earned
a jacket their first year. They
are: Ed Wilson, BowdOn; Jim
Thomas, Rossville; Leßoy Alex
ander, Summerville; Billy Gar
butt, Atlanta; Billy Bonds, Doug
lasville; Bob Greeson, Chats
worth; Grant Thompson, Mariet
ta; Ferrell Thomas, Atlanta; Har
old Campbell, Marietta; Don Shi
rey, Carrollton; Jimmy Acker
man, Decatur; Ray Hamrick, Cov
ington; James Clay, Gainesville;
Clarence Hobbs, Austel.
The mana gd r s are Harold
Blankenship, LaGrange, and Mar
vin Burdette', Atlanta.
These men worked hard the
entire season and can feel proud
to wear jackers awarded them
for outstanding achievement in
the field of sports.
Chieftain Prepares
For Dec. Deadline
Preparations for the 1955 Chief
tain are almost complete, Marsue
Dean, editor-in-chief, announced
today. The staff has been working
all quarter to prepare the nega
tives, lay-out, features, and other
parts of the annual.
The annual for this year will be
based on the student-faculty con
ference at Indian Springs held
during the latter part of the sum
mer. The printing-will be done by
Bowen, Long and Young. Gaspar
Ware, who is doing the photo
graphing, will return in January
to take club pictures and those of
individuals who want retakes.
The entire work on the annual
is done by the staff under the su
pervision of Mrs. Stanford and Mr.
McKibben. Each year the staff is
chosen by the faculty from try
outs. The staff for this year are;
Marsue Dean, Editor; Barbara
Griffith and Ray Knight, Aassis
tant Editors; Ruth Gross, Business
Manager; Charlotte Rogers, Caro
lyn Roberts, Shirley Mints, Ra
chel McConnel,, Liz Harbin, Paul
Harbin, and Martha Terry, Busi
ness Staff; Marlene Green, Fea
ture Editor; Juanita Grantham,
Freshman Class Editor; Beth Ho
ward, Sophomore Class Editor;
Frances Bell, Suzanne Parker and
Reggie Whitaker, Club Editors;
Coy Short, Sports Editor; and
Bobby Bryson, Photographer.
The history of the Chieftain
dates back to the beginning of
West Georgia College. The first
issue was released in 1934 and
was somewhat different from the
annual of today. Its name, "Chief
tain”, bears a significance to the
school emblem, the Indian.
If any of the club presidents
have ideas for the arrangements
of their club, please contact Mar
sue Dean. An annual can be no
better than the school it repre
sents.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1954
dormitories combine as hostesses
to lead and be in charge of the
merriment. Since, the party is se
mi-formal, the girls will have an
excellent opportunity to don their
prettiest dresses and add much to
the seasonal effect.
The decoration committee
which includes Sandra McGuire,
Chairman; Jayne Alien, Janet
Pulliman, Joan Brand, Linda But
ler, have decided on “Winter Won
derland” as the theme. This will
be a huge Christmas card scene
on the stage with “Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer” smiling gai
ly at the crowd.
The refreshments of punch and
cookies will be served in a fes
tive style by the refreshment com
mittee which includes Reggie Sue
Whitaker, Chairman; Hazel Lang
ley, Patsy Keith, Jane Ballenger,
Lucy Wilbanks, Peggy Hendrix!
and Shirley, Mintz.
The program committee with
Marion Smith, chairman; Miss
Preston, Advisor; and Jane Ham
mock, Peggy Day, and Shirley
Wilson plan a night of gala ac
tivity which includes dancing,
group singing of familiar Christ
mas carols, Christmas games, and
several special numbers. This va
riety of entertainment will prove
a source of enjoyment for all who
attend.
After the party, the clean-up
committee which Includes Jane
Hixon, Shirley Mintz, Beth Ho
ward, Elsie Gibson, Shirley Wil
son and Patsy have the task of
destroying the remnants of tho
party and making the auditorium
presentable once again.
This party, which is to be the
first of its type in three years, has
as its goals, to be successful in
several ways. To fill the student
body and faculty with a Christ
mas spirit to give the campus a
friendlier atmosphere; it will be
an excellent source of entertain
ment; and, will high-light the
season of events. It is hoped that
we can anticipate a similar party
next year and that it will become
an annual event on our campus.
Holiday Plans
Include Pageant
Each of the girls’ dormitories
is decorated in true Christmas
style with an evergreen tree as
the center of decoration and mis
tletoe as the center of attraction.
On Tuesday night, December 6,
Adamson, Mandeville, and Mel
son held their annual Christmas
parties clad in their “nighties”.
After exchanging gifts, singing ca
rols, and playing games, each girl
retired with a deeper feeling of
the Christmas spirit because of
the comradeship and friendship of
the party.
The freshman choir and the
sophomore mixed choir are pre
senting their annual concert on
Sunday, December 12, at 4:00
p.m.
Plans Announced
For Gris' Varsity
West Georgia College will have
its first girls' basketball team.
Miss Dorothy MacNabb, women’s
athletics director, announced to
day. The team will be composed
of outstanding students in the
physical education classes at West
Georgia and will be conducted
with the aim of Increasing more
student participation.
To date there has been only
one game scheduled, Georgia
Southwestern College. There will
also be a return game. These
dates coincide with the dates of
the boys’ games. Jan. 21 and
Feb. 4.
There are several other possir
bilities for the girls’ varsity
team. They are generally other
Junior Colleges in Georgia.