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PARENTS’ DAY TO CLIMAX WGC WEEK
FOUNDERS' AWARDS PRESENTED
BY. DR. INGRAM AT BANQUET
West Georgia College presen
ted Founders Day Awards to four
distinguished individuals Tues
day evening at the annual Foun
ders Day Banquet. Those receiv
ing the awards were Robert J
Blakely, Chicago Manager for the
Fund for Adult Education; Dr. C.
C. Bean and Mrs. H. M. Bird of
Bovvdon; and Mayor Pomp Lan
ier Shaefer of Carrollton.
The citations and presentations
were made by Dr. I. S. Ingram,
President of West Georgia Coll
ege. The.';e awards are made to
lay people who have contributed*
to the promotion of educational
growth and development of ad
ults and young people in the area
of Northwest Georgia. The vete
ran president made the following
statements about each of the re
cipients of these awards of merit:
Cecil C. Bean: “ . . . devoted to
his town as he related him
self to its business, educat
ional and civic interest, he
has also never neglected
the interest of the county
and state. . .”
Robert J. Blakely: “ . . . lec
turer; writer; distinguished
American citizen; and nat
ional leader in the field of
adult education ...”
Mrs. H. M. Bird: "... her life
has been, and is still, full
of good deeds of service to
her church, town, county,
and state ...”
Pomp L. Shaefer: ”... life
long leader in every wel
fare cause of merit in Car
rollton; a recognized busi
ness and civic leader in
the Southeast ...”
Middlebury Debate
Team Visits
Our Campus
Four members of the debate
team of Middlebury College, Mid
dlebury, Vermont, presented a
demonstration debate in chapel
Tuesday, April 12. The sponsor of
the team was Frederick B. Bow
man, professor of speech at Mid
dlebury.
The debaters are on tour, de
bating before audiences all over
the country. For our school they
chose the National Collegiate De
bate topic: “Resolved that the
United States should extend dip
lomatic recognition to the Com
munist Government of China.”
Middlebury, which is supposed
to have the best debaters of any
school in the country, has other
teams that debate other topics.
RELATIVITY: “When a man
sits with a pretty girl for an hour
it seems like a minute. But let
him sit on a hot stove for a min
ute—and its longer than any hour.
That’s relativity.”
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THE WEST GEORGIAN
I)R. PHILIP WELTNER
Dr. Philip Weltner
To Speak In
Assembly Today
Dr. Philip Weltner, the former
Chancellor of the University Sys
tem of Georgia, is the speaker
today. He has long been intimate
ly identified with the educational
program of West Georgia Coll
ege. His life has been filled with
good deeds looking toward the
betterment of humanity.
He organized the first juve
nile court in the South and be
came its judge. He drafted the
law creating the first training
school for girls. and became the
’first'" adufi officer in
the South. He organized and
served as the secretary of the
Board of Public Welfare. His out
standing contribution was his
appointment as counsel for the
commission to reorganize state
government in Georgia, out of
which the University System of
Georgia was created.
Dr. Weltner was made Chance
llor in 1933. Subsequent activities
were similar and productive of
1 constructive measures, for the
good of the people. This was ex
hibited in Regional Director of
F. S. A., counsel for the Hous
ing Authority of Atlanta, Region
al Attorney for the O. P. A., as
sumed the presidency of Ogle
thorpe University in 1944, and
is now resident trustee of Ogle
thorp University.
Mrs. Abbot Returns
To Mandeville
Mrs. Maude Abbott of Hiawas
se, Georgia, has come back to I
West Georgia College to serve as
housemother of Mandeville Hall
this quarter. Mrs. Abbott re
turned to fill the position left va-
Rites Held |
* For Mrs. Ingram
April 21
CARROLLTON. Ga., Mrs.
Martha Munro Ingram, 59. wife
of Dr. Irvine S. Ingram, president
of West Georgia College, in Car- !
rollton, died Tuesday night, April
19, ?t her residence on the cam
pus of the school. She had had an
extended illness.
Mrs. Ingram was born in Bue
na-Vista, the daughter of the late
Judge George P. Monro and Mrs.
Anna Merrill Munro of Buena
Vista and Columbus.
She attended Bristol School for
Girls, Washington, D. C., and was
graduated from the Georgia State I
Normal School, Athens, in 1916.!
Later, she attended Columbia Un-'
iversity, New York, and Pea
body College, Nashville.
In 1919, she came to Fourth
District A. &. M. College as tea
cher of English and Dramatics
In 1921, she and Dr. Ingram were
married. She acted as head of the
school on two occasions, in 1925-
26 and in 1932-33, due to her hus
band’s leaves of absence for
study.
She was the official iiostess of
the institution for more than 20
years. She was especially inter
ested m the landscaping and be
autification of the college cam
pus. Her last contribution was
the landscaping of the new Sci
ence Building, v/hieh she direct
ed last month from her bedroom
In 1946, Mrs. Ingram v/as vot
ed the Founders Award by the
college faculty, given to laymen
and educators for contributions
to the growth of the West Geor
gia College. She received a re
ward of merit from the DAR for
outstanding service.
She was a raembe; of St. Mar
garet’s Episcopal Church, Car
rollton, president of the Carroll
ton Lit-Mu Club, the Garden Club
and the DAR.
Surviving besides her husband
are a daughter, Miss Anne In
gram, formerly of the faculty of
the University of Mississippi; two
sisters, Mrs. J. C. Bonner, Mill
edgeville, and Mrs. Marion M. Me
rritt, Houston, Texas; brother.
Dr. Paul Munro, Lynchburg, Va.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, April 21, at 11 a. m. at
the First Methodist Church, Car
rollton.
cant by the resignation of Miss
Lillian Preston.
Mrs. Abbott served as house
mother of Mandeville Hall for
twelve years before she retired
last summer. After her retire
ment Mrs. Abbott went to live
with ’ her son and daughter in
Hiawassee.
West Georgia is happy to have
Mrs. Abbott back with us this
quarter, and hope her stay with
us will be pleasant.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
A TRIBUTE TO MRS. INGRAM
By REBECCA LEE
Mild and gentle, as she was brave,
When the sweetest love of her life she gave
To simple things: where the violets grew
Pure as the eyes they were likened to,
The touches of her hand have strayed
As reverently as her lips have prayed;
When the little brown thrush that harshly
chirred
Was dear to her as the mocking-bird;
And she pitied as much as a man in pain
A writhing honey-bee wet with rain.
Think of her still as the same, I say:
She is not dead—she is just—away!
These words of praise taken from the poem “Away,'
by James Whitcomb Riley only begin to describe our be
loved Mrs. Ingram.
She will long be remembered by the students who
have known and loved her during her stay at West
Georgia College 'and the old A&M School. She was one
who said little, but did much; ;always having an im
portant part in all the activities of the college, church,
and community.
To those of us students who knew her best will
be memories of a small woman on her knees giving life
to trees and flowers as she dug into the earth with her
well-trained hands. The small plants that she set out
and cared for are now trees and flowers which make
our campus one of the most beautiful that can be found.
A part of her life will live on in the history of the
school because of this great contribution.
She will also be remembered as the attractive wife
of our president, who was always beside him in his
work. Her plans were behind the preparations for con
ventions and banquets held on the campus. Asa result
she will not only be remembered by people from Georgia,
but from over the nation and the world.
Her life will remain an inspiration to all those who
knew her. She displayed a good life well lived, and by
her example has helped many strive to lift themselves
a little higher by using the opportunities they had.
WGC Week Begins Here With 350
Teachers Attending Conference
West Georgia College Week, in
commemoration of the college’s
founding, began Monday with
some 350 west Georgia teachers
meeting on the local campus for
a conference on elementary edu
cation.
Most of the teachers were from
elementary grades though about
50 were from high schools. They
represented school systems in 10
counties.
Dr. Laura Zirbes, emeritus pro
fessor of elementary education
at Ohio State University and a
nationally recognized authority in
the field of elementary education,
spoke to the assembled teachers
in the West Georgia College au
ditorium.
Education as a virus for val
ues was her topic. It is in the ele
mentary school where a child
first receives his sense of val
ues, Dr. Zirbes said. “If we, .as
elementary teachers, are to jus
tify values we must first sensi
tize ourselves to them and iden
tify them with ourselves.”
As the elementary teacher real
i izes that a sense of values is
built up through experience with
them, the teacher must give the
j child his educational experience
with values in the elementary
schools. To recognize values, Dr.
Zirbes pointed out, a teacher has
to examine a given study for
its value for children before she
attempts to use it herself.
“Teachers must find ways of
getting values incorporated into
a child’s outlook,” she stated.
When they fail do appear, Dr. Zi
rbes said, we must attempt to un
derstand their absence. *
In the evening, after a dinner
in the college cafeteria, Dr. Zir
bes led a question and answer
period in the auditorium.' These
questions had been sent to Dr.
j Zirbes by teachers all over the-
I west Georgia area. Additional qu
eries were presented from the
floor by teachers who wished in
formation pertaining to their own
classroom problems.
In the afternoon Miss Eliza
beth Donovan of the State De
partment of Education spoke bri
efly on the work of the Southern
Association’s Cooperative Pro
gram in Elementary ‘Education.
The Southern Association was
sponsor of the conference.
Carroll County Superintendent
of Schools Comer B. Yates pre
sided at the meeting. Miss Katie
Downs, West Georgia College re
WEST GEORGIAN
/ gistrar, and Mrs. Ardath Brad
shaw, county school system in
-1 structional supervisor, served as
| co-chairmen for the conference.
Choir Takes
Annual Tours
The West Georgia Choir, under
the direction of Mr. Howell, has
started its Spring Touring. Each
Spring the West Georgia Choir
visits various high schools and
puts on a concert.
* The choir has presented two con
certs this quarter on the Campus.
They have already made many
trips: Model, Pepperrell, Western,
East Coweta, Grantville, Villa
Rica, Temple, Sprayberry, McEac
hen, Robert Osbone. These trips
have been quite successful and
they are planning to make many
more before the quarter is over.
Mr. Howell has expressed his
satisfaction with the success of his
choir tour.
Legislative Group
Makes Special
Visit To Campus
The sub-committee of the gene
ral Legislative Committee from
the University System of Geor
gia visited West Georgia cam
pus Tuesday and Wednesday, Ap
ril 19 and 20. Mr. J. B. Ebb
Duncan of Carrollton was gen
eral chairman of the committee,
and Mr. Mac Barber of Commer
ce, Georgia, was vice-chairman.
The purpose of their visit was
to inspect the entire campus and
report to the general assembly
on this unit of the University
System of Georgia. Luncheon was
served to the group in the dining
room of the home economics de
partment by Mrs. Anne Kinard
and her home economics class.
Other members of this com
mittee who visited our campus
were: Mr. Braswell Deen Jr.,
Secretary, Alma; Mr. Jack Murr,
Americus; and Mr. Bill Massee,
Milledgeville.
“You can’t beat the system,”
moaned student over his last
semester grades. “I decided to
take basket-weaving for a snar. i
course, but two Navojos enrolled
I and raised the curve; I flunked. ’
Cited by WGC
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ROBERT J. BLAKELY
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CECIL C. BEAN
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MRS. H. M. BIRD
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P. L. SHAEFER
The four persons shown above
were recipients of Founders Day
Awards presented by West Geor
gia College Tuesday night as Sun
set Hills Country Club. The awards
were presented by Dr. I. S. In
gram to these “friends of the col
lege,,. Mr. Blakely is manager of
the Chicago regional office of the
Fund for Adult Education, Mrs.
Bird and Mr. Bean are prominent
citizens of Bowdon and Mr. Shae
fer is mayor of Carrollton.
ANNUAL BARBECUE AT NOON
HELD FOR VISITORS, STUDENTS
Today marks the climax of one of the most important
events which takes place during the year at West Georgia
College. This week, April 25th through April 29th has been
observed as West Georgia Week. This is an annual occasion
at the College at which time parents of the students and
other interested persons may have an opportunity to visit
on the campus.
Moorman Arrives
To Instruct Speech
And Dramatics
West Georgia College is happy
to announce the arrival of Mr.
George Moorman to teach teach
and Drama, following the res'g
i ation of Miss Lillian Preston
He reseived his B.F.A. in 1949
from Oklahoma University. I;.
1954 he received his M.F.A. from
there also.
Mr. Moorman has done resear
ch work in television at Michigan
State College, the University of
Michigan and Ohio Slate College
In 1938 he started professional
theatre work in a movie called
“High School.” Since then he has
appeared in twenty-five or thirty
movies.
In 1944 Mr. Moorman toured
cross-country. Prior to coming to
W.G.C. he toured Mexico.
Mr. Moorman states that he
likes WGC and that ’■•e thinks
everyone is very friendly.
Officers Elected
For Coming Year
Elections for the important of
fices for next year will b e held
in the near future at a date to
be announced by Student Coun
cil. Coy Short, president of the
West Georgia Student Body, an
nounced today. These offices in
clude: president, vice-president,
secretary-treasurer of Student
Council; officers of the Sopho
more class; president of V.R.A.;
editor of the Chieftain; and editor
of the West Georgian.
Candidates for these offices
must have qualifying grades and
present a petition with twenty
names to Mr. Wirsing.
Exchange Student
Studies Elementary
Education Here
If you hear someone asking a
round the campus? “who is the
new student?” It’s probably Mr.
| Sami I. Boules from Cairo, Egypt.
Mr. Boules is happily married and
has one small son.
At the present Mr. Boules is
| teaching an educational course and
has previously taught Biology. He
came to West Georgia to study in
the field of elementary education
and teacher training program. He
has a grant to stay with us for
eleven months.
Mr. Boules has received his
primary certificate from the Ab
bas School in Cairo, Secondary
Certificate from Tawfikiah School,
B.S. Diploma fram Cairo Univer
sity, and his diploma in Educa
tion from the Higher Institute of
Education,
The West Georgian and- the
students on campus extend to Mr.
Boules, their hardiest welcome and
hope that his stay at West Georgia
will be a happy and successful
one.
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3LB. SAMI IBRAHIM HOLLOS
Vote For Yeur
Favorite Candidate In
Next Week's Election
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1955
The week’s activities began on
! Monday when Dr. Laura Zirbes.
t onsultant, Southern Association's
j Cooperative Program for Elemen
tary Schools, spoke to the elemen
tary principals and teachers of
northwest Georgia at 3:45 p. m.
on the subject, “Identifying Val
ues in the Elementary School.”
Tuesday featured the adult pro
j Kram of education with a banquet
at the Sunset Hills Country Club,
! at which time Mr. Robert J. Bla
kely, of the Fund for Adult Edu
cation was the speaker. At this
banquet Founders Day Awards
were given to distinguished citi
zens of Carroll County. At the
banquet were representatives
from units of College in the Co
untry which included Calhoun Co
unty, Alabama, Oglethorpe Uni
versity, and Young Harris Col
lege.
On Thursday afternoon at five
o’clock the annual May Day pro
gram was presented under the di
rection of Miss Dorothy McNabb
of the Physical Education Depart
ment and Mrs. Anne Kinard, As
sistant Professor of Home Eco
nomics. The program was planned
around the theme of the “Nut
cracker Suite.” The May Queen,
Jane Hixon of Temple, Georgia,
was crowned by Dr. I. S. Ingram,
President of West Georgia College.
The Maid of Honor was Miss Dor
othy Powers of Calhoun, Georgia.
Today is Parents’ Visitation
Day. At eleven o’clock Chapel
will be held at the College Audi
torium. The speaker will be the
distinguished Dr. Philip Weltner,
former Chancellor of the Univer
sity System of Georgia, former
President of Oglethorpe Univer
sity, and now resident trustee of
Oglethorpe University. The West
Georgia College Choir, under the
direction of Mr. Richard E. How
ell, will also appear on the chapel
prograrb. At noon a barbecue din
ner will be served those attending
the Parents’ Day exercises. All
buildings, including dormitories,
will be open for public inspection.
There will also be present five
hundred seniors from neighboring
high schools who will be visiting
the campus today.
WGC Host To State
FHA Convention
West Georgia College was the
vention of the Future Homemak
setting April 16 of the spring con
ers of America of 4th District. A
round a thousand girls partici
pa ted, as chapters from over 100
schools from 36 counties were
represented.
Carolyn Webster of Menlo,
state vice-president, presided ov
er the convention, and Nancy
King of Cedartown was in charge
of the program.
Dr. Floride Moore, Professor of
homemaking education at the Un
iversity of Georgia, was in charge
of a group discussion following
a film showing “Basic Needs for
Family Living.” Mrs. J. M. Bar
ber of Athens, state advisor of
the Future Homemakers, Miss
Mary Elizabeth Allen, Smith
High School, Atlanta, district ad
viser, and Miss Mary Free, assis
tant state supervisor of home
making education, assisted the
girls in convention activities.
New officers were elected by
the northwest Georgia Homema
kers: President, Agnes Goodrum
or Carole Hargett; Vice Presi
dent, Emily Moye; and Chair
man of Music and Recreation,
Carolyn Simonton. This has been
a specially active year among
Future Homemakers in the Nor
thwest Georgia section. They have
been busy with home and com
munity projects, school improve
ments, recreation programs for
their home towns, and raising
money for the seven new cot
tages which the Future Home
makers are planning to build at
the State FHA Camp on Lake
Jackson in Newton County.